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be it- yrs .s.- rig re- '5•• he ri reit li he ,Co 3~~ . J, e~ litattliangh the one had given * Ws advice Tn opposition to one unconstitutional measure, .ild'the Others had • Producd a letter froni the King, ordering him to carry into - effed another unconstitutional measure, 1 ' Yet that neiaber was exonerated from 'responsibility: this was not all ;' by not i,aving for.mallytrejtaed • the pledge, and declared that rejeEtion to .Parliament ani the Sovereign, Ministers. had become virtually i 'bound - by it. He'entered into a detailed examination, of the declared principles of the various Members of th e present Administration, and don t ended, eltatawlit cht oconsiStency they must be friendlyto the Cathd lic Many ..of them had repeatedly pledged theinselves on this point; but it seemed they prefer - red their offices to their pledges. Composed of men of heterogenious principles, the only bond of union .Whirl)they were held together wasihe love of place. 'The Noble Lord had asked, why an abstracl Resolu tion s h6ohl be regiStered • on theJoUrnalS? lie cause it: was - called. for---because the Constitution had been vi.4ted—beiause it was expedient that, thosc by ..the Constitution had been violated should 1 )q made manifest; for, as on . the one hand it was an undoubted principle in thee Constitution that the Loci could do no wrong; so,. on the other, it was ta. , undoubted principle, that the King must ba'v•e - i t estiOnSible adviSers'ofbis - aElions. • There 'Was . •stiff ant - it - her fbr to abStran pro l'oitiCar, a-1p hiS waS eti l le'aVourao cotinr& - fa the . effea - W flich the exchange"Of 'a strong T GovernMent fait a woak Go' erinnent must haVe on our'rel i ations with Forei-n PoWers. • -- - • Lo-;(/ Mt%LGRAYYE, in a sroch of considerable • let gth, opposed theßesolution,which; he cOntelided; roundea oo no precedent-. _ 'Looking back to the year 1803, when Very violent measurer were pro : . poStd on !heir sudden removal from dflite i ,' by those who wer.; :slat Modhintlueneed by delicacy, - or' vet's • fender . Of the King's 'Prerogative, no such 'propt)- shi m , , as the.present *was bro'aght 'forward: Looking still farther back, 'When the.Deke=ofc . Mtirlitoito‘lgh, at the summit of 'power,`. and in - the ocareer of , vas Stripped sOf his' 'offices _'nay. a. letter' . vritten in the Queen's ownliand, altliongli that prO iCeding Was foildvfed by various modes ct accusation, • iv) such step as that' now' proposed had beer. re sorte&to. He retraced the %•( , ho;e of the 'ctiretannataeS - Which led to the recent events, 'and dwelt strong:. UpPti 'the declaration of the King, so 'decidedly et- Pr , aised, that he uvould not go a step furih r . than the 46 t'01. 1793 . It was curious i ) observe, that while late Ministers' pretended 16`14 - thete vety Sao pt . , lousi to, w h t 't h ey were the 'obligations im ' P c 'sed upon them by their oaths as Privy:Councillors, they wen:. tan willing . tO to' 'The King - The .6-;ii icietitiou3 interpretation cf his ~,Coronation tOati;. Their inconsistency in- this. -respea . : was 7;indst - With regard to. the'pledge-into which . the s oble Lord opposite insinuated - that his Majesty's resent Ministers.had entered,' he could Only say for . .toat no such pLxige, - had been demanded of Iliza." In the va;ious interviews' which he had had with his 'Majesty, no intimation, no hint whatever 1 !).f the kind was'given., On this subject he was of opinion if the late :...linistera were convinced that conscientious scruples were absolutely ,ihe'cause of his repugnance to aoy further grantor Inivileges to the Gatht)lics ; if this; were- so; he was not one of those who' wouid go the length of saying that they ought oofto Iro-e given the pledge required lafthern—never again' io bring the subject forward. As to the - argutnent, tbat.to concede every thing to the Catholics was the only way to keep them quiet, t`vas absurd-, and if admitted, would justify every !' 1 (1 of concession to every description' of people. . • .•ne was surprised that' the Noble Lord opposite had l'entured to make any remarks upon what he fancied wnsa dissimilitude of principle among the Members of the present Adniinistra; ion,with a recolleEl t ion upon Binh of the astonishing ineong'ruity, in that respett, of 'the !slate Government:. With 'regard to the personS Utlio,formed the present Government,. no difference Lad ever existed among them, which, as men of .ho tonr,renderod an u nlon incompatibiewith that charac ter: They had one great principle to which.all had - anifort.nly adhered, andto which not one of the Nobl e . L or d s oppo i te ltagi Uniformly adhered, namely, to *mbrace:the •sentiments and uphold the practice of at) illustrious Statesman .