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pointment of. either of .Ititetilotte Fiends; and as , were not to,be exclusively confided in. -He should,
the Noble-Lord, elfho, had.rpriginally recommereled !,next proceed to reed the nante7,7 those whom lie a._
the Committee, haetibrf-atipoint6d any- perscin, in proposed to tie 'appointed afetheCtenrnittee, itireeat-e►
office,' lie should adhere to 'his precedent. His Hon. ing, at the same time, that the House would- eete
Friend (Mr. Bourne) being now in office, vetild not :ruse liiin trona beieg a member of it, according •to
therefore be proposed on lip Committee, though .it... titl&t.g4,ig i. by which any Nlereber who proposad a
quitted by the Noble Lotel oppOsite of the el-etre-o'' C'ittlq`iiitt(46,r-lieCante himself a Member of it.' .I.' he
urged against him f and 'the Hon. Baronet; 'eating • foilb4iltliViitetbe Gentlemen hie proposed ea-a •
under theinflnence efu sense of delicacy greeter than , -•oo,o44aKair Cominittet—Mr.. Ji.in'tcoi Mr. Pidchs)ph,
the occasion callpakfor, had requested that' he might. . I,...orOvtgati.ti.-i Vritriv;l:licinri.;:
I(,:irrat.tv7.,cLaovrla,(‘bili:chl‘hiiriltiNti. ratilvteornt,
not Jae: proposed, as. it appeared to' be the' opi- '
aft. A ideanan.cointie, Jr. Ormieil..and. -NI r. T. Baring.
tiotiVeerne Members of 'the House of Commons New Nfi-.iNeYis— et ; . Leyhtter, Mr: ' Al.dermadni.Stf,aw, -i• •
that "farther explaeation was necessary.eeHe.- i. 11,irr... fiti,:,viktris'irrii?
.t%::eli' Viltifritilr;:riti'r.lllllillFLAiniiririlbteinr' •
couiskorathelp here calliogeo the recolle,c,tipte,ec the 4 Jewis; Ali'. P. Cared,' Mr. Leslie. Koster, Mr. Itycivr, Mr. I:
House the manner in whirl) the Committee ho
.i,eee eilitele4iii Mr. W)vai!.. ' . .
originallS' appointed, so different from eny'aiiii it- ! - -These
~,sere the perions whcinflie wisheA to have
tee that had ever been appointed by Nrliapieni, Itu.l''. appointed,on 'the Compaittee ; and, he truated;' that
compesedeamdsteelteaiusively, at one ileaeroloo, of ,J. the flonse-would be sensible Of the propriety'of the
Per!nnsa s,"ll4re leelArly. tNo persons upon, it who , aeleetiop.he leadarvaile, They would obstrvel that
could -be supposedeTrom their Parliernenaary Con- in, lee hate there were two
.of 'the NOrthecie.„___Meto-
dud, friendly to- tfieliteieut Administration.: three -.- beas I. pr SC4and, namely, Lord Arehibaldt 'ffiti
others were not. biassed ;inwards either .1);iTly,: LIMO eiud-'Mr. ,Rlitherford ; and two - for 'lreitiild),Alr.
all the.aest were 1 4I1(:3 11; %Mild be diaposed te eieve eGrattatiaaeci,Wfr, Vaster. It was,bis intention ittcgfo.
subjeds in' the same light with the Noble LOrd: *J
-N- t -tolinaArtlprOposed Mr. Dawson, but he underst6od ,
Cotrunittee so appointed conic! not be' im pailtkilaj or • ' ;tutu „hi, 'hal nor' yet' taken his seat. Raving said
answer the expeatatiens of the House .orahealleblie• . thus much, heslehiltleirst mciVe that i Committee:be
As he did not mean to cidaree the; number heyend, . appointed to incpaire into what checks might be,ne 1,.
twentyHfive, the ntliobt.r of A hid) the'foriner.Coni- I cessary for reducing the public expenditure, and for
rnitteehad consisiA: because that - was iti6 greotest dinlimshing the amount of salaries, &c. He should •
nurnberaliat could convenikntly assemble -for liusi- ; then propose the -Members indieidually.
