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He %coonei now elate why- he did mst (strive far die
Canitnittee early in the session--)le vim.; to
move for the re-appointment of the (Nausittee, ler:
on tile second motet of the Session, in the alnewice
of a Noble Lord (Castlereagh;, wham the Opposi-
tion (possibly they made a mistake between the
station of The Noble Lord and the Hight (lair.
Gentleman, Mr. Peet). had theretofore curiaidered
as the organ of the Government in that House,
notice was given by the President of the 130,rd a
Canning;, that lie (Lord Cuatirrealf.)
would submit to Pailiament u specific meatior
respectiog an iii(lniry into charitable alree.es. .
SIYAI a notice, 110auxtou%ly t .was clearly
14firfed dela) tar motion. lie wool"
implore the attesition of Gentletneu to the ihanzei
or the Right Hon. Gentle Man ; tidy evere of some
consequence, for the character of pubbe men wad
alill of some itnportatice. His was no Inikieg
Int as ;he did not wait from 1816 -to 191/,
and from 1817 to 1818, when the Parliement
was dissulved—and again till the lag.rtal of the
se,„ion of 1819. lie !Mr. Brougham) ilionisproved
of the conduct of Government. He adttered to
the principle of the House, and openly and Mali*
fully stated his objections in his proper plsce ; he
hurl asserted that the *ComMistion was necessary,
because the first Bill wis found iiietfectual ; he
was anxious to bring forward his motion, and tr.s
only prevented hey the notice of the Noble Lorrt.
He proudly felt that his conduct Vass beyond sit
cavil and suspicion. The Right lion. Gensleunits
said that the Committee exceeded their pose's,
because they inquired into establishments fur ruler.
totion not contemplated by the powers otvet, them.
Here he must say, that the Right Him. Gentle-
man had resorted to a paltry topic to inflame his
seerlict a damages. He discovered that the Com-
mute, bound to inquire into the educatior) of the
lower orders9f the metropolis, had extended their in.
qursies totascertain. the best means of preventing the
children of beggars from heiteringin the public:street..
It was enough to state, that that was a clause of the
laid Mr. George Rose, and was attended to selelv
'hy. him. The Right lion. Gentlemen expresstil
his great astonishment, that the Committee should
order the Misters of Westminster and the Charter
House Schools before them. Now where was the
.Right Hint. Gentleman's astonishment in 1816,
why (lid lie pars over those proceedwies silence
till the end of the Session of 1819? Wa• not this
a good cause of astonishment to persoos who tlehght
in wonder* ?—(llear, was
true that in 1816. the Report ass not -
but where Vasa be in 11117 ?—had he not then bull.
emit time for consideration as he *dumb ?—wies
he ignorant that the matter was then observed (In—
dst it was brought before the Hanle hey the Right
Huts. Member for Liverpool, alto made some just
aid natural oliservatiorw, not the less so because they
were open, fair, and candid, respecting whet tip-
'trawd to bin to be the excess of our viewers'? Sin-
polar it certainly was that after three years sileoce
the Rte lien. Gentleman (Mr. Peel) fora, on a sud-
den falls into ;Alarm arid :wont hitteoi. Ile (4.0 s
silent in 1817—tie was silent last S,..siwn, when tee
knew just as much of the subject as he does now—
he was silent during all that time—aidl he mile comes
forward with all the bitterness of invective, and all
the innocence .of itigentious astorMilimeer. Now,
i• owsver, his indignation bursts forth, than. no doubt.
in It:s (Timm' was enough to destroy the Committee,
Reports, and all ; but us they survived, by God's
mercy, it only remained fur them to -make some de-
fence. Ile would next go to the construction of the
Committee.—[Here the Hun. Member slid, that
iiiet Committee which of all others should he im-
partial, 16 of its members were ministerial.. He
read the names of the members, and writ into a
mitigate detail of the principle on which the ('gain.
miitee was constructed, to ,hew that o,t re t‘os
a majority of Ministerial Members, jllll to te.
fine a charge which he said had Itt..t,s) mut,• it,:tt“ttt
his party, of packing that Committee I—A. le
the other charge, that the Committee lard pub-
lished the statutes of schools and colleges, cum
to the oaths of ilie fellows, the Right Holman clue
Gentlemen should recollect that that vies a ewe-
ditional oath—that it was only binding OH than
according to their dispositions—and that on till
occasions where they got any thing by it, Gee
uniformly produced those statutes. As to the a. -
notations that had been published, he died:le:mil
.all knowledge of them. As to the charge rertit!t•t-
it% the letters, the Right liattoitrable•Gelitleman
•stiould know the proceedings of Parliament ; if he
did not know them, lie should not make a elbari.:e
founded on nothing but his own ignorance.—
The Committee acted on the precedents of ho-
ley' times and higher men. As to the letter signed
by himself, he wrote it after deep and mature con-
anderatimi ; he had delayed that letter because
Ile felt reluctant to give the parochial dery
further trouble. He had no view, he could hair
none, but the benefit of the public -the ohji,ct for
which he had spent leis days and utglets. llr asked.
was it ever known that the Chairman of u Cowl-
mittee requested information, in these term*, •ell it
suited the convenience" of the perste, of whom 14
wait asked ? Might he not, in the same of tle•
Committee, demand it ? cicrernew were
bound to answer the interrogutoinS—.:id there was
nothing discourteous in the course that had beef
followed. A circular letter was, ie bier, sent round.
its order to save expense, and to tff,ct the 'object.
which the Cominittee bud tit view. lane Right
Hop. Gentleman made an atiackon biro, with
respect to a pamphlet which It hail published ea
this subject. Ile taunted him (qr. IL) with having
taken credit to himself' for refusie twee,. !a !or
owls notes of evidence, taken betore the Gee-
tnittee, lest they should be used far tiarty par-
poses--as if he could not have (woe so.—
Now, he begged leave to observe, that lie kiwis
instances in which not only the private notes taket;
In
individuals, before Committees, were made knave
to their friends, but where the evidence pee,
before a Committee was absolutely sent out t
e Lola
West Indies, by the supporters of the ;tight Him.
Gentleman, for particular purposes. He COliellter•
ed.such a proceeding to he indefensible. soil their-
fore, lie had abstained front such a course of coil-
duct. He was accused with having 'nude this ques-
tion a cloak for electioneeting put poses ; but cer-
tain it was, that he had refused ter lend the mioaters
of evidence to those who perhaps would nfIVC used
them in the furtherance of party objects- wlacle,
he conceived, completely exonerated him froin
charge.--(Hear, hear.)—lte would not hate ,oast