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would he on election to their production. He
concluded tenth moving the follow Is ,L 7 IZt,1011.1t1011:
Rl'ilUilrea....llllll a Comasii tOe be appuinaol to Ineralexata
eettsiu 10.11.1.5C1 IMN 111111 ;ti to at Chelsea Hoapl-
sit a. it seso to II:1 PA, 1,14•5 C to CWO,4 Gordo,'; and
thud it Iv a Comm tbt whale noose. it was his 141.
*cotton to pavlova. Ili CTI4IICt; if be wo:i,j potgalued,
nowt, it n , atOunc *hue; were Sic D. Wu:Am Meteor
!Resets, Pity aaSau to lie Hospital, Mr.. those, ;sal Mr. '
Poore"
.Ir. l'Enctivat, said. that linwevvr Site House. li
might decide snit respect to the propriety of hives,'
ligation, he could istoircely. think the lloss. Baronet
was sincere. when he proposed that I;sat tuvestigatissu
should be cotaluetell by a Committee of the whole
Noose. lie ent,ertaisied hopes that the stoteirouit
which he was about to make, would sati,ty the
Hon. Baronet. The Governors of the Hospital
had sod inquiry- nu foot. aid after-a. conversation
with Colonel Gordon. he lint declared Isitoreff pa-
tisfied that the space should lie extruded for the
convenience of the I lospital. It was its agitstiou
Iv huild a new Intirmary, sand if the whole of the
grouted was tunnel to he iseCessaty. although sin le-
gal step cued be resorted to to dissolve the cols-
tract between Colonel Gordon and the Treasury,
-they would do all ha their letwir to prevail opals
hint to surrender ;t up. He hoped that that would
be enough. or if aoy farther proceeding was adopt-
ed. that it would be a tnntion for any further papers
that tnight be (lett/sett necessary. lle thd not see how
any biai:te could attach to thosewho filled the higher
offices, the chargestguinst whom was that they bad
j.?.lgesl the lands, not by their own eyes. but by the
eyes nt surveyorsow wits directed by suct.te and law.
At all events, he hir„sad that they *mild mot attach
such importance to the question, as to vote for a
Committee of the whole Honor.

Mr. iltemuLen thought that as there were other
papers which would tend to elucidate the trimaac-
lion farther, it would be well to have them. it
would he necessary for Colonel Gordon to keep his
garden iu order; but he did nut see why any de-
duction should be Made upon that account.
Lord Slavin agreed with the Right Fionnurable
Gentlemen opposite, that for the House to resolve
itself into n Committee of the %%hole Hons.:. CM such
an occasion, would lie beneath its dignity ; hut he
could net agree a ith him, that the appointment of
a select Committee lies a measure vary should all-
stain from. His chief reason fur rising was, to no-
tice some ill-treatment which the ;venom who was
migilially the owner of the land had received ; lie
had been represented us haiiiig acted the part of
u Jew—the ;keratin to whom he alluded was Lord
Yarliorougli. lit the year leos his Lordship was
appli.al in by the exiating Govesninent for a to-
ureal of the lease, which he refused; hut on tieing
told that it was necessary to the Hospital, heiieter-
mined to comply ; aecordiogly a surveyor wus;called
in to value the land on the part of Goverinneut; who
veined it et 4.8001. and one on the part of Lord
Yarboroiegh, who valued it at 80001. Thu uego.
elution ties broke o:r by the death of r.
When it was again renewed, two surveyora were op.
pointed, as before. nail a third was act as
a sort nflinipire between them. They valued it at
4.7001.; met, Notwithstanding Unit Sir Joseph
Balks represented it.to Lord Yurburougls at under
the value, he accepted ,of the terms. Such had I
been his cauda-t in the transaction; he had closed
with a diaailvantageaus Ikargail instead of having
attempted to run %la the Goviewnsteat tti-a large
emount. The basiness of the mils to Col. Or/411011
had, her milt aced, to hms somewhat the appearance
or a j 0!) ; the trusts were such as to entitle it to
that epithet.
Mr. Lit sutra said, that in what fell from him
upon a fernier ACCdslOll, he did not mean to throw
the slightent reflection upon the Nubile Lord. The
fact was that Sir Joseph Bunkes mill the To cur
appointed one reference, by whose decision they
agreed to he bound ; that he valued it at 4.7001.
which was accordingly the sum unreel upon./
regretted greatly that any thing which (ell- front
hits should appear to be intended agaiitsit the
Noble Lord, and was happy to avail himself of that
opportunity to dtsclaini it. With respect to the
((nest ttttt immediately hefieut the House, he arid not
think that there was any iseceasity fur going into a
Committee.
Colonel Woo. defended the character of Cu).
Gordon, as the list man, he was convinced, who
woatil be capable of depriving the soldier of his
right ; he had served les country in every quarter
of the globe, and the sit tortiiiii he now filled, what-
ever gentlemen might think of it, was one of great
labour, otampied in the incessant discharge of the
important duties of his office, without intermission,
from morning to night. He firmly believed he
would not swept of may thing which would injure
the soldiers, and therelare he would give his vote
rigninst the motion. Indeed, su far was the grant
to Colonel Gordon fi mit bring an injury to the
pensioners, that for the number, or them, there was
more then sufficient accommodation ; because such
Were the advantages 4:trending the out-pensioners,
that time men generally preferred being of that class
to belonging to the hospital.
Earl Pi.lice said a few cook against the inn-
tion ; but sparking front under list gallery, we
could lint distinctly hear his Lordship.
Sir Feasters B1)111)1iTT did not mewl to take.up
much of the time of the House, but could not re-
frain from making some observations on what lie I,
had heard in the comae of the night. lie could
not wonder at what had fallen front an Honourable
Member opposite to him (Colonel 'Wood), relative
to the men preferring to be out rather than in-
pensioners, when they were to be deprived of their
comforts. Dr. Moseley had said in liiiiexamiva-
lion, that an opportunity offered of enlarging the
Hospital ground, but lie had said nothing of a
part of that ground in question heing soffit:tent ;
mid yet the Colonel, who, it was asserted, was
incapable of taking advantage of the soldiers,
had taken all he could get on the occasion.—
With resnect to the papers laid before the House
on the subject, he considered them as altogether
defective in point of information, as they hail nei-
ther the report of the Physician Nor Surgeen' to say
that they approved of the disposition inside of the
;pound. As to its being a public job, idtlimigli
we were asserted by the Right Honostreble Gen-
tlemen opposite to be more pure and free from
corruption than our ancestors, yet he valid not
help viewing it with rather a jaimiliceti eye, when
he saw that although upwards of buuUl. was given
by Government for the short re:natant* terns of the


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