The Statesman.
London, England, 1820-04-22 00:00:00

THE SI AMMAN.

THE I.IiPGRESS OF PUBLIC OPINION

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that gentlemen thrersh Lis public conduct. which
*as enough to inspire all who wittossed it with re-
spect sad Irwin!. Ihe eiluentiun of that gentleman
hest been in the laws of the kingdom, and in the
knowledge of the principles un which the Conetitution _
was founded : and wises they considered is hew s..urt Mr. Pitt having teatime:lced hi• politiesl career in
a time after his promotion to the high office ii kicf he conjunction with the most distinguished advocates of
ha I filled, he acquired a perfect knowledge of the laws I Public Economy sod Posraniesitary Independence, be-
tied rule, by which that asseuiLly was governed—the. , came an Nesoeiate with those gentlemen who were de-
realiinees with tot.ich he decided every point of diffi- I puled by the petitioning counties to restrain, through
. atty., would hate made it he!ieved that that know-1 their r.-monetrances to Parliament, the profusion and
le.!ge had formed the study of his life rather than oficorrupting influence of Dover !!!!! ergo 'the ciguacter
a few months. his mode of tiescrili,,:t to the Honor' of Political Delegate constituting afterwards, under
the law on the cases enbmitted, at once maintained his I his own Asimsnistration, a part of the constructive. ri-
omit dignity, and •howed deference to the Douse. ills minolitv charged against John Horne Tooke. Mr.
urbanity and fosility of access, and those various quali- Pitt is. extremely unwilling, on the trial of Mr.
ties. in attempting to recapitulate which, he should i Tooke, to acknowledge lie had rove sounted, till Mr.
weaken taA:er than add to the eloquent &lidless of the I Tooke, icith whom he hail associated in that capacity.
Vail Hem/arable Mover, convinced him (Mr. If. S.) irresistibly mite,' his recollection and admission of
tiiat to ..-4:olnline the tuotioo, he promoted the chub* the flee From this association the early sentiments,
,st a g mtiemati, at once capable of tilling the high i of Mr. Pitt derived that transitory strength and iliree-
Ooli. e• atel sgr.eable to the House.—(liver :)—lie i tion which were Soon afterwards evinced in Isis cele-
, emboli: I by seconding the motion. I booed minions for reforming the representation of the
Mr. hIANNERS BCITON said, he felt it difficult people in Parliament.
t.) express Isis feting*, bet he hoped is.% Right lion. In the Spring of 17141. these sieleoates assetsiLled in
Frieusi woo had proposed him, nor the Hon. Gentle- London, to the number of between thirty am! forty. for
max who had so babalsoinely seconded his nomination, the purp. se of preparing a petition to the lionse of
not the Mossy in general, who had so kindly received Common., on the objects of the separate epplicotiowa
it would Jo him the iniostice to measure his thank- Amy bail presented to the former Parliatnent. Ursa
fulness; by the feeble manner in which be could ex-1 the grounds of this petiti •0, Sir Georoe Salille, in the
pres it.--(Hear.)--He concurred in snore thing that month of May, notwithstanding, the defeat experienced
had been rat by hie Weld Hun. Friend, and by the I by
.Mr. Burke a few weeks before, in ved certain pro.
Honotwalde Gentleman. ai to the impost-tapes. uf the I ptet:!iott in the House Of ruOIMOO• relative to the re-
situation of Speaker to the Honer and to the people! duetism sof the influence of the Crown, and the intro-
at large. All the qualities whi, Is had been described ' diiction of eronorny Lost the affairs of Government.
as those whit h should helaeo to the occupier of such The &hoe this motion oriosioneilwa% km remarkable
a station, he acknowledged would be highly necessary' fur any direct resistance against its ultimate aims, than
to the due discharge of its duties. In all the opi- for the objection taken with, a clansersm% design against
niuns whi,li an individual was called upon to gist.. the aseeteleney imputed to the gentlemen who bad
rune was more difficult than when he was called on to signed the petition as delegates of popular assemblies.
speak of himself. No man who spoke honestly would, (if this number were some Alensbere of the Muse of
be ready to undervalue himself ; but when he felt the( Commune ; and though al, to avoid offeuce, had
w. ight if the office to which he was milled. that man t signed the petition as private individools, such of thew
should be indeed a bold one who presumed he it as I as had affixed their signature as delegate., took mous
a Sequate to the due execution of it. His Right Hon.; siun to avow and defend their designation. A g
Ftiencl, wish the partiality of private attachment which I uthers who maintained this resolution in the House, was
he had nionif steel on many occasions, but un none; Lord Maidens, (now the Earl of Lauderdale), who
more kiroily, than on the presost. had referred with I had tocsin his Parliamentary life the same night and
approbation lo his (Mr. M. S.'s) conduct during the! in the 'otos• cause as Mr. Pitt, and who, eller unfiLuf
two last Parli;ments. If he had hail the good furtune I the ,se,. esorty of eyfiti.ll ersmomr, gift! of restrainiog tiro
to satisfy the souse it was his highest wish ; but mil in/ferny, • of Mt Crove. 4.111! raced the upportnnity of
t, any serviees ski he was said to have rendered, I, declaring. that delegations erre tug only strictly lege!,
wli
they were certaini to be attributed, not to his own exer- I but, in e .me cireusiestatics., highly expedient ; and
nom, but to that for which he was most thankful and • that, hasi they been kiwi% mi to he otherwise, Govern-
proti4l—the cooperation and indulgence of the ilouse.l mint vomid have eotunisonesl a leeal attack on timer
their disinclination to judge harlasly, their incliaatioti, who had acre las delegates—a specie% of attack, he
rather to be satisfied with any exits ti.nis honestly merint I added, iihich 31inieters is. re much more inclined to
!:1 the difficult and laborious performance of his dohs. ' pursue, thae :my kind of s ios•ron% warfare against the
Though I.e had ro relianee on his powers of duly sup•, voilal eau:Dies of the coutory.—Mr. Fox, of the Cline
1,0:4111: the ;benefit which was theists n un him, he; aeration, repelled, in hie characteristic manner. the in-
wonld not disguise that it was the highest object of his sissuatam made on the disguise imputed to those gen-
embidon to be found worthy of the station.--(Hear!)-1 Armen, tvliu signed their names as individual Mere-
:he most he conk! do, therefore, was to promise, that hers of the House of C ttttt mosso while they were actual
it the choice of the Lionise fell on Mts, his anxious and I delegates. U'ith regard to the tiro part of the charge,.
