The Statesman.
London, England, 1812-04-15 00:00:00

danger In the appointment, and maintained that it
would ba eXtremely• hard upon the reigning Sdte.;
reignty if he was tint at liberty to have a private
Secretary. When Colonel Taylor Was appointed the
King's private Secretary, .tto dangers were Seen-1:
complaints were made; Nit when Colont4 W.Niah9ii
was appointed to that office by the Prince H.‘‘sterft,
then were all those alarms brought forward in dread-
fol array.—Uleur, hcar ll—But he would drop a
little common sense upon this suhjoct-AlLciletteC,
Colonel M'Alahon filled the ollice formerly held I %-
Colonel Taylor, and his duty was to regulate a it
transmit papers; but by no moans to retract from the
responsibility imposed on the Ministers of the coun:
try. It had not been shown in what srey the ,office
was contrary to tine printiplonf the Conttitutiou ;
indeed'. he thought much more importance hadbeen
attached to the 'object than it merited. Ile certainly
Should give'his vote against the motion.,
Mr.
.WHITBREAD.----" Sir' thil Is i new seri in-
deed. '[A linoh, and Hem', hear !] Thin; it. seems;
IS a period when early friendships come to be natu-;
rally sacrificed. If on entering this I loan! had..hap:
peued to-hear the voke of my Honourable Friend
who has just sat down, I would hare hazarded any
wager that he was raising it in support of the motion.
[A lau:h.] ' Sir, he has rrraigne n'y Hoitonrable
Friend for making this motion, a motion which the
Right Hon. Gentleman opposite heti declared, and
certainly his manner.corresponded• with his declara-
tion, that he felt sincere satisfaction at seeing it
' brought' ferWard.—The appointment of Colonel Tap
loi• has been quoted in defence of the oppisitstment
of Colonel, M'Mahon, and unquestienably it is true
that the fernier appointmtufwas hightt objettiOna-
: tile. erat if a feeling of was indulged on
that occasion, if a forbearance arising out of peen-
: liar circumstances was then acquiesced iu, I certainly
should not hare expected that my Hon. Friend, who
syMpithizeth in that tenderness, •and was present at
that acquiescence, should now endeavour to deri 0
! thence any precedent 'hostile to the motion, of r y
Honourable Friend. The 'time 'has, however, as-
,lived, when all former predilections are to cease,
!though I am yet-glad to find that he who Ives a
' strong friend, is not likely to prove a formidablrene.
my. [near ! and aft:ugh." Like the Noble Lord who
..arpeared to me always to speak best when most re:
movedfrom the Treasury Bench, I think I neva heard
nit Hon. Frifild reason so weakly as OU the present
• itocasiou. Does her forget that Col. Taylor was-not
a Member of the Privy Council ? That ho,wts nut
:is Member of Parliament ?—[Here tier; glepeen
cried Hear n - The
.honourable and Learned Gen-
tieman is pleased' 'to cheer Me,
.has lie airy doubts ?
i for if he has, I beg to refer *him to The Almanack.
-[A laugh.] : Colonel Taylor was likewise; if I
mistake pot, paid out of the King's. Privy Purse,
but certainly was introduced to tlik situation solely
Ibn acrouiit of his Majesty's bodily infirmities. We
!Jitive iseen told of the' necessity of furnishing the
' Crovin With requisite assistance; is it meant by this,
1-1 ask, to insinuate that Col. M'Mahon is necessary,
to enable the reigning Prince to discharge the func-
tions of the Monarchy? That he must read to his
Royal Highness all the papers that are submittcel to
his perusal. Other duties, however, have been. named
by a Right Hon. Gentleman, the Secretary of, the
Home Department, who„ in coming to the rescue of
I hilt Right Hon. Friend,. the ,chancellor of the Ex‘
lishequer reminded me of the Noble Lord's-image of
'Col. M"M'ahon rescuing the- Prince from a -file of
papers—[A laugh.]—ln what did Colonel Taylor's
duties consist, in what but in being this conduit be-
-1 tween the King and his Minister ? But we are *told
by the Rigid Honourable Gentleman, that Colonel
M'Mahon may have other avocations, that it may be
!
1 his duty to select and put forth such papers as ought
to be laid before his Royal Highness, for the purpose
of being taken into his early consideration.--r near,
t hear n —What was this bat to give to Colonel
i M'Mahon a controtil over the interests and fortunes
of men ? If it be said, that ditties are to be confined
to the arrangement of bundles of papers, of tying
them up in tape, and disposing them in due order,
is this a service that deserves the remuneration of
26001. per annum ? The whole affair wears the aspect
of a place made for Colonel M' Mahon ;„ it has no-
thing constitutional belonging to it, no definition of
duties, no'copy of appointment. To' be sure, it is
Isaid that the Prince Regent cannot listen to bad ad-
vice, and that Colonel M'Mahon is incompetent to
give it. But we are to consider Regents and Secre-
taries is geueral, and in so doing are justified in as-
stinting the possibility of weal: Princes and dangerous
Secretaries.. The Houseof Commons has once p ;t:-
vailvd lately, on the question of another appoint-
ment, again* the Right Hon. Gentleman, who do's
nooyet seein to have finished his ministerial arrange.
ments. I observe; indeed, many old faces in new
pats' .of the. House, anti I hear of others who are
captent to surrender place, if their wisdom he tati!y
duly estimated by being retained in the Cabidet.-
- r A.lcitrirh.) Surrounded as the Prince is by Interest-
ed and disinterested advisers, how do we know that
!Colonel M'Mahon may slot ip tow days be a Cabinet
i Minister? We see one man give up his place on con-
dition of being allowed to advise, and we see an°.
! ther refuse to advise •onless he rsceives a place. ' [A
• laugh.] And indeed a most fatal and alarming ra-
moor has beeneireolated, that the Vice-President of
the'Board of Trade himself, Win future to lend his
services gratuitously to the country. I believe,how-
eiver,:that the House of Cominiaite.,,Wil! torte much iu
thy. estimation of 'the country, OHIO their con*.
lnigirs, - should they sanction this a;pointtnent of
Hie ,flrobte Lord, who Se. fortitude 'in entering upon'
once in these times of hard !abort. and Yaw de-
lete, 'cannot be too much admired, and Tito told
-us ip.bnelbreiths that he was equally t retuly to
Maintain. tied tto .deny'—{a laugh, has refeprd to
Os eptia. of ITilliam, as if to compare hisilaboors
wk
- till ' th s Ller . the -Ministers of that .Mottarett.
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lYndoebtectly the! Somirs', the Marlboroughs of
t dull iiiße, weeps contrasted with the giants
Of the present, altho ' perhaps,in poiqt of Military
merit, there is no necessity for. degrsdingoompa j•
soni.—[f/cro•, hear.]—But still it would be a sexy
'bold thing to; Ow that King Williamy•Who only te:-
duce(' this:power of France, which the
,giant states-
men ortbe present day haxe.extended 164 confirmed,
Olathe and the Ministers who were the aidanclinstru.
.-..ntref 4 commending wisdom, deserve to be pat in
'4'agiiinst the Nobte Lord, or any 'of hi! Right
—._:_rA loath; a std. kat li The Noble