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but can I imagine that I.d. Cluticarty, the Inman to
giums that Noble Lord recommended Alr. Boding,
Ifece!;4,l the Noble Lord's interest? If be did
Mat receive it. then there'siust uttiich to the Noble
Lad a strong suspicioli-that this Patronage to
disposed of must have been couvertible into
moot>, in some slimmer or other. I have hood.
Cart the Noble Lord has said he disdained such '
iiractices; Jolt I think sucli'a declaration would
have come with a much better Oct if we iced
not had this evidence laid before us. When I see
patronage dieposed of throbkh such a than-
, nel, and know that he was President of the Board,
a ill that Lord Ciento. ty also belonged to it, and
t tat Mr. Reding had b. en petitioning that Board,
I mutt say that the Lord could not huve
been ignorant of what had happened, I must now
c ell your attention to a feature of this traidaCtion,
which applies to this allectatinio of disdain winch
be expressed mom hearing such au aecilsatioll as
this made ageltiSt •In page 61, of the evi-
d-tlices a Mr. titre ge Davis is examined, and there
av,iears to have been, at the time lee alludes to, a
u .groiatiou set ou font fur the procuring of a seri-
tership which did not take effect; but there was
,some correspondence upon. the subject, and the
_ Noble Lord's mime was mentioned. Mr. Davis
ta itt.ked, From what rea,un du you suppose the
uegotiatioo broke off? Teis re.toon was explained
by Mrs, Cirove ; that at that nensuent there was a
, Change in tt istration,. and that it watt a Board
of Coutroui appeintilietit. l or-Ale-et Mr. Itediug,
or Readiug, aftet'w.tvtl, informed nie, that there
was km Court suli,coltio•oot to that itio.aent, aluoug
the then aillaini.aratiori, by which a fluorination
could properly take -place ; or the card, I do not
kat* whether it warm card, or how, but that Alert
was so opportunity of the proem being appointed.
Who was at the head of the Board of -Controul at
. that time do not know. Did she not mention
by whom it was to be given to your friend ?—A noble
Viscount was mentioned to We. Was not Lori
, Castlereagh the pcnimi meittioned ?-11e was. Was
.:Lord Castlereagh the person to whom you wrote,
• commuoicatiug .these eireilaistanc-s ?—hie was.
Plow lung :ego .was that transaCt'oll ?—lt was in the
beginning of 1.946 ; it was at the moment or the
.atheuge of Administration that site applied for it.
When 1 v. rote to his Lordship, Ire requested cue to
cell upon Jinn at his olliee in Dow iiiiigestreet,
aced I did on that clue. Did. you see lieu ?or-
Pia, lie was at the Connell ; Intel I reeti veil a
. note the next day, aLloosledging the lek 1.10 of
it. and ruetustieg that I would replan' every
lin that the party who had made use of his rune
should lie deuscted, or something of that
Did he decline seeing you ?—No, so far from that,
Ins servant 'delivered to tier h.. compliments, and
desired that.l would call at his house in Doweeing-
etreet. and, if he was not there, gee to the Douse
ofCuoinions. You have net seen him Ms•No, I have
not. And no appoiuttneUt was made for reeilig
Joni in the note you received ?.....No; bat he re-
giteeited I would lend my aid in order that die party
_wisp would be during ennogn to inake so improper
a use of his uauie (I 'Milk that was the impression)
should
ilt exported. You could produce tile note,
if nece ry 3—e Yes. eertaiuly." Now, Sir, the rib-
sere:v.l4; I make upon this evidence is, was that
deelaratiou of the Noble Lord a gement. siucere,
end honest declaration or not? All this took place
liter the former negotiatiou had been hegun,
:mil broken off ; /Hear hear ! hear .1.)
and yet he aliettis upon this hot 0(1.4,nm to be so
iadignaut, that Hr deisires the persm's witite to
be mentioned, iu order that he might be detected..
it possible that, under such circuinstahces, this
}louse Can give lona credit for those feciauge? Can
We supliose that he, Who 111111 been the guilty in-
strument iu rtlrcteci urgotiatiout of this nature
formerly, was actoatv,l by a sincere intention to
pepose and discounttnatice such a practice, other—
wise than that he might thereby prevent has bring
exposed himself?—/Hear ! hear ! hear !) I have
no thniht, that lit would rather hare etprewil Mr.
