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2 9/- IAIPERIeIL PARLIAMENT ROUSE OF PEERS, , , MONDAY, MARCH 29. C ounsel were finally hea r d on t h e A ppea l , Wilson v. Hen, dersoe and M e l v i l l e ; after which, their Lordships, on, the. 'Motion of L or d T it u e LoW, were pleased to rever se the De cree ot the Scotch Court. The Bills upon the Table were forwarded in their respec , tiee stages. . . • • ng to the per. c ne Earl of SUFFOLK, a ft er shortly lettion of the Definitive Treaty, said, that notwithstanding i lli, t e happy event, there would be still some aching hearts et : he alluded chiefly to those unfortueat v e i . ee m s, en w w_ i to w h e a r d e lost their limbs in the Sea and Land . Ser teherebe deprived of the means of earning their bread : •the . '44nPensation to the greater part of these was only a twelve l'°".°lllhs PaY, which was obviously inadequate to b t i h e e a ir , s b u u pe r • He would then say no mere Wm- the sn ThateleritPtheda Ministers would turn their attention . toet ; c0m1... peac to those men. ' we w , re principally indebted for the sueereifiwgsenow enjoy, and adopt some means to alleviate their '''d PELH AM then moved the Order of the Day . e fb to r 2al ''A le' c onseie ra i t s i o M i, aj w . es h t , y e e h s b le!e in s g sa r g e e ad re , la h t i i s ve Lo te' rde t h il i e pro irll , very aree. . • i n point of ,statement, , • / or d_ epeecile ,eientative, and, se lu La M a i t n li o 'n' u a s hip. >r•le4cribeil the nature of s t t h r e ii s t u ed bie lin ct it t s o o t t i. t e h l is r n .. ig4t 4 1-: s— le regret that our very re .Izki c.u tie us from drawing but an a .m v a e r r erl y . l a tn d t in ou te t r l e in st e in o g t ro h e i . s ii , ... , Speech, or of minutely ' stated the exceedings in Bch , at ensued. --He p at - , Class, in te e e t + c edar e f Civil List Revenues e;l., , , .otrin r h ent , years; ie E a s n tim i n n are crease took place since the year i7citlilaxiveicri t was tormed, and elieDebts : incurred l in different . branches of service o . I t h lZ t te ' s h , ";L b o ee rd n ship argued, were under the circumstances f_ periods, either necessary or uravoidable, and j o no l'eclvF i e ., sense imputarde to t hiTt-,a4'nion,i.stration ei those who had the direction i of L tho d se hi t thou ; the Public Service. Upon the who . le, us or - e re,,,„ : „ get there could . be but one opinion in that • Hou r se .„ L e e - , i`f.eiehe propriety of its concurring in -measures to embarrassments with re. 'Peet is ivi'aetY from. his presentinh present instance, iti an t.c, his C.ivil List, and, to join t) disposition,te- and-subsequent ') to 'i c deleess expressive of -eat f. ote t h e i e .. eutee a eee nsont . to any reasonable plan or paying to t ii‘ e ` ri e in question: rally see,Orioved an Audress . to His Majesty, which, gene- . 11 ' 1 3 st—;:`lg, was couched in the usual way, thanking His zunte e nte 3 ' i i "r his gracious comniunication,a e nd_ c e t x t. p — re u ss n ive tj ol ques ti o , 4 L s • 4n ct a. disposition to the above ff -1 heist nut, Zol Fir r , . r y expieesed his d's e '' L ' 47 1,L1:13f rose and very t ofd i b —P P rQ baton t' the Address. He thoug h tshetl inquire came , into, , t isi te ., ,e q inf urrnehemselves upon aw subjed. • I • he pre toale,',°' the Regulation Ac, o . t . 1782, he observed were in e ea, J kelances not complied with' inquiry he thoUght. -,;_i4itcliccFss„r„ • -L.A9 I etion-Of previous to their takm . g A , a n n any S i g : e u p s proposed towanl s the an Debt. His Lordship i airnendrnent t dicer, that that part of the Address . ter th 'to the . ~ be om i tte d, and to insert aiilsl - ii:islndily.. tha t their Lordships ,would ii - t I P ediair '0 His Majesty, ' into the circumstances !h.! 4ed dint proceed to examin . e . 