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London, England, 1819-05-19 00:00:00

Tim motion now Mort cite Hou I,,ad his ,lieatty

sapport. •
Mr. MARRYATT, adverting to the commercial
state of the country, said. that our warehouses
y.-ere filled with unmarketable ;strolls. He corn-
. plained that nu proper arrangements for the en-
couragement of our trade 'had been effected with
. foreign Powers. On the contrary, t-ho Chancel-
)(sr of the Exchequer had propoied and even car-
ried through many very injurious measures. • For
instance, it had actually been proposed to double
the duty on tallow, a measure which would -na-
turally have offended Russia, -and 'probably have
occasioned an alteration in the tariff of that coun-
try. - The stagnation which 'had been produced
in our trade by the injudicioes measures of Go-
, vernment, bad induced our capitalists to employ
• their property in foreign funds. If they had been
told that Government owed the Bank 20 millions;
Gentlemen would have had other feelings on the
eaffArs of the lie had great respect for the
nt AdMinistration, and would vote for the
previous question.
Air. MABPRLY would vote for the motion--enot
for :he purpose of turning nut the. )'resent Adani-
ycjitt btu because the country called for an
inquiry into ti.e.State of the Nation. lie cen-
sured Government for not managing better the
Sinking Fund. He wished to meet the qoestion
fairly and honourably, and, if found necessary, to
close accounts. The Ilon. Member noticed
au improper clamour which had gone abroad
sgainst the labours of the Batik Committee. lie,
fer his- part, approved of it, and thought it
Its fair a statement as could be. eapected. The
Hon. Member was proceeding to give his l'easons,
when 1:e was coughed (lowa, accompanied With
'' Qneoioll! Question ! Question !"
Mr. BA N KES promised to detain' the House a
few mitietes only. In'commeeting upon the sen-
timents of the last lion. Gentleman, he (Mr.
Bankes) thought them less applicable to the sub-
ject than he had ever. heard -in" Parliament. It
was 'co party question. Tile Right Hon. Mover
had disel,,imrd such intentions. The lion.
Member had wito,ssed in his time a combination
of Men for' he sake of office; but be believed the
preset)! Administration were as free front that
prejudice as any set of men who bad ever served
the Crown. If such candour and independence
had been-evinced by those who had the mistor-
tune• to have originated and supported the Ame-
tiraa war, the country ,%ould tint be groaning
under IN present weight of Taxes. IVisy the
Hon. Gentleman (Mr. Moberly) should have
• tnentioned the Sinking Find, he was at a loss to
- understand, onless lie meant to provoke the an-
ti, ipation of the debate on Friday. He agreed
that it would be better for the country if we had
a stronger Administration ; but the -division of
this night, he believed. -0 mild prove that the
Hoi,se and the Cotorry were pelfectiv satisfied
• with its strength and catpacity;, Although a weak
• Administration, as bad been insinuated, they bad
destroyfd the power of France, without which
glorious achievement this country could not have
remained in safety.
Mr. WieLiAtes promised to support the 'no-
tion of the Right Hollow-able Gentleman.,
Mr CANNING commenced by observing, that