(Mr. Pitt) now no more. It *as one of his proudest feelings, that he had never sepa - rated froth that great roan on any occasion, and at entertaining the: most profound veneration for his talents and -tor- his virtue, he Was disposed, as far 'a,"4 it was possible, - .to emulate his condua.. He defended, spiritedly, the consistency , of the present Administration, and defied .-.the Noble Lord oppo site, notwithstanding the insinuations in which: he 'lead so liberally dealt, •to point out a -single instance of any inconsistency of principle. On the question -before the Househecoud have but one opinion;, for it ;was a question that involved a charge whcla by the, 4ttost ingenious construction 'could not,be considered 41 1 direded against ahy,other than the SO4rereion.hina izlf. . The Earl of LIMERICK saw no ground for any *alarm or suspicion in the state of Ireland, such as to rende r it necessary•to take any extraordinary mea- r l ures to conciliate the Catholics. If there was !really a nY foundation for such iriiiataa.tion in the rnio.d the Noble Lord ivho made it (the Earl of ?Taira), to institute a dired proceeding uppn a strange remedy to think of removing the 14 Inontents of the lower classes of the Catholics, k _ promoting the . higher ranks to the top . , of the Army. From the .known fact . that two re- Prnents lately raised by Gentlemen of high Catho 7kl! connexion, -were ,raised'hy ordinary. recruiting, 7 concluded that very little-facility of, recruiting the ilny wound be gained by passing the Qatholicc.4cers' Th'e proceedings .that .had .been taken .by The of tact Bill Were calculated to make the • "lolies think the Engiish the enemies ofthemselves : rlcl te their religion. He reprobated the versatility of pursued with respeet to Ireland; a system at time maintainiu hirrh rotestant ascendancy, and at g another time conceding all to the Catholics.• -r conceoe every thing, or come to a firm resO °n. to concede no more:- He reprobated the prac.: .T ee. of governing by a caCtion, and recommended not t..d_ e discourage nor to practice the . people Chou purposes. ti •` - ',,_° r dROLLAND defended the chara6ter of the lecitordls Administration. The Noble 11 4 d governed by a system of equity very diffe .r(lnt from " 1 k the systems pursued by former Chief G(..)Veroors 01 that Cotintry, with the except ion 'of the -1- 4°rd- Who spoke early in this Debate. The 4r.te i tit t, C Ua : • ntry was the reward of his Ruble Vriend's paternA Government s and the univeraA gret of the Irish people' would mark, his_ departure from among them. The Noblelleke bad parociiiar ly endeared himself by all . represeneationa eticodraging the institution of Ateasures beyond-the Coostitntion. The exerilon of the constitutional law' proved suffi- e , dent. :With respect to the question more notnedi ately .before their-Lordships, it was essential to the: Constitution to maintain that the King cork' do no, wrong ; and it was indispensably interwoven with that principle that the King could, do nothing without as respcnaible adviser. The .case of 'Lord Granby had established this COnstitntional Principle beyond question. When Lord Granby produced a let ter of Chat les 11. signed with t be King's own hand, in bar-to accuseitioni brought against hitn,the House vot: ed that it was a false and scandalous charge', tend ing to bring the King into disgrace in the eyes of his subjects. When his- Majesty's late 'Ministers weredisinissed for refusing' to - give a pledge, thOse who succeeded Must be looked-upon as, the-respon sible advisers' of the demand of thin pledge. If it were suffered' to go down- to posterity, that such a pledge was demanded, and .Parliamena forbore to mark its sense of, it,- there was an end of the Consti tution and of the Liberties of the British People. Sir W. Teri ple,.w hen a deMand a similar pledge was made by :darks 11. very properly represented the absurdity Of having Counsellors who would be pre cluded • from counselling: -With respea to, the Ca tholic Officers' Bill,' nothing but the 'conscientious inistoncepilon that had existed reSpeding it, could have Induced. him to consent , to its being withdrawn. He -cited the uniform e aeotiments of Mr. Pitt in favour of Concession, to :.the Catholics. One of the'last reconfinetidations that tenne'from hiM was the wisdom of liberal and conceding policy aowards the Citaliolics. - - An illustrious relatiain of his (Mr. I 4 ox j, pf whom