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London, England, 1810-06-01 00:00:00

ISLE OF SCILLY.

An Hon. Member moved for copies of the correspondence be-
tween the Lord Warden of the Stannaries and the Secretary Of
the Admiralty, respecting the making safe anchorage off the
Island of Scilly, for sh;ps of war and their convoy.
The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER, not being ap.
prized of the steps taken by the Admiralty. stt„--7,ested to the
Hon. Member to withdraw his metton, and in the interim he
Would mate himself ;:tquainted with the subject. The motion
was pea withdrawn.
GLOUCESTERSHIRE ELECTION.

Mr. SWAN rose, and offered to the House a pe-
tition from certain free-holders of the county of Ginn.
cester, purporting to be founded on the Act corn-
monly called the Grenville Act, complaining of an
undue return upon the late election of William Fitz-
harding Berkeley, commonly called Lord Dursley ;
inasmuch asthat thesaid Lord Dursley was nor, as he '
pretended to be, the eldest legitimate son and heir ap. ,
parent to Earl Berkeley, as alledged tor his qualifica.
tions, whereas it appeared from the register of his
birth that William Fitzliarding Bt rkeley was born
on the 25th ofJarmary, 1787, being the son of Earl
Berkeley and Mary Cole ; and by the registry of the
arish of St. Mary, Lambeth, that in May, 1795,
Earl Berkeley and Mary Cole were married, and that
on the 6th of May, in the year 1796, Ex -I Berkeley
appeared and swore before the Surrogaze, in Surrey,
that he. was an unmarried man. This was stated to"
shew, that the birth and baptism of the said Lord
Dursley took place previously to the marriage of his'
mother, Mary Cole, (now Countess of Berkeley) with
the present Earl Berkeley, and that the said. Lord
Dursley, when sworn in a Member of that House,
‘he late election, did not produce
iught to have done ; whereby
ndfrcd pull and void by the 33d
Toners concluded by praying that
issued for the election of a Mem-

could not consider this petition as
Member who tendered it to
ilarly founded upon the.Gren-
lained of no undue election, or
insufficient return. And although
'petent for any Member of that
place, and state the circumst:tnce
etition, namely, that an Honour..
time of his being sworn MeMber,
qualification, and on the proof
for a new writ ; yet the House
of men in the county of Glou-

