Star. — London, England, 1828-05-14 00:00:00

- -• . • ~ . : .. "• ,: .r, • t.s. I. cvmrassior, and he (Mr. Home) would ask, if the stater a t h e finances was such as to justify the House, u tw eeing to the vote upon any other gro , ind ? He wished to put it in another point of view. l'hey should look 101 „h 3 t other sources of sew rid existed. There were 0 00,000/. a year granted away in pensions. There were. t h e English, lash, and Scotch Pension Lists. Let Mr. Canning's family be placed on one of these lists. Lit 'hest sources, provided expressly for such purposes, be m ooed available, rather than agree to such a motion as this. It would be mote grateful to the family of Mr. Canning, and to the couatry—(Caies,of Question.) Il e s hould feel it his duty to take the sense of the House 00 t h e !notion. Lord GEORGE BENTINCK began his speech obvi 01,1y under considerable agitation. I had little intention to take part In a debate on a subject that must necessa rily come home to my feelings ; but after the sentiments just uttered by the Honourable Gentleman (Mr. Hume), independently of what had fallen from the Noble Lord (Althorp), my silence might possibly be misconstrued out of doors into •something like concurrence. I need hardly assure the House, that I cannot sympathise with the Hon. Member fa. Aberdeen in a single thOught or opinion he has delivered, and I do not believe the country will go along with. him in his notions of the merits or demerits of the late Mr. Canning, even in the nattow ground of economy. He has tailed upon the suoporters of the vote far some reasons founded upon the conduct of Mr. Canning.; ,and 1 reply, that if there were no other than that he was always foremost in oppos ing the visionary schemes of the lion. Member for • Aberdeen, that alone would, be sufficient—(Hear.) — It is owing to Mr. Canning% resistance that that Hon. Gentleman and his- small party are ,shrunk into their resent miser able dimension s—(Hear,hear). The finances of this country are indeed low, • if. it cannot afford ade quately to reward its meritorious servants. On former occasions, - Ministers of State and 'Officers of the Army and Navy were rewarded—the Duke of Wellington, at various times, has received not less than 700.0001. of the 'public money ; and! appeal to the House whether there is i man in the country whogrudges him a single farthing elit r -(Cheers). I am convinced, that if. the questions npon-them were again to be pot in this House,they would be again carried with equal unanimity, ai a tribute to v oquestionable services. Deplorable, indeed, must be ourcondition, if the annual stipend 'of a Minister of State is to be considered •as the full reward of his important 1 tertian ; and I trust it will be long before the House saacions any such proposition. - My Noble Friend . (Lord Althorp) told.us, that to comply with the, wool would be an insult to the country; but no man wins wit• nessed the feeling of horror and dismay which pervaded it eight months . ago, 'will believe that among the people will exist the slightest disinclination. I little thought• last night, when that measure for the success. of which ; Mr. Canning so long laboured (and .the consecrated, mantle of whose eloquence has descended upon .others); was once mote carried in this House, that on this night we should be required to deny a paltry tribute tb his; great deserts. .11 L .find any tault with.the . . speech. oft the Chancellor of the Exchequer, it is that he has.int traduced so interesting a vote With so mucb-cold-, INSS and apathy; and I concur entirely with my Noble Friend, who has declared that Mr, Catmin t * family and friends would agora. to accept this ,som it a boon 'of pity and conapassion—(Hear,• hear),- ; !claim it on the broad ground of services performed ; sod I am anxious tha: it should go foith to the coral:yr that it will be•received on that ground only. I confess nut my feelings upon this subject would have been . wikh 4. much greater degree of pain, after the ad .. of miNnble Friend (Lord Althorp), had I ' n: is* heard the manly, just. and ; redeeming- speech any llonoer‘ble and Gallant Friend (Sir R. Wilsoa). Berg not do more justice to Mr. Canning than te his. ors beartiar4.my warmest thanks are due to my, noble Friend, -Who, with such true feeling and. real 4xlsence sttpported the giant, andsvindicated the me •of Mr. Canning. •'• • r. BANKES said be regretted. that a sense of duty compelled bun to give the vote he should give upon that occasion. No one was more ready to admit the merits of Mr. Canning, both as * private and a public . isdisidual. Whatever he recollected of him was rather matter of pleasure 'Lau Alf,any, other lielitig• 1-le newer, bad occasion to ask bins for a tow. , %nil this motion' ' should be agreed to,,how difficult would. it be hereafter torefuse any similar claims. It was by thus going on. step after step that the country came.at last to hi placed: coder the necessity of paying those large suairt.which now considering in another piske—( thel . Committee). While from a sense of duty, Arty were =kin retrenchments in, the pensions ok vilaws,orphans, and auperannuatiosat, how/ C.04,1611hey agree to a vote of this- kind. worth at least 60,0001.?