he was-more delicate' in speaking had the very same sentiments on this grelit subject. With respect to the caaacity of the present Minisa ters, it was in the remembrance of every one, that twelve Months 'since they thought themselves inca pable of framing an-Administration;• when he look ed to the Noble Lord at the head of the present Go a'-erninent, hedid not sway any of its Members. Thc Earl- of IVESTMORL)IND considered the que,stiOn before the:H . o64e to be, WiletheaelliS 'Ma jesty had• the right to chaoge his Miniaterseand•was - tree-to exercise that Tight, and whether the Mini sters were deserving of the - confidenee of Parliament and the Public ? The present Ministers bad 'a ado , rious cause, and they would support it with firm ness. They were caller? upon To maintain the rights ca their Seavereieti, and they would stand 'Or fall with those riahfa'a . The Earl of DARNLEY' had 'ever wished moat' - an*iously ihat the' Catholics could be put upon -the same footing as tue Protestants; but there:were great difficulties in the way of the accomplishment of that wish. Nothing could be done towards it Without the full andiree - consent of the - King, and of 'die Parliament 'and People 'of England. He sup ported the Motion. Lord 'GRENVILLE wozild. state shortly the grounds on %% alien he would vote for a Motion found ed oti e principle essential to the safety of the Con stiunion. He candidly admitted that he lamented the overthrow of the late Administration. Th a t Ad ministration Ams M the train of doing much good. • • Himself he would except 'from what was entitled to praise ; but the talents and integrity of his Col leagues were entitled to the highest admitation. With respeCt to the new Ministers, lie would say nothing disrespedful of them as individuals ; but when he considered the frame and . system of - their Govern ment, and the unconstitutional language they had • used this day, hecould - not entertain any good hopes of them. He contended that the - mode of submittin g any intended measure of Govrnment to the King in the shape of dispatches •and minutes, was the most regular and constitutional. .The Noble Lord here ,went over the details of his former statement, to skew that the dispatches and minutes fully pressed the intention, to- grant in addition \ to th e terms-of - the Irish Apt all further military appoint ments. It 'was the opinion of several distinguished Lawyers, that the words of the Irish Aa allowed Catholics to • • be Lieutenant-and Major-Generals, and any, thing short of full Generals.' . Nothing - abort, of `the Bill introduced would be a fair extension' of the Mt . of '1793 to England. He contended that the expression 't that his Majesty could not II:6 one step farther," referred to the new clauses, nod the Bill that followed upon them, and that it was mediately connected with the words relating -to that Bill in his- Majesty's 'answer to the Cabinet Minute, drawn - up to. do away leis Majesty's reludance to wards-the Bill. The Noble Lord then repeated the history of the communications with the Irish Go vernment with resped to the explanations that he- Came necessary in order to satisfy, t b v - Catholics in ircla n 4 and from the fa& 'of . the dispatches being uniformly submitted to his Majesty, with the re= marks and answers of the late- Ministers here, he concluded that .those Ministers' had every reason to think that his Majesty' was aware of the full extent Of the 'Bill. The one in which the Word Appoint_ meats .was introduced, in order to assure; to The Ca. thblics . the COncesSiOn of the Staff, was calculated to strike. his Majesty's attention as granting something new ; though he Was hitns.lf, of opitiloo, that the staff Would ne et - A - 411y opeeed by the wordC'orunaission. It Was - now :easy to a see how the miSunderatand log,might haVe been avoided, and that was the case With e' i eey 'inisanderstanding after it had gone by. But nothing irregailar or unusual had been &tie,. and all the steps that were consistent With the general preetice had been taken:. MajeatY had . been pleased to express his conviction, that his Ministers had acted . froni the fairest 'Motives, and that they had really been led. away by a misconception of his gracious intentions. His Majesty's Ministers were . satiefled the difribulty Must-have arisen from Miscon ception on' both sides. It then became necessary to consider .what course shbuld be taken witheiespect to the Bin; and as no mOdificatien could be satis-. factory, it was agreed to withdraW - it. Here it was asked, in that - famous dilemma so . oftert repeated, if the measure was unnecessal - y, why biing it Thrward ? was necessary, Why — give it up ? Thesaine reasoning ,appliod to every, other person whb had been a Minister, and who had at any time taken a part favourable to the Catholic QueStiOn.