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2 THE EXAMINER. ER AES TEE AT — SOI LS NEE eSNG ACER OY 2 RY RA RE tg at mutual over-reaching| ‘I should have stopped here, had not the noble lord

wail Gave Gael fe meade system have mainly thrown out a challenge and denied that the government arisen those discontents and antipathies whieh rent both |of this country was carried on for the benefit of the ar- from Spain and from England their continental domin- istocracy —end he quoted Facitus. (Laughter.) The fons in America. The free traders rely upon just and|hon. member of Surry also, (Mr. H. Drummond) quoted affectionate dealings with the Colonies as the means of| Dodd’s Parliamentary Companion, to show how many uating their connection with Great Britain. Phey| vulgar fellows without grandfathers, were members of would extend to the Colonists the same immunities as to the) Parliament. {Much laughter.) Well, 1 consulted Dodd, residents of the old country. They would emancipate them|(laughter) and here are the results. I find, according from, the veratious and ignorant meddling of the Colo-|to Dodd, that there are forty-two boroughs still subject nial-office in their local affairs. They would emanci-|to local influence ; thirty three are under the direct in- pate them from the incubus of incapableand supercili-}fiuence of peers. Kighteen members in this House re- ous tools of ministers and members. of Parliament sent|present eleven whig peers, and thirty three represent out tofili every lucrative office in the Colonies, because|twenty two Tory peers. (Hear, hear.) And these they have been serviceable to the state jobbers here. |forty two boroughs have as much influence in the House They would leave the industry and enterprise of the Colo-\as the cities of London, Dublin, Edinburgh, Liverpool nists free. And treating them thus-us equals and beloved|and Glasgow. But when the noble lord says that go- fellow countrymen, they would rély upon natural affection |vernment is not carried on for the benefit of the aristo- and a liberal and enlightened self-interest to ensure their ee bine is iF ans meeiregns acqnennie $e recut adher ire. Laughter.) There are 6 marquises in

Onn tee “ee mn 25 viscounts, 36. lords, 61 baronets, and 10 hon.

misters. ‘There are altogether 274 persons connected THE REFORM MOVEMENT. with peers.and the aristocracy in the house, besides 44

; | ch of (Officers of the army, 8 of the navy, and those who are Wt HE ity ert Spr batenen, ou Met Pieters amen’ ppt with ioe SPVRENIONs TORE, Ie ® adttinn fn ’ he whole 334,members who are under the dir . Resolution for a reform of the Representation. Witty,|* eloquent, and argumentative throuhgout, the hon. mem- nied mn its pot peda bang ber’s address was frequntly interrupted by cheers. am ; Phe preane iag Lord John. Russell. upon hawing {not the men; and I say that the power of the aristocracy chnebuma ter necne ideas, he ndialed hie hordship’e a increased, is increasing, and ought to be diminish- expression that ‘this was, not. the time for reform,’ |¢¢ i iti <aaiiuaaen which Mr. Osborne described as a sort of| Mr. Osborne thus met the Premier's shingainon fe toe ‘ stave erty, kept in Downing Street, to: be used as| Ballot, which Mr. Cobbett subsequently described as ps aie git require.’ ‘the strongest question in the House, and in the Country, ‘In 1785, when Mr. Pitt introduced his reform.mea- particulanly wits the, F nou Acer ep sure, he was answered by Lord North that it was not} By granting the protection ef the ballot ue the proper time; and in , when Mr. Flood proposed | Would do much towards proving the sincerity of its de- bis reform, Mr. Pitt then on. the Treasury Bench, got/Sire-to put.a stop to bribery. All the arguments yet up and told Mr. Flood that it was not the proper time ;|U8ed iy opposition to the ballot were tends a iD and one hon. member remarked, that so far from.it being |Seatiment than on reason. ‘The noble lord (J. Russell) i ' » (Mr. Peat peechins sscpumenet ee re known there, though they had-the ballot. This was a ter.) Even in later days, he (Mr. Osborne) found that | proof that the ballot did away with intimidation and bri- the same objection had been resorted to, and that when|bery, and hence a man was careless whether his vote

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For the sake of decency it was chequered perhaps by some liberal statistical members. (Laughter.) Some member of a large constituency, which he would

be Jikely to represent again, may be caught and Cribbed for his whig consistency and firmness. (Laughter,

But even these members became ao altered when they get on that bench, that like Sheridan's old joke about the gipsies’ children, you seem to have disfigured them to make them pass for your owm (Great laughter.) The noble lord asked, if we would prevent the Howards and Stanleys from having places.’

Lord John Russell said, he had never said any thing of the kind.

‘ Mr. Osborne—I can assure the noble lord that I did not mean to hurt his feelings.—{ Laughter.) I say that the Howards and Stanleys have as good a right (and no more) as others to have places. (Hear, hear.) And ig is somewhat singular that few of the Howards and lege of the Stanleys are in public places. There are other there who have not such. good claims, and who make a good thing of them. (Laughter.) We do not com. plain that men of the name of Howardand Stanley have places, but we complain that ‘Lord Tom noddies’ are pushed into office, while other men of equal, and perhaps better pretensions, tho’ not of suck high birth, are ex- cluded. (Hear) .