?less, he meant to exclude some of tic -fornw.r : .00 elle question .being.put upon the first Motion,
Members, in order to introduce•dtliera;for the niere. ! • . Lord
,hr... P ETTY said, that it would be itnpossi-
impartial constitution of the Cotninittee: The five : ble for hint. nut to admire the candour Of the Right
that had,been removed by the, eventof the :eleatee ; Hon. Gentleman, who, atethe moment of moving-
were not enough ter that purpose, ens' the House i for the. appeintinent of-a Committee of.lnquiry,
would in its discretion decidenpon that point. In the :, had introduced his.'Motien by a gross and partial
appointment of the Committee also, he •Meant to statement of tiai, winch the Cornmittee was to de-
adePt the suggestion of the Noble Lord, by giving eele.ieson; - lie said the' statement was gross and
the preference to. tile appointment of it -openly partial:, because it was eineupported by any. docu-
to , a ballot, lt was his opinion, that the. ap- mew: He did not impute any :unfair intention
pointment by ballot was in
,general to be preferred. to ' tile Might Honourable Gentleman wtio'appeared
Nothing-couldabe, more invidious than the dis- to hint to have spoken -from that bias ulhiCh.Gentle-
cussing whether any , particular individual was a men.on.either side of the House u.suallyTelt. It' he
proper person to' he appointed on
.the Committee ; shriold.fail of refuting the observatiens of. the Hon.
arid also the fitness ofepeasons to a& together upon lael4erteeaate it was because he had no notice of the ..
Stich a Committee, could be better -consulted by inea Yaiiiiiika*inkceuld not have heed the advantege of con-
dividuals Making out their lists fora ballot. He had - .suitingthtise documents which would ha enabled
acceded, however, to the' euggestion of the Noble !din to repel it. , The condua of the RigtieHon. Gcu- I
Lord, because he would thereby get rid Of tiny tiernairevais the more''exteaordinary, as he had-shel-
suspicion that mly thing was intended •Which they tete4 an Hon. Barodet; on- the preceeling night, froM i
were afraid to ;,vow opetily• - 'Reibi'e he n)4le: any the • etYeCts of a charge against him, till a single '
Motion; he should reed over the 'List of the Com- decetnent ' should be produced to justify ; and yet,
mittee he meant to propose, in order that the House i without anydocuineuts to bear him out, that Right
might see whether he Lid otitreiiiinetttheindSeetli: Hon..Gentlethin called upon the House to receive ,
dent Members of ,:ahe late Committee. He• hurl al-.. his varioUicharges against his Majesty's late. Mieie .
ready stated the teseeisity efnaaking some alteration , . sters. Unprepared as he must be from- his ignorance.
in the constitution of the CoMmittee, because there of the intention,or attack of the Right Hon. Gentle-
were many. tiOs of the la St Administration w !licit -, mane he,ahceltd, so far as his memory served -him, !
would be suble6ts of inquiry. He could state many endeavour to follow the Right Hon. Gent.. through ;
bets 'Willett would induce the House --not to erest• his:statement-One of the Charges made by the Hon. ,
with - implicit confidence .to those who were Ciis..- ' Ceialetnart was, the appointment of a Colle4el tom:posed only to }liaise the Tate Adioluktration, and. :the Port of Buenos Ayres. 'Would not every Gee-
li'l6, by their 6‘.4-46eai-ing' ''t'hnritY in thd coop- Aleitiiiri. ima;;;,,,,, from the tti;inner in which this
rafittce, might keep: back -the inquiries him their charge had,been urged, that a considerable expence
particular ads. eTtielateaMinisters had expressed was incurred, a heavy burtlien • accrued in conse-
tlatiniglves, on the:fit-at' apeointment of the Coto- quence tp the Public? Was it not common caridoni,
anittereavery., muelt,avose,--to. the grant of. places or rather was it not a gross want of candour in the
in isveTfißpjlt:Air, .Was., however, one instance Right Hon. Gent. hot to have stated,. thaeau expetice
to which attention had
.been called, of theif hay - was to be incurred on the part of the-Public, till the
ink; a' 'slhot-f' time. befofettl4weieent of ofiire, duties of', the W ere to be performed on the re-
ap-pointatooflieosiiirettersterrof a na4itt erestraordina- i taPriire of Rreenos A.yres?:considerableinconyeniencb.
