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uncontroulcd e4eteise of the R tyal Authority in
this great Empire, should be exposed to ali this on-
ceriainty ? He was pei fectly confident that if ti,e
atim were thorou&hly considered, it would' be
found by far the most expedient course tor tue
Public to take on themselves the pay MeDt of the
whale d• ht, by the means which be hid already
described, and which would not- occasion any addi-
tion to the public burthens.
Lord Ussur.stoNE, in a low tone of voice, which
rendered us unable to coiled the whole of his Lord-
ship's obsetvations, complained of the perfectly gra-
tuitous allusion which the Hon. Gen letnan bad
made to the acceptance by his Noble Relation-of
the office Of Postmaster-General ; an office which
had always been heltby an indi‘ idual of his Noble
Relation's tank.
Mr. Skl Els) DA NI disclaimed the least intention of
saying any thin, dis.especitul to the Noble Earl.—
The higher the Noble F.:ill's character, the stronger
was his argument, which tended tO returnd his H n.
Friend in the midst of his general principles, that
there were cases in which men of the best character
did accept situations, such as
.those his Hon. Ft iend
exclaimed against. And as to gratuitous allusions,
it ought to be recollected that he (Mr. S.) tn,,st
have felt a little h‘trt at the go atuitons allusion which
had been made by his Honourable Friend to ('ol.

The Report was then brought up and agrred to,
and the Bill was ordered to be read a third time to-
morrow.

lIOUSEHOLD OFFICES' 1311. L.

On the motion of the CHANCELLOR of the Ex.
CHEQUER, the House then resolved itself into a Com-
mittee on the ski It, cooTrising certain clauses rela-
tive to the Offices of the Household, which were
withdrawn from the original Bill on the subject, fur
tire purpose 'of being consolieLted into a separate
Bal.

, On the clause for regulating the Lord Steward's
Depart mew,
Sir C. ButtrieLL cilled the attentiol of the Com-
mittee to the yituaiion of the Marshal's Alen, who
pay on their admission from 800 to 900 guineas to
the Kiii,;ht Mars' al of the Eions..tio;d, receiving
nominally sakittes ot 2UI. per atiiillin, ti -0111 which
st. I Bs. Gd. dedut.ed by the Board ut Green Cloth.
'the prim tpal so vested, he fart her stated, at the death
of a v'vlarsitalin in dues not go to his widow or to
his chitdien, but reit vains in the hands of the Knight
Marshal. lie did not mean_ to 'cast any retlec-
tiun en the Knight Marshal, but on the practice
it‘elt, which had so,loog prevailed, and which might
have originated with some of the other great Lords
of Household. The Hot,ourable Baronet then
enumerated several other otficcs in thiJ depattuient
the Yeomen of the Guard, the Serjeant and Groom
Porters, who also purchaied their places, and received
but a very 'titling nominal salary, and who, in con-
sequence, were reduced to the necessity ut begging
at every individual who came to Court. This, he
conceived, ought not to be tolerated in a country so
famed ior its liberal hospitality as Great Britain. lie
thought it ought to be brought to the ears of the
Prince Regent, whom it was only necessary to in-
form of the circumstance, to have the abuse cor-
rected.

Mr. KENRICK, in answer t'o the statements of the
Hon. 13..1ronet, disclaimed a knowledge of the griev-
ances he had enumerated. In one instance, indeed,
he remembered a complaint had been made of some-
thing or the kind, hat the evil had been prothp:ly
redressed.

Atter some further discussion, in which Mr.
Croker, Mr. Giles, the Chat:cellor of the Exche-
quer, and Mr. Bennett, pal ticipated;this clause was
agreed to.
The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER introduced
a clause to provide for the payment of tt:e pensions
of his 'Majesty's old servants and their widows.—
Several other new clauses were proposed, and agreed
to, and the •Bill passed through the Committe Huh-
out experiencing any serious opposition, after which
the Hou•e resutned, and the Report was ordered to
be received to-morrow.