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London, England, 1830-03-26 00:00:00

" peculiar privileges" of the Government from " un-
hallowed encroachment ;" his colleague, Mr. H Ere R I 1/1,
imprudently makes out the very case which Mr.Tuour-
sox sought to establish : fur he no doubt very thought-
lessly and inconsiderately admitted, that "if his MA-
JESTY'S Ministers had been remiss, and heedless to ad-
vance the interests of the country, it would be the duty
of the House of Commons to step forward, and take the
matter into their own hands." The voice of the country
proclaims,—and even if that were silent, the impoverished
resources of the State would attest the fact,—that his
MAJESTY'S Ministers" have been remiss, and heedless to
advance the interests of the country ;"—and therefore it
became, on the showing of the PRESIDENT OE THE
BOA RD or TRADE, "the duty of the House of Com-
mons to take the matter into its own hands." And so
far, the very " cause" which this special pleader has
" shewn against the motion," appears to us an incontro-
vertible argument for its success. Mr. Secretary PEEL
—u if he had never been engaged in the work of Reform
or innovation—opposed the appointment of a Committee,

because " such a proposal had never been brought be-
fore the House of Commons ;" and on the still more ex-
traordinary plea, that " it never yet occurred to any one
that the power which belonged to the Government and
the House of Commons ought to be delegated to a body
of twenty-one individual members of it." As if in addi-
tion to the iasurmountaGte obstacle which the novelty of
the proposal presented to its success—the appointment of
a Select Committee was likewise an unprecedented ano-
maly. It pleased the Right Honourable SECRETARY, to
ask, " would not the character of Government be degraded
by the revolution of their duty upon a Committee ?" But
we would ask Mr. PEEL, whether the character of a Go-
vernment may not be infinitely more degraded by its own
acts, than by the simple appointment of Committees from
the first day of the Sessions to the last ? What was the
character of the British Government but three short years
ago ? What is it now ?. Ask all Europe :—seek certificates
of its integrity, of its firmness, of its power, of its influ-
ence, and of its renown, in France, in Portugal, in
Turkey, and in Greece : of its justice, of its moderation,
and of its prudence, in Asia : of its humanity, of its
glory, of its faith, and of its sincerity, in the Western
hemisphere ; and of its undiminished ascendancy and un-
blemished fame, the records may be sought throughout
the universe—but where shall they be found ? Our feel-
ings have hurried us far beyond the limits which we had
purposed to devote to the consideration of Mr. THOM P.
SON'S motion :—but we find many matters connected with
the discussion to which that motion gave rise, which must
claim our further notice.

The Times still continues to vindicate his protfyi
PoLtow Ac from the humiliating charge preferred against
him by his multitudinous accusers—of being the mere "pup-
pet of WELLINGTON ;"—and we agree with " the Thun-
derer " in thinking all such accusations grossly absurd :
—for surely to dangle a puppet even such u POLIO NA c,
would require more skill and cunning than we suspect can
ever fairly be attributed to the more than wonderful genius
of the Duke. But there is a master-hand which dangles
them both—and the influence which W ELLINGTON exerts
over the French Minister, is merely that of an apter and
more favoured condisciple—working in the same school,

and to the same end :—it is their reciprocal duty and in-
terest to uphold each other. The success of W ELIA NG.•
To Ws endeavours to preserve the relics of the Holy Alliance
depends entirely on having an initiated brother at the
bead of French affairs. It was this conviction, brought
home by the obstacles which the late French Cabinet op-
posed to the present wretched Austro-Anglo policy, that
led to the ineffective Ministry of Pouo NA C. WEL-
LINGTON in this intrigue was a mere go-between--a
Isecret agent—not the head, but the hand. In the pre-
parations now making in France, with the ostensible
object of an attack on Algiers, it is really curious to con-
template the marvellous indifference of our present
staesemen. Is it because the whole armament is only a
hoax—a military-police experiment, to intimidate the
French nation into greater docility on questions of
internal Government ! Or have we decided to permit
France, like Russia, to raise the Bag of conquest
MOO more at the expense of the Turban ? If the only pur-
pose of the expedition be to chastise the Algerian power,
for the insult offered to the French flag, will not Lord
Ex MOUTH'S example suffice, who effected his object so
promptly by a novel bombardment, without the necessity
of employing military force ? Or, if the actual prepara-
tions are indeed no feint, then let us ask, is it the inten-
tion of the Ministers of France (judging by the formid-
able force collecting) to render themselves masters of
'Algiers? And will it be politic in England to permit
them, even for a season, to sit down on both banks of the
Mediterranean ? France has long coveted the possession
of Barbary, which might become an admirable indemnity
for so many lost colonies; and yield advantages equal to
all, or any, that are rendered by South America and
India. And this, too, at her very door, enjoying at
the same time, as she does from her convenient
proximity, every facility for supplying her invading
ow, and, if once fairly in possession, maintaining a
colony on the coast of Africa, in spite of all Europe. We
know that the project was seriously entertained by
Louis XIV. and has since been frequently contem-
plated by his successors. BOON APA RTE was only de-
terred from putting such a plan into execution by the
multitude of his continental conquests : but so solicitous
was he for its accomplishment, that, in his visit to Spain.
he despatched emissasies to ascertain the practicability of
an expedition against Algiers. Since 1814, a similar
undertaking has been suggested and urged by a host of
French projectors, as a means of stealing a march u

England, and cramping ber future commerce in the Me-
diterranean Seas. It therefore behoves us to watch
narrowly that the attack on this barbarous Power be not
followed up by lasting possession.
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Arines Laoroi*,ieft town yesterday morning, for his
emasere at Ciammees." •