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London, England, 1809-04-21 00:00:00

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CANNINS 34.10; kliati this hs4 betn done
cou?ideration of Sii.john MootO'S relations; and for
no other reason:
of consequence
stateilthe ptiblieation of
the letter to be ot Consequence to Ills metnnry, iud
au thii account, to satisfy thorn Alone, it ;.vas.pro-
duced.

CHELSEA iIOSPiTA`L
Mr. HustuSsesr informed the House, that aPer
• the debate on Friday, being convinced that some
tnisUnderstanding with respe& to the building of
Colonel Gordon's house to the aneeyanCe of the
Hospital, must exist somewhere; he 'had determiti- ,
ed to seize the first moment from his official duties .
to inquire into the matter. 'He had* accordingly
gone to Chelsea, and found persons digging the
ioundation of a house, on a scite which it- certainly
appeared to him would interfere with the 'Hospital;
and in violation (as he believed, 'accidental) of the,
warrant front the Treasury.' In consequence of this
dist:every, he had 'stated the matter to the Lords of
the Treasury, the Paymaster or the Forces, and
others concerned; asking them to' iitspeet 'the situa-
tion, and, if necessary, give orders for any alteration.
They went on Monday, and, on inquiry, found that
the snot fixed upon had been ehosen without con-
suiting the Surveyor General of Crown Lands, or
the Medical Men belonging in the Hospital, and
in obediencti to an order to that etfeel, these persons
bad since held a consultation, and pointed out an-
other scite which was completely uneyeptionable.
He then moved (dr a copy of the hiquiry,,froin
Lord Harrowby, direCted wthe Surveyor;Getterkl,
and his answer. Another peint he wished to be
cleared up was; with regard to the vaine of the
land ; and in order to shetv-this, he would
for a second Report of the StirVeyars; stating the
grounds on which they .made up their valuation, and
their reasons for adhering thereto. -
Mr. Msxweet. cOrriplained, that by an order.
given by some one, Members of Parlitinerit had
been excluded from admission to make' their obser-
vation on the state of this building, and that the iron
railing, &c. had been boarded up 'to prevent any
one's seeing what was going on Wtthio. •
Mr. LONG, as the Hon. Gentreinan heti Seemed+
to allude to him, denied. that he-had giVeit any-Welt '1
order. As Chairman-of the -.Board 'of Chelsea,' he I
informed the House that no complaint' had' ever'
been made to them on the subject, till the day on
• which Sir F. Burdett mentioned the matter in the
House, on which they received a letter, stating that
the building of the housewould annoy the Hospital,
and had adjourned footles purpose of. inquiring:lnto,
the fait. He confirmed the statement made-by Mr.
Iluskisson.
Sir o.* Moneta blamed those'who had ordered
Members to be excluded from a survey of the pieties
This had been the case all Monday:and Tuesdayraod
he \vas told, which be now believed, that it was
done in consequence of an order from the Com-
mander in Chief. If Gentlemen Opposite acted
with liberality, they would give up the whole of the
ground for the use of the Hospital, the original pur-
pose for which it was-purchased. He had heard It
said, that on account of its being;purchailad fin. a
Charity of this kind Lord Yarborough hatitiold the
remainder of his lease for ICSS than be otherwise
would hara4one. , •
Mr. Husxlssori said, this was not' true. The
lease had been purchased t.rorn Lord Yarborough
after a 'tedious negociation, and at thnlighest price
leis could 'obtain for it.. Fie had even intended to
tonvert the ground into a wharf in order to enhance
the purchase but, on consulting lawyeri it was,
found he had no right to do so. The view with.
which it was purchased.' was to . benefit the'Elospi,
Lai, and lie had again to repeat that. the Hospital
had been granted all it required, and it was only.
of what it rejetited as unnecessary that another ap-.
plicatton Was made. The building of a house upon
this would be, an ornament to the surrounding parts.'
Sir O. MOSELEY explained. •
The CIIANCELLOR of the Exclkaatten .repealed
former statements; with respea 'to the purchase for,
and the offer 'of till the groan(' to the Hospital. He
then noticed thee arguthenti by which it was con-
cluded) that because neither his Hon. Friend (Mr.
tang) nor liirmelfgave thebrdeir to exclude visitors,
tthe Commander in Chief did. This he appre-
headed was an , unfair conclusion ; as, if lie* was to
argue from probabilities, he would rather _suppose
the order bad been given by the peyson (right or
wrong) in-possession of the premises, and not by the
Commander .in Chief, who -had no controul over
The Matter: These orders Might be very leolish,
obsurd;and imprOper,. but gentleme6 ought to re=
eats& that it was not au bider to exclude Members
of Parliament .; but that it Might be necessary, at
the distance oh mile and a half Erato the metropolisi
to exclude the multitudes who would crowd to see
the spot' ;theta which thelr curiosity was raised,
especially when it was recolleaud that the planfa-
tations, grounds, &c. were in fine order and beatili.
fully kept, and would be liable' to be, abused and
ruined by idle crowds. As upon the Ike of this
business, there was not a particle of blame that could
be attached 'to any person belotighig to the Governs
nient,'anil the whale that could be surmised was,
that au insufficient survey of some inferior' person
' had occasioned the 'error; he trusted the House
would see no necessity for suffering such a business
to occupy their attention and time in debates from
day to day. If Government bad done any thing
Wrong, it would be ennsistent with the dignity of the
Rouse to make it the subje4.l or inquiry; but surely
it could not be necessary 'to devote themselves to a '
trwtter So unimportant as.this.
• etteral TaameroN defended the debates OD this
The first had procured the removal of this
tiacite of the 'house ; the second, he trusted, would
remove the bar to admission to view the place raised
by some invisible, kand. Lord Yarborough - would
have renewed his lease and built on the spot; but
was induced to sell it, as he was told it world be
entirely applied to the uses of the Hospital.
„A PONSONIVir noticed that the Chancellor,of the
~i'chequer bad not denied that the Commander in
gave the order to keep people out, but had
mist' supposed it ttould cot be his doing. -He wished
to know it Colonel Gordon had really a legal grant
wed right to the ground in question 1---11 he had, it
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a moste nnprovittent grdnt 4 for if it was lega44 ground he might plant his 4touse where be liked,
on `the spot to '.which whichthey objeded. i (Hero
lion..Ginitiothan was inturnied that the
tir'lrit gas conditional, and that hewas bound not to
sneo •
) the Hospital by any building or plantation.)
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' '`'J cttratattivary then, he thought, diet litt