The Express.
London, England, 1852-11-17 00:00:00

not forget the intimation which was made by his hon. friend
some time ago, but the fact was tl at the pressure of circum-
stances rendered it quite impoesib:e for him to lay an esti-
mate before the how...

Mr. IiUME said when public money could not be so
counted for, there must be something extraordinary behind.
The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER did not
may that the public money could not be accounted for.
(Hear, hear.) Public money expended in this manlier
would have to be accounted fur to the last shilling—(hear,
hear)—but be acid that, from the pressure of circum-
stances, it was impossible at that moment to lay an esti.
mate on the table.

On the motion that the clerk now proceed to read the
orders of the day.
Lord 1). STUART said be would take that opportunity
of saying that he thought they had heard a most extraor-
dinary statement from the Chancellor of the Exchequer,
and thrt that house had been treated in a very singular
manner by the refusal of his honourable friend's
request. (" No, no," from the ministerial benches).
The whole country, he believed, was unanimous in
wishing by every possible menus to testify respect fur the
memory of the illustrious Duke of IVellington ; but he did
not think that that respect womb' have b,,:n in any degree
diminished if the constrtutionul course had been pursued of
stating to that house, which held the pirrse,strings of the
country, the probable expense attending the solemnity
of Thursday. Everything had been dune by prero-
gative. All the orders had been given, and all the ex-
penses incurred, and now the House of Commons, after
being bamboosleri—(loud cries of " Oh, uh," amidst which
the conclusion of the sentence was )et).

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;;;Mr. CARTED. was surprised that after an interval of
two months to consider the subji et the government could
not say whether the expense would be 10,0001. or 100,0001.,
or, ae he had holrd it estimated, 210,0001. For whit pur-
pose had the government been wasting two months, if not
that it might ask parliament for a sum not too large for the
over-taxed people of this country to pay ? It was a some-
what invidious and ungracious task—(hear, hear)—to
rise in the house for such a purpose; but he was
bound to say that he felt on the previous night
that ho had not done his duty to his own eon-
science in not standing up after the right hon. gen-
tleman opposite had poured out, in well-turned periods,
a eulogy ow the late Duke of Wellington, that he did not
resist what he felt to be a national folly fur he could only
regard a national funeral as a national 'folly. (Loud cries
of "Oh, oh.") The right hon. gentleman said the feel-
ings of the people could only Hod vent in a national pa-
geant. If so it would be tar better not to express them at
all; and he must say it would be much more credibible to
that house, and beneficial to the country, if the sum ex-
pended were applied to something more useful than the
mere pageant, pride, and pomp of a public funeral. Ile
thought all this wore the aspect of impiety—(oh, oh)—it
was man paying almost idolatrous worship to the clay of
his fellow-worm. As a member of that house ho had
availed himself of his privilege of witnessing the
lying-in state, but be confes,ed that the feeling
produced in his mind was one of disgust.
The honourable and learned member sat down amid
renewed cries of Oh," and " Question ;" but no further
notice was taken of his objections, and the resolution was at
once put and carried previous to the Speaker's leaving the
chair.

APPOINTMENT OF MR. W. PATTEN AS CHAIR-