Star.
London, England, 1817-01-30 00:00:00

tla the &Mended taenity bf the cohntit. btif the!
eoliths. of the popular will. would be salutary or 1
sate. The factious must be stopped in their dange-!
tons careerere more violence be committed. (MVO
Universal Suffrage and Annual PM liaments 1 Beau-
tiful things!—But if ever they were permitted, the'
country was gone for ever...a-El:lse Right Honouratole ;
Gentleman then read an e*ract from • pamphlet
called Spence': Plan, which recommends that all the
land and property of the kingdom should be ttken •
and equally divided among the people, ridiculed the I
idea, and denounced the projects for Parlirment.iry
Reform in the strongest terms.] He procceded to
observe, that the persons who had set the
blowing thought they cluld direct its course; but ,
they were vrattilly in error. Scme part of the dv- •
spandency arose from the loss of that excitement
which the bustle of warfare kept up. The festal
Lazes of war were sunk, and the sun of race had not 1
risen above the liorimn. Let the public guardians
then take care that robbers and assassins do-not stalk ;
abroad in the twilight to plunder and destroy.--
(Hear, hear.) Had the Amendment bees amicably
proposed, he should have thought it rather cumber'.
nus and ling, and something of that figure called;
rigasarek, but he should not have ohjec,ed to it-1
(Beer, hear); but he must resist it when it was the
weapon to strike down the public confidence in his
Majesty's Government. Atter a few more observa-
tions,. the Right Honourable Gentleman sat down
amidst the cheers of the House.
Mr. TIERNEY said, the Right Honourable Gen-
tleman had given the House an opportunity of bear-
ing a very eloquent speech ; but it was a complete
•• transition" from the subject before the House. He
denied that a beginniqg with Parliamentary. Reform
must lead to universal suffrage. He defended the
Amendment, as the Address tended to establish a
gross delusion in the minds of the people. He then
entered upon a long financial statement, to shew that
the incense of the present year could not pnssiblyex-
ceed 4.5,400010, and that if the Sinking Fund were
annihilated to-morrow, we shuuld be obliged to bor-
row upwards of 43000,000 for the current services.
As to the Consolidated Fund, he doubted whether by
next,lttly, it would be able td pay the charges upon
it. Thus was a frightful but a true picture of a great
country reduced to misery by the unexampled system
of estravaganc'e pursued by its Government.--
Where, he would ask, had the head of any depart-
ment suffered He defied Ministers to shew that one
great man has been sacrificed. Having criticised the
recent appointments and compensations made and
granted to. different individuals, he strongly insisted
that Ministers were not friendly to economy, but on'
the contrary were so much addicted to extravarsn:e,
that they were t)QtAO be trusted for half an hunt out
of sight of the House. He ridiculed the proposed
inquiry, and said the Committee on the Revenues and
Expenditure of the country, was not that which was
wanted. and which the nation had a milt to demand.

The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER
contended, that though our commerce was not in a
floutirhing state, our situation by no means justified
the gloomy view taken at the subject by the Gentle
men opposite.
The House divided—For the original Address,
SIR—For the Amendment, 112—Majority, 152.
When we were again admitted, we found Lord
Cochrane proposing a new Amendment, which stated,
44 that in all the Meetings which had taken place on
the subject of Parliamentary Reform, the House had
not discovered any attempt to break the public peace."
No person was found to second the motion, and
the SPEAKIIII observed, there was no question before
the House. The question for carrying up the Ad-
dress was then agreed so, end at Half-past Three the
House adjourned till Friday.