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SALARIES OF IRISH MINISTERS.

Lord A:W.I-11h ALD. HAMILTON tailed the
attention of the noose to the subject of the Payment
of the Salaries of the Ministers
.of Ireland, who oc-
casionally resided in this Country, he meant the
mode In which that payment was made, for they
were paid at par. It was now six weeks or nearly
v.v.° months since first he mentioned the suhjedi in
the House, and he thought it incumbent on him to
bring the matter forward for the consideration of the
House ; he gave notice that he should this day do
so, and he now proposed to fulfil that promise.—
The subjed *as that of Payment of Salaries of the
Ministers of that part of His Majesty's Govern-
ment which related to Ireland, Wh6 occasionally
resided in England, which payment Was made at
par. When this circumstance was
.first mentioned
to: the House, which it was by him, it appeared to
every body who heard it, to be an extraordinary
fa'd, when it tiva3 admitted to be a fad, and he
must
.be allowed to re:nind the Right Hon. Gentle..
man (Mr. CoaRY) who 'admitted it, with what re.
Itihance he brought the inatter'forwardi but, how-
eier,, he was impelled .to it by a sense of public
duty,
.and for the same reason be was bound co pur-
sue it; and here he must premise what he had to
say, with observing, that there was no part of the
duty of that House more imperative than that 'of
watching over every part of the Expenditure of the
Public Money. There generally did exist, and al-
ways ought to exist in that House, a jealousy con-
.
ccrott2g all money transatttions, and it ought to be
exercised with vigilance on the, present occasion,
and he .was glad to say, that the question which he
should lay before the House for its consideration,
would lie within a narrow compass, for the chief
part'of it"was neither more nor less than what was
to.be considered as the meaning of the plain letter
or an Ad of Parliament. The amount of the sums
opt of which this arose, was indeed small, but it
seas the principle which constituted the importance
of.thesithjed. Here he proceeded to read the Ads
of. Parliament of the 3oth of the King, for regulat.
ing the Payment of the Salaries of. all the Servants.
ofethe Crown in the Civil Departments of the
State and then contended, that the Commissioners
of the Treasury in Ireland, had no right to inter-
fere-with the payment of the Salaries of the Offi-
cers of Governmetit,. nor with any sums of money
Whatever while it was in transitu; for it was not
only repugnant .to the Law he had just quoted, but
contrary also to precedent. He contended that the,
Order which had been issued by the Commissioners
of the Treasury in Ireland, fur the payment at par
of the Civil Officers of the Government of the
ctiuntry, occasionally resident in this, was not
warranted, and was therefore an excess of their
authority. He would ask, what were the Sala.
ties of these Officers of Government ?—Were
they not charges upon the Public Revenue of the
Country ?—lf so, by what authority was any al-
terationmade in them? He said, that payment to
any person out of the public Revenue of the Coun-
try, of more than was allowed- by Law, was irre-
gular, and quite unwarrantable; and if the Right
HonourableGentlemao opposite to him (Mr. Cott-
ay), was allowed to proceed in this manner, where
were we to stop ? He contended, therefore, that
this was an unwarrantable at. He did not charge
Ministers with a deliberate design to over-rule the
Law ; but he said, that these irregular and unwarrant.
able ads would have that effed, unless checked by the
House. It was admitted that the Half-pay Officers
Ireland were not paid at par, while they inightof
be.'occasional residents in this Country. Now,
upon what ground the Civil Officers of Government
claimed to be paid at par, when no such advantage
was allowed to the Half-pay Officers, he was at a
-loss to conceive. He knew many reasons why the
Half-pay Officers, who had devoted the whole of
their time, and often risked their lives in defence
and for the service of their cl.uutry, should have
more advantages in the mole .of receiving their
little pay, but not one reason why they should have
less than the Civil Office:s of the Government.
There was therefore no rrincilla on which this
mode. of payment could be supported ; because, if
it was upon prineiple; the thing should be adop:e.)
gaee.reliy t, ;tit whose services be:Onged to Cle Go;
s eoareo-,t 1,elioO!, ;Ind who wcire. OceaiionAlly
Chia eouisory. But by this prazt,e'e

