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the Ceetutivar brought rip the Itepiort, lat c h ordered to be taken Into consideration to-morrow. rmarmas OF 1/Flt COtNTRY. o l e CHANCELLOR. of the EXCHEQUER.' that before the conclusion of the arrangement's: ,I it in contemplation to make, he wished to on in 'the House a more extended discussion ' the Finances of the Country, than could . , o nveniently done when the Budget was intro :et': in order to raise such a discussion, it was his „ t ion to propose that the first Report of the Com o on Income and Expenditure, containing the aeral views of that Body upon the subject, be re- T ed to a Committee of the whole Houses he would ve that the House should to-morrow resolve itself the said Committee ; and he would then offer tain Resolutions, the further consideration of which be tit to adjourn until Monday.-(Aoar, hear). Lr b .6l/ENFELL asked whether the discussion on t hy would include the Budget fir the year? he CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER ;need in the negative. ASSESSED TAXES. he CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER gave : e, that he would move to-morrow that the House Ire itself into a Committee on the Assessed Taxes with a view to consider the propriety of their olidationa—(Hear, hear). COURT OF CHAP:CRAY ORZLAIIIO Ir. GRANT observed, that in bringing in a Bill ~ e , z . ilate the Fees in the Court of Chancery in•lre-' Clio had to claim the indulgence of the House, as a matter of great importance to the sister Some years since Commissioners were ap iied to inquire into the Fees paid in the Courfiof Lccry and Exchequer in Ireland ; those Fees had been a matter of complaint, and were carried r as in many instances to impede the ends of ice. On inquiry, it was found that a scale of had exited in 17%, and had been acted upon to 1767. Since that period the expenses had :ally increased, in some instances so much as 50 cent. The Right Honourable Member proceeded tate instances of the abuses found to exist. One , that of charging the stamp duty on a sheet con ing 72 words, instead of 90, as was formerly e. The next was fictitious attendances. A Mas m Chancery had the power of issuing summonses ,ring parties before him, in taxing costs, but the r t summons only was compulsory. By con scctlive attendances, however, the party was char ged sits the Fees of the three first summonses, as if he 114.: been examined each time ; and not only was taere a charge by the Master in Chancery for each constructive attendance, but also by the Solicitor and Six Clerks ; so that the party had in fact to pay three sits of Fees for three several attendances which had sever taken place. In one case, a Six Clerk had rude a charge of 1297 constructive attendances. did nut mean to eat imputation on the Masters Chancery, bat he thought no Officer should be need to regulate the Fees in which he was him if a participator. These welt two remedies which in be applied ui this evili—one was by the Orders u se Court, and the other by an Act of the Legis. ave. The Lord Chancellor and the Master of the ills agreed with the Commissioners in the principle their Report, but they differed as to the remedy be applied. The Commissioners advised that the sing bills of cost should be removed altogether' 4,he Masters in .Chancery, and vested in two :ern appointed for the purpose, with fixed sale but without any profit, arising from their of Lord Chancellor and the Master of the Rolls ad . that the Masters should still continue to tax bills :on, but with a fixed salary for this particular instead of the fees which they now receive.— The only question for the House was, which of those was the better calculated to remedy the griev , allowed on all hands to exist. The Commis sioners were entitled to the attention of Parliament, and so were the opinions of the Law Officers imme connected with this Court. By the Bill he about to introduce, the recommendation of the' was adopted. One object of the Bill was to Ipel those words which can be expressed by figures • so written, and not allow them to be spun out pnrpose of increasing the number of sheets.— ter was to make a sheet consist of ninety instead sty-two words. The present mode of examining ,ses was by Commissioners, two being appointed .:h party. Those Commissioners, who were ge ly Solicitors, usually managed to haVe a num examinations to make in the same place, which : did not lessen the expenses of their clients. Bill vested in the Lord Chancellor the power of twelve Banisters to act as Commissioners such occasions, at a fixed rate of charge. It might :ged that this Bill would go tc injure the Gentle .en who now derived profit from those fees, and v: - .o accepted, or perhaps purchased, their situations - :ier the impression of such fees being continued.