The Sun.
London, England, 1816-05-28 00:00:00

ABOLITION OF srsr.ctntr.s.

Enrl GnosVexon prefaced his motion respecting
Sinecnre Places, n ith a speech of considerable
length, in which he dwelt with allieh force on the
necessity of economising in the present distressed
state of the country. A time of peace, he con-
,tended, was of all others the most proper for re-
form of any description. Their Lot dships would
recollect t hut the Committee of Finance, tormed by
the other HOOse, inid 'recommended 'the abolition.
of Sinecure Piiiees He then read a liar of places,
which • having- either grown up With the War,
and being now unnecessary, or coining strictlit,
tidier tare deilnilliniltioq Of sinecures, he thOught
Atittlilt be referred •to a Committee, for the
purpose of determining whether they should be
abolished, regulated, or consolidated. Aniong
these were the Chief Justices in Ayre; the. An-
ditors of the Exchequer,,the Clerk of the
the Paymaster of Marines, and the Paymaster of.
Widows' Pensions. He would allow tit At the
sinecures ' were alwAys given to persOns of, emi-
nent services,'-they might derive SOITa support
front such n consideration---but the truth was,
that they Were, in tienerat, bestowed upon per-
sons who made themselves acceptable to the Ad- ,
ministration. After 'Wading to the enormousin.-,
crease of the Civil List, hii Lordship concluded
with- moving fOr a Committeefto take into consi.'
duration', all sinecure places, and :places created
since 1792, with a view' to their abolition or
posit ion. •:-

The. Earl of Ltire,sPoot condemned iheiden of '•
holding out false notioAS And exptetations to,-the
people, or relief from the abolition ofaitternres,—
It was trite that the Cnoimitree of, 180 hat rc
tommendol abolition, hut, it was not 'on the grvund
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of its'etlectsin this way..if such a Bill. had coiite
he•shookl have opposed it, from 4 cortvioticon
instead of diminishing, it would haveinereased the
eXpenCe. There teas no contitry in which
the income of all the great I 11-liters of state' was
so little increasid as in flits COttutry, during the:
last fifty years, He admitted that itti the esta-
blishments ought to he reviewed for ptirpose4 ut
retrenchment ,but aia Commission was already pro-
secuting its iaquietes oil that subject, he thought
that before Parliament resolved to take it out
of the hands of the Execntive Government they.
should first kuow
.what the Es.e.ciitise Gic)ie it
meta meant to do. or these reasons he should
meet the mot ioit of the Noble Lord by asoving;
the previous cinistian.
The Marquis of LXNSDOWNII eirennOnsly Sop- •
ported the motion. lie maintained,,that, evert if
sinecures did affard the best. way of remunerating
services, it Was still of great importante to take
sonic step fol. their 'regulation. Alluding to the
salaries of public men, lir said, that it appeared
from the accounts cin the table, that they were al-
ways increasing within the last-ten years.,-and that
within the last year the increase amounted to
70',0001. The,p‘resent was, a time thel
calla on them for retrenchment.
'rue Eeari of 1-I,Sattown? thought the eerily floes.
(ion was, niltether it' was meeessary for Parlia-
ment to take the btrsinets out of the 1E40(13 of the
F,xectitile GoVernment.

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The Marquis al DucKiNonalki d'enietl,the prin.
ciple th;it the tusk Qf ecohowising rested tint with
th,el"'Arliament. but Witt the Ministers'. Ow the
contricry; tre'wortid ;mem; that there never was
one tie' taken by Mittisters tots urd ,itonnury,-
except when it WIIII forced upon. them.
After a few urottls from Leord CALTIORPd,'
Gitosirusog replied.
The }louse then divitted on the precious qiues.
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