The Sun.
London, England, 1809-02-07 00:00:00

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this iti.poititinent could brink no tiaitiutial buitien
aipon the public: Since he had held the 'Office he
'now filled, he had kept .the list as lie found and
any Gentlemzin who would take the trouble Of look=
ing it over, would See that no changeS had been
made for the take of providing pikes for those Whom
Ministers might consider as Mere friendly to, ,theni
than persons appointed bytheir piedecessors. There
was only some exception to this iti the appointment
of Lord Granville Lesiscn in the rodini of the Mar-
Anis of Douglas, at Petersburgh., It would occur to
Gentlemen such a change was absolutely necessary,
as Ministers must haVe required a person to be at
that Court in whom they had- full confidence. In
the case of. Lord Amherst, he had little to say in
explanation, as it must be confessed that cogent
reasons might exist for that change, which it would
be highly improper to detail to the public. One
good reason, however, sufficient to account, for, the
appointment of the Noble Lord to supersede Mr.
Druthmond, might easily be found in the necessity
that existed for sending a person of high rank to fill
the situation. Certainly Lord Amherst accepted of
that office without any view of burdening the public
With a pension on his return. The next appoint-
Inent alluded to was that of Mr. Villiers" to'Portugal;
and to this he could answer, that he had no particu7
Jar desire to promote-the interests of that Gentleman;
but no persoa more fit for the office, which was a
necessary one, being
,to be fpund; he was seletaed
for it. The office was of such a nature that it could
not continue long, as either by the return of, the
Court from the Brazils it would merge into the
'office Of Ambassador to that toert, or would cease
on the occupation of Portugal to the enetny. At all
events it would not bring one shilling of eventual
burden on the The: last case was that of
. Ur.>Douglas, who was a very worthy young man,
and had been long usefully employed in the Foreign
Office. He Was now beginning his diplomdtic
ca-
ieer, from his diligence and ability would doubt-
. lass be found a valuable servant to his country.—
These were the points touched on by thelight Hb-
hourable Gentleman, with whom he was ready to
agree on theliMited principle that no active and
efficient man ought to be taken out of the list to
tnake room for the friends of Ministers, .but he could
never subscribe to the doctrine that no recruits were
to be added to our diplomatic body till the whole
died out. He challenged the Right Honourable
Gentleman to mention a single instance in which
any appointment for the sake of their own peculiar
.Mends had been made by. the present Admini-
atration.
BANKES explained, 'and instanced a Mr.
bray, who had been Charge d'Affiires at Dres-
den, as receiving a pension of 6001. per annum.
Mr. CANNING observed, that one instance out of
fifty persons was a proof of the existence of a con-
trary practice. Mr. Gray had received this pension
forty years ago, was very aged, and had been Se-
cretary orLegation, as wall as Charge d'Affaires.
Mr. ROSE expressed his opinion, that Mr. Jefil.!ry's
acceptance of the office of Consul vacated .his seat.
Mr. PoNsoNav noticed, that by the instrument,
Mr. Jeffery was appointed Consul Gen!ral in all the
European dominions of her Faithful Majesty, and
was to reside at Lisbon
,or elsewhere, at the pleasUre
bf the King. He trusted, .with. all the present
Ministry's regard to economy, they did not intend,
if her,FaithfitlMajesty's- continental dominions were
lost, of which there was now, and had been on the
31st December, when the appointment was made
9u4 every prospect, that our Consul should be paid
'a salary pt. 1.5001.,f0r remaining on a small and on-
productive island in Europe, belonging to her Faith-
ful Maje Sty.
Mr. CANNING asked, to what islands the Right
4 Hoh. Gentleman. alluded to.
Mr.l PONSONBY 'answered, to Madeira or the
Mores:

Mr. CANNING said;, he bad flot a map or book of
geography at hand, .but it would never have occur-
red to him to place these islands iUt ,Eurape. Bugeo
'Wei not in Europe, and the •onlq oiher island be-
longing to the Crown of. Portugal -was a barren rock,
in. which there was no port for the residence of a
.Consul:

_,After some observations from M. Abercrotnbie,
MK Johnson, Mr. Canning, and Mr. Fluskisson, a
neW. Writ was ordered to be issued pursuant to the
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'notion.
On the motion of the SOLICITOR-GENERL, Col.
Loraine was ordered to he summoned for to-morrow,
as a witness in the inquiry into the conduct of the
Duke of York,

The House having resolved itself into a Commit-
tee of Ways and Means, came to a resolution to
cientinue the duty on malt, the duty on sugar, the
pension dutyy and to raise the sums of 10,500,0001.
and 1,500,0001. by Exchequer Bills, as the loan
for the year.. Report to be aceived to-morrow..
Mr. HostussoN presented an account of the Re-
venues of the Isle of Man, which, was laid on the
table. , ' ,

IIiLITIA ENLISTMENT 1311,1„

Ou the Motion of Lord C. 1511, CIL I.LALITI, the order
of the day for the House going info a Committee
on this Bill, .was read. Ou the question for the
Speaker's leaving the,Chair,

Sir THOMAS TuaroN opposed it, on the ground
no necessity for the raising so numerous *
body of then had been shewn. they were in-
tended fur other expeditions into Spain, lie never
could give his assent for the Bill.
Mt. HERAEIIT spoke at some length in favour of
the yxpedieney of transferring 11th English Militia 'to
Ireland,. and Luce versa, the rish Militia to England.
For this purpose he would propose a clause, that
the suldieri enlisted should take an oath to serve in
the United Kingdom. •
The SPEAKER observed, that
,any alteration of
this kind would come with More propriety in 'the
Committee.

\ Lord CASTLERZAGH suggested, that it would be
better to defer Motion of so much importanO
till the House came to decide on the Bill for raising
the new men. To which suggestion Mr. Herbert
alierwardi agreed.
The House then went into the COmmittee, in
Which the Bill was read; the blanks filled up, and
,agreed to, and a new clause, added, allowing one
.serjeant and one corporal to enter into the regulars
with every 'twenty men from the militia. The Re-
Tort •wa4,ordered to be brought up on Thursday.