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Memory ; but, when called upon to vote, as a RepreSenta"
tive of the People; he should' not withhold his opposido3
to the grant.
Dr. PHILLIMORE was astonished when the fle°.
Member commenced his speech, "itt, the most extraoriliail';
manner in which he appeared to have misunderstood sc4';
had fillen from the Hon. and Learned Alember who hi':
preceded him ; hitt in the course of the Hon. Mein
observations; the motivesof his misconceptions appevsj
but.toOeVident. No wish had been expressed to. ..Wit."'
draw the mind from any historical or personal .recollectugi
of Mr. Canning ; but the Hon. • AlembersforColchoti‘
wished to rake up tke whole life of the deceased, and
select those topics most calculated to produce ittitatioa
that House. They were called upon to vote a pat)i`
grant to the family of an individual of great and meritar!'
OUS public services, who, froM the' earliest period of bl
life, had devoted himself to 'the service' of his country,
who, in spite of what had fallen
.from the last speaker, 1°
held out to the country an example of disinterested del:
tion to its benefit. On the ground of economy, urgedtlie
the Hon. Member for Aberdeen, he should support
vote, for it was the best economy to interest persons of 0"
lents in the'puhlic service: It was not the love of more,
it was no such mean and sordid passion that bad excitk
mind and spirit like that of Mr. Canaing.--% '
" Fame is the spur which the pure soul (loth raise,
To spurn delights, and live laborious days. 7•
He believed that the British House of CommcinS-watVi
only spot where any could be brought to doubt the duty
the country to snake this vote to Mr. Canning's fatal
He thought the votes to Lord Chatham, Mr. Pittra
Mr. Perceval, niggardly ; and in his bPinion Mr. Cannin.i
was one of the greatest Statesmen and orators, and a 11:4
of the most cultivated mind, that this country had produ
for Many years. He trusted that the House felt that $'
'Canning .was a person devoted to his country, and toss
they ought not to grudge *family the reward now claim"
ed at their hands.

0
position to GEORGEto
the
vote t MURRAY
I had beenvsnairidnuths_at
various—but
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he would ask, what danger was there of hiving a numb;
of persons.who Could apply to public gratitude for elll
services, or on the grounds of -talents so distinguisho.,,,
The Members werenot the representatives of:it penuriT,
race, but of a magnanimous and . generous people.. I.P.
vote would be eminently useful to the country, by stioso,'
Wing the youth of the present day to discipline tht
talents in the service of their , country. If any groalwii
.existed to induce him to wish that the opposition. shoo
not be withdrawn, and that it should be pressed to a
sion, it would be the opportunity thereby afforded of ,"
fering to Mr. Canning's memory one species-. of honour"
the honour of a tribute withheld—often. greater thsti,..,,•
tribute bestoWed. The Hon.; Member for. Colchester tiff]
have had in his recollectiOn a passage of a Roman historlai".
in which he gave the account of the funeral. of, the .widn
of Cassius.' At that ceremony were borne the image* ''
great and distinguished men in honour of the decease'
Two alone were absent—the imagesof Cassius and Brut°
and the public thought that the not suffering of these. totei
borne at the: funeral was a greater honour to the decea
than the presence of all the'rest, .. •
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Mr. LIDDELL said, that'svith reference to what to:
fallen from the Hon. Member for Colchester, with respo'
to the Manchester massacre, if. any,rnan considerersl-tbet
history of that time, Mr. Canning's 'speech or condo',
would not justify the terms' that the Hon, Member is
used. 'On the other occasion (that of Ogden) Mr. Cannil3,!
had used 'some words indiscreetly, which he afterward'
regretted, but they were extorted from him by the claaiel
in which 'evidence on that occasion had been pervertekin
falsified. The vote was called for not on the grounds•:,
Mr. Canning's talents, but that he had divoted ,‘
talents for eight and twentY'years to the 'service of tba
country. He was alio a Representative of the People, all
, he should glory in his supporting the present vote.
Mr. BATLEY, supported the vote. • ,
Mr. CUST said, that Mr. Canning had always eg-b,r
bited :the irregularity of hi 3 anibition in every Cabinet L°
which he had been connected. The sudden friend:44ll
had formed with the Opposition was marked by aifeci,
superiority and overbearing conduct, as if every thing 0,%.
to be carried by him by force. He bore testimony, h°4,o
everi-to his talents, and thought the country owed Ii:
gratitude for his opposition to Jacobinical principles.
was perfectly convinced that the public funds could not rt
better bestowed than in rewarding those who devoted tbei
..
lives to the public service.
Mr. MAXWELL supported the grant.
Mr. F. STEWART expressed his hearty concarreo'c
with the proposed grant.
