Star.
London, England, 1830-03-01 00:00:00

EARL STANHOPE'S LATE MOTION.

The following Protest has been entered on the Journals
of the House of Lords, against the decision on Earl
Stanhope's motion : •
DISSENTIENT,
First, Because we are convinced that the distress which prevailed
in this kingdom at the time cf the commencement of the present
Session of Parliament, and which his Majesty must have been in-
duced to believe, and have been advised to represent to Parliament
a. partial,was at that period most severely felt in almost all parts of the
kingdom, and that it has since increased, and continues to increase.
Secondly, Because it has been stated to Parliament that the dis-
tie, so represented to be only partial was to be attributed to the
s-usens, and to other causes not under legislative controul ; and the
epresentation so made, while it states a self-evident truth respecting
the seasons, omit+ all mention what such, the other causes of ills-
trcsr, Are , and Parliament, therefore, has not the means of ascer-
taining, without further inquiry, whether such other causes are, or
Are not, under legislative controul.
Thirdly, Because we think that it is the duty of this House not
to rest satisfied with respect to matters of such importance, without
instituting a solemn inquiry, in only to ascertain what are the causes
which have produced extreme distress throughout the kingdom, or
the greatest part thereof ; and, whether that distress can by any,
and what legislative measures, be removed or alleviated ; and, be-
cause it is, we conceive, the duty of Parliament, without any delay,
to the utmost of Its power, by all just means to endeavour to alle-
viate it.

Fourthly, Because we think that if it should be found, upon satis-
factory inquiry, that the causes of the distress cannot be removed,
or the distress be alleviated by the Legislature, his Majesty's sub-
jects will not fail duly to appreciate the earnest endeavours of
parliament to relieve them, and that they will cease to labour under
an aggravation of the distress occasioned by their present belief,
that if the distress cannot be wholly removed, it may be materially
alleviated--an aggravation of distress, from which it may be 11 the
power of Parliament to relieve them, by ascertaining what are (other
than the seasons) the causes of the distress, and whether such other
causes are, or are not, under legislative controul.
(Signed) EL DON.
STANHOPE. NORTHWICH.
CHURCHILL. T EYNHA
RICHMOND and LENNOX. RADNOR.

E EVENING STAR.

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A protest will be found in another column, against the
decision in the Peers on Lord STAN no Pell motion, which
offers a striking illustration of the state of Parties at this
moment. The Duke of RICHMOND and Lord ELDON
figure in that protest side by side with Lord STANHOPE
and Lord RADNOIt. When men consent thus to bury
the distinctions of party, and to remove the wall of divi-
sion which kept them separate, the impelling cause must
be strong indeed. Either those, who supported the sys-
tem of oppression lately—and oppose it now—have become
converts by clear conviction, or the sense of a common
&Inger has united them against a common mischief. As
my Lord ELDON is one of the company, we shall presume
the latter cause, since it is both obvious, and all-
sufficient. But whatever the cause is, the fact is there,
and it is a sign not to be mistaken, of the great moral
change which has supervened.

Lord NUGENT, the other day, praised the Whigs—
at the Buckingham- meeting—for their steady and con-
sistent patriotism : he said it was the Whigs, who had
brought Reform to the advanced post which it now occu-
pied—it was through them, in short, that amelioration
was coming. As for the new converts—said the Noble
Loon—who were won over to that advocacy, they were
enthusiasts, as all converts are ; and were for going
much farther in their enthusiasm, than the original
fathers of Reform ever contemplated to go. Lord Joon
RussELL'S motion—the utter unimportance of which we
demonstrated at the time—was the burden of his theme;
and he dilated on the encouragement which was given to
the country's hopes, by the large minority which divided
in its favour. We cannot coincide with the Noble
Le to in any one of these opinions : even in their
Reform championship, the Whigs were never:sincere—
all their bustling and spouting was ad captandum—it
was a contest between the corrupt iNs, and the equally
corrupt ours, for place and power. And now, it is
their tact and stratagem—when they see other advocates
of Reform standing forward with unquestionable earnest-
ness—to throw the slur of suspicion, or enthusiastic
excitement, on demonstrations, which make them really
tremble lest the citadel of corruption should be carried.
This apparent digression to Lord Nuouwr—and his
friends, the Whigs—is not foreign from our first remarks,
concerning the amalgamation of parties. The ranks of
the original reformers—as the noble LORD represents
them —have received strange and unexpected accessions :
and men, whose constant station in the battle was by the
standard of Mr. PEEL, are found now in the van-
• guard of his most uncompromising opponents. Party,
•in ' fact, is utterly disorganised and dissolved :
and no distinctions remain now, but the possessors
and expectants of public plunder. These—we repeat
once more—are not to be mistaken signs, of the change
which has come upon the country. When all, but the
corruptionists, are of one mind, the issue to these—
whether in expectancy, or posseseion—cannot be by-
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