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country, :Inc', he would be much' etter employed
in adminiiiering juttice in his own.
Lord Cs rLfit.IAGH addim:d feveral very inge-
.

arguments to prove that this We N tr,t a joy.
The influ:::ce of the Crown would be ;
for inti,.td r.fbaving two officers removal-,lc at plea-
far:, there would now on!! be ore, who would
1ic,!,1 his euice ler life. Minitters would not now
lmve the fame means of rendering Members of Par-
liament an:enable, and if it was a job, it was the
clamtleil job that ever was thought of. The two
Nable Lords had done nothing to be lure, but the
more on that. account ought they to receive full
compuvation, as they are nut relieved from every
troulde. When calicos in the cufloms were abolish-
ed, the holders received only three-fourths of their
falary, but they got back :di their time to them-
fell:es, and in part their fatia! ion was improved.
There were rnany prec.:elents, he faid, completely
in point both in England and Irelmd.
Mr. SHERIDAN fail they had got much ufeful
information on various fubjeCts in confecpience of
the Union, but he believed they were tolerably
well acquainted with the fubjeft c fjobbing before.
The end of this job had been gained. Ile did not
fay the two Noble Lords had been induced to vote 1
for the Union bccaufe it would encore them of
their falaries for life, but fuicly if it had been with-
ed to gain two votes for that treafure, a more cer-
tain method could not well be imagiaed. The
probability was, that thefe two Noble Lords would
now have been removed from office, as the new
lli-
aifters rnuft likewife with to have able fupporters.
It was Laid they were fuperannuated. No wonder
that our affairs went on lo ill at Berlin, as inflead
of being intrufted, as it was believed, to an able
Ambaffador, they were in the hands of an old
fuperannuated Mailer of the Rolls. He regretted
much that any facility rhould be given to the
Chancellor coming here, as he might be much
better employed at home. The Noble Lord, he
fuppofed, would loon be for granting a penlion of
tsool. a yell to the Commitlioners Compenfa-
tions themfelves, and ftrengthening his arguments
by w•ifltirg that they had had finecures.
Mr. PITT laid, thefe compenfations had been al-
ready promifcd by the Irifh Parliament, and we
were hound in honour to make them good. The
queftion now before the Houfe was merely, wise.
ther there ought to be in Ireland an efficient
Mailer of the Rolls? and that there ought not, no
one had ventured to fay. It was highly defirable
that the Irifh Chancellor might have it in his power
to attend his duty in the Houfe of Lords, that in
addition to the rights they already there enjoy,
they may have the benefit of this IPlenclid lumi-
nary of the law.

Mr. Gary maintained that the office of Chan-
cellor !honld be kept completely feparated from
politics. Compel-dation and fervice thould ever be
reciprocal, he laid, and when they were disjoined
he mull ever furpeft that there is jobbing. In the
hiflory of corruption there had not been fuch job-
bing as in bringing about the Union with Ireland.
He underflood the Chancellor was to have a pen-
(ton of 40°01. a year fur what he hadloft as Speaker
of the Houfe of Lords. This of itfelf was as much
as was allowed to the Lord High Chancellor
of Great Britain when he retires, after a life of
meritorious Cervices; and if the lrifh Chancellor
would not do his duty, why fhnuld he not him.
felt pay the man who does it for him ? Much had
been faid in praife of the prefent Chancellor. kle
only knew his politics, and thefe he highly dill.
approved. It had already been thewn that night
that the Noble Lord had vindicated the ufe of tor-
ture in forcing confeffion. The Chancellor of the
Exchequer and the Prime Serjcant had both been
difmiff:d without compenfation, and fo would the
Commitiloners of the Rolls had they ventured to
vote agaiall the Union. Mr. Grey concluded by
pronouncing this one of the molt unqualified jobs
that ever came before the Houfe.

After a few words from Lord de Blaquiere and
Mr. Alexander, the Houfe divided, when there
appeared—Ayes 53—Noes 29—Majority 24.
Adjourned at ten o'clock.