Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1831-04-26

orn u a. l oppose, bus tbs p.esent m ,ssure o. hi
The Attorney General 10 reply 10 some obs ,rys
iions made by Sir e. Sudsen the former night, II,
slated that the Bill. far from having be altered Jus
previous TO Its being bought in. TN in he
state as when he hrst drew il, 1--WE weeks antec.
TO thst period
Sir James areu went ihr ugh msny Of the detail.
OF tbs Till, snd ccntended that il wa, unjust
tu ion u aud as such should no. b allowed o pass.
"Wednesday morning three o'clock
| Lord john Russell hasiUs rvph d, tho ga.iay wa,
cleared iSr division. When opened the number,
were declared "a fellow ID
Fo; ,ss Sec 3nd II aiding, 500
Agtnsi Sol
Nj jcr for the Bill.
To b. read IN committee on the li,h AR next
The d cison was received, both within aud without
the House with the most en- husiasic soclama tons
Hal the Ministry been lett in the minority on bi.
| occasion, Parliament would have been imn .da,el,
dissolved. Ii was scarcely anticipated hai the bin
woull be passed to second reading. Tn London
'urcr OF the evening OF ths 22i says, tonight
probably, tho discussion will os-, ard not imp no
| the oppone ms of Refrm will have a Temporary tri
uGpb los It he barely TO be expected, where there
are many persoLal motives for cppo,ition that ,
MEASURE OF 80 extensive nature will be, IN the ff
in'tsnce, carried by tbs insiry. A dissoiu,ion OF
Paramen', however, will entirely change Il IA e of
ungs; Tor then Nlici ters i'll no, only have The 20
30 Borough, now in ihs bards OF the ex Mins'er.
from the exercise OF their pauonsgs when in Office
but also an accession OF nearly ftty members Tor
c'un les and open town. the presen, of
he BILL but whose con tuenis have declared agai. 8:
them on ths Reform question. Tnvse, added to the
Increase In lr'land, would give jori,y 10 favor Of
the bill ami, uncs matters have chan ed ateralI,
within the last two hours, morrow will brUg a min
t,'tral triumph or dissolution IL Parl!smeLt" TIE
Courier asserts that IL has auIho y sue that Il
King ana Ministers en,,rti ued bu opinion to
the propr OF dsstlu ion II Parliament in the event
u tie Reform bill beiug defeated, aud that the suppo
'iion 'hi, Pdrliamen, would not be Dissolve tras
tcithout foundation.
ne snse n < hart W. ID
bill is very able. He opposed he measurs alto
in itinclls aud 10 detail.
He opposed it, then, ony from the conviction he
ieIt mat wes measure OF Revolutionary tendency
l-(cheers 'I3m the opposition beIcbes)-ihat il had
wit In IL tbs ell mens of d,scord, such as would in
line be found to be destructive to he Interests of our
colonies aud in very distant Iihe be subvsrsye Of
the pser'ge IN the monarchy ITSELF (Hesr hear y
He saw 10 IL that extso-ive aud dauge ct anse
which nothing could induce him 70 adopt. IL bad
he ard the hats thrown by some Hon. msmbnts of
The danger TO he apprehended IRON rsie elton of ,hi.
nea ure, OF the indignation OF the people against those
VINO should oppose II, yet, with all this tef0re him.
he should oppose in principle and in detail; for tn,
dsail involvtd SO much Of tue prncple tina, lac d 10
alternative Tut to reject it altogether. IL, was no,
disposed 10 enter into the abstract question of
ref1rm or TO deny thai changes in the constitution
might not have been made, and made from nscessty
neither would he cenenh that The coDS.i .ution as il
sool shous 90 doSn from century to century without
aty modidca'', n, or hat Pramen had not the power
10 ~ axe any exped'ent ehlDges; but bsWevrr he
migh be Opposed 10 80 wi tie Noble Lord in affirm
lag those Abstract prnpo, ions he took his stand on T..
