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imr mut ent eirthifyi him ; he meet have tiro eeee ',lamer an
this, and on every other important point cuoisected with the
Expedition. Some of them he 4:insult:rated, and then ad.
wetted to what bad Gallen from his Itieit Hun Friend f.llr.
Yorke) law night, with %Aspect to the dismontion in the mum-
Irv, to examine closely into the conduct of General Odicers.
His Hon. rrieud was well remminted with history cud the
free constitution or this country, and ha would boil, that
whenever important expeditious lied failed, the conductors
of them hail been subjected sometimes to unjust utiloyny,
but always to jealousy and io,lwr%. Films tisit time of the
• revolution to the present moment it. lied been so, ands re-
snarhAble instance preceded itself to brut at this moment, in
the case of Lord Howe' who was as much abused us ever
coutaininler was, till he wiped ufF all calumnies by the gim
rions tat of June. He would not take upsets himself to
blame either the Government or the (Wirers; but when a
great expedition-..mkt', on whirls so touch of our resources
lied bees expended, et a time whim they ought to hare been
husbanded with such care, ismpby was necessary, and they
ought to pledge theimelves to it this night. The Hun.
Gentleman had said something 'Mont the altered state of

the Cabinet, but every • Nlinieter belonging to it, whether
divided of united, was answerable iu his own person to the •
country He hoped they would come tad of the trial with
er.dit, and wished the flight Hun. Gentleman opposite
(Mr. Pereeeal; bad I t this instance adopted the language
wf the Es-Secretaries of !(lrite, who raid u inquiry ia ne-
ermary to satisfy the people--it must be hail, tad the
' ♦..•oer it ye had the better."—{llear ! hean!)—fie concluded
Ivy again &feudist' the vote he would this night give, as '
itocsisteut with that lie hail givai on a &inure occasion.
Mr. Fut-Left professed himself precisely of the same opi-
• nine with the last Speaker, but he had spoken mu Mug that be
bed really word him out.—..( Larekter, as.d a cry elf ender !)--
ke fur a shorter time, it would give an opportunity
many able men to deliver their opinions, who, by these
hag speeches, were prevented from doing t 0.4 braghter.)--
11ie owe pinion was, that there had been a peat failure, and
whether Mi.inters or Gem rats were to blame, the sooner it
wan inquired into the bettor, and the more would the people
be induced to look on them as their real represent:di% es. As
fur the King's Speech and the Address, it was a mere compli.
racutary matter • but he was surprised at an Hon Gentleman
eipposile (on the opposition side) asking him, nu that ices.
Muss, Tor his confidence. . What cosfideme could he have in
a onto who had dope MI he could to prevail his ever haring
a gratin t:.at Heine :Urea Maghter.)—He perfectly agreed
• with the lion. Gentleman who spoke last. It was their Wei-
ieesite to into qoest:ons of this sort, and their duty, as real
representatives of the people, imperiously deniendeu it They
might also to are that no man in the cutiatry should bold a
sinecure place, fur ninth lie did nut land the duties of some
c'ir'"•—.rpto.t• trioughter.,--They ought to look after the
cundect of the IM gatherers. Let them have no newfaughd
dont Ames abaut reform, tort %mud what was really grievous
end oppreseare to the people.
The C LLLLLL t.oit. of the Excuplorit aeknowledeed,
that th:.. at. lion. Gent eau the Con r. Bettautel,)wae out
guilty urea, iiicoosistericy in 64 opinions on the pi meat mid
• late iseessioo. He was, however, Surprised, that, with
hie great areursey of judgemut, he lied takeu the view of
the subject lee had durie, *u.l the mare so, as the contrary
. .Yoe would hare been equally coexistent ruts his former sem
• liniment The Night itorotut able (renal man had pot the
questows fairly, whether they were now, or alit r the produe:
mutt of the papers, to tome to ki Alectliott as to time necessity
•1 inquity ? The House was misled, if they thought tba
question was, • Miller there *hosed be Moroi, or tint It
was not no, hat whether they were peer ipit stet!, awl without
the int rowdies before therm, to .kteeiuisie whit Insprirf
was necessary er whether it was u. eessery at all?
The Noble I.jeri who opened this debate had told him he
would have to pat a queetiou to bmi, to snow when the in-
Owaration would be laid !sabre the House! "the Noble
Lord *light *have *eked it as we'l beton- as alter his sl.erch,
ne
the answer was ready at either period—he would Le v ery -
muck disappointed indeed if it •as nut Irefue them en Mee.
day —(lfeur ! hear')—Tom anxiety of (nemernmeet t.• have.
it ready was so Real, that while the elate were copying new
part, the utloer parts-welt in the lisiots of the prim"- Null
was the state of the ease ; mid be put it to !lousy, 'filo,
would be called mi for a pledge on the 'Pr:dee, when, on the
Monday, the very Gest day of their meeting, they would bare
before thews the papers promised in Hu Majesty's Speech, am{
therein motioned as trusted to be' omislartury. His Majesty's
Speech was the speech of Monett rs, mid be did sot 4, sat it
to be takes kt any ether light. Then, whether they coosider-
-1-: • t ed the magnitude 01 the failure, IA the portitte expeetetiew
on the irelvjeet, they weehl 041•11 P that Mainetera bad ad-
verted Hie Majesty to say, that he treated the iufureasties
onstained is the papers he bad ordered to be laid before
them, would prove sat.iX.etory. Wm there any felicity is
the day, any happy can: that rentlerol the Frolay
so much more desirehle than the Monday Item !)
