The Sun.
London, England, 1819-05-19 00:00:00

Honourable Gentleman said the Government

,tcted oti no principle, bnt merely adopted
their rnea:;nres front clay to thy. ‘I''1"1(1 the
Right honourable Gentleman allow biw to

isk--he did not wean to do it invidionsly7what

had been his own principle of action sliwild
be sorry, when a change took place in the Go-
vernment, if the Itight lion. Gentleman were not
to take the lead in the new Administration, as he

vas not one of the least stars L7l that side of

tile !loose.

'With this teelitlg, anti desirilig to

know what was likely to be the character of the
new Admioist ration, he wished to atli of th,2 night
Hon. Gentleman to what part of his life he would
refer thew to ascertain what had been

tale, he meant his political principle, of action. He
believed it would be found. that he had on every

ccev,ion been labouring to bring the debate of the

evening' to a close by dexterity of managetnent.
It driven to it, he should he inclined to say—but
perhaps he might not be a eauTlid and impartial
judge—that ti,e only princifle on which the Right
lion. Gent. and his friends had acted, was that of

pt*.rgevering efforts to thw-Art die Government of
tli.• Country, while struggling with unprecedented

difficulties, and endeavouring to stern that torrent
of desoru,tion which threatened to overwhelm the

country. He mitzht safely leave it to the country
to deCide on which side of the House most English

principle and public spirit had been found. He
denied that any indifference to the internal state
of the Country had been manifested since the re-
turn of peace-. ,Every subject bad been brought
under consideration. The Finances—the Poor
LAws•—the Charities of the Country—the Bank—

the Currency—and the Criminal Code, had been

successively the subjects of most anxious inquiry
and deliberation. Surely then it could not be niain-
tallied that Ministers had been indifferent to
the internal state of the country. Iu bringing
forward the present motion, it appeared to him
that the Right 1-104. Gentleman was only ani-
mated by the wish of having -a sort of grand field
day, in order to make "iris troops parade before
the public.—(A laugh.)—The Right lion. Gen-
tleman was aware that On another question now
on the eve of coming under discussion, there
would he some defectiOns, some rebels against his
authority ; he therefore wished to bring for Ward
some proposition which should unite • all his
forces, however opposed to each other in various
instances. Such a Mahratta confederacy had
perhaps never been seen in that House.—(A
laugh.)—A better description, however, could
hardly be given the force on the opposite side of
the House that: that which had lately been given
of the Pindarries. They w,s.:*e in a most ex-
traordinary state of political contusion--they
no longer had one leader,- bat as many leaders as
there were Gentlemen of talent among thrm.—
Now all was order—every one was in his place—
all with '' eyes front" looked to the Right Hon.
Gentleman. for instructions ready to obey the
word of command.—(Langhter.)—Boond on this
occasion to acknowledge the infallibility of- their
political Pope, they took their places at titre
'o'clock, and hardly left then) to obtain natural
refreshment. All this might prove the Right
Hon. Gentleman a famous leader, since he bad
been able thus to establish passive obedience in
the Whig Artny.—( A laugh.)—Those, however,
whom he (Lord • Castlereagh) had to address,
though some additions had been made on a late
Occasion to their numbers, were in the train the
same troops who had before drove the opposite
party out of the ftaild, and salved their country :
he would not believe' that'they had changed their
principles he believed that they loved the prin-
ciples they formerly possessed es well as they ever
did, but like many a victoriods army, nursed in
the lap of victory, they had perhaps become rather
indolent .—(lncessant laughter.)—Bnt he believed
them ready to take a hint from the Rt. Hon. Gent.
and he should be equally disappointed and stir-
prised if they did not show him that night, that
all his dexterity would not suffice to indtiee men
in this country to substitute one set of pi inciples
for another. He claimed of them for the Govern-
ment, and for themselves, that they would not
suffer the tactics ill the Right Hon. Gentleman to
prevail. The late divisions of which he had spo-
ken had not discouraged him. Though in favour
of the Right Hon. Gentleman, he could see very
few indeed with him but his old friends. If the
friends of the Government had changed their way
of thinking, he hoped they would speak out ; and
if they had a disposition to overthrow the present
Administration, let them do it like men.—(blear!)
If they disliked the principles on which it acted,
let them state their objections, but not doing
this, he trusted they would not suffer themselves
to be over-run by superior activity. He conclud-
ed by strongly calling on the House to decide this
night whether Ministers or their opponents were
best entitled to their coat-Hence and that of the
Country.—(Very loud and long-continued cheer-
ing.)
Mr. W. LAMB entered into a view of the finan-
cial measures of :he last three years, in order to
show that little exertion had beets made on the
part of Ministers to relieve the country. Though
disposed to vote against the Administration col-
lectively, he most 'warmly panegyrised the indivi-
dual integrity and great talents of the Noble Lord
(Castlereagh), of the President of the Board of
Controul,-and of others of his Majesty's 'Ministers.
Whichever way we looked, the most prominent
feature in the political aspect of the country was
the unpopularity of the Government. What was
the re-aim) why no great measure could be intro-
duced by the Goverment into the House without
a previous Committee to inquire into it, but
merely that the Government had not weight.
enough, and knew the House had not confidence
in them, to give any reasonable chance of their
carrying through any important measure without
resorting to such means. By this system of de-
volving all the great duties of the Government on
Committees of the House of Commons, a most.
serious
_attack was made upon the Constitution.
All the vigour, all time energy, all the resposibi-
lity, of Government was gone. In truth the pre-
sent Administration was discordant and ill united.
The Noble Lord said, that on time Opposition side
of the Pause all were Well disciplined and %veil
united. Would that he could -see sonic of that
regular discipline and union thus attributed to the
other side of the House prevail among the Mi-
nistry. Instead of that," there was DO union; no