The Sun.
London, England, 1809-05-06 00:00:00

c)TVORCI BILLS.

;Lord PORCIIE:+TER gave. notice, that ,on Friday
next b wottiti movu kr an tippowtmerkt a Corn-
mitteg t 4 search .14111t11141 of the Houw. °Mord!),
IA it it i'CSIJea to ittly Sitmcling Orders of that House
tolative to Divor•te Lino.

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Sic (,3)IVALD .MOSICLEY rose, in pursuance of his
riotir4c, to move for a Cohmittee on the recent
traoattCtions relative to thelsea Hospital. Tho.flon.
Enronet, at canisiderable length, repeated the state.
frients which were made witto the subject was for-
Inerty betine the 'House, and read the Reports of the
Surtieyors,,,!lce. 'upon it. . Without Moaning any
thing personal to. Colonel Gordon, or any other in-
contended'that the tratissaion in every
it destlved the strongest reprobation:, In ad-
,r.ittio!; to what had been before mentioned he ob-
served that there was a6tnelly a small building at-
taeli,id to, and belonging to the hospital itself, which
lan) :Nen dilapidated in consequence of the improve-
tl.7tnits =4; by colon,i Gordon. bad inquired
f;:orn stiute prdeners in the neighbourhood what
resit they
,would give for ground, and be. tetrod that
gto„tt 201, a year per Here for
~ground, by no
weans so rich as the four acres in question ; which
litsweve.r, on this moderate calculation, would amount
tt!. $Ol., per Rom:lM. \Vhat he tirrd was for the.,
ot the liosin;al,::lnd not in the spirit of hot;
t littV iit0;11,I individual. ()t) the contrary, were
tie.not.or 01•ihion thin this !pound ought not to be
lit at rtil, he did not linown.stlynien who ;root his
lo:i4 services to the army, tend other. circumstances,
be better irnitli:d to the. possession of it -than
col,,riel Gordon. I.ta4•r InkYillgs..-zted that hi 'should
Frattniq.e the (..chnniittec to hi,. Cerninittve of the
Honse, ;.,anl that he should alstt propose the
s? :7t.llililltt'ill al the ;,-1.,11.- its ii doze.c,
Mr. l'urd,) ee, Mr. Rolle,-
Hon. hy,cindeal by nineing; 'rhat
Loinarith...: ..I,;',.heited to th,,,:sti:l,,te cortiini
~,,e,,,,pattiotoi Qt an 111.-
14:11):4::' :it Chelsc.t a lease to
hulas catttiguons thereto.
. , the,ki.c itt..our.acouldt not
, serioni, to itrmgining that
(..41:1A: thertisAve in a t.;aininit-
ot.stoelt'n It
t Iket, tit:cv;i34s, 01c(J1111,,e it ou4lit to
otaie itt Committee but tie hoped be'
1-louse that no thither proceeding
.1; i.tesent necessary. since the snbiaa had
rtmgitt bdture the floor, it ha 4 neceitarity'
ttpit.l a great deal .t 1 the attention of ili errea•
the', Onvianots of Chelsea' Hospital.—
•.. stated to the ireatury, ton
4.„ ,t. upon.. it with Colonel Gordon,
7 , .-tfattly prepared to give way to
ut the ground belonging to.the

firiony to .1k extent recommended.by.the Physician
and Surgeon. But it had been suggested to them
that it would be :Idyls:lWe to occupy the whok ;-
4
da they r;:questd:to Itnaw-wh4:ther the satin! Of the
ontra(l een the Treasury and Colonel Gordon
a; :.L+."tl as to
:Live an opening for them to do so.
1,) conito,c::tion the Treasury had replied,
that the ;t..tte of the contract' with oOlotiel Guidon
5u,7,14, th,lt tlxv lilt themsel‘es bound' not 7 to
withhold his lease ; but they went on to desire the
Govemors to take the maimr into their considera-
tion; and to avail t he+ nselves of the advice of another
Physician, Surgeon, andArchiteil; in order that if
the pt'oposedextension should be.deemed extremely
expedient, tlot the Treasury might attempt to enter
into a negociation with GordOb to induce
him to relincinish his claim. In the whole transac-
tion, no bhm4o could possibly attach to the "higher
branches of the 'Govetnibent, who wereof.cOurse
compelled to sed, vith the eyes of the Surveyors.—
Ile could not agreeto the appointment of a Com-
mittee, until the produttion of further papers to
elucidate soma of the points which 'he bad just
stated.
Mr. litnntftrn objeaed to many Of the items_in
the reports of the Surveyors, and tt)ok a general
view of the'subjeet very.iimilar to that of the tlon.
Baronet.

