Star. — 1821-02-13 (London, England)

STATE OF NAPLES.  Lord JOHN RUSSELL asked the the Exchequer if his Majesty's Government possession of any communications which tween the Allied Power, and the Govern' me% Naples ? The CHANCELLOR of the EXCH7 plied, that he was not aware of any sr cations being in posession of Government, hoped his Noble ri iend (Lord Castlereagh) %yr.,' down at the House tomorrow, and he cou the question more explicitly.  GRAMPOUND DISFRANCHISEMENT 'Lord J -RUSSELL, in rising to of the Day, for the House to resolve itsell mittee on the Bill to exclude from the , ehise the Borough of Grampound, did it necessary for him to go now into die grounds On which that Bill was founded. heretofore explained at large his views on the ject, and the great majority of that -with him. He should only observe .. of giving the right of Election to old roughs, where there were few or no int, leaving five of.the largest, most populou,, useful towns in Great Britain, unrepresewed: million of inhabitants should be represents, House only by two Nlembeis, .was an abut they should oppose altogether. As it wall that Grampound was a place c. of the elective franchise, he should not now farther on the subject, nor detain the :_ peating what he stated at a former period. eluded by moving that the Order of the r Mr. GRENFELL said, he should House by any lengthened observations anxious on this occasion not to give a cause he had always opposed himself and undefined schemes of Reform; ' reasonable and moderate plan, such should be brought befoie the House, ready to give it his best support. Mr. MARTIN (of Galwav) made dons in opposition -to the Bill. Mr. Serjeant ONSLOW dissented which had been taken of the question of the House. Did the Honourable had spoken last; forget that it was so year 1818, that a scene of bribery 'took* place at Grampound, which for its depravity? The parties implicated gardless of the prosecution that was their heads, had-been guilty of an act of suicide. -Ile could augur no future gt notorious freeholders of Grampound, so Were they to all public virtue. That believed to be incurable. Could it be for.. 'supposed, that to administer the bribery•oath have the effect of preventing the flagi' ins th.ak.li?td occurred there? The qu, be considered was, as to what part of nity should have the advantage of be transferred. The Noble Lord who , the motion had proposed Leeds; but, part, he thought it would be much better to to the County of York, in which Leeds The Members returned would of course rested for the prosperity of Leeds, and , end proposed by the Noble Lord would be pletely answered. To the 13111 .itself he ' hearty assent, and he thought the Hi most injudiciously in rejecting it, as it . effect of creating an opinion in the public Parliament was adverse to all Reform whate'er' Mr. 'l'. WILSON supported the moi which he saw there dould be The only Reform which he shoe vocate, was to wipe out any blot from tion, wherever he saw it existed. Mr. LOCK HART said, that the writ Grampound had generally been looked' People rather as a writ of venditioni one for the return of Representatives in aortal sense of the word. He knew very 74 according to the -stipulations of the Union lEngland• and 'Scotland, and between rind Ireland, it was essentially necessary presentative System should be regulated In portion with respoct to each county ; and .11t not conceive any mere important subjects Io rence to the present question, than to nbio of the population the fraticlii.:e should l He was not prepared to 'say positively .the principle of scot and lot ought to be 'bat he would say, f:om everything which curred, that the franchise ought not to be., I any part of Cornwall, and leastuf allpifght given before a proper place was decided u 111 r Committee. It was probable, that unless a r