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,livided on some question it which the llonotoabie
]over had taken h;reat interestaiiid the lialipicejrad
been turned, by the vote of the flotionralde
Chairman of Ways and Means, who happened on
that occasion to attend ; and he begyll perinissnii
to assure the flouse, but for this very mitowan:
circumstance, the present motion would never
have bear brought bellire it. lie tliought it im-
pressible to move the exclusion of the Joiromali!e
ttlember from that Committee, without exhibiting,
some grave and well,fauisrled elter)te against th,:
lion. Member. Such a charge, he was eonvineed,
would never he in the I 100. Member's power, bow-
er. r, to bring, and until Stith was exhibited, he
hoped the House wonld the dignity cud in-
depeadence of one of its most resin., table Members.
The lien. Gimitleinen had not been appointed
by the Ministry, he had been placed in that situa-
time by the vote of that House. The . I
pr.ncip.e
then maintained by the lion. Mover might indis-
criminately apply to every motion or privedure. in
that Hoitse,smee it was always aid justly supposed
the Minister had, in every Motion submitted to the
Ifonse, a considerable share of influence. The
Honourable 14,1eitilier had said, out of twenty-five
unpelisioned Members of a Committee of Finance,
to the commencement rife Sessioa, there might not
berme oithout a plate or peasino, at the conelii-
of it. /Jut he should also recollect, that the
.they aectiaisd-kf.tuation. they
immerlisquelified front holding a coat, and cense-
vetitly excluded from being Members of the
Committee of Finance. In his opinion, it was no
disqualification to any Member, that he had been
distinguished or rewarded by his Sovereign or
his country. These diStinctions were rather so
litany strong reasons foe his being further pro-
moted to places of honour and trust. lle did not
know the Hon. Motet's views of public situation;,
but if these views should laud him to he anxious
for the due performaoce of any duties attached to
a public situation which he might in future happen
to hold, he did not think such an anxiety would
at all disqualify him from fulfilling the duties of
any other situation to which the suffrage of that
House might call him. Other Gentlemen around
hini,!at least, were of that opinion, and maintained,
in action and profession also, the best mean* of
pursuing the road to fame and popularity., was
by rendering themselves of public
Such a task was highly honourable, end lie
treated, for the sake of the character and
gratitude of ,the country, such a disposition
would ever lead to honour and mirolumeet. The
lion. Member had been ehi.en us it distinguished
.and worthy Member to till mic duty, by the suf-
frsows of the house; so far lie had Leen declared
"wishy of the pul,iie eootirlence. Yet this is the
reason assigned why the lion. Gentlenian shoidd
be ex, !tided from a farther situation of trust. The
office he at present held wins the proudest (sate
that filled by the Speaker of the House, which re-
quired the sanction of the Crown) to which- any
Commoner might aspire. Neither were the ap-
pointment of Governinent; both were decidvid by,
the votes of the :tLisinhers of the and both
were situations, the due fid fitment of w hich rendered
them, in his mind, the fittest persons to lilt any
other ofwgirment ire lance.
. •
tae • helk-Itliditterneto
huiesombieto who enjoyed tact., Senile at
the same time he intimated flies wire two paths to peefiv-
rents and sitsatiosa samlument ; one the open and gene-
ric. road described by the /beat Hon. Gentleman! the other
nut less direct, thusgh perhaps lees creditable, by subser-
vience and compliance with the iMunctioes i.f the powerful
'tad great. Since such was often the ease, A was necessary to
Owe virtuous charactura beyond the reach rifts, u euspicinn.
Hence a Hight Honourable Friend of hisr who had been in-
troduced at the heed cf that Committee hit Scasion,
lad positively refused erre to attend ou that Committee
There were two reasons the Honourable I/collier should not
continue • Member of the Finance Costatuit•ce ; one, his
other eutalaut seocatirms ; the second, the netural suspirion
winched to the place he held, fir which he ...meld, accordieg
to custom, he remunerated byGovernmert at the conclusium
of the Session. Ile admitted a wan a. :.l u rertliroers en-
joy a sitnation of great emolument aid Lima, yet continue
an unshaken and impartial friend to teeth ; and i Me lusts •cc
had occuired in the conduct of dd. present Speaker, in
April, 19..5. Yet, he eonteinled, thet as Government had
it romp:. rely in its power to tersimineml a Member of
Parliainent to the diatingoished situe,tion of Chairman of
Committees, he should taut continue a Meinb.. r of a ('um-
'sitters formed fur the express purposes of retrenchment
end eccnowy.-
Mr. II Alt IN. DROWN opposed the motion.
Mr. POISON lIV was surmised in hear the question dis-
cussed r offensive to the Hon. Member concerned. If
offence was so cosily taken when the Homo, only *hilted to
preserve the Constitution from violation, what would the
Gentlemen opposite think of that law which excluded Mem-
ten from Parliameut who only accepted a situatiou under
Gsverumeat ? or those forms of a Court of Justice, which
gave so credit tea wituem who had say interest, even to the
valve of half-a-crown, ire the Issue of a suit at law ? Stich re-
st actions wars jest, and founded on the mow intimate know-
ledgeof human inquire. The Hon. ( hair:nail could not, he
said, he dishiterrstud personally in the decision of this
Commitire of Finance since it haul been stated, that he
was personally anduleeply involved in the rr.ult of their in'
•Vit:gatiUll and resubstitnis. The objection, be (mice:vet%
did nut apply to Mr. Wharton, but simly to the Chaiedian
of the Committee of Ways and Nillauss; Grace he alsoisttl sup-
t the motion.