‘ Lord Castlereagh, for instanee e if he was present, may be asked, referring to the time when the general Catho lic Question was broOght forward, and he (Lord Grenville), and other's thought proper to insist. upon • • • • ~ • 'tied to retire front office because it could not be . granted; why, he rhTg,ht sly to Lord CitSkiereagh, did :you bring over tlii.. 7 w&asure,•witii Lord Cohiwkilfib'st recotritnendation, if it was not abolu.. - elv necessary ? and if ydu did think it necessary, .how it that you afterwards altered . ydur opinion, aiyandoned it; . and returned to office, without insisting on it.?: So essential was this large and general Catholic Question thought at that time, that, though it'waS.a period of extreme danger and difficulty, , the G6v.ernrn'ent w'as broken ,up, :and its principal ;dein bers thought : t help selves bound to retire from office as they could not carry it. ! Lord H !PRES BllltY, in reply td Lord Greif , yille, contended that the whole of 'the staottwuc made by that Noble Baron; and of the debates, to which that staternent gave rise, were proceedings altogether' irregular - and' unparliamentaiy: , ---Trie Noble Baron had accused him' and his colleagues -of being the first set of Miritst,ers who had. shrunk from responsibility, ad, meanly endeavoured to shelter themselves under the witioi-o - their, SoVereign. - lie would tell that' Noble 1371rorp, ;that he- and his col-; leagues were the,first. Ministry w,hq,.. in order to. cloak their own Misconduct and absurdities, had so strangely ventured'ro arraign the perSOhal eondfict of His Majesty at their-Lordships' Bar-.—Fie atied from asense of duty and 9 onscien.:q to accepting a place in the present Ministry; and as long ns,he Ivasconscious of acting Upoti shalt-Sur - ids, Sliituld neVer shrink from the responsibility, to whatever extent it might be carried, to which his otilcial situation', made him liable. He had always been adverse to trlyr further concessions to the Catholics, 1:11!Ci cherish any such hope - in theirwinds.' hope which kept Ireland in a,state_uf &ontinuAferti men t and agitaCion, and t`mtiliit was laid 'a.slee.),,.tire would be no permatierkt tranquillity in that country, The Catholics of Ireland Were, he Wa-r certain, p:2r feetly grateful for .the many indulg e n cc m for Avitich ' the whole reign Of His Majesty way distinguished to wards them : and equally coniident did he . feel, that they would demonstrate that gratitude by their steady loyalty, and filsity the: contrary,prophecie;;, in which the Noble pawn seemed so much in. lined to indulge. Lord CAMDEN roe to reply to soul ! allusions that bad been made to his .condid.t, while At the head of the Irish Government. The INTOble Earl dc:nied . . that he was tied Sy any pledge on entering i i nto ti c present, and concluded With s - i% ing hi - s:;upport tot h€.: Motion for Adjournment. Lord 1110111.4 rose - to explain certain points 'which his Noble Friend (Lord Grenville) had o:taitteci, and contended that i was,noi iii•the nature of man that the Catholics -would desist,. from. pr“secuting their claims,-'the"concession Of which they con ceived themselves to be entitled to by thesteadi ness of their loyalty, aud.the zeal and alacrity with which they werei anxious to join in relenting the common enemy. The LORD CiTeiNCELLOR - agreed with his Noble Friend (Lord Hawkesbury) reprenting the present and a former discussion as wholly new, irregular, and nnphrliamentary.—lndeed he thong!. the sense of their Lordships should be 'strongly marked to-that effeeton their Journals. ,As to the insinuations that had been personally thrown'out against him, as having been one of those who se cretly..advised his Majesty tp . dismiss his Lite Mi nisters, he should treat them only. wiih the •con tempt they deserved. The circumstances of his having had the audience of his 'Majesty, he had stated to the Noble Baron (Grenville), and he trust:- ed th. , ,t that Noble Lord was perle&ly well satisfied with , the sincerity of his statement. The only pledge he had , given was the uniform tenor Of his public life. His. Majesty asked ito other, and he should continue to ..erve his Sovereign to the best of his abilities, without fearing itriy, responsibility that might attach to his official conduct. The 'Duke of l\ OfiFOLK. spoke iii favour of the original' qUestion. After which, the Question being