paying Officers of the Irish Government at par, if
they should happen Co come over here for six weeks,
they had an advantage of to per cent. on the Course-
d Exchange. He knew not why many of the
Civil Officers of the Irish Government came into
this Country. The Lord Chancellor of Ireland,
for instance, what reason was there why he should
be in England at all, otherwise than as a Mem-
ber of Parliament, in which charaftet he had no
Salary ? The same observation might be, made
on the case of the Right Honourable Gentleman
(Mr. COREY) ; there was no occasion for his resi.
dence in England, otherwise than as a Member bf:
Parliament, in which charafter he was entitled to
no salary. The same might be said of the Inspec.
tor General of the Imports and Exports, who was
not of necessity here. The same of the Officers of
the Customs of the Port of Dublin, and many others;
yet they were all Isere, and had the advantage of
receiving their Salaries at par. These multiplied in-
stances of this advantage given to the Civil Officers
of the Executive Government of Ireland, confirmed
him in the conviction of the impropriety of the
practice. Here the Noble Lord read passages
from pages eleven and twelve 'of the Account
which was laid on the Table, of the money
paid to different Officers for their Salaries at par,-
from -which -he argued there were abuses in this
system, arid observed that the more he considered
the subject, the more he was convinced of the im.
propriety of the practice. He then insisted on
the particular inexpediency of the practice at the
present moment, under all the present circum-
stances of that Country, and that the more re.
markably, on account of the deplorable state of
the currency of that Country, which had fora long
time past been felt as a very great evil. He main-
tained, that without imputing any improper motives,
it looked unfavourably that the Commissioners of
the Revenue should benefit themselves by an order
which they made contrary to law, and should them.
selves claim, by their own order, a benefit which
they did not allow to others, who, if the measure
was.right, had a better claim to it. He observed
also, that this matter remained a secret for a while,
and until he brought it forward in the HoUse :—if
it was right, why was it concealed at all ? this was
a matter which had also an unfavourable appearance.
He contended that the Right Hon. Gentleman (Mr.
Coxity) could not, of his own individual authority,
do any ad for the raising any money not allowed
by Law, for any body; still less proper did 'it
seem to be when that money went partly to him-
self; such money not being in the Exchequer,
and, therefore, not subjett to his cognizance.—
These were two points on which his objection to
this practice rested. The third point was, that the
principle on which the practice was defeoded, had
compleatly failed, for it was not general in its ap_ '
plication ; the Half-pay Officers deriving no ad.
vantage from it, and before it could deserve the
name of a principle, the application of it must be
general. Lastly, the only persons who were made
to benefit by the practice, were the last from whom
it ought to be expected, namely, the Commissioners
of the Treasury of Ireland, who issued the order ;:
nor was there any excuse for this having happened
by inadvertency, or any thing of 'that sort, -for
there was no account made out CM the subject of the
Revenue of Ireland, in which the course of ex.
change !did- not appear, 'therefore they had the
subjeft constantly before their eyes. He should
have thought that their being in a situation of
trust, would have prevented them from convert.
ing it, for they had converted, it into their own
emolument; he must be allowed to deliver his opi.
nion upon these matters, without softening his lan-
guage ; but to use such as were applicable to the
fads, as they appeared in proof. He said, he
was warranted in saying, that they had turned their
situation of trust to their own private emolument.
He then read the Resolutions which he proposed
to submit to the House;--First,

Resolved, That it appears to this House, that payments
have been made in London, of Salaries charged on the Irish
Establishment, out of money to be remitted to the Irish
Treasury, thereby preventing' the profits of the Exchange
thereof, from being of credit to the Public, as is done in other
cases.
Resolved, That they have been made without sufficient
authority.
Resolved, That such pradice is unwarrantable, and ought
to be discontinued.

