The Statesman.
London, England, 1815-04-15 00:00:00

of the woods and forests (Mr. Ituskisson),
tofu
h had been formerly a great la.:hit:economist, and
1.4 had represented that the ntin must be ruined,
odlgal expendititre was. notchecked, had now
,r pr
,mpletelv chattier! his sentiments. Ife'now ridi-
culed the idea of controlling the expenditure of the
atol asked who would be a King, or a
priace Regent, if they could not he allowed to spend
5.0001. on a green-house, or 1,000 on horses, %all-
ot au investigation before the House
,of Commons ?
la meatia,itig this 1,0001. about horses, an anecdote
...eorred to him, which he hoped was not true. It
ea said that an illustrious foreigner (Prince Pla toff )
hri id.. a oreseut to the Prince Regent of a horse,
tA had c.,„ied him through the late sueceasful cam-
lt might naturally be supposed 01.0 such a
as a remembrance of the donor, would have
tea kept with the most extraordinary care, that it
w„,1,1 have a separate. groom to attend it, that it
soald Lave been pampered, and sulTered to pass the
remainder of its life in a sort of riotous felicity.—
i Ile heard, however, and he was sorry
to hear it, that this animal was now employed in
drairiag a dung-cart at Ilimplon-court. [A laugh.]
When Ili:, passion for giving 1,0001. for horses was
so lightly of, he could not avoid thinking of
„lint he had heard had been the fate of Prince Pla-
o.a's expetices at %Viotti:or also certainly
most minute examination. It appertied
tho here there was a most profuse and lavish et:-
Ir.dore. Coless the Committee were authorised
A
lir persons and impels, it was not to he ex-
tiil that documents from evidence would come
sitioatiiioosly befit, e them, to show where the waste
rt t 1 public motley la). Lar,to -urns of money were
purposes to which Ow) ‘t ore ilf.vPr applied.
A 11r::e was annually given for travelling ex-
to our gracious (lapel', who never travelled.
A hue .min was given for horses, which she never
11,(0. A. to the Embassy at Lisbon, he would call
killed nn the other side, to fIOS wee
hiomjak. and upon their honours, whether, if those
ileowslie 1-4c:ono:tures had not clade it desirable for
(,Arming to 'o to Lioihoo, they would have ap-
paiiitial any Ambassador to that Court ? If they
(null sat they wnvl.l have done 5,., then the question
alit disposed of : hut if thov could tint S 4 V, upon
thrir honours, that, independent of Mr. "Canning's
comenienre, they thought an Anihrts•ndor necessary
at Li.hon, and intended to send one, then it was evi-
dent that this transaction had been properly desci 'bed,
jolt for Mr. Canning's benefit at the expellee of the
raontrt. Ile was not surprised at the manner that the
Snhle Lord floundered over this part of the case, as
ti.i. appointment had taken place in his absence.-
11hen the Noble Lord professed such excessive de-
lot the Crown, he would wish that he had
al,n some compassion for the people of this country.
If the proper consideration was shown to them, and
it could he proved that the expenditure was justili-
-2100. the gratitude and 'attachment of the people
said amply rep,. r this consideration.
51r. B. BATiWithiT contended that no farther
allvahta:ze could accrue from a viva yore examination
rf witnesses than would be (let i red from the produc.
lion of the documents protnised by the Noble Lord.
llr. TIERNEY would not claim his right of reply
any farther than to observe. that it was absurd to
owns, that the enquiry could be satifactory, when
the wit uessa,. who *lona weld give the-dearest ie.
formation, were not to he examined.
Mr. W. SNIFF!' supported the Motion.

cir 'l'. D. ACLA NI) thought that where a general
c;iiiion prevailed, that a greater expense, and a
greater habit of expellee, hail existed, than was roe.
crs,ftry for the splendour of the Crown, some en-
cony should be instituted. On any question where
a .I:tfereure might arise between the Crown and the
h. o;'le, the House should not be wanting in the dis-
charge of what might be considered its especial duty ;
more particularly at a time when the people who had
abe,dy for so malty years persevered in supporting
the Government, mere likely to be called on for
fresh sarrifi 04. All rnotivec of delicacy should cer-
tainly he attended to ; nor would he wish to curtail
Ih 2lty degree the splendour of the Crown ; but he
(.0,1'1,4.11 that an examination into an apparently ex-
ilftrapint expenditure, would he tlos best meth(d of
P,Prenting the possibility of vexatious interference
iu future.
The House then divided,

itie sionelided 11 •t
Against it,
1111j..1 ity

117
94
-33

A4journed.