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had ascertained the rapt. For such office! u thit
ihe Chancellor of the Exchequer, it might Im
proper, natural and convenient, that they whoattl,
haye houses appropriated to their use. But that a
luiuse should be purchased for an official office for
the PreSideut of the Board of Control, to which
scattily any person ever came, except the Chair-
man of the Court of Directors, and to which 110 col.-
respeudence was attached, was highly wrowg; if such
an rate were ut all necessary, it ought to him: been
',mewed in Leadenhall-street, where it might hate
been lad at a much less price ; the& was iio
i4ca ler inch an official residence ; there via:, not
the shadow of an argument in support or it. ite.
I! urellok to au Act of His present Majesty, the
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lacy of !he President of the Board of Control and
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gatire of the Crown **snot so glaringly exteinsic,
the utiobeerved influence war greater. No man.
who looked dispassionately at the subject, tvold
deny that the influence of the Crown hail increased.
The establishment of the local militia t have
increased it. Now many dependents and followers
insist have been created by that alone F There were
ninny other insutnces. but 114 they did not come
within the scope of his particithir object, he u.suld
forbear to emboli-crate them. It had hero objected to
him by the ftii,dit Hon. Gent. that he was too much
of a theorist; but the principle upon %Inch he mete
was one adopted at the Revolution, and be was ail
inclined to abandon it. He thought that too many
persona, holding offices, had seats in that House.
lie did not mean to deity that many Officers of the
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the two Commissioners was fixed ut 5,0P01. ; mid _.rowte sliusald sit there, as there were many, the
iigiviis,... this house was isitended us an he:reuse to nature of wheat situations rendered it iodising,.
that si'll. ry of the President, lie should object to wilily ueeessary ; but he would contend for it, {lilt(~
It, in th. tint iostance, as not having been meowed ; there were more in the Mouse than were Ilketlh
and if it had been avowed, lie should have sigaia levy. In luuking at the list, he was of opie
objected' to it, as an assumption of power. which Ilion, that all the Lords of the Admiralty ought
reeled Oily in that House. If they wished to iii- not to have seats hi the House; of the Lord*
crease lis salary, they should have dectenied the of the Treasury there were also too many; aii tik
Coassairsiouem, who received 1,504 per annum. the Ordnance deportment, he thought that the
fbr Jrang nothing, and not have attached a house l'resident should have u seat, but he sew uo reason
ibf 700 or 8001. a-year bey oesd what the set stint.- why the Treasurer, or Storekeeper, or Clerk of the
hates. Ino isersons unlihull looked for this hawse. Deliveries, should be also included. With respect
Lord M. bilk and another ;ut the time Lord Mel- to the Loan' of Control, he thought the president:
elite asked it, Ise was in the animal receipt of 10,5001. enough. There were inuny other places; the tabs-
front Mike • Ned sinecurea. mid this made the 'fuse scssiors-of which hod seats in Parliament, but which
rather leston. one. Its August, 1000, when Lord could not be defended upon the sainue priliCiple with
:lit bilk applied for the house, his letter describe(' those. He saw uo Cause why soy persconeconneeted •
it ant aver to the House of Commute% and centi. with Olio Majesty's hotisohold /should possess ads:
snots. to the parks, Mid a resolution passed th.it be the only effect tiny could litivc,would be to Merest/se
aboold have the house ;it was 'mei:limed in lent, the influence of the Crown. That might be proper in.
