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Mr. \VIII roRTAD tom to silliiii4 a motion to the Mr. Vt 'AiTititgAD took this opportunity of asking
House, of which he had given mince, and which, a question relative to A subject he had occasion to ,'
though in motto?, perhaps trivial. was, iii another advert to on a former night, whether it was intend- 1
point of view, perhaps material, Hs it commented the ell to make any regulations so much teamed ni thee
army. It respe. tell a.person holding SA situation, Stamp Office iii Scotland'?
to which lie shuuld never have been appointed, Mr. ilspittiaosi directed the atteption of the
when there were so many who had served ilia Ma- lion. Gridiron.) Manila paper, liy 'valet' it would
jesty. who should have been preferred, and which, appear that several regulations and ameedinelits
he was sure, they would be happy in procuring.' He had already taken place its that departo.eut.
meant the olliee of *tore-keeper to the depot in The House then resolver, itself into • a Commit-
Hyde-park, which had been besMweil ou one who tee, in which. on the motion of Mr. Ppacevea, it
hail never been iii the army, when such appoint- was resolved that leave be asked to brig in a Bill
tneuts might be supposed to he peculiarly intended for the purposes above mention, re ; and 'the Report
fur such whose'imet services mi4ht entitle them to of the Committee being received by the Ilouse,
comideratiou. In addition to this. mot as what he leave was giveo accordingly.
considered *farther diell.O4llfiCAHo9, he understood The Committee nu the Irish Militia Completion
the person lee appointed weir a foreigner, who hid Bill was postponed till to-morrow, as was the se-
been recommended to the Master-General of time cowl reading te the Windsor Forest Bill, to Wed-
Ordnance. /le moved, " That there be laid be- nestle). ee'imight.
fore the I false, the particulars of the appointment Mr. Rose moved fir hence to bring in a Bill to
of -Christian Frederick Wetter to the office of &named the several Acts now iii force for the better
store-keeper to the depot in Hyde-park, together atkoring the payment of Wages and Prisestuoary
with the aluonut of his Remy, allowaneee, and per- due to wagerer serving on board His Majesty's
quieitee." Navy. He stated the principal objects winch he
• Mi. WRet.esaav Pore, avowing. that the ap- considered as requiring arinaMinesit to be, further
poiutment in question had originated with him, regulations respecting the %Ville of Seamen. as al-
felt himself called upon to state the particulars of so a further facility of devoting a part of tlitir pay
the trees:union. The person alluded to had been to the support of their felonies without the seer,-
in the service of a relation of his, and lie had now arty of incurrinithe replete of stamps upon the
tilled his present situation for upwards of four yearn, power of attorney, for that perpoee. He ',hiked,
without a eingle complaint against him for negli- if possible, to suggest seine further regulations fur
genes or iiiieernolost. Tht llonee would recolleee the purpose of seaming reteineu from the teats of
that the necessity of reinuvilig time powder from the • harpies, who ontoriously preyed upon them; loot
Tower had been felt and agreed ulnae, and Hyile- °Vine,' that after die most 'results consideration he
iiiirk vats fixed upon as the most eligible situntioa, could devise no remedy that did not stein likely to
Its the dieraiarge of the duties of the office, constuut be worse than the disease. •
ewes:ewe ~,„s eheehitei, necessary, as ',flitter Sir essaLxii l'oLe declared he considered the
was delirering nut almost every day. Upon this facility of transmitting tutelary to the fimilies of
account, knowing the steadiness and integrity of seamen,. as a measure more calculated to bcoefit
this man, soil having heed acquainted with him the parishes, where they reepectively resided, tbau
tweety Bears, lie having live.l with Mr. Villem the era service itself, as those seamen who so sent
thirty-tire years, he had at the instante of his their money found themselves after long service,
friend and relation recommended him to Lord entitled but to a trifle. without considering the
Chatham, who had applied to him to name a.person matter, at the time that °Atm more worthless were
tit fe lie appointment. With respect to his birth; receiving large sums due to them for pry. Leath:
he. was an Hanoverian, awl had been to this was riven to bring in the fill.
country thirty-seven years. The salary was mile one Air. Rose likewise ;Rowel for leave to bring in a
hundred pounds a-year, .withoat any perquisites, Bill for the further encouraging seamen to enter
eeceptiug sr lodging, which was absolutely sieve- into Iliii Majesty's 'terrier, and for the better regu-
sary for the person attending them ; witb reaprie hating Greenwich Hospital. Ile stated the obit st
to coals and candles, he could say nothing. •Me of his Bill to be the further fucilitating amid secur-
had no objection to the motion of the Hoe. eke. ringthe payment of prize-money clue to the sailors.
