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nation into a faction—Who dffllattl their OWff art- f
fallibilltl, and depreciated the of all others; F.
a body .Who were too weak to bere.speatedtoo der-
.picable to be feared. But even this Wretchia body,.
:though they demanded Reform,.declared that it
'l-,wbuld not prove sufficient. Nu,-..they would have.
the House of Coruntons . omnipotent —they would
have it every thing—all other establishments. nothing;.
they would make it, like the rod of the* Istophet, •
swallow up all around it. This was the eternal.;
creed of Reformers„ever.weak, ignorant,. and insa-
i tiable. It was the ave.l even of those who, with more
lenlightened minds, had become infected with their;
principles. Sir James Mackintosh, for instanc
Ino doubt thought: very differently now, had sued
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1 his enlarged judgment to be. so far misled as to de. I
dare, in his eloquent work pp dm French Revolution,
that had he an House of Commons refortned to hie i
Wish, the Throne and the. Peerage should be but as
, dust in the balance ! Podulgieg every desire as he
did fir the dignity of th)it House, and cherishing.;
I (very rational hope fur the, rosperity of the people,-
re could never consent.su ft raise them above their'
• natural level as that eieryonlier constituted establish-
1 ment -of "the State sitould bey" hitt as duct -in the .
balinCer- No, he.would never conciliate the Refor. ,
meis af such a price; -and at any expence short of that
he'ditFtiot think they were to besonciliated. Ame-'
rim-tad:been-quoted as an erample_of successful
reforti." Itted been so. cited molt. improlierly : let
the'fivouxers of the cairieseek their infoemationTrom
that man, who ~after a- residence in_ America, bad
retired disgusted to his =din land.tt9-t-FuniPeirOrth ,
tAhd vile eirecu of that democratic legislation ; whiCll,'•
1 pevertheleis,te vrasendeavouring toestablish amongst
us . Franc:eh:v:l4lEl been seleeted as an-example-1....
What %leas the ease there i'The.refornsed Legislative
Assembly absolutely set ant :with. go principles iof
revolution ; •liinf even ifthey had. not dent pa. sitheir '
ideas hid lieen purely -patriotic.. ibey ~.ite, in • the
wild frens'y Of fantastic reformation, so strangely con-
stituted, -that it was impossible they could move in a
natural in-bit ; it was impossible theLshould not, rim
into aR iriegtMar and eccentric ceurse, whirlinkevery
eurrounding:object into- their, dangerous deviation.—
(Heni Itri ) • Would. that House . fulloW. the .rash
and awful-eximplt ?.--Would they go wavering and
perpleied to a Committee, without any adequate means
i to attain their Object: or . even without atty adequate
I object to attain- without-one .tired • ilea, except. the.
wise notion that-whatever is. i. wrung..ansl the sober.
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the nod, nor crouch to the Unspoken will of the tie._
tilde, but proceed in the plain path ei iindeviating
dependence ; thersliould.acoto• the walk
SedittlifeS, just as they shotild act towardi their CRF:
Aivitsismen,virtnously but freely,ftiunding theirhepes
of retiilyution on their roliiFiotisifeircrlAreq: He wis•
as ready as the Hor.. Gentleman to lainlent, that *we
liberal and solid provisions had not been made at ti,;
puod.-47the
-btu Amide d*,res•d,
against .tht, Gentleman's own arguments,
Charles the Seeond was restored chiefly bi'tte spirit
and stmug impubst" of- the people. The next staid
1 which the Hon,. Gentleman made was ;it the Revell,
lion. Now from that eminence kinking downward
to the present time, he could not discern, w;,4 the
exception of the Septennial Act passed in all the p, sie4
and glory of the Whigs, one single measure which di4
not tend toameliorate the people, he could not diver;
mid all .the perils of sutroundilig nations,a r,ukto
security to English indepe:ience than die estaLlis.ed
House of C.Jniroon.F. Should he then ungratelaly
now forget those benefits ; Should he impoliticly fieii
aside all hope of future advantage, and trust ti 1:.;
conflicting wisth.ms of a reforming committee tc
strike out some nest and Viltuktittt tyro*? • He
no necessity for the experiment : the House cf Ca.
mans was all-that the iionestiftiatrit'itic
it. \\That question but here Met a discussion ? hll4
grievance but here met its relnedy ? What nun in the
Lind id pOor butlett his- advocate ? The cape.,
rimilit of Refiwth badlein.triEctin France and hided.
