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rl4 HOUSE OF COMMONS, FEBRUARY 12. Mr. WARDLE moved to discharge the order, made on his + Motion of the 29 of January, respecting the sums lvanced from various funds for the support of our West India Colonies ; and he moved for a return in a more explicit form. The same Honourable Member gave notice of a motion on Wednesday, for papers, to shew the means whereby situations were otrained in the Civil departments of the Navy and Barrack Offices, with a view to prove that abuses have existed in appoint ing the salaries of such situations, and the pensions to superannu ated officers Mr.HUTCHINSON moved for some documents respecting the state of Antwerp, previouly to the sailing of the late expedition. He observed, that it appeared from the letter of the Noble Com mander in Chief on that expedition, dated the 29th of August, that tht ulterior objects of the expedition were totally impracti cable, because so formidable was the defensive state of Antwerp, that it would he in vain to attempt its reduction Without a regular siege. Now what he wished to ask of Ministers was, the produc tion of any plan or plans they had received, spewing the state of Antwerp and Fort Lillo , with the condition and extent of their respective fortifications. The Ministers had loaded the table with a variety of papers, none of which threw any light upon the subject, but were merely intended to confuse the Members. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER opposed the tno tion as premature and unnecessary in the present stage of the business. Sir JOHN NEWPORT said lie could see but one motive for withholding the information, and that waF, not to keep knowledge from the enemy, but to sonceal from Parliament facts indipen sable to its information. Mr. YORKE suiported the argument of the Chancellor of the Exchequer. General TARLETON spoke in support of the motion. Mr. WH rr BREAD said, if the candour and fidelity of the Se cret Committee was supposed to be impeached, or their office anticipated, it was not by the motion of his Honourable Friend behind him, but by a Noble Lord (Lord Castlereagh) on the op posite side, who, on a former day, moved for the substance of the in for:eation received from Rotterdam. The Right Honourable Gemlenun opposite to him (Mr. Yorke) seemed to shake his tread when a plan was mentioned; and if he could draw any in ference from this, it seemed to imply that Ministers bad no plan ; and, indeed, the Right Hon. Gentleman referred Members to the map shops for plans accessible to any body. Mr. HU ICHINSON pledged himself to proye that Ministers, in sending off the Expedition, had acted under the grossest igno rance of the state and strength of Antwerp. Lord PORCHES !'ER was less anxious about the result or the motion, than surprised at the resistance given to it by the Right Honourable Gentleman; as he had no doubt the information re quired must be ultimately given. After a few words from Mr. WINDTIA hi and the CTIANCILLOR of the EYCHIQUER, the previous question was put and carried. PENAL LAWS. Sir S. ROMILLY brought up the Bills which he had obtained leave to bring in, and the object of which has been already stated. He, at the same time, took occasion to correct an 'PAC curacy in his former statement. In the numbers which he had :tared as committed for the capital felonies, out of which one only had been executed, he had included those committed for petty larcenies. He had been led into this mistake by the form of the return, and he thought proper to notice the inaccuracy because it might bear upon the argument. He adverted to the facilities which he had found in the prosecution of his object in the Secretary of State's office ; and expressed his thanks for the attention which had been paid to his wishes. He would move the second reading of the Bills for Monday next; intending, however, to postpone it to a furher day if necessary. Some other returns were coming which it would he proper to have on the table before the second reading. The deliy in presenting them, he believed, resulted from the desire to render them as accurate as possible. The Bills were then read a first time, and ordered to be read a second time on Monday next. siNECIIRE OFFICES. Mr. FULLER rose to make his promised motion on the subject of Sinecure Offices, and observed that lie could hardly do better than commence by reading the words of one of the ablest and most industrious men tl.'s country had ever produced—the late Judge Hale. The substance ofthe observations of Sir M. Hale were, •, that there existed a great many