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1,••••• b thin ebjeet of ider.reliamentary life, and that he
warted his censure upon Justice; in Eyre, and
.settef• paltry sinecures. instead of attacking with vi.
Able the co itinuance of the useliss office in question.
thief answer attempted had been getiunded upon
rireitmstances eit die peace, •it being held by the
• ••• side both stable and unstable, as suited their pur-
- • yaw alder the name of Secretary flit illip Colnnies, it
• had beet clearly abolished ; end when revived, it was
-celled the'Secretary of War, and • inethat•capacity
the Noble Lerd (Carlereagh) had appeared in the
• House at the time of the celebrated expedition to
Walehrren—of the credit of which he (Mr. Tierney)
would not an any account . deprive the Noble toed.
hear.)7-He then, proceeded to re-state some li
-•• tif the grounds on which he had rested his motion, as
• •*Le eitw many Members present who did not hear his
opering
.speech, made in ti very thin House: If a
.Seiecit Committee were'appointed to inquire, and a
case were made out to justify the continuance of the
• office of Third Secretary, Mr. Tierney would under.
take never again tceopen his lips in Parliament.—
• (Heir, hear.)--He contended that twoSeretaries of
• , State were enough for the dischargeof all the puhlie.
business. Tlie Noble Lord had said, that Lprd
inoutlf could not eo through all the business - which
• Lord Melville had tonduxted ; but it should bp re-
ateMbered, that:Lord Melville not only went throve:TV
• the business of the home department an I the colonial
. department; but also revist:d the whole system of the
East India Company, and renewed their Charter.
He insisted, therefore, that this twelve thousand
*year was a certain dead pressure on thepublic. It
'any doubt existed on this point, he would say—refer
this to a Committee, and 'you will then •tee who is
right and who is wrong—but chi not be burette down
by assertions of gentlemen in office. He had heard
no answer whatever to his statement, except what the
Noble Lord, for the sake of decency; had given.—
• The Noble Lord had said, that' no person could be
found equally capable of biqiness as Lord Melville;
bat he (Mr. Tierney) believed there were lOU Lot d
Melrilles at every corner of the street who would re-
plate whit related to the Colonial Department.—
What great acts were these profound Gentlemen
going to perform ; He Would venture to say, that
they would be content to proceed in the ordinary
manner; and, like him, to leave-p 0 nsiesites in their
offices. The Noble Lord was • now broughe to the
test, and what was much worse to the purpose, so
was the House of Commons: It was evideot that
the Noble Lord and his colleagues would do no-
thing, unless the vote of that Houle compelled them.
The country, -however, expected to be relieved from
some of those heavy burthens which they had ells-
Wiled during the war, and this was one of those use-
less offices which ought to be abolished. All these
things ought to be ..aquired into, and (added Mr.
Tierney) they shall be inquired into, or die.gountry
will not be satisfied.—(Dear, hear.)—Very little had
been yet effected; but it the people of England, and
their Representatives in that House, would faithfully
discharge their respective duties, economy and re-
teenchment most take place. The opposition which
the Noble Lord and his colleagues had made to this
motion would hold them up in their true colours to
the country.— Hear. hear.)--It sheaved they would
do nething in ecte.omy till they were driven to et.
The people would not tail to notice this; but until he
• saw the votes given agail'.t him, he should not de-
cline pressing the question
Mr HOUBLON said a few words, but amidst so ,
much noise in tne House that• he could put be dis.
tined, heard. All that could be colleceed Was, that
he wished to defend Mr. Rose against'sortie ohserva-
tions of the Right Honourable Gentleman who had
iust sat down. He thought, that a person who had
passed ea long a life in the setvice of his country
ought not lobe ton severely animadverted on.-( This
'existed mock law:Ater fres the .ppesile side, and hie n-
oggin ;kr of the lionovrails Member's speak was piss
beradie'e.)..-When he sat down, the cries of w Quest'
Sian" became general, and the House divided—.
• . for the Motion • toe •
Againet it •
• las'.
• Majority . ige
• A Peffrion was presented from a Pali L Stivesashire, an
Agneekstrei Distrees..-.1.a1d en the Table.
.Lord GOWER presented-a Petition front the Freeholder. of
the County of Stafford, complainkg of the Agricultural Distress
of the country, and praying for economy and retrenchment in
the public expenditure.
Mr. LI ITELTON bore testlutony to the respectability of
the Petitioners.
Mr. METHUEN hoped that the prayer o( the Petition would
'he attended to.
Mr. CUR WEN thought every relief depended upon economy
Mid retgerchment: k was no party spirit that called fur mea-
elsros to that effect it present. It was called for-by the voice of
the country.-6Tbe Petition wits then kid on the Table.
Lord'ELMLEY presented a Petition from the Innkeeper,
it Upton on Sevens, praying rebel under thoArletuallets' Li.
tease Aix.
• Mi. LOCKHART withdrew the farming Stock Bill, and got
.teave to b-sog lo &posher,
- Load tot the 'I able, an Account of the Number of Prnaeco-
'dons sod CUI2I/16 kali under the Lottery Act fur the last two

years.
• The lAA Excise sod Customs Bill was aid a third time and
•e&
Oa the Motion of Lord _PALMSRSTOW, ,the. Army
Estimates were ordered to be4aken into consideration
on Friday.
The other Orders of the Day were then disposed
of, and at Half-put Twelve the HON adjourned.

• •
A LIST OF THE mnsourtv
TUAT SOTS 3 ON MR. Alter GNAWS MOTION ON TEL ABMs Or
"NS TASASUST is Tar Excise LAWS, 15 Tilt CAS/ Of JOON
GLOSS, Of ZIASWOITS, IN /rue COUNTT Or SOUTHAMPTON.
bercruinby, Hon. J. Hughes, W. L. Plunkett,Right Hoe.
AlthOrpe, Viscount Lanibtoo, J. G. ,W. Ci
Byes; Joseph F. Lemon, Sir W. Prittie, Hon.F.A.
acudgbaffi, Henry Lloyd, J. M. Pro. french&
Burrell, Hon. P. D. Winton), Sir J. Romilly,
g, tleurge .Mltiocks, Was. A. Russell, Lord W.
Ce.t raft, John Markham , Admiral Russell, Lord O.
.4. root I. 'I bonsai Monde, Sir C,. • Sharpe, R.
Dureannon, Vise. Moore, P. Smith, Wm.
Dundee, lion. L. Morismi, 3. B. Smythe, JH.
}creams, Sir R. C. M ryrlll, Vise.
Fitzroy; Lord.). Newport, it‘ir J. Tavirtock, Marquis
Folkestone, Lutd North, Dudley . Tierney, P.r. Hou.
afoot J. P. Nugent, Lord • Zytass, C. W.
Harailtoo, Sir H.D. "Osborne, Lord F. °Siker, Sir G.
gesihcote, Or G. Ossolston, i.ord -ft 10:111.11.
Herpo, Sir R. Pousouhy, Rt. Hon. Bonet, Hou. H. G.
•Hisruby, E. ' George Mil, Sri M. W.

• .By a Paper supplementary to the Ordnance Esti.
-maws laid berme the House of Commons, it appears
that reductions and savings to the amount of eighty-
.seven thosisaod rem& will reskilk from (who. ar.
:tatigkosati adopted la that departmcnt.