The Statesman.
London, England, 1810-05-03 00:00:00

0,111u:fled to lament, and-the-essre, Willi which
it mi4ht be corrected,, forms an.additional cause of
reget that it should be allewmit to continue.
The Report of the Cointatiac,wu pidered to
be received to.morrow:. ,
ARMY EXTRAORIifWv(to'. • ".
Mr. LONG pv'r optics, thatisepie rMtimittee
of Supply on that4lay se'onigkt, he. wdUl4 move
the Army Eatrourainaries.,
An account was•ortiereil to be laid
,before the
Housed the sums gaf Arlene' that, hatl"been pall
to the families of Local ikillitioupen in rrelatid, &c.
The Irish Stagecoach Billy vis read is second
time, and ordered to be committed on Monday.
Mr. LUSHINGTON brought up the Report
of the Committee oe the Insurance Acts, which
was agreed to, and a Bill ordered accordingly.
The house resolved itself into a Committee to
consider the Salaries of the Clerks of Session in
Scotland.
Several Resolutions were agreed to, and the
House having been resumed, the Report was or-
thred to be received to-tnorrow.
The third reading of the Canal Rubbery Bill
haring been 'moved, Mr. Herbert rose to oppose
it ; but out the suggestion of the Chancellor of
the Exchequer, Sir S. Rotnilly being absent (in
consequence, it was presumed, of not anticipating
any objection to the Bill), the third reading was
postponed until to-morrow.—Adjourued.

TO cOItRESPONLIENTS.
.•
WE have received Letter 11. from Mr. SIICPUERD tt the
lion. Mr. I.YTTLCTON ; and it shall aipear to-morrow.

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STATESMAN.

LONDON:

TMURSDAY, MAY 3, 1810.

'LURE has seldom happened a more interesting
Debate in the House of Commons than that of last
night—interesting fur the subject matter of it, and
still more so, for the events it is likely to produce.
The House never foresees any thing—we beg its
pardon—we mean, not the House, but the MI-
NISTERS who steer the vessel, BUT NEVER
WILL WEATHER. THE STORM.—The
Facet Ministers never foresee any thing.—
And they are at this moment, and in.this instances
more than usually blind. If the Middlesex Peti:
Con does insult the House, the wisdom of the
House will be—to pocket the affront, and let it.
be forgotten as soon as possible. Other Petitions
of like nature will follow from every part' of the
country, whether the House receives this Petition
or not; but, if Ministers aro wise (even in the
poorest and most ordinary sense of the word) they
will let this and every such Petition pass in si.
leuee, and not double the public iadigoatiou by
debates that bring the temper of the public to bear
more and osoie on this fatal point. We wish the
House to escape, whatever our wishes are re-
specting Ministers and tbetefure sincerely gives
this advice. lkit tins
..H.Ouse then considered.
(to speak of it, and leave • these wretched Mi.
nisters to their fate)—has it revolved in its
mind tke serious question of—hore it will dispose
of int W116./.2 PECIPLE or ENSIA4 ND ?--That is
impossible, or it would net haverentertainedflie
kind of debate it did last night. • .:11 the House
can shut their doors against the Freeholders of
Middlesex, will it not be a dangeious experiment
to reject in like manner the. whole ,population of
England ? We wish the House to consider this,
because we respect the House, not for the good it
her done, but for the good of which (by the ge.
twine principle of its existence, when that shall
be restored, as 'restored it will be), it is fully
capable, and will happily produce.
This is a melancholy situation into which the
House has got ! The People cannot petition, and
express their real sentiments respecting the pro-
, ceedings of the House, without insulting the
House—that is to say, without speaking facts
which a less dignified body titan the House could
not hear without disgrace. But who has done
this for the REPRESENTATIVES of the PEOPLE?
have the People themselves done it ? Oh, no !
They would save that House, which, if their Re-
presentatives would permit, they would love as
their lives. The People are libelled, and most
basely, when they are called inimical to the House
of Commons, or men indulging in a passion
of insulting the House of Commons. They may
insult such of the House as get into that place by.
means which arc even too low to be described in
decent terms. But the House they do love, and
will sore—at least, so prays every honest man
among them. It is such men as the present Mi-
nisters, who have done all this for the House of
Commons of which the House complains, and
of which Ministers are so ridiculous as to complain.
We must pause a little,, and correct a small finis.
tale. Mr. WINIIIIAX is. not such a man as any
of the present Ministers—forwhe has more talent
than all of them put togethet;. and •Itts believe he
has a great deal of right feeling it last.. Yet Mr.
Wisen,tm is one of those who ilas contributed
I.l*
as much as soy individual to beittpthe House into
that condition we have been "speaking of,; and
the WHIGS, if they return to power, will do well
ta ceusider if Mr. WINDUA X can ever again do