universally called for, the House divided: on thu motion of Adjournment— ContentS, including, Proxies Non-Contents, including Proxies - rp. Majority for the New Ministers 8.1 Adjou-tied at, lIALv-rase O'CLOCIi . this Morning. HOUSE OF CO:J.IIO,I'S. MONDAY> APRIL 13. hour new Members were sworn and tOok the !Mr. - BARNARD and Mr, GEORG'I7. PONSONBY, jun. %%Tre of the number. NEW, R yrs A new Writ was ordered for the Borough of Marl- borough, in the room 'of the Eirl of DALKEITIi, now called up to the l~fouse of Peers, by the of Lord FlyNnorr'; for the Borough of Great lied<vith, in the room of Lord STemitituri,whohad accepted the oificeof.Comptroller of his Majesty's Household ; for the BurOugh of St. Michael's; in the room of Sir. A. WELLESLEY, WhO had aceeptc'd.:thp 'Chief Secretary fur Ireland and for the: loroir4 - 11 L of Eye, in the room, of the Marquts of IiuNTLEY, called up to the Ifouse of leers. POOR LAWS. Mr. WIIITBREAN, in moving t 9 defer, the Order fur goinc , into a Committee on the. Poor Laws Bill iron, W b eduesday till Fridaynext, in order, 'to give way to :In impoytaut Motion, of which an Hon. Friend of ,(Mr. Lyttleton) had gix n eu otide, thought it right to intimate to the House the .iltera tions he intended make in the lilll in consequence of inure mature consideration,. and in . .compliane'e with some of the most reasonable of the suggestions,con ta4iedin the communications he had received onsthe subject from various quarters. It was intended in the .Comanit',6e to divide the Bill into three _Bills : the first to regulate. the object of. the Poor,Asurance Fund ; the second, to provide for the equalizittion of the Comity Rates ; the whole of the remainder of the Plan to be compriSed in .the third.. He thought it right,also to state,' that it was intended to leave out the Clauses which went to regulate tk Adjudication of Settlement, the Clauses that related to the organization of Vestries, with the exception of one part ; and the Clause concerning the Rating' of P.erSonal Property. On the retnaining parts of the he hoped the House 'would have no ob jection tt go into a Committee on Friday next, and he intimated his determination not tv sufferthe pro ceeding to Le put oft beyond that day. LEFEVIa. found, from the lan f bien ii6ta ak-, a iatl) intiniation of .the pessibility of a , DiSt 7 oltitioti ot Parliament) ; that this- important bu'ainesg 'could nett iii the_present Session be disset i iseed With ee Lealtnness - and deliberation that were tine to i It was certain that - the provisions of the Statute of. •Elizabeth 'were not adequate- to their objet in' the. present state of thin&s. eliinw far the provisions of I . his Right, Hen. Friend's Plan were calculated to re medy- the deficiencies of that Statute he could not undertake to say. But at all events, his Hon. Friend was entitled - to the thanks,of the COuntry; and every proposed thing on this importaat subje& dese rv ed . _ , the 'Limit attentive consideration. He was sorry to hear that, his 1 - fon.'lFriend. had ...any intention of omitting the .Clausesirelatine 'to the Law of Sett (e.' merit,as 'he looked upon . ° therm as the .most useful part of thei Plan. • ,„ , . Mr. WRIF,B RE4D said, it was true that a most; itideeeet) and unparliamentary threat of Dissolution had been thrown out byArie.of his Majesty's present - Ministers, in the event of the House, not shewing: a , disposition to do .asfiliose Ministers wished .them.. But it would be , I mostepusillanimons cif; Gentle.metf were deterred:byethatetirreat-trone . bringinglOrward , what Alley would - Other. ise think:it right to submit for thee4iisoussien and ed.ec;siunlof the Horse:':- Ore him, ••at least, the' threetenould - have no such.•in-• !,11 uencese ~ He alletved!that the - 411an_reqeired arnple consideratidn and. discussion ; but he did note that it' would be of service. to. ..`allow too much time, for then the attention of peisoni in and out of the. he less particularly turned to it. 'lt was above twelve months.suice. he first gave notice of , his intention to'prnpuseithis ; end since that liettdpeattbroore.particelarly•sinot. the Bill was ;intro. , ducede - -Weeks siuee, he :putts =~vcll tiOnvincede*aitti the numbereof. letters hetimecived leveler day'on the. - :selbjea;•ti.yr si titch he took.ie,is portunity- erpressing .1113 acknowledgmeitts, that it - «v:1,-; :impolsible any c•rearer,degtele of. attention :Could he paid to it. Ifeit should'be Ibund necessarye the' Bill. might in . the Commitur he divided into more than : three three Bills. It was not- the. Clauses for relaxing the Law ofSettlement thatware tone omit tide het the Clauses relating to the Adjteeeature of meo "Settlet. wtis theeda proper- to Mike that otnjesion for the present. le con:;•-2quenee of tie: e neii'lldipnrobation of-that part.of the plat) t though it too.