Lard C ASTLERE AGH observed, that the Noble
Lord, in the statement he had been pleased to
make upon this occasion, had travelled more into
general propositions than was necessary. The main
question was a very simple one, namely, whether
money in possession of the agent in England belong-
ing to the Irish Treasury, was or was not subject
to the order of the Commissioners of the Irish Trea-
sury ? Then supposing that to be decided in the
affirmative, the next question would be, whether
the application that was made of that money under
that order, was a fit and proper application, under
all the circumstances of the case ? In other words,
whether the order of the Commissioners of the
=lrish Treasury proceeded from a competent or legal
authority, or not ? And he apprehended the Noble
Lord had taken the matter too widely, when he con-
sidered .that the money transferred from the Trea.
sury of that Country to the 'lrish agent in this, must
be considered as money in transit* to the Irish
Exchequer, in the situation of all money in transitu,
it was as he apprehended, subjeft to the order of the
Lords of the Treasury there, they being in that
case as they were in every other, responsible for. the
exercise of their authority in the application of tha
money, for as the money was issued under the au-
thority and by the direlion of three of the Lords
of the Treasury, the order was a legal order in it-
self, and as such binding on the Irish Agent ; and
he agreed entirely with the Noble Lord, that the
Officets of the Treasury were responsible to Par-
liatnent for every thing in execution of their trust,
and that they should draw every thing to the advan.
rage of the Public, in the best manner circumstances
would pet-1-dt ; and that if the course of Exchange
between tilis Country could be applied to the
benefit of Irelaod, in the issue of any orders
otherwise, it was a part of their duty to inidce
it arplicable to the Interest of the Public as !WIC"
as possible, unless some particular circum,r:toces
of some rirricular easy, caged for relagiti9"
from the general principle, which he vir-heotted
io the c.iie now under c .n.ideration. The N Ole
seemed to argue this matter as-if
,there was an

saint increase of Salary to these Officers, by the'
mode of payment which had been adopted in this
case ; if so, he should agree with the Noble Lord in
the conclusion that the mode was improper ; for it
was beyond the competency of the Irish Treasury
to increase the Salaries of these Officers, the
amount of which was specified by Law. The An
of Parliament had said, what the Salaries of-these
Officers should be, but that was while they ex-
ercised their funnions in Ireland, and when they
were to be paid there ; but in the case now before
the Home,. the Officers of Government, whose Sa-
laries were thus paid, had been taken from the na-
tural sphere of anion in which they had, been usually
called upon to move, and brought, for special pur-
poses, to exercise their functions in this Country. It
was true that appliCation might be made to Parlia-
ment, if any alteration was necessary, in the-course
of the payment of these Salaries ; at the same time
the Noble Lord would see, that the whole of the
question arose, not from the amount of the Salaries
of these Officers, but from the mode of paying them,
in consequence of their funaions being altered and
extended beyond their ordinary sphere of anion ;
and the question was merely, whether an Officer
coming from Ireland to England to do. his duty,-
shall he paid in England in English or-in Irish Cur-
rency ; he would see that it would be straining the
statement to go beyond this, or to say that it.
was any thing like an increase of Salary. The
question was, whether as an Officer did his
duty in England, he should not be paid in Eng-
lish Currency indeed, he discharged the
funnions of his Office in Ireland, it would be
an advantage to him that he should be paid in
English Currency, and an advantage to which he
would not be intitled ; but if he was obliged
to come here to perform that office, a country in
which certainly he could not live cheaper than in
Ireland, nor could he do his duty in it with more sa-
tisfaetion or convenience to himself than in Ireland
would put it to the House whether it was fair to
call on such an Officer to perform his duty with a
diminution of Salary ; for that would he the case if
he were to be paid here in Irish currency. This
mode of payment was not in fad an increase of Sa.
lary, but a mere r.tlief from a Tax to which these
Officers would be liable if this mode of payment was
not adopted. The propriety of affording this relief
from a Tax in such a case, he maintained to be con-
sonant to the spirit of the An of Union, as, well as
to the general principles of justice. He
.maintain-
ed that in some cases it had been allowed to
those who were not compelled, as these Officers
were, to come from Ireland to this Country.—
As to what had keen said about the particular
individuals, who took what was called the be-
nefit of this mode of payment, (which by the
way was no benefit, 'for it was only an exemption
from a Tax, which could not justly be imposed on
them,) he could say of them that they were anuated
by no motives but such as would do them no dis.
honour ; neither was there any attempt to keep this
matter a secrett no secrecy could attend it. He
compared this mode of payment to that which was
uniformly adopted in paying our Troops abroad.—
The course of Exchange was often such as to make
it .a matter of some expence to transmit the Pay of
Officers and Men, yet they had their whole Pay? as
if there wns no outs expellee, and the Public
were always called upon to defray it ; and, there-
fore, in , his oPinion, the question was, Whether
the Commissioners of the Treasury of Ireland were
not called upon to consider of the propriety of
relieving these Officers front the operation of a Tax
which would, unless they were relieved, attach
upon chew when they came to perform their duty in
this Country, and which would not attach on them
if they performed it in Ireland. The Noble Lord
said, the principle on which this mode of payment
was adopted, ought to be general, or not adopted
at all, and therefore the Half-pay Officers of Ireland,
'who were in this Country, ought to be paid at .par
• as well as the Civil Officers of the Irish Govern.
ment, but there was a distinction between the two
services. The Half-pay Officers of Ireland had their
option, whether they would come here or remain in
Ireland ; but the Civil Officers were compelled to
come here. He applied this to all these Officers
who came here, and he could not help thinking that
the House would be of opinion with him, that those
Officers had no more than justice done to them upon
this occasion. On the whole matter he did not see
any blame imputable to the CoMmissioners of the
Irish Treasury upon this occasion, and as these Re.
solutions were intended to he folio wed up by some
other Resolutions of disapprobation of what had
been done, for which disapprobation there was no
reason, therefore he moved the Order of the Day.
Lord FOLKSTONE said, he 'was surprized .to
hear the Noble Lord attempt to defend a condod
which, in his opinion, could not be defended, and he
was the more surprized at the arguments of the
Noble Lord, because he had formerly heard him
deny the depreciation of Irish Paper. The Noble
Lord who had brought forward the Motion had, in
his opinion, completely established the case he set
out with, and therefore he should support the Mo-
tion.