— , intention was to propose the parties should keve compensation for the difference between the salary given for this duty and the sums to which they :Id lie entitled by the existing regulations—(Hear.) the Honourable Member quoted the opinions of llargravc and Mr. Justice Willes in support of part of the Bill. The amount of this compensa might be regulased on ascertaining what the :mess done by the Masters or Tax Clerks would Ice, if the existing regulations were still in force. Commissioners were of opinion that a moderate duty on bills of costs would make good this 4 Pensotion. He proposed that the salaries of the 'asters in Chance r y s hould be £ BOO a year each, teh would make no more in the whole than £3,200 !Ir. The additional expense on the bills of costs , P..1(1 be freely paid by the parties when they found easselves relieved from the much greater charge of Pmt system. He was the more anxious to press 1 4 !' in order to shew those connected with the Admi '''ration of Justice in Ireland that the eyes of Par 4a.7ent were upon them, and that it was intended to 1 :ow this up by a series of measures for reforming 'e minor Courts of Justice in that country. Ile u• , ..elitded by moving for leave to bring in a Bill for, r "uLiziag Fees in the Court of Chancery in Ireland. 'Re SPEAKER having put the question, 11 14 rd CARIi A MPTON was about to address the " 514 se, when the Speaker asked the Noble Lord whe t'`; he meant to second the motion? Lard„ CARHAMPfON replied in the negative. "ir• NIAItTIN (of Galway) seconded the motion, =ugh he would have preferred adopting the ?San ' cc 'tmeaded by the Commissioners. J. II tOr4 erttßAlVir l# MN 'chap/Irma:l ist the prim ' etple adopt`c! with regard to compensation. Sir JOHN NAWPORT felt happy in being now able to say that the'Commission appointed to inquire into Courts of Justice, had been productive of the Mnst beneficial effects. Th e l a b ours o f t h e Com • missiopers had, indeed, been productive of the most valuable results to the Public. They bad had to contend with every thing which official prejudice could suggest to thwart them, and every thing which interest could put in practice against them. It might be instructive to look at the different manners in which the inquiry was conducted in the three King doms. The Address which he moved was carried by one vote, on the 28th June, 1814, and the Com missioners were appointed in March, 1815: and he was sorry to say that two Masters in Chancery were appointed among the English Commissioners ler in quiry into abuses, many of which were alleged to exist in the offices of the Masters in Chancery. Six valuable Reports had been received from the Irish Commissioners, and the results, which were of the utmost importance to all who had at heart the due administration of justice, were in possession of every Member of the House. The Scotch Commissioners had given in five Reports, containing in many parts very useful suggestions ; and why these suggestions had not been proceeded on, - it remained for his Majesty's Ministers to account to the House, From the English Commissioners, however, two Reports had only been received in five years--(Hear, hear.) The Right Honourable Baronet proceeded to detail some of the reductions of expense which had been effected, and complained of the unjust principle on which the allowances to the different Officers had been augmented, in consequence of which the Six Clerks, who, in England, had not more than £3OO per annum each, derived in Ireland from £4OO to up- wards of £llOO per annum. It was evident that if this enquiry had not been gone into, the doors of justice would hare bete shut to a great part of the public. He congratulated himself, thertfcre, on having brought forward this subject, and he had to thank the House for the support which they gave him. To shew the enorneous nature of the fees in the Court of Chancery, he might mention that in one case the fees for docketing, enrolling, exemplifying, and registering a decree, amounted to upwards of £BOO. If compensation was afforded at all to the various officers, it ought only to be for fees legally established—sestablishtd by such a length of practice at least, as to remove all suspicion bf the party re ceiving the compensation being himself accessary to any addition to the fees. Officers ought not to de rive advantage from their own misinterpretation of statutes to the injury of the public. Mr. LESLIE FOSTER, as one of the Irish Com missioners, entered into a statement of several of the reforms recommended by them. By the present Bill, nearly one half of the time and money formerly spent by suitors in the Court of Chancery would be saved. With respeet to compensation to the various Officers he had to observe, that many of the Officers of the Irish Court of Chancery were purchasers of their offices under existing laws for valuable considera tions, and if