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London, England, 1812-05-16 00:00:00

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Souse to merit particularly their horror and detester
tion niche horrid act which had deprived the House
and the country of so valuable a man ; he wished to
pay A tribute to his nomeritus aod splendid virtues;
and hp declared, that it any of the Honourable Gen-
tleman opposite, whose measures he Ittid seldom sup.
ported 'but dual opposed, had so fallen within the
wells of% the Hower in their way to pc-rform their
public: 44y, he would be one of the first to vote
for a similar monuMent. He bivned.- Abet in seeing
t• his minion pi,ss unanimously, :his feelings would be
highly gratified, and he believed thefeeTings of the
`Whole count'y would be is unison With his own.'
Loid.CASTLERE4GH was of opinion, that in
' trite present motion, suggested cote ely by the private
_nod friendly attachment' of his Noble Friend who
brought it forward, he had' no other object in view
hut,that which was distinctly avowed in the cogi.
-anal part' of the proposition which had peen unani-
triously agreed to., . YOU his own part, he (Lbrd
• Castlereagh) sl ould. give his vote for it solely cn
the ground of its being a, manorial of their abhor-
*me of the flagitious act aisat had been perpetrated,
and a commempration of those private' and public
ilrmeg which those who' had. meat; strennonsly 4-
;Si:tied the political measures of his Right 'Honour.
- phli Friend, dece.sesi, had expressed their highest
sense of. It was only intended to complete' the
• whole;—and he was sure net Gentleman on the
• opposite side could be supposed, by concurring in
it, to do so from the most distant approval of the
political! principles of Mr. Perceval. He hoped there-
fore they would lid oppose it on that round.
Mr. WHIT,B4gAIit said it WAS with infinite re,
luctance that be found himself under the necessity of
opppans maim,. He most readily acquitted
the'Nofile jeord.‘vho brought it forward, and the
noble Lord who spoke lag, of any intention to en,
Warp his:sidie do House into any acknowledgment
Of Mr. Peierel's public services • but he found, the
mare he considered the matter, the more impossible
it seas for him to accede to it. It would appear on
she,sight of this monument, if he did not oppose the
_Enotigh, that those whe had on all_ occasions opposed
Mt. Perceivers public measures, had joined in pay..
in* bkm one of the highest 4nl most distinguished
hotionti ever conferred on any Ministers, who in the
course aniany years' continued services had obtain-
eil the most important and splendid advantages to
else-eotintry. lie felt much italisposed to debate,
-while the gra-1410f Mr. Perceval was still unclosed,
any thing which he found he could consistently corn.
ply with. They had recorded on the Journals their
ce of the deed, and though the intended
. . ,
t might be durable, he hoped the Journals
of thief-10W would he as much so. By this addi.
- no *troller record cupid therefore be
4d beeil made already. He was sorry
:ompelle4 to take the sense of the House.
WING said, be thought the Honoumble
lio bad pat 'sat down, and those ca 11111
am, viewed the present motion through
ire narrow-id- than it was necessary to
lore so than it seemed to him to require. '
be taken that the monument should not,
ihig but a plain and candid commemo-
ifit-ate and public virtues of his Right!
2tiEnd deceased, without any allusion toi
measures. lie Honourable Gentians*
triends were afraid that this monument shduld
as a tribute to his public services ;
, by voting for it, had been willing to
to the dead,- which they had always re.
- living ; but unless all other records'
destroyed, and the monument alone re-
)uld not be the ease ; and it could only
what it was intended to be, a final token
m the memory of a man whom all who
'ivate and public virtues highly admired
and deeply lamented when dead. He
;pre, most cordially give his vote in &-
intim.
;OE WARRENDER agreed with an,
Gentleman who had said that Mr. Per-
ter would be to him a-monument more.
Marble. He Thought the best epitao
Td upon him by the Gentleman, who
lever carried his political resentments
nor* of that House.
',HART said, that although it iv,as not
that all men should be agreed in the
iey inn on the public services of Mr.'
sere Were some public viruses which he
issessed—thnt all must allow him. Great
public interest, great diligence in the
an incorrui tible purity of intention,
were viitt,es which every body must
possessed by Mr. Perceval (Hear, hear,)
lowledged public virtues, added to his
were, in his opinion, sufficient, under
'stances of his d at!), to entitle him to the
,posed.
'E observed that the cases of Lord
other great statesmen: who_ bad been,
a monument at the public expo*
been conferred as the reward of long
administrations. He could not by.
ink that the cervices of Mr. Pereeiral.
nature as to be entitled to that ha.'
not for the atrocious occurrence which.
, life. Lord Rockingham, and many
is statesmen, whom he could not avoid
having superior claims to Mr. Perce-
tublic erected to their me-
:ase was widely different when great
riaval Commanders expired. in the mo-
lt. In those cases there could be no
valve of their services ; but if a mo-
erected to commemorate the manner of
• death, instead of a monument of ho-
would be a-column of infamy for his
Le thought it better-that no public mo-
:ord should remain of such ;rim% but
be blette4 out as far as possible from
" the country, a thought that no mo-
aid be erected 63 commemorate crimes,
.teiity` shOuld see no other monuments
/ could gaze aCwith pure and unmixed
order 'pa get rid of the question he should
- Other orders of the day be read.
luestionheing stated from the Chair, •
I'ON deeply regretted that he felt him-
cci object- to the motion of his -Noble
Lord Clive). die could not iu his own

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Sir GEORC
Honourable G
cevai's cnaract
durable than
was• pronounce
Said that he ne
beyond the doe
Mr. LOCK]
to be expe,,:ted
estimation the:
Peocevai, then
em;nelitly posse
seal for th,. p
public service,
and, integrity,
allow were poi:
These acknow
private ones, m,
the circumstanc
monument pror
• Mr. WYNN:
CE:ttham and o
honourtd with
this honour had
and successful
any means thin:
were of such a
nour, if it were
terminated his
other illustrious
considering as
val, had no pi
mory. The cs
military and*
resent or victory
doubt as to the
ailment was ere
Perceval's
nour to him, it
murderer. He
nument or reco
that'it should h
the histotoof
moments should
and.that poctei
but what they
delight. In ord
move that the
• On this ques
Lord MILLI
• aelf obliged td
friend ( Lord