Star.
London, England, 1819-12-02 00:00:00

CALL OF THE ROME.

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Mr. BENNET rose to state, that it Was not his intention to
move for the Call of the House to-morrow, of which he had
given notice. As from 570 to 580 Member; had attended dur-
ing the late. discussions, he thought that a sufficient sense of the
importance of the measures proposed was displayed, and it
might be inconvenient to summon other Members, from per-
haps the centre of Ireland and distant places, who, besides,
could not he able to be in their places in time.
The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said, if the
Honourable Member had pressed hisillotiou, it was not the in-
tention of his Majesty's Government to have opposed It. At
the same time, they were of opinion, that the unusually full
attendance of the Mouse left little more to hope for from any
such proceeding, and stewed that Gentlemen were fully aware
of the momentous nature of the duties they ware now called
upon to discharge.

COMMITTEE OF SUPPLY.
The Order of the Day having been read for the
House to resolve itself into a Committee of Supply,
The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER
moved that the House should resolve itself into the
said Committee.

- Mr. BROUGHAM said, he felt that he could not
conscientiously discharge his duty without opposing
the motion. The present was a Parliamentaty and
Constitutional occasion for the statement of griev-
ances. As often as a Supply was demanded by the
Crown, so often was any Member of that House en-
titled to state the grievances of the People. In op-
posing the present motion, therefore, he was only
exercising that constitutional right with which, in any
case of emergency, every Member of that House was
invested. The great objection and grievance which
he had to state, was the extraordinary and unprece-
dented haste with which Ministers seemed resolved
to hurry the new measures through Parliament. If
they were temporary or local in their character, it
would be a different matter; but it was because
they would effect a great—an admitted great—and
a permaaent change in the Constitution ; it was, in
short, for the reasons which he bad mentioned yes-
terday, although they had had no effect on the Noble
Lord, that he considered it highly indecorous to
urge diem with such unprecedented dispatch. The
House was now, at a notice of forty-eight hours—
about twelve of which bad been passed in debate oa
another part of those measures—it was, at a notice
ofthifty-six hours, to go into the consideration of the,
details of the new system. It was to be called upon
to-morrow night, in discussing the first of the pro-
. posed Bills, to enter into a complete investigation and
discussion of the whole of those measures by which it
was proposed that the law of England should be
changed, in some of its most essential points—and
changed for ever ! This was not only indecorous, as
it regarded the House, but it was highly indecent and
unjust, as it regarded. the People. For to propose to
change the laws, by which the rights and liberties of
• the Peoplehad been hitherto protected ; and to change
them, •i to be restored when the supposed exigency,
wliich required the change, should have passed away,
: but far ever, without allowing such a delay as might
give the People an opportunity of consiJerimg the
subject, and making their feelings and opinions upon
. it cle.trly manifest, was a denial of that to which the
People were justly entitled. What did the Noble
Lord propose to do ? He would not grant the de-
lay of a single thy ! He persevered in bringing on
to-morrow the second reading of the Bill already in-
,trody-ced into the House, before it was-possible that
any part of the country, except the Metropolis, could
be aware of the nature of the proposition which Par-
liament was entertaining ! That was not the course
pursued in 1793. Violent as were the measures then
proposed, a delay, he believed of three weeks, was
allowed for titeir consideration, although the pressure
of. the emergency' was certainly as great as in the
'preient instance. For these reasons, he protested

against the present motion for going into a Cptnmit- 1
tee of Supply', as he had a cogstitutional riggt to do,
although he would not take the sense of the House'
upon it. If the House were willing to adopt the pro-
posed measures without due discussion ; if they were
so tired of the free Constitution of England, that they
would not deliberate before they not merely sus-
pended, but absolutely overthrew it, he and his Ho-
nourable Friends were in vain endeavouring to dis-
charge their duty to themselves and the country, by
attending, from day to day, to attempt to prevail on
the House to perforin its sacred obligations to the
Public.--The motion was then put and agreed to
and the Itiuse resolved itself into the Committee.