The Statesman.
London, England, 1812-06-12 00:00:00

Tht Motion hating been seconded,

Mr. CARTWRIGHT rose. He could not ap-
prove the motion, because it went to cast an indirect
censure on the Government ; and under such cir-
cumstances be should meet it with a decided nega-
tive. Is taking a review of the circumstances at-
tendant upon the recent offers made by the Marquis
Welle ley and the Earl Moira, the Hon. Member
could not but express his opinion that the offers had
been rejected by the two Noble Lords (Grey and
Grenville) because in their estimation they would i
not Rate a sufficient preponderance to carry any;
measure which they might determine. lie could not
but Mak their conduct wrong for rejecting the of-,
fers, for the reasons that had been assigned by then.
As to the Government having reverted to its original
point, he could net but say that he shotildiike to see,
it.stsengthe=nch.talents as wore pOoseisied by
the Rittt H deems' on the door (Mt. Cu.
shag). But heaeould not think that the way which
was sow proposed was the proper mode of pro mid.
lag to obtain such additional strength as might fie
wished. He thought, after what had passed, that
they ought to support the Government of the Earl of
'Liverpool, relying on the hope that his !loyal High-
ness would not lose any opportunity of strengthen-
ing his Government. The medal' bad his decided
dissent.

Lord FOLKESTONE disapproved of the motion,
on the gronad that it was not adequate to express
the feelings of the House and of the country. It did
not allude in any way to the situation of the country
at the present alarming crisis ; for that was of far
more moment than the petty quarrels and disgustful
difference between certain persons respecting place
sod influence.—[Rear, hear !]—..Such circumstances
ought to infiaence neither their hopes nor their dis.
cession; they had only to regard the situation of the
country, and then to reflect into what hands its Go-
vernment had fallen at such a moment. Let them
call to mind by whom their affairs were guided, and
then their adequacy ; and if the House were :
still of opinion that the present Administration was
inadequate, in their estimation, to the performance
of the duties imposed on it, they ought to state such
belief to the Prince Regent. He could not see what
other duty the House had to perform ; they had only
to determine on the adequacy rit. the present Govern-
ment to meet the difficulties with which the country
is surrounded. If that decision were agaivert the
Men at present in power, the dangers of the times
called loudly on them to express .that opinion to his
Royal Highness. As to the sentiments of the Hoo.'
LGestlemao (Mr. Wortley), isia-lowiship.cossid ant
but remark, that he had taken upon himself some-
thing
injudiciously, to decide who was in the right, 1
and who was in the wrong. That an Hon. Member
had proceeded to pass censure on the two Noble Lords ,
(Grey and Grenville), for refusing the offers that
had been made to them; but he (Lord F.) had yet
to learn, that any person was compelled to take
upon himself great responsibility whether he would
or not, merely because the'reqtrest came from a par-
ticular quarter. They had a right to consider the
circumstances which accompanied the offers, and
IF after such consideration, they had just as good a
right to refuse if they please. For such conduct too,
no individual had a right to censure them. In the
present instance, however, it was particularly hard,
for the Noble Lords had at one time been censured
for having incepted office, and now, forsooth, they
were censured for having refused it. The tables had
been most cruelly and wofully turned upon the
I Noble Lords ! Whether their reasons were proper
or not, he should not examine, for they had nothing
to do with we main question now before them. The
Hon. Mover had very properly reflected on the delay
which intervened, before any offer whatever was made
respecting the formation of an extended Administra-
tion ; and he had as properly said, in effect, that those
offers were of such a nature, that they could not be
accepted with honour by those to whom they wore
made. He (Lord Folkestone), however, could not
reconcile those sentiments with the motion ; indeed,
the one seemed to throw some doubt over the other.
But the question before them was of vital import-
ance. lie would contend, that an Address ought to
be presented to the Prince Regent, grounded on the
situation of the country, and the state of the fi-
nances. With respect to the state of their finances,
it was impossibletor any one to look at the papers
illustrative of its condition, recently laid on their
table, without expressing a desire that the Govern.
meat should be placed in other hands than those
which brought oar finances into their present state.
If they were to revert but to two or three items, the
correctness of his assertion would be admitted. In
the coarse of the last year it appeared that there was
a falling off in the amount of our manufactures ex.
ported of ten millions ! It also appeared, that there
was a decrease in the amount of the taxes that ought
to have been raised of about three millions, while
there was an increase in the expenditure of five mil-
lions. •Such was the state of our finances ; a state
which had been brought on by those in whose hands.
the Government of the country still continued. Well
then, the national question was, would they still set*.
for the Government to remain in such Winds—to
continue with those who had been twice votert out pf-
office for incompetency- ? Those who were now in
office were the self-same meowho were of the Go.'',
vernrnent at the commencement of the present war;
they might have changed their positions.7-they might ,
have assumed new stations, bat the men were the
same. They were those individuals who had brought
our finaneet into a state of ruin, and our commerce
into unexampled distress ; finally, tivy were the men
who had brought on the country the impending cala-
mities which made every one lament the past, and
dread the future. Thinking that the original Motion

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