ry eature ; lie alluded to the aPpeint ment of It Collet:- hedebeen telt, from the want of.an establish ment.for
keep4,4etve,yotetef.,qteateens in Ote,pert, of, Liellos * tbipilqiion of the Duties iii the first:instance, anti
Ap.o, Vplace not Mien in t'he possession .81 hi 4 Ma- ' the appointment had been made to guard against a
Tliesci: wi?tre'feverSiOnary grants to take place
bikonithiitlnCiirtaifreptitingelloA and made ley, those ',
si!lliiirr Inconvenient:cid the re-e.aptureoffhe Settle-
ine'l ir. Heitlid not exactly remember' t Ile:precise time
Gentlemen who appeared to he so :lice on this sub- et which tipteeppoiunnetit took place. The Right
iffttaTtAlel24sl) 4%14 Wl9ct(i;lfintl stated, ,aitle.eit 4 I fon'. Gelitletnen had renewed his statement with re-
zteitez any.opittionePo‘e the propriety of appeilittaeg eepeet"to theittipointment of the Surveyors of T41)6,
iltielffillicers,',thelioritinathin of ifireeihunalreTStir- :1 aMeasure Which had originated with the Commission=
eltitOriabeTaxei Trief 'nomination -was. foundednn' a 'ers..of 'reees.
..As to the nomination of the.Oflicers, '
altpreirnlntinu „front., titp.,4:;oininissiPtier 9f, 1-'4APIf. • some might hate beep so nominated,' but since theii
ena4e. in. :,IVleteh, 1,80,.5 0 but tlita ;Appoint meet could :• matter lied been mentioned, several persons had stated,
ii(;t tikt4lace,till thedlinaitie.l.4 w'ats sebneitteclee Par- to, hire, that they had recommended individuals to
liainent'c Mrhelf the'Diiihititiou took placii in 000- . .ile offici;; but it 'had been uniformly answered,
fir; without any santiionef -.Paricu—nent having been thdt no.appointrnent could take .place, without the
oblaiped for
.these. appointments, ,the persons were sanclioe,ot Perliainent., Anotilet charge was the
..,ileAtiated to the otiices,. in
_the. „w ay the NebleLord creation of affi n oce, te .which some may obie't, but
iirld7daid'en dfartner nighi: 'lll6mbei's 9f '!railiAinent ' whioe had been given to an individuaf;whe had de-
' waited on the Ministair,,they.yere tsCeiveil civilly, .eoteka longlifeofdisieteiegted service tctilie public,
-*AI tielikellsei'Malle,:.. nut the..Parliatuent rnet in l . and 'who bad in the Urtiveraity but an ineemeof 1851.'
,Dertniber,', aftd sat gore• atei Monate; ; itheuneasure for
...per annum.. Jt had been theught a better mode to
-san4tioning ,tlM,'ispgrAtrnetst ,wair. . riot 'brought for'- provide for this distinguished 'and tneritorious Gen-)
ward,. and tlio-.1-Thrii: Gentlemen Apposite, wben j :tletnan , iMr. Dugald Stu]rt, by eeiving him that 'place,.
