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some splendor should he ropPct;•d at caw
and rill less (hut it should exte•rd to the inferior
officers in the ewlw•sy. %%Toth respect to the pen-
sionsortisey buil increased in a much rester pro-
portion since the letice then before it, and if there
were any period when the country had a right to
expett a diminution in the petitions, it was when
the number of missions had been increased : th-y
found, however, that the reverse was the case. He

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therefore contended that there was every reason for
supposing that without any detriment to the public
service, a great saving might be effected in that
class. The Noble Lord then referred to the ex-
penses of diplomacy in America, he did not of
course mean to compote the United States with this
country, their relations were widely different, but it
was an extraordinary circumstance that the embassy t
ui Lord Cssilereaglialune co.t 40 or 43,0001., being I V
2,0004 more thaw the amount of the entire &pie- t
matte expense of America. He stated that circum-
stance to shew that in comparison with other coon.
tries, the extravagance of English Ministers had
rowed the expenses three and four-fold. lie re- i•S:
membered when that Noble Lord (Castlereagh) re- g
tweed fresh from the triumphs and glories which -
this country had obtained, •td winch were nut i "g-
-merely accomplished by the splendid achievement., i (4
of our military comm-mders, but by the great
political treaties which England had made. They
dist not then hear of the conseqUences of a «id- I
Jett transition from war to peace ; they heard
nothing them, of the calamitous consequences 1 .3
which his Majesty's Ministers and their measures
had entailed upon the couutey. Blinded by the j ...
adulations of the servile Courts with whom they

were letigned, they cousidered themselves the
lords of human kind, and never cast one glance •
towards the future distresses winch their mem-
sores were preparong for the country. And what "
did England gain by all these struggles I' If any
man thought we possessed any great influence
upon the Continent. let hits' look to the great
responsibility we hod incurred ; let him look with
shame and disgrace to the subjugation of Naples.
We bad laid holy prostrate at the foot of Austria,
sod placed all the men of grunt., and spirit, and
learning, under an iron yoke. 11 any man, there-
fore, was of opinion that we did possess an influence
amongst the Powers on the Comment, let btu look
to the dreadful consequenees he had mentioned.
The Noble Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs
had issued a circular !sot year. which certainly did
r not shew that the English Government possessed
much influence, and whenever any inquiries were
mole respecting the loan which was so unwisely
made to Austria, the answer was, that the English
Government had used mil their intlueoce to
recover it. Some rumour', indeed. appeared
its the public journals of • measure that was
its progress to pay off that Inaiie but he very,
much doubted that England would ever recover as
much of it as would defray the expenses of the eat-
bossy to that country if she did, he should be
perfectly satisfied. He did not ',nib at present to
speak of other negociations Ord were going for-
ward, but he did not think that in the differences
between Russia and Turkey the English Govern-
ment seemed to possess much influence. He (Lord
Holland), for one. should rejoice that the odious
Government of Turkey war overturned—he did
not care by what quarter, whether by Russia or
Greece. lie hoped England was too 'emote to
interfere in their quarrels; but as • man and a a
philosopher. he Amish' toast heartily rejoice that
that odious Government would fall to the ground.
Lord ELLENBOROUGH writ not disposed to fol-
low the Noble Baron who had just sat down
through the wide rouge he had tekeo. lie should
merely address himself to the question befure their
Lorti.hips, encl.'s, regretted that the papers which
were on the table did not furnish more am-
ple information upon the sohject. The question
appeared to him simply to be the difference in the
amount of salaries in 1791 sod the present time.
and he most say, if the nominal expense of the
foreign Ministers was greater now than. w 1791, the
greet change which had taken place in the expense
of living upon the Continent would fully justify an
increase in the diplomatic allowance ; unit it must
be remembered that in conisequeoce of the great
circulation of paper money the value of money had
hero considerably depreciated in every country on
the Continent. lie never could consider di-
plomacy a distinct profession, nor could he
think that the information which a man might
obtain iu one port of Europe could be Ina-
terielly beneficial in another. to diplomatic Aims
expenditure effected dispatch of business—expen-
diture obtained information, without which it was
impossible to transact bustuess—informistion could
only be obtained by mixing in society in a rank
equal to the ;Moistest' of the country in which they
happened to be placed—•expeuditure was, iii fact,
in place of secret service money, for a Minister
could only know the state of the country by seeing
with his own eyes or those of others, and if you de-
prived him of the means of going into society on
equal terms with those by whom he was surrounded.
yuu might as well have sin oinhmsador at all. With
• the detail* of diplouiecy since 1916 he was unac-
qii.insted, but this at leipt lie knew, that there
had nut beret a single Jcoinpliiiirt from any mei-
violist or other individual that arty represema-
• tom made to • foreign Minister rho, Lot been
attended to. One observation more he would
make, which was this, that when they viewed '
the present circumstances of Europe, when they
cousideted the seeds of dissention and dissati•factivii
which were scattered 'shrewd, looking it the state
of Europe. mid sirisiog it of I.c did, great credit
roost be orris to those by whose negotiations these
summit Powers bcd been hrld ro a iodic of amity,
for it must be a source of satisfaction to eve.y good
own that Europe was still is • stair of peace.
The question was then put and negatived with-
out is division.
Adjourned at nine o'clock.

HOUSE OF COMSIONs, MARcre 16.

'rite tipt:Axitt took the- Choir at four o'clock,
■od then; uppeortog to be but 41 Alt:whets pteoeut,
the llotow woo hothw4th adjourned.

It is 'mooed in Liverpool that Mr. B.WILIHIA•
BAN will 4rcuttic a candidate lot the reftworsiSsallUrl
id that hn.ooKli, no the as OprOJt king rr.igoatluu or
air. CANNlNG.—(4Notohrater (ould/an.)