any thing ought to be the subject of compensation, it struck him that these offices ought. Scarcely any difference of opinion had existed be tween the Commissioners and the Lord Chancellor, except on one subject. The Commissioners recom mended two additional Masters in Chancery for the business of taxation alone, on the general principle that O ffi cers connected with the business of the Court ought to have nothing to do with the taxation. The Lord Chancellor, however, conceived that taxation might be more beneficially entrusted to an Officer previously acquainted with the history of the cause. He still retained his former opinion, but he bowed to superior authority ; and he hoped t he House would be disposed to receive the benefit as it was, standing, as it did, on the recommendation of the Lord Chan cellor and the Commissioners, and wdold not endea vour to enter into the details of the business, with which they could not grapple. The present Bill would effect a greater improvement in the Court of Chancery in Ireland than had ever, he believed, been effected at one time in any Court of Justice. Mr. V. BLAKE conceived that the House would always respect vested rights. The Lord Chancellor and Master of the Rolls in Ireland were against pre cipitating the Reform of the Court of Chancery, and thought the effect of a similar measure in England ought to be first seen. Mr. V. FITZGERALD said, in despite of the gloomy anticipations of the Honourable Gentleman (Mr. Blake), he hoped the House would not postpone the Bill. Were they to understand, that the Lord Chancellor and Master of the Rolls in Ireland wished the Bill to be postponed ? This Bill came before the House with their recommendation, and it was known that they were anxious the Bill should now be pro ceeded V. BLAKE explained. Leave was they given to bring in the Bill. IRISH coons' or EXC H EQUER. Mr. C. GRANT then moved for leave to bring in a Bill for the easier and better Administration of Justice in the Court of Exchequer in Ireland. After a few words from Sir JOHN NEWPORT and ,Mr. LESLIE FOSTER, leave was given. so d the C w as ordete lie Cl e lks, that . tJ It !I b t i oat si ,riling be ; onreni juceil: In intention tc mince on l a erial vie B r ed to a ram' e that in:o the sal certa in Res , i t might be Ni t% GRI gonJay • The CF o ,..vered rie aotice, th it m.ll e itsel with tonoliJatie C Mr. GRI W I C ;Z jiat4 L o a, he h.l Bi t tk was p c , :nied to cut,cery a kaF been s 45 II . 0 had es t p to 176' greatly Inc: per cent. :3 state yc,thatnl taining 72 The 2r in Chan to bring pa fj67: 1 1 SUR smclive at Stith the Fe h 4.: been taere a cha construe ti Six Clerks ; sets of Fee never take made a cl He did nut in Chancer allowed to self a parti, might be a the Cool hare. 11 Rolls ages ::their Re o be appli taxing bill inna ,t,k e Bficersap ries, but w The Lord visel that I of cost, by, duty, inste The only q plans was once, allov sioners wer and so wer irately con was about latter was compel tho to be so wr for the pnr bother wi cfseventy-t *messes vi each pa rally Sol 'll7 of exam however di His Bill ye appointing ca ouch oci be urged tl men who *to accept the i His intenti, a compenc: *.:begiven vc.:ld lie es ilt7e the F Lord Ilarg Cis part of bats !nigh: hitles s d, ?mince, if Da C or m tamp dut] t,ltapensat "loners it Ituth wou 'll.r. tP..ld be 1 'emselyet presen, )1: : in ord cratinn 4i.nent 0 w this minor L.zellided "!•4sliatin g sp Lord C no us; 41 , 1 h e in Lord C 1\ Ir. NI: 1140 gh hl :;cctranea BANK OF IRELAND. Mr. C. GRANT, in a Committee of the House, moved a series of Resolutions on the subject of the Resumption of Cash Payments by the Bank of Ire land, similar to those which had been agreed to in the case of the Bank of England. Sir H. PARNELL suggested, that the Bank of Ireland should have an option to pay either in Bulb lion or in Bank a England Paper, with a view to introduce English notes into the Irish circulation. Mr. C. GRANT said, that this suggestion might be taken into consideration in the Committee on the Bill which would be brought in. Sir JOHN NEWPORT observed, that when this proposition of his Hon. Friend (Sir H. Parnell) came to'be discussed, there were many objections which might he stated against it. the Resolutions were agreed to, the Home resume ed, and the'Report ordered to be received to-morrovi, BAKOS M`LELLAN. Mr. R. MARTIN, after some preliminary obser vations, in the course of which he said, that he Awed when he had made his former statement respecting Baron M.Lellan, he might be supposed to have dorte so without-sufficient consideration, and that he vras now ready with witnesses, fully to substandale his allegations, or to submit to the most serious ditpka- Area( the I/poste, said he sliOtild hand to the Clerk a seriis Of charge", in which the substance of his far mer statement respecting the Learned Judgt was re ',Wed- He wished the Attorney-General to say what would bethought of a Judge in this country who should sdnd a party of soldiers to clear the Court before liis arrival? Yet *hen a trial on an in formation against him (Mr. H. Martin) was coming on at Galway, Baran M'Lellan had sent a company of soldiers, who had tle:.red out of the Hall every 1 1 individual except his Honourable Friend opposi to to him (Mr. V. Blake), v. ho by some stratagem con- trived to hide himself under the benches: 'Mr. Mar tin, after entering into a detail of the, proceedings, presented his charges, and alledged that they proved the Learned Judge to have been actuated by a per "sonal spirit of enmity against Mr. Martin.