Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1831-05-13

VI "a ~ IA hluR . name mas
oeeh used upon the question, not only by the persons
who were not authorized. but upon improper occasions.
rue II Is that they have the saLc lou Of his Majesty
,Of 'his particular measure; but TO say that the King
Is bound Tor mCre thaD tVllO ins The recon mendaiion
oil his constitutional advisers, is h, lling Language impro.
per IL ms place and, | believe, mol exactly founded in
TACT (h'a' heat Let u, look, then, htsi, what he mea-
sure ought To be, and ,ae eouLiy, wisti,is is. ID ouybt 10 h.
a measure TO epdble The Government 10 carry on tn
'erSiees oil Tie King IN Parliament according to the
constitution established at the Rsyoiu;,en.-His Cs,c.
men proceeded 10 SxaniDe how The Constitution has
wVikvd, as lar as regarded the House OF Commons
rom iooo 10 the present time. He cen,enJed that
US ouslue.s hai been carried on mos, satisfactorily by
. eoiJune ion o, rers0us OF property, talent. aud know.
ledge OF all kinds, representing L. the great Interests of
me ki0gdom, and that for II0 years, they had promo,.
u 'he prosperity and maintainel the glory ot the Be-.
"'h na'loh. III, then, such a House ol Commoos-ao
constituted and 50 g.ited-wtrs 10 be DESTROYED. il was
me duty oi Ministers to take cate :ha.it was succeed.
.n oy aLepresehiS'ise body witch would give 10 the
H'hS : uo'sfahen, Tue necessary support. His Grace
'hen examined the proyis ols OF tn bi |, especially A,
u Regarded Hanp hUe. and lie iowa OF Winchester.
>"i's' Ihurch, SOUTHAMPTON, and .Lymingtop, aud a
number oil other p aces thai would nt be represented
excepting IN tie general mass OF the representation
wan regard to The great body OF the electors, he oh.
served that they would be chiefly shoI Keeper; aud he
asked whether II was ii. thai they should be The per.
sons TO return Membt rs To- the Great Council nj ,ha
EATON, which was 10 take into consideration the domes-
.e' foreign, COLONIAL, landed. commercial aud manufac-
'urIDg Interests VI he nation. Clear, uearN he
bad heard II Ia, establishment OF a committee in Lon
don. to poin. out proper Memse,s fer the srea, town.
u the country. he did not believe ,ha, it was slread,
formed, but be did believe tia, il woulJ n. co,''
stl'uted; and tbs no wish, d to know whether il wa.
ut that such a upiform ~. TEN OF rep! e-enta,ion sbould
De aiop ed es would ENABLE a conn iUee 10 Lcnd,n to
d'c'a'e members for Leeds or Manchester lie I'd.
ver'ed TO what, OF his own Knowledge, had occurred IN
France OH tue SUBJ ct OF the cleo in law since 1917
iwo changes hac subsequently, been IN de it, tina, la.
'hd TWO s-nerai elec io.s bad taken pace, each more
uniaVota0le To tue ~Gosetnmen', aud the r.suit hid
oetn ile iorm,tou ot a PAr!iam nj wrh whi.h i, w,,
'ini o,'ibie Tor any Ministers to cooperate. lie denied
nN' ne had been in any way connected With the
ffench Nj 'Gisters, tina, be had ever written 10 Prince
~po.isnlo; TO Charles the Tenth. previous TO his abIico-
400, ur to any member Of the French Cabinet, wi bout
me kntwledge end pa ,cipations If his colleagues.
he would, therefore,, tell The Noble Lord on The wool.
sack that he had no more 10 dc wi h the F.eneh Go
vernm.nt han the Noble Lord hinse!t-p,r haps ntt an
hueh. Laughter These proceedings in France had
rendered a revolution inevitable. IL wished raj IN.
TouSe would advert to what was the business of Ga.
vernineni in Parlieme Mt. The bu, iness OF the Govs.n.
iheht went 10 every hing. Ii was 10: long since they
h"I heard The Lsa'Led AMI Noble Lord on The WOOL
'ack propose on his own account a Few jud ciai sys-
ten, He could tell Item hat II would DO imuo,s,bI.
