The Statesman. — London, England, 1810-02-13 00:00:00

2E • r thif of detaching thecpibiie fbrce fortibjecta 'kid • shey must have knows: to bn utterly - No*lm 4 and i which fact svaamadafltident to the Commander in Chief very sboitly icier his arrival' in the Scheldt. Ile was a.ware,that Xiitisters might object to the pi °decant* of those documents for which heshould now more, list Their publicity might giro impro per information to flu! enemy ; but he could not conceive that any docinneut on the subject, which could now be laid before that House, could Atli the enemy more than they knew already. What be wishell to ask of Ministers was, the production of any plan or plans they hod received, shoring the state of Antwerp and Fort Lille, with the coo dition and extent of their respective fortifications ; aud the ..ohs!atice of such iufertnation otherwise as they hail received on the subject, previously to tbo sailing of the Expedition. lie (lid not ask to learn the sources of their information, but merely the facts. As yet, the house bad no information on this point. Thu Ministers had loaded the ta. ble w►th a variety of papers, none of which 'threw any light Upon the subject, but were merely tended ►o confuse the Members. Clh CHANCELLOR of EXCHEQUER opposed the Motion as premature and unnecessary iss tlse present stage of the business. The House had-already that all documents of a se cret nature sheeldbe referred lb the consideration of a Se. ret Committee, already appointed, and whew duty it would be to report such matters as they judged fit to be made public. If, when that Committee should make their report, the Ucusc *horde deeni hither information necessary, they might call ori• • thelr Committee ta make a more detailed report, and move for any further docu. went* they Might judge necessary. He concluded by moving the previous questjen. • • Sir JOHN • NEWPORT said, he s could see but. one motive fur withholding the information, and that was, nut to keep knowledge from the enemy, but to ',non! from Parliament facts indispensable, informaline - Mr. 'YORKE supported the argument of Mr.• INecey'ae. He did; not know whether Minister, . were fossei , led of any particular plan of Ant . every. They might, ..r they- might not. ,He {lf. - tbtriningined they had none more partisular than ' Oat which' was many years extant, and accessible to every oleo at every moodier's. • General :I'ARLETON spoke iu support of the 'notion. ' • •Mr. WHITBREAD said, if the candour and fidelity or the Secret Committee was supposed to La iingeeehed,' or their office anticipated, it was tilt by the 'notion of his Hon: Friend behind him, by, a Noble Lord (Lord Castlereagh) on - the apposite site, wit°, on a former day, moved f sr the sisbstance ef the inforination received from liotterdain. Thu Right Hou. Gentleman oppo site to him (Mr. Yore) needled to shako hi. Amid when # Alen wks mentioned.; and if he could skew any isferenee from this, it seemed to imply sten Miseleters ' had no plan : and, indeed, the ar4lst• Hon. Gentlettuus referred Members to the stev'for plans accessible to any . body. ll%t biro a tf h •Iseved the truth to be, that Ministers really 14. l plea: bet they did not clime to.aeknow. foet -that must teed directly le their own •ishulptition. . lie: - HUTCHINSON pledged himself to prOve 041 ill .et,ere-, in rending Off this Expedition, had s efe I under the grossest igituran4 of the state and. i g eoe ch of Antwerp. I. eel PORCIMSTER Wished that the duce. Inept. Owned fur should be laid epee the, table,' in eke,leitiedantes ; and if it sliourd appear they war, st a stern nature, they should be sealed up, slil leU t ' o a t i l i i Cious cr e et e beu ° t ai n u e lit r t i e s t. u . lt o li f e ti w ie as m ; o h ti o o w ; s ti mertivited at the resistance given to it by the .P4/0 . 11401. Geotieetan ; as he had no doubt the Information required must be ultimately given. *suer .1 few words from Mr. Windham and the - Cliancellnr of 'the Excle-Nuer, the previous clues. gun• wai put and carried. • Sir SAMURI. ROMILLY brought up the Bills, which n, obtained leave to bring in on 's feerner night, fur repealing And *mewling the sets of -William 111. Queen Anise, and Geuree 11. re. l at he t o th e vaisia:..nentur the. crime of privately stealing is d,reltliee:houses,.sho i ;s, barges, or vessel, uu the riser. IL• begged leave to take that opportunity c , rrocting a mistatement which helmd made on a former ate:islets, relative to the gaunter of convictions which ILO taken plate in Mirlillturx and Leieltei in a cei tain period. Friss the returns before tile/louse, it appeared Oat there were two statements of the number of 'parsons convicted, one fur a period of seven years, -fur Middlesex and London, and the other • f o e—feere- • yeeree-fer • Englatni mid Wales: ' numbers inseamd in the former statement amount. ed .in Ibl3' convicted of stealing in dwelling. Louses, -and 859 for stealing in shops.' Ile bad . out been much amiss, therefore, in what he had said on the former occasion, as only one out of _ she number hail beers otecuted. Before he should .propose the second reading of the gills which he then brought in; it was his intention , to bring for.