Ihrdiug, or Mr. Davies. iliac hare iiifoirreel the
{]auger of exposing !mitotic; and that it was the
fear ',fatter:owl, lather than a wish for the dis-
covery of guilt, that prompted his Lordship to that
conduct. 1 stand here in the correction of the
Noble Lord and his blends around nun, as to whe-
Saes' I am (loin lutp autejustice in this statement.
It is for theta to say, of I am in error ; but I shall
retract any part of this accusation which the evi-
dence warnuits'ine in making. If it were iritpro-
per for Mr. Davies, Mr. Bedong, or Mrs. Grove,
to bring disrepute ilitOtt offiversof Goveromeut, who
were they that were guilty of permitting that int.
propriety to exist ? I contend that when the Noble
Lord's jealousy aas peculiarly excited ; he had at
that time (lone all in leis noqer to effect a corrupt
exchurige of a writership. for a teat in Parliament ;
Po' I min ticrer admit that his delicacy in this conld '
have proceeded l'iom any other &thug than the fear
of detection.—(Hear h-ar Ifsit were really
improper to couple his mime witlisue:i a transaction,
f trust that when it iipneai•s tat leave been *filially
a coupled, lahall rind u justilicativm es the eyes of
toe Noble Lord, mid those around him, for brieging
forward such a transaction to public emote, as is
uilar to that of which the Noble Lord himself
says, the authors ought to have been exposed.
Tne Noble Lord must acknowledge elm I um
right, or 'he must shew that this transaction was
not of the same kind with theist other our. What
erodd he meant by thuse items, that the party
makiiig use of his 'tame. should be deemed and
exposed? Mew were they to le...exposed ? If de-
tected, 1 suppose the Noble Lord, or les learre
Law Friends would have i.ioutdiatel, 'meowed is
prosecution asoiriK WNW perstm wait tttg ei-e of his
at me; and how 1 call .. upon this !louse to (le that
which we would hire beausloing uprei threw ;tell-
titian's, had they been couvieted call noon
you to hillict that same poirsioneitt mem tie
alrrady Ice r Hear !i—
-ll arty such persons as llime the Noble Lied
wished to detect, hail hems convicted, punisivie,it
must have followed, although mouths and vesirl.
might home elapsed !whirr their guilt .eras
covered ; hint 1 say, that so fir from thecir conduct
being unjust or iiiewoper. I contend that coo
would have heel, tiatitled to conclude after the
discoestry of this delirsoncisey, that 'these rink:me/1i
fad obscure inilividusa, had sodired an unmerited
have trouldedi the /louse at con-
siderably greater bregto thews( 'Mewled, hut I •
chid* it will sow appear thatlbe iinportatita of ..
Is. '

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'Mined IX"

this twat:lan 3.ields b none that eta braatcht
before this House. The power, privileges, and
immunities, attacked to those in office, must not
semen them from censure. We inustahow the pub-
die, that weAtre inclined to porsseavith impartial
justice any crime wherever it makes its appearance.
I say it is a mockery of justice, to affect to censure
persous comparatively inconsiderable, if we are to
suffer a Noble Lord, filling the office of Secretary
of State, (Lord Castlereagh) another Noble Lord,
a Member of the Board of Controill, (Lord
Claucurty) and a third, a Peer of the realm,
(allotting, we believe, to the Marquis of Sligo,) to
escape unnoticed. if we call do this, we shall for
ever lose our reputation for impartial justice, for a
ease more flagrant and glaring can never come be-
forethis House. I have been supposiug the ease of a
person who might have been convicted- of a slander
upon the nob!e Lord ; now I shall allude to what
we lately heard upon a late discussion. We beard
that the Chancellor of the Exchequer had thought
proper, iy consequence of some utlvertisement IU
the patter*, offerino a situation for sale to lodge a
con of money, and took every step in his power,
in order to entrap the poor unfortunate individual.