and lie watt not of oiler ; then it was not kon•iii t the «potion of someGesitlesuen ; but he bud already '
what should be done with it :he was Oiliatli it for stated that lie (mid lie was sure he might add mune
life, but declined it, aril accepted 1..t,0001. a-year.— others,) were inlverse to inch •an admission.—
It was then determined that tt should twettitte Amuse;; the office( to which. he objected as tome-
the official residence of the President or the Board cess.trily. duel 16111'11/11Ay admitted into toe House,
of Contronl. Being concilicsd of the impropriesj• were tlte Grooms of the Bed-chamber. the Equerry
of this proceeding, he moved two Resolutions, to to His Majesty, and the Vice-Chornlwrlain to the
the tiillowing ettoct : Kiwg uniNue”ii. It wsmalready enacted, •"f That
" That it appeared lii the Home, that on the 1:Ali of no pert's!' .holding a prosiest for atern' of years
Marsh, 'MU, is eninr:nrnee ut In applieitinu Guns the
Riolit Ill.«e.its. Henry Uniiilao, a haste bad been purchased is ja„td• .1 • s
se t 11111t1.31 to a pm' y' and lie saw 'immoral
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Down..v.lmi, in, on. "nu 0f%,,,,01.;. itemsir. u". 1" wily the prom ',shims should not he extended tollitise
hot mess snowed to inhabit the sank; sod shit His Mo. who held thew for life. Without @opposing the
nowa .4Nisievs had been guilty of a Uteaeb of treat is existence of coy corrupt or dishonourable motive
et:',. toot me mitt purebuse' in such person:, there were eveo 'virtues its their
fir. DUND.ti said, that the house was bought ,nature that inis,lit give them an improper Islas ;
for the official re-ideuce of the President of the
geatatode arid friendship might bltitel them to their
Board of Control ; but trusted he should he ex- pollic duty, and the respect they owed the consti-
tuted from mitering into the propriety of such a tutiun. %Vial regard to Anne holding noel:ore
inutile:se ; he, however, thought the duties of that places, it appeared to liini that there should also be
stflire required an official residence, as much as that
o limitatent to them. He hoped {feat no 0111! would
of the Chancellor of the Exchequer for 'reload, or suppers .that there was any cassea•
I.,_n hetveo, thia
. several inhere. As to the legality of the: uppro- iite tion and that of ParlaMtiesita Reform ; they,
priation, he hart not the least doubt; and contended 'o'er: completely distinct, end should not interfere
that the•llon. Newer had put e wroog inuatinction
with one another. Among the.friende, however, of
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upon the Act abide be lied "& to; It was a Parliarneutary Reform, be expected-
supporters of
proper grant, as a contingent expanse upon the his motion ; they must think that it was not
olfiee, mid perfectly legal. • Under this impression. rig for the Cro Ito hare direct till oence
Ise would not detaitithe Efoctim any lossger, and Lou.. Opt' 11 the votes of"i a
Metnirers ; itinit ihinking sox
with
eluded mewing 01! ',militia question. they must espouse a motion calculated to re-
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pp- aogs Yr.wrooar acquiesced iu the propriety strain it. A Noble Friend of his had objected. to •
of allowing the grant of an official residence to the s nethin that fell from hint on a Foruir occasion,
Chancellor of the Exchequer for Ireland. 4 re- °ld
I 1- node . •
an wne I uppcsired to .avei_ f loran mimeo-
dustiest" had taken place its the products of that sun Irmo malted he intended ;he iookt is opportnair
office, atnonoting to 5061. soyear, oceuriouell iffy " °emir,.
X Oast he slid not inteod to assert that
the rvt"0"1 of causes froi,s She if;e4sequer to city; seto'is-mh:ii.oii had been made, itiorder to induce
the liitig'si Beuch and Common Pleas. In cease- Nit. 118Dowdd to quit-has professiop ;he was
,deuce of such a diininusi ..... he thought it but haos s ......, 116. n'f...llioo, to di) justice to that
Csir to. recommend to his frieteletheis tO power the 14 e. Irlitife..ti i ;tali; span
c—ltanocter, as far as he was ec-
propriety of granting an official residence. (maimed with it, he respected. tale concluded with
• Mr. WittfUlttaD raid, that,if the offnied duals - • . •' '
ineviug a resolution, " That the 'noose should take
of the President did require an offiteal residence, • • • ••a •
into in consweepttioo, early next Session, the pro-
the east, tither than the West end oldie town, would prkty of hulitisig the. number of placemen, mid pen-
be the Place best calenlated. Lt had been said that is rs nalilied to sit in Parlianseut." •
this hates was originally given to the Judge Al.
'14;1% 14) r id the lion. Gentleman lied not
e'ea4' he wished ta.k•L" why it ca* "" wow had stated aoyl-peviliet practical reason for his motion, and
by tllet urAcer ?
therefore he could not agree to pledge the House to
Lord 11. Parra; in missies to the question of his express any opinion npon the subject. Former,
liotiourable Frleted, begged tense instate. that it the Granites" of the Bret-Clutioher lied seats in that
Charles Morgan retired from the mince of judge Home, but crow there was wily oue; nod previous
lvi,bciari"cojillsidiVreetlien'd, of` his ' yehaersri*Lii dofinlifikrlo; itaiudes.
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tociowlr. Iltirlt's act, the is ttttt Meof pineetnen mid
- pensioners who had seats, was much greater Limo it
was allowed to continue in posseasion of the
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r 11111u4; • ar;er I2e hod ct.,,ed to held the office, by • • • ~., ,
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The 4...11ANC111.1.qR of the EI:CHEWS* oupctesi oe of thich he occupied the house; that an al_
F
„„,„e was given to his successor of 43001. •-year,
lieu of the house; that ea the death of sit , . .
