The Statesman.
London, England, 1819-05-11 00:00:00

.IxX:i. avowedly for the perelase of the Bereegh.
In the case cow before the 11...., the facts
were comparatively week. It did appver, that
lie, ',lsere hod received bleach ; het it was solemnly
sworn That when the 51. wan paid to the.. moo, wet
a word was sold to them as to whom they were to
• for. 'llls was not proof, he said. we " hielt the
Moo., would proceed to diefroodtise one of the most
ancient lioroeghs In the kingdom. Ily coweleded by
roos.og, shag, instead of now, the 818 should ho reed
■ ',roma lime t►is day sit months.
A MEMBER (whom rum. we coold not leery)
gg
.. dad th. ametedmeot, and observed that eh• evi-
dent-. give. before she Ceemaltteo was cot silkiest
to jo.wory the original motion.

CALVERT supported the edgiest esso.
tine ; hp slough, it right I. plies the precool peters
in 'tech a situation es re pretest them frees 'alibi
the en&ntry au any fete►, erasion.

Mr. BE.PiNETT supported the Bill. By the eel.
dyne* before the Committle, it towered, that Sir
M. Lopes had 81 or GI votes. est of whim 39 lir
Jet i•ad bees bribed ;and that this was s system which
1.4.1 beg ptevailed is the Boraegh ; sod eves wow,
Ito aederstood, the Electors of Borristaple were
lumps( aloof, mod woold give no promise, as they
were within* till NOP ferrite shoold arrive from Lou.
isogh.)--He (Mr. Bream) was Induced
rowmma the present Bill, beeriest, It had ben
•tirelmd that a majority of the Electors bad takes

$r R. WILSON greeted the Bill 'mild go to a
Coesesittvw, when it might endorge amendment. He
would in the Committee move to disfranchise the 80.
rough of lieresteple @harsher, and to treader the
right'of Medlar to some veal tows at present ware.
p mess t ed.
Mr. BARHAM was also io Ammer of the Bill.—
/le drought the proof that a mejerhy of the Electors
bad beew corrept wu solicieet greyed for pasties
the present Bill.
Mr. BATHURST eke sepperted Ow all en the
same groped. It wee broodly tidied, that this aye•
tea of bribery bed prevailed for some time, end tbet
she Electors enraged it shield continue. To look
for a remedy for the evil in a Court of Lvw, where
the evil preened generally, would be veils. By the
prestai Bill the Electors would not be entirely di—
frenchised ; the Bnrough wield be thrown epee, end
tire number of voters increased from 600 to IWO, or
mere; sod thes, perhaps, the franchise of the 600
world be, in some degree reduced; bet they had
firemen the punishment on themselves, by the ahem
of their privileges. For these runes be should sop.
port the Rill
Sir J. NEWPORT was oho in favour of the Bill.
Asa proof that the system of bribery prevailed in ibis
Borough, the bribery 'sib, it appeared, was never
administered.

M•. BERNAL said. this statement was net eor.
•oet: 41 Elector• taut the bribery oath at the last
Eleetioa.

Mr. R. MARTIN could not agree to disfranchise
this Herewith till every other remedy had failed.—
The Right Hon. Baronet (Sir Jam Newport) had
pointed out ■ remedy; the Bribery Oath bed never
been adm,nistersd, let it be mandatory ea the Re.
foreleg Ofleer to actinide» the Bribery Oath to every
Elector • and then, if they had bees bribed, they
cooed hot swear they had net. Upon this stand he
would pet his leregh.]--He would not
agree to lot is the Huudreel of Barestapie; rather
ths•► de that he would agree to the motion of ouch
an Me. Nimbi (Sir Robert Wiles) had given
tiotire, sod bke the [mashies from Barnstaple al-
together.
Lord MILTON foetid, if the course reeemeteed.
ed by the Hoe. estellemee who hod jest let does
was adopted, the coustry would say, the Hesse of
C 0....., se far from hawks, a wish se petrify it-
self, was se conscious of its owe complies, that
it was entities to awaits at corruption is ethers.—
He could net understand the &feriae which had
been laid down, to @steed eke somber of vete» was
to decrease the »lee of the freechise; en this sys.
tem of arguing, • site of se elefesiou for We go.
rough of Onespested was more »feeble than the
suing, for an 'bedew e 1 Westminster. Rethought,
indeed, the ceetrery was the fact; velem the fres.
chime was to be sold, end then he reed understand
whose Bete was most veleable. He could net bet
consider, ihat, eatestding the franchise to the Hee.
drrd weld have the erect of keeping the H&►ohgh
of Berustapie pare. He was also ieeli•ed to think
it would be wise if the Nobble, wee emended oat
silly to freeholder but to copyholders else. On the
whole. the Bill had his visite sapped.

Mr. Alderman WAIIIIMiN rose amidst cries
of Question. Ile agreed entirely in the ',Mimesis
which had been tittered by the Noble Lord, and
therefore should net detain the House long.—( Loud
coughing.)—lle was not able to &recent for it : be
had never forgotten the respect due to the House ;
yet there was a spirit in some part of the Horse
which showed itself whenever he rose, sot in oppos-
ing bins by argument, bet by clamour and coughing.
[/fear, hear!]—lie recollected hearing the Speaker,
at the bar of the House of Peers, claim freedom efl
speech for all the Compton' of England. Would it
then be credited, that when be, one of the Represee-
"tiers of the metropolis of the British Empire, got
up to deliver his sentiments. be should be clansoeted
slow n— [llear,hear, hear !]—and that too on a gees.
tion respecting the People's rights.—[flcer, hear!!]
- -However satisfied he might be to remain Meet
1-m$Pll, he bad a duty to perform to those who sent
(.11,1, and on their parts he should claim the protection
which be was certain would not fail him—from the
4..31124.—[//car, hear, hear !)--Ilariug made this di-
gression, be should now speak shortly to tee subject;
he had , though a friend to Psrlissoeotery Its-
form, uttered a single sentence in f 'Annual
Parliaments or Uoi I Samar. Others might
however honestly entertain those sentiments, though
not pleamot to the House. Ile certainly, however,
was ie favour dike motion alias Hon. Friend to take
Ilse franchise front Barnstaple end give it to Sheffield.
lie could see no advantage to be derived from eatendieg
the suffrage to the freeholders of the Hundred, men
who already bed voles, whilst the copybolder, mer-
chant, and man of property remained witbuet a vete.
He thnught the Hesse ought not to lose this ripper-
oluity of showing to the People, that whenever a
w3l brought before them they would not fail, as
ti iar ij their rower, 13 UT skeristlves put.