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ANNUAL REGISTER, 1810. 



vaiiced, he ought to have ascer- 

 tained what was the strength of 

 his ally, and what the position of 

 the enemy. He beat the French ; 

 but then he was compelled to re- 

 treat, as if lie had been beaten. 

 Sir John, after adverting to the 

 disgraceful manner in which the 

 high offices of the state had been 

 bandied about, animadverted on 

 the abuse of the term loyalty. 

 He admitted tliD loyalty of Mr. 

 Perceval, and that loyalty was a 

 very high virtue. But he could 

 not allow the right honourable 

 gentleman to be the sole possessor 

 of loyalty. No one had a right 

 to identify himself and his party 

 with the king. It was equally 

 injurious to the king, and incon- 

 sistent with the constitution. 



The report being brought up 

 and read, Mr. Whitbrcad, after 

 some prefatory obi^ervations, mov- 

 ed an amendment to the address, 

 the substance of which was, " that 

 in justice to the people, the House 

 would, on the earliest opportu- 

 nity, diligently apply itself to the 

 effecting such economical reform, 

 as might be consistent with the 

 welfare of the state, satisfactory 

 to the feelings of the people, and 

 in some measure prove an allevia- 

 tion of their burthens." 



The Chancellor of the Exche- 



quer did not sec the least occasion 

 for this amendment, his Majesty 

 having promised that the estimates 

 for the current year should be 

 prepared with the utmost attention 

 to economy.— -Mr. Ponsonby sup- 

 ported the amendment, on the 

 ground that the estimates related 

 solely to tlie war expenditure, 

 while the amcndmcHt related to 

 measures proper at ail times, but 

 particularly so at a time when the 

 war expenditure was enormous. — 

 Mr. Bathurst thought the para- 

 graph unnecessary, as matters 

 connected. — Earl Temple thought 

 it important that the House 

 should show a disposition to prove 

 and examine into every abuse ; 

 for otherwise the people would be 

 apt to think that the abuses were 

 greater than they were. — Sir A. 

 Pigot put the question, what con- 

 fidence parliament could place in 

 the assurances of ministers, that 

 the estimates for the present year 

 should be I'ramed with a strict re- 

 gard to economy, when they op- 

 posed an inquiry into the profqse 

 expenditure of the year that was 

 past 1 



On a division of the House, 

 there appeared, 



For Mr. VVIiitbread's amend- 

 ment, 54-: 



Against it, 95. 