They had it before their eyes. No honest riiionari
.}n shis,cofinttyllbaild rat)* bt—rhl)linded•as to seek
here; m the hope of benefit; what the corrupt men thergi
lough ftb ciwer If they diu„stme ware:
.',cunnipgandamblootisvisionary would tale adv.inin
of die tumult to place himselfon thethnine: They ircall4
. Soon. seepopulelr-ciinnsotton eke i 1 taitsrstgelentie,
'and find PhilosophiCal disqiiititioni. by
practical preparation. ei I. cannot consent isaid mr,
Canning) :co hatiflAis.• -If lam obligeil thonse
'between the cipticions Chances of an. uhdofined erm.
mime and the anciebt edifice which has scrim% up,
held our rights, shielded our dignity, and. securednor
interests, I shall not hesitate—, Stet lortuna domes;
1.4 t. the venerable fabric, sk Mai has sheltered ns ter
so many ages, *nd. stood
.unshaken through so many'
storms, still remain niaiiiipaired aid holy ; sarrosi
from the rash frenzy of that ignorant innovator alio
would tear it Joann, Caracas and incapable of any
. substittition." - •

expectation that,. by some Pocky expedient. the rig'it,
may be hit up-on.! (Harr.. hear.) There was, nog-
ever, one' principle to.which those Reformers pretend-
ed—a veneration for the Throne 'itself, tind an high
respect for the individual by whom it was ailed—
Alas ! that House well knew
.such language liadt(t
cven the merit of originality.—( Ilear,4rar.),By such
pretences it was the unhappy Louis had been deceived._
By such men it was he had been. deluded into the no•.

Nr. lINEY was no adeoestre for iolenr efforts-
at Reform, hit ate was anxious for some approach.
towards h, bec:titie it' was certairt that in a few years
some refoim must be forced on them. • In this he.
meant nothing of that. Wild dfair which was called
Radical Refoein, a thing which- was only anoth.l
name for Revolution. He had ncride cot men
popularity, for popularity had new corn; .• s.t
rude, hands that it was no honour t.• an! ot,o • T

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tion that he had an interest separate from his people, Radical Reformist was not to be contter.
and a place in the hearts of those who flattered that concession: give him a vote 'for the Copylio .
they might betray him He hoped sincerely there he would demand universal suffrage ; give him
was not a man in that House who was not eager' for voters, and he woold desire to have all
j to ward off the melancholy omen.—(Herr, litter.)— ! the women ; give him the women, and he must hare
1,, Why (said Mr. Canning) why. should we embark ; the children ton. (A laugh.) Pie people of Eng.
upon this dangerous voyage ? Why should we trust , land were wise, and might safely be trusted wi:11
ourselves to this unknown ocean ? We have heard that • power; no evil could accrue from giving them a cll.:
, the ancient empires of the earth have been uprooted ; connection with their Representatives. But it was co-
t that the most solid democracies have be. n crushed ; tain, that the people had now acquired a contempt fa
that oligarchies the best established have been de- the House of Commons; and it was the surprise of all
`strayed, and that England alone stands erect among • men how the House could suffer the Right Hon. Gen-
j the ruins ? Aiid why have we so stood ? because, say tlentan (the Chancellor of the Excliepter) to retain
the reformers, we have been radically corrupt. Sir, his place as he did. While thevotes of Cintra asi
I will not bow to the whimsical deduction ; I still Walcheren were fresh in their memories, it was uut
rather deduce from some wise distinction the source wonderful that that House should lie under suspiciesi
of our prosperity. Like the nations which have falien, with the people. Tile tumult which had since ben
we have a Monarchy limited ; like the nations which raised savcd the Minster, and Mi. l'erceval owed his
have fallen, we have an aristocracy incorpoi ateil ; hut piece' to Sir Francis Burdett. No body of men in tie
unlike every one of those nations, we possess an House world but tl,e House of Comm ms could have reit
of Commons ! This is, our proud distinctionthis is the vines they did on those occasions; and they h.nt
the sole palladium of our. salvation ; and this we are put it beyond all doubt that a Reform W. 41 necessary
'now called upon to regenerate, by the mad cry of un- • Mr. W. SMITH was terrprited that there could be
meaning reformation 1" But (say the discontented) a doubt of the undue influence in the House. •It was
the I-louse•of • Commons, as it now is, has hurried the proved that the Veers had the pouts of returning 7U
' nation into extravagant expenditure andainnecessary tklembers, and yet the Hobse would' pmend to be in.
wars. It is notthe fact. There has not been a war during dignant if a 'Peer atteMpteili to onnuente.a.vnt. .of
'this centtiry,which was not in its commencement strict- te Member of a proceeding citify Howe.- 'Whit at%
ly popular, The people it was who goaded the Go- absurd and disgraceful. IV'hy did they not at once U.
