The Statesman.
London, England, 1822-12-20 00:00:00

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Report which they Mad knit .tags_O etZL Pih‘lS../11-
commended that the Court. ebmq ,
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Session, take the questing i'adiie ' 1 fortis,
their consideratioo. Nowt: ' tia .. 4111 the,tlrfa Ir
et,k
. new Election, it became' genthelio, of that Cnoet
Peeing
not to reslcutbrir trusts, Ws ' tit letting their Coned-
meats %et: tbut they were anxious to. tit-apatite with the
lauded' 11,ed and *leer interests in their entleavauts (0 obtain
a Reform in the Representation of 1)10 (gantry ; sue
a Reform es world b•;ve the 'treat of alleviating Om
distresses tinder which iiintinterest now laboured. Let
them for a 'isolator rareloo the lamentably defective
;state of di...r . repiesentution. . In consequence of the
great increase of I.opolatioo, there were 2.000P90 of
r prw.-----'• not i'epreerotell at all. In consequence of
some afellitssfaCCM tt hiCh recently took plsce in
the !lease of (;ilineiuns, the advocates of Re-
form is that House would now be able to
Wing forward that questioo with additional hopes of
Wing
le ruer, that lonise hid itpeWio repeat circum.
atitheee eeneillanikeft.e.peioslVAi iiikauiseitablitiebilla

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At to those. berettitikfkii4ll4ll7ool-t
ad!been fens* to' * '. 1 Ywal not °fleeted to wt
to sack ittlae4 es.Grampottad, but they refused
to extind it to 'atbet nieces, in which corruption was
known to exilt. -Mr. fleetes was prosecuted for saying,
that the-Ring' itid•Lords could arrange the affairs of
the nation *ltitott.the Conimons. Now he would ask
whether this Was.sot true, in fact, when the,Peers re-
tuned a majority of the aleiabers of the House of Com-
mons ? This was a fact so notorious, that no parson in
his senses could, in his opinion, deny the necessity. of
some change of the existing system. Wa, it not shame-
ful that a population of 1,20000 persons in London
and its vicinity should have no More than ten represen-
tatives In Parliament, gil of who'm' might be confronted
by One third of the tneitaiers sent Trout Cornwall alone?
Ilp He did not wish to detain the (Mort f shier et present.
This was not, in hie opinion, aLlii oestion, but one
sti brought forward In. a spirit of fa cal nil just-mein
the undies of a great portion of their eh' tuaots. ...If
they. pulled together, they would no doub succeed in
obtaining a pilot Who would weather the storm. The
Honourable Gentleman concluded by moving " That the
Court do agree with the. Report."
Me. %Laois veonded the motion. The steady vibe-
rence of Englishmen to a temperate and constitutional
Reform would be productive of much benefit, aim only
tellies' coontries4hut to the whole of the ci ettworld.
After haring witnessed the glerions sod- esfuTuf
fasts of.Spaia and. Portugal to ems Ives
from the oppressions under which la loom
Mooted, It would ill become England td abort in
that splendid career nude!. she had hitheetbatu , and by
Which she had pet so bright and cheering an example to
ill Eutope (bear!)
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,-, Mr..Gata,owaa thought it. necessary that the Court
eboald mitmr pledge of
inits intention to take tip the
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gaties o elarroosrly the -next Session of Barna-
.uteat. Me then ihrilke Reformers of that Court had not
takes up Ibst qa IMF last year, He was glad the qnes-
floc open (ben bad not been mixed op with the
complitola oft tiltorists, as he thought that they
'now the; II ' situation, ought to 'wallowed
Ile r --a;sided bp ibliald a,.
formers. He sittiporte the motion.
Mr. Wm.= gave his cordial support to the motion.
Alllr. JAMS was-of opinion that this question had been
briught forward at the present moment, under the idea
that it might byptisibility have some influence upon
the approaching elections of Common Councilmen. No
selfish nensiderstions, boweeer, should deter him from
decliring; that is long as be stood in his present situa-
tion, be weed, to the utmost of his power, oppose the
wild and visionary schemes of reform which some gen ,
ileum ativocisted in that Coart. if he should lose his
election by expressinglitutelf in this manner, be did
not care; beacted according to his sense of duty. •
Mr. TAYLOR denied that there was any foundation for
the insinuation which ,had been made by the hottour-
able gentleman who had last spoken. If the persona 1
who had brought the question before the Court had
done so with a view to influence the elections, they
would best have effected their object by calling for a di-
vision, which was not now intended.
Mr. OLDHAM' supported the motion because it did not
pledge the Court to any specific plan of reform. Feel.
tag as lie did that some kind of reform was indispensa-
bly necessary to the safety of the constitation, he could
not let that opportunity pass without tendering his
thanks to his Hon. Friend for haviagthrought the sub-
pee before the Cori, and declariwcaltat he would be
always ready to vote for any consututtonal plan of re-
form. .
Mr. Ald. Wat ax atin, in allusion to what had Mimi',
from an Hon. Gentleman in the course of the debate,
said he was not aware that any member of that Court
had ever advocated a plan of reform which merited the
designation of wild and visionary.—(Hear.)—lt was
impossible that men could advocate any subject with
'Niece's unless they feltstrougly; bur because they were
is earnest they ought not to be considered violent. The
same gentlemen who talked about wild and visionary
schemes bad frequently entertained the Court about the
advantages of moderate reform, but they never would
state what their moderate
.plan was.—(Hear.)—Until
they did this. they had no right to call the propositions
Of others wild and eisloisary.--(Hear.)
After atiw-ithriliWoin M.i. Dtaow and Mr. Won-
comas, the question, was put to the vote. The show of
Winds was ontitiallflaige in its favour, and only six
were held op against it.
After. disposing or sail; unimportant business, the
~1 Court broke up.
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