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net any disporition to coum • reduction in joy item
wnich dill not molly require it. For instmice, he oft.
served, that the widow of a General Officer receives
*oily 1201. elver, which he thought was but • small•
allowance, and not more than what is allowed
to the widow or a demise& accost/item. In 1896 I
the whole number of clerks in the War Office I
was 1 V. whole aviaries cost the country under
30,0001, a year. In 1819 they were increased )
frosts 1.12 to 147. and their salaries from thirty to
newly forty-eight thorisand • year.—(Hear.)—Yet:
in 1806, one would have supposed that the quantity
of business to be performed was much greater-than
now. At that time ire were engaged in ail 'obeli-
time wet, which wag carrying on is every •iirt of i
the globe. From the returns on the table, it wis
clear that there were a number 'esf emigrant exe.
receiving salories of differeot amounts tip
to 2,501. a year. scone of which Might he thought he
dispensed with. The Honourable Member then
argued at some length the propriety of simpli-
fying the sonde in the which the soldiers were payed.
He also expressed his opinion that the Commis.
riot Departriient alas in a great degree umsetcessary.
He thought it should be left to Commanding Officers
themowlveg to mike the contracts for the purchase
ii provigiontr end forage for their trove; surety
they were persoos of Tat resiwciability that that
duty might be fairly le r to them—at least the con-
tracts should be submitted to them before being
concluded. This was but a suggestioii; but if he
were not greatly mistaken savings might be made
on that heed and in toe. Commissariat Deparitnent
of Ireland. to the extent of above 20,0004 a year.
He their entered into an examittation of lime expenses
of the office of accounts in armor, end after quoting
the opinion of the Committee of Fivauce of 1796,
remarked, that when they took into account the
chances of death, insolvency, and the variety
of other contingencies to which persons its offices
were subject. the question was, whether they
were hot paying more roi them twenty times than
ever they crusted to he repaid to, the• public.
It appeared to him that a great saving Might
he effected by consolidating some of theta.
It wee pall 1114, all these things required much ex-
antinat:itn. but Hilinitting that, all he asked was so
refer sheds to ■ Committee, rod what istjory or in-
convenience ci•uld result from it ?--(Hear.)--
The advance in the charges of the Quartermaster
Gester.lN-d.partmeist from the year 1797, was per-
fectly orange. By the nineteenth Hewitt of the
Committee or Finance it appeared that jutted year.
when the war was raging at it. height. the army
extraordistaries were near sift millions, and at the
mine time there were two Comptrollers of Accounts,
,sail 11 troistants. The Comptrollers acted as auditors
oh meounti also, and received additional salaries,
which was a proof that their labours as Comptrol-
km were not very overwhel • g !then they did not
incapacitate them from attending to other °Tees.
lit 1819 the army extraordinaries were little more
than a 'Milton. but the establishment consisted of
three Comptrollers,. one at a salary of two thou.
sand a sear, and two others at salaries of fifteen
hundred • year each—(Heat)—and in addition to
these twenty-seven clerk., whose joint salaries
coat the country eight thousand pounds a year
more than their offices did in 1797.—(Hear.)--
With ret,tard td the military college, it was capable
of undergoing further reductioni. He allowed,
however, that it might he made • very useful ests.
blishment. He knew that from the want of such
an institution its former time', we were frequently
obliged to have recourse to foreign ofileers to corn.
Woe our service, not having the command of sa-
tire ones. properly qualified by education for cer.
tats provinces. But lie believed that •the young
mess educated at that place were usually granted
commissions at the age of sixteen or seventeen ;
now lie asked. whether it was not likely that going
into the army at much years, they would in a few
years tumuli he knowledge they had before acquired?
Alter all it was only a school for a parcel of boys.
end he really could see no necessity for the eaten-
sive emir nianstained there. At present there were
290 lola there, divided into four companies; now
lie thought that if the number was brought down
to 290, that would constitute more cadets than the
country required. By reducing two Captains, a
ihing he believed practicable, a saving might be
made of 5001. a-year. He hid no doubt also of
the practicability of diminishing the number of
Prolessots. The Ciontnissioners of Military In-
quiry had remarked on the lightness of their
duties; and he could state himself, from experi-
ence; having received his education at the school,
that sonic of the Professors had to attend only two
hOurs a day. These details might be minute ; but
the House should beer in mind, that by memos of
petty details great savings could be brought about.
