The Sun.
London, England, 1809-06-27 00:00:00

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The .boastee Plan brought forward by Mr. WARDLE' and
the confieent manner in which it was recommended by 'his
Party, were calculated to deceive unretletting minds ; and
thereforewe conceive it to be our duty'to give the utmost
publicityto the atitaiiable Speech W Mt.- fltrsKiSSON on
_this subpa. at it completely overturned the spechnis fa.
brie reared by. the former. •

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Mr. Sitaxati.--With whatever feelings of int.
prise and regret I may have witnessed the conduct of
the Hon. Gentleman, on the. occasion of tits, first
broaching, in aeother, place, the subject which he
has now At, last brought under the consideration of the
House, thoie fet-liags have by no reeans been awaly=
erred, either the explenation whith the Hon. Gen;-
tlensar 'has just given,ot tlieruntives.hy which'he has
been aduated, or by the statement which he has sub-
mitted to the House in support of; his proposition.
It; in the first instance, I observed,,,witb astonish-,
merit, a Memberof this House; .one of the,gtardians.
of the Oblie woe, and one, too, wilts profe4ses to.
watch over the public expenditafe with more than.
an ordinary degree of jealousy and anxiety, seeking
an opportunity, not during the recess of Parliurterst,
but.in the Middle of a Session, not.in this House., but
at a public meeting, stating, that he could point out a
plan by which eleven millions a year might be saved
to the Country, that astonishment was, if possible,
increased, when Isaw the Hen., Gentleman. atteng-
ing, day after day„: in,ls{c place here, withoutgiving
the House any intimation of the means by which this
most desirable object might be effeCted. The Hoe...
Gentleman could riot be' ignorant, that ,on -the one -
hand, such a declaration wea .ealculated to make h
strong impression out of doers; that from the cha-
rat:let-of the meeting at which it:w.a6 made, it would
be disseminated through the public with o,mischies.
ous aetiyity : and on the other, that. it. was
only in
this House that the plan could be disesisfxci,ivith
view to any beneficial result; or that any 'praetic.:ll
Measure could' be taken for attaining ,its prolesi,ed
°hie& : and, yet, Sir, .the Honourable Gentlemati
has just informed Liss that it was pot his intention to
have brought forward • any part of this Datable
scheme in the present Session: In a tone, ahnost
of anger and complaint, he tells you, that he has
been goaded and challenged by the frequent calls made
upon him here ; that yielding. to such importunity,
and not to any sense of his public duty, he, on this
last day of the Session, condescends . to. Olocout
the means of relieving the pUblic from the press
sure.of the property tax. What, Sir, is 'the light
in which the Hun. Gentleman places'his own cons
duel by his statement of.. this evening ? Some two
months ago be 'had ascertained, to the entire sa-
tistrietien, I presume, of his own :mind, that a tax
'producing upwards of eleven millions a year could ;
be takeri off without- any detriment to the :public
'service; he had, at. that time, so completely,mp-,
Hired the measures of Reform by, which this saving
could be etfeeled, as publicly to record his Opinion i
and, to-night, he tells yOu that it never was his in-
tention, in this Session, to follow up that opinion. by
any proposition it this House ! In the view of
the Honourable Gentleman, then, the seeing of
eleven millions is a matter of .such little moment,
that the means of edecting, it being dicovercd by
Ines its the middle of one Session, it consists,
with his sense of public-duty, to postpone the appli-
eatioe of ihuse means till Ilse. next. But it also co-
-I;w% with this same reuse of duty, in., the mind of
the HonourableGentlernan, forth the asge, non
to the public, under such eircuinstances, and coupled
with such sentiment., as appeared to the meeting;
where' it was first u 'erect, beet calculated to create
an impression, that the blame of the continuance of
this tax is solely to be ascribed to the eorruption of
this House. Thehlaine, it blame there be, ,of not
}hiving inVestigated the' -Honourable Getitleman's
plan of uconotuy in this.. Session; must fall entirely
upon himself. The mischief, likewise; if rnisthief,
ensue, from his indiscreet assertions, must be
entirely at his door. :The delusion and the disap-i
Ointment are equally of hisown creatiug. That
the Hanoi:ll.B6le Geetleman's plan will end in the
disappointment of those who gave credit to, his as-
sertions, must, t think, be obvious to every Member
of this: House, who has listened to the details-brought
forward .lapttlits, Honourable Gentleman. I shall
not attempt,to.:follow him thiclUgh all thew de-:
tails. If, indeed, they had been Stipported by ani
thing like reasoning or proof, I might have' found at
necessary to trespass upon the indulgenCe of the
House, with such statements as the arguniehts,of
the Hon. Gentleman might have appeared'to me to
'require ; but when the Hon. Gentleman brings for-
ward nothing but a string of,bare assertions.,„ it would
be a waste of, time to meet them in detail by other
assertions of an opposite nature. Indeed, Sir, tram the
manner in which- the .Hon. Geritleinan treats this
subie6t,*l am at a loss to 'understand why he should
confine his savings to elerers' millions.• With, the
same facility, and by the same prOcess, be Might
produce a saving of twenty ; and certainly'there'
are other reformers, out of deors,. with ,a degree of

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sell-cOnfidence, equal to,that, of the Hondurable Gen 7.
tleman, who do not scrupleto tell the public that'
twenty millions might be saved without any derri7
Inent to the public service. Their assertions, Dmaye
nq door, are made with, the saute sincerity, pro-Claimed with the same patriotic views, and calculat-
ed to produce the same beneficial purposes as those
of the Honourable Gentleman. He, however, is
only bound by the minor pledge ; bat having been
the first to start, his anxiety to redeeM that pledge,
may; perhaps, have been quickened,' this etening,
by the bolder strides of those who
.have since 'PA-
"loWed Linn in this mighty career.
The first idea of t bis-savnigaPpears bo' have sug-