they -lost the power- of perforinance,.. were -come which had before been'ehjoyed by three Newspaper
pelted to revert to the toncitilines letteis which Nyeiiera; than by e pension. Were EditorstA New s-
'fit t itid' befiite alluded to:;,' This eircemStaticettainuld. papers the...only literary_ men.the-Getitlemeit-oppcasite
induce the House nik.'ao•Place implicit OrePeceliar W 9414 firoted i „Wits theirs the only. science they en-
confidence 'in those-eenttemen. who viewed every . coueaged ? As fO th-e''pension tei a Civil and Crimia
thing'in the same-light witis i:thie late .Admiiiiitre- • nal fudge, he had heard' nothing' of ahy'stich great.
titan. Another appoinriient matte by the late Mini- . He; sheuld not be bold enouglet&tiay; tbilt any. Ad-
nistration, was that of Gazette, Writer created.by Pa- ministration may not fall into. ahuae,, sarAhe had. al=
tent in Scotland, with a Wary of ;eOOl. per.anna Xhis i way;s„ •::,eae he, bad ase if in. that I - stipiigetect
office had been before divided between the Editors of 1, motions for itiqUiries, whether in the s ape of Naval'
three Newspapers,. 146 wished the Hon. Gent,. to hear or MilitarY Coniihistitinsi'''He*.Wis tlaktici see Ihti
his statement, and to bear in mind that the bilai- i Right HenoiliableGentletnittfollowintetlie eaiiinple'
' .ness Of, the office 4.34ll)erkirned by these three per- 1 whieh.he..l4 himself, f9rjo. first tillw,,,gievn nt' vx_
':sons,
withbdi anytexpence-to•the public; though they 'cldcling'Persons inffi office from ):nett a CPalittae• As
made n prOtirof 2001:.-a year by the publications in to the Gentlemen whom the•Riglitllliii. Getitlernae
their neWspapets. These persons had -been turned left out from the ember Of the itirther Co ; innetteei
‘•'-out of their'employment, .and an appointineuti:.by ' ht4.o43ulthigtly say, that: he.o4wiikgeettground for
' ''patentys giVen to the'pliesent possesior,; and he-Shenk" sod) excliision. He thought the,ebject of the Right
ask, whether any-Gentleman be.lieved that-. this had
Hon: 'Gentleman` would tits7lgaiiiiid by introdticin4
'• been- crone With any other view .than to ,give .the eight if", :st&intieti it;,,tyert pla6e oithuse
with were
place to that person ?.He should not dwell itv-dOtail not. Members '-of this Parliainettti ',and• of • the Ho-
'. 01:Iowan- the a:ets of the late MinititerA, tint he.con_ nouriible Baronet and the Hancorable,cirentipari
festeil hitnaelf at a lot iio understand what they 'could Opposite, who is at 'ke:sent in °thee. It the Pferliaa
' mean by the appointibent-of a 'Professor of Medical •theitt ivas not dissolved toter rid of the Coithtntee.;
Jurisprudence. 'He :Acknowledged -that'lit was i
,g'''. -Wlithlet reviveit, as, tar as that could be alone, as it.
norant of-the dety of that Professore and could not : - e),44.,
ibefote the Dissolution ? [lie Members who
conroretend what' wile 'ateent by the science .he bad. roceeded with the bueitielia in the forenerepoin-
professed.: Therehad also been three new Sheriffs.= • it.ripen this, and' lie
' iniel if mote readily take i
appointed in. Scotland,,-;'with salaries / of• het waen . sliotaidubteretbre obje6l to any intlividuat who should,
e6Ol. and 4001, a yea, on a' divisioli of 6ountie,i, be • prepesed, ,to
,the exclusion Qt. 011y4 Ole " , prtner -
where -the. duties Were, before, execute a 4 in ADC tleenbers whe were eliible. live ere. i
Shrievalty. Thvso were some of the -matireacts 7 ' . ;11,, 101194ing was (he Litt the former ItiTeinbcrs in the
Of the late Adminisrratien ,which Wonld be, like- .
.er b .
