, in rising to submit the motion of which he had given notice, said, that having felt it his disagreeable duty to go at length into the charges against Mr. Nash on a former evening, he would on the present occasion confine himself simply to moving, "that a select committee be appointed to inquire into the conduct of Mr. Nash, so far as regards the granting of leases, or the sale of Crown lands, in Suffolk-street, Pallmall East, Regent-street, and adjoining the Regents canal."

said, he was glad of the motion, for the sake of Mr. Nash; and he felt it a duty to that gentleman, without waiting for the report which the committee might make, to state his conviction, that Mr. Nash's conduct would bear the strictest inquiry. He was sorry that the hon. colonel had lent the sanction of his same to charges which, he had not the slightest doubt, would turn out to be wholly unfounded. The moment Mr. Nash had heard of the charge, he expressed the most earnest wish that his conduct should be submitted to the strictest scrutiny; and he had a petition from him to the House to the same effect, which he was prevented from presenting only by the forms of the House.

bore testimony to the honourable character of Mr. Nash, as well as to that of Mr. Edwards. Mr. Edwards had once a seat in that House for the county of Glamorgan; and it was of the utmost importance to a man of his honourable character, that the charges which had been sent forth against him should meet the fullest inquiry. For such inquiry Mr. Edwards, as well as Mr. Nash, was most anxious.

suggested, that as there would be no objection to the committee, nothing should be urged that might prejudge the case. One thing, however, ought not to be left out of consideration, in justice to Mr. Nash; namely, that as soon as he heard of the charge against him, he lost not a moment in challenging the fullest inquiry into his conduct. If, from circumstances over which the hon. member and Mr. Nash had no control, the committee might not have time to make as full a report as the case required. Mr. Nash was entitled to the good opinion of the House and of the country, from the readiness with which he offered to meet his accusers.

expressed a hope, that as these two gentlemen had been thus dragged before the House, the hon. colonel would give up the authority on which he had made the charge, and compel their accuser to meet them before the committee.

expressed a hope that the committee would have power to inquire into the circumstances of the blunders which had been made in the erection of Buckingham-palace.

said, there was another subject of importance into which an inquiry should be made: he meant that of government allowing Mr. Nash their adviser to take leases.

said, he had the authority of a most respectable individual for the charges he had made. That individual moved in the society of gentlemen, and was as respectable as any member of that House. With respect to what had fallen from the right hon. member for Liverpool, about giving up his authority, he would do no such thing. If he saw that the charge was made from any improper motive, he would have no hesitation in doing so; but as he knew that the proof of their truth or falsehood did not depend on any knowledge of the party from whom he derived his information, he could not think of violating the confidence of a private communication. The precedent would be a most improper one in that House. He had no feeling of hostility towards Mr. Nash, and he hoped he would be able to free himself from all the charges against him. The duty which he had undertaken was a most unpleasant one; and; he was urged to it solely by a desire to discharge his duty to the public. The man who accused Mr. Nash—who was a man of much influence—as much, nearly, as the right hon. members on the opposite bench—had nothing to gain. He could make no friend by prosecuting the charge, and might make more than one enemy; but, not-withstanding these considerations, he preferred the charge, because he considered it his duty to have the affair fully examined.

The motion was agreed to, and a committee appointed.