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London, England, 1818-04-17 00:00:00

accuses me, la I sow that ced the observntiont
alleged--Ulear, hear, hear. fiam Mr. Craer and
several other Members. ua Ttecuury Denchies).—
Sr, I tun surprised that the Honourable Secretary to
'the Admiralty should seem also to put so erroneous a
construction upon what I said---ISI Hon. Gentleman
Whose imiginintors is as acute as that of tht other
Hon. Member's is solid.---(hear, aNd a laugh.)—tut,
Sir, I can easily accceint for the cheer of the. Hon.
Secretafy. It is uoi the. first time_that Hon. Mem-
ber has endeavoured to catch me in a personal incon-
sistency, and that too ina manner and under circiiin-,
stances in which I-could not Meet him. Bit the'
Hon. Secretary dare. noecorne forward in a manly
manner where I may meet him-face to face; and make
his charge against me here or elsewhere, where I
may have the tippottunity of replying in my defence.
'lf he should' do so, and nbt take the private tray to
which I know he has had resort, I would crush his
charge with instant confuslon—shear, and a laugh.)
This, Sir, has not been done—bat other and less dais-
' peons meant have been resorted to. What I did
say in the speech to which allosionlas been made
was, that they wlio khould vote' for*the grant to the
Duke of • Cambridge would stand, in some degree,
pledged to support that to the-Duke of Cumberland;
but surely it did not follow, because I said so, that I
Biould be considered as standing bound by any such
pledge, when it .is known thatl Voted against both
the grants. This, Sir, I -trust will be considered as
an answer to the misconception of the lionourahfit
Member"— Hear, hear.)
Mr. CROILER rose, 'and some Members having,
called." Question r observed—" Sir; I trust that
after what' has passed, the Hentse will indulge me for
a moment—(hear).—Sir, in the sort of seeming ap-
probation of what was said, to which the Honour-
able Member has alluded, I meant nothing' person-
ally, offensive, for, I confess, I did understand by his
speech, something like that which was alluded to.
But the Honourable Member says, that this is not
the first time I have endeavoured to catch him in a
personal inconsistency, but that he defies me to the
task, here or elsewhere. Sir, if I were disposed to
look out for the inconsistencies in the Honourable
Gentleman, I would not have far to go. I would
find them frequently in his arguments, and some of
them might be easily adduced in other matters ; bit
if the Honourable Member imagines that I could
think it worth my while to look for his inconsisten-
cies, or to notice his movements, either now, or
heretofore, or hereafter, in any other manner than in
my Parliamentary duty, I can assure him that he is
Most egregiously mistaken— Loud cheers).—The
Honourable Member has alluded to my taking other
weans than public ones to detect his inconsistency.
This I must say is unfounded, for I solemnly declare,
that in any writing to which I affixed my name; or
in any tb which I might not have done so, I never, to
the best of my knowledge, recollection, and belief,
did mention the Honourable Member's name, or en-
deavour to point out his inconsistencies—,-(Loud cries
ofhear, hear).—lf then the Honourable Member says,
or insinuates, that I save here and in private sought
to catch 'him in personal inconsistencies, I must, -in'
justice to myself, reply, that the charge or the insi-
nuation is false." (Hear, hear, and some cries of Order!)
-Mr. BROUGHAM said—" Sir, I beg leave to ask
whether the Hon. Gentleman uses those words in a
Parliamentary sense, or to me in any other r
Mr. CROKER—a Sir, I use them in any sense in
which the insinuation thrown out against me, and to
whic'h they are an answer, was used. The manner
In which the observations made by the Hon. Member
called for an answer from me, now obliges me to say
that they are unfounded."
AMember (whose name we could not learn) hoped
that the Hon. Gentlemen would reconsider their ex-
pressions, and that the matter -would not. go farther.
(No 1 so! from another Member.) The explanation
is satisfactory.
The resolution was then put and carried nevi. dies.
The resolution was then ordered to be reported to the
House, and the Chairman left the Chair.
The order fora end of the House on the 24th was discharged,
upon an express understanding that Ministers would not attempt
to make any change in a resolution which had been already poised.
The report of the resolution for the grant :o the Duke of Cla-
rence was brongilt up and agreed to. Lord CASIZIALSWAI ex-
press:el his intention not to found any Bill upon it.
Tne other orders of the day were then disposed of, and the
House adjourned at Fakeer' o'Cior.k. .