(Hesr, hear. hear.) Now I would wish the Hy use
to reflect if this trap of the Chancellor of the
Exchequer, so admirably contrived, had been
also laid to immure those concerned in the
transaction I have been describing, I think he
would have been not a little surprised to have
caught his Noble Friend who now sits near him,
together with his two Noble accomplices—(Laugh-
tee.) That Right floc Gentleman ought to have
laid his trap upon this occasion, ar well as upon the
other, for the first appearance of this writership
was by advertisetneut pi the public papers, and if
he heel only applied his trap a little wooer. fie
would have undoubtedly found two of his col-
'emotes anal a peer of the realru,—(Hear ! hear !
hear.'/ Supposing that Right lion. Gentleman
goes on with the prosecution of those whom, he
says, be has already entrapped, and will be able to
brim; them to conviction; what all be the feelings
of this (louse and the public, if they, shall find in
it a case comparatively trivial to this one, which.
although most flagrant, has escaped without notice
mid without censure. There is one circumstance
which I have omitted to notice, and which
may appear to pface one in an invidious
' nom It. is, that this evidence has lain a con-
siderable while upon your table, which I mean
to mote should he read, and on which I aim to
groan,' a motion of censure against that Noble
Lord, and yet no one of the Committee who
made that report, has thought proper p make auy •
observations upon the flagrant cluirgi io t contain.,
and there has appeared no actual isitentiiin of no-
ticing the transaction itself. I own it did surprise
me that such evidence could have been laid upon
the Table, without any notice being taken of it ;
but however invidious it may appear, I own that
I had no sooner read it, than the flagrancy of
the offence struck me, and feeling every respect
for thet Committee and that Chairman, I could
not refrain from (hang what I conceived to
he a public duty. It is not, however, to be sop-
po-eti, that they should do more titan %tate the fact.
anti therefore I men, to make no sort of insinuation
against them for not having made a recpaanietida-
tion. What possible ciefence can be made by the
Noble Lord, or his friends, I mu truly at a loss to
conceive, for I know of nothing they can have to
offer either in justification or exteimation of such
an offence. It may be stated, that he has done no
more than what others have done betiwe hint ;
and if so, I shall only say. that in all former totes-
actions of this nature, a similiar inquiry and a si-
milar censure has taken place as that which I now
ask far. jcianniat agree with the srntimeurs of an
Honourable and Learned Geutlemaii opposite,
when he stated that the evidence of an accomplice
is to be rejected. In this case here is both it prin-
cipal and an accomplice implicated. and I situ
prepared to argue that point. should it lie set up.
If 1 were now calling for the censure of the (liaise
upon a transaction, a system of corruption, which
had at any time appeared of a justifiable nature,
it might be incumbert upon me to urge further ar-
gui neat that I have flout., but at present the question
merely appears to be. has this offence been coin-
. mitted or not? This is a queatiou which the (louse
has ill their power to determine from the midence be-
fore them, and indeed 1 need no other assistance than
what comes from the lips of the Noble Lord himself.
I have refrained from casting any imputation upon
the accused that the evidence doe; unt fully warrant ;
and I shall Et* glad to hear abet he hes to otter in
contradiction to that testimony which is already be-
fore us ; and as I know it is usual for the !louse to
permit persons accused to state any observations
that may occur in their defence, as well us to per-
Mit the accuser to reply, I shall not trespass at pre-
seta more tyro, your patieoce than to repeat my
assittanee that I have acted 'froua no other motive
dem a conscientious discharge of my duty." The
Noble Lord then concluded his statement. by mov-
ing, !!‘ That the evidence of Lunt Castlereagh, LAM
Clancarty, arid Mr. Reding, be read." ,
The SPEAKER, previous to putting the question,
stated to the House, that the practice, in such ewes
as this, hail been for upwards of a hisseared years,
when soy charge is, made against may Slob. Mem-
ber of that !louse, he should be heard iii his place,
in his defence ; and then, that he should withdraw,
and afterwards, that the lions Member accusing,
to propose any offer lie may thiuk proper to make,
for the discussion of the House.

