The Statesman.
London, England, 1823-02-18 00:00:00

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TUESDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 18, 1823.
'PARLIAMENTARY COMMENTARY.
1/Intaa of Loans....-After a little talk about the
MarriageAct,tord Suffield presented the Petition
(with which our readers are pretty well acquainted
already) from the Hundreds of North Erpingham and
South Greenhoe. In presenting the petitions, he said
. tvai the petitioners were anxious to disclaim the gene-
ral Couttty.Petition of the 3d of January. The peti-
tions kre pult`red.to ne very.quietly upon the table.
In consequnce of a question from Lord Lansdowne,
Lord.Lieerpool said that the Austrian loan was in a
eptase•of arrangement. Lord Darnley is reported to
have said that be" thought the distress of agriculture
" was cri its worst, and that he thought a favourable
" cli*agit Might:be looked to." Looked go, aye!
•s looked to," indeed, but that is all, nntil more than
thirty' millions of taxes are taken off. We shall go
down into Kent soon, and see what they are "looking
" t 0.".. there. We hope to have the honour of meeting
his Lordship at the next county meeting at Maidstone;
and we 'shall then see what the county is "looking
d/ to."
IN TUX COX3lo,lll.—There is a Marriage Act
here, too. So that, there aro two Acts for the same
• purpose, going on iwthe twolionses at one and the
tame tit:a. This seems to' be peculiarly appropriate
in the case of Marriage Acts ; for the two acts, by
finally becoming one, will have had a wedding ; and
if they do not become one, it will be' a strange
thing indeed!!
• PARLIAUXUTART RIXFORM.•••Matter upon this sub-
• jut arose out of a petition presented from the City-of
Loudon. That it was weighty, our readers will rea-
dily coneeiie. However, Mr. Canning did not seem
to pay, mach attention to it, of .which he appears so
have been reminded by Mr. Alderman Wood: The
Secretuf •of State observed that it was not very.
cessary for him to listen to the reading of the petition,
uhe bad read it some months ago. Lord John Riff
tall, at the suggestion of Mr. Creery, gav,e, notice.dt
motion to be made to-night, with irgard to the uup
hers of voters in the several boroughs, prepa9tOrY to.
the motion which he is to make for Peeßsatentary
Reform. This may be very well, perhapit •that is to
say, if they do nq hark ;, but wetlanOyeee what, very.
great good lx to Ulna true •:•It'is not on any fact
of this sort Ilint die *tint* of itiforin can rest.
That necessity it finisind on the notoriety of the state
rthe -can. It is' known that the people are not re-
presenteiti that-the Cornmaw, that is to say, the com-
mon people., hue no influence in the making of laws.
The procures that are now wanted cannot be adopted
Withent.the hearty concurrence of the people-at large,
sad that cencafteihte cannot be obtained without a
'Mgr= The incieut history of boroughs has no-
thing at all to dw*ith the matter. It is not a , ques-
tion for the antiquarian, or the reader of bistories,
but a question for the politician of the present
day.--Lord Altborpe' gave notice that be should
on Thursday se.'neilight, move for the repeal of the fo-1
reign eatable :a bilL--4upply.—On a motion about
Bschequer Creevy made a speech full of
very good matte(. ; justifying, fully, the conduct of
Mr: Hume 'the other night. After him came Mr. Wil-
liam Lamb, who ,took occasion to observe,• that the.
Crown had resigned its landed revenues, and that
tberefoie there ought to be no hesitation in granting
supplies to the crown out of the taxes. Mr: Huine
observed that the crown lands ought to yeild a large
revenue, and that they yielded to the public nothing.
The new Chancellor of the Exchequer said that every
• thing about the crown lands was done according to
:"'ltetaf Parliament ! And the currency has been al-
'tired according to Act of Parliament ; and Six Acts
are Acts of Parliament; and the marrying work that
has been going on for the last half year has been done
according to Act of Parliament. All that Mr. Hume
trims is another sort of Act of Parliament.
DISTRIBUTORS OP STAMPS.—Mr. Hume moved for
an account of the names, districts, and the amounts
of emoluments and profit. This will be a valuable-
domment;if we should by any accident get it in an in-
telliglble:ferm. Attu this, Mr. Home moved for other
papers which wiltalehbe very useful to the public.
Catholic Question.—This wearisome subject is, it
veins, to be bran& forward by Mr. Pluukett
on
Thursday night. We have a hundred times observed,
thit in our opinion it is perfect nonsense. That which
is aimed at would enrage the protestants, and would
he.-received as an insult frcan the great body of. the
Catholics. So' that this is a pretty sort of measure to
produce. conciliation and peace. Mr. Hume's measure
- about the Church and about 7'ythes *ill be something
like, indeed. That is the sort of " emancipation"
which the Catheliu want. Mr. Plunkett's etuanci-
pausal amd Mr. Canning's emancipation are things
which they treat With ridicule and scorn. It is the
strangest thing-in all this world, that men who want
to conciliam.peeple should insist upon giving them
that which they do not care a straw about, and upon
treating them as rebels if they very clamorously de-
mand that which they do want This certainly
iy the oddest sort of governing that ever was in the
world. We imagine, that during the intended debate,
Plunkett will not find himself upon a bed of
.--ruses. He will not be singing hallelujahs to eurap-
' tined saints. Howeier, when we recollect what passed
(luring the season btarAegee Acts, we cannot say that we'
have any extiaOrdln r of solicitude upon this
. . . .
'F
BOURBON WAR.
It appears that the„ Spaniards are .not disposed to
subtuit•to the French; and that the French are equally

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