If ins pretweit suggestion should be carried into ef-
fect, the gross result would be a saving of 400.000/.
a year. lie then cited an Act of Parliameut, passed
in the year 1910, providing that where any of-
ficer, under sixty years of age; retired, it should
not he lawful fur Ilion to receive any nensiore,
superannuation allowance, icc. *nautili a certilicine
from hi* sisperior, meting hint to be income-
ble of coo ll i 111 l ing in the service in consequeuce
of age or infirmity, and that he had served ten
years ; but 111111 011 the obtainiug of ;belt a certili.
rate. be should he '181641 to an alloviasice not ex.
cee4ing out-third of hi. former misty. The etnolu-
wrists enjoyed by the Under-Secretary at War (as
we untlesstortil) weir thtectly in the teeth dads Am.
lit the lion place I.e had hot served ten yrara ; and
in the twit place Ids allowance was greater than olse
third of Ins bottler salary. Ile never heard the
name of that isidividnal mentioned without feelings
of inspect, on conrequenci of the veneration use felt
for a deceased relative of his; but the discharge of
a pultliC duty was paramount to any private
coneiderations. That officer :cos stow in the
receipt of ass income f the public of
1.800/. a year, I,iloo/. of which had beets granted
in return for only six years' overview. Wire he to go
through the different offices, he could easily produce
a Dumber of similar infraction* of the law. The 110 h.
Member then contrasted the hberality of these alloo.i
ances with list pour pittance made to General Offi-
cers, who had shed their blond in many a chine, and
spent the hest part of their fife in the defence of
their country.—(llear.)—As army medical officer.
tabu had inured allowance, moreover, wee out,
enjoying a *Aar, of gOOl. a year. Is physician to the
feces. How could such a person be called super.
iisismated. when actually filling ass important Aut:
thin ? Manisa stineraminvied medical cfficer era at

the same time physician to C else t Hospital.—
lei the. Barrack Deportment ite Nand that one
individsel, who hail served hot nine years. was re-
tired on en allowance of 11901. • year. Another
person (IA • retired allowance of 5001. • year
for having been employed only As parr in inuir.
ions into the accounts of a great defaulter. Did
not three appear to he abuses They might not
he so—hut was it. not due to the country to inert.
tigate sillether they ••etettr hot ? Whrh clerks.
who never perdtape sal their foot not of the ys
had their services remunerated so amply, by means
perhaps of • !secret influence very well understood—
/Intl-Albers, possessing the strotigevt claims on the
rountry, were left almost in • state of bum-
inquiry_ wai.insperiessaly called for. There re.
grained the B.l4ark Urpartmesit, and here hr found
a long list of barrack's, in the 'half of there
were sib; iroops ; how was the keeping up or these
eleceisary? The ofteratiolis bind repairs of these
buildings cost 58,00 a a year. He thought it
would he a wiser ohm to pull down ihose 1161 used,
end sill their materiels. Itwis quite absurd what
• swathe, of Isarraisk.oristers were kept up, where
one would be sufficient; there was a barrack.
master at Hyde Palk, another at Knightsbridge,
another at the Tower, irid2isnother of the *swot.
But it vials in vain to siilak to Ministers of any
abase ; never would they give op a particle of
their paroling, as long as they could gtiop it.
The disposition manifested by them on the import-
ant question broisght before the House the slight
before (on the appointment of a fifth Baron of the
Exchequer in Scotland), that there .was not the
elightest hope to be entertained of "retrenchment
its any quarter or department, unless the House
took the matter into their own hando.—(Hear,
hear, hear.)--All be • thin dratted was in-
quiry. If leis Majesty'S ft inters were really
sincere in their frequent profeiaions of economy.
when he or any other Member fell into en involuntary
esror. they woold not laugh at hUt assist hiin ; they
would my, We know these things better than you.
we will endeavour to set you right. and to direct
your inquiries, sad those of the Hquse: but they
aimed at misleading, and throwing dust into the
eyba of the House mid the country. He then moved
that a Select Committee be appointed' to inqiiire
into the, military expeuditure of the country, and
report their observations thereon to the House.

The quo-mime having been pot—
Mr. C. LOWb 'Awned. that the lion. Member
had asserted that the department of the Paymasters
General was useless and unnecessary. and that that
..Nicer was no public accountant; but on the cons
trary he was the greatest pobl.c accountant existing.