the mature. of the motion had been so fairly ex-
plained by the Right Hon. Mover, that it could
not he misunderstood by any one. He (Mr.Tier-
ricy) cail.qi upon the House to sit in lodgment
upon the present Administration ; and to censure
suet, patt of their conduct as deserved t emon-
strance.- This was a fair and a candid appeal to the
feelings of the House ; anal it would be detraction
not to do the- Right Hon.- Gentleman all the
justice which his apparent rmjaartiality merited.—
The question was one or the greatest importance,.
for ors 'he decision of The House that evening the
fate of their Administration depended. To this
grand object was the motion directed; and al-
though neither lie nor his colleagues trembled for
the yet the troops on the opposite side were
so formidably arranged, and the arguthents for
the expulsion of the present Miniaters ,soradmi-
rably marshalled, that the assault ought ao be met
with at least equal courage and capacity. But
with all the affectation of triumph which appeared
among the hostile ranks, he (Mr. Canning) was
not gifted with so much penetration as to forsee
any sr-owns of dissolution. Did he blame the
Right Hon. Gentleman itt indulging himself with a
favourite motion No.- He had a right to take
the sense of the House on this es well as any
other subject. -But he (Mr. could not help
complaining against his (Mr. Tierney's) want of
fair dealing, by availing himself of tlie time and
circunisrances. He did not deprecate the wrath
or the motion of the Right Hon. Gentleman ; and
he would leave those who were the objects of
the question to the candour of the House. It
was, however, but proper to acknowledge,
that both he and his Colleagues could nor" be
mistaken as to the impulse of the Right Ho-
nourable Gentleman's mind. Among all the
peccadilloes of the present Administralon, and
.once Gentlemen had railed at them pretty
freely, it ought to be mentioned as a memorable
instance of political antipathy, that one Gentle-
man had expressed his utmost abhorrence against
- them, because they had not receded from the siu-
ties on tallow.—(Lond Langhter.)--Another
Gentleman, for asimilar triflisig objection, threat-
ened to vote against them. -It they were thus lb
be denuded of their friends, their fate would ter-
minate this' evening seriously. But such .Gen-
, titan!), wit h such sentiments, might go home
quietly, and by their attachment to those who set
- violently opposed his Majesty's Government, re-
- sect on !he true and grave adage from the
dramatic poet, that " misery makes us ac-
floaiated with strange bedfellow!) !"—(Hear, hear,
hear !)—instead of complaining of the time and
circumstances under wli;e1) the Right HuneGen-
!lemon brought forward his motion, be (Mr.
Ginning) would 'address himself to the motion
itself. Notwithstanding the alguments which the
Right Hots. Gentleman had used to induce the-
, House to agree to the motion, he (Mr. Canning)
mightleasily prove, that at no tittle more favour-
- abty could he have called upon the House. But
this happy conjunction of affairs was an incident
which had escaped the acute penetration of the
I light i-Inn. Gentleman; for he, no 'doubt, be-
lieved that the Servants of the Crown would be
found in dismay and despair. Although great part