- wird a prop:Akins- respecting 'the traniportatioe of .convicts. 'u se gills were then severally read I first time, . and °Meted to be read a sedune time ou Mosiday • nest. The Bills wore also ordered to be printed. %Mr. Secretary RYDER presented -certain pa. • pert reihtive to thu ‘Yaleheren Expedition, per . e ning ee•Addreases of the House, which were or dered to lie on the Table. . . SUPPRESSION OF SINECURE OFFICES. Mr. FULLER, is rising to mike tho Motion of which he had gives- notice, relative to Sinecure kit it impassible 0) impress the House snore siroegly: bilk the necessity of adopting it, -than by quoting a Soap Cram the works of that great law authecity, Lord Hale. The Honours. • Velldember then - Stead an extract front the work I• to t od dl e e o. referred,- ;ha which slot only con. demised the-practice' or granting such offices, but wout e e essed • the partftelar offices - Co - improperly - gifested. ' Ott observed that tech offices were a , • elser ,neoessety or nut necessary . If not neceaisa— [' . ry , w hy should they 'be continued if ne.t try, was it to be cupposed that.such a idea Ai .11,41 would halo so camas!) , ststod his s r _ L_MIS‘ EMI • . 'ft I , . • t i;ott i° 4 • " ._ . r i i„.•77 . ••••••c? • • " • . _ . opinion against the. If Wit bit opiiiititi OW mot only the practice of granting *wet. sion we: improper, but that the rown ought to put in force, for the interest of the public, the resumption of all such grants. By.such measures neither the Crown nor the People would lo at any thing. Whilst the present system existed, it tile vain to expect whatliad been proclaimed by the great Alfred, that j ustke should be carried to !bedews of every man. The innervation applied particularly to the IV.lndia Islands, where tho,Proprietors did4wit make two per cent. on their capital, and yet were obliged to contribute very largely, in the shape of tales, to the State. It was nut his wish . or in. tention, hi bringing forward this motion, to stake against or break down the influence of the Crown. On the contrary, he was glad to perceive that tho; influence of the Crown had increased in proper (ion as the corriiption of the morals of the people had been 'progressive. This accession to'thc in them, of the Crown was necessary to the prime. , vation, of the balance of the Constitution. But this formed no part of the propOsinu.n he had. to bring forward. His object was, to prevent- the' avaricious part of the aristocracy from providing for the younger branches of their families, by., procuring for 'them sinecure appointments. • It appeared from the Appendix to the Report of the , Committee of Finance, that three hundred and silty thousand and odd pounds of. the public mo tley were enjoyed in that way ; an 4 it was obvious that the whule of that sum might lie saved to 'the nation, if such places were to be abolished elle? the death of the• preseut possessors. He did ilOt 1 wish to take from his Sovereign the power of the means of rewarding meritorious services ; but he thought it necessary to the interests of a country ornamented and distinguished by the etaleed genius . of Nelson, and the divine intellect .of Mr. Pitt, that its resources should be properly inisbanded 2 and disposed of only in remuneration .of national services. He should therefore move for leave to' .bring in a Bill to abolish Sinecure Offices. Onahe question being put, . Air.' HENRY. THORNTON rose, not "to op. pose the motion of the Honourable Gentleman, but to state his opinion, that •it would have beets better if the Honourable Gentleman bad deferred his elution, till the Report of. the. Committee should enable the House to come to some decision • upon th: , question. There were various consider-, ations eetineeted with the case, which should be attended to before any final determination • could be had upon the subject. It would not only be necessary to consider what since - tires should be abolished, bait also what places executed by daron ty should be