tester, or elsewhere, to lay before them the life, pa- peered by an entry to that effect in the parish wester
yentage, and 'education of any of their Members; he of St. Mary's, Lambeth. That it also appeared by
`therefore objected to receiving the petition, as not the parish register of St. Martin's in the Fields, they
coming forward in the shape it ought to have done. had a son lawfully born of this marriage, who was
M. BANKES and Mr. BATHURST thought baptized Thomas Fitzharding Berkeley, on the 19th
the House ought not to be called on to decideinci- of November, 1797. Upon these grounds, the Peti-.
dentally upon a motion of this nature ; but that if tioners alledge that William Fitzharding Berkeley,
the petition should be received, the discussion upon (calling himself Lord Dursley) was not the eldest
it ought to be adjourned to a future day, in order to . son and heir apparent of Earl Berkeley, and not
give the House time to consider the subject, and be having fulfilled the Act, bad voided his seat in Par-
more prepared for its discussion. Bement.
SirJOHNANSTRUTHER said, thiipetition was Mr. SWAN,before moving that the Petition should
obviously not founded upon the Grenville Act, as it lie upon the table, begged to state, that he took upon
professed to be. There were but four points to which himself no responsibility, as to proving tI4 troth of
that Act properly applied,-namely, undue election, the allegations contained in the Petition.
undue return, insufficient return, and no return at Mr. CALCRAFT thought it necessary for him,
all. Of nu one of these did this petition complain.— in a question of so grave and serious a nature as the
No objection whatever appeared to have been made present, to inform the House of a few facts in this
to the insufficiency of Lord Dursley's qualificetion, case which had come within his knowledge, which it
as ought to have been done at the time of the election, was impossible should not have been known to the
if the alledged ground existed. No person complain- petitioners, and which must have been suppressed by
ed of any irregularity in the return at the time, nor them, though they appeared in evidence on the Re-
of any practical injury sustained by any person in cords of their own Parish Chirch. There was evi-
consequence of that return. The petition was there- dance in their own Parish Registef, of a marriage be-
fore nothing more than a mere paper of information teen Earl Berkeley and Mary Cole, in the year
to the House, that a person was sitting as one of its 1785. The case had been discussed in the House of
Members who bad not produced his qualification at Lords—had been the common topic of conversation
the time of his being sworn, as by law required. But in the County cf Gloucester—and now the Petitio-
ehe petitioners did -not place themselves in the situa- ners had thought proper to come to that House with
tion required of petitioners under the Grenville Act. a garbled statement. Opposite the very entry, too,
They entered into no recognizance to abide the ex- which they had chosen to give as to the baptism of
pences of an enquiry before a Committee, and there- Lord Dursley, there was another entry stating him
fore they were not entitled to have their- pktition re- to be the lawful son of the parties. who, for reasons
ceived, and acted upon in the usual manner of elec- ' best known to themselves, had kept their marriage
tion petitions. If the House should even consent secret, Gentlemen had supposed that the petitioners
that the petition be received, considerable difficulty ' might have been ignorant of what they now alledged
would arise upon the subsequent question of suffering iat the time of the election. But it was impossible
it to lie on the table. He rather imagined that . the i they could have been so ; because these very certiti-
facts alledged would be much more proper ground, : cates, which they now produced, had been publicly
for the motion of some individual Mefnber who weuld i advertised. Being aware of the fact then, why did
undertake to prove those facts in evidence to the st- 1 they not call upon him for his qualification at the
tisfaction of the House ; but the petitioners would i time ? These matters, he again stated, had been al-
'net in such a case be bound to come forward. Be- i ready litigated before the House of Lords, and the
sides, this petition called upon the House to decide 1 certificate of the second marriage was had recourse
another question over which it had no legal jurisdic- to, only from a belief that the certificate of the first
don, but in which its decision might, nevertheless, ia- marriage was irretrievably lost. These facts had
fluence the legal decision elsewhere-upon a question come to his knowledge, and he thought it proper to
'that might•hereafter arise between Lord Dui sley, and jstate them. He should find the less reluctance to
his younger bro,her. send the Petition back, as it would be still open to
Mr. C.W. WYNNE thought, though the present petition under the Grenville Act, the fourteen days
could not be considered as an election petition, still not expiring till Monday. Then there would be an
the House ought to hear the ccenplaints of persons opportunity of having the Matter adjudicated by the
who thought themselves aggrieved. • proper tribunal. There the petitioners might be pro-
Mr. WHITBREAD conceived it to be impossible ceeded against for the penalties—here their petition
to object to the petition being brotight tip. It mould might be allowed to remain a dead letter, after their
then, however, become a serious consideration whe- scandal hard beep propagated all over the kingdom.
ther it should lie on the table. He was satisfied that He thought the present quite a new question, He
it could not be received as coming under the Gren- therefore wished it postponed to another day. If the
vile Act, and he was also convinced it veoald be House should then think the application malicious,
a reeable to the feelings of every Gentleman in the and groendlie.s, they would be able to say what mode
ouse to find that they could not entertain it at all, they should adopt for vindicating the character of
as by it they were called on to the consideration of a the injured individual, and punishing the calumnia-
point which they could never be competeet to deter- tors. .He couchided by moving that the debate be
mine. What were they callecton here to decide ? adjourned till Tuesday next.
That a person who assumed to himself the title of The SPEAKER also desired that the Noble Lord
Lord Dursley, eldest son and lawful heir apparent to should be apprized that a question was then to come
the Earl of Berkeley—whom the Earl of Berkeley too, before the House in which he was interested.