Sir CHARLES POLB suggested the necessity of
tleinati, viehing at the same time it might be clear-
ly understoird, diet whatever was the nature of the attending to the regulation of the Final called the
blame. drat seemed to be thrower on the train,- Seamen's Chest. He also adverted to r, list he bed
action ; he wished to take tiles/hole of it nu him-
,aid on 'a former night, of the impossibility of iii--
self, as it was by his iiiterfereuce the appoitament videale discharging the duties of King'a Advocate,
had taken place, and King's Proctor, on account of the multiplicity
Mr. WtorsneAs, in explanation, said, he had of business attache:l to those offices in the cirri
thrown no blame on env person whatsoever ; MI he Courts, where also His Majesty's-Attorney-Geseml
had raid was, that in his „iii„i„, the n„iitsi.s were could schism attend on account of his other nerves..
the wept* persons on whom each appniiittnents serrevoeations. He declared his willingness to I
should Ini bestowed ; and lie 11Ali sore he could get support the present or any other measure that
a Intirdred officers who mould be happy to accept could be for the benefit of seamen.. •
it. Ile also thought the. :fester General of the . Mr. ROBERT WARD defended the character of
Sir Christopher Robinson. the torero/ stings Ad-
upon
should have boated out for some moth,
upon whom to bestow it. vocete, ou whose talents and vairsbiltties be Sup..
The mown was agreed to. posed the last speaker had made an attack.
Mr. Fusret brought iu his Bill for oiraiaino time . Si( CNARLES PPM; nrefiniardsthattelsis eilsserrae
tines had been pointed not agamet individuals, but
hogs in Ireland, which was revel a first time, and
ordered to be primed. Upon• the niotiou fur its egirinet the office itself, cowsiderine the business
braise read a second time.
quite too much for one person to he Mae to Ms-
Mr. alit:nice Flint:BRAM) declared lie milli- charlie.
tiered the Hill as preposterous in its nature, and Thai Arroasstr-Gencams trueterli that when
only teinlitig to the purposes of a job, business required, he was not wanting in hie duty ;
Sir JOHN NEWPORT objected to the me +sure cs at the same time he owned, there was a very heavy
it went to appoint Col ttttt issioners even without laces of business attached to the offiee.
Mr. Jutiesoo declared, he knew that the situ.-
salaries, as it could nut tot elipposed that any per-
son winch! be (flood to give: lip tbeic time and tion of King's Advocate had been uttered to two
trouble for nothing. civilian's 'teatime to Sir Chrietneher Itobieeota,
that is, it had been intimated to them succeseivek
Mr. PRICETAI. Asa sure that Gentlemen, in oh-
that they might have it upon application,, but that
jectiug, were unacquainted with the provisious of
they lied declined it, as too laborious for theta to
the Bill, which went merely to appoint Coutinise
snifters to inquire amid report to tut House bow undertake it.
far it. was practicable to reclaim bogs; 'upon whose Leave was given to brine in the Bill
Mr. Ibis RY THURSTON nerved diet die order of
report, SUCiI further proceedings, it soy, might be
adopted as *lipoid seem likely to promote the end m the day for the Hoe reeolviiig itself into a Corn init-
proimsed.
. tee to take into cousideraient the Third Report of
the Commissioners appointed to omissive into the
Mr. FOSTER briefly repeated what he hail stated
state 1.1. public ofi;eee be pu.tprined till Friday next,
on a former night, as to the object of the bill,
which was not intended to put the pulaie to en which Was *,reed to'
SUPPLY AND WAYS .AND MEANS.
expense, and so could nut be suspected to b
e a W. Mr. its aerie brolUglit err the Reports of . the
job.
