The Sun.
London, England, 1816-02-17 00:00:00

them.. !little said the Commissioners bail more
td da, •To this his Hon. Friend objected, that
theyliad less t* pay. lie would now ssk that
Right -lion. Gentleman a •qiiestion, re-
specting the'Colonial Depeetinent.7 Wes it nett
tended that the third Secretary of State i-,•who harp
only been created on account of the -overflow of
busiuess during the pressure of the War; ehooid
surrender his functions now that we were at peace?
or • what -regulations and, reductions would :be
adopted with respect to that office?
Lord CasTee e LAG H complained of the use which
wits grade of the answer obtained from his -Right
Hon, Friend: Ministers 'were. ifispOsed to tve
every inforination in :their power; and to lend
themselves Willingly to. anyltujoiry., when that'in..
didgetice, for it was one on their part, Was used
liberally,. Mit if such conduct nal adopted to-'
winds them, it would induce them not to telar.
frimi the strict discipline of Parlienient. The flon.
Member had acted as if impatient to create an un-
fair impression;in the House, or out of it,lhist
sisters Were employed in nothing bite in incteiiing
salaries!. But that system Of questioning, itud avail-
themselves'of prematiire answers, ve-es pretty:
iti ell understood by the public, and•woeld not-yield
the Gentlemen ;opposite more than at five minutes'
triumph. His Majesty Ministers would be COM.
pelled to make. tip their minds to their. line of
,puhlie,duty, and state it clearly to thellouie, and
then abstain from giving'premat tire aniitver, ropy/
que,t tle applauded the Gentlemen opnostie
for their eai.;ea de4s after intoi mation ; t ey scented
iiitipOSed to tokt: the pte,elit an .actiVe. lesion of
Parliament, bin le thentiko to. Work fairlY. IJe
would-put:it :to Gentleman's own taste
and juonent, wi.ether hein'ul not ino,t eminently
laded every at tentpu he had made to exercise his
ingenuity at the C:yeliSe. c,,f ail! 'itraSCoftile [louse:
die would..advisehintinot to rely on his dexterity,
itt whtch he had been peculiarly unfortunate, but
tto follow:the fair coarse o usual Pal'.liAmenta4
proceedings. lie had really
.stiact:eded so -Olin
his 111111104Uvres, that he recottiMetaled him, for his
owe sake, to abandon them altogether.
Mr. PRESTON said a few words ; the House
then resumed, and have was given to bring in a
Bill aceordiug to the Resolution.
.Sir ROBE/ VT flanoN should wish to ask another
question, whether the Law Officers of the Crown
in Scotland, and other Law Officers of the Crown,
'lied lately experienced any rise in their salaries'?
The CIIANCP.LLOR of the EXCIILQUF.R, after so
many
.questions hod been put. and answered,. did
not think himself bound to give a reply.
Mr. TIEItNEY felt DS much as any one the im-
propriety of pressing Pertain .qustions upon Meth-
bers of "Government: But here .it related to a
'simple fact, wheti, a mere negative,. it in his
power, would relieve the Right lion.•Geretlenian
front. all difficulty. If answers were denied to
fair yiestioes, •and the 'systeM were to go on, -he
should, Without givitie any notice, hour by hour,
and clay by day, make any notion he thonglit
proper on the rlloSt. important subjectsivonvinced
, that he should meet with The support of all those,
who thought justly in the liaise.
Lord CASTLERItAGIi complained that the 11:glit
.110nonrable.thnititintan'pta question that required
inquiriei before they could henitiwcred, and then
got into. violent—he should call it, animation,
because a reply was not given. if he would
put ,questions of that nature he utust take the Cott-,
tletilletneS. And if, wheu questions were answer-
ed, the Answer
,was used, in the mariner in which
it lied been done to,night, Miaisters would have no
0111fT46011rse left, but to -adhere to the dry practise of
Parliament, and not reply without sufficient cause
having been shown why the information should be
given. Tihe the merits of both sides of the ques-
A im would be brought into view. .Hon. Gentle-
men were "not to infer from what had been said,
the absence of all economy on the pare of Minis-
terc " He was sure he svotild be able to satisfy the
country ultimately that those Hon. Gentlemen
were not infallible opinions which they
formed.. 13ot this way of putting questions and
supt.radding clamour 'upon Wein would drive Go.
vernmeut to deny•that, which if otherwise treated
they would' be found disposed t6-concede. •
Mr. TIEINEY stated, 'that if; at the end•of the
week, no statement was given Of the redhetien
which was• to take place iothe War Department,
he shoid, make motion on the subject.
The 1-lonse having then gone into a Coniniittee
of Ways and Means,'
The CHANCEI:I.OII Of the Excuiewee.propoSed
a Resoletion fora applying' the six millions ad-
vanced by the 'Bent( to his Majesty,. to mak•e
good the supplies of the year.—Agreed to, and
thereport ordered to be received on Monday.
The report'Of the Freehold Estate Bill svgs re-
ceived, and the 13111 ordeeed for a third reading
en Moodily. . •
The Cape 'Of Good "'Hope Trade Bill went
through a Cammittee..---Reptirt on Monday.
HosiussoN, after a series of explanations
on the propriety and necessity of-altering the Act
Of the '44th af.the King, relative to Crown-Leases,
!paved for leave to bring in a Bill for better regu-
lating the' offites of Receivers of the CrOWn Rents:
Mr. Pees Tote repeated his observations on, pile
alreadfully.impeverished ,state of the 'country,—
He considered, the intended Bill to be nothing
more than e branch .of 'that system of patronage
possessed by the oligarchy of the country.--Leave
was 'even to bring- in the Bill.

PRIVATF,LY STEALItiCi IN SHOPS.
Skuuttr. ROMILLY move6l fora repeal of as
much of that Act' of King William as takes away
the benefit of Clergy from persons privately steal-
ing in shops. The Learned Gentleman entered
into a series of details, to skew that this Act, as
it now stood, put the life of a man rat the mercy
of any ignorant or unfeeling shopkeeper; or, on
the other hand, it afforded him an opportunity of
indicting him only for larceny ; so that it left
'such persons the privilege of determining whether
ft 'Jetty thief should be capitally indicted or not.—
Lcove given to bring itt a• Bill.
The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER obtained
leave to bring in a Bill to continue the Clergy
Residence Act of Isl 4.

After a few word from General THnutTurr,
respecting the nece,ssity of Compelling the Clergy
to reside on their benefices, an(igivlug the Laity
the right of appeal to, the .Bishop, wheu they
could Hut, in certain cases, obtain justice front
alt; inlctior orders, tie

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