—Mr. Martin moved that they be taken into consideration this day fortnight. Lord CASTLEREAGH said that his Honourable Friend (Mr. Martin), if he might so Fall him, seemed to have brought on this Motion under an idea that his own conduct was as much at issue as that of the Learned Judge whom he had accused. He (Lord Castlereagh) was of opinion that the House, in reject ing - the former Motion, had not impeached the vera city of the Honourable Mover, but had decided on the ground, that, even according to the statement of the Honourable Mover, no reasonable groundeap peared for imputing corruption to the Learned Judge g that the only point which that 'easement went prove, was, that the Learned Judge ha 4 decide properly on points of law—a question which tin House could not interfere, except on. seine specific allegation of corruption. He therefore hoped his Honourable Friend would be prevailed on to with draw his Motion. Mi. MARTIN said that it was impossible, on any occasion. for the Noble Lord to apply to him In vain. As to corruption, he certainly could impute none to the Learned Judge, except by the inference that so acute a Judge could not have decided so erroneously except from personal hostility towards him. The Motion was withdrawn. Lord CASTLEREAGH said, that the.charges re mained on the table, and it was necessary that they should be withdrawn, or the House would be com pelled to take some steps respecting them. Mr. MARTIN said, he could not be the person to withdraw his own charges; but he should not object to their being withdrawn, if any other Member chose to make the motion. Mr. BROWNLOW said, that after these charges had been made against the Learned Judge, it was but fair that the defence should be entered into, and if such was the feeling of the House, he should wish to state what were really the circumstances of the case-- ( Cries of " Proceed ! Chair !" ) The SPEAKER said, that it was the privilege of any Member to deliver in at the, table without any previous motion, charges which he had .to present against any public offcer. It was then the custom for him to name the day on which he wished them to be taken into consideration. This motion the Hon. Member had made, and had withdrawn, The charges, however, still remained on the table to be disposed of, and even if withdrawn would remain on the Jour nals, unless the proceedings were ordered to be is punged. The House might take this course if they were withdrawn, or if they were now taken into con sideration, might reject them, and then order the pre. ceedings to be expunged. Sir J. STEWART said he should move, that the charges be rejected, and that the proceedings be ex punged. The charges against the Learned Judge , were, not that he had wrenched the law in favour of the Crown, but that be had thrown its shield before a prisoner who had been proceeded against on the suit of the Crown. Under such circumstances, it would be thought a hard case to bold over a charge of such description as that preferred by the Honour able Member sine die, and especially as four years had elapsed since the act complained of had taken place. In the course of the last four years he would undertake to say, that. the Learned Judge had esta blished a character for legal knowledge and judicial impartiality in Ireland, which nothing could shake or undervalue. For these reasons he should conclude with moving, that the charge be rejected. Mr. MARTIN, in a few words, expressed his con. currence in the Amendment, guarding himself, how. ever, against any misconception as to the truth of his statements, which remained uncontradicted. Mr. CRAWFORD bore testimony to the character of the Learned Judge, whose knowledge and impel , . tial conduct, he said, were generally appreciated. Te question for the rejection of the charge was then put, and carried without a division. INSOLVENT DEBTORS' BILLS Lord ALTHORP moved the second reading of the Insolvent Debtors' Bill. Mr. Alderman WAITHMAN expressed -his full concurrence in the principle of the Bill, which was founded on the Resolutions of the Committee. The Bill, he said, was of great importance, not only to the