of his (nr. Tierney's) 21%-gninetitB Were .of a most
extraordinary nature, including, in many in-
stances, statements which were inapplicable to
the question, yet he (Mr. Canning) thought he
might venture to encounter them without much
risk or peril. In addittion, to the felicitous pro-
spect held Out to a brave and industrious people,
there never was a period in which the resources of
the country could be called more. easily into ac-
tion. He admitted with the Right lion. Gentle-
man ,that our financial system °uglier° bestrength-
ened and improved. All its defects ought to be re-
moved ; and it not only ought to be strengthened
and improved, but it should be clearly demonstrat-
ed to our country and to Europe, that oor re-
sources, even atter a very long and a very ex-
pensive war, were. in a flourishing state, and ade-
quate to all the exigencies of either peace or war.
On this s.nbject he would not yield in zeal to the
Right lion. Gentleman, or to any well- wisher of
the cotinity. With regArd to' the 'usual financial
statements of theyear, the Right Hon. Gentleman
endeavoured to anticipate his Right Hon. Friend
(the Chancellor Sot the Exchequer.-) But .he
would assure the Rielat Hon. Mover- and the
House, that his Right Hon. Friend would have long
ere now presented his annual account of finance, if
he had not beee•prevented by the important in-
qeiries of the Bank. Committee, the result of which
was so necessary to learn,, before he submitted to
the House his system for the year. The -Right
Hon. Mover would; however, acquire little or no
reiteration for his attempt to take out of the hands
of the Chancellor of the Exchequer a principal
part of his official duties. " Nothing but the tie-
cessity of going through the discussioe of the.
Bank Report, had prevented the Amnia] State-
ments fromabeing before the (louse, as his Right
Honourable Friend had been long piepared on
the subject. If there was any culpability at-
teched to the delay, he (Mr. Cartuieg) claim-
ed his s'h'ire of responsibility. If they went
into the Committee now proposed, what_ task
had 'they 'to perform ? What duty to di,charge ?
The chiefs object, if the Right Hon. Geteleman
carried his motion, would be to stigmatize the
"present Administration. The next object of cen-
sure which had engaged the lively and penetrat-
ing faculties of the Right Hon. Gentlemen .was i
the iehuman execution or muriler of two British
subjects by the inhuman General Jackson. In his
reprobation of that horrible measure, he was ready
to join the Right Hon. Gentleman most cordiallys
No laneuage could be too strong in execrating
the deed. But what has that to do with any at-
tempt to persuade Ministers to go to war, unless
something could be found to justify them. It ap-
peared even doubtful on the part of the Right
Honourable Gentleman, whether we could „its-
tertere. Then why condemn us-by a side-blow ?
Would' it have been policy to have dashed 'head-
long into another war, and the theatre of .that
war at such a distance from this country ?' What-
ever might have been the issue of stick a war, he
would not wish to- have any share in the respon-
sibility of it ; and he believed he might say that
he spoke from authority when he • assured the
Horse, that his Colleaenes.entertained sentiments
of a similar nature. We have taken. no 'part in
the contest between South America and the
Mother Country. But when our Gueernment not
only foetid that hundreds, nay, he might say •
thousands, had enlisted for the 'serelee of the Se.
surgents of South America, it became es to keep
out of the contest by providing against such a se-
rious emergency. It this were a specelation
among certain individuals, it became Government
to disclaim it, The British Government had, ne-
ver Wien any steps in the dispute, unless by the
offer of their mediation between Spain and her
Colonies. In every instance it 4.0 .been refused.
He lamented the result ; but it was not the duty
of the British Government to force their media-
tion upoti the parties. It had been airtime(' t hat
we differed on most great points. IVith the ex-
ception of the Catholic Question, he did- not
know any point 'on which the Members of the
present Administration differed. The present
Administration were unanimous on every ques-
tion of essential good to the country. .Here the
Right Hon. Member Cllr. Canning) referred to
the pains which boil) he and his Colleagues had
taken in the year 1812 to form such au A 41111101...
StratiOn ; and not wit tistaneing the earliest emirs-
emirs of ttvo Nohls Lords (the Marquess of Wel-
lesley and Lord Moira),• the attempt failed. It
had been said that in two memetable instances
this Session Government had tailed in their oppo-
sition to the' appointment of two .Committees.
True. But what had'been the result.? They were
termed a Committee Government—an Elective
Government, They were bailor charged with
taking no hints, hut was it thereby implied, that
all confidence should be withdrawn from then) ?
Butt he would say, it they then din not take the
Right Hon. Gentleman's hint, it was not be-
cable they did not understand it, for that night,
at all events, they well knew how it was meant.
They had - been called a Government of Com-
mittees ; but they did not resort to Committees,
when the exertion -could discharge the duties they
were boiled to by their office. They did
not shrink from responsibility when it was.
necessary ; they neglected no duty; but the
priwers of • no Administration could physically
get. through the labour expected to hessperform-
ed by them. When .the destinies of the empire
were swayed between Mr." Pitt and Mr. Fox;
the labour of the Government was nothing -in
comparision with what it wet at time present day.
The right of petitioning should not he checked ;
but he could,not help saying; it had latterly, been
most frightfully abused. And while- the Go-
vernment was _thus harassed and tormented,
it could not be, however, matter of surprise, if
many things had unavoidably been referred to
the examination and inquiry of Committees.--
They ,were asked why they did not take up the
question of the Poor Laws ? and a very natural
question it was, considering the quarter froth
whence it mite. But they might as have
been asked, why they•were not able to effect
that in which Mr. Pitt, its the singleness of
his strength, had tried and failed ; iii which
Mr. Whitbread bad tried and also failed—
why they did not remedy the abuses of centuries
in a day, and divert tee feelings. of a nation
grown inveterate from hatred, with a more use-
ful and better tegutitted growth ?—They could

