The Sun.
London, England, 1817-02-13 00:00:00

EPRIC SEN'ENITMCB,

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whither ileitnti iteett tie `it to audit a iiartiet.thit
set of 'public accmnis I? ,
Mr. Lusut:dToN..saitl cilia it 114(1... .. ..
.Nl"...llRouitilAht."Tilert it, apitiared Govern,,
mew Inten.cletl to fill tip so. office which was quite

unnecesia I' y. . ,
Petitions were presented from the inhabitants.
of several Parishes in the Connty of Nottingham ~
complaining tit- the enormuns horthen of the poor
rates, aild praying the House' to take their cast 41,
into consideration.. Thete P, titions were all iti
the same words.—Read, and ordered to lie on thi
table.
Lord Altwton presented a petition from certain
Freeholders and Occupiers. of Land in the North
Riding`of Yorkshire, comptaining of the restate
of the poor rates, which they stated to he rapidly'
increasing. The petition prayed the House to
amend the poor laws;—Reafl, and ordered to lie
on the table.

SINECUtIES.:,
Lord 11111. Ton presented a petitiOn from the in
..abicnnts of SlireWsbury, praying for economical
Reform and the abolition ,of Sinecures. He 8104
the petition was drawn up bythe petitioners them 4
selyes, and not like many at those lately presentea
to the llnii.se, written out from one of those formS
of petitipns which were icnt abont the kingdoni
for signatmes...7-(llcay, hearl)7.lhe petition also;
prayed forßefOrtn in Parliament, bui that Was Oro
only, part of the petition in which be did nOt.to»
tally concur. He took this opportunity' of corr.!,
gratulating the eimitry on'the recent conduct of
a Noble Lord who had r'esigutd the profits of or*
enormous sinecuye. This Writ an exaniple
of the qutirter whence it canie, and w'as one which
he hoped would be gener'iliy followed. ,

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Lord LAsortw.es took the Opportunity,: of cow-
mending theloue of the.petitiun, and the conduct
of the-petitiosers, They had stated their .griee,
antes its respectful lingnage, and probably with
truth ; • and although the petitioo. prayed toe
some things in ..whibh he could.: not concur*,
yet he considered it As
ly deserving.of the consideration of the House.
Lord CAterIAREAGH.—The Noble Lord opposite
(Milton) had certaioly done no more !kiln jnsricetd
the conduct of the Noble Martinis whO stirrtiult-r,
ed-the emoluments of a very lucrative office to
which be had a vested tight-. Last night 1,6 had
stated to the noose that. the Noble Marottis had
felt it a great reliirf to be able to give'tip-ttie pro
fits of that oltice'lvithout his motives being :ids»
interpreted, and aPet an example 'had, been set
front F 9 high's qttart4.r. It had alts`o• been antti-
tiVe With thefrNoble thtli the (}Act in
question was I'l4 only 'one which hAd not been ie...
' ett:ed by Parftamer4r, Ind trot iikt'mant-other
offices which were the object of iettatok,' but
which, although they produced large emobtroeuri
the time of war, produced 'almost: nothing itt.ttie
time..of peace. It was, therefore, a great srttisj
faction to the Noble Marquis, that he had round
an opportunity, when consistently wit). his.own
settle of ditty be could make such a sacrifice,
tints put at end to' an office, the zreut enneto-
ments:of which scented, in some degree, tojustiit
the violent clamours raised againit it, as an vfice
the emoluments of 'which had not Peen. revised bt

Pal liament., .. • .
Mr. liaottatust coeldpot help eipressing great
ths,ppointment at the speed, which past beep
just now made by the. Noble Lord wilO spoke
last—a.speech which, whether it was to he con-
sidered as adtitessed to, the liouse, or Merely -tii
the wealthy and autocrat's body of Sinecurists,
was caleidatCd to throw it deep gloom over tow„
cheering expeetutiont which had been excited •by i
the ofidnet of the Noble Marquis. lie certainly
did hope that an example set from: the • highest
quarter, and which bud. been excellently followe4
by•thi. Noble Mitquis; would have eAtentled itselt-
to the lowest order of those who received emolw
tututs
,from the public purse, without rentleriog
any sttvites to the public., • These however, had
soot been damped. It absolutely looked us if site
Noble' Lord dreaded list the example should be
tollowed—,(llcar, helix I)—and yet,
,in these days . .
of alarm, the Noble Isord,feariog that the alexia
might be_excited among Slim:mists, had taken the
earliest opportnnity—ht, of quieting the alarms of
the Sinecuristsl 2.11, of quieting, those supporters
of his Mljesty's Government who looked iip for
their reward, to some of those 'diets where tike '
pay. was great and: the„ Wink. nothing. Was it
With sitch eonduct tlvett,the Nation would be sae.
tidied /--7. Was it by such speethei thaithoSe feats
and diseoptenis wete to be quieted, which but for
such conduct as.this, he would say were without
foundation ?—(blear !) .
. ,The Petition was, then brought, up, read, and ~
ordered to lie on the tupe. . . 4
Lord CocalLitta rose to present a petition from
cc' tail inhabitants
.of Ghisgo* (as we tinder
stood). Ile read part of tt letter which bud been
sent to him Along with the petition. It detailed
the grievances which the people of Scothiad.su(-
fered„ and stated that the di!areis: was
,so great,
that many of the Laneasteriatt Schools were no?;
occupied, and the houses, advertised to be sold ;
and that Parish Schools, ihr..t noble legacy of the
Scots ,Parlianietit, -were tendered nugatory, hs-
euur they received ,n6utii!iitinte support of aSsist=
ante front Goveinment. The pet it too was. in his
npiniOn it, moderate wait respectful :language. it ..
_imputed all these eViIS t,o the want of a due repro,-
setnation. Ho ,lied -heard. iNi4ii great astonish!,
mein and regret what had li,ten said 14y the Noble
-Lord (Caitiereagh) all 10 a Noble Marquis who
:tad 'Oren rui hiS sinecure, thin. that Nitble Mai-
,i,kWhad tlioniiiht it neeesstiry to wait till an ex- '
onple Was set- by his it‘iyiil liighoes4 tin. Prin:3 •
' It'egetit,'before: lie made this .t at riliCe. Sneti it:
re'.l.-..41.(nt for Waiting to do so good an nett he
'zi'F c.on-
ti) liii quite atistird. because the Pritice tit-
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