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Directors were to iiitilaaver the *Pseiefil oitl% .
nay, the same eroumente might, with ilea, Pro-
priety, be urged, as an excuse ulson even t•utstre
case of similar misconduct. Feeble.. therefore ti•
he did for the piing met, he felt also for the it-
tuation in which the Directors were placed, as the
argements used be the RA 4lit Don. G. title:nail
went the length er the mile- of appoint-
moots, and con.erpiently conveyed a censure upon
the determination of the Directors.
Mr. STEPRENII could out but coimide it, the
opinion of the Right Honourable Cenelemuti (Mr.
,Windham) that the House ware wrong, in the first
instance, in referring so general a subject to their
Committee ; but the thing being douse. that Cum-
move had very honourably marked their sense of
the elinses they had tliweivered by the cOaravrthou
with' which they had accompanied their Report.
lie therefore thought the House might very fairly
and constitutioirdly come to the resolution pro-
posed, or some such one as would serve, as it were,
to neutriiiise their 'former reodu.init, im Its to leave.
the Directors where the House found them, and
us if the subject had never beeq before them, as he
Jul not consider it becoming the dignity of unit
Douse to he inquiring into the conduct of pa-
remota and guardians. The case quoted of the trans-
fer of an estate bore no parallel to the present, lw-
. cause there restitution merely was the object and the
justice ; but this was the case of young men lotto—
ceutly pushing their tortilla's in distant climes, ad-
vancing themselves by the exertion of their hidus-
try awl talents, at the hazard of their lives, wed the
ancrifiee of 'reparation from their dearest con-
nexions ; and all these bein endured, they were
to be brotigia home again, perhaps to families
desolate, or looking up to them for support. This
was a case wherein the punishment was etoormons„
the restitution witliiiig ; even if tlwy had burn
privy to the pure!tiosa of their ritinitioes, ha could
not but consaler the punishment us overmuch.—
He declared he nail no personal motive whatever in
the delivery of these sentitueuts, as he did not even
' Itnow the name of one of those you'll., men; an I
though all that had been done was perfectly just,
yet he could 11/1t but feel that the opinion of the
Committee might have the effect of producing au
unfair bias agatiat the side of humanity, and there-
fore ought to be remedied.
Mr. Casimir declared, that, both as Chairman of
the Court of Directors, and a , Nit-tidier si6 that
House, he felt hiniitelf called on to deliver his sen-
timents. From what had been already said on the
subject, he considered the Directors as placed
a very hard situation; because., let them act %%loth
way they -could, it appeared they would he equally
liable to erasure. The very suspicion of corrupt '
prectiesi taking place in the disposal of the pataaa
age of the Company, was productive of the
pernicious effects, by destroying public confidence
to the Company, if it once canoe to _be supposed
their patronage was to be bartered. tinder this
impression it was, that, on the renewal of Abe Coin-
plior'x Charter, the Direetiirs were !mond by oath
- mot to aril their patrotetar. la addition to this,
the Court of Directors also came to the ReSolu•
lion, that all such appoilitnicute lie
iibtaiiied for oomey, should be null and void; and
WOW nut been thotizht of, at the time, to complain
of much it determination, as a hardship. Thus mat-
ters stool, until the inquiry took place in that
Muse, a ail Ilia Report of the Committee thereup-
on.. What. then, was the situation in which the
Directors were placed ; or what, were they to du,
but to follow up their owl, reseltitiuti, as the only
mean% left them to check the practice? This they
felt to be their duty ; but, in doing so, they had
only applied the ruts to the period of :heir Km:tul-
aremia of it in tot*. lie did not very well under-
shood the obfference attempted to be made beta, en
the authority and the is comatettilatiois of that
Howie; but he did not imagine the latter sa oa
have the ettect of neutralising the question, a !itch
the Directors were now actually taking into co -
airleratioo, noder the recommendation of the Court
of Proprietors. lie had certainly no authority
from the Directors an thin 'abject; but, for 011.9
he would ray, he did net think any thing hail been
as yet titivation! which could alter the orsolutiou
they had come to, as dictated by a sense of justice.
It hiouituity was appealed to. on whom did the
charge of inhume:City fall ?--On the Directors,
who bad given fair warning, in the first iustance ;
or an those friends of the persons appointed, who
had erred, fully apprised of what might be the
cowequences? lie thought, if the-majority of the
House were diepciatil to adopt the present motion,
they ought to go still further, and proceed to legie-
late at once for the Connpatay.