him Self declared to be so—who, under that character, Mr. WYNNE thought, if the application should
had stood candidate for the County of Gloucester, he found to be calumnious, it would be the duty of
and had been elected—was not the person lie and his the House to search fen- precedents for punishing the
father so represented him tobe Would the House wish petitioners.
to take upon itself such a power ? Would they wish, Sir J. ANSTRUTHER could not agree with his
without having any right or any call on them to do Learned Friend (the Solicitor General) that the case
so, not only to determine so, but also to declare that was altogether new. It was fully discussed in the
Earl Berkeley had been guilty of a conspiracy against i case of the Westminster Election, argued by his
the County of Gloucester ? e!efore they ventured ho Learned Fi iend near him (Mr. Adam) and theMas-
take such a task upon themselves, he presumed they ter of the Rolls.
would at least wish to learn from the petitloners whe- The question of adjourning the debate till Tues-
ther they were at the time of the return acquainted day o'as then put and cal riLd.
with the matters stated in the petition.? If the effect !Nina Ai:FAIRS.
of allowing the present petition to lie on the Table Mr. R. DUNDAS moved that the House go into
was to have the effect of depriving -a eerson of his n Committee on East-India Affairs.
rights, or of causing the House to interfere in a Mr. CREEVEY opposed this; on the ground that
matter over which they had no legitimate jmisdic• a very important paper, for 'which he had movei
tion, he mist opeose it. He could not think the some time ago, had not been printed. He entertd
House called on to plunge itself into such a Oilem- into a statement of what had been done for the Coin-
ma as this. He had no objection to the Petition pony during the last thirty years, with a view to thew
being brought up, but could :out consent to its lying b
,I th •
at-they had been constantly declining, and that the
on the table. 1 public could have no reasonable expectation diet they
The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER, . would be able to repay the money which they had
thought there could be no doubt as to receiving the pe• I been borrowing. The Report of the East India Com-
tition. The question would then be, having received : micee, en extraordinary one, after three years labour,
it, if they could refuse to pay attention to the. con- ' s:aced the balance at four miliions in favour of the
tents of it. He agreed that the House could not in- j Company. The paper which he had moved for, sign-
' terfere in the rights of parties ; but still they were ed by their own Secretary, made it 3 millions agaie- t
entitled to entertain the question so far as they them- ; them. It was therefore of the last importance that
selves were concerned. If he felt as clear on this ' this paper should be in the hands of Members, before
point as sonic other Honourable Gentlemen seemed f the House went into a Committee,_ where it was pro.
to do, he should don't tas to the propriety of at all posed to grant a million and a half to the East India
receiving toe Petition. He was in favour of ad- Company. He should carte the sense of the House on
journment, that the question might be maturely con- the question.
sidelred. • Mr. UUNDAS ob.,erved, that the Hen. Gentle.
Mr. J. ABERCROMBY di eight it important for man ought to have deferred his objection till the
• the House to know if the Petition contained allege- House went into a Committee, when he would hive
tions which were unknown to the Petitioners at the I heard the grounds on which Ile (Mr. Dundas) pro-
time of the Election. If they then knew the candi. posed to move the enm mentioned for the relict of the
date not to- be the person he represented himself Company. The accounts which spewed the state of
to be, they might at that time to have asked him the Company's affairs, were in the hands of all the
for his qealification. If they were aware of the cir- Members. . .
curnstances in wilich he stood, *anileomitted so to ► Mr. TIERNEY said, the paper would have been
call on him, they were nut entitled now t.) come' to necessary, if the object had been to enter into an exa-
the Ilonse. mivation of the whole of the accounts of the East
- ,
Mr. PONSONBY asked, if the Petitioners came : India Company, but not in the present instance.
here claiming the benefit of the Mt 10dt GeorSel After a few words from Lord MORPETH and
' Third ? ' teIr.CREEVEY, the House diiided :
. .
Mr. SWAN answered in the negative. For the Motion, 43—Against it, 7—Majority 36.
The Petition wns dice brought up and _read. When .siraneers were admitted, the Ifeuse had gone
b
It stated that the Act 454 of. Geo. 11. enacted that into the Committee, and
returned to Parliament, with the exception I Mr, DUNDAS was stating the causes of the dill.
of the eldest sons of Peers, BSc. should produce their 1 culties'in which the Company found itself, the chief
qualifications at the table, in default-of which their tof which:, the number of bills presented in this coun-
election should be void. That William Titzharding l try for payment upon their India debt. It had been
Berkeley, calling himself Viscount Dursley, end! the object of the Company, however, to centine their
claiming to be the eldest son and heir apparent of i loans in India to their su: plus revenue there, and they
Frederick Augustus Berkeley, Earl Berkeley, had, i had succeeded to a considerable extent in Madras and
under this pretence, oelittee to produce hie qualifica. 1 Bombay; but there were no accounts from Bengal to
tions, as required by the Act, and that, therefore, ' ehew how the plan answered there. But a complete
his seat was void. The petition then narrated eel account of all their debts would be laid before the
entry.in the parish register,. of the baptism of Wil- House next Session. It had never been e;pected cleit
Iliam Fitzharding Berkeley (Lord Dursley) on the 1 these debts could. be discharged out of their commee-
25th of January, 1787, es the eon of Eerl Berkeley : cial profits here. The India debt contracted in the
and Mary Cole—that en the 6th of May, 1796, the I acquisition of territory, ought to -be charged on the
same Earl Berkeley came before the *Surrogate of 1 territorial revenue. The House had been in the ha-
Surrey, and made oath that he was- a bachelor, and bit of extending relief to merchants, but the Corn-
Mary Cole, a spinster, and that they were sebee- l iany would have been able to meet all their late jel-
questay married ia the said month of May, as op- lapse losses in trade had it not beea for these India