trading interests of the community but to all classes of the inhabitants of the country. He then entered into a review of the defects with which the Bill intended to be superseded by the present was chargeable, and stated that during four years persons were discharged under its operation for debts amount ing in the whole to four millions, out of which the creditors received only £60,000. After vindicating the Petitioners against the charge of opposing the principle of the measure and objecting to that enact ' ment of the present Bill by which certain free were' to he continued, he concluded with expressing i hope, that the present measure would afford relief to unfortunate debtors, while it gave security to eredi. tors against fraudulent ones. Above all things he trusted it would be found to hold forth an induce ment to persons who were in a state of embarrass. meat, to come to some arrangement with those io whom they were indebted, rather than go into Ow*. Mr. CALCB AFT, as one of the Members of the Committee, expressed his surprise at the course adopted by the worthy Alderman, who had confined his observations to the defects of the former Act, in stead of considering the enacttnents of thergea,sure by whidi iewas to be succeeded , Tile etprthy Al derman' had brought into the }louse the . fame Spirit of erimination by which his conduc t was masked through the whole progress of tkd ,invo.,tigatiop by the Committee, In his rancour against the exist' 'pa Act, he 'seeitied ' to' be blinded to the advantage; :4 that which was 'to come. But the principle of boat „~N Aits ttils Ate 4 0 4,00 3 4 , 4 OR* i),4 4 int,ndea to remedy the' dire Cit 7Jf soine 4f.the ,previous. e.nact ritentn For his own part,ithough he objected to the taking of fees by thlt CoMmissionfts, he thought that the subordinate Officers must be paid either by fees; or by some other means: He.initanced the °Mee of the Chief Clerk, whose whole tinit was occupied in the business of thitourt. His salary was only 4:400 a year, though, with the addition df fees, It amounted to about 4:1200. Btit these were subjects or detail; which would be bat Contidered in the Committer. He also objected to the appointment of three Coin= missioners, instead of One, Which he thought an un necessary etpence. Mr. J. SMITH agreed in the general opiniph as ttl the defects of she present Act; and thottght That the Bill now introduced would be producuve df great benefit to the community: • Mr. WAITI-IMAN repeated his assertion. that hi was always friendly to the principle . of. the Bill. Lord ALTIIORP suggested, that if the Bill *at 'read the second time that night, it might also be committed, prdfurma, for the purpose of filli ng up t h e blanks, the Report might then be printed with a vievr to its being taken into further consideration on Tues day.--The Bill was then read a second time, and committed, pro . firmai and the Report was ordered to be takeeinto further consideration on Tuesday nexu CASH PAYM FM'S. _ _ . Mr. PEEL moved the second reading a thE igili founded on the Report of the ComtnitteE for the Re sumption of Cash Payments by the Bank. Mr, ELLISlave, notice, that h)s i should foo*.lit l ei the Comniitfee eh - Amendment to this elfe f t, Ilse Bank shotild from the iiionilY CeoCttilier, i , y , their notes in gold, at the rate Of 'a 17i . 1 or , • - in the current coin of the Realm. Mr. GRENFELL• observed, that is dog signed by the Noble Lord (Clstlerevii). tp.a font*. discussion, accounting for the setection'of tIU fit of February by the Committee', in, preference to the Ist of March, April, or May;fbr the Restimption of Cash Payments by the Bank, had given rise to different statements, it was of importance that the Publid should be set tight in this id petit. He therefore hoped • the Noble - Lord would have no ohjitctioh to repeat his statement. Lord CASTLEREAGH expressed thiptlie that his statement should hive been niiitstiderstood: Whitt he had said was, that the Committee hid recom , mended the Ist of 'February, in * preference td the other periods, least the Public should be led.to sup- pose that any 'further 'extension of the red:Hail's' measure was contemplated by Parliament; It' was sufficient to destroy any illusion of this kind, re flect, that as Parliament met in the month•of nuary, there would not be sufficient tima to revive the Act, except it was done with such precipitation as could only be justified by circumstances rather of speculative than of probable difficulty. Mr. GRENFELL thanked the Noble Lord for his explanation, which be thought it of great importance that the public should understand. The Bill ivas then rend a second time and order 4 to be committed to=morrow. .Sir J. NEWPORT gave notice of a motiob tbadbellßlf (this day), with regard to the additional fume received by did 'lrish Post-office since the establishment of Packet,' between .Howth and Holyhead, and between Dunmore and Waserfwllv The Sunderland Navigation Bill was read a third time ,and passed: Tor Parliiideevs' Evedeete Terwal teas a seethill nint;'artti ordered to be committed on Monday next. . ••••. Mr. LUSHINGTON presented Accounts of the great us null Amount of Stamps, and the number of Licensed Stab in Scotland.