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,_.noologna, Asey had a right Ao ciehianff aciequate
i+"' , a sepias Governtnent, and a responsible
itaperatinn. Such a system could not be upheld if
we owe, were divided among other deparemegsa:,
nu weentretalone derived from the colonies fanned
ants hat ground lei sue!) a Government. To the'
,„mesneal for transferring the colonies to the SeceetOry
woo fi„me, Departments' there was this great
-sarelorr, that the increase of colinake ti taw Imam
1 reader such a plan wholly . jmpraeticabbt;
s
spans of a domestic nature could never .be -so
;:ked with colonial !swiftest as to distract Inen's at- i
isitinia_from the duties that ottht to be attended to.
ty, when the colonies were under the .Horne
=mem, .he interests of the black population in
is Wen Indies wen wholly neglected, and the tn.
rbusiness could not be piincttiallk transacted.--
it the office were abolished, so many clerks
soit ire retairsed that the- saying altogether would
lees.be more than ‘12.000--t-(Thar, hear)—vrhhoot
btatinto consideration the gratuities to be given
seeknebarged clerks. On the whole, the colonies
not be governed without the department in
icon; and, therefore, it was necessary to hove'
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co minder who should pay his s .le • attention to'
0* snd, on that account a saving of 7 or £3000,.
newels 1112 AM, would be irea compensation for the
hirer and the loss that must be sustained frdm a
as of government in the colonies, whose popula-
tion, wealth, and capital, had of late years increased
vs wet enormous extent.
me. C. W WYNNE. took notice of the great di.
minutiae nt business in the Home Secretary's Office,
Nino sod grown up since he held a place in that de.
outosst.. fhe militia, volunteers, and aliens; were
no an nbject of the Secretary's. attention, and
therefore the business of the Home Department was
In much diminished, that the Minister for that De-
partment had. sufficient time to attend to bther busi-
ness When he looked back and saw the multi•
tulle of business produced by the war, and which no
tiger existed, he had no doubt but that one Semi-
tary of State could perform the duties of the Colo-
ries and Home business. He asked if there never
wife period in which we had more Colonies than at
rm.? Was there not a time when we were in
preenton of the whole Continent of North America?
Vhsr, leer, hear.)—And was there at that time a
'bird Secretary of State ? One-half the• business of
esih department was done away by. the peace; and
the most natural proceeding war to consolidate the
('sties of cacti office into one. Some years aLlo Lord
Mils& held at once three offices, those of Secretary
for the Colonial Department, Pr..sident of the Board
of Controel, and Treasurer of the Navy ; and no
complaint was made of his not performing his duty ;
he preyed himself fully equ it to all the ofSeet.—.
There wee one colony in particular, the superinten
donee .1 which ought to be isne.er the Secretary of
the Home Departruena and that was the colony of
Nee South Wales. For all these reasons, he thought
the alteration proposed by his Right Hon. Friend
wail(' be highly beneficial to the country ; and, in
point of economy, it woul.l be of great importance to
the Government. Besides it wai of great utility that
persons in office should be kept constantly employed,
and this employment would make it n...cessary to have
a more efficient and able person to fill the office of
the Home Department than the person by whom it
Was no,k filled.
Mr. H. ADDINGTON said 'the Honourable
Geatlman was mistaken in what he said of the
American colatie, ; for when these colonies were nn-
la the domiaien of Great Britain, there was a third
Minister, called the American Secretary. He was
ready vi admit that much of the business of the H
D-pittment would soon be diminished, but ' or
year 1&)5 it had increased one.third, ano'ssiinnceee the
year 1806 the Irish correspondence hadincreasedonee
Ibid. nine was besides a constant Correspondence,
witlithe Lord Lieutenant of Ireland—(Hear,
may sa 4, r. • __ ( ear, hear.)
y mar, &ear," but there was an
increased correspondence every where,
and
particu-
larly with Magistrates. It often happened
ihatin:
tamed dunes tell upon some officers, and then other
Ahern assisted in performing the same. With regard
to his Noble Relation (Lord Sidmouth) he could as-
fate-the House that hi, attention to the
duties
of h".
sfistirstievr days as constant and unremitting;
that.heh ad sat
in his office, and always heard the corn-
Salon the humblest individuals who cadet* him
all °Seal business. . .
ilk *AR Ryarr thought there ought to be a
eNlitte unity of system and of action .•owl-ds all
aereslianirS; .and therefore it would be highly un-
lit' ao transfer different colonies to different depart-
/low Indeed he thought it would soon be found
datMore attention must be paid to the C'olonial De-
, iit-
men t, on account of the various laws, languages,.
alGthanners belonging to the new settlements ac-
Pitedh_... daring the war. We had French settlements,
um% Spanish, anda Greek
.settlements. ; and the gO-
- of these would require an increased know-
wee of other laws and languages different from our.
Theiefore,dthebest means of 'conducting busi-
-4lrat home, promoting prosperity at home,
'could be to fallowan the wise institutions of our ances-
kli and that was, to give the blessiAgs of the
ilridsh Constitution to the Colonies. Then the busi-
amialSinh_e Colonies might be done with less labour
i...._ ,s4P7l_ ke ; but if the present 'system was kept up,
''.247ned.d be necessary to uphold every office that now
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Be JOHN NEWPOR r said he had heard no ar.
meet to convince hits that with such a reduction
duties a Living of twelve thousand pounds a-year
in-not to be iii,ide for the country. When the
4de Lord opposite (Lord Castlereagh) was on the
atient, the duties of. his office were filled by the
412 now Proposed to be reduced ; and why should
""Y Practicable plan of economy be resorted
""' When the country was in its present state of dif--
1....144 a• BATHURST cohtended, that the adrni-
IZ".1 of the Colonies required the whole men-
_ ul etie Minister ; and it would be impossible to
:rl en that government by dividiu the Colonies
Zig .Itlier departments. With respect to the buti.
nlie ~ffice devolv-ng on another, as was done
MZ~t Noble Friend was on the Continent, or du-
d'ir Foe's anneals, sucautaings as these often:hall'
ilk case. of incising necessit* ; but it did not
2th -I such 1 dung .• ~uid *way& take place;
6.-11 41111.44;h his N 'ble Frtend• was on the Con-
-744'4 "ill traosacteu the gteatest part of "the base-
masa*
. Came utitiftitis deperunent. IfuerfOr eign,'