einersoing emsetittos elosald be devoted to their service. i he sdJ, mill the disguise he assumed two the 413.11ieg
--(Hear, hear!) 11 Lomeli Charles Fox—mach, Whig hie rasa Simi
The Right lion. Member was (hen led to the ('hair. stem k tilt,, as a very extraordinaPy disguise LAW ;
b: the Mover and Se:wider, in the accitstornisi form. and as to the latter, his bei ga delegate, that he gloried
'I be SPF! %KKR then said, it was quite impossible i to Le; thistle Lin that capacity he did not appear, as far
he could expos his sleep sense of the kindness of the as regarded the petition presented.—Onthe question
, House, and he would nut attempt to add to what he on Sir George Saville's motion, for referring the Torii-
Lad already said as to Isis sense of the duties of his , tion to a lonsinittee, the numbers were, 212 against
cation. He should therefore, as he had done hereto- ! 135.
tare. impiore thirst continual assistaner are! indulgence I Notwithstanding the majority of votes which the
te supply the defect.; of his alolity ; and thus much he• Administration ebtainisl on that, and various other
wank promise, thst he would di:cheer, honestly, with : questions in Parliament, and notwithstanding the ad- I
t`,! utmost zeal and strictest impartiality, the duties vantage taken by his supporters, of the panic which
4os:rusted to him.—(Hear, hear') I :he London riots had occasioned, the increasing bur-
Lord CASOLEREAtiII said he hail to offer to the . thews of :In extended awl a hopeless war—the calm-
Chair in the name of the House, as well as for himself,' :pitons disaitori of the campaign of 1781, and the
t► eir congratulations on the election which had been; utter impracticability of reducing the Americans to
incite. 11 it was in the power of the House to confio I subjection, bscame every flay more manifest and mor-
aey m irk of confidence more ifintinosished (and there I laying. and reti•lerol, at lenoth, a ehangeof Ministerial ,
to uld be n..ne more so than that which raised its oh-1 men and nie.teu tee a matter of imperious necessity. I
j,,. t to the reek of the first Commoner of the 16,40°10.1 On the rith of March, I 7t42, n motiou was made in
that mark woold have been bestuwell on the Speaker. I the House of Commune, that ° the House could have
It was t.i, sznall•happiness to the Bight Hon. Gentle- Ino further confidenee in the 31iiiisters." The whole
man to have equally coroiliated the favour of both I strenoth of the supporters an.l opponents of the Minis-
sides of the Ileum., and the Hone
. too was fortunate: try were suppese.l to be cullectesi on the occasion.
that at sub a moment they had such a guide. Fur. i Near 4SO Mienbers are stated to have been present ;
witbont attributing any extraordinary importance tol and on ti,' division, the question was negatived only
the times its which we lived, vet in the manifestly in- 'by a majority of It. This division was the prelude to
creasing pr. amuse if !minis:, it nos nu email satisfac- am i 'nue:hate change. Lord Ninth and his adherents
Lon to those who were willing to &cute their time to were induced to resign ; and a new Admisiistration,
tin! etthlic service that their labour would be regulated in which Lord Shelberne and Mr. Fox were appointed
by one so capable of guiding them. In whatever ar- Secretaries of State, was a few days after formed, un-
ouou% ur difficult circumstances occurred, the House der the aus,,ices of the Marquis of Itoekinghans.
would proceed more satisfactorily under the direction Among the Fnlilir measures, fur whieh the new
of the knowledge and wisdom of the Chair. .Minister was said to have stipulated with the Court,
ThrSPEAIs Ell then put thequ. stion of adjournment. before he would con-emit to negotiate fur office, were a
Mr. BROI.VistAI said, in the absence of these I snlotantial Reform its the several branches of the Civil
mere worthy channels of the sentiments of that side of List Expenditure, as propuseil by Mr. Burke, and the
tit! House, whose individual testimony, tao, would diminution ef the influence of the Crow!, by excluding
Isaii—gri7to gtifil icliie hs Me-pet-ASO' Wit ;eh they CM' commie rs truer seat*-4*-Parlionsimikassi hp eliarsuolie
veyed, he touted it would nut hr presumptuous for fyiug officers of the revenue from voting at the rlee-
K.% to nontratnlotit, in the first place the House itself, I tion of the Member-, of the House of ('orommat.. 111
and. not let. the Cousmons of England at large, on the I the preceding year, . Bill fur excluding contractors
tree elusive of the licntlemon who had loon for the had been rejectol by a majority of 1211 to lOU ; and
third time called to the Chair. He congratulated also an Ober for restraining resonne ufficeis from voting at
the Right lion. tiesolesuan himself on the honour the elections had, the same day, met the same fate, by
which h_ had met itiel, anti hopes! he would have a long 133 to oti. lint in the beginning of April, 1782, both
life :mil health to enjoy his high uffice—on which these Bills passed the Howse of Cum:sous, with only
health, he was grieved to say, the demands were not a feeble uppolition; soil in the Honer of Lords, though
likely to be diminishes!. It was a matter of sincere c strenounly re.ieted by the lard Chancellor and
euturratulorots that the Chile was again filled by one Lord Nlanstiefol, as well a. other Peers, they were car-
who had shawss, in all its important duties; how Mill. tied by a large in :jority, and received the Ituyal Ateent.
nentiv hr was gifted with ths qualities which it re- At the s. . time these Bills were in progress, the
Haired—wliu hail shown that he was the beet depusi- great plan of reform in the Civil List expenditure was
tary of the true honour of the House, by wearing its again announced by Mr. Burke, who bad besot appoint-
dignity with firmness, and also with meekness.— rd Paymaster-tieiseral of the Forres. 'I his important 1
(Near, bear ')—He load shown the truest title to the measure, which promised to combine the principles of
io.see to which he Ives called, by the courage and ea- future economy with the abolition of an enormous I
picky which he had shown in protectinethe privileges weight of inflnence in both Houses of Parliansent, was
u: the House, o loch were also the privileges of the introduced and recommended hi' a Message from the
p upte, from infringments, from whatever quarter.-- King. The Bill, however, which Mr. Burke now 1
sti gar!)----TL' Howse then adjonrned. brought Osseo-aril was not so comprehensive as that i
which was originatty framed, though it abolished a I
number of otiMem, to die amount, it is stated, of thirty-
six, held usually by Members of Parliament ; and pro- I.
slimed an annual saying of about 70,000/. 'lbis Bill
Mr. Burke followed up with whither for theregulation
and esonvoso of the isto: which be at• that time per- ,