—Laid on the table: T Mr. BANKS conceiving that no public busineill *oa r! transacted to-merrow and probably the day after, rnegved - tbat the Ballot which stood for Thursday, be postponed tab/Ali** day, which was agreed to. The Church Benefice Bill went through a 41,47014 Report was received, and the Bill ohlefid to li 0 b time to-morrow. Mr. HUAIE presented Petitions from Imietp7 mid Abeic deep against the Bill for regulating Scotch Bargapr—affisfOli - • to the Conatnittee. The other Orders of the Day being diariitd of,' thr NOW adjourned about One o'Clock. PARLTAbIENTAPLY PAPtR. • RECEIVERS-GENERA I.: The Receivers-General of the Land and Assessed Tato% il6 are paid by a poundage of two-pence in the Pound upon the Land Tax, and of the penny hilfpenhy on the. Assessed Taxes: In addition to the usual rates of pbundage upon the Land sind Assessed Taxes, the Receive ts-General of the several Counties la Wales, and also of the Counties of Monmouth, Clantherhadsied Westmorland, receive a fortber allowance at the rate .of three petite in the pound under the head of . Coirdect Monet„whir.n allowances were directed to be granted to them on accebint of the great expense of travelling, and the small anaountof 'their** cetpts. Mr. Everett, the ileceiver-General of the Assessed Taxes for part of the County of Middleset, in coasideratioo of the large amount of his receipt, does not receive any poundage, but is allowed the sum of £777. 14s. 10d. for the annual ex penses attending the eteeaeion of his office; and the Receiver. General for Scotland receives a fixed salary of £2 ; 000 per &sleuth in lieu of poundage, with an annual 'allowance for the salaries of Deputies anal Clerks, and for the incidental expenses and' cen iingent clrargela nttending the execution of his office, by both of which regulations considerable savings haveaccrtted to the Public. Previous to the close of each Quarter the whole of the Ba lances in the bands of the Receivers-Gesiaral are reduced to a certain limited sum, in no case exceeding £6,500 (extept under special circumstances, such as are stated in the Account). Thi's Balance the Receivers-General have usually been allowed to fez min, to enable them to answer any demands which may be made upon thefts for the Public Service, pieviotts to the commences meat of their receipt for the subsequent Quarter; but it is cond.: dered that some emolument may probably arise tb the Receiveni General from the use of a patt of this Balance, although sire have no information as to the amount. The moniesarisingfeom Lan& and Assessed Tales forming part of the Consolidated Fund, not being available to the Public Service till the close of the Wart( rs the Receivers-General are therefore required ily,the Acts of Par liament to-pay the monies arising from the said Du4ttes into the :Rachi4Plefs previous to the close of the inserter i* which the same have been received. It is presumed that some advantage may be derived eithei to the Itecekver-General, of to the Bankers or Other perscas etnplated as his Deptities or Agents, from the ose of the money between tile tithe of receipt and the period when the payment, ate made into the Exchequer, previous to the termination of the. Quarter ; net there are nb means of forming an estimate & the amount, which lutist of course vat t h. lIIC.ki e v e ry other inel hand, the Receivers.fifneCal lie subject to wry' ainsidefable disbursements for the paythents to their Deputies and Clerks, travelling, and other Incidental charge% u l a go i ng through - their several Countiesand Districts, upon their receipt% the Ramps, fees, and expenses upon their Commissions and Bonds, and the fees and expenses attending the auditing and passing of their Accounts. • Receivers- General are authorised, by t h e Aft of 41td Gee. 111. cap. 99, see. 48, to appoint a Depety or Deputies, giving notice thereof to the Commissioners of the Districts, and by that and subsequent Clauses of the same Act, and by subsequent Acts, the Deputiveare authorized to remit* and give their receipts for Taxg% under the responsibility of their respective Principal% ad d o o th e r acts necessary in azcountilig fot the sane, except that the Receiver-General its person it sequined by the practice of the. Court of Exchequer to depose tb the truth of their Ac counts yearly on the final p.is.iuk; thereof. ~k I I . '1 . , 1 's . i f .. I I . i V I . t I 1 I ; 11 I'. ; I t: Ilk ) . 1 I, l' I ' 11 i 0 111 V (.' I . 1 4 i ' t il 1 . 1 1 1i I 1 i .1 1 ilk , \ .iii