Star.
London, England, 1823-05-15 00:00:00

MR. WAD:VW.
Sir T. BARING, seeing a Right Hon. Gentlerhart
' (We C....met:llor of the Exchequer) in his place, rose
t.t present a Petition for remuneration from a most.
meritorious individual, Mr. London APAdam, The
Petitioner vas a person well knoam, having rendered
important ..ervices to the Put.lic, Inch had been
'acknov.iedged by many eminent indi..iduals, by a
Committee oi. that Home, and by the Heads of those
offices who were best ,cskulated to appreciate the
value of the Petitioner's exettions. These cxettions
wz!le ''l ti.e utmost service And impoftanca to the
opt icaltural and commercial interests of the country,
which had been materially benefitted by the improve.;
ments cat tied into effect is the constitution of our
rods by the Petitioner. Ile he2Tel leave to state
that a former Petition front Mr. M'Adam had been
referted to a Committee of that House, who had
awarled to him a sum of 4,0001. a sum bearing no
:nnoortion to the merits of the Petitioner, lle (Sir
Il.tritrg) trocted therefore that the light Hon. the
'Charlet:hot-of the Exchequer would have no objection
to include amongst the Estimates a vote for the de-
in old claiated by the Petitioner, which would. be
only an act of justice to that deferring
The CHA !CELLOIt of the EXCHEQUER felt
:hat he should not he ju-t;fled in acceding to the de-
sire. of the Petitioner. The object of the' Ho'. Ba-
ronet he originally understood to be, to procure the
ref,-renee of the Petition to a Committee, which he
(the Chancellor of the Exchequer) would net oppose,
haviatz no hostility to Petitioner, or any wish to pre-
clude him from whatever it might appear he was
justly entitled to; at the same time, he trusted he
was not wrong in declining to conic torward with an
official demand in favour of the Petitioner.

Mr.Cl.ill 'EN, though he should not ohjact to the
bringing up of the Petition,considered the demand un-
constitutional; neither should he (Mr. C.) oppose a
motion for referring the Petition to a Committee.
Mr. MABERLY supported tic Petition, and stated
an instance in which he• had received great and dis-
interested professional assistance fiom t!le Petitioner.

Mr. BROUGHAM wo.> not inclined to throw any
impediment in the way of individuals who might
claim remunerations for pubic services; but he
bigged to know, was he correct in supposing that all
Mr. MiAdam did was entirely gratis?—(Cries of
No, no! and a laugh).— He had understood him to be
a perfect volunteerie has (siren& received 4,07,01.)
Oh r' continued the Honourable ar..l Lcat nett
Nlenaber, " that makes a great diUr ence." He did
not blatne Mr. M'Adarn for receiving money for his
services, but he was opposed to any unusual mode of
conferring such reward or remuneration.
Mr. Secretary PEEL thonL;lit that having received
assistance from the Petitioner, the Honourable Nicoll
ber for Abingdon ought to have remunerated
The services of the Petitioner being local, the repul
aeration otiAlit to be loc-.l ; and he hoped the Cott-
mittee would award no remuneration to itetitione4
unless suc:: as he should appear to be clearly entitle&
to from the Public.

Mr. D. GILBERT, Mr. H. SUM R, Sir T. D. Act-
LAND, and Lord Lowillea, spoke in favour of the
l'4ition.—After a few words from Mr. G.'l3ENlttf,
expressing his opinion that Petitioner had been amply
remunerated, the Petition was ordered to be printed.