regulated, as well as what increase . .of salary should be given to the deputies upon whom the duties of the office would fall. I.j:ion all these grounds. he was of epiniun that it would-be better for the Hon. Gentleman to Put uff his- citation to some future'day. • -.. The Honourable Mr. WARD felt hiurself call. od • upon to state his reasons fu r .the vote he was shout to give, as they might not be elect!) , un. r d.crst"d from the shnple . act of voting fur the ,motion of the How/arable GOUtiliMan. For that. OlOtioll he intruded to vote, but, 'at the sato° tittle) he could not adopt the notion which appeared to be entertained by some, that the propriety of. abolishing sinecures was* truth sopiain and at. most self-crWuskr, es to wpm those wimp refilir4 to concur in it, to sespiciens. of their patitieal in-,3 tegrity. lie begged to be considered, as having nu share its that vulgar plejudice. - The propriety of •leaviog a certain fund in• the hands of the Crown, to be dealt out in pensions to those who did nothiug for. them, wets with bins a doubtful point. Indeed the doubt *as so stron g in his mind, that if we lived in such times as existed about half a century a4o, he did, net believe he would give his assent to any measure of this kind,., and therefore he did.stut thiuk, that any blame at tached to those-who might differ from him on this question, any more than blame could attach to a mere difference of °pilaw' on any other ques tion. Bet lie would vote fur the measure of the Honourable Geollentan now, . precisely on the ..ground which the Mover bad disclaimed ; because' he thought the tonna - sous influence of the Crown . aught, by all fair and constitutional means, to be I diminished. Many years ago, a innorable mu. lutiuo had passed iii that Muse, " that the influ.• once of the Crowh had iuereassxl, was increasing,: ;ad ought to be diminished." If, ist that time, the resolution was eurrect in point of fact; if it was nearly se; if it u as not a.complete and psi- pable f.alsehood, what was the state of the influ. cite° of the Crown nowt During the 'tail ttility• years, it had been rapidly increasieg,' strengthen ingwitli our weakness, until it irriv... l .-• '. e ages forms Which were eiltated, there Wen two width y the , shil thine/Mot , 'imminent cotolMmeteee-litst, a re. iimpn form it+ the greet departments-of the State, 'which probably might, to a certain degree, be expected 'on of a from the lalsoure of the -Finance Committee." ha Crow and secondly, a reform in the whole motto eilst the p and principle of cOnductiet llie - war. Wee k what-had heat !) The House would recollect (lint .twieu ttjustkesi as much hattheen expended on the late catatnituus erce, h The hser and most intitoylc Eepeditiuns, as world have t Islands, o pfirchased the fee simple elf all these oinecures. cr cent. on What was the use ()leer economy, if the freits of otribute vet 'it:Were to be converted into a fund for the Minis. State. It ten to squander Open such frantic eiaeditions as inging forwai, that to %V alchercn ? • [Hear, hear!] For his tk down the i, part he hail rather that the money shuttle he theowt, ry, he was gla away upon- the idlest end must useless of Mankind, e Crown had i (ban that it should form in the hands of Ministers option of the u an instrument for the destruction of our soldiers. vssive. This ac [lkar, hear I]. Ile .coold name no artielteof ea. own was necessa ' pence so expensive as a wbak and projecting Mk lance of the Got, ttiatry ; [Mar, hear!] and he thought the Hue. rt of the propeels acutleinati who made the motion would du more .... (is object was, is vied to tits constituents, to his country, and to the aristocracy frt. his,Sovereign, by one . vote for the exclusion of trenches of their t sueleMittiitess, than .by any proposition of this ) sinecure appoints, nature, its which he Would find himseff most obsti- I.ppendiz to the Rep netelyopposed by those it honk he its general sup. me, that three hunts purled, [lledi.; hear!] . Id pounds of. the put The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER hat way ; anti it was 0 adrertetliin ford* terms so the remedy fur all sum might be saved h grits which the Win. deittlematt (Mr. Want) re. were to be abolished , etennictideJ. Change but the Goverocant, put it possessors. He did my friends in place r and then the public feeling svereign the power of t and public. hope will be gratjermd. Let but the itorious services ; but It country again see in power that consummation of he ititerests of a country virtue and oonsteflation'ef talent, and every cause. hed by (hes:tailed