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SOLED QUIS t.SU AUPEAT ?

, LONDON,
WEDNESDAY, MAY 19, 1819.

We received this morniog the Paris Papers of
Sunday last: In the Chamber of Peers on Satur-
day, the remaining articles were gone through of
the first projet respecting the Press, and a
scrutiny taken upon the whole, when there ap-
peared for the projet 130, against it 50. The
projet was therefore declared to' be agreed to,
and-the Chamber adjourned till this day.
In the Chamber of Deputies the discussion was
finally closed on the projet respecting the Finan-
cial Accounts, but the decision was postponed till
the termiharion of the discussion -on the Budget of
Ways and Means-. The-Chamber adjourned till
Monday, when the Report was to be made on the
Petitions for the recal of the exiles.

The KING presided at a Coancil 'of Ministers
on Saturday.

Twenty-six additional Prelates have bceri sums
moped to a'ttend the Ecclesiastical Committee at
the residence of the
.Cardinal tie PERIGORD.
The Duke de RICHELIEU is at Venice.

The departure of the KING and Court for St.
Cloud is said to be fixed for the 15th of next
month.

Madame :MANSON arrived ot, Saturday at Pat is
from Touhittse.
These Journals again contradict the reports of
their: being any question tallier ncgociation re-
specting the Throne of Sweden.

FIVE PER CENTS.

Saturday f. 70 c.

- DEFERRED STOCK.
Of the 22d March, 1817, ....84 1. 70 c.
d Sept. 1817, ....821. 70 c.
22d Marc,ll, 1818, ..801. 70e..
2'2,1 Sept. 1918, —7B 1. 70 c.
22d March,lBl9, ...Nit. 85 c.

As the People will have ln!l enough of Air.
TIERNEN'tS Speech on the Motion Iyhich be
brought forward last night, in the LioOe of
Commons, we. shall spare ourselves and our
Readers from much observation on the subject.
The Honourable Ge'ntlernan is distinguished for a
coarse species of irony, and • a kind of.powlerous
satire, with attempts at jocularity, which excite
a melancholy sympathy even among his friends,

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;•:,rg,
rvireri the see him solaboviously strugAle
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abortive delivery. In one respect, ho\vecer' .1t
is to be adalired for sincerity and candour, latf
night, for, having alleged the incompetence °
Ministers; he openly avowed the superior Vgli.
fixations of himself and his Party, and dec!'re'd
their readiness to enter into office as soon *9 °P‘
portunity admitted. It is impossible not to aawild
that 1.1 patriotic promptitude .on the part the 4
Honourable Gentleman and hiss friends, 'fbic
would thus induce them at once to undertake tb6
labour of governing the Country, and, theref°rei
iostead °
we conceive that Lord CA3TLEREAOIIS
keCC
turning what Mr. TIER El said on thi9 5110- r
into such ridicule as made the victim writhe Ode
his sarcastic pleasantry, and excited -the la°gbi
h ve
ter of the House, ought rather -a ti
praised hint for offering to make so gener°lls
it l
sacrifice of his time, in executing the
duties of Administration, for the noble sarisf37l
tion of serving the Country, without any sei"4.s
consideration of the emoluments of °f6ces
Bravo---Mr. TIERNEV—yon reallydisplay art°llln:
disin'terestedness but unfortunately you have bee-
trkd in the bal,nce, and have not, indeed, been
"-found wanting," but rather to have
superabundance of weight, and " a/acritY
slithingr" as rendered you tar to() heart' for
usrful purpose. We now take leave of tht
candid, ingenuous, disinterested Orator and 1
triot, for the present, unwilling to deprice
OPPOSITION of so powerful a Supporter, bearto
wishing ihat hii eloquence may be always erre”u;,,
with the same result, and that the present
sters, ,who have really preserved the Countr);
and given freedom to ail Europe, may never
a less Majority in their favour than appeared
this occasion,. The numbers were—

