The Sun.
London, England, 1826-11-23 00:00:00

One only by Bill. But then the 14kid.only A Choice between
o ditfieulties. One of those difficulties did not seem to have
' 4cenrred to the' Right Hon. Secretary of State. Suppose a Bill
were to be proposed and carried in that Muse, was it certain that
nit Would pass into a 'law ? And was it 'desirable that this
louse should refer matters vitally affecting their own peculiar
inctions and character, to-the other House of Parliament? If,
erefore, the House did not adopt some regulations front its own
innate power, it was difficult to see how the. matter could be ac-
fomplished. He Must say, however, that he felt considerable
ih
objectipn to the Resolutions as they stood ; as they would enable
Parties, without subjecting themselves to any penalty, to present a
Merely malicious Petition. The object was to make all the
world understand beforehand in what mode the House would
deal with the subject. Every body must fief that the existing
evil required a remedy. At present, Whatiwer bribery might
have existed, if no Petition complaining of it wan presented with-
in fourteen days'after the meeting of Parliament, there ' was no
means of inquiring into the case. lie was very apprehensive,
that if it were attempted to iutroduee a law conformably to . the
Resniutions, the ' tendency of which would. be to disfranchise any
Borniigh in Which bribery was proved to exist, that law would
not receive the coucutrence of the ether House of Parliament.
The necessity of laying down some gvneral rule to prevent bribery
and corruption wax, howeVer, abundantly evident. . He recom-
mended his Noble Friend to withdraw his Resolutions for a abort
time. If, however, his Noble Friend persevered in his motion,
he (Mr. Scarlett) should feel great difficulty in opposing it.
Mr. PALLMER observed, that he addressed the'House with.
great disadvantage ; nevertheless, he begged their indnlgenee for a'
few moments. thimble as his thanks were, he could riot •be sa-
tisfied ' without offering' them to the Noble Lord who Lad intro,
duced these resolution's in the last Session of Parliament, and to,
the Noble Lord by whom it was now proposed to the House to
4ffirm them. It always gratified him to see the aristocracy of the
country ads'ocating the rights of the people. But much as lie
felt indebted 'to the Noble Lords for bringing tinder the considera-
tion of Parliament an evil, the extent of which was, acknowledged
by every burly, he was convinced that a removal of all the incon-
venience* in the way of a free and pure exercise of the elective
frenchise 'could be effected only by the interposithin of a wiee.Ad-
ministration ; and he hoped to see tire day, and that not a very die,
tent one,When, instead of starting objections to a proposition like the
present, his Majesty's Ministers would take into their awn hands the
task of considering' time subject, and would bring forward sours lowa-
Imre respecting it which would have all the weight of their sanction.
Government had wisely employed themselves in this time of peece in
the introduction of a inure liberal commercial system ; he trusted they
would soon turn their attention to the improvement of the Con-
stitution. There was no man to whom he and the country would
look with more confidence than to bins who hail already done so
much. The exertions of the Right Honourable Secretary of
State for the Houie Department in amending the: Criminal Law
entitled him to general' gratitudo. 'But the country expected
more &rim him ; and more he (Mr. Pallmer) firmly believed
the Right • Hon. 'Gentlemen -would perform. Among his other
efforts he trusted that the Right lion. Gentleman would ascend
to the' very source of our freedom, and would proposis such mea-
sures as would secure purity of election. ' He trusted the Right
Hon. the President of the Board of Controul would also excuse
hint if be reminded him, that distinguished as hie Noble Relative's
name was in the annals of the country, his best fame rested on
whit he had done to secure purity of electiorn—(Hear, hear)
Lord ALTHORP briefly replied : he, admitted that sortie of
the desirable objects could be attained only by Bill, but expressed
his apprehension, that there would be no chance of the concur-
rence of the other. House of Parliament. They must do what
they could, therefore, by Resohitimi. He admitted that it Was
daugerons,to allow one party, .with the assurance of ' indemnity, to
possess the means of harassing the ether ; but he observed that,
practically, few instances of the kind would occur; and with
those instances the House might find some mode of dealing. How-
ever, its' he' observed that there was a general feeling to that etfeet,,
he would not:note press the Resolutions, but withdraw Ids motion.