Mr. FOX said, he by nu means concurred with
those Gentlemen who contended that this was not
an increase of salary, because it was pettedly ob-
vious that to relieve a man from • a burthen or a
tax was in point of fad to increase his salary.=
The Noble Lord had principally rested his argu-
ment upon the ground that it was fair that the
Officers should be remunerated who were ordered
over here by their Superiors upon public business ;
but though this was the case with some of the Offi-
cers, yet it certainly was not with others: the
Chancellor of the Exchequer, for instance, he cer-
tainly was not ordered over here by his Superiors.
Suppose he was not a Member of Parliament, he
did-not see that his residence in London would he
necessary. But even if the attendance of the Chan-
cellor of the Exchequer was necessary, surely the
presence of the Lord Chancellor could not be con-
tei,dcd to be so. - 'He by no means allowed that the
attendance of a Member of Parliament was more
requisite when he was in office than when he was
mit. 'He wished to know whether •there was no
oth:r comPensation allowed to the Officers coming
over to this Country ? If there was not, it certainly
was a very hard case ; but still this. was a very itn.
Proper mvde of snaking the allowance to them. • If

any allowance was made, it ought to be by Ali of
Parliament. It had been said, that it was not in-
tended that this should be kept a secret, perhaps it
was not, but then why was it not mentioned to
Parliament ? Upon the whole, he thought no satil-
faCtory answer had been given by Ministers, and
therefore he should vote for the Motion.
The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER
said, he thought this was a -question upon which
there could riot be much difference of opinion. The
Hon. Gentleman did not appear to•him to be quit,
accurate in his statement of the facts of the case; It
it was really an increase of salary, he' should think
that the condat of the Irish Treasury was not
be justified, but it was no such thing. The Offi-
cers employed under the Irish Government, who
would have received tool. Irish if they had remain'
ed in Ireland, did not receive tool. British ; they
only received gzl. British, which was equal t°
tool. Irish ; and he begged it to he. remembered
that those Offices and those Salaries were all esta-
blishedbefore the Union, when it could not be in
contemplation that it would be necessary to bring
them over to England. If these Officers were, in
addition to the inconvenience they suffered by be-
ing brought.. over to England, to lose by the eN'
changes instead of receiving gal. they would it
fart only receive Sal. which he was sure could ne-
ver be intended. The lion. Gentleman seemed to
suppose that these Officers received the whole of
their Salaries in this Country ; that was ogc :e
case ; they only received that 'part of it whicV7;
came due dUring their residence in England.
Hon. Gentleman seenied to think that the Officet-
called over here upon public business'ought to 131.
an allowance ; the fan was, they only had theirs
travelling expences allowed to them, and that wle
only granted to those in inferior situations.
whole question resolved itself into thiS; Whetbe-
Officers who were brought here tn di,c!:zirze a Pub
„,"
lie duty, ought or ought not to receive the 53„..111"
Salary they would have received if they hail remain:
ed in Ireland ? _lt appeared to him no doubt could
he entertained upon the subje6t, and therefore bje
should vote for the Motion of his Noble Friers