Colonel DAVIES observed, he had never said any
such thing as that he was out an accouutat.t.—
(Cries of " Order!'')
Mr. Loxo proceeded. The duty of the ray.

master-General was to see that all the sums issued
for the payment of the troops were issued under
the parliamentary regulation, and applied to their
proper destination, and that all the accounts of the
senate were properly made upend transmitted to the
A editor's Office. Hisoffice was attended with agreat
deal of labour and a great deal of correspondence.
The accountsof the regiments were forwarded to him
in the feet instance, by the Paymaster, and by him
transmitted, after being examined, to the Auditor;
so that lie had a very material control over the
public 'crowds. The Mon. Member stated justly,
that there had been an increase iu that eetaldiatimerit
since the year 1796. But when he had come to
the office no account had been passed there from
the time of Mr. Burke; they had been all passed
since, with the exception of last year's; which ad.
ditional labour required additional assistance. But
if the office were looked into, and compared with
others, it would be found that in none had such
reduction. taro place since the conclusion of the
war. During the time he had been c acted
with the office, three clerks only had received super•
lomiustitm allowances, and not one of them had
been granted so much as was permitted by the Act.
Colonel DAVIES and Mi.. Load mutually ex-
planned.
Lord PALMERSTON said, he bad to observe, in
the first place, that the Haute would be respited
from entering ou the coosideration of the Army
Estimates till Friday next. The Noble Lord then
proceeded to defend the conduct of the Finance
Committee fur the list five years, and to argue that
the increase of military force for the present year,
which involved of course ass augmented expi-udi.
titre, had been called fur by well.known events and
the eircumwasices of the country. Judging front
former calculation, of the Hon. MeMber, the result
of his idiot*, even if followed up, wound produce no
such saving as 400.001. a-year. But the question
was nut whether they worild produce this ur that
saving; but whether they could be adopted without
impairing the efficacy of the army.—(Hear.)—lt
was unfair to impute any wont of seal or apathy to
the people of England, as had been done, in pro-
tecting their own propertiei, and guarding the public
peace. The Noble Lord then mounted and answered
the various charges made by Colonel Davies on the
system pursued in the different brunches of the
army department. The Oismousiti,tg some of
the cavalry was a taeasute of economy adopted
by the Government. The stationing troops at
Hounslow Heath was • precautionary measure
for securing the peace of the metropolis. The
cavalry were employed on the coast in the pro.
lecterns of the revenue, by pursuing sinuggleis
through the interior of the coiiiitry, %flitch could
not be done by the fatting establishment. On the
subject of the proper number of field officers, and
the modificatitio of euenpatoer, the Hon. Member
*whited to huve a theory of his own, to maintain w
the House of Commons would not look upon es d
pirliaiueutary ground for inquiry.—The waggon
train was at prevent wholly employed for the uses of
the cavalry. W her r eat uctioi th the service became
praetiraide, it was rot di.e to consider what savings sight
artaally be made at the tame, without soy regard to fool.
rity ; us the contrary, the einahlskeeem maintained should
be looked spur ad the sacks, oat of which the whole was lit
be renewed and rewstalindeed whew Ilea polio seal el eta wietasess
of the toiletry readered it necessary. The pies of recruit.
is, reenaroweroded Was sue which 31r. BMA ke had taken great
panse,to abolish, and the mode now followed both ceased
the duly itself to be &use more effectively, tiled greatly cue-
tabloid to simplicity and correttairs in the keepiag of Ore
ariersonts. The riding imbued had bees established fisi
the purpose of affuerherg as noihoneity of iostroetion is
riding Ifs eery reginsent, which experience had shewu ow
service id be atresnely desirable. The reason *by there
were smote officers he the shahs Ireland than here, was, that
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similar answer was applicable :o the (dejection+ to the •
nuneber in the Windward and Leeward IstaaM. Thit
simple ,newer to the Alutaelte respecting the increase
of Maks ta the Ira ()Mew was, that formerly that esta-
elishoseal had not item increased In the same- proportion
as our foree lead bees hicreased ; the rowel isfeirte
was an immense accumulation of nimettied aratemis, an
lecnevenience that had not yet teen whelly fni red of The
Noble lord then adverted to the objective's bellies' the Com-
alallariat Department. He amended, line the "seem of
amirmiime with a hatcher or baker far three mastitis was
both mare convenient and more ircostonsiad Man else
mode in which the Hon. Gentleman propoeed I. have the
supplies made. With regard to the telerimmearer.