-. Leman not suf f icient for the necessary services of the "way; and was the House to throw, away large sums. ol this kind ? He did not mean to deny that the liberality :ountry ought tote *pen to great public 'services., s was made to the Duke of Wellington. but. .reii merits be Clue moment classed together? He admitted the great talents, the eloquence, Mr. Canning; but he must say, he thought him. tonunate Minister—(Hear, hear).=—Take.Portogal, stance; his policy with Aspect to that country was trous, a proof of which they had that very news !tom Portugal. This proposition was thing like a plea of justice, act Nlr.Canaing his devotion to the public service was withdrawn, ' other pursuits, in a Bich he might lave made a . fortune. No dcubt, kad he been called to the. he would have become eminent; but this argu-. -rd to him weak. He remembered instances ' , ideals who came into the public service from a, brief, with respect to whom similar claims were set ;; t did Mr. Canning receive nothing from the public?; Pensio n was granted to him by his Majesty. This, - tree, he never enjoyed. But why? because be , to offices of much greater emolument. The ..:es of the country were such as should mike{ look with much jealousy to a proposition of. this' Let them consider to what expense Mr. Canning to country. Be%ides the expense of sending the y to Portugal, not less than one hundred and; thousand pounds was advanced to the Portuguese ,at. Was there any hope of having it repaid . ? iair of liavarin, also was to be laicl to his ac principally. He could not estimate life- by ' If it could be estimated, the loss here was It the Pruth was now passed, was it not him ? Did the House know that not less had been expended within a short time to; aid provide a house for Mr. Canning? The Foz `lice was converted into aprivata house for his' .lion. The accommodation of that Right, alernAn was the moving cause with' Po!cl`Li. to, go i ng to *is, expense. It was a puke; job hiss—(A cry Lrf Igo)-ifNo bet e retarrof State vias iccommodateci in char way. was 7 a Chatham. They were not; itishis-opinion, Jmci together. ',Neither ,Itit! We Of • M" Pm , WY:o4o94.ll3atLiblY s• Peiceval was deprived of life. his large la •. . . mily, and other circum,tanees, nalurril4 exiited at the t me thestropattr,.bothrpf the House and : of the public, and disposed .thern without besit-rtiony so accede to a provision for his relatives. Such being .his viewr,- he must oppose the motion. • • Mr. HUSKISSON. said, that as one of the pear 20 dear friends of Mr,eanning,•having been ekisely con nected , with him during many . yelis of : fail - Ong public life, he felt sensible that upon an occasiciis like ihe pre sent he migttpbe influenced on the questiouby private feeling.. He was anxinssa, therefore, to have avoickd saying a word upon it.; but after ihe speech of his Hon . Friend who -spoke last, it was impossible he could remain silent—(Cheers.)— However embarrassed by all the feelings which musts press on him at the moment (the Right Hon. Gentleman seemed deeply affected). he could not but rise after what had fallen from his Hon. Friend. He spoke of the clanger of establishing a pre cedent by agreeing to this motion, and referred to a Bill which formerly passed the House, for the -purpose of putting some limitation to the Crown in the reward of public services. The House would recollect, that when it was proposed to take away from the Crown the power of bestowing sinecure places,- it was objected that the Monarch would thus lose the means of rewarding emi nent public services. The validity of the objection was, admitted at the time; but it W2S thought better. and. more economical, that if a fit case for reward should arise, application should be made to Parliament for doing justice to eminent services. His Hon. Friend could hardly have forgotten this so soon, and yet he . now came down to the House, and spoke of the danger of establishing . such a precedent. When the House had, bfore determined that Parliament was to be the re source in such cases, it was a little hard to be told that they were going to create a dangerous precedent.