Com:nature of Supply and of Ways and Mame.
Mr. Ponsoort said, he umlerstood the object
the reeolutione of which, after *rime conversation
of this bill WHY pretty nearly the same as that
between Mr. TlEResv, the CN scELLot of the
famous measure which had formerly taken place to r.
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e x Nat West, fool fl ol Mr. ueittlieriel, were sevierally
thiS country, and known by the name of the Bedford * .
agreed to, and lolls ordered necordinglv.
Level ; mud its that view he entirely approved of it, PRErfiNTION UT THE SALE OF it. (TICE&
To survey vast tracts of ground, where so nom), in- The CHANLEI.T.oR of the FACILIBQUIR moved the
terests were concerned, was loud impracticable ; further consideration of the Report of the bill for
for what was every body's butiness, was well known the Prevention of the Sale of Public Offices.
by practicable experience, to be nobody's hueinees. Mr. PONSONIST ,Ipserved thet some of the opera.
'I lie object, therefore, as he understood it. was to lions of this Bill 11S to the Court of Chancery
make this survey, and then the individual propane- in (rebind, might be reesomej rather severe,
torn might, if they pie:meet, carry mi the omit of as the Chancellor in England appointed the
improvement. for certainly the public hail no right Masters in Chancery ; but in 'milord the Crown
to interfere with their property. appoititeal them ; u circumstance which created cer.
Mr. Buts Alto approved of the bill. which was tain hardships which he should wish a clause prepare
ordered to be read a second time on Tliuretley ed to prevent occurriug in'filture.
next. . The Cuero:Eu.oa of the ERCH=QUIR Welshed
Mr. PeacevAL moved. that, the /loose resolve the Right Him. Gent. to prepare a clause to effect
itself into. Committee. to take iato consideration the object he had in view, as he eeemeol to under-
die Excise Laws.. Ile stated the object he had in stand the matter touch better than he did.
view, was to propose certain alterations with respect Mr. Possoeur replied he should be very happy
to the attendance of the Officers in the Excise to do so.
• Office, which under the mailing regulations was Lord Fot.asToxe said. be hail nriginall? intend-
from the hour of eight in the morniug to two in the ed to suggest a clause in the Committee. of a pe-
intuition. This might have been sufficient for the mat waive ; which, however, he had afterwards
business at the time it Was adopted ; but Irons the thought would be rather seem e ; but still, upon
increase of that branch, was now found to be Merle- lookiiig at the Bill, Hi it SUM 1110011, it appeared
grate ; and he therefore propoeed to extend the to be perfectly nugatory, males* some penal clause
attendance to three. He also proposed aboliehing were introilweed. 'lice Lill made certain deeds
miee-Aeineanours, hot gave no Intone whatever to some of the holideys at tht office, which were found
to be a very great waste of the public time. In midi- lead to thscovery of offenders. except in the case of
tionalso, he meant to propose the adopting certain advertisements for the sale of offices, being ac-
grounds and principles on which to (ousel the sus tmilly inserted, and iiillicted us pensities upon
peranuuation of the Officers in the Excise Office in eaual discovery and detection, excent 'melt as
future. might be awarded by a Court of Justice ; now lie
Mr. PowsoltaT hoped the Right Hon. Gentle- conceived that .nch a mode as that proposed would,
man won'd be prepared to /tate those grounds in instead of facilitating the discovery of offence*.
the Committee. as lie conceived great rare should make them more difficult to be discovered. He
be taken how far the priuciple was extended. should therefore propose. that this Bill slsoald tie
Mr. HUISIIIION explained that hitherto the tree- recommitted, in order that's clatter to that etlicS
sury had so power of supenionuating the officers in might be i„trogi„,,,,j.
the Excise, however well founded their 'Aaiun This being. Aigrcesi to, time Bill was accordingly
might be for such inclulgeuce ; and it was intended recommitted, mud
in the prevent cese to proceed upon the MOM regu- Lord For IIITOWE proposed the insertion of a
lesions as oow existed its the Cadmus. clause inflicting a .6iie of &MI. or both tills and
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