vernment and the House to hostility—the people it pungc every Reviluteindenylitg thewiltht of the Pees
was who forced and goaded even the pacific Sir Ro- t iieei fere, and if they ritusrbe metivbe arleast
bert Walpole into the eec..l.trat;en of war, which, in sistent ?The qeotation froin"Mlotash,bla %Oak°.
the end, overthrew lumselt and overturned his Ad- Mernber, Mr." Cermieg, was CerePlelviY lantern'
ministration. The people it was who at firit tweed s :med. Thit water ;in thepassagealludirditaitrkes
the American war, and at last decried it when it be- of a tyrannic:al M eiarch. and a slavish.HighslZ
came unfortunate; the people it wee who encouraged peers, and cone.uled by saying, that: a• •House Inf
'the war with France, winch saved this country from Coalmen's, justly chosen *by the:pal/Art; WOW earl
all the miseries entailed on that. What a pity it was mater all tiritiins in the people'f4 taw: C •
that the House and the Countrt fare did not be- Mr. POs SONS'S' pro.essed his • widifignew tole
' come converts to the opinions f the Hon. Gentle- into full enquiry io Conlmittee onalte liblect late-
man, and the few by whom he was _supported in op- . Eakin. which he thOtiol:t essential chute Varlet saa.ty•
position to that war What .a;pity they were not Mr. C. Wrienic and Lord roxertesese spekeagamst
dipped in the well of his politiciil sagacity, that they. the Motion.
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might 'meet, re-baptised, all-the iarvitable mischie- . Mr. CANNlNGexplained. •• •
vous consequences which must have followed. After Mr. BRAND replied generally to the severallcb•
having thus -gone through the history of ages, .the jettions, and while he disclaimed all intention Of IV&
friends of reform scrutimeecrthe present. dotes. and mg the House into any specific: measure. which IN:
passed their unqualified censure on every vote 'oi that betterjtidgment Might disapprove,avmved hit
House, and every Member with whom they 'were inflation of ••ringing in, early in the dent *Wont
dissatisfied. AU with whom they were not pleased, Oils containing the seperate points cif refoien
had, it seemed, some sinister .motive. . Now, even which he had ahe.tdy alluded. dierr
allowing this to be_ the case; eye') allowing that'y The question was then called•cor, and the f•
some extra considerations did enter into the minds cif cleared.
each unpopular representative, hew:would the idol.: i. On the division there appeared—For the motiari
men remedy it ? . Would they banish human nature e • Ils—Agailist it, 234—Majority 119.
lion' their reformed House of. Commons ? Nei, i Adjourned at half past two o'clock.
but they. would banish the-Boroughs. Now if . MARRIgD.
they would only take the trouble to eitrhine Bin {
Jul; ta.9. tam. , Alexander Cameron, Esq. Adelplt',
rough Members votes, they would find that just as to Mi.. Atilt 1154 PireAldr, London.
many voted on the popular as on the MipOPular side '7 At Enfield,. ma the os:b Cliailealti av, Esq. btesl/11"
.• MIN Powell, of that Oka
of the vestice, w they would neither lose nor gairil Pe 79Weltes.4118-Rill.ells I k ont Alma&
•Relvedure-Place em e ,
by- their Reiorm. They might in this way alter- Ca t, A&pub, ta is
Soon'Grers
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nately. Aubtract from each side till they had era- imissites Jetta Irlaresae Game Bell, died flanker of Hoff
dicated all. Decimation would be mere. to this! Gut= Bail, EA.
oideo, of Wolingtell
plan of Referm ; and, indeed, whether one considered Wedne'tiaf hid* 5t Chintickt C'sai. ut" &win,
• Halleatiorfolt., to Bowles,
its motive or its.Coosequencta, its. justice would ap- get
pear exactly to correspond with its policy. ' The Ac.;
cosations.of Coe Reformers against that House were
exactly those which could be made jnitly against
themselves, for there never yet was a etate dernocratic ; •
and powerful, which had not a tendency to war. The.,7 signor, after
.HIUII ltR AIAT LONDON BRIDGE TO-MORROW.
compliances which they sought' from the -House' it MAf°B4,.minto
was impossible. they ever could Obtain. The House
of Commoms.'qwed to the people, a manly butt not Nth.) N Printed 41;4 poulate‘ by Lava Warr. Cal"
servile obedience • they ahonld respectful, bat nni •.--terbury-Pisee, Lansbeth, M the STAs-Ortlee, 60- a.
enslaved, theyal:ould not wails the ey,F, not bend tif asst.Pabhillfd I 1 "S"liseinvt'Timille air

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