On the question being !wormed from the Chair;
Lord C4STIARBA(III rote, and made a defence,
of whieli the folloWing is the purport t—„ Before I
troutile the !loose by entering into the particulars
of the transaction upon winch the Noble Lord,
who has just rat down, has fonlidoll his charge
against nv-, I must express my regret that any ai -
tiun of mine should have induced Parliament to
occupy itr time iii rli•enssing. The kittlilie, how-
ever, have as interest in upholding the privileges
and dignity of the !loose of their 11.-presente-
tives; and, I moat say, that a peculiar degree
of responsibility atbieher upon thine whom His
Majesty entrusts with his confidence. But I trustl
that if I have done any thing in the discharge of
my official duty, I can chew that it has been done
from no bawl motive, nor from any disposition to
net improperly. I rim es.ure the Hone, that I
have ever been reluetimt in lending myself to uny
„thing that is injurious to the totuitry or to the ea.-

thority of Parliaruent. 1 most say, in the outset,
that so far from the charge now Willie being hot.
tomed ingot% 'the evidence which I myself gave be-
fore tho.Comosittee, St rather appears to
in the teeth °l'd. If this transaction, Whether
right or wrong, coold be coupled with any iitt,:o-
tional purpose on. my part to acquire an undue
influence in this blouse, I should say that no case
of a more aggravated nature could have come be-
fore you. ISo man eau with Justice impute to our,
from the evidence ou the table, that this watinis

proper management of the influence of the Crown.
It appears, with the exception of this one iodated
case, there never was an attempt of the kind during
the whole.iture I have been in office. This, 'which
the Noble Lord has beim pleased to detioniiitute
corrupt species of traffic, was evidently IMAM utt in-
temperate inutiuu, nor was, it an attempt tilt eft
Lord Clanearty into Parliament through any MI-
, proper use at' the patronage of office. It distinctly
appears, from every thing that passed between this
Mr. Reding cud myself, that there was an nutlet-
dual who was desirous of procuring my return to
Parliament, and wished an, apponituwut tut a re-
lative iu India. I acknowledge to the llonte that it
is with great regret that any tliiag should have given
rive to any iiitereeuratt with a man of Mr. Iteding't
description, as he turned nut to have been a sort of
trafficking broker, who goes übout transacting busi-
ness of that nature very unjuetitiably. 1 had reu!ly
au notice, at the time he ramie to me, that there was
such a person in existence. Ile wrote to me that
there was a Gentlemen iu this Rouse who wished to
vacate his seat, and that Int could plocuie my return
in his stead. So far there can be leo gronud of
complaint attaching to the train:au:bon. I did fairly
conceive that Mr. Reding was a gentleman sent to
me by that Member to make this cominunicotion,
and to require my advice. As to the application
tOr a writerehip made on the part of Lord Clan-
tarty, he never conceived it to have been in-
tended to apply geuerclly to a seat in Parliament ;
but 1 certainly thought it highly derireable that
that Noble Lord should have a twat in Parliament,
both on account of his abiliti-s, and the quantity of
business for which he was peculiarly adapted, was
so great, that he was likely to be of great advan-
tage to the public service. It no sooner appeared
that there was a degree of turpitude in the trans-
action with this Ur. Reding, than it was put an
end to. If I have been entering into any
traffic to receive money fur the sale of a
place, it itsight naturally be supposed that
I should have required security for the payment ;
but nothing of the kind took plitee„ as %worse',
from the tivadonce bet; ire the i louse. As I did not
require the seat alluded to by Mr. Ratting, I sent
his letter to Lord Chowitrty, tied the only colt.
wertiation he had with him, was his iuquiripg who
was the petrol' disposed to retire from Parliament,
and finding he could not get that inforruat.oti from
him, lie broke off the transaction. The ne:Totia-
tioo never having beeu resumed, it was evident
that the bartering of a Writership for a seat in
Parliament, was as foreign from Lord Clan-
earty'e mind, as it was. from maw. As is the
case of Mr. Davies, the fact is, I never saw
that perwin in my life ; although it is said, he
called upon ate in Dow AA I)) g-strert, in come -
quence of a message front my porter, in answer to
his nuts.--1 eau only say, that lat that time un-
derstood him to be Mr. Davies, the Member fur
Colchester; and understanding from bum, that
there had been an application far a wri terhip made,
iu what 1 couceiveil all improper course, I wrote to
him to attend the Committee, in order to state hew
my mime should at all be implicated; and I did re-
quest lie Committee to (loci. into an investigation of
that transaction. There could he no appuintnient
to a Writership without its previously being lis-
t:enabled that the person to whom it was to he'
given was eligible, so that no impropt r infriegeinent
of the regulations of the Directors hail taken place.