Mr. litnot t.rtt stated, iu reply, the Ihmonrable Gen-
tleman had given a different opinion to him on • vote of
considerable importance, 'shin in the Committee. Tim.
lion. Gentleman had been so great • At. Auger in that Com-
mittee, that his had never seen loin beton., and did out
Meow he had bees a N/enther previous to that hoar ; tie
thee judged his aneurism-, extremely impropri. Ile snot
he sever wished to ion the ruabd of vulgar ambition,fi um
opposition to popalaiity, from popularity to place, and
from pines, to apostacy ; if ever his humble abilities Should
be employed iu the public iNrviee, it plionld only he on one
empress stipulation, that the ei.u..try shoal' not he •nbjrrt
to any burden by his being appointed to that eiluxtuio
A division then tea plate, uht n there appearcd—:
Ayes st I ues le—Majority 49.
On the suggestion of Mr. Ta . end sir IMP. NEM.
PPR; Mr. FO.TIER pustlioned the second reii.luig of the
Irish Duties Sill until to-morrow.

Kr. %I 4a o prclented raptia, cootaioint an at, omit ade
lumber of banish ver*els ttetaiued muter thc late Orders It
(ouneil. tlrtitrrol to lit 0.1 the Lb:,
Tin Mast rues went tut,' a Cooo:ttee on the Orders iu
(*mow.).

Mr. Ti ~t rY made .one objections to herein; furilter
ns the Petitioners had chin d the rase.
The Srr..tiLlin contended the litmse had taken the twit-
ter nolo tin it inen hands; and had • compel...lt right to c xa•
t. I no' the ground I. (complaint, a. ccr as it thought proper.
'floe Wan..... for the I .1)il .6 r-Pet it ion were then railed.
The Co:ornate? theu proceeded %footman:tine Ito following
pilin a..., Jwhii [lull, Mr. Taylor, )Ir. %Via. Hall, and
Mr. I:4l,,hodKe
. -
Ih, Hois,e then re.ained. had Mr. WnArt-rov, the
Chaolu,n ot the Comisiiitte, rep irted prgress, ar-d
k.iri to sit azum on 1 luirmtaY ".xt —°"/""i*
'lle Hume thou odimruad at Ilia past Twelvc o' Clock.

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LSD AV, tram 5.

Tlir Centaur, Sir S. noon, as we stated yeiter-
day, was forced to put hack, on Saturday, lino the
Downs, hut a westerly wind springing upon Sunday
morning, she set sat! again, with the Orim. Tlir
rest of tiv, fleet wonld,.it was believed, follow yes-
terday. They were busily employad all Sunday,
and the night lidare, in landing the flat-bottoined
boats they laud brought front Portsmouth and 11:-
mouth.

Several transports came into the Downs on San-
day, and some horse ships have been ordered to
sail from the river as quick as possible. From the
number of flat-bottomed boats that are. anding at
Deal, not lea► than ,200, it is supposed that another
expedition is preparing. Other boat* are•serly
completed, which are to carry earrouad es. r.