(Lord CASTLEREA6I.)
Mr. JOHN L ATOUCHE supported the original
defrayed
frore,ta:ityoeandi,
aubnpyoi this
nnlrrteehlaaesnagdr,oofuv.vnththleertiehraasia lri which Salaries
was
en
h ecinnsi-
relyf
the joint expenditure of the Empire, it
re,Enwgals a
andpoaurtih'e.-
to defray the proportion stipulated by the Union.
Mr. WINDHAM supported .the original Moti4"'
and contended, that if the Wlntion for going into
the Order of the Day was agreed to, it would
giving a tacit sant-lion to the continuance of this
praaice.
The MASTER of the ROLLS said,' the No laid
" .
Lord who brought forward this Motion had l
down a general principle, to which he could na*
accede,. that. if any of the Officers employed under
the Government of Ireland were ordered over I°,
this Country, that still they ought to be paitt
Ireland, and be subjede.d to all the loss they mu° -
sustain by the exchange. He did not mean to coiv
tend that.the Officer was entitled to any comPenr;
tion, he only meant to say, that he ought not ;`)
to
placed in a worse situation, vii. that he 014;-,ns03..'
receive his Salary in that place where he le
manded by his-Superiors to perform his dalY;
would be no answer to the-Irish Officer elllP'°A/ to ..
in this Country to say, it is true you are force'
so .
reside in England, but you are doing the hoine h
J)
of Ireland, and therefore you muste paid in 0'
money. Upon the same principle the Officers
the Board of Controul, who were doing the bugl°
ness of India in this Country, ought to he paid ill
Indian money: The Officer did not wish to plc"
his only wisn was, that he should no lose by he'l
compelled to come over to this Country, in the dls;
'charge of his public duty. The wholo of this ea'
amounted to no more than this, that it was paY
&c.ire
the satne Salary in a different place, c. therel%c
he should support the Motion for the Order of

Day.
Dr. LAW&ENCE spoke'in support of tht original

Motion.
Lord HENRY PETTY said, if the questin,° wiac; •
to be decided upon the general
not differ from the Right Hon. and Learned Gent4c-
man, but whatever the justice of the case might uc°
d
he did not think such a discretion ought to be ve-te.
in the Lords of the Irish Treasury • der
Mr. ELLIOT wished to know What 00°,3 his.
principle, he stout--
the Lords of the Treasury had to execute I •
Country.?
Mr, FR ANC IS supported the Motion. vilole
Mr. THORNTON said, he considered the state „are
of this difficulty to arise from the unfavourah`,e it
of the exchanp between the two Coootrle(l3..for"
appeared to him that there was no groan abed
'charging the Irish Government with having ;otili •
wrong upon this occasion,. and therefore be
see no reason for going into the proposed inclnit"tile•
Mr. FOSTER contended, that the Lords °„,dhlic
Irish Treasury had no right to grant tlje
Money away in,this manner, and said it
to the express stipulations of the Uoion• holm
Mr. ORMSBY said he had the honour t°
A ihete'
an Office under the Irish Government, and •,4to
fore felt himself unpleasantly situated in risi-tSete
acdress the House ; but he contended that meat
was no ground to charge the Irish Govetin-s oc•
with having aged illegally or corruptly on t'ler to.
casion. He entered very fully into an ansf ana
the several arguments urged on the other sine' the
concluded With stating that he should vote for
Order of the Day. r he art.
Mr. ...
•RENVILLE spoke in favour o. t
•
ginal Motion, and Sir L. PARSONS against it.
The MASTER Of the ROLLS explained. that
The ATTORNEY GENERAL observed,'cor.
from the smallness of the sum in quesrion,,,or-
. the
ret
rapt motive could be imputed, and the •cciplc;
discussion must necessarily turn upon tile Prwl other,
and with respect to this he conceived, that er her.,
the Officers of the Irish Government came "' iieoce
in consequence of their official.dUry. or in Itilb,e;
to the command of their Superior Officer, r to
eTicaly entitled to reinuneratico, or at e le";ire' -,01,
tI,
lose by it. AccQrding, however, tt). • 92i.
used on the other side, they were t°
Ireland, in order that Sal• of it might be whl•-•
again to England, to pay the Of GQVCroloe,
the 101. weut into the pocket C