Lord Difivrott defended' the charailer of Lord
Yarborough from the insinuation that had been
thrown out against him,. and by .which the Noble
Lord, than. whom there teas not a mytit
able man in existetfce, bad felt him Self y touch
hurt. The premises had been valued by a Surveyor
employed by Lord Yarborough, at FOOOl. by other
Surveyors they were subsequently valued at 47001.
Sir J. Bankes, a Gentleman of high LitaraAeri, (Es-
spaded Lord Yarborough from taking; this latter sum;
the. Noble Lord, conceiving that Government
required the premises for the use uf the Hospital,
closed with them on,those term,. r\ six ntonths
atterwaids, however, the lease was granted to Co);
Gordon, on condition at his laying out. 30001. and
paying a rent of 501. a-year.
Hostsissorrexplained his statement on a for-
timer nighti that it wati not understood by Lord
Yarborough, or the Tieasury, that the pnrehase Of
thegeilants was made for the-public use. He never
meant to make any retleklion co the honour of Lord
Oib Yarbugh, of his'condtnt in thiitransa&ion, but
merely to state that his Lordship, after taking every
proper means to ascertain the value of his pahsession, •
had obtained the full sun) for it. He theft adverted
to what had fallen loop Mr. Biddulph, and repeat-
ed, that the ground had not been, purchased with
public money, but with roOney'arising‘ limn' the sale
orCrown Lands.. He defended the Lords of the
Treasury froM having arty knowledge of the eircutn-
Stance than it was intended to build the !noise on a
State Which would annoy the kluspital, and order
to prove their attention to the comforts of the Pon-
sidnerS, In:win:led, that i m
nli understanding sortie huiki-
Lings niight be erected on the. itai.elagF.,tate ‘k hick
Vrould,have that effen, they were. in 'treaty to put:-
chose -it, and prevent that buppening,'.
MIL roN explained. -•, ,
General TAR LETON I:ikiished the motion to be per-
. Severed in, and a Seled.ComMittee Oppointed.
Colonel MARK WOOD SP6ke highly of Colonel
Gordon. as a Man Avno'nfid‘ tkvot(ll his, life tiie
service of his king and °Country, in almost 'every
Owe, and the last man in the world who would.
accept of any favour which would deprive a British
Veteran of a single comfort.
Lord PitCY• said a few words in so low a tone
we could not catch his opinion.
'Sir F. BURDETT spoke' itt *OW lengmh of tae ne-
cessity of air and exercise being attached to int Ho's•
pita!, and condemned the existing arrangement 'as
preventing bothAlesc It appeared to him a gloss
job eten in these pure time.; ; and though Colonel
Gordon might not be inclined to take atty comfort
from the soldier, he had• taken every advrintke of
the ground in his power. He deekreci it impOssible
to believe that for a paltry. 551. per 'annual', they
should deprive the Hospital of so appropriate an or.-
mullein and advantage; and that be would hiputell
give twice the aroountour of any estate of his 'own
to secure it to them. • The part allotted to the pub-
lie. bore the same proportion to the favour to private
individuals-as all these jobs did, and might, as a ma-
chine to measure heat was styled a Therinbmeter,
be called a Jobromcer. He then entered into the,
papers, and argued that the Surveyors had given a
colour tb the transatition, and rendered it a most
disgusting job--rtiolf of jobs. He thought Colenel
Gordon had been amply rewarded, but this was not
the point on which .be' stood ; it-was on the broad'
ground of Publie principle, of not keeping the poor
soldiers as it wets shut tip in a prison, and excluded
from air and exercise. . He did not see any obiec...
(ion to the motion, and recommended a Seled Com-
mittee.

• Mr. Yoke expressed his indignation nt the Man-
ner in .which the Hon. Baronet itad misrepresented
the fact, that of describing the soldier n's-a. prisoner;
He did not envy the Hon. Baronees'understanding,
wilich was so ditfereot from his as to tniaeonceive and:
misrepresent so plain a fad.
•
Arr. -W. SMITH expressed his belief, that from
some, means or other his Majetoy's Government had
1)0.!n imposed upon, and could not ftir a inOthent
imagine thin :toy thing had been done which would
warrant the appellation of Job. Ili! Went into the
papeii, aid front a computation deduced, that the
Reports of the Surveyors were very tavooral.,le to
the lessee,

The CtlANcri.t.on" of the ExcimatiErt and Mr.
exp;.thied.
Mr: LoNo stated positively that it never W6S Dr.
7.vlo4eley's opinion that the whole ),trilltlct wag li6C011.•
S:111 ter the Hospital. He noticed that Col. Gordon's
huing oboosioni easily accounted for, and if the
grant' hart not :to him, it would never have
been heard of. "lie then wort into the detail of. the,
eat,, and controverted many of the statenients
made by Sir F. Burdett. lie would Lc as anxious
for retaining, the ground as any one for the purposes
of the Hospital, if it could be sliewn it would be
advantageous to the men even as pktiliititC grounds,
of which they had already titurteen acres kept up as
these 111114 L also be, were they appoint d. for t: at
prirpote' pe at a considerable exnee. All he Wishedwail,
that
the minutes of evidence taken should he
la;:l before the House, and then the IiGLISO tlitottt