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Swain and Co. as very good and punctual tradesmen, whom I have long employed with great satisfaction. WM. COBBETT. Printed by William Cobbett, Johnson's-court; and published by him, at ll, Bolt-court, Fleet-street. VOL. 74.-No. 3.] LONDON, SATURDAY, OCTOBER 15TH, 1831. REFORM BILL. THE WEEK OF WEEKS! Kensington, 13th Oct., 1831. "A great man struggling with the storms of fate" has been described by some poet as the grandest and most interesting of spectacles. What, then, must be the spectacle of a great nation struggling with a similar storm! 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My last Register left the a portion of the happiness or misery of debate going on in the House of Lords. those nations depended, as upon the It was closed on Saturday morning the events of the week between Saturday 8th instant, at six o'clock. Lord Grey morning the 8th of October, and Satur concluded the debate, in a speech of day morning, the 15th of October. considerable length, of which only a For it is impossible for any man, at all mere sketch has been published, to accustomed to reflect on political af- which no report could possibly do jusfairs, not to be convinced that the tice, and which sketch I should not inReform Bill, once passed in England, sert here, if it did not contain some very there is not a civilized nation upon the interesting expressions, which have been face of the earth which will not be referred to by one of the bishops as of affected by it. The geographical posi- great importance, and which, therefore, tion of this kingdom; its being the it is necessary to have upon record. As emporium of commerce and of wealth; I find it reported, it was as follows: its immense natural resources; its un- Earl GREY.-The noble Earl contended, disputed power on the waters which that, at the time he undertook to form an Adwash every coast in the world; the in-ministration, there was an absolute necessity comparable and truly marvellous effects of making the question of reform a condition of his acceptance of office. He also contended of its industry; the high and traditionary the introduction of reform was the consequence reputation of its institutions; the pro-aud not the cause of the excitement. The verbial, unparalleled excellence, of its measure was recommended from the Throne, laws; all these will give a weight to as one by which the prerogatives of the crown, the change which will now take place, and the rights and liberties of the people the authority of both Houses of Parliament, such as never could be done to a change would be equally secured. That that recom D Lord had said that if he abandoned office it would be on his part a culpable abandonment of the King. It was for him to consider what he would do. (Cheers.) He certainly would not abandon the King as long as he could be of use to him. (Loud and repeated cheers.) He was bound to the King by obligations of ever owed to a sovereign, for the kind manner in which he had extended to him his confidence and support, and for the indulgence with which he had accepted his offers and best endeavours to serve him. Whilst his servicescould be of use to his Majesty, it would never be a reproach to him that he had abandoned his Majesty. (Cheers.) He could only be a useful servant to the King whilst he was able to carry measures which were necessary for the security of the country-(cheers)—measures with which his own character as well as the security of the country were connected. If he should once lose his character, the King had better have any man in the world for his servant rather than him, for as to abilities, he pretended not to them, or to the other qualifications which long habits of office gave. All that he could pretend to was an honest zeal, a desire to do his duty in the best way he could, sensible of his deficiencies but feeling that there were no personal sacrifices which he was not bound to make for his king, whose kindness to him could never be obliterated from his heart, whatever might happen, to the last moment of his existence. (Cheers.) Place was not sought for by him. It was offered to him under such circumstances that nothing but a sense of duty could have induced him to accept it. He need make no professions. He could appeal to the history of his whole life to prove that he desired not office. (Hear, hear.) He found himself placed in a situation in which he thought that he could not shrink from serving his country and his King, and he accepted office very much against his inclination. He had lived a long life of exclusion from office. He had no official habits. He possessed not the knowledge which those of ficial habits conferred. He was fond of retirement, and in domestic life he lived happy in the bosom of his family. Nothing could have tempted him to embark on these stormy seas mendation spoke also the sentiments of the people was attested-that it was answered by the unanimous voice of the people of England, who were now trembling for the success of the measure which they believed to be necessary to the prosperity of the country, and lest its rejection should be productive of those evils which he should be accused of threaten-gratitude greater, perhaps, than any subject ing if he mentioned, but which he durst not think of as the result of so fatal a determination. It was said that there were only six peers opposite who possessed nominations to boroughs. He rather thought the number was twenty-one. (Hear, hear.) He did not mean to say that the votes of those noble Lords were influenced by the possession of such nominations; but did that make the fact of their existence less unconstitutional? It was said that the people did not understand these things. No doubt they did not under-stand them as parts of the constitution; but they understood them in the same sense in which they were understood by Locke, and Blackstone, and Chatham, and Fox, and other great and constitutional authorities, that nominations to seats in the other House were hostile to the principles of the constitution. A noble Lord had said that the bill was full of anomalies-that it would lead to immorality as much as the present system; and the noble Lord had made an appeal to the Right Reverend Bench not to sanction such immorality by adopting the bill. He (Earl Grey) would make no appeal to them on the subject, but he would ask, were the Right Reverend Prelates prepared to sanction all the immoralities of the present system? Even if it was admitted that the system worked well for the country, were they prepared to support the principle that evil might be done that good might come of it? (Cheers.) Would they support a system which encouraged fraud, and hypocrisy, and perjury? Would they admit that the money-changers had taken possession of the temple, and that not only were they not to be dislodged, but that they were to be maintained, and supported, and defended? (Hear, hear.) The noble Earl then took a review of the details of the bill, and of the defects which it would cure, and the manner in which it would cure them. The rejection of the bill would produce general dissatisfaction and discontent amongst the people. He, "Bankrupt of life, but prodigal of ease," however, felt confident that notwithstanding nothing but an overpowering sense of the their sufferings, they would not endanger the duty which he owed to his country. He had public peace. He hoped also that they would performed his duty as well as he was able. not resort to that sort of passive resistance He should still continue to do so, and if Parwhich involved the refusal to pay taxes, for liament and the country should withdraw that was contrary to the spirit of the constitu- their confidence from him, and he should find tion. After some further observations, the that he could be no longer a useful servant to noble Earl said that it appeared to him that a the King, he would resign office, and when in considerable degree of party spirit had been retirement he could at least look back with exhibited on this occasion. (Cheers.) He had the consciousness of having done his best to observed symptoms of an intention to attack serve both the King and his country. (Enthe Government with the view of overthrow-thusiastic cheering, accompanied with claping it. All that he could say was this, that to this measure, or to a measure of the same extent, he was pledged. A noble and learned ping of hands, stamping of feet, and other demonstrations of applause. The cheering lasted for several minutes.) |