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

Lord found on his admission to office, that during the
administration of his predecessor, tw. Ambassadors
had been kept a year at trome as it were to season
them in their new characters, and by a magnanimous
' ei.ort he sent them to their destinations. An Aus-
. than Ambassador is said to have just arrived, and I.
dare say, there is a prodigious ferment in the Fo-
reign office, and that the Noble Lord's mind is too
mot+ heated and occupied with other and grander
speculations, to think that any time should he lest
in considering whethec the public ought to pay 20001.
per annum to Colonel M'Mahou for tying up and dot-
' Ling papers. Notwithstanding, however, these pur.
suits and occupationeof 'the Noble Lord, .it is not
to be forgotten that this is a new case; such, per
Laps, as is quite worthy of this new. we. It be.
hoses the Howie to remember that which is rnaur.,
fest, that the Prince Regent,in the full possession of
his faculties, perfectly able to read and write,and fully
compoteat to the transaction of public business, calls
in that species of assistance which William 111. whieb.!
•Geo. ¶. and Geo. H. in their long career of glory,';
end at those periods which are universally deemed to
be the prnidest in. our national annals, did not re. ,
• quire; which Geo. 111. did not require, until by the
tevere visitation •of Providence he was afflicted with
blind Leis. [llear, .hear. 1] What ! deprive the Prince
of a !iecretaris,ezclaimsan Honourable Gentleman—
will youligi him .no help ; will you afford him no
time !o deliberate on the vast projects of those il.
battles" Ministers by whom he k surrounded ?-11is
Makety had managed to dealt this. Ohrbut then you
do not consider the prodigious increase of public busi.
lie:, since. 1604, and there may be some reasonable
wonder ha* the business of that year was got through.
—[lleer, -hear !] Whet, so moderate too, it is asked, •
as the suns of 20001.--and W it"be so moderate,
objection can there' be to the Prince paying
it out of tila own private purse..—[Near', hear .9—
It was not the amount of emoltinwatt that constituted
tho.objection to Col. M'Mahon's former. appoint-
ment; but the principle which had been condemned,
awl trust his. present will be, by the House of Com-
mous. •The House ought to inform itself of the real
• duties attached to newly-erected office. Ido no) be-
lieve that they consist is the drudgery described, As
a Privy Counsellor, Colonel M'Mahon has a right
to give advice to his Royal Highness. • A Noble Lord
and two Right Hon. Gentlemen, whose orpiment'
were so much.alike as to render it difficult to distin-
guts!' between them, tell us at once that the Prince
Regelit cannot act without the aid of such. an ap.
pointment. Do they mean to say this, that it is to
be co-urilinate with the functions of Royalty, that
the monarehy is too 'unwieldy. to be managed by a
sing!i• "Land, pod that therefore, that there is a
necessity for calling in Colonel M'Makon %to bear
his share of the burden.—[Meer, 'hears hear!]
—From the cheer .of .the Right Honourable
Gentleman, when, by a Right Honourable Friend of
Thine -the phrase of early prediiections was used, he
may have supposed that I included myself in the ;
number of those to whom iemight generally be ap.
plied. But I beg leave to disclaim the honour; the
shot is fared over my head. Doubtless we now 'know
nothing of private attachments or private action"; ,
llaaugh a pretty general belie: once prevailed that
there once were such things as political preferences
and regards. But this is at an end, the scone is
closed, and we are bound to forget all-that has pass-
ed. We are henceforward to look only.to the ap,
purrs and responsible servants of the Cross ; and.
I trust, 'that after all we have heard, and all we have
experienced, from the evils of a secret iiifluesice, we
shall not permit this new mia to be signalized by the
formal appointment of an intermediate officer
tweeu the Crown and its Ministers.
Mr. CAI/CRAFT explained.
Mr. WHAERFORC I.: said, the impression which
the whole of the debate had to-night made upon his
mind was, that the appointment was of a much more
learmies nature than what had been by several re-
presented. The extended scale of British operations
must have made the adoption of a private secretary
necessary, and those who thougbt there had been no
increase of public duty would have done well in
making that as a foundation for the motion. The
Regent had received his appointment at a moment
when an 'impute load of public business pressed up,
on his place, and he did. well in endeavouring to
lighten it. No responsibility was attached to the
situation;
_the Crown Still possessed all its power,

and the Ministers were still accountable for their

ccnduet to the nation. There appeared a thousand
small matters of business and correspondence, where-
in Colonel M`Mahoa might be of infinite seance to
his Royal Highness. The pressure of public busi-
peas had. been felt through all the different depvt-
ments ; eli had required assistance, linden rec4ted
it. Though that was an appointment 1p which he'
would declare there could be no apprehension ; yet
there was one thing h# devoutly wished, which was,
that the Prince Regent had paid the salary from his
owri privy purse. ['law, hear ! from ale Opposi-
limaßoselics.] Still, however, he felt theßropriet,
of the appointment, and.sherdd nqt oppeitit by Oa
vote,
Mr, vritrrattuo, in explanation, said, that
be was of 'eyelid trades himself, in all of which he
employed clerks for public business ; he had a pri-
vate clerk, end he paint him from his private purse.
Lord FOLKESTONE, rising in support of the
motion, said, that during his travels ou the Conti..
nent he had learned a story which he now desired
leave to repeetk In the Prussian Mon& liy a man,
Kit
from perforadhoffices ethe menial aho the Court,
was accepted of as a pander to the • he became
a rank parasite; was dreaded and carted was then
made his Private Secretary ; 'and Snally, closed his
cawr by becoming subservient to the views of
Finore, and humbling the Monarchy at the feet of
Bottliparte. Therefore, such an appointment as that
pf Col M‘Mahon being by Mm considered as 4U.
genius, he would vote for the motion.
Mr. MAIWYATT considered the present not a
Constitutioual but party question, and would there-
fore vote against the motion.
Mr. CIiA,II.I4ES ADAMS, from the Ministerial
side of the. House, sppke against the illation
Mr. TIERNEY was anxious to know it) what de.
partment of the state the immense accumulation of
business had taken place. Ile could learn of no
Additional trouble haying heeq cast upon his Royal.
Highness beyond that which was formerly performed
by his Ma arty, therefore, let the Hortograble 40.1:

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• LONDON: ,
IORIM047•• 4i*kilt 18' *.
We have letudaid: Bfqtricelqw and other .Frenci •
Papers to. the 11th-init. ; bit they are entirely silent
u to idie affairs of Spain and Portugal. Borsti,inTE
Mad not set oat from Paris on the 9tb. as we find him
es that day hunting in the forest of St. Germainef,
er accounts from Berlin, it appears that the Duke of
itnocto entered that capital on the mprniug of the
*Bth March, at the he'd of the French troops, 'f id
eonsequenceo f the perfect understandipg which sub-
sists between PeOssia and France." On the same
day, at noon, the ling of Feussta and snit arrived, I
when *y were complimented by * French Mu!
rbat ; which, they rok tegethee Pi front ;hell
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