1 . to the exceedings, debts, &c. of His Majesty's - Civil este , Lev. th at le OBAR T opposed ult ., / on the part the . Amendment, on the ground effhtio necessity existed for Waller Inn the Accounts which were one. te„„at House, after perusing e His Majesty, and from elei!ueated from time ter time eey t.h, as well as from the able statement of his Noble kt e nd who opened the Debate, their Lordships were ap thel, ofthe reasons for the accumulation ins the Debts in stiii',`,loll.; there was no instance of such a an quibeing in eie ci - seu in that House. However, if V for the original the s.t s . went to preclude them from any further discussion of 'hay t i,. l ea, previous to the lieetudati n of the Debts, he but o that not being the cas e irn4elf hesitate as to his Vote, rinse and deeming it only respectful to His Majesty to ex torlee'; the first instance their readiness to concur in any rea- N ets '. Plan which may be devised to remove the embarrass tie . complained of he should certainly support the Mo il tor the A ddress ' Lord ingenious Speech, tfetPiel nee the :jai t ilt , I 1 I. \ in a very neat and ei'ldment ; lie ohserv , ed, that no , precedent . lateieeeprposed inquiry might exist, c. l, t, ec a a s m th e e ri L le ro n v i v o n re ‘ 4 ea e_ s te ~/rv"lu than once in Debt, tit ev l w.lie thought the llouse, in consistently could not agree inquiry with its duty, to thenorigh ;he respett due to His Majesty,dt*Y nt ai -n :''' A- ddress • The Amendmentwas only eie etl. .e, aneetioe to' inquire ; e en i ded, that the ciattion before t h e H ouse , an d ail i n ci t h h e e s c i o la ri p t t then stood, Iv a:: n . Il e Cio-utri,l.ici\ht for the due illustration .o - f ,t; t l w le - h ou ot b l i t ep oi r t e t teiti i l e e"t alinisters should relieve those Ler c _ n °A tt 1111 trum t healternative of sacr, „,,,, i e oe , e. , . C. LI . .. h t may be construed !heir' duty iuto leis 'esp;:et to'"'nl, and doing Ne a liewe the tions than the Illustrious Famity on the • Throne : nothing, .tettervet' en uld be more distant from his inten 1 lefs t - ,?, n ct ,10 rnanzeuid be more guiitless than _ 1 wa s of the pi t 1 ei ` ..e4 ot diminishing that ,selcild°nr* the Crown should Ilteraes` '',l powerful Country like this, . Nvhich e , in . a large, ' et as 1-y be Posses . s td of ; —the information before the House 4 , ra i ._.nn leeens s ufficient.—His Lordship then entered into *iio Ac of calculations, and reterred to several parts of eee4ieLcouets melon the House, in order to sh that the ex ithe "g arose front those causes, and the debts were of we th r a e r n nii o; t e r , es cailed at least for a e reirtieutar inquiry. They . liie jl e 'le of tl9t kind, which ' should . naturally arisefrom___the of the War, e s et yuc e .01 provisions, or even tee: existence , _cleats— tqi;greAtest excess by tar was in the occasional Va L _ rving. of N t t, "e. Point, lie thought the late inistcrs n ae en ' e ts of the . ~',l).raise, namely in regard of their arratiFt.. List. In olitece'N:rvice Nlollel, With reSpea 20 the Civel . letter Pri " - s, he th ni . glit that not only the seelnr, the I", l , l Mr.b , tiet the 'Bu r's Bill was transgressed. In ceec m itia u m ,e g ie , sueee°ue .Lord said, that his views of the l ques d ne eoderate Are et ,: t to 'educe liim to vote for the respettfu_ and n to T he .6.,nr Moved b,v his Noble Friend. ended t ` irl V . IifOIRA observed, that if the p resent Vote ~, e; ° g i ' v e a definitive sanaion to what Ministers may Vett 'lcr to ee> ese he vie rather join in the rethought I,c shoal"` s oef i • • - P - 't hi- wot the •case. • —c , l e ° call ed afte rw ' a v r ' cl a s 4 be n° at liberty to make such remarks, and -111 divci, )r • '''llell docuinents as he may then deem necessa w ry as . clee c,'-esstrig the Question in its present shape, there 4Thlt:•reUrilstanee Which he ,felt himself called uponaltnoeeyb