Parain MI i i-- M r.' H. ThorntoN Mr.i,ltattNettotlioid,
Itilealiecl:!,lr.,LtittLitilpli, 'Lord Archibald itarniiion„Mr. Limb,
• Iy,t. come -Under. the .'consideration' of the- Cartliliit-
Mr: i WhirVeikt, ' Mr. Baring Mr: Brogskii, Mhatelitleit,';
tee? ' Adother appointment, which was equally ten. Mr. W, cayeedisia, Mr. Shaw,.A,lrt Western, and kir. A-'
!Parable., was the grant of a Petesion, during pleasure,-
tt derinAitCoifibe: , - • - -
.4
' of 4001.-a' year,. to • civil and criminal -',Judge in- . .. Ifethese'Members should: be. appointed,,e!y't 0
~
'SeetlanCli This grant had, nodoubt, not beetacarricd ctioitnittee he should net, then objet to the non is
'an • other Meraber4 Whom the Right Hun,
into etreft, but thatwas owing-to the doubts-enter- nation et ) . . ee
• • iota eK-1...:t Gentleman might think proper to propose,
tzlined by the person who was to cerry. it•• ,„.
,_
...8. y F
0 1, , .(Soliclior-General for Scotland),
in Scotland, 'its ti `its:. Ngality,'• • lie stsotild . not. ga ~ : .117? , , ~ ,
t!'rJugh the other exeeptlouaule appoititmeies lieide coot , .
tocled that it was-the duty of the Committee to
,:nveAlgate :the jobs of onteAdininistratibu_a well as.
t;',) ib..-se Gentlemen, as,ile had stuted-enougli to:t
' ' • ,fit''' • "

to by the Noble Loede opposite'-theerlullittlgetl' ies•
beeot here also. The appointment. of a Col,
let' or Buenos ;Ayres, earlioliee%!others; Called:
mostilluerZofor investigatiatei Itewas true, -the ap-,
polittaffi. uld'tioct@ce 'Meet.' -unless the Settle-
meet should be red eced by ieyejeste's al ms ; but the
nontinefien censtifitted' a new ipistiee of reversion
coneingetiron ae etient which May 'or may not hep-.
pen. The 'appointment of Gaiette.Writer of 'Scot.-
len& an eit ict! quite new, and the ,pure.stfof all pos-
eible sinecures, was also a proper obje6t of inquiry.
He allowed'the hibh Merit ofeheindividttal who was
appointed to this (Mr, -DiagalctStuart)t. but
that MerrOught to be rewarded by less excep-
tionable. provision. The Printers of the Edin-
bUrgli' New'spaperi bad been allowed toe palish
what was called a Gazette, when a change was
introdiiced 'in the Bankrupt Laws of Scotland,
in i7g3, on the express condition, stipulated by an
illustrious judiviclual now no More (Mr. Pitt),' that
it should cost the country nothing. Now it was
taken out of the hands of those Newspaper Printers,
to wheat . it had afforded a •Pi'efit of 2001. a-year,
'and with a salary of 3001. annexed, it was waft,
ferred to Mr. Dugald Stuart, his heirs and assignees.
This was surely a grant which in every shaee called
for .investigetioe. It was a sinecure and a rever-
Sionary.grant united..
BIDDULPH; though he had introduced the
Measure of the Committee of Inquiry, bad not been
;Mewed to chuse the Members. Yet he was anxious
to impress upon the House the propriety of adhering,_
as much as possible, to \he names of which it
was, originally composed. He; had attended the
Committee :constantly, except on a few days, n
which. he had been prevented by ill health, and he
could say, that the candour, thelaocl understanding,
and the inquiring spirit that lied been manifestedie
had never been surpessed.f. .11 was impossible to state'
any political gr4vance to which it • did Of attend:
The a& which it had brought forward, was the ap-
plication to the House upon which the Bill for re-
straining the Grants of. Pkces in Reversion was
tblinded. The titne required for the investigation
ne-
cessary to prepare well-founded 'and useful Reports,
bad prevented those Reports, from being made es
early as they 'Might otherwise have been. As to the'
persons who Lhottld be introduced-to fill the vacancies
created bsechinees in the representation, be saw no,
great exception-to the- persons proposed. At the
seine;timeelte should take occasion, whenthen:itues.
should come to be coeeidered, to propose the name
of one persoe, whom 'he shoeld, at .present, desigs
nate no further than by sayitig, that he had the keen-
est sense of Ili public wrongseand the strongest disc.
positipti to investigate and to reform the wasteful
expenditure of the public' money„
.11Ik ,DR4ND svishedfoe.a (,air and honourable
inquiry, andel* was due to the charmer of the.