genius for public complaint; will cease to have effect.. e intellect .of Mr. Pitt, Upon them, at this inuntera, were fixed the oyes '0 properly iiiisbanded, of the people ; and if the Honourable Mover muneration.of national (Mr. Fuller) be but solicitous. for the attainment fore move for leave to' of Isis object, be, had only to join our phalanx to ecure Offices. . secure it. Such were the observations of the lion. Gentleman (Mr. Ward); but what coin. ON rose, not "to op. lactate' did the reel facts give this •statement ? curable Gentleman, %Vero those that inveigliej against sinecure offices, t would hare' been themselves so who ly free from the imputation of leman had deferred fielding such situations ? Were they net as much of, the . Committee connected with the_ anticipation of the thing's to some decision prerugeeive, as that Gwen-Wee:it which was sac. variens consider. I veiled for supporting their continuance ; or rather which Mutat] be wee it. nut the fact that such offices were held by i rmination • could those oppotetl to his Majesty's Government In al Id nut only be mue'legreater properties' ? [near ! hear !] Was it tree should be then fair--was it holiest tntte to amuse, to de. uted by them'. (wire the people by an affected hoetility •to- the 'at increase 'of conliutiance of places, e hich ' were in the hands s upon w hunt of those very persuas in 4 far greater proportion, on all these who propagated tee delusion ? With revert to old-be better the offices themselves, there were vast shades its 1. elation to their constitution; and hewas convinced that any attempt to abolish thee would deprive The State lasself call. of a-wealth:el of efficiency. Indeed he did out think' etc lie was 'the House' would du wise even to' act upon the tactly un- principle of the 'Honourable glover. It was iffl ic for the possible crew in the operation of that principle, Fur that o but that some substitute should be provided ; and IMO time that being the. cage, he contended that. the best teed to I cou'rsu was to let things remain' as they were.. 'ay of Allusion had been made' to the memorable pro tad at. position of Mr. Duanirea, relative to the in- Ifaled eveneattisdhsetcco- . of the (keens ;.ad it 'was thence al in- 'lnferred, that if the limitation of ' that ir.- tying fluence was. necessary in 17130 3 it' became' much icty more so in Pie present dines.' That was what the he denied. Since' that . period, ' Mr. Burke's 7hu plan of reform in the public expenditure had been. ful carried into effect; as was the much snore even. tis sire system of *e. Pitt. But then it , tras. said, el OW out iucreased establishments and augmented . u debt had throw* a consider' able Addition into .th e scale in tamer- of the Crown. Upon this poiate: even he was at •4'sue with the lionoureblteGentlee man opposite, cotivittced that he could prove, pa l : withstanding such seldition, that during that period the lemur of the people had mote than proper., tionally increased, (row the great growth of wealth,: Of inch:pc:Mimeo, and • of information which had been circulated throughout thu cuuntry. With' 'respect to the reference made 'la the late Exited.. tions, ho did uut see how they applied to the pre.' sent questien. It stood upoo its owl, AttriOsic: merits; and it was also to be recollected, that whether such expeditious. were successful or not, the expellee would ,have been the saute. The Hon. Gentleman concluded by expressing his &tenni: nation to oppose the motion. - - Mr. LithlßE. could slot see upon What ground* the Chancellor .of' the Exchequer could assume that hit Hun. Frlend (Mr. Ward) was influenced __ -. e eemeatt.4l, weed at hie:slow .14 µebbs. suoasamm e 'l.y th e hope of e ..... weigut-e-soWe height that et per- succeeding to place. Fut his part, he considered traded the whole face of the country; that it Inii e them slitecureess a great detrinieut. IVhen there nuated . itself. almost into every family in the existed a claim front any great eationel service,' nation ; and that there was hardly au individual such pieces were net vacant-, and when vacancies so obscure, or insulated, as nut to be subject did occur, there being no claim from service, ttiCy, , to it, either directly or through his conuections. were conferred u pole persons fur no other mesas.. [Hear, hear li But to show to what an enor. than'lllinisterial Getter. Another great objet. mous height the influencer of the Crown heti Ciao to their cunticsuanee was, that they afforded grown, , nothing more was • necessary than the a juetificatien fur mutual reproach in that [loos e , fact, that then