Win the character of the Guam to be lost to two days, if
they merely waited far important aftwidation ow their ucat
machine, by which the delay of a tingle hoar would not lie
orratac:ed to inquiry, if jovial' w.la baud accessary i The
ILL iden.Crett. had said the papers 'night not battery them, hut
.
they did, I lien the Committee iteed oat proceed any fan thee..
This ores • strange pen C 3•1011 of leasuniug ; to arm a is Me-
nai fur inquiry, without *avert:unto( whether it would be ere
teaser, or not; and when to °Mem the information requiate
to tom their ju 'paints on that pond would not create the
delay of a single hoar. He did not blame the Noble Lord
foe the line of argument he had taken 1 hey had hand
6mi...thing of PIIIIIMMUtaiIary taffies, and Ise did mut tine's
the Gentsemeir trpiroeite hart proved iiICLUSZ.;•TP good tacti-
cian' 011 the first eight of the session. They thoueht they
could mind their plan try the pi .-eut Motion. At Mitt they
bad come down, emillefeet in 'kir owl, strength, and Mildly
attacked Minister; with p novel and prepaetentus mins*
(Pea ! hear!) Perhaps their never was wish •an wen.
wion.--(Hero to a "louse, obiereieg the pliU010•P
of justice, they found at difficult to procuie a IlimtiVfil) to
agree to a mutiny which Ant co ml. mused, and then cared but
little fur inquiry. Indeed they us-le uo smart sit their uhjtct.
It was not inestry—it was condereuatioa and the renteviii
of Ministers, that they might step imu their place. Others
'Melt Ite.Gk higniry first ; bet their motto was "Cotiger.
gee abeit.ine." They •PatCd not ioqiiiry, but rrantwl;
and, in the pride of their stivrigth, they did not think
it necessary to observe nuy rule ; they orei.lea...ed all forum,
and never was then greater noittificalion, that. when they
'mind that the House ...wild mint be led into their ineonsitt.
tut wieuwere. The Noble laird thought it not yet too late
to reetedy their error, rd wished to pledge the Hues, (em an
inquiry, before they bad the information ea whitish., ground
or fa-bent it. Th. other was, how, wee, the natural comae,
end trio eery proffer of the pain, s ea* au arknowledgioviti
that iogairy was IlerM1.141).; MO that, upon the points
where deity sere deficient, the House would be called to
decide. All their steps meet &peed no the nature of
• the gunner', as it arose from the tafotinattou in them
papers. Would it nut, then, be better to see what
were their cuatenta before they appointEd the tribunal to tie
the cause !—He supported the preview question, which kit
Ike 11.nse perfectly at liberty to take what 'Malec course ap-
preertl W them most proper; and ri. raided his 11.... l'iiend
(Mr. froler) from the imputation of wishing in hamper the
itehate, Ity the introduction of the King's name. Ilio
Pr.eud had merely treed it, alluding to the Speech, which,
throteh called the King's, ads well Ammo to be the speech of
7.liiitatt is lie prim...y abstained front entering unto do
tail an the facie adduced 'by the Noble Lord, as there could
bra 1114:40•Paleliff 1.1.0115 suffering them to pass for at hours,
when the pep. rs would confirm or mefule them. What-
ever time Gentlemee opposite thought of the public, it was
his opinion, that the public would nut entertain a worse opi-
nion mu them, for debut rating before they resolved, and heir;
hew intinemed party, in their dCCIPPPOII.-..-TOO 111111111 14.
• stun feeling way thaplayed iu the former motion, for is loth
11.4 was • entottlute.—They hail declaim{ it was to remove
Ministers. This was a fair object fur them, and it was a nor
olicet fur him to atop of the mask, which massed the
form of impsiry.
Mr. 1•V t v nu• n said, that, notwithstanding the apparent
triumph of the Right Honourable Gentleman over them, he
still wished the rtP11;Ali011 of the Howie to t..Lr place; ha-.
came it was the arty of the House sod to wait 1:1 a ease like
this, where It was a disgrace not to tarry the question, an it
mire, by acelantatiou. (Peer!) They did not want iufuein-
atiow—tbey bad it—mid the only use the papers could he tif,
eoeld he to aggravate the ease. I.ook at the mirorthie
fa r:of the Expedite/11, at the waste of Mood and treasure
would they wait fee mere formalities They cared