GeiwraCS Department, it was the same as be et/f, except
the &elitism of a Lithographic Press, which bad hero room,
extremely issefol and economist, and a in.l•4 raped a
sonde of feraishing the reports and iteronaroi• required by
that piece As to the Cueepirollee's Herta, it most be re-
collected that lamb of the horsiness of the reanimation
of seconois seldom ended with the war to which them
mesas° refereed. He Would nett lurch on the. Mili-
tary •College, in which great redactions bad been mode,
and arrangewomis mere now leakier. I. roneolidoe tem
(he tub of hog • the ',Moe anti Umbel departments, by
which avast prefesson would be allured. As I. the mew-
pleimethat mom Cadets would he raised than meld be pro-
metal for in the army, seven); see eighty might be fully
provided for, and that was flail to the member which it
weight be mpecial would ever" year he ready-1. Gentlemen
might ohjeet to the titles or the eaters of the Colter-:
whether they were called by the military title of Major,
Sr any civil title,: was in his miienatioll a matter of little
inspeirtapeit. Tim Hon. Member bad adverted to the time
employed by the Professors, noel had mid, that two boars
a day was the period of flair duty, beet he bad the
sat isfaet ice of Johnnie* theatre. Mosither,that by the emataira
meats now making, they would he ensployea A hoer, $ dty
in soneweer.old b hours in winter, • space of time melficiestly
long. comielering the nature of their duty. •Th. Hen. Gist.
had said, that be thought the saltier Arpartment might be
useful, bet the jumbo :weld not, as they wesedirsot fail biro get
by the time they were called apse actual deity all that they
had Serial at the College. But he thought the Hon. Mem-
ber himself fureislwel in his awn person a esilicieni refute-
lion of that argument. The Hoe. Member had, he believed,
bees educated at that College, and bad out exhibited that
rapid furgettubtese of what he had learnt.—(Neer, hear )
VOl himself, ha listiodeclare his opposed."' to the opinion of
the Hen. afthsiber; be thought that if we were to have ap
effective army we must have geed officers, and they meld
ant be had melees they were educated for the prole-m..18.---
U suels.public establishments were not in existence here, the
coasequeme would be, that young men would lee driven
abroad to Femme or Gemmel, at a time of life when most
susceptible of those impressioes, by which the character of
the future mew was formed —(lFlear, hear.)—He was sorry
the Noble Lord was sot is his place, whom he hail often
heard declaiming wino the use of readies troops„ he might
have had his support on this point. For himself Immeshed
the officers of the army not vilely to lee British by hirtle, hot
British in education seeitimentsi lied character. A .tote
had Matey, been passed every Semites to make the Catholic
seminaries of education in Ireland, and if it was thought
necessary to give • national character to the persons who
were to instruct the peasantry of Ireland, it was surely
equally necessary to give British feelings to British officer,.
The Hes. Gentleman frequesilt alluded, whew he graft of
the retired allawimers, to the Act passed is ISllyelthough
the cases which he hoe specified either did sot come within
the seaming of that Act, or had °teetered previous to its
Fusing. Such was the first ease, wiser bk wiestiostal an esthete,
whose name eveKed 'molten Mos the most pleasing, Ciallea.
ed ai it was with great mobile services. Thii gelid.' °Meer
wss placed on the retired list in 1109, wA the Act passed is
1511. Theses* was the case also of the 'Meer retired from
the ruche illeperinseat of the War-offiee. With respect to
the reelreitalloodoces to the Medical Beard they were al-
l/whom. glans on the bf a departeseue, and did
riot New wields the spirit Or maiming of the Art
Having thee geese thivegh the whale of she points alluded to
by the Hoe. Member, be thought the Reese would he sad,:
lied that Imellad laid no grourd for his proposed
(Thew, bass.)—Nothing certainly was so easy as to ask for
a C,ousesiitee, which, after all, he mild only ask. for that
they might give an opinion. But the .Hoamerable blene
bee forgot that there had bees not only Conentittere, but
d Commission of Inquiry, which sat for many yeas on
these very points which the Hamoneble Mews's. r now pro.
poses to review. TM Hossourable 'fresher ihuoilet that
if this inquire were granted, he 'Wield Sod a board of
Amen, a mine which at every tura .ef the spade would bring
to light etterielidaen wrong; hot the Honourable .elember
&got that the ground was already dug and examined,
and not an kits of abuse had bees detected. He hoped
the Howie would agree with him teat no paelia.
menlary . groused hail been laid to induce !bees to rent
this modem; bet that these details would Isere properly
MIMIC into discussion when the Estimates Were before them.