Mr. FttEEM4N ?IA &bled, that any thaudate
to the Court of Directors was intended by the mo-
tion. the direct coutrary having been eepressly stat-
ed by the lion. Bart. who brought it forward, lie
stated he had heard that sitice the Report made by
the Coransittee of that House, the Court of Direc-
tors hell canard further inquiry to be made into
the existence of abuses, siod tleitain consequence of
sonic discoveries, they had intimated to one gentle-
town the necessity of hie retiring.; and that he had
eccortlinoly drew so. 'Phis more of proceediug, if
the fart were trite, be considered should operate as*
complete serecti for ell those alias mere found of--
feeding %miler their matt latiwo of roa.
Mr. PERCIIVAI. vetted, that if the effect of the
motion would be, its wee said, to reutralise the opi- ,
woo of their Committee, and leave the Directors
to Vieiaselves, it ought he deairahle, and as such he
would agree to it ; but the. Resolution, as werthal,
wool.] :10 no stiah thing, when it declared it differ-
et! from the opinion of the Committee, as contrary
to ft.:dish jils'ice and htionanty. Could any one
say that Ando a Resolution would leave the ques-
tion where it was ? This was not the way to trite
the. Direetnrs to themsehts, but a-en,nd intended
to itisionate that they lied acted coatrary to joatiee.
It was telling them—;on may conic to whet reso-
lutions you please, but it will he injustice if
you attempt to art dente them ; because it is
a parent or a friend that dews the wrong, and
von must not think of hing the innocent, iii
the young town who are appointed. For his part
he did not feel authorised to interfere in this busi-
ness, and he asked was the House weltered to do
se, prefoossine as they did the coutrary ? let this
was it fact the effect of the Rrstdutiou. The har-
ing the Resolution of the Committee ansanetioned
by the Haulm appeared to him the best mode of


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'Oesrtridisine, it, by their neither agreeing' with or
disagreeing iron, it.
Sir SAilutA. ft.05111.1.1` Saw oo lir .ropriety in the
Ileuse comitig to the Iteoutsitioa pe.pesed, atter
tee e.eesion of their Cuimuittce, as it ems e ease of
tile ITrit^,e6. injustice, in revenue.; those irefortuliete
yoaire 'lieu at the.ins of cv.:::,' i::.• ..; ' 'at was dear
to them, If Maier.: it v: .s the biking near an office
corruptly oh:elect% there would be justice in it;
hut was that the present ease? It wes said the
cruelty wus not that of the Directors, but rather "r
the friends of panic-. Now, if a law were pro-
posed to limos'; the elitlit of him that fled from .he
coromineme of crime, entail they out tryout atiiiiiat
it ? And t. et the same argument might be used in
itsjiistification, as that the father, by his flight, iu.
duced the punis/itneist of his offspiiirg. Indeed, he
could not Ili 11l espressing his surprise at the notielie
• otstiset and austere justice i.e bud beard coiniiig
front the opposite side of he Honey, and in the ere-
wee *essiou of Varlieutelit too, when her recoil i ted
how lunch ee tete ioduleieive they er...r 4:is! 4 , le)
afford a Noble Sceretiere of Siete; when ~ ve. ..e,
was iatily eelehited selail)sl km. rite . mug
,tee
wile or a mat in th e House. lie lieatil tie r, of
the hens proitersii,e, th.tt b:.'onee the .i. nine S iii
111010:115, they iiiielit presume repentaiwe ii4).41.1
have conic beti.re the completion of it ; site ii,. y
Were called nu to look roller forward to futiiie 11,4"1..
VVlltliii, than len kwurd to punitilluseut i—inet hear,
where. utter • , arid to the iiiiinceut 100,,u Ali to Le
the consequence, they must hare strict justie. So,
in the case of Branch:my Hill, lett ly hefore the ti:,
he cut to be voluted, Trout lag poverty. forsooth, :or
the taking of bribes; and not tie excesed only, Let
',cruelly promoted 1 With what di every. he alitiA
ask, after such instances as there of detentes com-
ing from the other side of the /louse, riiiiiii they
aim come Mreard arid advocate the cause of strict
jiietice ? •
• The ATTOINEv-Gxeisa AL defended the eppo-
'hien to the motion, upon the ground of its going
too fur, and itisteed of freeing tire Director* from
the influence of the opmion of the Committer of
the limise. dictating to theme tinder expree•hies
which rleelured, if they acted as ihry were supeoe 41
to do, they would be acting contrary to iii.tice 44,,d
humanity. This he thought ea. guile; too f...r.