sinecures and places, the duties of which were executed by deputy; the former of which ought to be abolished, and the lat ter maintained only at the salary allowed to the deputy. He particularly enumerated offices of this description in the Exchequer, such as the Clerk of the Pipe, the Comptrollei of the Pipe, the King's Remembrancer, the Usher of the Exchequer, dec." The most prominent part of the passage, it will be recollected, was read on a former occasion by Sir S. Romilly. Mr. Fuller, in continuation, remarked, that it was hardly possible for Lim to add much to the strong and poignant words of that great man, Judge Hale. But it ought to be remembered, that the fees of these law places were the expence of process so :onsequence, that the object wing home the administra- In's door, was in a great :pence was ten times greater The oppressive nature le or nothing, was pecu. in the West Indies; who per cent. on their capital. to pay these sinecure fees, to be paid by the public Ilanters, or any description objection to the influence •ess3rily increased with the and the great expenditure, ie means of preserving this This attack was not on it on the avaricious part of ided for their younger chil es. There were many who perhaps, to the House of Ines heaped up, or scattered Ist, from their not knowing . adopted this way of provid - - ldren. The amount paid uted chiefly by deputy, he Out of this the £55,000 to pay the salaries of such cached to them ; and by the be gained by the public. Illy of the influence of the tons and exalted Monarch, /hose good qualities, along !lson, and the divine mind of try to such a pitch of glory ioned in his old age, might, desire his physician to turn he might not see the base mankind. He concluded by in a Bill to abolish sinecures, the standard of the sums the lives of the present pos. was undoubtedly favoura ,hject of the Hon. Gentle- It the motion ought - to be ibject was brought in a ma ise. The Hon. Gentleman present, in ascertaining what shed, as there were some exe r - licit required not abolition ..• - t but regulation. If the House stoold adopt the gene ral principle of the abolition, then a committee 'night s be appointed tcr examine into the nature of the variou offices, ascertain what ought to be abolished, wher e the salaries of the deputies only ought to be continued' in what cases the salaries of the deputies ought to be increased, and in what cases diminished. He did not see well how the object could be accomplished by any other plan than this, and he recommended the post ponement of the motion. Mr. WA RD (the Honourable) felt himself called 1 upon to state the reasons for the vote he was about to give, as they might not be .exactly understood from the simple act of voting for the motion of the Hon. Gentleman. For that motion he intended to vote, but at the same time, he could not adopt the notion which appeared to be entertained by some, that the propriety of abolishing sinecures was a truth so plain and almost self-evident, as to expose those who refused to concur in it to suspicions of their political integrity. He beg ged to be considered as hating no share in that vulgar prejudice. The pr. ptiety of leaving a certain fund in the hands of the Crown, to be dealt out in pensions to those who did nothing for them, was with him a doubt ful point : indeed the doubt was so strong in his mind, that if we lived in such times as existed about half a century ago, he did not believe he would give his as. ; sent to any measure of this kind, and therefore he did not think that any blame attached to those who might I differ from him on this question, any more than blame could attach to a mere difference of opinion on any other question. But he would vote for the measure of the Honourable Gentleman now, precisely on the ground which the Mover had disclaimed; because he thought that the enormous influence of the Crown ought by all fair and constitutional means to lie di-; minished. Many years ago, a memorable resolution i had passed in that House, 4{ that the influence of the Crown had increased, was increasing, and ought to be ; diminished." If, atthat time, the resolution was correct in point of fact ; if it was nearly so;. if it was not a; complete and palpable falsehood, what was the state of the influence of the Crown now ? During the last thirty years, it had been rapidly increasing; strength ening witk our weakness, until it arrived at its present enormous height—such a height that it pervaded the ' whole face of the country ; that it insinuated itself al most into every family in the nation ; and that there