The Noble Lord motioned, and said, that be certainly felt
as much as any one the distress; bat the Hume reeve bound
in comillier not only the hardens that were borne, but the
blessings which these bordello had procured se He read_
lected that great struggle, when we had not only all Europe,
lent the Whole civilized world intim as, when the utmost
effort cad national courage woo eel, out to despair of the
Republic. If any person then could have got a glimpse of
safely for on reelveteand a prospect of delivenume for Europe,
he would put it to the Hon. Gentleman, whether it would
nit have heels accepted with rupture, alibonelt the price
fixed were *treat proem' exertions,,. and a patient endurance
of after privations. Weald nut this have been thought a
low price to pay Cr the freedom and iudependence of the
roeietry?--(Flear, hoar, hoar )

Mr. CaLetare mid, that In one point he did net 'tree
with kis Hon. Flirted (Cotowel Davies), and that was is the
proposed reduetio• of the Cavalry Establishment; he
thought the preeertration of a large skeleton establishment
presented she best mesas of speedily inereasirg it to •
larier effective for in case of necessisy. With the
other particulars of his Hoorierahle Friend's speech be
entirely greed; he thought that bis Honourable rieud
had fully shewn that there was • probability of • saving
being effected of milersl hundred thousand pounds, awl
all he asked was a Committee to see if that saving could
be made. The Noble Lord came down to that House and
made • sperieli once a year; and without meaning any di.-
respect to hie talents, be must say, that he was Ike best paid
orator of the age. He did not think, because a Committee,
who had had the whole expeosliture of the country before
them, had at the same time had this fohjeet also Ender
Weir consideratims, was • sufficient reason for refugia' the
impels, now.
Sir H MUM PAIIIIIILL thought that the feet of one sow, la
the kb year of peace, having in certain of the departments
relative to military affairs, a greater sum to pay than at the
fourth year of the war wee • ma-Wm semou fur inquiry ;
more perifenlarly *hew rut pled wish the fact, that our re.
Tense fur the year had folk* short 1,500,000/.
Colonel Daviasiin reply, said, that the stateesesti he had
mode, and the Orguments which he WI drawn from them,
bad been bellied, but not disproved. With respect to she
Conuithisiote of Military Inquiry to which reference had been
Made by the Noble Lord, it had existed only during war.
He begged that if the Hower would he thought to do its dory,
and endeavour to promote the public Welfare, they would
support his call for inquiry.
Colopel 6tallT said. that stith regard to the objection
which had been made to the forge-carts, they were of she
greatest wilily In forwarding the movements of the cavalry,
and the peeled hISLISOVeIIieIICe was felt on the retreat of Sir
John Moore from the deficieoey of that useful article. The
Hon. Member thee adverted to the riding.schogi and large
staff kept on foot, which be coutraded were bulk necessary.
Mr. Eatce mid be merely rose to state the grounds sos
which he meant to support the Hon. Member's motion for
inqoiry. To the various dated, of she question, whether re.
gardiug cavalry or infantry, he professed himself iriewinpe.
tent ; but it was his intentimi to look a little beyoud dome
details: he intended to look is the heavies ow foot • lar..e
standing army to time of prier. He thought it was also a
iiirstimi for the eoissideration of Oise House, how far id Was
desirable tolteej these Coltishly which required ti large mi.
fifer, force for their protective. thi a fate occasion • coo.
siderabk addition of keel fame was made to oar army, sod
if a Committee Was appdaird, he should propose slat they

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afield Iblitiir.! Whether Iliat fnn, so,oler oil riorumat Ire
.864.4hoi.uortensolry Or Mese grur krt. bt should.trppou, tiff
worlina.• ,
Colroostllsl,ltto .implairorl. MOO he boa not •torolo.oll Kit
ellootrontilino rolowernin ibe kmige,evirlis to ti little: whys 9 r
servieirahoord rod is war, loot who n at hum,. land in .tinn...f
peace.