House, such 39 'vas expeCted by an anxious country
acid a sittfering people. He was partial to the Right
Hon. Gentlemen on the Bench below him '(the late
Ministers) from a high opinipn of their talents and
integrity., But if any, charge should be made on
them, he would be the first to call for inquiry and
investigation into the grounds ef that charge. But
when he looked to the Beneleopposite (the Treasury
Bench), and saw on it men ceitainly all remediable
for their talents, but pf sishcim no two were without
pensions, sinecures, and reversions, settled on them-
selves, or on their fmilies, ieqttiry,wai loudly called
for, to shew how they and their infante hair become
possessed of those drains from the public purse: He
was shocked at the mode of meeting one accusation
by retorting another. When these most. remarkable
..for ability in investigation were excluded—wben the
names of the new Commissioners were More nu-
merous t ban those of the old--when the preseritMioie
sters were nut satisfied with introducing.eight names
instead of those of the old Members not returned,
he was sure the Country would not think the
pir-
sent Committee auspicious to the coke of retrench-
`meat and reform. To bailie a people leeded with
laurthens by holding out a delusive investigation,
could teed to nothing but disappointment and dis-
content. lie latnented the insinuation, that no set
of men could be found in' the House free from party
deVotions, or froth party animosity ; an insinuation
that must sink the cbargter ot-the House in the opt-
nipn of the Country, and musodituinish the hopes
entertained from the investigatioii.
Mr. SocrAary CANNING bad no doubt that: the
Hon. Gentleinee •Wliee,epoke last wished fora fair.
inquiry, and peeliepe they. thought drat the .appoint-
ment of the formed' ,tubers the best means of se-
curing suclean inquiry. In answer. .to them, and
particularly le the. Hop. Gentlentan below (Mr..
illddulpit), who was entitled to pariiCular coteciera-
, tiou in every thing cotinected with this Subjeet, he
hod to say, that if huinan atlairecould be coutlutited,
.without partiality or prejudice, the plan they reeomJ,
...Mended woeld,tse vptitted to:prefereece,: hdt a 4 the
ceritrery W:+41),(34,t and aspereonal and parry ate
tictunent,were itriomiti to be almtiel eteiversally,
vatetet tirafitOese, he. ;law; no danger in avowing
to the public . what was, Alreedy seen ktip \yet alto
prevalence of those party, attachinents, and to' guard
against any unfair preponderance of those attach.:
ments, by 'Aileen% thelnufibers Of the parties.—
It" was therefore.desirable to avnid appointing those
eet hese party 'prejtiefices ran: all the same
He would indeed be ready 'to allow, that if
there was one set of men free from all party preju-
ttliee antli:attiimolity„. that it those men had been for
•thanyyears tett e4ollice,.atid if OR comics g at length
into office they exercised their newer 'Wither to
stignetizetheieetpponents,,nor innoediately
.to re-
ward their
'adherents, he would allow that it would
be very :fit to eitcourege.se brilliant an example: of
purity, by appointing these men to be of the Conl-
nlittee.. If not perfectly pure, they would at least
be perfealy pnacciesed, while the conded of the
inquiry wottldbein theirown hands. If, however,
he were called upon' to' paint out the description of
.men enqec frete, from, political animosity, it was not
to the oppesite bench' that .he would 1001.. If he
ewaecalled upon to point
.out. these who had abstain-
.,
ed most flout the use of power for the advantage of
their 'dependents,' he would look there as little for, the
of the fanciful petfOlion which .Vas.se"ten.t. ch
: „v.) be wished fine lion the contrary he were to look for'
elmse v'hp made the beit use of a shout interval vf
pawer ;let, the benefit of themselves :eel their adlte-;
rents, thq Hon. Gentlemen were throe on whoM be
_should fix. He had heard of a certain Roman inol
relict who wished to live in a iniuse of e,lass, that
e. every thing;he,did might
.be. seen. 1.1t114 moralist

he whovlived in '0 glass house should not begin by
throwing stones. Those by whom the principle ot
; Parliamentary pra&ice had been not long since
down, were now that the house of gia43,
-which this inquiry waSIO-constitute, should
larged by a bow-window, as to inch:3e them.