was hardly an individual so obscure, or insulated, as 1 ,not to be subject to it, either directly or through his I connections. (Hear, hear.) But to shew to what an enormous height the influence of the Crown had ! grown, nothing more was necessary than the fact, I that these were the Ministers of the country—(loa cries of hear, hear!) for if it had not grown to such a 1 size as never had been known under the House of Brunswick, such a Ministry could not have existed a' moment (Hear, hear!) nay, no such Administration could ever have been formed, as no one could have I ventured upon such an experiment. (Hear, hear!) —No one could more detest then he did any thing which led to violent and revolutionary changes ; he would go further and say, that if there was any , branch to which he would without much apprehen sion allow rather more than its due share of power, it was the monarchical branch ; but for the sake of the people, some stop ought to be put to the enor mous growth of the power of the Crown, and also for 1 the advantage of the Crown itself, (Hear, hear !) lest the time should at last come when it must extinguish I the other branches, or be itself extinguished. (Hear,. hear!) If he would diminish the power of the Crown, 1 it was to widen its basis, and increase its security. I There was nothing more to be deprecated at present I than the abstraction of the mind by minor objects 1 from those of a greater arid more extensive import. I ance. Of all the reforms which were agitated, there I were t which he thought of prominent conse quence : first, A reform in the great departments of the State, which probably might, to a certain degree, be expected from the labours of the Finance Com mittee ; and, secondly, Reform in the whole mode and principle of conducting the war. (Hear, hear.) The House would recollect that twice as much had , been expended on the late calamitous and most im- ; politic Expeditions, as would have purchased the fee I simple of all these sinecures. What was the use of ; our economy, if the fruits of it were to be converted I into a fund for the Ministers to squander upon such I frantic expeditions as that to Walcheren ? (Hear,l hear!) For his part he had rather that the money i should be thrown away upon the id:est and most use- less of mankind, than that it should form in the hands of Ministers an instrument for the destruction of our soldiers. (Hear, hear.) He could name no article of expence so expensive as a weak and pro- jecting Ministry ; Hear, hear.) and he thought the Hon. Gentleman who made the motion would do' more good to his constituents, to his country, and to his Sovereign, by one vote for the exclusion of such Ministers, than by any proposition of this nature, in which he would find himself most obstinately op posed by those 'whom he in general supported. (Hear, hear.) The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER adverted in forcible terms to the remedy for all evils which the Honourable Gentleman ( Mr. Ward) maim.; mended. Change but the Government, put my friends•in place, and then the public feeling and pub lic hope will be gratified. Let but the country again see in power that consummation of virtue and constel lation of talent, and every cause for public complaint will cease to have effect. Upon them, at this moment, were fixed the eyes of the people, and if the Honour able Mover (Mr. Fuller) be but solicitous for the at tainment of his object, he had only to join our pha lanx to secure it. Such were the observations of the Honourable Gentleman (Mr. Ward), but what com plexion did the real facts give this statement ? Were those that inveighed against sinecure offices, them selves so wholly free from the imputation of holding such situations ? Were they not as much connected with the anticipation of the King's prerogative, as that Government which was accused for supporting their continuance; or rather was it not 'the fact that such offices were held by those opposed to his Majesty's Government in a much greater proportion ?