It hes been stated as a circumstance of particular
aggravation, that d in my situation as President
of the Board of Controul, did make use of the in-
, fluenee which I possessed iu consequelice of 4hest
situation, to promote the election of a 'Member of
l'arliernent. The object of the Legislature in vest-
ing the patronage in the hands of the Directors
themselves, was evidently to break down the Pa-
tronage of the Crown ; but the Legislature never
indulged the romantic idea of preventing any &ban-
her of the tiovermisent from rase-nine any hide-
euce in the apponitinent of inferior officers cuts-
nected with that department. I admit, that in Jim
iuetenee should it be pushed beyond w hat common
custom has saisetioned; but the uppointutents
which, as a matter of grace and favour, arc It ft at
the disposal of the President of the Board of Coe-
trout, may be testowed by him without any injury
to the public. I allow that a Minister us placediu
a very responsible tutu:llion, but I delay that he is
' more responsible in a case which occurred is)
'mother office, than in one ta hick has happened its
his peculiar departineut. There me many gesitle-
men, I am persuaded, who find themselves in the
poisseit.iou of the mime Patronage nut of office as
front the courtesy of those with who n they had
its ell iii the habit of attirig. The; Board of Direc-
tor du certmitily make a declaration which binds
tie* particularly in each cases ; but it does not
follies that other persons who make no such
declaration are to he considered a. having their
errors aggravated be the breath of what they have
not pledged theme Ives to. flaying said thus Mulch
upon the aggravation. in my opinion
charged by the Noble Lord, it will not be is t • I.
wiry for Mr to trespass upon the attentimi of the
Douse much looter it is in possession of the tet%
upon which' it is to decide, 41141 I ton confident
will eyerri,e• itejudgnieut with roolness and with
caselout. It' I was called before the Comaiittee
to pave uu replan/terns of this transaction, and was
not prevented by that secrecy which my official
duty might impose, I would not, from any cansi-
del atiou of peasotiel and private feting, abstain
loin au opeu de•elopetnent of all I was acquainted
aril,. Daring had the ipisfurtutie to have my
name mixed with persons of a certain description,
with whom it was not creditable to be usseciated,
lit was more satisfactory tome to be involved in any
Parliamentary inquiry, whatever its consequences
might be, than remelt' sahjert to that imputation
of turpitude and unworthy feeling, which, if not
stated distinctly,. ant met fairly, might attach 'o
my character. I can assure the Hoare, that what.
alter (spinier they may satertain of the transaction

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influence; and 1 can Repute the li.
though the inditidisel was %Ad 1144 Mel
ceived him to be a person, pei Emily
to the situation, mud. as tar as. polities',
understood him 'to he' cohort:Vat withail
with * which Load Cluisearty mot I wtrt
habit of actin;;. '1 !.,s I certainly' did _-sioi,
an 94141it44311141 ret imiliwoda2.ton. I did not link it
likely that this man o ould ourremter troy 'ono,
of his, awl the favitlf is t% as the laq in the world thio
would he likely to prod tier II CUt/Upt *lslamises upe:s
iti election. I deny that it was likely to have Sara
corrupt influruce upon the shoe or reprceentatiol:.-
Happily places do exist where, either thringli pro-
perty or some other liberal cause, i 4 WWI 'clay bud.
