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Miser, becalm! of the admitted naelesenees. They would
led, however, that the 'office in question had been vacated
at a higher allowance than terwthirds, which was beyond the
wale of Mr. Pereevers Art. Bet in some cases there was
actually, since that Act, and since the bad times, and mince
the woos of ministerial economy became strongest, sag-
weetation Ruing on. He would chew the principles of
this economy as they were to be reen io • ease 11, two.
Any one would have thought in 1916, when ibe complaints of
bad times were already loud, that there could be no Otter
time for commencing the promised reilitetinits; and yet in
Fehrlam, 1818, the Commissioners of Excise and Customs
were endowed with a permanent increase to their salaries,
each had been eradnally increased donut the war. To
make them its love with the peace, as they had been an- ,
duos% to the labours of the war, the Chairman received ea
addition of three hundred pounds, and each of the COlnnliii.
liOnefll two hundred pounds. Every thing was cheaper t but
the nostmal given fur the adilitien was the lons of patronage !
It might he raid that there were the Stamp Commissioner-
shipi and the distribuo iron available for the purpose. But no;
it seemed test there was a desirable syntmetry in ante efface
which must be preserved, and therefore theyesest he eon.
yensaied in money, lbw waned to be like a decimation
that efftee was to be considered is a barter .or tragic, aid
'that a First Lord of the Toy:teary was to be hired with wipe-
-141101/11 of fres, profits, soil advantages like en attorney*, clerk.
There was an office partienlarly worthy of attention, that
of Secretary to the Bused of-Control, the salary used to be
1.14 or 1815
1,5401. but it was thought too little, and in 8
suet. were added—the permanent salary was lo be 1,8001.
'two years after it was discovered that an lion. Member
who occupied it, bad been in it no lees than live whole
sears. " Bless us! well, what estriaishing virtue, whet ;n-
-inn sedentary of aims' (steam! • Whet does he not de.
seas for boob', • prudasble abet for so extensive a period
of time? lf the. does net rlemeve enesevegement, I shore Id
lib to• know what does. Wiry, he excels exactly in that
vapiabieh we ell enneeete. Let him be reived• (or his reli-
giose salliereere and dinging to place?' The salary then '
• became 2,0301 ho laudable an example of •generosity is
the patron was to be encouraged, sad so 4he Mon. Member
remained in the office two years longer, trt skew on the
other hand that aveir.oonermity 411111 not 1011$ upon him.
llbst! has he remained two years Amiga ? Me moat
be raised agaial—(Soliseb laughter • and chorine)—other-
wise the Slate will want sorful and faithful wenrants.
Let him be raised, fur example's sake, wholne so laudably
persevered in retaining his place." Accordingly the salary
was railed 200/. a year Mere. This happened in the fired
pilaf the distress, after the Hotta bad voted the necessity
of gemannisieg —eller equally strung aessrasees proffered
liplignimen to the Houle—seal after the Committee of Ps.
IMMO had reported, writhe daises. conesered, tt d salaries
imitelloglances ought in incase to exceed the scale of Mr. •
. .Pereeval's Act. He begged air House to enforce the pylon.
• pies which had been professed by shy greater part of them se
Aloseoposny. Utility wished to save the mentory —if they wish.
ed to avoid going ashore no that worst rock of itstiiatel en.
latoity, a national bankruptcy, they meat retrains. To suit
that retrenchment to the eiresonstomees of the country was
the business of Ministers; but the doing it effeasally was
lbe only way left towhee the country. What plans they might
balm (sir relieving agriculture he knew not. He rely trusted
Chat there was not Yes individual in 4lie state who would
think of prom:ming to relieve the /ended interest by in-
creasing the facility of borntwiag—(Heeir, beer, hear).—
'Whether it were proposed to effect tked•borrowipg through
the Government, and so aibjeet Ike farmer to the only
plague which he had pot yet known, an Ncelortver process—
or if done by others root through privete &easels, be eared
not—in the end it would only be . ,opemeamtation of the
evil. Above all, hr would pat the .111mase.soi.Lheirftesed
against some portentous turnouts which wore ;broad, and to
which the Right Humour-rade Gentleman opposite had
given no explicit denial, of a proposition (or shifting At.]
13.11,16 To shift the bordello to other oboolders .coold I
nut effectually relieve agriculture in say ease-nistever.
There was • clasper of getting rid of Hawn prevent, boat
the advantage of changing the whole hurdles heathers, was .
a. guano( compared with the alienate insanity cff qphole.
10g any enewere lending lo bring back the odious in.
