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wheehy his milieus had sop ght oil VI neem ei it, Ins ',-
meets that His Majesty did 'Mak it advinitageou
to repeal the regulstiou iu his vermin. Ile did tirot
mention this iestimee as sipplicable to Lord Buci.
hersle but mend> in justiticatioo of the priuciiii
he was contending lbs. If he Web right rhea in thi,,
he would statethe purlicidurease now before theist,
in which he tiouctaied the waived rule( oulit nut
ply without peculiai burilship. Inns Lordship's
mono!' had takea place before the toils blitieh,
lieu the new rt:guletion hail tel.eed. all would have
iseeu as Hi tire dir„.• after, namely, Oh
erth.March, his Lordship rat jest lex years from
. the (lute of his first ernernimion. A coluering bust
been uttemlited to lie eiven to thetroossetiou. font,
the cireunistentie (if sine Lordship Whig the can of
Cabitfla blionare, 11. nas sure that the Hots.
Gesitleimite stlio sus Ininselfll seldier, had no wish
to tlilow oat :my sidle; that could east a stain tw-
ins a young. a gelliiet, and a rising Officer, and one
alas eats promise 44s oily in the army. Ills Lord-
ship had lint eordini d himself to mere regirreeital
duty—he lied sought wee ie atril he had ser:l it;
whereier ilice4te was, he 'ails to he found—ln the
north of iit the Dardanelles, in Egypt,
in Portugal ! tie did asst believe there existed our
who had wore es posed kallf‘eir, or who lent in1:1
more Retire in his exertione. Irma, d, thi
lore, that no imputation would be cast Nem his
being, the ,4)e a a Cabinet Miuister, *Own he had .
himself purchased the favour of his Soverrigii nv
sneh exertions. The simple filet Wall this
antra was indite sto his Royal Highness to
iolvauce his lordship; a like application had
also hewn made to His Alajesty. it W.llh tele.
*Hertel us right to distinguish, by some mark of
the Royal favour, one who. io Pussmiti"" r".'k•
wreath, and family, had abandoned all for his ser-
vice. Note it:intending, His Majesty hail iiitiiiiiited
that this voidd not be done till his Lordship had
seentpleted his term of six yours. This-took piney.
just before the but negidatioli came oat. The
Royal
then aline to this, war it lair. sine tiri
Royal pnsuirO given. his Lordship 1111/111id, lb! t
.new regulation, he obliged to wait a further term of
three years, before he could be pros oted? lf,ueder
these ciicomstances„ his Lordship's proinot was
not agreeable to the Hon. Geatleinaii's notions of
• right, it certainly wes so to those of His %tinily,
an I lie considered him as an authority. there
was a violent cry of order! in the House,' ittid.
the Se&•6l;it rose to call elle Noble Lord to•
• order, who immedintety apolo6i.ed air the me
ad. erteice of the expreseinie] There eel-taint):
were to be found ninny insiaetee of promotion*, nue
orthe ordinary coarse, is lie,. ow plaice! motives
could he imputed, they bong bevlowed upon those
coanected with the opposite side of the I louse, in.
*lnch the Majority at.d I e.Coloueley hue Milne ed in
. the seine peek or shortly after. When it Was its
coutemplatino or pliteirig General Beresfieril at the
heed of the Portug aerie army, severid officer*, to
the amount of twenty-four, of whom Lord Ilueg-
hereh was one, were perteitted to enter into the Pea-
ttignese service, with the advance or oue sees, in
their rank in the British service. -Under these ear-
cunistances, therefore". it was considered u inirdebio
for his Lordship to r. tunic three years limer with-
out promotion, upon a regulation which took effect
only fire days before he would otherwise have been
entitled to it. Ile hoped, therefore, that under all
the eircninatences, the House would not feel it was
case fur further proceeduope or that called' far
the information required by the motion.
Earl TENIMIL observed, that Lied Burghetsh
hod not only the brevet ruck of Lieut.-Colonel in
the army, hut still retained his Majority in the re-
giment, by which a double injury was itillieted ;
brit, upon the eldest Captain in the regiment, who
was thus ousted of his chance of pnimotion ; and
next to the army at large, as he understood it was
intended to scud his Lordship to Portugal. where
Ito was to he made a Brigadier-General ; and thus
he would be placed over the heads of all the Colo-
nels in that army. The speech of the Noble Loot
war one consisting entirely of truisms; he bud said
the prerogative of the Crown was not to be inter-
fered with but in extreme cases ha contended,
was that very one which celled for such interkreore.
It was said. that Lord Burgliersh vas uithin live
days of the regular time at promotion ; upon refer-
ence however to 77ie Gazette, it appeared that hie
Loidship's first promotion was on the t 2.411) Decem-
ber 16443, iu the I Ith Regiment, without purchase.
consequently lie would not be six peers in the sat-
vice until December 1809 e There: was some di11...t-
-enet of opinion al to thirhe did but know -
ther the Noble Lord or The Gazette was to he
considered as the better authority ; but vt hen tl cy
differed, let the papers asked for be produced ;
this was the very hest reason for their produc-
tion. The Noble Lord had ,called Lord Bure-
berth a rising young man; he etlinilliy
so, and by the present system lie prohielde
would Ire rising every day. He thought very
of that young Noblensao, but he bud beard lie
' had never seen any regisaiental serail..., in his life.
He certainly had seen service atoned, but lie hell
nut beep employed; he bad issionteered his ser-
vices. This, in itself, was a favour, Lot it was no
ground for promotion. Beside*, it appeared that
all his Coinutissions had been granted without pur-
chase this sorely gave no further title to greater
favour ; if on the other hand lie was allowed to
volunteer, if he ass permitted nut to join his re.
einnent. all these acre rcasout against it. He wisl
the Attoriley-Cenrialwas presieut ; fur he could 1 a.
restruined in the esercise of his prerogative when lie
should lie edvised ter en improper or improvident
exercise of it ; as if he 'sere to ha: ioltieed to midi,
a grant of St, James's ; %%mild any one say.
that this could um lie rest-Joie; ? For three reason
he-should vete fur die motion.
Lord eAsT4ref:AGH explained. thatsthe effiiers
olio entered into the Pai:l4;uese service, were
called upon tn eurrender their commissions iii our
siert ice, suit therefore, tie siiiiiporwd, Lord Berg•
literal had Ilk ew Cetrendered his Majority.
Colour! Herein picots attlidoted the propriety of
rewarding signsl merit, and thought comineareinte
(aerie ghoul(' lie arelie eiel sedulous in ream:-
mending meat to disc use rid. It 5501 far Com la •
aish to mid, nate the Its of Lord Curehersh
but, he %mild as Its the only officer iu Lgypt•
the only tele in Calehlia, she only one in Portugal.
who lont.elf for his intrepidity
and trident ? Ilis .. i ... meet wits are of the most
crying idjustiee that had occulted in his YU:IMP.

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