bills. He proposed to move as issue di a within% ant
a half in Exchequer Bills for the relief of the Cote,
pany, which would be made payable in time to brill
the. Company's affairs under discussion some time
next Session. There existed sufficient security fur
this in their stock in trade, and the debt would be li.
quidated by the Company defraying certain a 4,14
expences in the East Indies, hitherto defrayed by the
Crown. Mr. Dundas then adverted to the wan in
which the Company had been engaged, which bad
occasioned the deficit in their revenue compared with
their expenditure. But there was now a prospect of
their being able considerably to reduce their military
establishment: He further stated that the Goleta,
ment had called upon the Company to give licences
for individual trade to'Africa, the Red Sea, and
the Southern Continent of America. The House,
however, would have a future opportunity of regu.
Laing the India trade in whatever manner should
appear most proper. He concluded by moving, a 3
above, That one millinn and a half of Eichequer
Bills, &c.

Mr. CREEVEY stated, that he had little cons.
dente in the security proffered for this sum. It war
remarkable that, as to India, the Hon. Gentbailee
had only been_ able to sliew a decrease of deficit—be
had said nothing of surplus. He contended, in oppo.
sition to the last Speaker, that iacsease of invest.
ment was not necessarily a source of profit. Mere
the trade wets a losing one, it was a means of loss;
and he referred to Lord Minto's Letter, to sheo
how the matter stood in the present instance. The
Company bad completely failed in their engagements
to the public; and instead of nine millions, which
they ought to have paid by this time, they had only
paid £500,000.
Mr. DUNDAS observed, [hat the affairs of the
Company could not be considered as a mere mercan-
tile concern. They were not to be considered as bank-
rupt, because their commercial profits here could not
answer the India Bills. It might as well be said that
this country was bankrupt because it could not at
once discharge a debt of £600,000,000.
Colonel-ALLEN said, that he had a letter from
India, stating an instance of bad faith in the Com-
pany, in regard to a loan contracted there. It was
of the last importance to preserve the confidence of
the Natives ; and he coutessed that the letter in ques-
tion had almost destroyed the remains of confidence
which he had had in the stability of die Company.
lslr. DUNDAS stated, that tile transaction in quo.
tion wts now tinder investigation.
Mr. GEORGE JOHNSTONE supported thew.
tion, elthotigh he considered it perfectly delusive to
argue that the affairs of the East India Company were
in a flourishing state, With respect to the &fledged
reduction of the military force in India, it was its.
possible, inasmuch as it was now scarcely sufficient
for the protection of the territories subject to the
Company.
Mr. GRANT denied that the allegations relative
to the insolvency of the Company were in any degree
borne nut by the facts, although it was manifest that
the general circulation of such rumours, both within
and without those walls, was, above all other cirtum,
stances, calculated to produce much of the evil which
it was only affected to predict. It was no proof that
because the coffers of the Company at home, in con.
sequence of their commercial and political exertions
in India, were not full, that therefore the applicatica
to the country for the advance of a certain sum, was
insolvency. Ravi not at various times ,teat chartered
bodies made such applications to the House of Com-
mons ? Did not the Bank of England do so, aid
would it be contended that such an act fully illustrated
the insolvency of that Corporation ?
After some further observations from Lord Mae
'E.1.11 and Mr. Pitesoettoasr, the Committee divided,
when the nurnhers were—
For the Motion 75—Against it 10—Majority ES.
Mc. WHITBREAD asked, whetl.er it was the
intention of the Chancellor of the Exchequer to take
tip the Report lately presented by the Committee ap.
pointed to inquire into the conduct of certain officer:
ccnneeted with the last landing of Exchequer Bills.
He wished to leave the subject wholly with Ministers,
but if the Fora; steps there not taken, he would him.
self submit a motion upon the subject.
The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER,
although he admitted the improper conduct of some
of the officers, still thought that as no public grim
ance could follow, that time should be allowed the
Govert:ment to revise the office itself, and to co
suit upon the course proper tip be token against the
persons implicated.
Mr. WHITBREAD had no objection to allow
time tor the revision of the office, but he was convinced
'that as ye y improper conduct was brought home
to so iie of theoliker, the example of their puthslunent
ought to be promptly made.
ASSESSED
The Assessed Taxes Bill went through a Commit.
tee ; Report brought nit and further consideration
fixed for Tuesday next,
east ITT4p OF EXPENNTGRIL
Mr. BANES rose, on Mr. Davies Giddy's bring•
ins up the Report of the Committee of Public FA.
penditure, Did he not conceive the abolitionofsine
cures to be of the most paramount importance at this
time, he (Mr. Bankes) should not now rise for the
purpose of moving an amendment. He had found
it necessary to concur in resisting a recent motion,
for a review of the Representation of the Country;
because, though once he might have voted for some
alterations in the representation, yet that vote would'
have been given under more favourable circa'•
stances, and with the prospect of better leaders there
were now in view. Modetate though substantial
reforms, improvements that did not involve the
frame of the Constitution, were now required...-.
This was the time, it ever time was, to separate the
advocates of ref ,rm from the advocates' of ruilt.
—(Hear! Hear !)--Many complaints might
dressed ; many grievances really existed; and, le .rt
this view of things, he was sure that not in
more severely disappoint the enemies of the tioT
ment, than for them to find that House in favouffr
the Motion which he was about to propose. Ecc'43°.
my and the influence of the Crown were the sutees-P_
to which he wished principally to attract the attest:.
of the House, which, he hoped, would give some.
tional Specimen of meeting die moderate expectati.oo
of the country. Economy must be exercised to the
highest departments of our establishments, Whi-a
ought to be circumscribed within such limits per/
cimstances denunded.—(licart hear.)