. Mr. Pr.rett !gouge supported the writioe, c 0,..
tending against the injustice of persietitie in the
proposed revel. As to the Cadets, so fur recut Fit-
Molting there, he thought the public. were oldie. 41
to those pments who sent them to fight our buttl.s
et a ceitiiiii expense of ;OW. There e ere but thee
I‘'riters implicated; these were all of ;11r. Theii ti,-
linn's• nominatioe, and the appoiremeets Mei ;ill
been sold by Air. Wendford ; the former was i :It
out of the Dirktory by it,amt the latter bud quite .1
the • kingdom ; tins offence, therefore, 'at alr....cy
punished. Should the Directors, therefore. persist
in their determination, -lie was sure there would Le
u great public feeling • xcitn.l un the occesiole„
Mr. !Arsenic:Toe was burry the [option lied !wen
brought farairril, avhile the decision of the 1).-
4:M3V rdS yet pearliug; hut though he should'vete
against it, he hoped the person* recalled wouid el-
tionetely .incree4l.
Col. Morena sew conceived the argumen'• ail-
sluiced upon a former occasion, in favour of it No-
ble Lind, were strictly applicable to the preset
case; and if the Douse were right in the deci.ion
they then came to, they ishouhl be equality tender
slow, when the iunocriit were concerti/el.
Ir. Henan' demo de, i....,4i tin. Cull rt of Direct.
ors were always anxious in their endeavours to dr-
teet improper pnietices iii the disposal of patron-
:44c, but had failed in their endeavours ; they had
therefore nothing lit them, but to esiforee their
own resohnieus. He therefore could not agree to
the Motion.
31r. N. VA matrrAßT likewise justified the mea-•
sure adopted by tl.e Directors.
Mr. H. IttoßterOP4 world hare supportel the
ii mottoii,.l but that he voinadered the object ukeedy
answered.


Sir 'rant/AS TuRTON replied to the argutoriits
itgoinst Ilia ttiotini .
A division t..oh pl:re, when the nurabt re wen
• Fur the pity.• us question
Arid list it 35
• P 4 ..t) against the motion ••-42

Upon our re un, to the Gallery, we found Lord
03111.11T0N noising for the printing of lOW returns
made to the Howe, as to Offices in Coloniet, which
motion, after some observations fiords
THORNTON, Mr. 'JANNE!, and Mr. Hcsatsvos,
that Noble Lord agreed to post lame till to-inorrov.,
in order to consider oliether it were worth while
incurriug the expense.
SAVING IN THE PUBLIC EXPENDITURE.
Mr. Waante—.i Ln ;emits:nice of the limits. I
gave, I rise to propose a ototoot a.2tative to the pub-
lic expeoditure, in consequence of the tallmions
that have heen made iu this Hr to what I raid
elsewhere upon a late occasion. I did any, Sir, thra
in the event of a Reform of Pailiainenr, I was of
opinion that the amount of the Income Tax ung!tt
be done away. if that assertion, as to Parliamen-
tary Refortn, had been entirely new, I would not
have been astonblicd ,t what had Wet+ said as In the
language I their used ; but *bra 1 know that lan.
gauge touch stronger had been used by Mr. Pitt, I
teiuly could not but be surprised at such allusion..
In the year 1742, that Statesman said, that if the to
had been 'Away* u House of Commona, cousivsicg
of diligent and constitutional ttrivit,cre of aloe.
mitt, and the studious and miqualitied tin-gal. of
the people, many of the burdens which they to
endure, would not be incurred. In the P. 414.0 mat.-
tier I argue, that, with an iudepetirlt nt and unbiassed
Houle of Commons, a great sating rtaiKhi, he yet
&kited. It has been more than once iiistimaed
against ne, tint! I AWL: public men aantohl!,
but I solemnly declare, that I cannot bring to my
recollection any one instance, in which L have in-
, clulged in doing so ; for it I bind done it, I must
have been acting contrary to those principles ahich
have guided me throughout my life. As to atteck-
ing the system upon which (Speer ttttt eta at pre ant
act, I Inuit :.at, tl at I shall :mock it upon all 01.1q4.
tiions when I have an opport v, as I feel it a polo
lie duty, and 1 think I ay pretty well Loans out by
that illitatriotis individnal whom I have mentioned.
Mr. Pitt said, that the alerect it, the repteseittai ion
was a national disease,u tut fy nu tie;ztee. et, yew most
lav tour iteconitt with motoring the coastline .
V.1"111 la.,' follow. and with which i. pr4si,a..t ;
without Parliamentary Reform the national plutled