has war into the [brie without re:antic' to am
corrupt iiitlarnee a kit soever. Those lilies-A Wilitil
Illttflpily exist, 10p01 a facility for then vi hit cannot
dedicate their thole time to the puitiiie,e of
populurity ; item a ho, froin :Menthol t, office,
olio, from stiffly, are prevented- from t rata-
case t,I those mils in %forth others lieveisin op-
portunity of indulging : they open a rase ity fns
suck oleo to mike iheie why Into the bat,
who would sweessurily be cxcluded, eta-
tions acre Al coriductitt upoi popplar psi civics.
mid coutiited; its 110 south ii ca,,ti they wool be, to
those only who could dedicate their • time o the
attainment of local intimater and fuller. The'
question then cornet, was it proper to hr ul,-
isobar(' a lan son under the eircuuistimeas 1 the
situatiou this is, supposing the transaction, i ..teed
of existiug only in the iningination, to he eipoieil
into execution ? Et en the clime of etrairm re tar,
an overt act to worst' Mit e the effrace'ud the dant
is
the charge ; and surely I might expect to r rico
the benefit of such a principle. I eOIIISI It
tr
a duty imposd e upontoe us u mii inister, Its
iweept of any defence which might be iiiitiltioua
In the public; I tlo refore will al Eqpt. of sure
such ; but can it be supposed fur a stiontese,
that I intended to iiifluence electioes corroptli by
this means :. S:aiiiliba in my situation, as Moist, 7
of the. Croats, i hail a right to exercise that fair
influeoce which 114). situation gave time, to sullen,
the Government with whom I was contieetcal I
had a right to give those who would tripwire that
r Government, upon. independent principles, ',eery
assistance which my oitimeuni allowed, but nut to
make the powers of ti,;it. 'situation iustrunieut:a is
ads:seeing any lent% ideal pa rpoves. No eland
corruption attudirs to any mind in this eissii; it
I hail an inipress:ini teat 1 wits actirg corr.:4,oy
er wrong, 1.613 was -pree'i•ely the case. I sl. mild
have mottled this ise,e, iitikh• never otitis ex-
isted, which was merely imirainsi;y, whiCh ~was
a pea fret romance, as perfect a one as my pla vine
ratils with Mr. 'Reding, to which, if to tiny eii ti,;i•
I vould itudernike to prove an alibi, I idaurfat I/411'.
considered this case in particular, for it was imoare-
silite that it could be comealial; for suppose 1 ant
C. was returned teParliament.aud it appeared tl:aff
bid to veil his son, be nephew, a writerohip. wa,hld
not Ihe transactiotihe instantly exposed ? If I meted
14114tiil.' "Po" this subject, it was not from any t ur-
pitnile---it did mat proceed from any dishooest or
dishonourable motive, as It evideut front the nature
of the case, which Scald oot be kept a secret. W 1 1
respect to the c.eri living utver acted on, 1 diab'ain
any defence demo a from that consideration; for it
' the corrupt imention is proved, it makes little ditlitr-
ence whether it wits executed, or not. flat it is pc/-
tilde. in my cominimictitions with Lord Clanearti,
before the tsas uccomplished, I might see
minion to influence inc to retreat, it was conipetro t
to me to withdraw, if I SAW cause for so d 0111,4 UM f
I received any intimation wilt respect to Itedino,' s
character, I must and would have retracted. I bolo,:
.that no one will think use mad enough to reliaquishi
my public situation, my public Character isioa
all that was deer to me as o man for the pm-
pose of serving a private friend, or procuring ani
iidditiou to the party to which I belooged. E
do taut wish to disguise any thing—l do lint wish.
to justify any dung upriu principle, which might:
be inconsistent with the dignity of Parliament.
Having stripped the case of its aggravations
having stated that I was influenced -by no in-
terested or corrupt motive, that I do not thiuk
the individual wouid have bean Ird to surren-
der up his inincipleA, and above all that -no elec-
tor was likely to be corrupted by the transac-
tion. I have only to express my sincere regret
that motives of private frierichihip or a wish to have
the ussistaiiire of competent persons' in the Cloveru-
mem, should have led me into the adoption of any
cooduct that rendered an inquiry by this House
necessary; the evidence is before you upon which
.i. ou are to form von' itikaient, and whatever de-
eissiou you may pronounce, I shall submit to it with
deference.