— The granting r of sinecures before this change tk ok .place was part, of the prerogative of the Crown, of which it could not have been deprived without its con-1 sent, and of which it would have been unfair and impolitic' to deprive it without some equivalent. The fund set apart at the time for the reward of public service vra • , 40,0001. which it was judged would be sufficient to provitie for six cases. 13ut if circumstances rendeied it necessary or desirable to apply for a further sum, it was never understood that the Crown was to be precluded from coming down to Parliament, or that the Howe could have any ground of • complaint in Stith an event. What his Right Honourable Friend (the Chan cellor of the Exchequer) now"iirpposed was only, the subst;tuiion of our life for another,. and no ad dition would:11:4m be made either to' the Pension List of five millions and a halt, or to the 40,0001. set apart Ar'the reward of.' public services. It had been safii iliat 'Mr. Canning's family was entitled to no comideration, on the ground of his . felipquishing the.situation to which he had been appointed in India; that he did so willingly, a brighter prospect.baving 'opened to him. He was ready to stake his Credit with ii* flow; that 'whatever might have 'been the feeliirge of Mr. Canning's ['lends, of his near and dear .xelittOny his own heart was set on going to India. Intheiottri k e . of his "pubitc.life,* and the expenses necessary incidental to c Atitatioea be.filled, the fortune of his wife was much impaired, and the inheritance of his children greatly re duced. It was natural that he should be desirous to re• pair, for the sake of his family, the injuries his.private fortune hid thus sustained, not by. any wasteful estrava grince, but in the service of this country. When. upon to fill the situation of Foreign Secretary. and to vie up the idea of going toindia, the principle upon which he acted was this, that when his Sovereign called for his services, he was bound to obey,neisher looking tcithe right hand nor to theleft, whatever might be his-private wishes. He had in his possession a copy of a letter from his Right Hop. Friend, a short time after his appointment;, in which he used tiles* words- 4 ' Would to GOD I was on board the Jupiter" - (the ship in which he was to go to India)—and this at a time when :all the brilliant pros pects of office were opened to him at home. He was . as anxious for economy as his Hon. Friend (M. Bankes). He must, however, feel some surprise at his oppthition to the present motion, having heard •his lion. Friend 'tab .9Eglq .a. fotmer occasion, and in times of mncb• greater difficulty than the present, that the higher situa tines I. she State were not sufficiently remunerated. ,He agreed with him, however ' that it would be had 'Policy to raise the stipends of the . highest offices of the issue. His season was this: In a country like'Eng lead, possessing a wealthy and powerful . Aristocracy, many of them endowed with talents and experience, jitiblic situations might s often be filled by individUals 03114 Aristocracy, to whom salary would be no object, and who, in consequence of their filling office, would in cur no additional. expense' by any alteration in their establishments: To such men, as he stated before, salary would, be no object.. Would it, however, be wise .to tell the Crown, that it. was to have,no other public set-. vants in high office but those to whom the emoluments of office were indifierent, He was a friend to•etooomy, but he should not wish to see the Crown tied down to the necessity of being surrounded by a combination of the Aristocracy; It could not be a desirable state of things for the couatxy, if the objects-of political ambition Were.closed to all but the, opulent, to men of large. possessions. • His argument, therefore, was, that it was good to keep salaries low, and if in the course of a century it should become necessary to pay the debts of such a luau as Mr. Pitt, or to reward by a pinsion the eminent services of one or two indivi— duals, it would in the end be more economical than. it the. salaries of office were all raised. In elucida-, tion of what he now stated, he might cite the example of his Noble Friend (the Marquis of "Lansdown) who lately filled the situation of Home Secretary. That Noble Lord, when appointed to office, had no occa sion to increase an establishment before