The Sun.
London, England, 1819-12-15 00:00:00

tv•ere alienations from the right system. He w
aware of the objections which had been urged by
a Right Hon. Gent. some time ago, that those
Who professed themselves the advocates of thode-
rate Reform were as.wild and extravagant itt their
notions as those who professed it in its most ex-
tended signification. One great branch of reform
rested on the consideration that the House of
Commons were the managers of the public e-X-penditure—the guardians. 7of. the public purse ;
and. in that sense it ought to act honestly and
'fairly by the people, for 'the people were sure not
tit enconrage -an' useless itnriotit t a x-es . • Wit 11
respect to the part likely to be (ak.en'lry Menibrrs
-coining from counties or 'boroughs-,niinititerial,
"maj.urities would he foUnd to:.be the propor-
• tioo of :three to 'one for, Abe totinty Memberse;
•three being on the side 13f Artie"inittority 5' four •to
-one for•the Representatives. of Boroughs, tour'
being on the side of the ili.jOity, • 'Tlieke propor-
tions might be compltred.With•thestate of the
vision• wide!l arose itt the torninittee of the [lutist!.
in the year iBO7, on a rtiotiOu 'of Lord Biuniu.g.
The Noble bohl then proceeded tO-statt his. Re.-
Solutions, Which were as follows •
1. That it. is expedient that all-. Boroughs in which gross
and notorious bribery and corruption shail,be proved, ti,.pre-
rail, should cease to return Members to serve in Parliament;
'peoviSion being made itch of the elecitors as, shrill Mit
have been proved guilty a the said' offertee, to give 'votes at
Anyectio,n to be held fof the county which such botongiss
shall be respectively situated,
-.3. That it is expedient that' the right irit'rePirning;Mein
hers to serve in Parliament, scr taken from any borough .which
p,hll have been, proved toliarp, been ,gui,lty a ttribrff ?nut
corruption, should bc given to,some gieat,towntie popuk-
Gnu of which 8441- not 'be less than 'fifteen thousand souk;
or to some of the latgesttoontie, • •, •
R. That it is the duty of this House 40-consider of. further
means to defeat Iptli prevent, corruption in ttie tirctiou of
Ili:embers of Pailiament.

4. That' the n'r.aigh of Gr ampoith 41; in lei high zr(iss and
pflwrd, 4.15, ceale to
'can! to tist.s
In the Oitiiity of Cornwall three Ilorottglisliad
been convicted of corrupiiiin, did nut bi'mf
hiniselt to the 8114(unit:tents in the 6tistitsttiOri
hail p oposed., 51i0,.1.1. he !Tidy to coincide
in fotore!diggeit,iiitis. He knew of nootherpi
,•
cipfes of Refl,rin, wiihtnit desfri4ing. riy
disfran-
chising all' Ihn,inglis. • The Conitituti.in. of the
country depended on lice prineiple.i, of whiCh
Clore were no written chartt:r.s.: present
structore Of the flonse of Ohinivioi,s:.+ALs as
it W4S made at the tittie.of the Revr.liition, nitro'
it was cott.4tituted of theiteprefi'entaiivesl,4 Counj
TOWLIS, Atl4 114(0,10i:5.. .11:01.(fet to attain
.
this construction, it had been thet),;ht
to trimt the reigninc Kitiz ; hit t't•at
men (0 tit, Ilevoitition think they were opholdit'lg'
a system that svoilld be lo:tint! s!).,i'otten ?
continuation of the ;?re'sent corrupt sy.striti
should happen that there should exi,t a Govern
tomtit aving no:interest in tilt' 116eitAl of the
jeet, Had those M/14(/ wish fOr lineaty hating tat
in-
(crest it) the State, tie could foretel that, civil dis-
sension must be the consepience ; and then >itiiett
to the laws and established Comitittition of the
land. Our country would become the prey of
some desigoiog Sc atestuart or ambitions General.,
who wotilel evisignish its libertie‘ as e;isily as
could extinguish the lights. of that Hotis-r—
-(Hear, hear !) . .
Lord Non MANBY loge to secorulthe trittliOil of
his Noble. ,Friend.. He would not attempt to
enter into detail. That had. bee'n done by 'his
Noble. Friend, in a manner that sb Sal i-facto'
stated his oiiinion, that lie conceived nothing tkas
nece,-..sary tromAiim but to confirm it as stich. Ile
concrtided that nothing could be more cl ally
founded in propriety and reason; Ilieu (ea nslerriOg
the elective franchise from those who _had made
an abuse of • it, and had shown:themselves te, he
contented to make a barter of themselves. From
such proceedings must accrue not only a itegative
wrong to the parties themselves, but a positive.
evil to the country. Every tniitive of the public
conduct of a.represeurative prodoLed tattler
circumstances, niti,t begin and end will!
The public good was not to he expeciea to meet wit ti
an. advocate in him. On the propriety of best ow.-
lug the elective franchise sin the nearest' populous
towns, lie thought there could not exist t tto Olki.
nions. He was aware that it had been proposed,
in the case of a borough being convicted of cor.
ruption, to throw it open and take in the hun-
dreds ; but, from this course of proceeding, the
only advantage which appeared to him likely to
result was, the extending the market of corny-
lion,. and thereby diminishing the value. He
leered that the population of some of the large
manufacturing towns, which considered them-
selves to be unrepresented, had swalioned the
noxions drugs of some of the itinerant (packs,
who.passed up and down the country disposing of
their nostronts for their own profit, without tiny
regard to the consequences that they Might pro-
duce to the patient. He thought, . however, it
might be beneficial to give to the most populous
towns the right of choosing Members to 'repre-
pent them in. Parliament. Were this privilege
conceded to them, he thought that it would be
llely to drain off into a proper channel the dis-
content which existed in the country, and which,
whenever it was stirred up, breathed a pestilence
around. He called upon the Houk to look at the
situation in which the manufacturing towns were
placed under the existing system, and to take into
consideration the propriety of making some con-
cessions to popular feeling. For his part he
could imagine no plan
.more clear, and • less
exceptionable than that now proposed for
their adoption by his Noble Friend. It broached
no general plan of Parliarnentary
pledged the House to 'no extended enquiry into
the whole of the present system, hitt it wept to
give the Government and the Country a simple
and _an efficient remedy for notorious corruption.
To those who were commonly opposed to motions
for Reform,. he 'would especially recommend the
present .plan, and he-could not but think that the
greater their antipathy to ths schemes of the Re-
(heals, the more were they found to favour a pro-
ject for moderate Reform.. If the present motion
were. rejected front the disposition thus,evineed,
he, feared the impression created oitt of doors
would be this, that however palpable the abuse
complained of, anti however temperate the reme-
dy stiggested, it would never be, entertained by
he House of Commons,--(Hear, hear, hear !)
This heeling. ha should most sincerely deplore,—
Ile anxiously' hoped that the House would endea-
vour to conciliate, not the °wild and visionary

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