....-The Motion was accordingly withdrawn.

NON-QUALIIFICATION OF A 3IEMBER. •
The SPEAKER informed the House that he had received a
letter from a Gentleman, who had been elected to serve in the
present Parliament,' hut who, for certain reasons, declined taking
his seat. He would, with the permission of the House, read the
letter. The Speaker accordingly read the following letter :
" Sin—Having without my knowledgebeen elected to serve in
the present Parliament for the Borough of Downten, it Weenies
my duty to take the earliest opportunity to request you to inform
the Honourable House, that I am not qualified to take my seat,
inasmuch as I urn not possessed of the estate required, in the Act
passed in the 9th year of Queen Anne.
" I have the honour to be, &c. &e.
" H. SOUTHEY,"
ADDRESS TO THE THRONE. •
Mr. LIDDELL, end Mr. W YNN being called open by the
Speaker to bring up the %port of the Address, the former Gen-
alcunan appeared with the Report, whicl, was read by the, Clerk
,of the House. Upon the Report heieg read ni,zcond time, • Mr. WESTERN said, he rose for the porpose of proposing au
Amendment to the Athlrees. 'He was induced to otter himself to
the attention of the House, from the necessity of filling up what
appeared to him a very material emission in the Speech from the
Throne. The address now before the House adverted to the di,-
toped state of the manufacturing classes throughout the kingdom,
but it wholly omitted to notice the agricultural classes, although
the labourers in agriculture were suffering under an extreme' de-
pression. He thought it more necessary to advert to their situa. • lion, because the Speech lamented extremely the distress prevalent
amongst the manufacturing- poor; and, this exclusive sympathy
had a direct tendency to confirm an opinion which unhappily pre
veiled, that the agricultural classes were flourishing at' the ex_
pence of the manufacturing interests. Such an opinion did most
unfOrtunately prevail among the numufactiu ing labourers, al-
though nothing could be more unfounded, and the tendency of the
Speech was undoubtedly to confirm the error. They had even
heard such an opinion expressed by a Worthy Aldernum in that
House, though nothing could be more eelamitous than that this
different classes should be placed iu a suite of hostile title
ing to each other, or that they should lie taught to
think that the prosperity of the one was the tulvers'4 of
the other. It was important Cu,up the umiseioya in the
Addrese, since the Agricultural climes were unquestionably in.
its
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worse lode). Such was their state ; but he could tell the House
thet their calamities were increasing.'
he-
coining higher, 'and he believed that danger was to be appre-
hended, unless a material change could be effetted in their circum-
stances. It was important; therefore, that the House should not
suffer it to go forth, and which the Specelt impnlied, diet they en-
tertained an idea that the manufacturing poor were suffering
exclusively. lie was not of opinion that the present price of
grain was Made4nitte. Ile thought the remunerating price de.
ponied upon the hurtbens to which! the producers were exposed.
He contended, that at the present nuenent the price of grain was
lower in comparison to the charges inipoped upon 'agriculture,
than it ever had bean in any period of the history of the country.
Ile would compare it with the prises antecedent to the war corn—
mencing. iu 1793, and which were as high, within three or fuur,
shillings, -as the prices of the present hour. 'Yet et that period
s
the twos amounted to sixty Could any body doubt that
dustry i+ it
thence aroma
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present moment to advert. He did,
well as the manufacturing interests to ;I:teal" that, only one year
well the mauufacturing poor "ere
pwsperity, and the
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ofhread had little to .1 •cly : of the manufactur-
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r .gret, that the Agy"iu g stal
;ewe they did a few years ago, particularly in the year. I"7gt
arc yo ;ea state. secm pressure, from the heavy burtneos to
which
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wlr chi ba°t let! to this dreadful thins
.exP°'ed.
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