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was its very prop and pillar. He would, however,'
give the worthy Gentleman soil* siert aathaitirlasol
as perhaps his learned fastidiouinek wai net yet sa-
tisfied, Lord Somers 'declared the blety df the peo-i
ple to be the supreme Law. Mentedquien said, "The
Constitution of England will perish whenthejegislative
body becomes more corrupt than the executive." Lord
IChatham admonished the House, that unless a reform
originated within it, it would bereformedfrom without
with a vengeance. Lord Cliriden asserted, that taxa-
tion without representation was syrantiy; Adam
Smith laid it down, that an- inquisition into a man's'
private affairs was tyranny. Blackstone said, that the
only change which could be made for better in our
constitution, will be a more equal representation of the
people. Mr. Fox declared, that unless there was a to-
tal, radical reform, the constitution could not stand.
Mr. Pitt was of opinion, that without a reform no ho-
nest administration could subsist. Mr. Tierney, one
of the society of the friends of the people, had, in
1793, suppoited a violent petition for reform ; aye,
that very Mr. Tierney who now so grossly misrepre-
sented Sir Francis Burdett's principles—that very Mr.
!Tierney who now so weakly and so wickedly decried
the doctrines which he himself had Leen the first to
originate. Gibbon, speaking of the decline of em.
pires, declared no free Constitution could survive in
which the legislative power was nominated by the
I executive. Judge Bsyley, now living, had affirmed,
lon the trial of Sir Christopher Hawkins, that if such
, practices were suffered to exist, the Constitution was
no better than a shadow. It was unnecessary for
him to quote the speech, so well known, of the Spea-.
ker of the House itself. He should not, indeed,
have quoted any of those authorities, had he not been
i driven to it by the worthy Gentleman opposite. It
was not his wish to have stirred any disputed point
I.on which a difference of opinion was likely to arise.
He wished to see the principle of reform originate in
; the House of Commons itself ; and he did not care
under what modification it was primarily introduced,
provided it was introduced sincerely, without any
trick or political juggling. That Court had con-
, demned and petitioned the House of Commons—ever
since, that House had been getting progressively
worse. If now they relaxed in their censure, the direct
conclusion would be, that when the House was bad the
City condemned it; but when it got worse the City
was silent. The French Revolution was, as usual,
quoted as a kind of alarm against Reform. It was
i most unjustly quoted. All the evils of that Revolution
I were brought on by ourselves joining the Continental
! States, in order to force a Government on France.—
' But in no country under heaven was the constitution
overthrown, in which the Government was not ra-
dically corrupt. When there was a fear of invasion
in this country, then the worthy Alderman (C.
Smith) was ready to confess the loyalty of all men ;
but now he was the first to have recourse again to the
vile and mean cry of jacobinism. He thought, for-
sooth, that Parliament would begin by reforming it-
self. Why there was not a child of ten years old in
the country who would believe it. With respect to
Sir Francis Burdett, and Mr. Gale Jones, he was not
hound to their opinio:a ; all he was to consider was,
that the liberties of the English subject had been vio-
lated in their pc rsons ; all he wanted was to have
those liberties firmly established—to have an honest
House of Commons—and for that purpose, a Reform
in the Representation. In order to obtain that Re-
form, he was ready to unite with the most moderate
men, provided they were sincere. Let unanimity but
be once shewn. Let the City of London go boldly
up with the demand for Reform, and granted it must be.
Mr. FAVELL spoke in favour of Reform, and quo.
ted the authorities of Lord Hale, Junius, and Sir Wil-
liam Jones.

After a few words from Mr. HERNE, the Amend-
ment was put and negatived. The Court then divided
on the original question—For it 87—Against it sl—
Majority 6.

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At A late hour last night a Gottenburgh mail ar-
rived, and has brought intelligence of the death of the
Crown Prince of SWEDEN. Passengers by the packet
which brolight this mail state, that report ascribes his
death to poison, and that a counter-revolution is ex-
pected in that country. It :s so usual to ascribe the
sudden death of Princes to unfair means, that but
• little credit is due td tumours of this kind. The fol-
lowing are the different statements on this subject
that have reached us.by the mail :