-.Hear, hear.) Was it then fair ? Was it honest thus to amuse, to deceive the people by an affected hostility to the continuance of places, which were in the hands of those very persons in a far greater proportion who propagated the delusion ? With respect to the offices themselves, there were vast shades in. their constitn tion, and he was convinced that any attempt tq abo lish them would deprive the state of a greet deal of efficiency. Indeed be did not think the House probablyhisvlV.. Y . - .....1••••••••••.7•. . • , would do wise even to see upon the principle of theiddand whi th er cm the Right Hon. Gentk m posite (Mr..ferceval) might not be • 311° P. impeached • Honourable Mover. It was Impossible even in 04 operation of that principle, bat that some substitute such distribution continued, where was the ' " toto c th o e ni c e o r u a nt v ry ery th l a a t rg h o e si w oec ou o ld re n , o ni t ost advise secuth should be provided ; and thatbehig the case, he con-aitsty tended that the best course was to let things remainaultt as they were Allusion had been made to the me. (the Tellership of the Exchequer) o_ un a ,himself movable proposition of Mr. Dunning, relative to the Adverting to die correspondence between Lord M increased influence of the Crown ;and it was thence vine and the Chancellor of the Excheque r , in e e • , inferred, that if the limitation of that influence was the latter proffered, though • i not a share in the necessary in 1780, it became much more so in the vernment, an elevation in the peerage, Mr. Creev e . present times. That was what he denied. Since that considered i t as a fresh proof - how little the feeling s , period, Mr. Burke's plan of reforni in .the public ex- the people had to do with the feelings of the Crew e penditure' had been carried into effect ;as was the Mr. ROBERT DUN i DAAS SAUNDEI\..'S d e much more extensive system of Mr. Pitt. But then dared his belief, that no other Member in the horse it was said, that our increased establishments and would have, ' in such a manner, made such • I , augmented debt had thrown a considerable addition as the last speaker had. If he had 4 luLs no respect Ice th e into the scale in favour of the Crown. Upon this feelings of the Noble Lord alluded to, surely I ie o li o point, even he was at issue with the Honourable Gen- to have been restrained by a sense of justice from ... tra tleman opposite, convinced that he could prove, not- clueing those acqui • tted by the verdict of the • cone ite to which the accusation was referred. withstanding such addition, thajduring that period tional or gan ' the power of the people had more than proportionally Lord ARCHIBA.LD HAMILTON ezpressedh., s increased, from the great growthef wealth, of indepen- hostility to t he • of sinecure continuance re places, whic!-4, deuce, and of information which had been circulated • instead of be ing conferred for n • national services , sere throughout the country. With respect to the reference most frequently the reward for political support. made to the late expeditionsdie did not see how they Mr. BANKES recommended to the Hon. Meyer, applied to the present question. It stood upon its own for the attainment of his own object, to po s tp one L: intrinsic merits ; and it was also to be recollected, motion until the Committee of Finance had concluil that whether such expeditions were successful or not, their appendix. the expence would have been the same. The Hon. Mr. Will TBREAD could not prevail on himself to go a g e. a Gentleman concluded by expressing his determine- any motion for the. reduction' or abolition of sistecures. '; h ' ~,.- tion to oppose the motion. were a great evil. The Right Honourable Gelato..- an opposite Mr. LAMBE could not see upon what grounds the (Mr. Perceval) had, what he believed no other VIII could d utterl t it misunderstood his Honourable Friend (Mr. Ward, o, Chancellor of the Exchequer could assume that his of the misapplication of sinecure; ; i t Hon. Friend (Mr. Ward) was influenced in his view wouli gi ve one instance b w e a f s el n i t t be e w ca a g en of sbip the n i f m.g e or c ta in ityd e so p n n . rt At b the ve r y sr otmt of public measures, by the hope of succeeding to place. For his part, he considered 'these sinecures as a great was bestowed on Lord Liverp o ol, Cinqu e the s natil nl h e ad va to ca p ilt ' a . ° for the family of Nelson. Was there ever an occasion viln i ‘ detriment. When there existed a claim from any great sinecure d could have been better bestowed than on the desc . e: national service, such placeswere notvacant, and when antsof that naval ? r (Heart nn b i er ! ) The Knew + vacancies did occur, there being no claim from service, Gen tleman ite he r s M they were conferred upon persons for no other reasons offices, had sat down with his old ) on w e. o b , a a d ti a e l r s3 tak ni t gu a d toCr 4f than Ministerial favour. Another great objection to his Honourable Friend (Mr. Creevey.) His Hon. !I F u q ua ers t 4 only grounded his arguments on.a correspondence between t!.. their continuancewas, that they afforded a justification m ir e t of H tb on e . c *G7 o n ‘ t v i n enia b n . and Lord Melville , i to Iliew that the inks. for mutual reproach in that house, independent of that as it b ul ad creasetZ min h a e r ''.: i row n n e n t i . ight t m b akeL o -d improper spectacle which they held out to the disgust Melville an Earl, atade s of the country, when it saw men of large private for- Friend put it to the Right Hon. Gentleman, if even he, b a d it AC; already been d one, durst have • , tunes all drawing revenue from the pockets of the peo- stood up in his place, in the Hs and sinecures to that Nobler ple. Their abolition he should consider as sttiking at c r o move fo r gran Right H on. " G a r s" that very centre of corruption, which uhdermined and his place ; be had no G en tleman right to so ; sed da th e e m y *n a l wi w s i Wn she g d t t o get tat' consumed every thing healthy and vital in the state. out of it. He only was what he was because y nobvtly else °se s7l: l Cg 7-. be what he was—( Crier ofhear ! hear I ) His administration ea; Nor amongst their mischievous effects was there any like himself. He had asked every body : he had coursed up ald thing more pernicious than their introduction of a set down the Strand to intake i t u p.—(H ear ! ) The Hon. and Larne! of men into that House, who, actuated by no public S ecretary on his left (Mr. Secretary Ryder) was only Secretary principle, converted their support into a species of cause nobody else would. (Hear!) Te oble Lord, the otu it. cretary, on the end of the Bench, (Lord Palmerston) was traffic, and though not, perhaps, alWays deciding ariy, They another Noble Lord refused the plac e against thz.. public interest, still considered every other ‘ l e r t ,. (Hear vib li n ey w were tb allo n wed f t ) . sit down to the feast, becaue object as subservient to their own individual aggran, the en would not conic (lira ., dizement—(Hear, Hear.) Another great evil was, hear !) The Right Hon. e Gentlemen rstl boasted of their Merlons ; God help them and their • • G situations,— od help the talent! their tendency to produce the worst species of far- God 1f He wished them to he displaced, because he did en tions, composed of men, whose votes though number- beto sweeeelidmpeoettensecee intolerance the h ighest b Wars of state r -be. ed in the day of battle, were' overlooked and forgotten cause re e an bi c g e at t cr w e-- ic te 1 11 ssr " o se uld he was af t in the hour for distributing the spoil, and who were, verse to that narrow relig io us therefore, determined to extort by duplicity and in- the safety of one-half of the Empire for the maintensucc w oi t a place,—because he would oppose men who opposed retrench. trigue, what they found themselves unable to ac- wentquire by servility and prostitution !—He would, afrie friend ind to c every e corona. Mightall t Hon. Gentla as nan said he w t oft his friend. for such reasons, give his support to the present mo- ship ; it went only so T h ey far as he was forced . eatldk l-1 tion, if persevered in ; although he recommended to Reversionist in the kingdom , or in existence, who wh e o gr Zta at irl have opposed the Reversion Bill, thirst he have tr:Al the strzaph the Honourable Mover, to wait for the production of of his party on the question! The..e were the moo he wanted the Appendix, which was so anxiously expected from to get rid of, though he knew of no candidcte for their places. . the Finance Committee, upon that subject. (Laughter lye,* M Beecher). '1 hepenury o' th is Ad II Mr. CREEVEY combated the assertion, that the nistration was evident. Even now, so unsuccessful had they a . in e fi lling up their ranks, that, in the cemmissio.l for the B oard of influence oithe Crown had not more than propor. re o fe n s i t. r . e d u t i i , ,, s . t o o in o( c l, , to this day , m the name cf a INeb!,_ ...ord who hat tionally increased since the year 1780. He instanced Crown!--btu, G c e o nt i. d t;: t a h n bad called the pensions granted upon the countervailing duties, himself the Defender he the C li roZ and the Scotch pensions, which latter amounted to the case of a Ministry the tool of the Crown—in in c e o y nt s em ur p r t os e e i the Country—!'n defiance of repeated Minorities—in spite of as 460,000. When they also looked to the immense sense o f , the .1 1 e7le, pers'stini to hold the helm of GOVUDDItG4 increase in the revenue ; to ocr great naval and 11 .,, nve t . c g i ir si : e ev o id i e t=Cji. th a . n in A r d . rnil d tistr ion would be the military establishments ; to the grent patronage of .1 influence He e iura ei b t k lie G C ee rc t e b : India, could it be justy contended, that the tau- tha could he conceived.