consequent upon ►he I:
his qualification, as he of
his election was rendcn
Geo. 11 The pet:tione
a mew Wilt might be issi
" bar for the said county.
Mr. TIERNEY mull
• explained by the Hon.
the House, as one regul
vile Act ; for it compl;
return, nor of any insuffi
it might be competent
Mouse to rise in his plan
alledrd by this petitio
able Member at the time
*omitted to produce his c
of that fact, to move fel
did not want any set of

be made. He witdd propttse. the dirainutionaof
_
sinecures to Chancellors ; and would substitute pen-
sions for sinecures; the fund restraining the same,
and those pensions being still at the disposal of
the Crown. Much was said respecting the in-
fluence of the Crown, and viriotts were the opinions
on that point. That influence had obviously increased,
though, circumstances fairly considered, such in-
creased influence was not enohnous, while the collec-
tion of the revenue was brought to a state of at least
comparative perfection. Still no one could look at
the increase of places since 1782, combining this con-
sideration with the condition of the navy and army,
and sav, with such facts in view, that the influence of
the Crown had not necessarily augmented. Evident
as this might be, the House would yet ill discharge
their duty, if they were to proceed to abolish sineture
offices, without at the same time providing some fund
whence the Crown should be able to draw supplies for
the reward of metit. Without such a resource, how
was Government to allure and reward many men of
great merit, whose talents' would be otherwise lost
to the public ?---( Hear, hear.)--Perhaps some
vvild here observe that the House of Commons
would not be backward to recompence public ser-
vices; he believed so, ,and yet, for one, must think
that such a proceeding would prove subversive of-the
constitution, which made the King the fountain of
all honours and of all retards. Parties might de-
mur as to the measure of reward ; besides, the re-
wards of those who had served the Crowo ought to
come from the Crown. He wished not to anothilate
biu to regulate this power of reward. Degrading
Royalty would be degrading the Constitution ; and
had no wish to lop off even the trappings and en.
signs of Royalty. Nor did the people wish it done;
they wished to see the resources of the country pro-
perly applied, but they had no wish to impoverish
the dignity of the State—( Hear, hear.) The Session
had been an eventful one, and it was advisable to
close it with something like an "Act of Grace."--1
(Hear, hear.)—He concluded with moving, as an
amendment,
" That it wa3 expedient, after providing other and sufficient
means to enable his Majesty to reward all persons for high and
efficient services, to abolish all offices receiving revenue, and hav-
ing no duty attached to them; and that offices with' dispropor-
tionate salaries should he reformed."

