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London, England, 1819-07-02 00:00:00

itreeiions of his ennetitoonto ; bet Ito beamed to rotor
the Ilon.Mesnhot to shot moot ably sod eloquent spree!'

of Mr. For, lo 1.797, in favour of !Wiest Reform, in
• which be had termed the Ministry es a body, is weak,
even bordering on dissolution. end strong only In
priiicintrg corruption. It had been complain►d
of ►y Gentleness nn the other side, that nn specific
plan had been suggested. Were the plans of Reform
of Phi, of Flood, end many others, then, entirely

fergatten ? " Yea, bet," say the Han. blesiber;.
we will not look the rail In the fare, bet-anonyms ask
Vie much." Was this 4 44444 n, then, for doing no-

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!king! One at the principal objections against Reform
veus,thet it gook! let in the rabble. " O►,'t it was said,
414 tbe sob will be Oar Constituents : we atoll have
to look to the rabble for its opinions." It mei this very

evil which POW *silted. sad wliieb required II sioedi

remedy. Could the electors of Grasp:mind, of Biro--
staple, and other rotten boroughs of a similar de.
scription, be termed any thing but rabble? lie Ito.
Pored the House, before it was too late, to take the
matter Ws its most sensor consideration. Not only
Locke, Raymond, Foe, Pitt, but even Bioko him-
self. hid recommended Reform; and could the
hioute, therefore, hesitate for l moment what course
to adopt? Much, indeed, would be done, if the
Committee appointed to consider this subject would.
report that none of these abuses 'sided, and declare
that they were wholly ideal. But no—the abuse
was ackno•ledged, and the remedy was refused.—
' honourable Gentlemen had indeed come down to
elso Howse, and had made long speeches—[[:lieers
mad Isagkier]—bet nothing hod been done to alle-
viate the distresses of the People. He was grate'sl
for this Indulgence, as it was a great relief to him,
anti it reminded him that he Eel been guilty of that
la Wesel' 'which be had censored in others.—[liesten
should trouble the House with only Dee sore
observation. As every min professed to support the
Constitetiou, there was bet one Mug to he aim•
him), viz. what the Constitution really was. Was
It a part of the Constitution to have a free Repressed-
atiois of the People in Pediment ? If this were not
so, instead of praising the Constitution, ought we
mot to despise It ? He concluded with earnestly en-
treating the House to agree to the motion of the lion.
baronet.
Mr. GRENFELL sod Mr. WILMOT mutually
eiplained.
Mr. MARTIN (of Galway) said a few words.
Mr. HUME observed, that the greater portion of
the People of Scotland were f ble to a moderate
Reform and in cemplitsce with the tipiniou of Mt
coostitsents, he should vote for the present motion,
as it pledged the Hoses to take the matter into coo-
adoration in the ensuing Session.
A MEMBER, whose name we could not collect,
glloded to the plan of Reform proposed by Mr. Pitt,
end recommended a double vote to be given to 40
shilling fieeholderv.
Mr. P. MOORE would else vote for the motion,
thinking It requisite for' the preservation of tran-
quillity among the People. lie felt much obliged to
the Hon. Baronet for bringing it forward, and hoped
that the same motion would be continued to be sob.
pitted *my Beni's, until Ministers would be com-
pelled to hike some stop-sport the subject.
Lord JOHN RUSSELL uished to state distinctly
to the Bow, that be did not agree with those who
opposed all and every iyrtem of Reform.
Mr. C. HUTCHINSON insinsaintd, that an in-
vestigative tabu the state of the Represibtation was I
rendered absoletely necessary by the present state of
the malty. lie had himself lived in other times and
other countries. Ile had lived to see the Parliament
of Ireland bought and sold in open market, sod the
country which It represented degridetrto the most
object state that a calory could be degraded to; he
bad lived to see It blotted out of the map of nations,
and tethers! to the state of a p.m miserable province,
dependent upon England : he had lived to see a cor-.
r opt and insolent majority, acting under the command
of a corrupt and it.rolent Minister, sell themselves to
the Ministers of another nation, and by so doitig sell
that country which they were bound to protect at the
&grad of their lives.
When the Honourable Member bad taken Ms seat,
loud cry id question immediately arose, in tbe midst
of which
Mr. SYNC spoke in favour of the motion.
The cries of " Question, question," being loudly
reiterated upon the close of Mr. Dynes speech,
Sir F. BURDETT rem to reply. After com-
menting at some length upon the ob ions which
had fallen from Lord Joho Russell, the lion. Bart.
referred to the case of the Borough of Barnstaple,
and staled that the electors of that Borough had been
induced to withal:ea their Petition against only of the
sitting Members, by each of them receiving a dips-
Sated sum of money. As be was acquainted with thq
principles upon ethic's borough elections were COS.
ducted, he did not feel inclined to indulge in any se-
vere remarks upon the conduct of the sitting Mem-
ber, as be conceived that he bad not been guilty of
any other practices than those which were col, too
well known to every Member In the House. lie was
happy to state that the Press had imparted marry
circumstances connected with this subject with the
utmost ability to the Public, and had communicated
an impulse to the politic mind which would he long
felt, and not easily forgotten. That plan of Reform
which all honest Reformers would concur to support
would be the only practicable plan ; and to such s
plan be would he always ready to lend his humble laid
and voidance. Whatever might become of the pre-
vnt question, whatever might be dm opinion created
maid* it, both in the House and out of the House,
he was convinced that that casts* of Reform would ul-
timately meet with the success *kick It so jest!, meri-
ed. The Bosse then divided—
Fur the original modem 58 I Acain4 it 1.:3 I rlaj wily, ES.
SLAVE REGISTRY !nu.

Oe the araties .f. Mr. BROUGHAM, the Slave
Reitittry Bill wee reed a third time; sad after a for
wordefres Mr. Geolts•re,-Ms. Hubs. Mr. Wit-
ee berfir, sod Mr. W. Smith, was ordered to the
Leeds.
DISSENTERS' MARRIAGE BILL.
Ort the orgies by Mr. W. SMITH that this 13111
be talks Malt
Lord CASTLEREAG 11 wished the Bon. Member
world etusaider, whether it would 'sot be better to
soy farther proorodiop upon it till es early
rylre lre seat limbo.
lir. W. SMITH apneas Hsi Ms flied pal net