The Statesman.
London, England, 1810-11-01 00:00:00

Cuthti7 OF COMMON COUNCIL.

Y ci.frnlay a !very full Court met, for the parpen
of 1e.0.14 into consideration the following motion,
or %chic!: M. Jacks had given nOlice:...

. " That a Bust of our most eseeitent Sovereign, George 111.
th: pia ced io the Council Chamber of this City,- as a grateful
trstiin' to demead to the latest pamerity, of the high sense
this court entertmo of the mauiftid blessings enjoyed under his
paternal reign; in width. daring the long period'oflifiy years,
ear iusted ; the most eventful times, and under the most arda-
ch etre:instances ever rerouted in history, Britons have the
priJd sat:Jae:inn is, feel, that amid the wreck of tetrrouoding
'wet wed rauntry has preserved lesions, Its Ml-
liberties, and its ladepeidebee unimpaired."
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Mr. Jades waved all idea of entering into a re-
/low of his Majesty's private virtues, which were
so universally knots p as not to require any com-
ment or illustration .on his part. llu, however,
thought it his dety to nail thesttention of the Court
to the proposed resolution in a political point of
•i•!sir. Ile should confine himself tit three stand.
aids of the ar/witted prospetity of the ceuntey ;
lit. Its increask ..military strength. etc.. Its in-
ffease4 tiehisi And 3d, Its increased population.
:Aim, be attempted to prove from a variety of re-
ferences, and concluded with submitting his Reso-
htiote to the consideration of the Court.
*Mr. Qum said, that although Itst had several ob-
jections to make to the Resolution, couched as it
writ iq ,general. terms, of his worthy friend (Mr.
Jacks), he rose solely far the purpose of producing
that unanimity, which he deemed absolutely neces.
sary to evince the grateful feelings of the Court for
the exemplary virtues and
•endearing . qualities of
their beloved and venerable Sovereign. With poli-
tical attachments, and, party bias, be did not wish
to mix the sense so universally awl so justly cater_
tained'of the Monarch's,personal worth, and ar-.
dent regard fur the prosperity of his people but
unfortunately the worthy pentleman nut only stated
jn strung language, but declared by way of •expla-;
oetion, that his Majesty was to be thanked and.
.praised for the acts of a twig series of Administra.
tions, whether good or bad, during the' esiraorili.
,star) period of fifty years. To introduce the name
of the King in so unwarranted a way, was.to strip
him of !that sacred mantle by which the inviolabi-
lity of his person wasguarded, and to destroy that
grand and noble maths' oY. the British Constitution;
...that the Kill curs do iio wrong. To that:
passim the people,. as well _as. the Sovereign, lent
indebted for the happiest results; for while it pre,:l
served. the King in full possession of pertenal se-
turity, It threw upopbissMiuisters all imperrensmul
awful responsibility. trusted, therefore, 'in the
few remarks he had to offer, be should htt ;Inks**.
as drawing a hide antkextensivo line of demarcation'
between the persona( worth, Satiable gotalities,.**do
transeemlant virtues of his
.Majesty, find. thci
onduct anal acts of his confidential servants.
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The object of the resolution shich was to commer
Wiorate the termination of thesOth year of his Ma.
Seity'S reign, bad his fervent approbation and sup.
po'r;'; hullo douid,nyt, speaking for himself, or
ilklnkinX' for the Majority of the Court, reconcile
'Motel!' to belieiC, that by alluding to and praising
the " manifold blesstngs" of his Majesty's reign,
Any resolution.could pass that Court approving of
the wieltrtdness, imbecility, and venality of past
anti present Ministeri. .He ,might, "Wrest length,
hold up to reprobation the conduct• et thcMitti.
Merit with) at the bnginningor the pretest', reign,
struggled to -estingeisls the. right of electtve.fran..
.thine, as had 'been so bisqlialtempted in the reture
of Members for the county of Middlesex. fie
(bight expose the absurdity 4'4 616141,o( !he Oasis
adopted fur enslaving the 11444 Molpnleit ita,Ante.
rice. •He might censure the systems pursoed iii
ionseqienco of the French ,11.tworation ; of.conti7
Dental alliances ; which, withent any. benefit to the •
Continental powers, went principekly,to increase
the expenditure and accelerate the losses of the.
tub Empire. All these he could surely anti with.
oat the' danger of contradiction enumer4te4 but
Would' the Gentleman who made the motion clierge
his Majesty with the culpability resulting from
them ? Certainly not 1. Mc had only to cetrace for
a very few years the conduct of his Majesty's pre.
sent Ministers, and their then colleagues, to prove,
that the line of distinction between them and their
Sovereign wet as wide and distinct as the emphatic
sense of the English constitution could melte it.
Whets Spain, her Monarch, her Prince, and her
Ministers were betrayed by the atrocious starts
sad perfidious wiles of the Tyrant of France and
kai ;rope, what was the conduct of the men then its
efface ? Instead of adopting measures suited to the
urgency of the occasion, they dewed down to every
little pursuit, caprice, and faction that presented
Itself. They never thought of giving weight unit
energy to the noble exertions of a gallant nation,
by proposing and assisting in theconvocation of the
Coto. Not they pleneediwepeditions, and they
formed armaments, which were turframed as not to

deserve the name of useful diversions, nor of great
and efficient bodies. The distraction in the public
eoensels at home teemed to pervade the cons„
tits of our -ariniesin every part of the Peninsula.
Of this distraction the Convention of Cintra was a
hue bat melancholy proof. The mistakes, defects,
osid errors were undeniable; but nobody was to be
found to whom responsibility could attach. Ho
should not ca:l thl attention of the Court to the
Injectable and pestilential Expedition to Walcheren,
The result was indelibly otigraven on the heart
emery Briton who felt fur the interests, the charity.
Ur, and ?tory of his countrymen. lie would Hot f
tigue the patience of the Court by pointing oat
slight sad contempt thrown by the present Mini
tern upon the last motion made in the 1104110
Cumrsuits for a Parliamentary Reform. lie win
opt detail all the acts of embezzlement and pece
lotion committed by men on whom no punishment
was indicted ; but he would ask, were these caps.
mitous miseries and disgraces to be imputed to his
Majesty 2 The worthy Gentleman, he was con.
singed, would answer " No a" but why; then,
be wish by his resolution to implicate the Suvereig*
in them ? Mlni4ters alone were responsible

them; and he had, with a great majority of
Court, the consolation of thinking, that their
isponsibility would, a no great distance of time,
called forth. On the other hand, lac was ready and
proud to admit, that the town
a- impruventeuts