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.141 s was t.b amount of the argument's ism the otI}"
side, arid this he contended would be neither fair
nor proper. As to the legality of stopping the ino-
ey in transitu, it had not been contended for, it
had only been stated that it was the constant prat_
lice to do so. He conceived, however, that no case
had been made out for discussion, and he should
therefore vote for the 'Order of the Day.
Sir 191-IN NEIVPOR7' did not mean to con-
tend that those Officers of the Irish Government
Whose attendance here he considered to be essential-
ly necessary, ought to experience any loss in the
receipt of their emoluments. But admitting the prin-
ciple, he complained that they were not to he allow-
ed to discuss whether the payments made had been
regular and fair, He thought there were consider-
able objedions
had to the mariner in which the money
without the been issued, nor was it fit to issue public money
not the period, When was the proper time for dis-
cussing the subje
did, that no d ? Ohjeding, therefore, as he
opportunity Was afforded for discus_
Sio.no he should vote against the Previous Ques-
tion.
Lord ARCIi. A"
R
----•••ILTC;N briefly replied, and
complained that the Motion' made on the other side
was an unfair
The House then divided.
8z
mode of getting rid of the Question.
For the Order of the Day - • Against it
44-
. . - - -

Majority
38
Mr. ALEXANDER I);OUgh,t Up the Reports ot the
-
Irish, Militia Transfer Bill, and the Irish Militia
‘ltigotentarion Bill, which were severally read and agreed to, and the Bills ordered to be read a third
time to-morrow.
t. The CHANc,u,Loit of the EXCHEQ,UER postponed
rts Motion for a Committee respecting the Expor-
tfition of Grain till to. morrow.
Attjourned at Half-past Eleven till To-morrow.

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THE SUN.

411.1"4 QUIS DTCERE FALSUM AUDiAT

ZONnr-IA,
APRIL 13. 1804

. -
We received this mornin the Alaniteurs from the
g
tion
25th ult, to the 3d inst. inclusive, with the excep.
of those of the 26th, 27th, and 29th of March.
There is no direCt
which mention in any of
havecorne to our the Papers
the Duke D'
denta Eric111"1 hands, of the execution of
, but it is mentioned inci-
lly in a way that must remove all doubts of
that unfortunate
FLace.—lt is
stated in event having taken
thena article, dated Madrid, that Mr.
'Fit titz,
a canve British Minister at that Court, had in
cation with the Prince of Peace, declared,
that assassination and murder were legitimate means
-to be employed by England in the aCtual situation in
whiehshe was placed ; and the Prince of Peace is re-
presented very naturally as expressing his disapproba.
Con of such principles. In a Note of the Editor of the
koniteur upon this article, he states, that at the
rime the English were making- use of the Count
b'ARTO43 to serve their own purposes, an Indivi-
tioal of his House perished under the sword of • the
law, in expiation of his crime. This must evi.
acntly refer to the Duke D'ENGHIEN ; and this is
the Only notice taken in the Moniteur of this most ._I atrwious transaaion.
11 The Report of the Grand Judge was transmitted
lets The
to the different Foreign Minis-
." rtsiding at Paris, and their Answers are offi-
clan?
1'41)1411:d. We have translated the Answers
f 'he Ministers of Russia, Austria, Denmark, and
America, as the most important ; the others we have
been compelled
are to omit for want of room. There
no Answers from the Swedish or Spanish
Ministers,the
It is observable, that the Letter from
Ftsiciti Charge d'Affaires is couched in very
geeneral terms) and gives no opinion whatever upon
rh supposed Correspondence of , Mr. DRAKE ; and
that of the Count CosaNzrt. is very little more
explicit : it merely asserts as a general proposition,
in propost f
that a Ambassadorn ought
in any transadions slot to be concerned
inconsistent with the Laws
of Nations,
Although we entertain the strongest
conviEtion that the British Government cannot have
been concerned in any of the plans for assassination
attributed to it in the Report of the Grand Judge)
And although we still think that a great part of the
Correspondence attributed to Mr. DRAKE, has been
fabricated to answer the views of the French Go-
, vernrnent, yet we think it the indispensable duty
of the British Ministry, in justice to their own.
Chataders, and more especially in just th ,
Charader of the Nation, to lose no timeice in reto pell-
e
ing in the strongest manner, this charge which has
been broughtg against there' g
; and if Mr. DitAXE has
we
be
en guilty of the conduet imputed to him (which
Most sincerely believe he has not), to make his
%dee the subject of most serious Investigation.
Ishe Character of the Nation is at stake--a Charac.
ter always deservedly high among the Nations of
the World ; and its Honour requires that no time
aft'u et ..i.
be-lost in freeing it from
so foul an asper- •
sune
laNils
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