• For the Motion 173
For Minigers 35/
Majority 179
t C:44
Nye cannot,, however, conclude c'
pressing our regret that we ere obliged (''n
count of the length-of previous matter) to give
rely abridged a report of Mr. CANti,l'-:G'4 trdle
admirable speech., which was marked bq "c.,
good sense, sound policy, and irrefragftble arg`t
went, as well as incidental humour, that t
earnestly hope th.e:lion. Gentleman will prese,
it to the , its most copious etellt
through the medium of the Preis.

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LANDAFF, HOW Bishop of psTra3'';
►
yVa,erri,l.3.eol:7le,'t'lattliey,
dC:,.%(eirevterit:eictllzridyald, tideniCol,peLt is;ei,ctoril:tit:hten
ehl 617erHhil:(
Speech,Ma
lng,s odw
e looked reasoning,i
0
the venerable Prelate would" ninvnio'fil'ticlillni°lll)erfi's)'sti
cl"(111Cut, and impressive, on the last disc'issi°-
ofi thsubiect. We were. not driaPiwil'ie(l'
but being obliged
yesterd4 to give a ',tie (Sc:
count of his Lordship's .Speech on MoodAY'
applied to a friend who was present, tend an wh°-, •
accuracy we can confidently rely, and he h"'
voured us with a full report of what his Pi)
ship said on that occasion, which our Rest-WI 'II
find in our first page.
A Meeting to oppose the flesumption 0'
rti
Payments took place yesterday at the
'Tavern, pursuant to an Advertisement in 1165
ist'
other Pnblic Journals. It' Would have caa'
of a numerous Body of the most resnectoble -1"
chants, Bankers, and Traders of the City
London, if those eternal Disturbers of °Plc r;
MiljOi' CARTWRIGHT, HUNT, WOOLER,` and
Spa-field Orators, had not intruded themselc
upon the Meeting. Mr. BAINBIUDGE 1"5 ti
; Old
Chairman, and after a short speech, ex
purport of the Meeting, he was f("iit's'ej
by Sir' RonEtT PEEL, WilD, with plain g°°.
sense, perspicuity, and substantial ressoairiP'
pointed out the danger of resuming -jiti
Payments, and the ineVitable evils that isql
arise from 'such a measure, cOncluding 61111ir,
motion to that effect. He ,was followed. by sits.
Aliwooo, who 'seconded the' motion, at' 4i:
ported it with considerable ability and sid"pir.•
tory lessoning. After other spedebes, po:
PEARSON proposed "an amcndnient, reconimeilt.o„o
the resumption of Cash Pavnents. Both
were submitted to the Company by the Choirrii Of
who ',declared that, in his opinion, the sli°‘`rogif
hands was against. the Amendment.
pressed to call for a division; • but very pr co
declined, as the room contained so niPnY jac,(9c
Orators, and Radical Reformers, and retired.' ,„5,
Ma-,'r then took the Chair. Mr. BAINI..,tODG°
acs
of eour3e; censured- lor not' 's,avinz for a r"11,1,' Of
lured M
Id _r• __oweic4T for espre--11;
a la‘nntrable opinion of the former Chairman, a."!,(1
manly avowal his sentinitnt, as they difi'll,o,
those, of the Retolutionary oWritders; lc'
applying to him What character ized themseiv:: toi
ludierousiv pronounced him
enemy to social'order ! ! !" The Spct• Field d
Orators
and therest of the Co p s •
SeNta.,i GreA
L Prinicd ii. CA RSTA:PAS, of No. 9,9'tt
0;7;16nd-street, Queen-square; anti published ,C 0
SCRIPPS, of No. 7, South Motion-street, at 11-1,105/
Otice, No. Ile, 14trantil where Afirotist•rnentit
Letts: &G:. (11,0;.-paid) must be anerfccd,

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