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sixteen Niiiiisterial MemLets, anti Ave of fire Oppn.
sition hear.)—No ; it was solely for the
porpoise of investigating the coocerus of the litera-
ture of thectountry. 111 That object haft they but to
promote the public charities of the country, and to
direct theist to their proper fourposes ? If those on
his M 111 the House were considered too ready to
discover abuses, those on the other side were liable
to the incite serious imputation of endeavouring In
conceal them.—(l/ear, helr.)—Wills respect to the
power proposed to be vested tit the Commissioners
to punish with imprismitnetit persooris refusing to
give necessary information, it was a power that was
wholly roorlisperi,ablo.; it wan such a plower of coin.
mitt's! dialyse vested in every Justice of the Peace to
the country, mod such as, if it were
would neutrallit. the whole iioquirv.—(llear.)
Lord CAnTLIVISAGLI thought 'kit the very tern.
iterate mintier in which the Iwo. soil Leonard
Member (Mr. Brougham) had expr•• ivied himself
this evening iu this (pies' ~,,, was nor u. ly highly
creditable to houself, but must prove vety satisfac-
tory to the Guyer iiiii eist, after the very enticed and
angry language he had hr.!, accustomed to 110111 no
this subject, and haviug tumidly represented all the
charities of the kitigdom so. objects of peculation
and corruption, and the Government as anxious
oioly to sc•erti every abuse—this, too, as the im-
pression a loch the lion. Member had adopted,
after mature consideratiiin, wason his opinion, a re-
tracting of his lormer opintnov, and an ackitowledg-
mem of the truth, that the Government were really
Ilet.irows of investigating every clause which could be
faith trimmed out as a proper object of inquiry.
The :aide Lord thee' adverted to the present Bill,
and said that the expenses of this inquiry were nut
to he regarded in comparison with the aillantages
*thick may be.expected to result from it. Such eu
einpluyineid of the public funds weiiiil • y• o•tiall)
br 1111111.1 to be attended with.great ads ui. foe
charge for the salaries of she Commissioners would
be 10,0001. a-year., and 8,0001. for the general ex-
prn.-a of the inquiry. Tule length of the it.quiry
must depend on ctrcumstatices, but it was not pro-
bable that it* objects Clllll.l ne ()blamed within less
than lei years. But if it were found that the great
charities left by benevolent individuats.were
plied in a better, more effectual, and more salutaoy
matin-r, • ven this ex OrliSe would be ant ill employ-
..d.—(liettr.)-••••lie then commented generally opals
floe objects of the present Bill, reonarkitig that
wherever a founder of a charity copointed visitors
and trustees to take charge of it, the law ought not
to interfere with this discretion of the founder. and
that wherever no visitor was appoilibil. it vies the
cow-taut practice, as it was the duty, of the Court
Of Chancery, to exercise a v +aortal power. and coo—
reel abuses. Fir entertirio.id a hope that if to v
sent up this Bill to the House of Lords, sialliar ut
principle an It wa. to tli I, 1 the last S 1111 i
very much it,, roved in its inachiterlt, Ist *11..h..41,1
'he If ,tt• must all w it to I*, tl.ry diti
oat incur any vsk of having r j e.erl. The trill
Vl4. such 'is the Hun. Mecilor tool, n, 141.- Fast Sr.-
'ann. recionalendetl to the House, and fie linprti iise
Iliouse would now Wm far remember that reconi-
mendation as to c incur in supporting this Bill •
Mr. PEEL rose, and was procerdisig to address
the House, as he S sill. in hip 0W II Vllldltlllllolli
when he was iblerropt.sl by Mr. Stititli, who
called lona to order, no the ground that tio second
stionino had hero made, and consequetoily that M..
Peel had too right to otdrew; the House a sec I
time.
Alf. BROUGHAM Milli he ribald no objectiort to
make the mottoro of which he his. given notice, CIA
lie ought thereby give the Itiglit Hon Geollenitin
an opportunity of speaking again if lie thouglittt
necessary.

The SPEAKER said, that the most convenient
mode of proceeding would he to read ear Bill a
third time, and then lion. Members would harems&
opportuhil of speaking on the several clauses as
they were brought up.—(Hear.)
The. Bs:I was then read the third lime.
Mr. BiouGuAM brought up a rlau•e, the object
of which, as we could collect from the indism ct
manner in which it was read, was to enable the
Court of Chancery to extend the powers of trustees
of charities.

Mr. PEEL then rose, and expressed his regret at
being again compelled to offer himself to their at-
tension, although the strict rule' of the House al-
lowed him to address it. Charges, he said, had
been made against him by Hon. Members opposite,
which, in their nature, were somewhat incousistent.
It had been alleged, that lie had prepared what
was called a bill of indictment against the Coin.
mittee, having associated to himself, in this invi-
dious task, several other persons; hot he could *g-
oitre the Learned Gentleman, that whatever may he
the nature of this bill of indictment, to him alone,
without the concurrence of any other persons, woe
it to be attributed.
Mr. BaonoklAill disclaimed hiving imputed to
the Right flOn. Gentleman any thing more than
that he had had the advantage of discussing the
matter with other Gentlemen, when lie (Mr. B.)
had entered into no such communications.
Mr. PEEL resumed. Ile did not imagine it seas
a fair ground of charge against him, that he had
canvassed the proceedings of the Committee to
pirate with his friends. Gentlemen who pushed
themselves inrward in that House into public situ*.
tiona, such us Chairmen of Committees, must ex-
pect to have their conduct very freely and fully
examined, provided no personal or improper mo-
tives were imputed to them. This right he hail
exercised, and whatever his feeiinga respecting
iint.lic measures may be, he should never lie-
sitate to give them expression. The flooourable
and boomed Gentleman had Paid, in the way of
complaint, that he had not brought forw ird at an
earlier period his charges against the Coml. •!,
but he showed, by reference to- the dims on v
the evidence VAS ordered to he printed, the late
period of the Session, acid the long absence of the
lion. Member himself from Parliasaeot, that he had
not an earlier opportunity thine' the present night
of making his observations upon the conduct
of the Committee. The Learned Member must
forgive him for saying it, hut instwithssanding sell
lie had heard on this subject, he would still toy,
that he thought blw Committee had ear ex teraril
the powers-which :lad been orikiiialty conceded to
them.—(lleur, hear.) —lt had been said that he
stood forward against that *oniony. tit consequence
of his peculiar /rides:in to stir University et' Qs-.
foid ; but tf this were so, was It a fair wetter of