• t• pprov B et I.oh per, of lean tray be brought tOr..vard-at. a talon: period, it found eta consideration 'not liable lo the objettlol.l.; 110 W treed aga in:;t i t - ; or it may even now be p'teeeei by •e, .any tlentletwin :who was so well -s:!ristied - 0L..;5 p;o., • pri,?;tvias to think it ought not to be-deter/ed. His motive tbr the onoission was. a- fear -that by aitteinpt , log' to do.too much at preseet, . the opportunity of doing much' that may and °Neat .to doite, would be lost. He wished, to de as Inudt good as he eould j though he may not beeable to do all lie wished; •: • • rL E EBYR E, in explanation, assured his .Hon;•Friend; that the threat he had alluded to would in no instance hinder him from Acting his duty; though he thought it indiceed a-state ot wings that would be inimical to the calm and dispassionate discussion essential to a measure of this magnittr.le.' The Order for going-into a Committee on the Bill was then fixed for Friday. • • MR: cAttrimßNE. • - , General PORTER felt-much reluaance.ih'being I 'obliged to move to e defer the Order which stood. for • I to-morrow, for taking , intocotasideration the 'Pro ceedings of a CourtMartial e on which a Member had Keen-expelled: :TheePapers relating ts the sub jea, : which the House had ordered' to be printed, . would not; as he had been `informed On inquiry, be ready till the, 23(1.3 'he-therefore felt hitriseff under the necessity of moving the pasty:o/13;11cm ,of the Order till to4nerrow fortnight. • The Order for taking the Proceedings into consi deration Was deferred accordingly' till to-morrow fortnight. - Mr. CAWttIORNE was ordered to- attend in his phtee..t that eay e and Mr.. SWAN deferred to that day his notice of moving that cetni4el be heard in be half of the Freerneti•of Lancaster', in support of Mr. Ca w thorrie'S right - to his seat. - • The SPE 9K ER informed the House, that as two Eleaion Ballots were fixed for to-morrow, he would. ( temeedown at' half paSt three o'Clock, and proceed to count the Honse precisely 'at four.. OlscO:s7F.Ry I r THE.AIIMY PAY-OFFICE. Mr. 11? AIM thought it right to call the ait• c eti6e e fe t ee n ouse eiep - ort)el l 4, was eircelated abroad • of a discovery settle-by the Committee of Finance; of some ttansaaions which hal tbrinerly tak e n place 'in the Artny Pay-" Office, of n nature-most material ly involving the public interest, and'deeply afleaing the che'ratter of an' individual, whose name he would adt mention: The transaaions, if true, were fit subiea inr the attention and investigation o f de lt floese.e and as some of • the MemberS ' the Coininittee of Firenwe were probably present in the House, he wished to :he 'informed by them whethr there Wsis any fo2ndation. 'for the report. It wars the publie importance of the matter, and not idle curiosity, that induced his inquiry,: Laid H. PETTY lamented that the Chairman of the Committee ot Finances'(Mr. BanlYess) Wrs abs . • It he bad been in the he:would di re his Hen.. Friend more satisfactory information on the snbje& Alluded to than it was in, his own power toatford. he was himself a Member of the Committee of Finance . ; 'it had tioi been in his poweretill very lately, to tend,' oonsequence of- the engagements • ut the office be had held in his Majesty's service. He hOwever,. attended since -he had .CeaN4 f 0 hold situation, and he was enabled to •interin 'his 'Hon. Friend, that the trensaetion -he had. alluded to had .einne, out in the examivation of Mr. Thomas, of . ihe Army Pay. Odice. Since it bad come out; the' ComMittee - turned its most particular - attention to the investigation - of it and, this morning an Hen. Member -of that House; tbrtnerly one of the Paymasters-General (Mr. T. Steele), was examined touching it. ' 3 l -- ie 7 ould not say what the Cormxiittee may think proper to recom tnendto the Houee in censemuence of what had come out, ,Or what may come out before it; but -he was ,t sure the Cornmittee would'not lose sighf of matter of so much importance, and that a-Report would be -made to the ~House upon it as speedily as possible. Mr. WARD hoped, And was sure the Committee would lose.no time in taking the necessary steps in a matter of so much moment.- •• ee• . , • . ACCOUNTS TO BE LAID BEFORE THE HOUSE. The SPEAKER ;thought it right to . , state, on the t subjeet of a Notice which stood on the,!aoot for dive