The Statesman.
London, England, 1819-06-24 00:00:00

the former ireorectionstif theComenitiele ; and after eg •
pressing ono illiegness to report the individual'. name,
es nee ef the'e who had not so reported, it stria ..tt
In request that Bur communication might be immedi-
ately foroarded," directed as shove," rise to Henry
Ilintraham. Erg. ehateasin.—[lleart± It was neces.
ler) for Mtn to notice a letter which had proceeded
from dor same Hoe. Gentleman, and from, no, to
are a stronger teem than be meant to do, the sum.
Inadvertency. It might, he thought, have been
touched in hotter terms. (The Right Hon. Gentle.
man then read the commencement of the letter, which
was in substance as ful:ows:) " it el Sir,—lt
will be tenderise a very essential service to the en-
quiries new carrying on by the Committee for the
erlueelion of the poor," Ice. It might have been pre-
mansed, therefore, that such enquiries were carryiee
on by authority of Parliament. But what he bad
must to complain of swat, that this letter was also
sent as from the House of Commons, and freaked by
Mr. Freeling. It was leading those to whom it was
addressed to think that theta was an obligation ea
them to answer it, and in the way reqeired.—
I. the letter addressed by the lion. Gentleman to bit
lamented Friend Sir Seaml Romilly, there eta on
allusion to his (Mr. Brougham's) conduct as Chair-
man of that Committee, in which the powers of the
Committee were greatly overrated. le it the Hon.
Gentlest's. had declared, that he wet so studiously
determined to arid all irnpetstion in record to the
erraordinary affair of St. Bee's school, that be ap-
peared at the Wintrnorktill Election resolved upon
refusing all applications for access to the evidence
towelling that siagutar basins's. So far from over-
rating the justness of that determinstion, the lion.
Geolleman ohneld know that he "ottani have been
grossly forgetting his duty, if be had permitted
the intenseness to he used et all for priests purposes;
bat mach more so, if for electioneeriog purposes he
bad been induced to glee such permission. As to the
letter. in question, be was most salines that this op-
portunity should not go by without his 'sleds% his
protest most decidedly against them.
Mr. BROUGHAM said, that after the question
of the third reeding of the Bill before the House
should hove been disposed of, it was his 'rogation t r
more 'bet the Reports of the Committee of Education
of last Session be referred to a Committer. If he
did writ answer the charge which had just been made
against him by the Honourable Member for Oaferd,
he knew well drat be shoald be attacked with such
espressioas as " Oh ! you did not like his speech;
it get to the bone; there was something of evidence
io it ; and then—" he is a matt of business; it was
not mere college declamation; he read chapter and
verse. end names and dates." Certainly, it was not
jest then in his nen power to refer to these volemi-
ones notes, the object of the Right linueorable
Gentleman's constant study and daily cure; which
he hail pored over by day, and spots which he had
wasted his midnight oil. The Hight lion. Gentlemen
bad charged him with an offence, which be bad vi-
ailed with what, no doubt, he considered as an equi.
Talent puttishaseet—the weight of his severest cen-
sure—a censuredelivered Molest as if it had proceed•
ed from the chair, end which, he mist say, would
hare been almost as forcible if it had so fallen from
the chair. The lion. Geodesists then proceeded to
reply to the several parts of the Right lion. Gentle-
mee's speech in detail, pledging himself open each point
to prat• the' he watright, that the Committee was
right, and that the Rt. lion. Gent. himself was • tong.
The Right Hon. Gentlemen had manifested the ut-
most astonishmeot that a Committee, whose enquiries
were to respect the edecation of the peer, should
think of cellist* before them the Masters of West.
11111brrf and the Charier-litmus schools. Bet what
had become of all this surprise and amusement ini
1816 ? Why, It was rather for him (Mr. Brougher)
to raise op his bawds and eyes in astooishasent, that
ll.e Right Ilse. Gentleman's wonder had net been
tuened before. Would this not furnish sufficient
food for those who delighted in growler ? Bet if the
Right Iles. Gewtleswasi hod been presess:ed in 1816
from knowing what the Committee had done, where
was he in 1817 is The sobject had been matter of
very rowel coorersetion in 1818; bet if he had shot
his ears then, torrid he not believe his mere faithful
eyes in 1817, when the Report was printed? The
lien. Member fur Liverpool (Mr. Canning) came
forward and made some mod lithely, most candid.
most fair sail honest obeenvations on what he
thought had been an exceedieg of their powers.--
Ile !hen went en to show, that as to the formation
of
the Committee, by far the greater proportion, ea-
elusive of the *eat fel Members, were those who were
accustomed to vote with Ministers. That of the
original number of 21, at least 16 were of that class
of Members; sad as for the five others, they were
the Horan' of the Committee. (Mr. Peel reminded
the lion. Gent. Wets the table that there were only
three Hewn.) The Hon. Gent. repined. He was
quite aware of that, end was only applying their cha-
racter, sot their number, to those five Members. He
certainly did set mistake the number of the (Lorain ;
for, in the absence isf other information, all frequent-
ers of the Opera might obtain that kilo. ledge there.
II ad It bees thought that the Gentlemen appointed on
that Committee were net competent to conduct the
enquiry, the names of others might hate been added ;
the Right Hooeurable Gentleman might have pro.
posed himself or as many of his friends as he chose
Bet no ; although he had heard that Orford was
menaced, Cambridge invaded, sod the school attack-
ed, yet he remained inactive; although his own
obna 'water was in danger, he found no fault, he
made no million. till the end of the present Session,
having left the Flown, as be called the City Mem-
bers, to resist the inroads which the Committee were
risking. Assn investigation was to be made into the
schools .1 the Metropolis it was necessary to appoint
souse of the City Members. Mr. Alderman Comic
had been then usable to attend, sad was nut things's..
nominated. They were mottoes to enquire into a free-
school et Pocklinetoo,in Yorkshire, and on 'oriel?, it
was found that the/flatter of St. John's College,Cans-
bridge, was the visiter of ibis establishment, and that
he lad recently visited it. The Committee therefore
preferred examining this Gentleman at once, for the
purpose of bearing the resell of his visit, as well as
of enquiring into the nature of the establishment it-
• self. The Committee, of which he was Chairman,
'eat *gamine they Gentleman; bet that it. eat treas-
on necourtveststy,le (Mr. Brenham) positively
detrital, es far as Lis recollection mien