Tor The Government 10 decide on that qnss;ior: but n
,hrie was a reformed P@.hanen', it would be found
mat Tie Noble aud Lea 'nsi Lo d would bs too strong
or The Government, on that question. In the same
inaoner there was no, a ques n aft ,ciing trade, man-
fractures or The cora laws, that was no, especially
,he business oil The Gjvernment, AID he wanted 10
know how tie Gov,iutnent would be able 10 carry On
those questions after tie Parliament had been returned
IN TINS manner With respect to The question OF
'N "'N ~ w. NuhtiSbt uES MlGn ulnlrnIN |
would present Itself. The duty Ct Government on Ibis
beat a! peaIed To him 10 be clearly pointed out. In In.
hrst place they he'd the Kirg's coronation oath; in TIE
neAt they I'D the act Of union wi IA Scotland and ,ha
act OF union with Ireland, both of which reou;t,d
that the church OF England should be the e.t.b;i,hed
CHI IN Eog!and aud ia ireland. Now he wanted
u know how the established church wa. 10 be main.
tanned aztec The election f Members OF Parliament was
10 be placed or this loo jig ! He dill not wish TO carry
me afEumen' iur'h,r than 1t would go, but the affairs |
Of the Government were so oomu!icated. thev ws,a
so tOunu np with ac,s OF Parliament cbart.r- ~ -
pora ions, thai 1t was quite impossible for a AIiniftfy IL
90 IN . Parliament, uhldss they were certain that ,b.v
hau "ih them a maJ"rity to support those establish
lie IDisrf.d rom all this, that the cor s,itu,ion |
oil tins country could no., in a ref r!ned Parliament,
he carried on as it hitherto bad been car led on
ne "a not mean 10 say hat the crown Of England
"ou'd Eot ias'' IL certainly nigh, b. res 'ricted 10 ib.
army, The navy, and the ordnance, but ,he rest must be
is' TO The House OF Commons, which would not be
M eons't'u ion as / now existed. He was SORRY that
en- this question he hsd TO differ from some OF his friends.
but feeling no other desire than that his services migh
be & NJ use to The country, he considered Ina, ,bere
vas 20 necessity for him to conceal his opinion; and ne
"ishsd 10 God that he could convince the Noble Earl
and his colleagues Of the error into whis! thew had tal.
len. He, however, had tho most entire CONVICTION.
from all TIA" examination and experience that he had
been able 10 bring 10 The subject, that ,ha country
would be placed in 'he creates, peril If the bI wss
passed III i's present shape.
The Lord Chancellor said, that il would be easv ,o
beievs him when he state that he had noihine 10 do
win Prince PJlifnlc OF Charles ,he Tenth; nor with
their advers"iies, had he he'd any ding 10 do fu,tI or
rendering his humbls opinion, in conjunction win
mo liberal party IN this country, expressing a hope
;hat they would lean TO The side OF mercy.
Earl GREY saG he would begin by EXPRESSING tho
same viii mhich the Nohle Duke bad EXPRESSED N.
wards him. He wished 10 q d that ne could convince
the Noble Duke OF ihe error into which he had fallen.
The Noble DGke thought that they were in error: he
thought the contrary; but which was riybt
10 G alone could show. There was, however, Ills pre-
'umpiion on his (LOrd Grey's) side, hat there wa, barI.
ly a man in tina, House, or The country that did not al.
o~ that some change was required. The point. how.
ever, to which the Noble Duke remained uleayed vas
h I the Thing was perfect as il siOod-ihat with all ia
abuses II was counterbalsnced in a great degree by the
benehIs 1t bal conferred on tho country; ,bai IL os , a.
buses were an essential part q il, and tba, il ,bsy
were to he corrected or r. trdcted, il would put an end
to The glory OF the country. In this opinion, however.
lew men would be found TO concur, and The Noble Duke
hImseli had confessed that hs was obliged TO Jameal
he eouIi not concur, with many cf hose wi h
"fom he had been in The habit Of acting: indeed he
Lord Grey did not know that the Noble DIXIE haI
stated that there was one with whom he could coocur
(Lord Grey had moi heard from any one. and err.
ainiy not from his Noble Friend lord wy tb,t il
would be possible 10 reform with safety, .wi,bout mall.
ing some attempt to restore satisfaction and confidence
o toe people, by giving them a share in The reprss,n.
iation OF the country, OF which they thought that ,bev
we're unJustly deprived. The Noble Duke had stated
The constqut nce OF the division againtt the late Go.
Vernment On he civil list had ari.en rom a combina,ion
81 parties. lie took il as Indicating such a want of con-
lieDce on The part Of the H.use' OF Commons: thai ba
~ necessary to resien-not because the com.
nitiee was carried, but because he felt it TO be his du,v
as a good and loyal subject, TO save his SOVEREIGN from
he difficult, and, perhaps, dangerous situation in which
-elorm was introduced. II ihis, then, were the Gaze
Ya5 on account OF tho s"bject Of reform tina, the Noble
Duke hal resigned. (The Duke of Welipg,on exnrss.
'ed his disstnt) lie bad been stating the Noble Dukes