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they had public grounds, or they had nose stall, for •
nothing else could justify a grant of public money.
It had heel, besides, unfairly represented, that Mr. I
Perceval's life had been a continued scene of patrio-1
tic eacrifices for the good of his country ; this be'
would venture to deny, nor could any man out of
the House be induced to believe it. It was well-
known that Mr. Perceval himself and various branches
of his family had been in the constant habit of re.
ceiying considerable sums of the public money, nor
could it be maintained, that a man who had prefer
red the career of ambition to that of a fircrative pro.
fession should be considered as a victim of patrietisu;
after he had attained the eminent post which was the
object of his eager pursuits. Such a man, surely,
c:.uld not he said to have saerifieed the interest of
his family for the sake of servingtis country. The'
Honourahle Baronet concluded by observing that be
approved of what had been done at first to relieve
the sufferin4s of the afflicted family, but, however
painful to his feelings, he should oppose the present
grant, as Contrary to his sense of public duty.
Lord JOCELYN declared, that standing upon the
basis of puttlic principle, lie should think be only pere
formed his public duty in voting in support of the
question.
Mr. HU4P§SON thought the Hon. Baronet's
spees43 was, one which would have applied just as
much against any grant at 411 as against the, resolu.
tient then before. them—(Hear, hear.) With regard
to the provision for the family of Mr. Perceval, that
[had already been-made. He still thought it wholly
Inadequate, and especially in relation to the eldest
son, who war-just on the eve of going to the Univer-
sity, when his lamented lather was so unexpectedly
taken away Rim him.
Mr. HOME SUMNER supported the resolution.
He pledged himself, that if Mr. Perceval's accounts
were looked into, it would be found that he was a
poorer man than when he went into office. Surely
the provision could not be thought too large, When
in the Bill of his Hon. Friend (Mr. Bankes) which
had received the support of Gentlemen en the other
side, it was provided that every future Chancellor of
the Exchequer, after the framing of that bill, should
received £5OOO a-year, after he had been five years
in office ; a remuneration which Mr. Perceval might
have enjoyed had he lived, and had the Prince Re-
gent thought fit to dismiss him from the situation'he
held, and which, indeed, it might be therefore said
he had fairly earned.
The House then divided, when the-numbers were,
For the-Resolution, 171 ; Against it, 16—Majority,
155.
The Resolutions were consequently agreed to.
On our readmission, we found the House receiving the Rayon
of the Committee on the Glass Duties Acts.
Mr. WHITBREAD expressed his opinion, that no subjects of
this hind ought to be pressed till the Chancellor of the Exchequer
was in his place.
Mr. WHARTON yielded to the objection, and the further
consideration of the Report was postponed till Monday.
The Scots Taxes Bill was also postponed to the same day.
'1 he Irish Road Bill was read a second time, and committed
for Monday.
Mr. DAVIS GIDDY gave notice, that he would to-morrow
I move for the appointment of a Committee on the several High-
tway Acts.
PETITIONS UPON THE DISTRESSAD STATE OP TRADE.
. The House then resolved itself into a Committee on the
Or-
den in Council.

WILLIAM Hons. is an, of Spitalfiel4s, silk-manufacturer, was
called, and examined by Mr. BROUGMA au He stated, In terms
rilearly similar to former witnesses, that the trade in which he
was engaged had decayed much of late, and that in his parish,
of which he bad been overseer, nearly one half of the workmen
were out of employment, and-many of them a.burtben on the
parish.
Mr. HALL was the next witness, and ta his era:Wm:don coin-
cided nearly with the preceding.
Mr. S rsvessoit, silk-manufacturer, of Spitalfields, deposed
to the general decay in that branch of trade, and the consequent
disnussal of large proportion of the hands employed by him,
both in Reading and London:
Mr. Wtoote, bf Manchester, general dealer and merchant,
was next examined at considerable length,"telative to,the state
of the trade with America, and the rate of exchange between that
country and London, at different periods before and since the
mornultation of the Or4ers in Countil.

Mr. 1. R. J amity, of London, who stated himself to be en-
gaged in the American trade, was text called ; and some more
witneaacs having giien their testimony, the House resumed, and
the Chairman reported progress, and obtained leave to sitagain.
The other Orders of the Day were then disposed of, and the
House adjourned at finli-past Two o'Clock to this Day.