Mr. Osborne cannot see why a relative of Mr. Hume, or any other person, a the middle classes, should not get a place in the Mint, when: qualified for it, without danger tothe Constitution, as well-as if he had been the son of a Peer of the Realm. | '

‘The present government is a government of great families merely. Are the members of that government remarkable for any great or overpowering talents? (Laughter.) Is the colonial office so well administered? Is the finanical department so well attended to? (Hear, hear.) Are you keeping your promises when out of office to Ireland? (tear, hear.) Are these the reasons why

you are keeping your places? No, you are keeping them

because none of the great families are prepared to take

had referred to America,.and said every man’s vote was|Y°Ur places. (Hear, hear.) You are keeping the go-

vernment because the people cannot make lords of the bedchamber, or get lords ‘in the other house to thumps the red box. ‘I'he people of this country only want - ;

in 1822, in 1828, and in 1831, the noble lord: himself|as known or not, (Hear, hear.) ‘The noble lord had|®0vernment of practical men; and my conscientious be

propounded his schemes of parliamentary: reform, the |@!so referred to the election. of the National Assembly

ini th koo note, |in France, where the ballot waa resorted to; and this “ Thee Saale aimee (Hear, sine ain his|he seemed to think a clinching argument, which wes

sated) ws in f 84,000,- fi time for these resolutions than|tmer dynasty in France, out of a population of 84,000, the | seeent,” (Hear, | iene When there were indica-|900, not 200,000 men had voted for the deputies ; and it

tion in the horizon ef'a coming storm, then. was the} Was owing to the babict alone that any independent men proper time to put their houses in order.’ found thew way into the chamber, ‘The superiority of Mr. Osborne reminded the House that they had pass- the ballot had been proved i wn recent we for

- ame aie ~ lit was only by. its protection that any men of conser va- over menuno of xtreme soyriy and coeoM live panies could bave been returned. (Tor hear)

. C at The usual. gainst the ballot was a sor ment, but the danger having been averted, Ministers pre ae reves be pe Nolin leeehlt ber 'dee , " . a - c ’ . woe meee eke 4 pads 3 aoe it not more un-English to traffic in notes, and make a

e RE! 7. . } ¢ (Cheers.) : odin peor trader vote aguinst his conscience? ( que: Say, nnending: Tn me aaeerseprapenienen ., fae. O: Probably many members were aware that the committee looks upon-Parliamentary Reform as a means to an end :

: beh of four who sat on the Reform Bill in 1831, consisting . li : ;

THAPIOGAD: SZ PRPGHOER ANG Peniunped POOR of Lord Grey, Lord Johu Russell, Lord Duncannon, “If there had beenseen an effective check kept on the} ang Lord Durham, recoinmended that the ballot should, public ae the Se house, = sptahe good pe be introduced, and Mies the eee of eee

son might be giver for an immediate Change In should be shortened. This could not be demed. An wattonal representation net being necessary. But when) wen the Chandos-clause was introduced in that house, they remembered the enormous amount of taxation—} | ond Althorp had declared that it would be a great step whemthey saw all the resourees of the country wee! towards rendering the ballot necessary ; and Lord Grey fuiling—when ministers. were pressed to a degree which |),44 \sed the same argument in the other house. He & would be rude to press a private. gentleman— when would ask those twenty gentlemen who voted for the such a state of things was apparent, dn argunent Wa) po )lot in 1842, some of whom had used some very hard aiforded for reforming the constitution of that mae, janguage towards: the noble lord at the head of the ‘The hon. member showed that, notwithstanding En- government, whether any of them would be swayed for giand has been at peace withell the world, the National jan instant by the arguments with which the noble lord expenditure has gone on-steadily increasing, and that opposed the ballot in 1848. ‘Twenty supporters of the the estimates for the Army, Navy, Ordinance, and Mis-| government, and two cabinet ministers voted for the} sellaneous Services, which in 1836 were £14. 120.000, | bailot then; he hoped they would be true to their col-

heye crewn in 1848 to £23.315,000. Mr. O. furnishes ours, and vote for itmow, (Hear, hear.)