sufficiently am ple for any situation in which he might be placed. It was different with respect to those who, though pose . sensing talent to serve the public, could not accept of office without being pat to expense which their private means could not sustain. If men; under such circum-- stances, were shut out from all hope of any future pro vision for themselves or their families, was it to be expected that they would devote their time sad labours to the State? . The Member for Dorset (Mr. Bankes), not content with opposing this motion on fuller grounds, pursued his Right Hon. Friend into his official resi dence. He recollected that upon a former occasion two Hon. Members who opposed this proposition ad ritittedtbat the Foreign Secretary ought to have an official residence provided tot him by the public. He did not know the exact amount expended on the house in Downing.street; but if it was 42,0001. a large pact of it must have been expended in making necessary ad• elisions and imprOvements in the Foreign Office. His . 'Hoe. Friend (Mr. DAnkes) said, secr hid itichitccummodation before. Litany %Mit. cretaries were thi qu orhruesitroltnuents but their sal; vole netbitse .11e did not mean liord,,ftnria,#i;v.enrineot,ptlblic talents, Was not hilly entitled and he merely referred to the c; •...... . . . . . amber for Dorset was tint borne out jai* tent. a- • support . the opposition giten• to, this• motion, his Honourable Friend (Mr. Banker) mentioned whet cir cumstances in the public life of Mr. Canning, which he did not expect to have heard brought forward'upon the present occasicifi. He spoke of the armament to Portirgal,: and the probable passage of the Pruth, as. arguments' against the proposition. He could hardly designate this manner. of dealing by a milder name than that of unfairness—(Cheers),—The Honotirah!e Member was Well aware that, as a Minister of the Crown, he could not fully enter into these topics. He would only say, that the expedition to Portugal had the sanction of all the Ministers of the.. Crown, as well as of the illus trious Duke now at the head of his Majesty's Councils. That expedition was sent out to secure the independence of the oldest Ally of England, and to protect it against foreign aggression. That was the sole, exclusive, clear, and definite purpose—(Cheers.)—lt accomplished that purpose. The independence of Portugal was secured— foreign invasion was no longer threatened, and when the object was accomplished the army Was withdrawn —(Heir.)—The Member for Dorset would now throw the whole responsibility an Mr.,Canning. Yes, and it he could draw from the purse of his lamented Friend's family their lost shilling to p y the expenses of the expedition—(Cheers)—he would visit upon him what, if recent accounts were to be credited, he must call the folly and infatuation of the Prince of Portugal. If these accounts were to be depended upon, his unfortunate conduct since his return to Portugal was such u must tend (as we understood the Right Hon. Gentleman) to .withdraw from him the confidence of this country. But, said his Hon; Friend, Russia has passed the Pruth, and with Mr. Canning lay all the blame of the mighty disasters that must follow, as he was the author. of the policy which led to it. He did notamicipate such , dire consequences as his Hon. Friend from the passage of the Pruth, but he would ask his Hon. Friend, what-. ever might be the result of recent events, he would put it candidly to him and to the House, whether ? if K were. not for the foreign policy of .Nlr. Canning, the Pruth would not have been passed lorz befoie?—(Cheen).r— He attacked his lamented Friend also for increasing the British armament in the Mediterranean. Did he mean to say, that the situation of affairs there—the con stant complaints of piracy and of interruption to their commerce, did not require an increase of their naval force in the Mediterranean? Did he mean to visit his Right Hon. departed Friend with the blame of an acci dental shock in the Bay of Navarin, which was not fore seen or coqtemplated, which was not warranted by any instructions, and.was the mere accidental result of un fortunate circumstances? The Noble Lord (Morpeth) who introduced -this subject -with so much.ability and, eloquence,. adverted to the'. delay which took place in bringing it forwards.