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1 .Jefivai or eifirftrrierirpttx
'writ eter tie* Teri xacriEß or iif/l. Illlbtlalfliff, 14-
SATZ NO l'O TIM IIeiPPOiIITNIT:Vr OP 'R cOwsrts .fOn.
The C..oniMittieliaSlit their Report strongly reconainesited to
tie attention of Paribittat, and of the Molders, two Itior:4-
liasal Gentlemen, to whose voluntary assifience they ha 4.10i0
greatly indebted during the course of tuck inquiries. i allo4e
to Mr. Payiruid Mr. 'Km Of their eminent. qualkations to
preca fill the- j "if Commbsloncrs, every one who attended to oar
. - ina aware. The casc of Mr. Parry was, indetaz
,iiic . Ai* TX )tappet I ted thatz bad for some years de-'
voted Maims:it "pot* to the very kvedgition Mardi the
Board was to priminis, He had been occupied in examinin' g
the abuses in lifis-Berkshirel26irities, up& which he hoe just
published a valuable Treatise. He was the very man for the
new offize; be was a Commissioner. if I may so speak, ready /nails
to our band; he was trained-to the business by a lucky 4:demi,-
denee; he was, by this =bleat, the ealy.maza who could be
ad to unite experience with the etlase.qiiallties required; and
4.• Itmeal.!4-24dF bed be any of the &w-
-hacks which might be suppa .fo frelftlei his appointment.lii-
ba4 never mixed in pada at all i his copectiooltillare Minis-
terial ; he was known to the Lord Chaneelloz , and.moeh esteemed
by him ; he had, indeed, bean . promoted by his Lordship to
the place of Coosiniedaser of Bankrupt; to the Members of the
,Committee he Was wholly unknown, except by his co-operation;
Done of us had ever beard his name mentioned, until the UNA-
ber for Berke informed us of the similarity bf his pursuits.

Thus then, form* seemed to present a person eminently fitted
for the service tithe public, and it might have been supposed that
Lord Sidmouth would eagerly avail himself of the opportunity to
appoint at least one Commissioner whbm all men would allow to
be well chosen. What won the grounds of this rejection lam
yet to learn. Whether that he had incurred the guilt of drawing
forth any warm commendations, solely by his own merits, or
that abounding in all other requisites, be bad no friend at Court,
or brit his inquisitorial babies might give alarm to many favoured
personages ; or that his claims stood in the way of illustrious,.
birth united to obscure merit ; uraat the patronage of the Horne
Department was at all bmardeto be defected against every in-
road of desert as well as of parliamentary recommendation. All
we 'know is the fact, that neither Ilr. Parry nor Mr. Koe are fn
'the Commission. Among the honorary Coraraissioners, we had
been led to hope that Lord Lausdown and theihshop of London
would appear. It ienot easy to find two individuals more admi-
rably qualified for the office, by the union of inflexible integrity
with conciliatory temper, and of ecuteunderstanding with habits

of application to affairs. But I own that in my eyes those dis-
tinguished persons were still .fursher recommended by their
avowed disposition in favour of the proposed inquiry ; and I am
therefore the more disheartened, when I find their places sua.
plied by two Right Reverend Prelates, one of whom displayed
his irresonclleible hostility to the Bill, by even voting against its
commitment; and the other, his disinclination tow trds It, by re-
tiring beforetbi division, in which the Bench of Bishops took so
active a shares. These are the oft. Peers whet! names I tied
in the list. Neither Lord Rosslan who brought forward themes-
don with suck signal ability., nor torsi Holland, nor Lord Car-
narvon, who powerfully supported him, are includadf.
But I feel myself compelk.d, however irksome the task, to
take notice of another omission. No Members of the Education
Committee are stationed at the Board, to superintend the exe-
cution of their own measure, to keep watch for the public, sti-
mulating the doubtful seal of some, and checking the declared
hostility of others ; in a word, to give the country a substantial
security, that the abuses so loudly complained of shall in good
earnest be investigated, and that the Commission shall fiat be
changed from an unsparing inqiiisition, Istria thicker cloak thin
that under which the poor have already been despoiled. It
might have been expected that either Mr. Rabingtoo or myself,
who had taken the principal part in the labours of the Commit-
tee, would have been placed upon the watch for these puiposes.
Of Mr. Babtngton's claims to the office, every ooe who knows
him will admit that I need say nothing. Unfortunately he has
lately by his retirement from public life, added one qualification,
which all who have marked the honesty and usefulness of his
Parliamentary conduct will allow, that the country has cause 'to
lament. After thin to notice, so much higher than any that I
can bring forward, had been disregarded, I could hardly igel
surprised at my own offer of service being rejected, with
contempt, by the eminent Mad of the Home Department. I
was induced to tender myself by the strong representations of
my fellow-labourers it the Committee. As the office conferred
neither emolument, nor patronage, nor power ; as it only gay.-
the privilege of hard labour, of which the habits of my life end
my zeal for the cause, Made it very clear that I should cheer-
, fully take advantage ; I imagined taint the most implacable spe-
cies of malice—the spite of peculators trembling for their unjust
gains—could hardly impute any selfish views to the application.
therefore openly stated in my place that I was anxious to be
an honorary member of the Commission. I added, that even if
my temporary retirement from Parliament were deemed an in-
dispensible condition of the appointment, I still desired to have
the option upon those terms ; being of opinion that I might rm..
der more valuable service to the country, by devoting to tha
proposed inquiry the whole time which I could spare from pro-
fessional avocations. But I do not find that great leisure is
thought necessary for the business of the Board. The Speeltbr
is at the head of it ; and SirW. Scott is another of its members.
Than the former no man can be 2 more fit President; bat I ara
not quite disposed to look for very active investigation frcm th:
Right Honourable Member fur Otford. Ise is urderstood 'to
be decidedly hostile to the Bill. • His constituents arc known to
be in general the warmest encolias of the whole inquiry. That
he and Mr. Yorke are named instead of Mr. Basing:on and
myself, I trust I may be ikvsnitteti to regret with the most per-
fect respect for two Gentlemen whose fair difference of opinion,
widely as it separates us, I entirely honour.
That party coedderalons dictated this decision, I feel nis-
willing to believe. In the ease of Mr. Babington they could have
no weight. In my own, I will venture to say, they would be
exceedingly misplaced; fur I t.i.pstal with confidence to eatil
Member of the Committee, and to every person in (leveret:set
with whim I have had thi honour of commaaicating, todefe. d
in. from the suspicion of having in any one ',stance shewn rar-
self influenced by political feelings% during the course of the ir-
quire. So determined was Ito avoid every thing which not ht
lead to such Imputations, that I inegrfered at the Westmortat'l
Election to prevent any allusion from being made to the cost tf
St. Bees School, and uniformly refused access to the evidente
touching that extraordinary affair to persons whomight eat it
for the purposes of the contest. ft has been suggested that,l art
omitted because the Ministers weie apprehenSlsc of my carr;iag
the inquiry. further than they wishedit to go. Pertaihly';shin Ii
have felt no desire to push it beyond Site jest limits: I abeekl Sete
only taken care that every abuse wasetearelted tallest very hirttem,
whoever alight be engaged in It. Cane-step short of thisalshould
not have consented to stop, further there was no occasion tq so.
• The Bishops of I'eterboroueh and St. Asaph. •
f It is singularly enfortunate that neither the speech Of told
attogyn, so replete with imporralt information, as well 024111 fit
and enlightimeti views, on Nation?' l'alucation, nor that of Lord
Holland, worthy of his illustrious kinsman, were reported,

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