-i was -impossible to state grounds for inquiry oihe
. wise. than .generally in clettil, W-hen
Hon. Friend made, general charges, he was calle,.l
loudly to particularise ; and when, he. did part'cit
larise, 'those who forced him to do SO, Cried $11:13/
Well indeed
,might the speciticatinn be Objeaed to
by the Noble Lord opposite _end his Cnlical,ne;
The Noble Lord and his Colleagues had linnet eet,
that a Colleaor, Comptroller, Searchers, and Wei--
, teis,, Were wanted at.Bneoos Ayres, a place not yet
in' our possession. Common reversions were at heel
exempt froth the fault of bringing immediate chart S
on the country. But this.appointment conveyed s,,
many 'reversions which would become innuediatel4 •
chargeable,. unless indeed the place should not be
and the mischief would entirely on the ,
unfortunate Colleaor, Comptroller, Searchers,
'Waiter& But it not only in the burthen that
this appointment was mischievous, but iu the intle•-'
ence which it created. If it •had been in the contem-
plation of ai Government that covered sea :iil.l
with its glories, and -was to extend it= te,yet oye,-
the.world, to apply this system. to, ail its enntwsli,
not-only to those aaually achieved, but to those thr;y: •
meant to accumulate one upon another, opening
,scene which. would. have made Botiaparte little in
comparison, weshouldhave hadColleelers andCornn-
trailers of the Bosphorus, and Searehersaod Waiters eaf
Rosetta. There was .here to be observed a great change
in the tone of the Rt. Hen. Gentlemen on the sub-
jeet of Baenos Ayres, When the conquest of th
Place was etfeaen 'the Hon. Gentlemen thought it,
not.worthy of being mentioned hi the King's Speech.
Now it had acquire a vast importance in -their eyes;
and why ? not trom its importance to the conirnerce :
or • navigation, of to the general' resources of the,
Cotintry,•bitt because it. wa_t a place that
room for 'flit appointment of Co le Chniptrol-
Searehers, and' ,Viiters. This was 'a
plete key -to theho!e policy of the late Ministers
—and a most happy illustration it was of their large,
ania 401,41)terNd viewa.However far. t::e
range tnight-:'110,m extended in contemplation, the
a&uaF fist ended 'here, awl became rtecessarY tn.
return' lionie,to the 3'M) Serveyors, The Noble Lord's
defence here; as,in the former instance, was; that
the appointment wa's proipective: But was the. in .
fluencerospeuive ? Why did the appointinent take
place : on,the eve. of a C.4eneral :1 e6l) en.? .it. the co-
incidence was accidental, the Him: Gentlemen Wient
the first favourites of fortune. Her, ackniiwtt.d.zed'
the' high literary Merit of Mr. Dneald '_Stuart, who
had besides the'tuerit; and he thotT,litit no light oth',
of having educated-the Noble Lord. He acknow.
!edged andilartiented the general insufficiency of the
rewards bestowed on literary
,morit in this Country ;
but he highly .tititlenined the mode of .reward here '
adopted, by constituting a new sinecure, and.
stowing it on Mr. Soitre and his assignees- for 9i
years. As to the comparison instituted by the .