--(Hear e !).--" he ence of the Crown was not materially and elm.- Man insisted at some length on ;he increasing infit,euce of the If Cr . own, and advised Mr. Falter to withdraw kis metier:, though, bitantly augmented ? Since Mr. Dunning's propo. ttw w er n e r s e r d es s o c r d,hewould vote for . it; . because, howeNerunskil sition, it was also to be recollected, the Crown had fu lly negatived. c ple that ib e sin w ec e ur e ei n e o tn o n received, as Droits of Admin . ty, a sum amount. be abolished should never premature , be ne ing to between seven and eight m Ilion', nut of which for the people, nor were they the legal-prerogati Y ve of the Crowe, g and his vote should ever go against them. not more than two millions had been applied to Mr. FULLER was s;illing to withdraw his motion, upon any the public service, and 028,000 liven to Sir Home pledge being s given for the discussal au d adoption of the principle Popham, a Member cf that House. Vas it no accee.. wouldt gly reply, me t t b li a in t g had been said of his unskilfulness, but he sion of influence to have the Bank of England at th e the Gentleman with whom he advised was so able, chat t he objector was not worthy of holding the candls to foot of the Exmutive Governm:by which • rat, it was h i m. ter.) He did not 'wish to obstruct public business, upheld in the restriction not to answer the leg a l de- (Mach kite but n u one e co a uld d b t e b more im id portant than this. This w ou ld satisfy mends upon it? Need he refer to the tauntings which t w . () o u r r not h t e a ar rri t r yem as se a lves . ca h lied a raw,. as i the King's Ministers had advised to be given to the they somewhere he n re w e e y re city of London, in order to disprove the assertion of Gentleman called them • as if they had nothing to g t do ll with fon! science, but were to lo ok at their colours and vote with their the Chancellor of the Exchequer ? In the American psiadrte. menWasf Cicero r a h p f arty h man ?—(Laughter.)--Were the Scipio: war, petitions had been forwarded to the Crown,)—tY n es w ,the t y w w as ere parties to the gra from many public bodies, and upon all occasions of their y country. " Wi au th g res kr pect Ac the manner of receiving, and the answers given, cosntart, a friend of his, could the Hon. Gent. w o ho an mad o e L thes c e observations, know his feelings, he would think him already suffe were becoming and respectful. To what then was cien w t . ly b rnished. That Hon. Gentleman had not been permitted to the difference, so manifest now, to be attributed ? withdra w , had n wi n shed. The Hon. Mover then consented —To nothing else but the conscious excessive i n - to wi thdra w it his b motion, wards be taken un d erstanding that it wuld after• fluence of the Crown, which set at nought all c o n - Mr. BANKES assured him that he would bring the subject stitutional interposition of the people. If that in• • fully before the House on the discussion of Mr. Martin's Re fluence was not notorious, and fully felt, would solutions. the country see, as it now saw, great pensi • ons con- • Mr. FULLER—" When will you be kind enough ?" ferred upon • public accountants jn the subordinate Mr. BANKES said, Thursday w a s t h e d a y a ppoi n ted. After an observation fro m M r . THORN TON, Mr. FULLER, and offices of the Government—upon such men as Lord the Srx.txrit, the potion. wus withdrawn. * Melville, Mr. Steele, Mr. H. Villiers, and Mr. Hu n t. exPearriox TO THE SCHELDT. (Hear, hear.) To confer public grants • upon such On account of the death of Lady Fitzroy, Lord Castlereagh's persons was the most improper distribution that could sister, it was agreed to postpone the examination of any fresh witnesses until the Noble Lord could attend in his place. possibly be, inasmuch as it weakened a respect in l Lord PALMERSTON brought up the casualti' of the army public accountants , for the laws which regulated•their aelyrthe Scheidt.—Ordered to lie on the table. offices, and made the -public obliged to support the employedt-tKER ha ;lie paths administered on Courts very men who had been convicted of'a violation of Martial.— To lie presented the :able their trust. For it was notorious that what with hold- . Lord PALMERSTON presented the Estimate for Army Set v.ces, I 810.