were the Ministers of the cowry iudepeutlentof that improper 'preface) vihich they [loud cries of hears hear!] for if it had not held out to the disgust of the coat ry, when it *town pct such a size as n e ver bad b ee n kn own stn ee saw men of large private fortunelalrdrawine Fe der the House of Heutenvick,seeli a Ministry could' venire from the pockets of 'the people. Their not have existed a moment (Hear, hear! )'- uay, nu abolition he should comider as striking at that very such Adrainistratiun could omelette been formed, centre of corruption, which entlermined atsd can na nu vine mould have velours:el . uport such an ea- seined every thing healthy ind vital iq tlio Stole. Nor parimant --flieur,ltear !) No one could 'more amongst theirenhichievous effects was there aue thing shoat dm tie did any thing Which led to violent more pernicious than, tbuir introduction of a set ef aid revolutionary changes—he would go further, men into that House, who, actuated by nu poetic and say, that if there nes any branch : to which he , 'principle, cueverted their'suppurt into a species would withuut much, apprehension allow rather of traffic, and though uut, perhaps, alwayrilectd. 'more the-skits due share of power, it was the Mu. lug against . f hb public haerest e still considered berchieal branch—hut f or the sak e o f the peopl e . ever y o th er object as subservient to their own in. some stop ought to be lea to the enormous growth dividual aggrendllement. [Hear! heat !] • Aup. of the power of the Crown, and also fur the ad.' thee great evil was, their tendency to kedges) the. vantage of the Crown itself, '(ilear, hear !) lest worst eeecies of feeti o n st composed of men, whose . , the time should at last cook, when it must male- ,vutme.thoegle numbered its the day of battle, w e re finish the ether breeches, or be itself eatielguished. overlooked and forgotten in the hue.. for distr.'. .(Hear, hear !) If .he would dimieish the power bating the spoil, and who were, therefore, de. of the crown, it was. to. widen its halls, . suit eu. - termiuml to extort by deplie4 and 'let...ague, crease its security. : There was nothing Ras* tr. Ow they !mind thien seltesßitable 10 . 1%414u le be depreckted at preseet than the abstraction of svrvility and prostitution. He Ireel4 ) fur se else mind by minerelbjecil feint those of a peaty! •reeeons, give, his ittopitort th the Vfdittle nicel and teffil iplotsolty importapm Of all the. rt 4 . potiovt:siti In,' altiteugh 'be re.P.A- - . • . . • • ~ . • _ ..~_l. ... . • ' -A_. • I .. ----- . --... Hosourehle Mover to wait .for ,114 . ..'pe u a notiou el alto Appendix,. sillich was so anxibutly et. piked front the Finance Committe4 upto, di u subject. Mr.. CREEPiiI combated the assertion, that ' the influence of the Crown had nut .wore tine proportionally Increased sinee•the year 1789 . u, instanced the petisionkgranted iipo.i the COY ft tt..r ' ' veiling duties, and tge Scotch peniiulis, %lite, l atter amounted to 60,001. Wh en they eis., reoked to the immense increase in the re emete to our great naval and nii!itary este:Dish-Mums ;ti,, the great patronage of India, quid it lie eltl3. contetided, that the influence of th e Croon Aas • not materially- and exorbitantly aitsgreented ? Sinc e Mr. Dunniites proposition, it was else to ::c te , . conected, the * Crown had receired,'Os pc,,i t , 0 , Admiralty; a . sure amounting to b et wez , t , st:vo : and eight millions, out of •n hie!' not Inure. they , two milliong had been applied to the rublie s era given to Sir Ifunie l'Ophee,, a s i i I l louse. Was it no a ccession ,:. vice, and o f 28 t , h 000 4 t 'influence , to have the Bank of Engt.tilil at p foot of the Executive .Governmetit, by which it was upheld iu the ri•stsictiou not to answ er tf w legal demands upon it ? Need he refer to IL tantitin,ts which the King'; Ministers had adtisa to be given to di.: City of London, idoriler to di s . prove the assertion of Cie Chancellor of the L i t.chequer ? In the American war, petitions hail lis t% forwarded to thc.,Crown from ,na tt y public huilies, ' a a n n d d s u it i he un at.wocerli ti easil v it ei s n tlie w manner of rece ii ing, e b. c o mi u g mut ttr . respectful. To what then wAs the difference; i i so manifest now, to be attributed? To nothing else hat the — conscious eactOve. influence of the . Crown„ which set at Taught e ll constile. tional interposition of the p eo pl e . It that in. tlihue o e t a i ce u n t ry•was Lie?: aft ti io w notorious, sa and fully f e lt, woul 4 w, t neat pensions con. ferret! upOn Roblic accountants in the subordinate offices of the doverumwit—. upon suelLinen as Lord mckilliy,• Mr. 