que'1on o he polcy 4 ,hs proposed change, aud 90
INIT Soie he would he justin ii in voting against the
IN azure. The experience OF every country 10 which
ths attempt had been MAIDS would fully show th.t
agsnsral reform which greatly increased the demo-
era IL hhe C had never been made without produc-
ng evolution car he ar land a revCIu IN dan
10 the security Of The property in the country
Arevoinion might be eH;rted 10y for,gn interfei.
encr, o. by the army, or By the executive Au hcriiy
in h State Iasing TO Itself undue share Of power
without endangertg property; but -voluon pro-
duced by to, large an accession OF democratic nflu-
ence would have the dire ct tendency 10 which he had
ius adv r,ed. Frauce had experienced this once or
twice before the catastrophe Of 1882 and was unne
cessary for i'm TO say how it'll the rs ht of proe,y
was re'pec ed in The events which followed that peri
od Bui he might b. ked, were they at all times TO
go on without any change? Were they TO have no
reform-nO change, to adapt the constitution 10 IN.
altered circumstances of the country? Hs might be
It'd, perhaps, OF the danger Of popular commoion-oi
The risk OF opTo ,ing the measure IN the present ex
element OF the country. He aware OF that ex-
element He ktew how it had been pr oluced. He
knew how The name OF the King had been used Oh
this occa ion-how excitement had been produced -
He had seen the Kng's Ministers def N ling som, Of
he ioues oels on The opponents of This mes.ur. ye,
with all this he oud tel them they would not avert
The evil which hey deprecated, for if they had ileit
ieioIm, they would al'o have revontOn- (Cheers
IRON the oppo itlOn )-It might happen that they them
selves might hereafter be arTagnrd at t,s bar of thai
house, or perhaps before committee Of saiaty as
rebels and Traitors, for taking the part OF their Sjver
sign against The inroads OF the power which hey were
ABOUT 10 set up, as mad happened on memorable
occasion in this country. - Clear, hsar)
The speech of Mr.. Shel, ia reply to the one from
which we have made the foregoing extract, is briefly
reported in The Courier Of the 22d We shall endesv.
or 10 make fo)m Tor II Tomorrow. IL is an able expo
son OF the necessity which exists fr parliamentary
reiorm and defence OF The plan proposed by the III
i'ry We at prssen afford room only for the fol
loving passage.
One OF the hrd arguments Of the opposers of The
bill was, that Peers not allowed TO interfere 10
eIsenons And what wa, the Argument OF the Hon.
Barcnei, the Member for Cornwall! Why that this
bill, n passed into law, would DESTROY the infuepcs
OF the Peers IN hat House.-(Hem)This might serve
az sample OF the Inconsistency OF those who oprosed
he measure. But what was the system as il STOOD!
They had been told that $50 persons returned ma.
joriiy OF the Members OF that HOuse(S lme sympioms
OF nt-he as'et'Fd again, thai such the state
msnt made by Mr. (oow EuD G-ey, when member
Of that House, and that thai statement had never
coniraic,ed The fact was notorious that by mean.
OF his parliamentary influence an olgarchy had been
formed, which were thus enabled TO dictate 10 tho So
ve-egn, add control the Ministers. o! that it was thai
the people complained, and they had right 10 com.
plain OF It, taking from them did the shield thrown
around Them by the theory Of the conssi ution But
the Hon. Gentleman complained that this bin would
throw open wide inlet 10 brit -ry. What was the
Gaze at PRESENT. Was there no tuch thing az bribery
heard oi or nsyer proved Was II not on tbs contra
~, notorious that seab 10 Par amsnt were made a
matter OF uefhc, OF regular bngain and saei Nay,
Ibis had been carried 20 far thai these parliamentary
privileges had ben actually subjected 10 The arrange.
msns oil marriage se''I"meDis, and Of oher d ,eds
making provision for wives or families. Nor should
he despair, II the system 10 continue that in time
like wba, took place with regard 10 l,Iie, in ane mi
dsys 'ope iutufe lay of fashion might have the orc.
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