Lord MILTON was al.vays willing, W he could
act get what he desired, to take what he could get,
and therefore he would support the amendment, al-
though be should rather wish to have the two ques-
tie".s separated as to the abolition of sinecures and the
proposed indemnity. Sinecures he had long consi-
dered as the disgrace of our system, and as mate-
ball) injurious, not only to the interest of our ancient
Convitution, but peculiarly to the character of that
House. It was absurd to maintain, notwithstanding
all that had km wren and said with that view, that
the influence of the Crown had not most materially
increased of late years, and that this influence, which
it w.ts so desirable to reduce, was augmented by the
existence of sinecures.—After warmly vindicating the
c..a,luct and character of Mr. Burke, the Noble Lord
adverted to the alledged 'eeopomy of the proposed
substitute fcr sinecures. That, he observed, must
(k,end upon the proportion which the substitute bore
to the present amount of the sinecures. He was, how-
ever, hire to own, that he was not sanguine in expect-
ing much in point of economy ; but he was anxious
upon other considerations, that sinecures should be
done away.

Mr. BASTARD exhorted the House to consider
the justice and policy which ought to promi) con-
cession to the wish.of the people at a time when their
pecuniary contributions were so enormous, and their
cordial aid so essential to the.defence of the empire.
If Parliament did not learn the propriety of such a
system of concession in due time from the awful ex.
mpl; of surrounding no forint, Parliament must be
incapable of common docility.
Mr. BATHURST conceivel that Gentlemen
seemed anxious to get rid of Sinecures without any
object of practical utility in view. From the natUre of
the proposed substitute for those sinecures no saving
was looked for, and when Gentlemen talked of thew
eagerness to do away a mere name, because it might
be somewhat obnoxious, were they sure, or bad they
any reason to calculate that their favourite substitute
would not very soon become equally unpopular It
appeared to him, indeed, that the substitute was likely
-to become more unpopular, because it held .out to the
public the semblance of a desire to remove a burthen
while it only got rid of a name ; because, in fact, it
involved an attempt at delusion. He lamented the
attention paid to subjects of thi, nature, in which no
real or material reform could be atchieved, because
that attention served to withdraw that House and the
public from a consideration of the great establish-
ments of the country in which reform and retrench-
Meat were so highly necessary and practicable. The
Right Hon. Gentleman concluded with expressing his
intention to oppose the amCndment.
Mr. HENRY THORNTON spoke in favour of
the amendment. He denied that the passage cited
from Mr. Burke in favour of some sinecures was an
authority in favour of all sinecures. He commented
on the various causes concurring in producing the
jealousies of the people. A nation of manufacturers
could never be as contented as a nation of agricultu-
rists; besides, there was se great an increase of popu-
lation, and such a course of politics had taken place
as brought home that subject to every man's feelings,
of course extended knowledge, and facilitated the
communication of that species of knowledge by the
periodical press.
Mr. BATHURST explained.
Mr. M'DONNEL paid many compliments to the
assiduity and steady perseverance evinced by the
Honourable Gentleman (Mr. Bankes) in the prose.
cuzion of an effectual financial reform, notwithstand-
ing all the obstructions thrown in the way of his la-
bours, by his Majesty's Ministers. He thought that
the present was an opportunity which the House
Ought not to let pass, of giving to the people a proof
of its sympathy in their wishes. The people wished
for a moderate constitutional Reform. When he
spoke of the people, he did not mean the small hand-
ful of furious zealots, or designing demagogues :—he
meant the great body of the people, who were equally
burdened,
though less clamorous. THE House Was
bound not only to consult their real interests, but not
to be indifferent to their wishes. It had been objected
that the projected saving was too pitiful. Were the
Right Hon. Gentlemen opposite prepared to furnish
the House with a statement of economy upon a