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been compared to a schoolarater, who turned slut
refractory out of the school, anal urged oat hot good
boys by telling them he would leave them. H
should stow confine himself to the civil depart.
menu of the army. COmparing them oath the
year 1792, there appeared a altfierenre of 87,000%
increased expense, a difference which in the seventh
year of peace was esouritrues. It sessisospoweilolo for
him to allow the House to go into a Comanager ;
so long as they refused. to revise these enormous
rat abbaliaseuts. eon pledge tisentseires to eamtosseri
of ecoomny, he should from cloy to day confine*
to submit motions to the Hostile. Tlx inossan
he °waiet to submit oow 1114$ founded oil the 4th
Report of the Committee of Finance in 1817, which
was a Report recommending a redact iou of e.tablialt=
rural*, though from that Joy to this it had lain:
deed letter on then. table. The lion. Measbor
condoned by enossiisg—
,' not it be so irerucliee to the Committee to take ire
coasideraire the reeimoweirdation of the Comointre of
Forserre to this House, is their oath Report, reissued irr
the following. terms t—t, What your Committee, thrrefeie.
earaestlyrecommeall is this, that the Lords of the Treasury
shireW cell for a miens of the peeler erablisheseate of all
the civil office' is the Stale, fir esker of which homelier&
increased within the lent IS yea" nod with a refereser Or
the eiresesetanees erre stated, and sec* other onwideratione
as the altered skeeter' of nee courry sod the peculiar
Nature of each eellabliskateris may roger ; shot May elerwlit
make a rewires of the same, arid duvet sash proepeesive
redisetime sherries* May appear to them reasoaable, with-
out impariog the ellhafesey of the service.'
"Your Committee tarot that the oboe-emirs* which they
have submitted to the Reese be this sad their former Replete
are sufficieut to show the expediency of this reindeer It Is
not their isteutioa S. person the subject farther at present,
except to remark that the system adopted of late years in
some, and oow ertle•ded to most of the public ogees, of a
progressive increase of itailivey, by reason of length ef ser-
vier, if nee Mall eases objectionable in principle, is st Mast
liable to • great shoos le practice.
" The several scales which have hitherto come maw the
view of your Committee vary so match, both se to the kamth
std periods of service, which shall currier the nest and s.eh
soccer'', addition of salary, that your Committee feel re-
winced the whole arrangerreat has grows to its present ex-
tent, watered any well matured plan oe • sofileitut err-
deratio• of the consequences. Oue proof of this they lure al-
ready bad occasion to advert to in their Report on the Ord-
sauce Department, in which this practice has bee° carried to
the greatest leugth, sad applied to classes (such as Messes.
gees, Bernick Master*, and others) nut entitled to the beadle
it is any other departamat. As a general measure it ap.
pears liable to the greatest objection, under the present cir-
cumstances of the emistry, of having placed beyond the eon-
trot of Government, at least without an interference, not
wholly comnsient, perhaps, with the equitable claire of the
parties, the coalinti•l increase of official remuneration, whom
these circumstaaces world require that all such increase
should etre.

" Year Committee woeld therefore recommend, Ist, That
the system of remit', or regressive increase of salary for A
Isegth sherries, should he swapeuded altogether, with the
exception which they have already stated; mid perhaps
also, wit► the farther exterior prospectively of an addi-
tion, not exceediog Se per coot. oa the origioal salary, being
allowed to any establish ell clerk in the junior or lowest clam
of any office, who might have served 'eves years to the sa-
tisfaction of ►is auperio► officer, without having, during that
period, obtanted say step of promotion."

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Lord A. HAMILTON ruse to second the motion,
though he acknowledged lie would himself have re-
commended a shorter instruction to the Committee,
yet coming from the quarter it did, rod being so plain
and so seasonable a propoeition lie could nut avoid
seconding it. The Noble Cord then went into
an examination of the superannuation allowances
to several officers, and complained particularly of
sllowance of t,OOOl. a year to Lord Tyravily, as
late Barrack-master General of Ireland. This, it
appeared, had been enjoyed IS years. He should
like to know if Lord Tyrawly retired as super-
annuated in years ago. He did not mean any
thing disrespectful to the individuals whose names
he had mentioned. The Ministers might be able
to give explanation, and all he should observe was,
that certainly explanation was required.
The CHANCELLON of the Excuaquse acid, if
the Noble Lord and the Hon. Mover had atteoded
to the papers laid on the table, they would hive
seen that a very extensive reduction had taken

place in every breech of the public service. Many
Important reductions had been made since the Re.
ports had been laid on the table. A general in-
struction had been issued front the Treasury,
that whenever any office became vacant, an in-
quiry should take place, • report should be made
whether the office could be dispensed with. The
reduction. had not yet been carried to the extent
which Ministers or the House might think ad.
visible; but the House would see how much in-
dividual injury would be sustained from any
digested or premature attempt at reduction. ter,,,
structions had also been given wholly to suspend the
scale of increasing salaries for length of service, and
the same measure been extended to reducing them
individuals already in pomeseion of advanced salary.
In some offices a greet increase of duty had taken
place; the Irish Chancellorship of the Exchequer
had been consolidated with the English. But whilst •
the Speaker was in the Chair he felt it would be
impossible to enter into particular cases. He would
only observe that Lord Tyrawly's was a patent
office, and the Noble Lord (A. Hamilton) should
be aware that influenced the amount of the retire.
meat allowance.
Sir Joint NEWPORT said he should not have
said a word if it had riot been for what bed been
mentioned as to the Berrackensster Gement! •f
Ireland. In 1803 the Noble Lord retired from
office, and ill 1810 or 1811, in consequence of an
examination of his accounts before a Committee.
a large balance appeared due from the Noble Lord.
and the pension was then suspended till the ac-
count should be arranged. What Mel been since
dune, or whether the account had yet been settled,
he did not know, but thought it extremely desirable
the House should he informed. He would not take
twos, himself to say who was culpable iii the matter,
bat he could ouly aver that in 1810 or 1811 the
account was trot settled.
Mr. D. Beowtru spoke, but in so tow a tatter
that he was scarcely audible in the gillerY; from
what we could collect. lie stated must the accounts
hail been under exesuiriation, and nearly the whole
of the guest manual balance struck off.
Sir Joint NEWPORT rose to state, in millets.
tit'''. that it was far front his lactation to east ally
aspersion upon the character er conduct of Ltd
Tyrawly. He only tneuut to wake the inquiry,
which lie again repeated.
Mr. 1Vk1.1.11/11.811° Pain felt happy to have it in
his IN"Ver to *may in some measure the inquiry of
the Right Hon. Bomar,. When he had the honour
to hold the office of Chief Secretary fur Ireland.
4 there was found to exist rest difficulty in getting