aalisuice of taxation ia diferent countries: | _ Our readers will remember the discredit brought wpon ‘In the Uhited"States taxation amounted’ to 98. 7d.'the Chartist movement, in consequenee of hundreds, per era in. Rassia to 93. 9d. her ea in erm perhaps Sean a eee eae ne —- nee «0 IIs. 6d. per head; in Prussia to 19s 4d. per head;!to their petition. ‘The leaders of the new Neform move- in France to 24s. and in. England to £2 12s. 64. per! ment, acting upon the principle that honesty in politics, heal, exclusive of poor-rates, borough rates, and other like honesty in morals, is the best os refused to charges of that nature, ‘receive any but bona fide signatures to their petitions, ‘The following will give some idea of the taxes paid’ and ado aa the cn of placing the oecupaton

by the working classes in England ticles with-|and side et titioner opposite his name by the working classes in England upon article jand residence of every petitio pp . ‘a the reach of the poorest of our population. ‘These petitions were very numerous—and some of them, ‘ Forevery 203. worth of tea purchased he paid 20s.|in consequence of being signed by a ne " #ax.; of coilee, 8s. tax >of sugar, 63, tax ; of soap, 58. tax ;| persons, were termed ‘ Family Petitions. = ndicule at. tobacco, IOs, tax; and of spirits, Ids. tax; and yet,feaped upon these Family Petitions hy the anti-refor- the hon. member said the people were well off, and that mers elicited the following heppy rejoinder from Mr.

‘axation had not increased since 1828, Would the peo- | Osborne:-— ” , pie believe such an arguinent ?—(hear, hear)—or would) W/e have heard somewhat of family petitions in this it. be believed. by aayhedy, exceptsome of those within | pouse, Why, what, is the whole foundation of the pre- the walls of the house? (HTear.) In this country there sent government. in this country? Its foundation rests wae now raised, with tue sanction of parliament, more | upon family arrangements. The whole cabinet are re- than ever any despotic monarch, of any natioa Wiun? lated to erch other by ties. of birth or marnage. (Hear, “rom, his subjects.” hear.) Lhey forma snug family party. (Hear, hear, The hen. member, after defending that.-part of the aud laughter.) And they so far eae froth ete

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motion which referred to shortening the duration of Par-)hibition called the ‘Happy ‘ amily aug net) t Yament, described the Septennial. act as. one of the whereas in the one case afl eee, are ran ¥ oW hie jobe: of the day, ‘a fraud fiou.the. commence- birth in. the other, whilst admitting the oo Solid ment, and adnivably turned the tables upon Lord John,)ledge and talen's of individuals, you —- of y nd . . % ' t . . : , * ? a not , J at : ; lea 2 by now |

who previously denied thet the tendeacics of ie House |/er tew rickelly of-pring in legisiation by knowing tha

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hef is, that the hon. member for Sunderland and others, can manage railway boards equally well, and are as well qualitied to conduct the government as- the noble lords who now form such a select family compact” ;

The hon. member ably vindicated the middie classes, and reminded Mr. Disraeli, that those very classes a few weeks before, saved the Country from revolution.

‘When his hou. friend talked so sneeringly of the middie chisses he seemed to forget the day, not Jong since passed, when the middle classes rallied round the small nuinbers with large properties, and saved then», froin revolution. (cheers.) 1 would have my hon, friend recollect that the safety of this country depends on the intelligence, the probity, and wealth of its middle class —(hear, hear)—and that their numbers, surrounding ‘he more ornamental and polished portions of the cong stitution, form the solid basement which preserves the institutions of this noble conntry. ‘Cheers.)’

Mr..Usborne denies the assumption of Mr. Disraeli that the aristucragy— the gentlemen of England’—were ever the leaders of public opinion, er ever truly sympa- thized with the masses.

‘Take Hampden for instance. He was cut by the gentlemen of that day, and if he were alive he would scarcely be asked outto dinner in the present day {Laughter.) * The gentlemen’ resisted eathelie eman- cipation and the Reform Bill foriwerly, and in the pre- sent day it was they who threw out the measure for destroying the last Jinks of intolerance which had. op- pressed along suffering race. Ideprecate the placing of class against class—({hear,)—and he-is no true-friend to his country who looks down on the gentry, the mid- die class, or the working class, (fear, hear.) [-believe that the pariicipation-of numbers in the government, and that the taking away of all restrictions on educs- tion, religion, and liberty, is the best of safeguard ofthe state; and entertaining these opinions,[ cannot hesitate to support the motion ofiny hon. friend. (Loud cheers.)

LATER AND MORE IMPORTANT NEWS FROM EUROPE.

The Mail Packet arrived, from Pictou on Friday evening last, furnishing us with files of English, Irish and Scotch papers, bronght by the Steamship * America,’ which reached Halifax on Wednesday last. ‘The in- telligence from Ireland is of the most-important charac- ter--Martial Law has been preciaimed. in several Counties and ‘Towns,—many more arrests. have been made, and, altogether, the agitation fer Repeal has taken a firuner hold upon the public mind of Ireland, than it has been, known.to have at any former day. But we. wil! not anticipate our readers. We give below the details as far as our space will permit us to insert them.

A letter from Dublin, dated July 17, states. thet the club, organization is daily assuming a more alarming aspect—imore secret im the mode of proceeding, but more concenirated and systematised, wiule braneh.cluds.

the yurents are ud! rélated—(Muck lovghter aad chvers.)/are extending far and wide in the sural diatrigha, 7 5 my ore Ts \ ~ - ‘