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Report says, that two more new coaclie. will stazt
befoost Mid seam r, to run betueett ll'ariii•riflKe and
Landon; mid that the York mail will shortly take
it* route through that town, instead of going by
Latt.n.

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sonally AIWA ; and though many persons experienced
disappointmeat at the narrow limits to which the plan
of Mr. Burke was at present cttofined, public spirit
was visibly revived, and measures for the promotion
of political improvement were begun to be "racially
pursued. In the Petition presented to the House of
Commons from the Freeholders of th:• county of York,
which was the g rotted of ulterior proceedings of con-
siderable magnitude, they state their sense of the excel-
lence of the constitution of the country, and their ar-
dent wish to hare it nutintrineil upon the genuine prin-
ciples on which it was founded. They b..idly showed
that it was " necessary to the welfare of the people,
that the Commons' House of Parliament should have a
common interest with the nation ; and that, in the
present state of the representation of the people in
Parliament, the House of Commons do not sufficiently
speak the voice of the people." They therefore pray-
ed " the Hontotrable House to take into their tuo.t
serious consideration the present state of the represen-
tation of the people in Parliament, and to apply su.•h
remedy to this great and alarming cr.!, as to the Io
nourable House might •rem meet."
In consequence of the revival of a concern for the
constitutional interests of the counter, the motion of
Mr. Wilkes, from expunging from the Journals of the
House of Commons the obno‘ions resolution relative
to the Middlesex election, which had pasaed in 1769,
was, after a lung n-cession of annual defeats, at'
length triumphant. The resolution was expattged.
expressly, nut only fur the purpose of vindicating the
injured rights of the freeholders of Middlesex, hut
" as being subversive of the rights of the whole ho ly
of Electors in this kingdom ;" and the success of Mr.
Wilkes's motion appeared a favourable omen to that
of Mr. Pitt, which, in a few days afterwards, followed,
" for the appointment of a Committee to inquire into
the State of the Representation in Parliament."