. 11wGiolItry was Own 'tkarrol low • titvioroor. row
bens were— • ,
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flu ;sr return the.lloase ass to a Cotamittre, after whisb
the Hauer mutated
I.twd Ctia•Lar
lahalottaats of W/brick reimplanting, of agrtrositamil
tires.
Alta a few *De& &wen 1.0,1 Iltufwa. the I'. Wows au
laid om the lahle, awl us-4cent pa he pn.to J.
After whir.* the other rordt-ra of Me day were date.r.egt i.f,
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The discussions in both flueses or Pairliarri.ni
last night present some tnetteis of cotii.i.fer..hte!
interest: The observations *lnch fell from Lord
LITERPotoL offer the gratifying assurance that tf:t;
oliaiaters of the (Wien will cot object to the ap-
pointment of ParaaneentegT Ccfirioritlees to itiquit;`;
into the present state of the country „ wall a 'ivy to
ascertaining the causes of the general di-tree.,
and devising some means of split) lug • remedy,
at least • palliative to the existing evil. This
intimation will be received by the country with'
gladness, fair' although it cannot he elljeeettst
shit ;an inquiry into the general state of the'
agriculttiral and manufacturing interests will
immediately dissipate the enabarrissinents tinder
which airy nos respectively labiour, the
in-
vestigatiob,will be useful in removing many pry.:
judices upon these subjects which now too raw..
rally weevil, and will certaiinly tend very much
to gratify the public. rid rettnicile them patiently
to endure those evils which; slier solemn
time alone may, be &said capable of initigst-
ing. The SlisAtera, however, will not of !Wins
selves oritinste such an inquiry, fearful lest
in the event of a failure they might be expos-
ed to censure; but there is in fact very little
difference between their directly moving for the
appointment of a Committee, and intimating
publicly that they will not oppose such a motion
if made by any outer person. Lord Ltvgaroot.
adds to the public gratification by further an;
nouncing his intention, iu.the event of such a
motion being [battle, of stating his sentiments
at large upon the actual condition of the country.
Such an exposition cannot fail of proving deeply in.;
tercating.
In the House of Commons several petitions relat-
ing to the agricultural cud manufacturing ilistresies
of the country were presented, and Lord MILTON
fixed Friday se'nnight for his motion respecting the
repeal of the Wool Tax. Col. DavIES moved for a
Cotimittee to inquire into the military expenditure
of the country, with • view to retrenchment ; but the
Ministers were too powerful for him, and on a divi.
Non his motion was rejected by a majority of 80 ;
the numbers for the motion being 4.5, against it 125.

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We cannot forbear from offering our congratola.:
tious to the country open the result of the debate
in the House of Commons ou Monday night, re-
specting the appointment of a fifth Bums of the
Court of Exchequer in Scotland: Lord MICH/.
BALD I-I•MILTON'S motion ',mai direct attack upon
the system of extravagant patronage which the Mi.
nisters conceive it necessary to support for the pur.
pose of securing their own stability, while it pre-
sented an intelligible and satisfactory opportunity
to the House of Commons to prove the sincerity of
their professions in favour of retrenchment and
economy. The incon,iderable and unsoluolly small
m ijority cf le, which on that occasion followed the
Ministers, must have startled them not a little ; for
a minority so formidable as 177 Members °LTs
some assurance to the country Out the voice of the
people crying for relief will not always be heard
with indifference by their Representatives.—i'he
Minato* if they are wise, will anticipate the
course of events, and offer the relief which will
otherwise be extorted from them by the Howse of
Commons; yet, if we were to judge front an ex-
pression which is reported to have fallen fromi.ord
CASTLEILICSGII on Monday eight after the division,
it would seem that the lesson received oo that occa-
sion had but little effect, at least on the Noble Secre.
tary. Being asked if, in the event of • vacancy in
the Exchequer Court of Scotland, he would engage
that the sense el Parliament should he token by the
Ministers of the Crown previous to the making of
a slew appointment ? -the Noble Lord replied, that
G. in the event of a vacancy Ins Majesty's Minster'
would provide that the public business of the come.
try should be attended to in the usual mintier."
Which sentence being rendered into plain English,
and divested of the uracalrot obscurity which the
Noble Lord knows so well how to shims mimed his
seutisnenta, Means Simply, that in ohs mom of a
recency, the place should be tilled op as ustal. In
consequence of this answer, Mr. 1311013411M11 VIM
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