—Ordered to lie on the table, and be referred to the ing pensions, and the toleration afforded in cases of .Comm ittee of Supply on Monday. The c defauhers, it made nothing with persons thus circum- f Inquiry ra w n as da th w en b c ie o b nst s i ir tut m ed, r feresa i i s n i stanced, whether they 'broke the law or not. Even order to receive so when that House caught some of these Gentl e m e n ;ro as.d to prodUce on hit former examination. " Strangers were then ordered to withdraw,sns usual; and the House finally ed' tripping, it also found them laughing in its face, and jounced at Half past Nine o'elock. retiring upon their pensions. (Hear, hear.) He would ask, whether even now, any man could be found to move an Address in that House to the Crown, pray ing it to grant to Lord Melville one sinecure placeof se:3ooo,a pension of £2OOO, another sinecure of X2OOO, (making in all seven thousand pounds a-year), now received, - as he believed, by that Nobleman, being ielooq more than had been voted to Lords St. Vin cent and Duncan, and to the family of Abercrembie e 'for their great national services. Would any man move an Address to grant to Mr, Steele a sinecure , of £I7OQ per annum, and yet by the improper distri bution of such offices to public accountants, the Country was now paying those very sums to the per sons he had named. The House was now engaged in a serious and inquiry, important • • ,it was endeavour ing to ascertain the authors of the national calamity and disgrace ; yet, et the moment Whea it was con- . , Bit ras.—There was no Court of Aldermen held this al. -- The Lord Mayor otdere4 thf price of Bread to be reduced One Pansy per Peck. _ DIED. Friday evening, Feb. 9, at his house In Ely-place, sodding'', aged 37, C. Saunders, Esq. late Demonstrator of Anstral at St.Thomas's Hospital, and Surgeon to the London In fur curing diseases in the eye. In him the world has lost a man of Pi' enee, and the poor a friend. He administered to the Pre vend°l _, and cure of blindness with a humanity , that must for ever 311 " e him live its the reeolleedoe of those who have been benefited by do application of his post talents. In the treatment of the Dimon of the Eye he was emitseely eeseestbd; gad his name will be re' membered by penalty with atindretiao and gratitude, for harlot ascertained the ante! et OW eight to thituren born blind lira cataracts. • LONDON : Printed mai published by LEVEL KENTs tetbury-Place, Lambeth at the Syaa-Orriel, No. 1, yam street. Published alto at the STua-Orrica,Ten l Ple Bar' them, he believed, resulted from the accurate as possible. The Mils were then read a first time kco:.d time on Monday next. siNECIIRE OFFI4 • Mr. FULLER rose to make on the subject rf Sinecure Office I.c could hardly do better than c the words of one of the ablest rien tl.s country had ever prod Hale. The substance ofthe obser were, that there existed a grc places, the duties of which were the former of which ought to be a ter maintained only atthe salary He particularly enumerated of& in the Exchequer, such as the Comptroller of the Pipe, the King Usher of the ExchAitter, Sic." part of the passage, it will be rec a former occasion by Sir S. Ron continuation, remarked, that it l.im to add much to the strong of that great man, Judge Hale. lemembered, that the fees of tt paid by the suitors, and the ex tnormously advanced in conseqt of the great Alfred, to bring h lion of justice to every man's measure defeated. The expence than it might otherwise be". f these fees for doing little or Early felt by the planters in d• ould hardly realize two per ce 7 hey were called upon to pa• hich, if paid at all, ought to in general, and not by the plante (-1 kw suitors. He had no obje if the Crown, which necesmil r regress of national wealth, and v hich, however, had been the me « untry from destruction. Th the power of the crown, but on • tl•e aristocracy, who provided f drrn, by means of these places. at in that House [alluding, per I ccrs], who, with fortunes he : bout like so much brick•clust, ft a hat to do with them, still adopt ing for their younger children. for sinecures or places executed calculated at 4355,000. Out would be amply sufficient to pa plates as had some duty attache • abolition JCSOiI,OOO would be He would not take away any c Crown from the most virtuous • who now possessed it—whose with the gallantry of Nelson, a Pitt, had raised this country to —a King, who, if abandoned i like the dying Walpole, desire his face to the wall, that he r political ingratitude of mankin moving for leave to bring in a B and reduce other places to the paid to the deputies, after the Ii . sessors. • Mr. H. THORNTON was bly disposed towards the object man, but he rather thought the postponed till the whole subject timer shape before the House. would find a difficulty at presen ces ought to be abolished, as cut, d chiefly by deputy, which • • a ' a