A Morning Print of yesterday stand, that
" about three o'clock oa Saturday, a telcvaphic
communication bras received at the Admiralty. an-
nouncing the return of the Leyden, Captaiie
ai:r.r. :ND, from the Tagus, and stating that "there
Was nn yews.' from that quarter." Ti is stateitiebt,
if true, would shake the credit of tl4reports acid
t• to have been received from that quarter, pf an ac-
tion in the Mediterranean. We ran, however, as-
sure our readers, that no telegraphic dispatch was
received at the Admiralty since Saturday, or which
day the arrival of the Leyden was simply annoudecd
by the telegraph, and nothing more..--She was
just standing into Plymouth Sound when the post
came wt. on Saturday, and it could not tie
known whether she had brought news or not
we may presume, that if she had brought news of
any importance, it would trace reached town last
be observed, however, that she
probably had a very teLbous passage.

ni.Alit

The long-agitated question respecting, the abo-
lition of individual Army Agency, is at length
setiied. It is. to continve nuatly on the same plan
as it has been for some Mare past. The allowance
for nianagin >, the Regiments of Infantry is to COD-.

tinue the same, hut a reduction of one-bull is to
be made frrn the present allowance for Regi-
xt.t4e.gf.c,itykim,

The Ma;tetiesier packet arrived at Falmouth late
on Thursdry night, after a passage of 39 days
from Tortola. . She reached itarbadoes ou the .7th
January, arid found there His Ni tar.srit's blips
:Lams Dart, and I livontenct. On the 9th ult.
the Dilation frigate arrived at Antigua. On the
18til the packet reached Tortola, where she finind
Ilia 'MAJr.sry '3 brigs ifilitghiy, SiVhlger, Mire/IX,
am! &Air schooner. Ora the 19th Ili* MaJes-
ry's iinrod arrived at Tortola, withdiravitchte
from Admiral Sir J. T. DVC lIWORTH, Whom she
left off St. Mitt's, but who was procedliral; toiyards
St. Domingo, still in search of the hot:heft:in
squadron. The Erecting packet, which sailed
from Falmouth with the January mails fur the
Windward islands awl Jamaica, arrived. at flar-
butlnes after a fine passage of •22 days. Coverts-
went have recei%cd, by the MantkrAter • packet,
diqputclies from Sir A. COCIIRA NE, dated the ~nth
January, but they bring no news of it sty import-
ance.

Several letters have been received from Lisbon,
of dates to the 3d instant. ( hie of them, is parti-
cular, is from high authority, and mates, as has liven
already affirmed, that the kingdom of Portugal is
now on the eve of a famine, a calamity w has
long been foreseen and dreaded by the unfortunate
natives. The city at Lisboa having beta more
than any other pace in Portugal overt nip by
French troops, is the first to experience the elleets
of scarcity. Flour, which IS Fold iii America at
two doilar+ per barrel, in Lisboa will fetch thirty-
two. The lower cla.-es of peoply, who are destitute
of money to porchase at that estraragint rate,
are literally starring in the streets, aml 14:f nioNt
distres.sing scenes are daily witnessed. (1:•11.•ral
JIINOT dispatches parties of horse daily to. sf otr
the comitry for corn ; hu the fact is, the na-
tion is vompletely drained, and the farineni never
ceased to forinsh the markets, as long as they had
more to spare that, supplied their own fatuities.
Alany years have the Corpo..ation of Loudon
hten forming a plait for improviog Teinple-11..r
and Snow-hill, which is nearly accomplisi.ed in
eon:Aeration of the magnitude of the unile:-takilig,
the ore wisely granted a Lottery, to com-
plete the falnies so nohdv begun; the Citizens
have t tru tlicr support, and hare purchased
propor:ion of the 'Vickie i and Shares, bring
+sett accare that those who patterns the freers will
have ,tat, 3of great value, and that the Wit! Itrn-
clu,e coustiler:tbly more titan the atom th •v are
estimatf .1 at ; besides, they can be c.olv••rlisi it,
Thy Lottery will be ilei itt..l in
one day, the 2(h , of the pre.ient mo.ilii. 1: ;a:. ,nv
and Co. solicit their met,:!, to 'otly
have risen, awl are likely to ;
Charing-Cross ; and St. IfurJ;areer
101101 : where No. 1;437), it ri-I'LC .",.,),•!)!. it !•1
Ni. 10„34, a Pitze of Juol. were shared .1A -,J'd
ou th fouriii day.

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