Ills Lordship' withdrew on concluding his de-
fence, and the evidence beet:: eine' ed as read, Lord
A. Hamilton proposed the following Regalia-
tifma :—.
Resrocv•rs,
lat. '11,:o it +appears to this Home, from the evidence on
the Table, that I Aril Viseount Castlereagh to the year loos,
he larnintjaet quitted the care of President of the Board
of Controls), and being then s Privy Counsellor, 4941 Scant..
itIV of State, did place at the disposal of the Earl Chnicarty,
a Nieather of the said Busied, the nonsiartthtis of a Writer-
ship to India, for tha parscucr of IL+ ashy procuring the said
Earl (lantana a Best in this Nemours:Vs House.
id. That 1.1 ua. 111,611* to * ditUrZfterlletit ~*arse other
subtotatinate panes to the transact+ou, that this corrupt
Nezotiveuit dul not take effect.

3.1 That Lor.l 1 ',count Gantt-each bus been by the said
sonduct guilty of a violation of 1.11 duty, of** rettl.4 of his
influence and Authority as Pit siiket.of the Hume of Coo-
trout, WWI 110.1.1,Uf re 3 attack upon the purity and Couatitu-
tion of this Hoot.

Lord lit N N IN 18711..111 a :to in who has served
the polina• :it a high (Alice for 11::1Ay yews, is c:illen
upon to ilef,od hmwclf fri•in charges contained
the Itcsuliiiions,. it is iiinaitel of great moment,
anti much ticlrberslion. In the course ut
the speech which the Noble Lord made, Ira disa-
vowed any intention of deter:4H; himself upon
principle : I do not intend ti• iictend him upon
principle either, and sin sorß the it is not in tily
power to do so. Fur his defence I will refer to the
proceedings. It apprays, that Mr. Reding. in 1/14
interview with Lord Castltreng!i, told him that
he had the means 9f ussistine lion in coinilif,
into Parliament. Lord Castler.acti informed
Reding, that he did not want *areal but
conceiving that be made the otTeq as agent tor a
fermi] willing to *Slid the Cimino ent, he :der-

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but can litnagine that I.d.Claticarty, the person to •• this epsasthin yields ea none that eta brtinglit thority of Parhatuent. I Mist say, in the outset, in question, notbiug could be farthe room ,t
torn that Noble Lord recommended Mr. 'Reding, before this House. The power, privileges, and that al) far from the charge now made heiog hot. mind than to male it subseivit in to a iny curru
leace;4l,l the Noble Lord's interest ? be did immunities, attacked to those in office, must not toured upod'tke evidence which I myself gave be- influence ; and I till appure Ike yuse,
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ow receive it. then there'siust attach to the Noble amen them from censtirr. We inustshow the pub- fore the„Committee, it rather appears to lid ilivensly though the inclisidin.l aaa 'not Haines 1, I co
bird a strong suspicioli-that this Patronage sd iic, that weme inclined to piirsse.with impartial in the teeth ol'it. If thiii transaction, sirlinther etived brut to be a person, perfectly odequa
disposed of must have been convertible into justice any crime wherever it makes its appearance. right or wrong, could be coupled with kuly to the situation, awl, as tar use politics warn,
Monty in some manner or others I have litiod. I say it is • mockery of justice, to affect to censure tional purpose on' my part to acquire an undue understood him 'to be' connected with. ti tat pay
Clad the Noble Lord has said he diidained such persons comparatively inconsiderable, if we are to influence in this Mouse, I should say that no ease with %Lich Lou ClanovartY sail I weft! is ti
practi,ess; isut I think such 'a declaration would suffer a Noble Lord, filling the office of Secretary of a more aggravated nature could have come he- habit of aeting. 'CLis I ceitimils• did • • oak",
'have come with a much better ktice if we had of State, (Lord Castlereagh) another Noble Lord, fore you. No man eau with justice impute to are, an additional set of imenda2.ton. f did not tnk
not had this evidence laid befgre its. When I see a Member of the Board of Controtil, (Lord from the evidence oa the table, that this was au jilt. that this man %% fluid surrender any ini„

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