M the mini tttt , as it would not leave the sunteet to
or discussion, if they thus expressed an opi-
ii On, thot the number of person. holding tdoeca
-Charles %argon the bean reverted to the Tram-
awl peat* ought to be diminished: it war
dory, and the President of the Board of Control
On applied for it. equally open to the Hon. Gentleman to bring for-
le
Tbe ClioNtittoa of the EXCHEVIIII wag of word any motion he pleased next Session. lie
should deity that the infidence of the Crown was
opinion, that the Lords of the 'freasury had iciest
lightly in the pureffiteenf the home. increasing, altlidtigh that Holt. Getitlemon seemed
few words line Mt. Matter and Mr. idier
to be'udoptiog the .principle of Mr. Omitting. a
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~., the Res::::;.olution was 'relived without a when Ise said that the isiffseoce of the Crown had
. increased, was increasing, sod ooght to be chilli-
me. ti•aa,,o, brought up certain mien re- isidiett ; but at, the same time his urgumetits went
ilpeeting the Boys, Naval Asylum, which were or- to prove exactly the contrary. "He should deny
else the opinion at present prevailing in people 1,
dried Vt lie upon the Table.
, exis
, minds. that there were great ribose!' existing its ' Mr. WHITIMEAD. rose to make his promises'
the House of Commons ; for each w opinuim had
*slim for limiting the nunlike of those who, hold-
been stated by none Litt a few cletnageigues, at -some dig places and ',visions moiler Governmeet, mat in
shkat !louse. He stated, that, on the 711, of July. p.ubtie meetings, who were isildrened by 11 few of a '
torsi, a Noble, laird, 'the 31endiee rue 'Weston's- outlier detier.ptioun• 11.ebisses did reuliv exist, be
'ter, had moved for a return of the different indi- should th" it nveemarY* instead ut' couwicg to the
liaasollition pommies'. that they shoulderone to some
vidnals oecupyisig such 'du:alone ; a negative had
Ikon plat open that motion, oral the subject was, practical Resolution, mating what ought to be
done tipon the subject ; for otherwise they could
at, the hotlines! of the Chancellorof the F.xchequer,
not allay the public opinient and.ferlings, but en-
referred to the Committee of Finance. Seine }no- them to suppose that something would be
tiers hail men imputed to the Right Wm. Geutle-
done to satisfy them. The influelice of the Crown
man, for lin conduct upon that occasion, which he
(Hr. WA did not wish to ascribe to him ; but car_ could by no weans be increased by the esteldish-
lain it was. that the effect of his coodstet was to lue"t t'lf. the td3,4•'.1 Millttai„.ll2_ll4 4'l". Ge"lit"'"; 1
fritter army the motion, and defeat the olsiect of it. had 'intimate% :or toe ?torus Were tem tttttt roma
lie would himself have allude.' to the subject in the by the L°l4l ['kitten" of counties, end all that
Committee, on the former night, had but the No: tilt Crown could do was to chotpprove of any olv-
ble Lord been preptent. from whom he expected to noxious apnuitotisent. • Persons who took these
commie:nous, were perfonnisig an stet of patriotismhave heard something; end in not hearing whom, he
was clisapvoirted. He hail attempted to bring this rather them coming under the inilinctice of the
mourn, forward before, but withdrew it, with an in- Crown ; Auld indeed it was difficult to procure per-.
emir to accept of them. The lion. Geistlemen
tentiou of proposing it in the premsit session; how.
ever, from the thin uttendauce they were likely to thought he hail all the theory as well us the practice
• car the coostittition in Lis favour, becaihee he found
hive in the aurecedistu part, he would coutetit him-
self with moving, •• That the subject should lie dint, ng different in.rioolo, the I,4l,iviature hod inter-
taken into consideration early next litb/14311."- felled in aholishiog smell eispoitituients; bust items
To this, he did lint, expect oily noposition ; fur. not r.. thence to fidifiw, that because formed, We.
after such an nsfluence was allowed to exist. nut of ten had (seen abolished. he could noiv.gth
he did not see upon whit ground any oh- tify the public by remorang twenty out of fifty_ of,
bethose Menshers who hied tames or pensions. Ups
jteodn could
wiohichit tedearths
ntr to o
lx.
ow the whole, Ise thought the Ilan. ( :en' lemun's lite
"coni.iincktertiningseedth: et/silt:ante
Gentlemen might contend, that the influencetemion could not be injured by the House doisig
reat, but Crown
nothing now 111,014 the NUNCIO, as it was totally all.
of the Cr not only was coo too g that it ',
all-
w•,:. now
were
:imitm
014. a
way r00m...
period ; . heroessery fsr the House to record au opitittin of what
in this opinion he could out agree. if the prero- they could do met Session.

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