Noble -Lord between this grant and the Awards
granted to the; writers Of the Anti-Jacobin, he, 14
one, felt no shaMe fat. the chargter or principles
,eel''
that work ; nor any other sorrow for the share lit%
had in it, than that which the imperfeetion of hi
pieces was,calculated to inspire. lie was told thAt
016 provision for Mr. Stuart was substitnted for
professorship of medical .jurisprudenCe, Which it hai
been intended to institute.. lie should I ihe.tti so! trto
Hon. Gentlemen, in the full swini; of their inso-
lence of power, making this appointment,
diately after their unqmdified ;weeks upon their an"
tagoniSts, as nitich aVto say, " Though you can lto*
nettiing,' we dareettr every thine,. " He doulne.l
whether'thiasame s•jenee of medical
cotti4 be totutti, Any whgre mentioned, even in the
Scotch .Faniyelopaidia.--;(4. laugit)-1n answer- to
the Noblti:Lonl, had said about i\rewspap:T.;,
be
.would ask, was. there 110 instance here pia
Newspaper consplcnonS
.for its attaehment to the
:Constitution, and- tar the fairness of its mode- .(4-
detailing all tranS,Vtions. in which itttlr.tarty intereAs.
had place, whtbe Proprietor was andointed Seer,-
.tart' to tite. l3.trracl Bbard, at which tvtieCrotary
a new and sinecure •in tirotielt. With such an its-
stance in the'ir own conduCt, how't,:onld that' tax 'the
pr :sent Ministers with partiality.- to Newspapers'?
There was another ACt' WhiCh helooked upon as a
flagrantthreack'Of 'the Constitutiob, the grant of a
neosiougof 4et;l: of year during pleAs,ite to a Scotch
Jtfilge (Gan H.: aer;.),:s the table, ill
kuo‘'` 1,401 if 9en-
tlemen . , when in power, were so gritted, that n,)
ditieronce of opinion 'prevailed amen 'them ; -when
• and:put, charged with a job, they tied in .all direr.
'ttons, mid left it to light on what bead it. wrralcl,-
Mr; ,PIDDUI,PI, in explanation, vindiCated the in.
dependence 01 t,le hie Committee.
Alr, CUR WEN r.joiced to see the •111,.,1tt 'Hon;
Gentleman throw Ale: first stone froth the: gliSs-
hotti6. "Khengh he was partial to 1113 Hoo..Frieti
below him, he was not one of those who would
feed any man thrpugh thick and thin. Helwas s nal
there was these Who, aced an the contrary system.
'There was .1t vote of the House, deelaring the pro-
priety of atieliiiitig.sittectire places'. He Was Oil
.to, hear the ktght.ljnit. Gentleman opposite so so-'.
,ons in condertiOngiiiie. creation 01' such plaees. It
,Was a 00,0
~that.o4,aech thing would be done' in
the Administration 4,,the Honourable Gentlet'rrin.
it was however reported, that all the flight Itoo.
Gentlemen opposite • held sinecure places fop thee....
selves or their fainilies.' It such a system was C:z-
quered, Abongh,onr Allies may have lost 'a battle,
we would have acgoired a great viaory, when the
money that was wrung from the people could no
longer be absorbed in 'this manner. The Right
Hon. Secretary IrStt said, there was' no'indepenAnt
man in Parliatnent he Hits, at least thus far in.te.
pendent, that he had never accepted a ta‘:•otir from
any Minister, net. ever would. He would tvk tie!
Right Hon, Secretary, whether or not he
had a pensian ?
Mr. Secretary CANNING denied haying
there were no independent men in the Tiott
had ssserted Daly that party attachments v.
valent. Aa.to the Hon.' Gentleman's • . ;
answer was, that on his retiring from the . .r,,,
'Under Secrettuy for Foreign Affairs, Mr. itt -a.,
Lard Grenville proposed• to makes tor
.1401, ::which he'llad accepted, and stittled des:-