• : He could assure the Noble Lord that the, delay was not : attributable to stay Member of the Present pr of the late Government. There was no indispositionii 'the . lye Government to submit such a -prOpoSition . to. the House, and he would take upon himi. self. to say, that in the presetsl, the concurrence in the; :measure was unanimous -,-(Hear, hear). His Right sHon. Friend (the ChancellOr of the Exchequer). had bad the Baby him fctemany weeks: 'lt Wits no small coitieslatidn to him to says that when the question:came first. to be considered. by Ministers, all angry passions had given way, all ' recollection of former Parlia-r mentary_ differences werohdled in silence—(Hear, hear). This homage was willingly paidtra departed greatness. and eminent service,,,that.when it wxs proposed to re. ward them' as they deserved, every consideration of pet-: tonal or party' feeling was laid aside--(Hear). They: imitated-the great example of Mr, Fox, who, at a time. that the finances of-the country could ill support it, and. were labouring under the bnideni which preised upon. the country, with the generosity peculiar to great minds, and forgetting all previous- differences, was the first to vote for the payment Of Mr.• - Pitt% debts—(Cheers)—and to pay that homage to great talents, which. being himself possessed of talents *Ohba ,firat or der, be was so well able to appreciate—(Cheers').: He (Mr. Huscisson) felt that he had already trespassed I too long on the attention of the 'House—(Ekar, hear). He would say this of Mr. Canning—that he (Mr. Hus kisson) during the course of a long parliamentary life, had known all the great men who, during the period of the last 25 years, had :served this country, and that he never knew' one of them Who exceeded Mr. canning in that exclusith of every thing 'of self when concerned in the discharge of public duties—(Cheers). In his anxiety to discharge that,duty, he . was .regardless of . all other .considersoons- 7 this.detke for power arose from his love of fame ;.and bls constani exertions, while in power, were directed to the edvancement of the greatness and fame of . his ,native country-0 4 9nd cheering). It was under the influence 404 feenngihat he, bad discharged the dutiek of tie : Foreign .15epartment. While filling that office, he,was inspired by ere love of fame, and still more by ..the desire to advaoce the greatness and lame of his country. Animated with those feelings,. be had lighted up that flame in the Peninsula which had rolled all over Europe, and at. last restored the peace and the safety of the Continent.. The same feelings in .fluenced him in the latrerpart of his career—the same desire still animated his breast to promote the good and advanCe the. greatness' of his • country.. The anxiety m , bich-heexhibited; and 'tile idtessast exertions which he devoted to the, accomplishment . of ,that great object, destroyed a frame which.had been .otherwise. robust, 'and s . sed his premature- decease, too soon, alas! for hie . try, though not:tprliis . fame. He (Mr. Has. i iltiewn ,kast saw his lamented trierid in the Month of eto July—his health was then drooping —.his .strength w'aii :tiOne;:-and his franse Arai -sinking fast to decay ; but his spirit for the 'like:des ..and site ;wants of , his :chulitty . was itill:as young as ever—(Cheers.)' His enthusiasm .f?si ' _that country knew no bounds, and if hi . bid any errors, they were the errors of a great, mind—(Cheers). t h e (Alr.. Elbskision) had known all the great men *hats ad diiected the interests of this country, and in -none-, of" .them had. he seen the same. devotedness of soul to. the cause of the country which had been uniformly exhibited by: Mrs Canning, with the exception of Nelson, and as their feelings were similiar; so their fate was the same; far they both fell in the service of • their country—(Loud chtiert.)tHere the Right Hon. Gentleman became So affected that he was unable to proceed for a few moments. 3 , If 'tear (con tinued the Right Hon. Gentlemank plc./nisi.% of .the, blessed retain the feelings which had " animated them in, their earthly sojourn, sure. he viaa- / tbat -those kindred spirits would be still p ervaded wi.fit ' the desire . for Enirf lish fame and English gieinneg,... tiii wils .. t h e • i l l., pervading ambltion:Whieh., influenced, the public toad duct of Mr. Cantillijil , ittaii was on tat account that -they ought to 'adtiflt 'the•preseite motion. His Hon. - . . ... , said, Mr: 'mated it et , discharged - , .Apposing thiel 'vas; Iliat that, 014 Hon. q *eh thith , Oran . vitro 44 I . h • Isia 4ivatiiiilib 1114011 Sr) 's good--(Loud 'Cheers.) • • ',b Ir . was in grtkt hopes dor the motion 'itallfliiirUkti agreed tcrivithout leivvvvVtiori. - "and therefore most regret that a vote of 3,0001. to Mr. Canning's family should be selected by the Honourable Member for