§ Lord Duncannongave notice, that he should, on Monday, move for the appointment of a Committee to consider of the expediency of abolishing the office of Auditor of Land Revenue.
Mr. Humeexpressed a hope, that, no compensation would be given without ample proof that the office was a patent one, and therefore he trusted the patent would be laid upon the Table, in order that he might be satisfied if the holder was entitled to compensation.
Mr. Maberlydid not think, that the present temper of the country was at all favourable to giving large retiring allowances to officers holding places of emolument. He trusted the precedent afforded by the cases of the Commissioners for Lotteries would be avoided; these persons had received large allowances on giving up places which had no duties attached to them.