The Statesman.
London, England, 1810-03-20 00:00:00

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tart' at Wir • had socretiry of
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cemild hive been bat Mai iihjeetiii. Th 9 • '
Right Honourable Gentleman himself miter, did
long and faithful services shoidei be rewirded by
something more than the daily pay. Now, what
length of time would he allew to be sidliclent to . •
Wire sack reward ? Mr. Yorke had served above
three years, and if it were allowed that it would .
have been a natural reward for his services it.that
time,. he would ask in how many yells the merit of
former services was to be forgotten in consequence
of a man being out of office ? A great deal had
been said about the increasing influence of the
Crown ; bathe should always eentend that it had
' not increased of tato years by any means in •the
proportion that the popular branch of the Lees.
lance had increased in its influence. The dilihs:
sion of wealth and information had greatly
creased the pewee of the peueie in the scale of
the Constitution. Mr. Perceval then read a long
ettract from Mr. Burke's book with respect to
'public economy, and shewed that his opinions of
Mr. Burke were In manly respects totally eliferenk
from those of the Right Houourable Gentle-
'van.
Mr. BANKES suggested the idea of a post-
ponement of the debate till his resolutions were
printed.
,The CIIANCELTAR of the EXCHEQUER
acceded, on condition-that the postponenient was
subsequent to. the debate on the Eapedition.
• Mr. WHITBREAD. could not allow the iitses.
tion, even now, to pass, without .a few obseria.
tions. ' Ile remarked on the peculiarly bad grean
with which the Right Hon. Gentlemen came for.
ward in defence of sinecures ; he, himself, pos.
scssed of sinepnres, the greategt. reversionist in the
kingdom, and who had in the recent gift of ono
of those offices. to Mr. Yorke, shewn how wide.
ly the original principle for Which-they were in-
tended had bail abandoned. [goer;
hear!] The ooadoet of his comments plalety
she wed the feeling pc the country with respect SO
such grants. [Hear, tscurq Ile ieeld not yelp
thinking that Mr. fork() hid lu AM, boon but
justly' treated,- and certainty 'did not regrk
however inclined he might be to coith4s his purity
of iuteution. . This dispersal of sinecure offices
could not continue—lt was rendered evident from
the pamphlet of the Right Eton. Gentleman oispo.
site (Mr. Rose), who was an author in more sansei
thaw osse—lt was rendered evitkne from the pamph-
let of Lord Melville—it was rendered, evident
from the pamphlet of another lion. Member, all
of which' plainly proved, that the public- were
'plundered. [Marl] A note had erupt into.the
notorious work of the Gentleman opposite rot.
peeling LOrd Carrington ; it was most invidious,
atid: Lord Carrington, through a subscriber to
Mr. Pitt's comforts, had refused to receive any •
of the money which had been subscribed to
pay his debts ;, he hoped $u much could be !Act
by:the Right Him.. Gentleman and his friends.
Abother • aost inviloui note respecting Mr. Ilet
wu to be found in the same production.- A
fence
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fence of these offices bad been, however, sot up
bran Honourable Gentleman, who had said they
were collected tram the Easheittey,. brit nut vibe
out of the taxes ; this was one of the grossest ,
lesions he had .ever hearth attempted to be impoiet
upon the patience of the-public. How did the
money get into the •xcliequer,, but from the purses
of the people? Vas not every shilling of it paid
from the Taxes? He was ashamed to' repeat argu.
meets which. be had used so oft,:n already, and
regretted • much .the postponement now proposed, •
as he was ready at that moment to do that wii4ll
had been long expected, and which must be dune
at last ; namely, to abolish sinecures altogether.
The people were now disgusted with the gross de.
lesions which had been practised. It was idle to
say that the power of the Crown was soeglitto be.
abridged by the abolition of sinecures. The no-
blest strength of the Crown consisted ie.the 'fee.
lions- and confidence of the people. (Hear!) •
He contended that au economical reform must et
length be adopted, and he hoped that the people •
. would stand firmly by the man Who bad the bold:
ness and virtue to pursue it to the end. •
Mr. ROSE defended what had been Caged
notorious work, and denied that any fact in it had
been confuted; ho also declared he bad not para. ,
ciliated in the sum subscribed, to .pay Mr. Pitati ~
debts ; and that in the whole cesitie of hits life he
had awed' conceived or uttereddiiereipAtfet ben::
timent of Mr.. Fur. The note with respect to I
Lord Carrington had been corrected Ina second IC
The Right honourable Gentleman Wenvi
so much effected towards the conciliated of his ;
speech, as to be scarcely able to proceed.
Mr. :WHITBREAD explained, and thiltiOk
the Hon. Gentlemen ought to thank him for giv-
ing him an opportunity of thus publicly retract.
ing his errors or misapprehensions. Their Coerce.
eon in a sectmitedition was not enetigh—.4 V?ltit
irrevocabile verbum;" and many might hate
seen a first editiony u ho' never liter the second
whiCh contained the list and correction Of
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errata.. . .
Xfter-a fel worth from Mr. 11. Thorotonilik
J. Newport, Mr: Bantus and Mr. Martin, the
further consideratioti of the resoluiletis was re;
(erred to this day fortnight, the Chairmen reperteit*l
progress, and the House resumed. • .- • .4,
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Mr:.S...cretery RYDER. brought up copiei it 4.1,
letters from Mr. Ctinning and the Marquis 1Ve14164.
lesley, to Mr. Frere, *which were laid on the ta.
tile, And
.Ordered to be printed. • '. .:s. -
Mr. CRCIKER brought, up the. answer 'if Sit, t
11. Keats to certain questions pet tq him respect.
jog the Vv aleheren 'Etpedition ; ordered to bit'
printedt
Mr. lIIIITCI3INSIniInbird. for eopiei of dfl •
commuttlitation, made 'to the Chancellor of the '
Fzehettie of Ireland, es to the operation *AC."'
probable effect of the Irish Distllleried.,-44. A.
dered• e -, •
The flonse hating ititioleet
~ . r into a Ceti.
ini: (ft lif Supply, t4,Bol:tsere SOO tOlites,idiktihe
erectipn.of a tact at AP.l:Bl4b ,if tik‘-iiasaV if.
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The other Orders of the' litieeti 4104 oft
end the Muse rose It Ilelf.past Twelve: •

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