Aberdeen as an'occasion to enforce his fa vourite doctrine of economy; and by the HonournSle Member for Dor - ,etshire for introducing 'fiii detailA gleaned in the Finance Committee. Mr. Canning's claims to the gratitude of this country lay more than any one in his time, introduced liber'ai:lio tions of policy into the British Cabinet, 2 and as aibty and eloquently as any man of his time enforced 'truly 'Bd. fish principles. tiiiipirit is not yet dead in'' the Go vernment, at he trusted the conduct of that Goiernment • - would prove. Mr. S.' WORTLEY supported' the motion, on the grounds that he gratitude of the Country involved in it, succe s. . . Mt. Secretary PEEL begged to deny that the cause 'of this vote was founded in any compromise: He' was 'in favour - of this proposition, and it wits - defensible. on /the broadest grounds of the policy of the land to mous rage services'like those of Mr. Canning. He did not see any thing at .all gloomy in the present state of our finances. Upon principle, also, this vote was highly de fensible, and did not depend upon our finances. This grant wou i ld not add to the burthens of the people, but •was provided for out of a fund obtained by the resigna tion ofsomeof therights of the Crown. The preamble to the Pewiturßill fully corroborated the opinions.which he had thus brit firstated. When the Hon. Member for, Dorset was speaking of the/ rote, he seemed to forget that Mr. Canning filled the office of -Prime Minister. Mr. Canning never enjoyed the . pension, and it was intended to confer it upon one of his descendants. Fir t*enty years he filledipublic stations, and if he had survived and left office, be would-have been entitled to 6,0004 a year. So far, then, it was %Cann thrpoliCy.nf the land to give the descendant thepension which his father might bave. enjoyed. In the case of Mr. Perms 1. and Mr. Pitt, a provision. was made by Parliament, and why not in this case? • Provision had alto been made for Lord Grenville and Mr. Burke; hut a similar . pro vision.could*noi now be made, because the fundi from which that . Provision had been made was alienated Mother purposes.. But even suppoiing no such fund misted, he was sure that proper remuneration.,could not be denied to meritorious public services, like .those of Mr. Canning: Every Gentleman might accede to this vote, without the. slightest compromise of his. Public principles. In the case of Mr. Pitt, all, party ,fettogs were merged in paying.a tribute, not exaetli - les4siblic services, but for the application of great:tales:or to-the purposes of the State. Mr. Windham and Mr. Poi both made a great distinction between Voiefor a monument to Mr.littAnd'a vote of money to liqui date incumbranees brought upon him by•hii devotion to the State. Again he said, that any 'Member-might vote for the proposed grant—that vote being consistent with economy, which should never be disregarded.. The llon.Mernber for Montrose had said, that gratified ambi tion hailbeen the-reward of Mrs.Ctoroing ; botito meet rf claim of the powerful nature. which-his great services preferred- upon- the consideration of 'Parliament, by a pretence of this hind,' would be a spoiliespof sordid and vulgar economy m which Parliament would.disdain to resort. The Right Honoorable Secretary concluded a powerful appeal in support of the vote, amidst reite rated cheers from • all. sides of *el-Louse:. The Gallery was then cleared-for a division... . • . During the exclusion of strangers, we und'erstiiod• that Mr. Warman sfooke against the vote; Sir Gao'ios 5110tatif,e'the-Cwan cmt.on of the Excpoqumt,. Lord Viscuunc; t o,aimptyk s iplatl Mr. Wrsn, in its favour. • • The numbers were reported'ai follow•Z; " Forthe Vote • . t . • .Against it . 5 - -* Majbiltir" •••-107 A Message from•the Tates anisonacett Akey 4 0 0Fdsliipik Rancor. rence in several private Bills, and desired tbe,assent of the,Bouse to the Bill for legalisMitt t e gitue:; .1 • ; • ' • '..• " • rirtreAsibtati. C , * *Mr. DAVENPORT•moved,• puissiArt•to•notiat. for leave to bring.in a. BM to.aiforetini,qtiatirtaA* ispcused of petty felonies the.option of surnmary..gonctip e n be. 