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inclines during all the. Lours the House *as
sitting. It was, indeed, an, ofEee requiring a great
degree of information
.ind, he trusted, that the
HoOkt would think that saline rereuneeation, fax
the exertioas of the person so employed, would
not be imptioperly. applied, The only question,
therefore, that was left for their determination,
*el, whether or not it was fir, at the end of the
Session, the House. should vote the Chairman of
• the Committee of Ways and Means any compensa-
tion for the duties so performed ?• Were the House
not to appoint a Gentleman to fill that important
situation he was persuaded, they would find the
old proverb verified : " What is everybody's bu-
siness, is nobody's business ;" and that the business
of the House, instead of being condueled with re-
gularity and order, would either be greatly retarded,
or condueted with the utmost confusion. He slid
not think h necessary to take up more of the time
of the House, in stating objeetions to the motion the
Hon. Gentleman had made t for it he (Mr. Rid-
dulph) still thought proper to plersist in hi, propo-
sal, and wished to bring it forward in a regalar
manors, he had ohly to postpone it to the end of
the Session. He concluded with moving, ".1 hat
the other Orders or the Day be now read "
Mr. BIDDULPH said, in reply. that he WAS not
aware there was no stated salary to the Cha'rm in of
the Committer of Ways and Meals , but still he
did not think the Resolution he bail proposed WAS
thereby rendered wholly unnecessary. He consi-
dered the country at present in the predicament
of a' person that found it necessary to redact
hie establishment: An individual, in such a situa-
tion, might have servants for every department, but
should he find it necessary to reduce his expendi-
ture, would he not say, that one man might perf am
the duties of another. He cons;dered that he him-
self had performed his duty in bringing this matter
before the House, having dam: it from no motives
of hurting the credit of His Majesty's Ministers.—
He had been accustomed to observe many acts of
their disinterestedness.
Lord HOWJCK's amendment was then put from
the Chair, and agreed to.
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On the Motion of Lord HENRY PETTY, the
House agreed to the resolution of the Committee of
Supply, that a supply be granteJ to His Majesty.
wesT‘fiNsrEit ELECTION.
Lord PO LIiSTON E rose in consequence of 0-4
notice he gave on Monday last. and moved,
64 That the order for taking into consideration the
Petitian of 'qr. Paull, as a Candidate for the Coy
of Westminster, which stood for the 19th of Ja-
nuary next, be rescinded, in order to be postponed
to a (salve day." The circumstances which gave
rise to this proposal were, that the Petition had
been presented last Saturday, and being .ranked
amongst the second class, an earlier day was ap-
pointed than was expelled. Although the Petition
had been sent to him on the Monday preceding, he
was not authonted to present it wit: out instrunions.
He had been informed, that a great mass of evi-
dence was intended to be brought forward, which
would prevent its being possible to consider its
merits so soon as formerly thought repedient. On
these :Ind othet grounds, not necessary to enumerate,
'the Noble Lord begged leave to move, "That ir•.-
stead of the 13th of January, Fueslay, the 24th of
February, be appointed for its consideration."
Mr. SHERIDAN raid, that in consequence of a
communication which had passed between the
Noble Lord and him, he should not oppose his
motion; but his lot henrance certainly did not pro-
ceed from any tniog that had been said. The
Noble Lord had alleged; that there was an im-
mense complication of evidence ; if witnesses were
to be brought from i distance, there might be
something at this ohjesltion to its early considera-
tion. Here all the witnesses were in Westminster.
It Mai a strange mode of proceeding, first to
bring forward charge', and afterwards to enter into
the consideration of the witnesses to be adduced to
"rove them. Although the i.e.'s. is assigned forwish:
lag this delay, was that the Petition had been pre-
Muted by the Noole Lord without Inetructfona, yet
he (Me. S ) had been informed, that its presenta-
tion Upcm the earliest day possible was what was
earnestly wished. Now, however, he was given to •
understand, that the latest day possible was the one
most relied upon ; which, according to the rules of
the House, could only be four or five days later.
Even under these circumstances he should not op-
'pose the postponement desired ; but he certainly
.thought, that the nest step that would follow would
.be, that he and the House should hear nothing
More of the Petition in question. He supposed the ;
Petitioner would take the advice of his Counsel, and
would choose a time when they (the Counsel)
would be upon the circuit, as an excuse for fur-
ther delay. A Right Honourable Member op.
posite (Mr. Perceval) had, in his absence on Sa-
ttirday last, charged him with having succeeded in
his Eleftion by Ministerial influence, rt•itlh a great
degree of wit and exercise of his candour. He
should at present only tell that Right Hon. Gent he
'bad been highly mistaken. He had obtained no
influence, and had accepted of no office. except that
which His Majesty had been previously pleased to
confer upon him. He was surprised that Right
Hon. Gentleman had not thought proper to expatiate
upon his acceptance of the Chiltern Hundreds,
which report had already assigned to him. He
should, indeed, have no objeflion to accept of thtm,
providing that Right Hon. Gentleman would do
the same, and try a contest with him upon the
Hustings of Covent•garden, for the city ot West-
minster (Load lensgiter).
Mr. PEACE VAL said,that the Noble Lord near
the Right Hon. Gentleman who had just spoken,
would do him the justice to remember that it was
owing to his Me. Sheridan's) not being in the
House on Saturday last, that he had expressly de-
clined saying any thing upon the subjeCt. He had
merely then alluded to it, to reinify s•suie rnsappre-
hension which seemed to have occurred. It any
thing had fallen from him, beyond that explanation
which lie inteeded, as he had inadvertently
touched upon a triumphal car, it was accidentally
suggested by his recollecting having seen that
Right Hon. Gentleman (Mr. Sheridan) drawn
through Pall-Mail in a cart (4 This had
put it into his mind, and had induced him to allude
to a triumphal ear ; but he had statteal nothing, he
hen's!, that would interfere with his chatader as a
Member of P whamert. He was perfectly inclined
to maintain toot opinien which Fe had enantaisetl