The Sun.
London, England, 1819-12-18 00:00:00

believed that the year before last it was thong=
that Government could not retloce it more th'it
it had Oleo dune ; and last year_Parliement 113i'
been perfectly satisfied with the redUctioir which
had been Mike > at least he had a rkfititta
ri Co".
~htrlislude see toleliee beeiNze.Case, as nk
Ny '&l'Ni-red se;liirtats, r cAbOtrity de'
scription. The sort of blame which was throsei
on Parliament, both in and out of doors, began t°
assume an alarming aspect. If their LordshiPs
would look back,. they would find that the 380
kind of attack had been followed op prior to the
unfortunate events which bad some time back
agitated the Metropolis. The Noble Earl (114r-
rowby) alluded to. riots headed by Lord George
Gordon. Had these Bills been fortunately in force,
at that period, the Metropolis would have escape'
the calamities by which it was then visited. ATI
the latter end of April,. that sort of language 11:01
been held with respect to Parliament ; and abolol
the beginning of June trapowing it had bee°
openly treated with disrespect and violence.'''
Was not the indication at the resent
miler to those 2—(blear, hear)'—He thought
_that if even the ebullitions of popular feelin%
were checked by these Bills, it would be desirelds
to pass them. The Noble Earl (Donoughmore)
thought that Ireland should be excluded froo
this Bill, and stated, as a ground for it, that 01,1;
part of his Majesty's, dominions conducted WI
iu the most quiet and, tranquil tnannese He cod'
himself bear testimonyao,. the exemplary manner
in which the people of that country had be'
their sufferings and distresses almost without pze
'elle'. Bat it was because he felt their condlO
in the manner that he did feel it, that he
most desirous of holding out the shield of pot
tion to them as well as to others. Cornwall O'd
Devon had not shovels any. evil dispositions, ant!
if Ireland was not included on account of
tranquillity, might nor these counties detuall'
with equal justice to be excepted ? He trusted
their Loldships would pass this Bill, not only Wig'
a desire of aff oding protection to the quiet'
peaceable, and loyal part of his Majesty's
jects, but as a protection for those very men ‘s9ii
were the principal aothors of the distresses
their countrymen. He hoped therwould pass it'
that one might have some chance of seeing 114,
Civil Power alone adequate to the meintenant;
of the peace ; that those who were charged %%tic':
that weighty responsibility of discharging- 01!
duty, might be able to acquit themselves of 'I;
without the painful necessity. of having recoort.
to the military power—a step, however, whit!',
shotild the safety of society ever require to
taken, he hoped it would be done without he9l
Who), and in a moat decisive enanssete—(lles!'
hear !)
Earl GROSVENOR could not allow that he "L
its arty way convinced by the arguments of e
Noble Earl opposite, that a Radical Itetor‘lit'l!,
the system of GOverme.enr was not necessary.
did not think wiih a Noble Duke (Athol!) IP;
the overwhelming majorities of that House vidtic:
had marked the early proceednes of l'ailiatne'i
in the present Session,. were any proof of t he e,094,,,''
ness of those proceedings... it had been his lot r,
have seen questions in that House expeeient.;
overwhelming majorities, which, six mouths .01
terwatds', hail been opooseti by eqiianv over:
whelming mejerities.—(hear, hear
. t.E
gsrd to the present Bill, it appealed to hits-1.4-11'o;
tinctly to have a tendency to fritter away 11
rights of the subject. 'Looking at the trials ‘d)
rt
bad taken place, he considered the acquittaf
Mr. Hone to have been occasioned he the 1'6.,1:(
tied feelings excites'. Its the easeof Carlite,A.l
publishing the yew ks (4. Paine, Jut ice had decitit:e.
so as to rejoice every one. Thie showed
wete the feelings of the people. But Ilsere4l,:e
beets another postliumous•pishlicatioo. Aa 1'
viduel had recently arrived form Ams rice, bri!'l;,e,
ing with the bones of Pa.i..ne. What wotiv;
effect of this on the people ? He would appo.o
• the ,House if any thing but disgust, r:slicule,
laughter had been produced by the iutroducote',
of these miserable bones. Whether the•h°ll,l,
thus, brought were those of Tom ['nine or nit
he did not know ; bet this he keew, 11.0 l
there being brought here had excited
ersgost. hough some disaffection might' e.%15
Though
'he could'see no danger that called for tieWl'';‘
like those now proposed. a lie disaffection 0.01
wholly front distress. A moderate Reforin,,'llit
should:have the effect of making the voice of,
people mole diStinctly heard in the otter 1/"1hel,
as it would satisfy them that their represeoull'ed'
had a greater fellow-feeling' with thene.than (soil
had at present, would du antic)) to conCiliefe'dt
•classes; 'and be, for one, should feel no alo'r!ftPfel
if
the state of the country Mies:ars wotia.,sas
adopt a iliffereet course. . Th.e events of thelj~f,
of August, and the conduct of his Majesty'3ltidt
trivets thereupon, had increased the danger oo
had previoosly ereiged,, It was then that"
to
people felt that justice eves denied to thereept
their whey' Itrsg• to. the hope—the only hope. 4f.
could restrain to them—that an. inquiry iht°)l,
transactions at Manchester would be institV
by that cis the othei' flutiSe.Ol Pal lianient• e'd
.
abet had been denied. OW revieai;rg the pr°6o(l"
inge thc 'IGO of Ategn,t, he-carne to the
'elusion that erteugh'had on( ber:n
the civil power before recourse was liad•"'ortl!
,ruilitary. He -was ready to prove at their Licol
ships', Bee, that the. Yeomanry had inisconddiai
themselves, .and that, lung after the meeting ofiti
'been diTersed, they' had actually chargedo4ll
rode-oversevetel oilt,munate persons ;%116'. '
. assembled near the-gates if the InfirmarY.A.V,
• .vindicated the county over which lie had' ti)
totet ,to„pretide from the charge of radicalism•
then,tOA: a general. view of the policY
Majesty's Governmetit, end strongly censore"_cor
epreastires, cooduet towards Spain in fay ot.
the ✓tyrannical conduct of its kiog--1:640;
!env to renew the Property :rav—the sl.l
ciempte
pt°of the Habeas Corpus "Act—the'impositioo
taxes to the 4inoon.t of amoomooL, and j'earr:
Lionel grant • made to a Member of the ItnYvirA
ugly in the last Session of Poliament, 4ct•'selP;
Torideinned. But lie Noble Lords 011)("1, 006
if tlre•.coontry was in distress they vver-bleilleo;
blame. If they were not.sCs: who Were, t‘• ,-)1111),
But 'then it was sail, it %114 thevisitatil'e
vidence. [lighters, Wle9 the affairs Of I 1 POI
try had gone on proTeron'sly, had not bk.eeo0 st:.l)
watt! in tasking credit to themselves;