Star.
London, England, 1821-02-13 00:00:00

STATE OF NAPLES.

Lord JOHN RUSSELL asked the
the Exchequer if his Majesty's Government
possession of any communications which
tween the Allied Power, and the Govern' me%
Naples ?
The CHANCELLOR of the EXCH7
plied, that he was not aware of any sr
cations being in posession of Government,
hoped his Noble ri iend (Lord Castlereagh) %yr.,'
down at the House tomorrow, and he cou
the question more explicitly.

GRAMPOUND DISFRANCHISEMENT
'Lord J -RUSSELL, in rising to
of the Day, for the House to resolve itsell
mittee on the Bill to exclude from the ,
ehise the Borough of Grampound, did
it necessary for him to go now into die
grounds On which that Bill was founded.
heretofore explained at large his views on the
ject, and the great majority of that
-with him. He should only observe ..
of giving the right of Election to old
roughs, where there were few or no int,
leaving five of.the largest, most populou,,
useful towns in Great Britain, unrepresewed:
million of inhabitants should be represents,
House only by two Nlembeis, .was an abut
they should oppose altogether. As it w-
all that Grampound was a place c.
of the elective franchise, he should not now
farther on the subject, nor detain the :_
peating what he stated at a former period.
eluded by moving that the Order of the r
Mr. GRENFELL said, he should
House by any lengthened observations
anxious on this occasion not to give a
cause he had always opposed himself
and undefined schemes of Reform; '
reasonable and moderate plan, such
should be brought befoie the House,
ready to give it his best support.
Mr. MARTIN (of Galwav) made
dons in opposition -to the Bill.
Mr. Serjeant ONSLOW dissented
which had been taken of the question
of the House. Did the Honourable
had spoken last; forget that it was so
year 1818, that a scene of bribery
'took* place at Grampound, which
for its depravity? The parties implicated
gardless of the prosecution that was
their heads, had-been guilty of an act of
suicide. -Ile could augur no future gt
notorious freeholders of Grampound, so
Were they to all public virtue. That
believed to be incurable. Could it be for..
'supposed, that to administer the bribery•oath
have the effect of preventing the flagi'
ins th.ak.li?td occurred there? The qu,
be considered was, as to what part of
nity should have the advantage of
be transferred. The Noble Lord who ,
the motion had proposed Leeds; but,
part, he thought it would be much better to
to the County of York, in which Leeds
The Members returned would of course
rested for the prosperity of Leeds, and ,
end proposed by the Noble Lord would be
pletely answered. To the 13111 .itself he '
hearty assent, and he thought the Hi
most injudiciously in rejecting it, as it .
effect of creating an opinion in the public
Parliament was adverse to all Reform whate'er'
Mr. 'l'. WILSON supported the moi
which he saw there dould be
The only Reform which he shoe
vocate, was to wipe out any blot from
tion, wherever he saw it existed.
Mr. LOCK HART said, that the writ
Grampound had generally been looked'
People rather as a writ of venditioni
one for the return of Representatives in
aortal sense of the word. He knew very 74
according to the -stipulations of the Union
lEngland• and
'Scotland, and between
rind Ireland, it was essentially necessary
presentative System should be regulated In
portion with respoct to each county ; and
.11t
not conceive any mere important subjects Io
rence to the present question, than to nbio
of the population the fraticlii.:e should l
He was not prepared to 'say positively
.the principle of scot and lot ought to be
'bat he would say, f:om everything
which
curred, that the franchise ought not to be.,
I any part of Cornwall, and leastuf allpifght
given before a proper place was decided u 111
r Committee. It was probable, that unless a r