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REFORM BILL.

THE WEEK OF WEEKS!

Kensington, 13th Oct., 1831.

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It is, for these reasons, as well as for the purpose of inducing the people to continue their perseverance in the "A great man struggling with the noble path which they have been purstorms of fate" has been described by suing for now nearly a twelvemonth, some poet as the grandest and most necessary that this work of mine, which interesting of spectacles. What, then, contains a record of all the various must be the spectacle of a great nation causes which have led to this grand struggling with a similar storm! For, event, should contain an account, as no man can doubt that the fate of this detailed as I am able to make it, of the nation now depends, and entirely de- various occurrences of the events of this pends, for an age or ages to come, upon memorable week, together with such the manner in which the present storm remarks as appear to me necessary to shall terminate. Never was there a elucidate and put clearly upon record week, I believe, since civilized nations that which I wish to be remembered by existed, on the events of which so large my readers. 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 jus-fairs, 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 undisputed power on the waters which wash every coast in the world; the incomparable and truly marvellous effects of its industry; the high and traditionary reputation of its institutions; the proverbial, unparalleled excellence, of its laws; all these will give a weight to the change which will now take place, such as never could be done to a change

Earl GREY.-The noble Earl contended, that, at the time he undertook to form an Administration, there was an absolute necessity of his acceptance of office. He also contended of making the question of reform a condition the introduction of reform was the consequence and not the cause of the excitement. The measure was recommended from the Throne, as one by which the prerogatives of the crown, and the rights and liberties of the people the authority of both Houses of Parliament, would be equally secured. That that recom

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*mendation spoke also the sentiments of the Lord had said that if he abandoned office it people was attested-that it was answered by would be on his part a culpable abandonment the unanimous voice of the people of England, of the King. It was for him to consider what who were now trembling for the success of he would do. (Cheers.) He certainly would the measure which they believed to be neces not abandon the King as long as he could be sary to the prosperity of the country, and lest of use to him. (Loud and repeated cheers.) : its rejection should be productive of those He was bound to the King by obligations of evils which he should be accused of threaten-gratitude greater, perhaps, than any subject ing if he mentioned, but which he durst not ever owed to a sovereign, for the kind manner think of as the result of so fatal a determina-in which he had extended to him his confidence tion. It was said that there were only six and support, and for the indulgence with peers opposite who possessed nominations to which he had accepted his offers and best enboroughs. He rather thought the number deavours to serve him. Whilst his services was twenty-one. (Hear, hear.) He did not could be of use to his Majesty, it would never mean to say that the votes of those noble be a reproach to him that he had abandoned Lords were influenced by the possession of his Majesty. (Cheers.) He could only be a such nominations; but did that make the fact useful servant to the King whilst he was able of their existence less unconstitutional? It to carry measures which were necessary for was said that the people did not understand the security of the country-(cheers)—meathese things. No doubt they did not under-sures with which his own character as well as 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

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. possessed not the knowledge which those official 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

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