'fore two Magistrate ;. Tlfe Hon. Member d e s canted upon the necessity of some amenaMent in'si4ststem which consigned offenders• to a gaol, where their incli.. nations and capacities' for committing' deptedations were greatly increased. •He thought a •liilkisw the purpose he had stated would tend to eprrect4c astern, and therefore that the House would consent w enter tain it. After a few words from Mr. FainosSit..Mr. Srzis; and Mr. WISTIII3I, leave was given to bring in the Bill. •. , Mr. RIDLEY COLBORNR moved for,the copy of , , Nemo rial to the Treasury, from the Coal-owners of the Tyne and Weir presented in March:—Ordered. • • ••- Colonel DA Vit.:Si:loved the Order of. the Day for .the. further consideration of the Report of the Cities and Borougl A Yells MIL Mr. ROBINSON recommended the postponement of the discussion, because the Attniney-General, and othet Gentlemen who wished to speak uposevileimet sure, had lett the House, upos.the. understairdiag that it would not be brought on. the Hon. Menabfr was resolved to bring on .the discussion, be .sliould„divide the House. Colonel DAVIES said he could not see Stkireason able ground for further delay, and therefore' he should persevere. ; • • The Gallery was then climed fora divisym ; bat thre pet being forty Members present, the House adjourned at MALI!•PASTELIOIIII O'CLOCZ. • -• We understand. Oat Jon n Bsoctiosoe.,Esq. who was formerly Private Secretary to the late Mr. Casixixs..and "who has filled welters' highly reetonsibli puke offices; has beettiiipointed Receiver General of the laiiliciotigikstise, inalte !QM, 9 1.6 rias J. Ctio!asorsoLar i Esq. ctsccased.- 7 1.i . vespooi chninicle. GRAIP) CALEDONIAN FAiiCV splendid Ball, attended 'by Oief-fotfiths of the Nobility of the metropolis, vies on• Mbadarevening; at Willis's Rooms....Upwasds of seven hundred tickets had been 'issued by ,tbe Ladies..P,itsonesses,; whichnumber was, by two-hundred, fewer than. last,ye?r, and many severe disappointMents were . experiencea in consequence, from the inability of - parties to procure tickets. His Royal Highness the•Dtikedf CLARENCE"; with •the Du chess and -the Misses . Frrscr.ananc.4....bis. Royal High. ness the Duke of CUMBERLAND, rrince LeopoLo, Etc. were present. The entrance of the. Royal party at eleven. o'clock, the wbple, company, .in their various - . .cosumes, standing up to u reseive them, presented a spectacle of the most gorgeouideicription. The habi limtents of ever* nation, 'and of every age,. were dig. played, : with the most costlroppointmenta, throughout theaSseMblage.. The ilighland,dress was-exhibited in allits, varied and splendid cha l gekqf,hue, and in great number and perfection. The.other dresses most in vogue were the. Spanish, Turkish; ind Chinese,sevei al foreign unifoittis, •alid • the British naval and military uniforms' of everpcisrps in the service. , .Quadrilles, sind...shap Spnisit_reekcllnfi t t Ao a Scotch •tsp 4, foclud m lift 01 st, grtiusenieots of the !t ve n i ug ., 'no . fesiiiities . ottjus revent.Rg - irere kept up 'till five in*ta morning, acid tlib meeting. wits consi deied out of tintiibtrinagnificence; -- . • 11/G traduced so in KU and a path Noble Fliend, !wily and Inci is a boon - of F Iclaim it on th and I am anal° , that it will be 4 that my feeling ' aired wit h ain eress of my No also heard the irrf llonour.abla I He d,J not do own heart ; aril a Noble Fria.nd, elaclatnee Stipp gory of Mr. Ca • Mr. lIANKE compelled ham - that occasion. ' merits of Mr. W natter of pleas' ' bad occasion to should be agree torefuse any sir *palter step tt e. trader the twee they were nov a Fleapit Comm la limy were mal re *loos, orphan ages to a vote ar- Leg was not wa• "Buy; . agd "g of this kind? H El if the country el- illosion was of mold theii mer NIT admitted ioa • los of Mr. Ca r lca anunfortunate L is instance; hi son disastrou , in the new (an Psi 011 somethi an' his devotio: :on fro* other pm • gelortune. Pat, he would • TIT appeared °I) *iv Idoals cal Mee brief, w i vil a /P. autdi t i Mr tai„ ;elision was "al true, he a le. Weeded to c gra ieltalbstanceS big them look wit el. I -od. Let the ▪in MP the count n' 'moment to t P e ' t ßthousana I Ag' anntent. a' I* ' t * affair of • ;nt t roas t rind; e. ike t• If it I 4 '' indeed. vast uilt g to him went t tha ., 0 ,0001. 'e for aid pro , °lice sw . u mondatia ng,". 4/I Genlerr d.- • lui gi e for hiss_ A e/ . e was ,e Lion ' to L o a grywc be mention - ceiai one od• a° • h Mr. pr no Foreign ecretau ; Frtcp,d 7 9ppollfs,.ll4 calcbtittett".hati be He would askhinA how Canniai hid cost Thi Clif ail; ffitiChad edit sere bifore why enjoyed ~Pp9A. , k,np.lykubth i iii 'Fhb: 'tient! had 1 lacks Oladetiirogitejst Iyhyitioncct?eo tp !fe'a pcilliolury; kiwi ?? to say thaittbat NOW praa),4 Lagle .. hs (Nr..o itshiii?e) 'sra , serviso; ittijeal , ; s9 . . .1... 1 ...t . ,,gt0pti0t . f . p104 . 0.14vd .. .ic ' e i.4 . o;6 :4 o n iby e a, fiend, an . . IT.,titiiig4,l4ly . l:ooctot t!'hi9 case to soup that the 60 1 00 W., if be would reitore fb them'that 1