The National Register.
London, England, 1817-05-12 00:00:00

MR. HERRIEs'S ‘PPOINTMENT.

Mr. BENNETT row to bring forward his motion OR the
subject ()ride. ilerri.s's late appointment to a sitneion on the
Civil List. Mr. Bennett proceeded to take a review of Mr.
Herries's public life, and to enumerate his several pill is ap.
pointments. Mr. Herries was first appointed to a politic
situation in 1798, when he was appointed to a situation in the
Treasnt y. He was afterwards appointed Sect etary to the
Chancellor .1 the Exchequer; afterwards Commissaiy Gene-
ral and Comptroller of Accounts ; and to these he had various
other situations anti emoluments added The Honourable
Gentleman then proceeded to enumerate the services of Mr.
Herries, which amounted to five years service in the Treasury,
and thirteen years attendance on the Chancellor of the Ex.
chequer as Secretary, and Gtr these arduous and laborious
services, he was rewarded with an income of 27001. a year,
for doing what any man would do for a salary of 3001. a year.
He concluded by moving a Resolution declaring that the
House considered the allowing Mr. Henries to retire with the
half of his salary of 27091. a year, and allowing him afterwards
to take an office of ISO. a year, was an improviiknt waste of
the ;white money.
Mr, VA NIIITTART was fully persuaded, that when the House
had heard what he had to urge, they would think what had
been done for Mr. Herries was merely justice : Mr. Herriaa
was first appointed Secretary to him, (Nlr. V.) wheel a bird of
the Treasury ; and afterward. he was appointed private Se-
cretary to Mr. Perceval, a place of great trust, and such as
had invariably led to great preferment. In 180.9, Mr. Her-
ries was appointed a Comptroller of Army Accounts, with a
salary of 15001. for life; this certainly he gave up ; and is
Ist I, succeeded Colonel Gordon as Commissary General. In
this situation be continued till 1816, when an arrangement
was made in the Commissariat, by which a stun of 11,000 was
saved annually to the Public. He (Mr. V.) had trusted Mr.
Herries with millions attne public money, and those millions
had been faithfully applied ; but in future he should doubt
much whether he ought to do so, if the reward of public ser-
vices so important, was to be poverty and neglect. The pro-
vision which he had made for Mr. Herries he had made con-
scientiously, and he though, it was not greater than that Gen-
tleman's services deserved.

Mr. Ti K EY had nu personal motives towards Mr. [lorries,
but was as ready as the Chancellor of the Exchequer could be
acknowledgeto his personal services ; but, allowing them to
their fillies' extent, the question was, had he not been more
than paid by this appointment of 27001 a year 2 If the
motion was negatived, blame rested on the ilonse, and he
hoped to God, the country would recollect it, when occasion
uttered ; for a more extravagant expenditure of the public
money never was exhibited.
Lord CASTLEREAGH spoke at considerable length against
the motion.

Mr. :'ossositty thought the House was bound to say that
this was an itsilitoper application of the public motley.
Mr. It k.N 7.4 TT replied. and contended, that as dlr. Ilerrira
admitted sense the Committee he held the ()thee on the same
term, :IN him predecessor, Sir James Kennedy, namely, that of
a War Officer, he was entitled to the bailie compensation only
as his predecessor.
The House then divided—Ayes, ..1t —Noes, 93.—Majority
against the motion, .1.