Star.
London, England, 1817-01-29 00:00:00

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mitted but at their itatlfittiom But what tdpatation
could the agitators rooks to theme deluded people for
the loss of their liberty 1 The tact was, that the, i
VIM like the fanatics of old, Alto went about with
the Bible in one hand and ilkesword in the other.
preaching up religion under all manner of ~,utt.ges
and excesses. Roe House must therefore join most
heartily in the sentiment of his Royal Highness re-
specting the disturbers of the public peace. Let
public peace and decorum be preserved. This was
the time to check that spirit of revolution, which,
under whatever tame it was ptomulgated. covered a
design which the inflammatory demagogues were
earnestly labouring to effect.—( Rear, hear.)—This
was the time to prove that the ebullitions of popular
clamour bad no weight with the dignity of the Senate s
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" Non eivhiris ardor pram' jui)intlint,
Maw punk oink."
Whatever were the difficulties of our situation, we
should gain more by meeting them than by lament-
ing the past, or shrinking from the future. Thus we
should Acquire all the respect which is due to a na-
tion that adopts the best mode of meeting its diffi-
cilltira, and preserving its honuur pure and Un-
tarok, rd.

Mr. PONSONBY rose.—He began by expressing
his entire concurrence with many of those observa-
tions which had been so eloquently made by the
Mover and Seconder of the Address, and like them
professei. hiesself not in the mallow degree disposed
to exaggerate the present existing distresses of the
country, or to add to the present firebug of despon-
dency. He agreed with them, that tEe fate of the
country was at all times. bat now most particularly,
placed in the hands of Parliament; and that on the
conduct of this House in particular. during this Ses-
, lion. depended very much what would be the state
of the country. The first paragraph of the Speech
entirely coincided with his own views, namely, that
part of it which related to the late confl•ct with the
Dey of Algiers. With respect to the second, vim.
that which related to the war in India, he should not
at present make any remarks, though he by no
means gave any pledge respecting what he should
do when the question should hereafter come before'
the douse. The rest of the Speech, and the Address
founded on the Speech, referred principally to the
revenue. and to the state of the country. On these
particular points he felt himself irresistibly bound to
differ from the Mover and Seconder of the Address.
It was, he knew, unnecessary for him here so repeat
that the Speech delivered from the Throne was al-
ways considered as the production of Ministers. It
was proper this should be kept in view in the obser-
vation necessarily made in Parliament on the
Speech, as whatever remarks might be made on it,
were solely made, on the ground of its being a Mini-
sterial'document, and could not therefore be emu-
dered as having any allusion whatever to the Inns-
' trims Personage by whom it was delivered. He
merely stated this, because be now intended to sub-
mit sonic remarks to the consideration of the House
on the Speech delivered at the beginning of the last
Session of Parliament by the Commissioners, and on'
that which bad this day been delivered by the Prince
Reent. Previous, Bowever, to doing so, he would i
with a paragraph in the former to be read by the
Clerk, and which was accordingly read.--." His
Royal Highness is happy to inform you, that the
manufactures, commerce, and revenue of the linked
Kingdom, are in a flourishing condition. The Priam
Regent laments the heavy pressure upen the coutkry
which such exertions could not fail to, prOduce,,and
his Royal Highness has commanded as to assure yon
you
that you may rely an every disposition en his part to''
concur in such measurft of esnaneny as may be I
found ccnsistent with the security it the country, and '
with that station which we occupy in gurope."—
The House had DOW beard the Trofessioas of econo-
my made by Ministers at the opening of last Session,
and they ware now able to judge, and the country
could judge, bow far they were to be credited.—
They had last year advised his Royal Highness to,
tell both Houses of Parliament that the country was
in a lioutiebies anditien, but in no one instance had
that bees proved to be true. They had also said
they would adopt assassin of economy. It was hs
the ismallessiew al the House what measures had
been permed last Session. which those who brought
them forward thought to be of anemial consequence
to the seamy. These measures 'tended to abolish
many kinds of mmecessary expenditure, and to in-
troduce economy, but hew bad they been received
by his Majesty's Ministers I Was it not an indis-
putable fact that they had on every occasion restated
them 1 Was it not also equally true that they deci-
dedly opposed every exertion made to save unneces-
sary expenses, and resisted one proposal for economy
after another, till they were, unfortunately for them-
selves, obliged by the votes of the House, with the
greatest reluctance, to cut down what they otherwise
.vould have strenuously clung to ?—(Haar, hrer.)—
Whoa such con4uct was in the recollection of the
House, be desired to know what real encouragement'
there was now to hope that a different line of policy
would be followed by Ministers for the time to come?
What ground had the country now to believe that
Ministers were more sincere than they were before,
or that their conduct would be marked with more
anxiety for the public welfare than it had recently
been ? It was said, that the cusses of these distresses
were merely temporary. He professed himself by
no means actuated by any wish to exaggerate the
distresses, or to give them any, or even the slightest
colouring. He was, on the contrary, rather willing
to admit (he would say hope) that this, to a certain
extent, was true. But be denied that this was the
whole cause of our present calamity, and trusted he
should be able to prove it so before he sat down.
Lase Session we were told by the ;tight Honourable
Gentleman (the Chancellor et the liachequer) that
sufficient provision had been made to meet the exi-
gencies- of the year. It was worth whik to notice
how that provision had been made up, apd he would
therefore du so, taking it in round numbqn. There
acre three millions on one account with the Bank,
six on another, five millions and six hundred thou.
sand, doe surplus unapplied of the'grants for the
year 1815, and three millions which the Right Hon.,
Gentleman assumed would be the surplus of the
Consolidated Fund. But, he contended, there was
no surplus whatever now, nay Were it necessnry, he
might carry the point a great way further, and say
more. Muth had been said respecting the propriety
.ut beeping the public loath, need no man could be
More anxious that this should be done than he war:
Thera was, as he maintained, no existence whatever