The Statesman.
London, England, 1819-12-15 00:00:00

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Parliament had to perkier* was to !tumor. the on-
tenses of tile -polslie. The Neese itf Commons•wds
the • guardian of the public paive, entd. It Shook" eet
all timers •toke rare, that fat she- support of Midess
estsblishiontiosbe-fropie *cream- hareliesed.—(Hohm)
The resoitadoo which had, be.. prowled by Me..Doo-
ing repressing tle undue increase of the iednence of Mt
Crows, was tainted hi, a majority of Id. Of the mu-
jority, consistieg of aft. 0 rot. Vanity Members. • ite
the Minority of stile there were hot 11. .Anotmer Items
lutios, shine bad afterwards bees preposed in tinier to
follow pp tile former, was lost; arid, as appeared by a
knee Saville, the House was -divided onto
classes, aml be Colon aerodyne Hi the million eters
, three tatftei4ll4ansghliessobera the majority foie
to Weak mow open is a few words sae limo.
lotions which ho wished to propose. The arm was, to
deprive tie Borough of Oranspoand, which had brew
convicted of terrapin/a; or the power of tending MeLi-i
hers to Phriteasent, toe N tratsfer the right to a pope
loos tows. His second iteselation wound be. that it was
the dusty of the Hesse take means to detect Corruption
in flonnighs, and where,• r she iu..j9ril of %.,!ers
should be corrupted thereof, to trawler the right of
franchise to) opeloos, hat nirreorevited loans.
the steams e 1 dearth's corruption. which he .119,14 to,
it was its wish to amid the delay and amen Linty wiss.4
attended the imptincs in that cud the °titer .iiense. M
authorise the Committees under tier tires ; ille
inquire into the state of Itoron‘lis twilight before th;le,
and to authorise the House, on their ri:port,lOilisfetnettlst
the Borough is which the neyority were Eton.. to liewors
rapt.. The Coonitatiots Kogiaeli 'sews he touted urife.,
principles; we bad not like other statiigns t o tines Gatti
of liovereturnts we bad King, Leril., and t oulmoos,
and what else we had oft minim/ion he knew nit.,
stets the eoastitntion thin tiorme—(taar, heir trPhe!) •
—That flame bad always emotioleil of sandier* liar •
lkseras sad Coasuirs. Thus it was where
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ten.i.,_tprai.d it as the happiest malt of huttin
dolts. Thus it was when So nen expelled a hills to iw-
tabligh it mote firmly—thus it aAR when Hantp.mn shed
bis blood is itsileteres. Should we bold Holmes/pities •
mistaken—shaeld we decide .t: •t Somers upheld a roots
system—we stmt shore who died in t'at. tier of (Am:,
I. were defending the item.... 1.1 1111.1•;1110 lituorger
He therefore must maintain Clot the dtrisiou into conn-
ties, cities. and borotteis shonNl he upheld. He keel,
Weed, but of two ins:A:ices of an uniform syrtrin td
represestation. The first was that ut Spain, wWielt
the 15th emitory, possessed a free gaverensent Prate e
was the wend instance; but tho constitmion iif
Prance had been egihlished for so short a tint., aiii
was now in so pre:arious a condition. that it it .1 not
Lid up as an exAnoile to us. tie (Amid noi help
thimble' that there was soul: magic in obi. osprittrinii.
Par so many centuries it bail made *smiling lam!, nut
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' disgraced by the contrast 4f splendid palares atm *retch- t
ed cottages, but covered with thiellest Kati-
biota hy_a people enjoying equal lases eTtel pretec-
tion.—(Hear. bear.)-11e deemedit had that power the
more, because when they were 'tended, it sent faith men
fitted for the exigencies of the State. Pe could not help
feeling that such a Constitution, 'thick bad prodnced
such effects, was not rashly to be cat into rho rer.,!e-
tionary furnaces. front which he saw will! choice Cart
there would arise one inure ntwful or more.splenilid.--
(Hear, ht Ar.)—For the pr 'sensation of th;.•
however, he fit if the meessity of soon, e.nersaions to the
people. lie feared this country had alresey began its
progress to decay. If those who joined the t;oiertteletzt
no longer loved liberty—when those who loved liberty
had so longer an interest in the Government. the reign
of civil disseation had begun, and it would be in Me •
power of an ambitions King, an ambitions Peer; Or an
muhitions demagogue—of one or of all of them, to cc- 1
tingeish the liberties of the people, as easily as dolt
lights were extinguished whets their debate was ave.—
(Hear, hear, bear.)
The Noble Lord the* meted hie first Resolution.
Lord NOMMANBY seconded the Itemisation. The
only question which could be raised on the diefthnthise-
agent of places manned of compiles, wasthe abstract
question of the property of the voters in their (tan-
chises. Is his vision, the word property did not rp•
ply. The privilege of noting was sot property ha a
public oast, conferred for the benefitof the cowman:l.ly
at large--tlapt trust which the voter delegate.) to hie
represestative, bad been delegated to hius by the com-
inanity at large. The nation had as Interest, not oi.ay
in every election, bat in every vote.—(Hear I—Blat
bow maid this or soy other principle of representation •
be thasistest with a return °waged by acts of barter and
sale? The Member thew returned might be an honest it- .
dlvitlari, or he mirk sell himeelf as he had honest his •
etrhstileasalle ► he might aim at potation throagh 'MIA •
tion. ort might'illeirets himself for gaits I hat his whoiar
comma alight begin asd end with himself; he wreld,be
any thing fir pin rather thaw a rotresentati re.—(Hear.)
The tbtoretiedi errors of the House might be justified •
by their efens, sod be email Wok with Merinos even
on Old Sarum. est:that are the utmost Mein to
which he woe ready eta go. • The Hoses. wool& noolsobt
resist lite per zing's qaocks who were sailiiMisHring. to
the Finpered appetites of their political patients, by
broaching &etethea pahlaltli to the multitude, tr2h6. t
citing Mt the ititttriate conseqamwils. Bat hove tieno•llos
floosie to peove aid mischiefs. of nuiversal metal. ?
hilirely not byiting 1110111144iPa Mee tonbe.iitilaaite •t
Gotaish (reels@ , and delikinx tolargitatal rich toispi.,,.
the shard bibs representation which their
imir.:try so 'Well merilett.—(Hear I) —To *tranAr itW ; •
right 4 stfliage to those great moos,• wookt.heirlreir
beartit to the Mouse; it woad• tits* sir that-
discontent, whine could *ever be .sairesi enew.Niit
breeding tandems amonarl..—(fiesrl)—Me souldjultify •
his allusion by fasts. Let them look at the .iPiropre-
Rented sod overgrows villages of Illaurbeetwerlatois,
and Bintingiiani. how ready were •the pepalseime to ..
swal!ow any project whieh•wes presented to thersi..whiht.:r •
the towns of the seam description that were represented, •
ea Nottingham and Leieestes, was eoreparadretpdgatigi • • •
Ile did not call upon the House to accede to his hob* it •
friendi motion with any view or expeetatima of wow':
lotting those visionaries who spoil* so mocha( roh4.
gisal plans of Katona eat of moors, bat in. ender to, • •
the rational, temperate and sober pan •of. . ,poqpia,
(mar, h:ar !) The house was called
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tena.oce et its wit dignity, as weft Mir:.
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or its duty to the country. to withatouli . •
Si,, limner, *ldle it wad pectiliarte.
.nut to attetul le the desarth of
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