.1101Weett. Let them he wise by experience. ;If the Right
. onset got his rinotou that ithoret_he.vanuid
now leave it till be lead paseeecti•lnmarlf of the last fare
Wog. Let them rensember bow amelly..beeremseetly, that •
lax at fond insinuated its operations, bow progressively it
•wevit on devouring more and enure, until there was nothing
left. Let them thick of site ever groping weight with
which it wee doers all who were fishier' to iiainetuenee:
is Pares mete
.prionis lOWA seer attialit in auras
Eerodousque
hod only will it a ,eenerelly grievous and intolerable burden,
but it p rl especially on the landed interest. He hoped
they would take castles against the dreadful dangers of
letting that tax in on them.. "nee -Right Hon. Gentleman
would gradually swell the force and demands of it to glut
she extoririgenee of an unnecessary expenditure. or the ex-
valence of such a prijeet be bad nos tenantry ; bet rich • ru-
mour less abroad, soil it hal nut been denied in the-Hasse,
.and therefore he could not forlorn cautionisg the House to
be &wares( those vddonanes who bail ted•ibeen forward to
obese straits—visionaries in every line/ bet the vonebief
crested by their schemes—visionaries, certainly, is all the
views sod cuisiequeoces they proposed. In closing bin ob.
amnions, he rotahl not hot remark oa the nature of the' '
snotios which die .as about •to itolonit. There was 'whist
in it pkdgisg any Member rt. say Snug as to •the kind
of redaction or. the preetiar mode of twarenr.bosest. Who-'
ever was friendly to keeping up a fuolish and expensive
Siekete Fmtd hod tonnes to feaelmoneisis mono, dangerous
to his favours ie &luaus. Wboaron believed in the Pt amity
of seeking relief for somientere Isymadoclug the burdens 9f
the ainney must be (needs to hie suasion. The only man
who wood oppose it was he who, arileking the taxes and.
burdens of toneronseat, iliodieteas of the cavalry sod his
own uoiwithatandiag, that lbe .Government was rat good,
mid all that .had been dune so valuable, wand still be
content to saner them, a. that .the Ministers were
Maned, the Inenlillrrel .1 their administration ,were
net to b- altered. •He wend roure-11/ery loud canna
—• resolution, "That it is the bounden duty of the
House, well cousidecuot lbe pressare of the public
burdens generally, sod cm. the agricesiturol clime in par-
titular, Cu obtain fur the people of Englood arch are.
dotage in the expenses of the Goverment as Ant be suit-
ed to the altered value of the curreuey,mid 08year/eel effec-
tual relief to the distresses of the ementry."
The Marquis of LOII44IIIIIOII9BRRY rose and began by
observing, that he would toot attempt to meet the points of
detail and direct argument connected with the great and ie.
portant @Woke' each bad been, as be eunsidered, 100
prematurely brought forward in the bog and elaborate
speech of the Hoototontle sad Learned Gentleman. He
believed that had, the • Hon. awl Learned Geoilemen come
forward, prepared with a *pectic proposition, upheld by
reasonings clearly and deafly established, and containing
a direct and unquestionable remedy for lb. evil complained
of, he would base been prepared to have gone along Pith hint
on any such view. The Hoommoble and Learned Gen-
tlemen bad, however, given thane nothing to hope for
f that nature, sod as to the points which prow.
hatly reeptieed to be met by him, they .were all been,
mg on a few tralket mailers connected with the ex-
'reuses and revenue of the country, which it would be nit sof.
Scull metier to dispose of. litho Mon. sod Learned Gentle.
men could have put forward any proposition' (or reduction
which would nut be lately to endanger slaloms! With and had
divested it of those rrasoniogs which he bad used. so. well
eakulated to spread alarm sod in ror through the contort Il
wed if his project were out, moreover, one which would
ben the effect of altering the whole surface sod eco-
Sunny of lie retahlieluneute, and so render the State
itself insane, he would here supported it. It,
dug bon through his speech, however, he should confine
hostel( to those parts which more peculiarly belong-
ed to the diwyesion, hairiest first of all ascertained the
bouadaress of the question. What was the question ?
sad what was the situation of the House in regard to the
onetime ? and *bat was the situation of the Hon. and
Learned Geodes's,' in reference lathe truth.? He bad not
spared the House in his censures; bet it was not whet he
sheen of the Hone, it was wboletatiefortion their conduct
t?" secured to their censociewees,good haw far it was approved
by their eosetituents. Tu tbeeepointa_be would coosne Mtn-
%lr. Had the Hos. Gent, been to earnest in seeking relief to