The Statesman.
London, England, 1809-12-06 00:00:00

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public., mad that it was the undoubted right of that Court t 4•
demand it. Stitt it was duly to weigh the.discreet exercise of
that right. In his opinion that discretion !Arnold iodate them
to stopend their interference, until they meertained the can-
dui t of their Parliamentary Representatives upon that area-
....le Upon that v iew be should give his vote for the previous
qaeaion.
Mr. Alderman COMBS deprecated the idea of declining
to adopt the proposed Itemlotion of Ids Worthy lerieud epos
the floor, from any idea that Parliament would hike up the
biliiriess alluded to, and institute the iiivestigation required.
Fur himself he would say, that he could not trust Parliament
upon the subject. Ile reenliected too many iistances of a
similar nature, where Pariiament neglected, or rather re-
fined to do its duty—to justify him in exposing that Übst.
Toe afairs of Dunkirk, of the Helder, of Canna, and
Constantinople (observed Mr. S. I)ixon). True, 'said the
Worthy Alderman,-and of Copenhagen also, bat stilt more
of Spain, beet fresh in the memory of the public,and in each •
of these Parliament declined doing its duty—stifled sae sup-I
premed investigation. Wby then should confidence in such'a
Parliament impede the proceedings of that Caen ? Parliament.
might inquire hi ronsespoence of the Ressiution of that Court,
and without that Resolution it might not—Nay. he thought
tie* the rejection of the proposed Resolution would serve
to encoarage hlinisters, who were always will -to
screen their partisans, to re•ist inquiry upon the wanda-
lons transaction alluded to, and therefore he would sup-
port the original motion. It was observed, that thi4 was uot
the proper time fur the motion—certainly that obeervation
was in a great degree just, for some weeks back *sold have
been a much more proper time. Indeed this Resolution
ought to have hems liromzlit forward on the :141 or 4th of Sep-
tember last—the moment af..r the first intelligence -was re-
ceived of the failure of the unfortunate Expedition to which
It referred. But even saw it was not tiro late to spew to the
Parliament how the people felt up et 'eel' an low, tam sub-
ject, and that feeling could mot be too strongly expressed. If
it wore not so expressed, it was not likely to he unavailing.
Far be was happy to witite-s Cie arrival of the day which
he had so often wished, when the feeliag of the people hail
Viet due weight which it was always entitled to claim. The
petiole of Eng mid were no Imager to be trifled with.
Mr. W Atilt \ replied to the several ohjortilios merle
so his Motion in a train of forcible arguasem. He cuutended
that all the ribsetivatiom which the Coon had heard from
the advocates far the previous question, bore in favour of
his :nodose The Rill of Rights which Gentlenwo ought to
read every day, woe, in his opinion, a dad letter, if his
sanely. were to be witisstifod upon the grouts& stated. For
what was tbe rij;it of itilingt, if the roil!, to whom !hat
.right belonged, were not at liberty to inform his Majesty
as to the actual sifitition of the ennntry ; if they were pre-
cluded frame stating to him that be was surrounded by im-
proper persona, that be win acting under injutlician coup-
telort ? But, trending to the fastidious delicacy of some
ficatienies, his Majesty ought ant to be iuforated that
he wai connected ietth (*bailers arid prize-fighters. lie
s•abinitted to the common tense of the Onset and the Public,
whether 'deb a doctrine nay to b• endared—obither the
**nag of the Kitm one of the People, could maintain -Itch a
doctrine, and he fruited that it would never be adinnt 11 by
•*:te country. As to the time at•Whielt this propositiou was
tirnueht forward, be was ready to admit that a better time
tight bate berm chosen: but thik was in hr itectionted for
of on the ground. be ,had vented inlifsohjectionsio the Julii•
Its. He sleicribeil ;hat risekotre m a foul trick ou the pail
'of Millimerson dense's-the comemplatioo.ufnbeir faiM:oodot,
aid they bnati secret-3rd in part a that secetea, linirescr, Was
and short-linsi. Ile had pledged himself to

britukthis buiiness under considelatiun, and hr toed redilleused
teb pledre, —but what 163111 the coodpect of ether men isteo
pledger? stmtmalty oitasigmw he had ssbmitted to. tit!
Couhipropositinos sinsilat to I 1 pewees, and be remembered
I grorapd of nepumiiim hasrug heeistaltep similar to that hew
&fleapit& lie recollected particularly lathe case of the Ls-
ped taunt a the Ileldrr,t,he, hepeoposed tmaddretCtas pftydiliCe
all inqUif:y mi that aGeliticiaan Os /Ail the Court pledg-
ed himself, that if Pat liaiiient did not inatilitte an inquiry, Abe
"mid taulseff propose such an nii,Jrc,st but Cron tijnt boor ,
to Ibis the 'pledge semaiard 'rind emi.d. This insture 'he
thought it proper to quote, in or ter to thew the d' roe' of
reliance wbtch was due it such pledges.' tisstetl the
Cant would not sorer to be 'deluded by any es 'Willits
of this mature. 'nit consulting its own dignity, anal the respect
Ii owed to it.. (onstittseuts, would leterniine to do what was
right, without %ailing upon the discretion or looking for a
preteirst from any assembly whateber. If any Member of '
Parliament was willing to take op titiSspiett inn, and propose
Inquiry, such a )lesolser would of course be enosioraged by
'this Resolution of that Court, while neck eßisolusioh %veld
serve to discourage the opponents of se!h a Resolution. With
that view al..ce, if an ether, he would support this Revela-
tion; and be teemed tit Coact would not allow itself to be
withdraa ai from the performance of in dlttY Ilty any of the
Clusive promises or pledges which bad been offered In the
marten of the diseassitrat.

Some olservations, which were not distinctly beard, in coe-
• leeway. of a comitlerable noise blew the bar, having been
inotie,•hat Mr. Jocks bad acted ;woo the Johlilee m a tool
of Adosiuistratioo ; Mr. JACK rose to vindicate himself,
mad sliohe to the &IMO% effect At no period of my life
have I had a correvoadesee with anyMensber &Administra-
tion, nor have I ester had a political conversation with Any
person whom I know or saspected so be la the inussediate
servioe of thin, the last, or sap termer Admialsti adroit. 1 can
cooniemiossly declare, that I am as independent of the Ad-
miuistratioo a Worthy !Wernher (Kr. Waittlecan), and
that MY only motive b reeking to preserve the rights and
prerogative of the Crewe, was the same as at a %Omer pe-
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a Draft of on Address, which wnsoesd ss4 weed to, and
a:dercd to be predated to his Stkiesty.