'Steele, Mr. H. • Viliers, and Mr. livid? [Hear, hour!] To canter public grants upon such persons was the most improper distri. bution that (withd possibly be, inasmuch at it wtiakeneti a respect in public accountants for the laws which regulated their of f ices, and made flit public. obliged to support the fiery men w h o h ad been convicted of a violation of their 'rest. Fork was not 'dolts that what with 'holding of pension., amid the toleration afforded in cases of,defulters, it Made nothing ss ith persons this ciryniustaeCvd, whether they broku the law or out. Evct whey that Rouse cauglt some of !Ursa Gentlanen trip. yitig, it also found thorn laughing it't its rei'r and retiring upon their pensions, pees, h ar d , Ile would ask, whether, even now, any mj could be found t, mure an Addrcss in that ' House to the Crown, praying it ter giant to Lord Melville . one sineethe place of '3OOCI. a pension of 20001.. another sinecure of 2&01. (snaking :in all 7000. a.year), now received, as he believe,l, by that Nsiblesnan, Icing 10001, more than' had been voted to Lords %St. Vit. cent and Duncan, MO to .the rituty of Ma crofoliie.,.for their great ititiatne servike.s? Would • auy Man move an address to,grant to Mr. Sleek a sinecure of 17001. per annum ?--anal yet by Woke,. primer distribetiJii•of,ssich Offices to public as. counting's, the country was now paying these eety . sums to the persons ht: bad named. . The linusatst now engaged in a serimis and importaillt - itypiry,ft • was endeavouring to ascertain the au thoni of theta. tional calamity and "grim: ; yet. at Uic 's awnk ' when it was consideringwfiethereveti the . Rlght lion. Geu (lemon up::osite (Mr. Pence ;l) might Dot be impeached, whilst such distribution continued, w here was the security to the'courrtry that ho would not advise his Majesty. to canter a very 4'4..64. ilap:UPO, most probably vacant (the . TellerildO of :the tleehequer) upon hinted?? Adveitiag to the currespendence between Lord Melville and the Chancellor of the Exchequer, • its which the Litter proffered, though. Rut a share inputs Governineut, an elevation is the peerage, Mr. Crcerty consi dered it as a fresh orouf how little•the iveliegs Pr the 'people had to do with: the Wily of the ,Crown. . Mr. . , ft . 13 0 UNDAS SAUNDERS declared his 'belief, that no other Member in the House would 0 have, in such is foamier, made such allusions as the • fast.,Speaker . hid. If ho had eau respect fur . the feelings of the Noble Lord alluded to, euiely be ought to., love been restrained by . a skiise of justice front traitutting those ac, uifted by the ver.. diet of tlib roustit iitiottal 'organ to , Thiel! the assn* satitin i!os referred. • • . Loiti ARCHIBALD HAMILTON et; '- - ' pr6ssed is hostility io the einninuauce of.Sinceare Place's, which, instqatl - of being couferred for natiowsi sertices, were most frequently the reward fur pa. ,liticel support. ile recommended to• the Chan cellor of the - Exchequ e r to consider that part of the Report of the Fineoce .CoMinittee, alekh Would limit such grains ti,.renerd national see. vice, and in ekflisidering the message which be ha , l brought down fur a pc:lsloft to Lord Wellington, .be wuilltl find the opportunity fur a. practical il, lustration. ne would support the inotini int o .. fur the present, lie rathet , aished it was wetbateau until the Filtaiiee Cotantittto brought furwarJ nebulution. • -* • .. , Mr. BANK ES recommended to Ote honourable Mover, fir the atiaiiinalit of his owes object, to postpone his motion until Wu Committee of M I stance had concluded their Appendix. Ili: perm.,. versiice its the cmurse now proposed. would defe.ll ultinfately his hodes; as, from the numerous , diffi., collies in• the progress of,the flail s it would be possible to carry it into clre.ct. Mr. Whir-MEAL/ declared to give 111 silent vote pout ibis subject, .if tra. &laver was ittelippa to prom it at that msameat. The'contiunaneo of snob , offices' • was a greet e?il s at least such be antsidered to be the tele, although there might be saute ezeeptious. In considering that question, it Wit* 103 'Rms./lie to. prerlook a Case, in whirls an opportunity wale Wotan( for bes4ee.; big a very largesinecure tare oi the must ion tecioas matinee, but which, inste.l4 et bring W .? bestowed, was in the frce of tturcungtry aufferica in a way most cideeleiall 'to Motives* Iha abuse. j it did so happen that wilen - the itinnewtel fistho.;pouteut or Vector:6' latsiodtitalKd ;WS lug , . • -- ~ - . __ - - "7; 7-, 7 - • . .. . .17 ;‘,