•
Sir R. FERGUSSON regrettid to observe that iber
debate was taking a personal character, and on that arcaao
.recommended his lion. Friend, who, like him, opposed t
motion on constitutional grounds, not to take the sense
the House on the present occasion. God-forbid that VI
who had never been personal to Mr. Canning, should be
personal now, when he was dead. He opposed the Note Qfj
constitutional grounds, and he hoped his Hon. Friend,
Member for Aberdeen, would not press 'it to a division.
Mr. PAULETT THOMPSON felt himielf called 0°
to state on what ground's, shOuld his Hon.„Friend
the House, he should vote with him. Having had; ahead/
an opportunity of stating the constitutional grounds of b+'
opposition, he was inclined not to oppose' the present
Lion,' lest the opposition might appear personal. But ate
the speech-of tho- Gallint'Officer opposite, which wita
in accordance with his usual good title,' and
thieatened those who opposed the grant with the obloquy
not only of the present generation, but of posterity, 'e
himself obliged to support his' Hon. Friend's amendment'
He thought it was incumbent on all those who opposedtbP
grant on constitutional grounds, to show that they
acted conscientiously by voting with his Mon Friesid.s-'
He Lad heard the language of the Gallant Officer with 9°-
prise and astonishment, particularly whenhe recollecssabf
what Noble Lard the opposition had first been, made. It
was not for him to praise that Noble Lord, when there
were so many present so much better qualified than he'
but the language applied to the Minority by. the Galt
.Officer deserved no other answer" than a repetition of te
vote formerly given. For this reason, contrary't o
tension, he should vote for the amendment of his si
Friend, if he did not withdraw it, which be would at the
same time recommend him to do.
Sir JAMES SCARLETT had not undenitood
F
lant Officer to impute .any thing improper to those ge-
nt
men who had voted against the measure on Constitutions
grounds. His urbanity recommended him as much to
'friends- at his gallantry made him distinguished let' it
country. He alluded, he thought,• to thoie Wl4, in-she
, debate, had raked up all the topics which they could r;
sibly collect against Mr. Canning, and
vhf were 73t
every where forgotten, except as dry ere still Made! tjr
vehicles for vulgar abuse. Giving the Hon... Member
Colchester all possible credit for his integrity, be thougl"
his speech was in much worse taste than that' of the 68'"
lant Qfficer. He did not mean to follow the Bon. ge°'-
ber for, Colchester through all his remarks, but he v 0". I
say that the more Mr, .Canning's chaSaCter„ public
private, was investigated, the brighter and the purer 01).°'
it appear. The question had been alitied on Consul"
tionat grounds; and the grant opposed as unconstituti°lt
He thought there was nothing unconstitutional in i";
grant. The Crown had been accustomed to reward °lead
public services 'in a liberal manner ;' but Parliament
taken away the means, promising when it did take theca_
away tikbe always ready to meet the Wishes of the Crovv4
on such a subject. Was it, therefore, uneonstitutienePQ.,
POrliament to bestow great rewards 'for splendid 101'';
services? . It was not—there were many ",nets
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to the 1;;
. contrary. The rewards bttowed L
proceedings,
doinfgsi:lhaara already been referred to and he did' 11°lborough were the subject of aut
of Parliament. The wore modern ext.:l4)le of 000;
know ,
on whet ground the grant was unCOnstitntional."--,
He understood the argument of those who said that where
there had been no services there ought to be no revford
A..
but he did, nut understand the argument of those who
milted servioes, and yet said it was uncoostitutioosl to
reward them. Assuming the services,
to reward them was (vita constitutional. Mr. Canning
life had been., devoted to his country. If, with his great
talents and commanding genius, be had pursued the Pr':-
he contended, tbit.;
fe,ion, he first intended....it he had been called to the ,13a,i,',1
lie
lie would
wootould
ebyaevrediolluisatrtahteedeitvhilastep"roifevessoiofnh,
isancodulinatrv)e,.ol,ll:
to the fortune% of his family,
in a far higher degree tit
team had ever reproached him with having been sirau"P3
in honour, or fixed a stain on his integrity. His life. ha
been devoted and even sacrificed to his public duties.' :-
man could doubt that his life had been shortened by o'
public services, And was it right for the Mouse to ref
its rmteption to that family, which had. been deprived °J
hir.O? At was the duty of the House to protect and resea!re
Iticti. • He never gave a vote with more pleasure in bis
than his vote in favour of the motion. He concurred
the motion most heartily and cordially, and he coneureri
in it on constitutional grounds.—(Hear, hear.)—lf
differed with Mr. Canning more than he did on, POhjl
questions, he should have given the same vote; but of t,
the public men lie ever knew he differed least front 1/"
Canning on public principles.—(Hear, bear.)
The House then divided, when there appeared,
For bringing up the Report
For Mr. Hume% Amendment
Majority
The other Orders of the Day were then disposed of,
the House adjourned at Half-put Twelve o'clock.

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