tee.3l;4lld which could not be too publicly known, i n_ _ _l x. , Perieeslll Proportion winch the Personal arid House toleleh. the ~iil . I_ 9 , t lite Majesty bore to the general amount. of , "11 -.t. T he public interest required such a pronnile,a airts j;fin:hese infamous publications which were directed e ver eet a - lest form of Government that human wisdom Are „e:lis'ed' the constant instance of . fallacytor his own e?,teetis.,a_,leing as rec,eiving, a elplem ayear was to re 411d ene e ent• Ihe Noble Earl then, with great eloquence etiieeo 'ereoti, touched upon the prominent . parts of the N'tati,eiel',"n4 dernunstrated the decided superiornyo h l . the 11 , 10- s „ , al . form or Government es regulatet.l by British N eik,' tn tton, to every other in existence. His Lordship t lik .. e r - Rees'ewelt Upon the onsideration, that, under all tiro, el e 0f t , eances in which they were placed, the younger branches tg Royal Family were inadequately provided for. 4 tc::d. FEL/id:II spoke in explanation, and observed that 4t_ ,:errence in the Address would not go to prectude_sub zu ot consideration of the subje6t ; but he thought there itsta4rnMY sufficient to induce their Lordships in the preseet re te Ze to are their disposition to concur in measures tor Ing the einbarrassments of the Civil List. te e z 1 •,tar the E a r to CARN4RPONspoke at sonic length in favour te E.,e,_.t.vezidinent ; and in several peints of view, in which , tel,_(eibitte rticular perte of the Accounts, warmly ton e tk:"' thel. necessity of further - inquiry_ on the part of. .11e,itrItteordships, who eta there as Repreeeatattves ofthe Pub-i . t ..,_ ,e, t s' well as CIO otiv n . ekeeuulllozeee and .the Earl of Ce.ezeaavort severally zs., _ e . x 1. !anati on . '-, • • P4e f 4 ,''..' 9". Lk-E5T:44012 Z.,4 ND argued very ably in , sup. I'l,)ttiele 3°.-241'es:,erid. ie,ilered into a detaiied exposition o d f 13 cti b t,"!. 1 _ , i O JeC ...1 Co,Ler .e shew thet else Exceedings an ' 7 " v : A " -44 w *4 frOal Ntqlitaty CWitiei, I,4ll 6V9Wath s tar.. . . . . //•/, ''*iit'ill• .. 4 , . . „ ''. • * i. *R.I-6. i •.:*',,,,, .A.-T .. _ ......._ i, .., ,19 ,/ " \ x • TUESDAY, MARCH 30, 1802 cumstances, and not from the fmtirovidence or Mal-admi nistration of those who had the direction of those Branches of the Public Service. Lord PELHAM spoke a second time in explanation, in the course of which, he took occasion to explain the nature of the'Fee Fund, from -which the Officers in the Secretary of State's Office were paid their salaries—the juniors prefera bly, and last of all, the Secretary of State himself. ThiS his Lordship was induced to do, in consequence of what fell from the Earl of Carnarvon, in the course of his observations upon particular parts of t lie. Accounts. The Question was then called for, upon which a Division took place, and there appeared, Contents (for the Address), - 6o Non-Contents, - -4 Majority, 56 • The Lords with White Staves, were then ordered to learn His .Majesty's pleasure, in respett 01. being waited on with the Address, Adjourned at Half past Seven, till Tomorrow. HOUSE OF COMMON'S, MONDAY, MARCH 29. Loan Rostar SPENCER took the Oaths and his Seat for Tavistock. A Petition was presented from Norwich, praying for the Repeal of the Income Tax, which was ordered to lie on the Table. Mr. N. V ANSITTART moved for an Account of the Pro duce of the 4b per Cent. Duty, from the sth offan. 1785, to the sth j_an. trot. Ordered. • • Mr. N. VANSITTART , shortly after presented the Ac count, wich was ordered to lie on the Table. The House resolved itself into a Committee relative to the Port of London, in which certain Resolutions were agreed to, for the Grint Of 50,0001. out of the Consolidated Fund, towards the Improvement of the Port, of London, to be re paid out of the Produce of the Sale of certain Lands. Re port to-morrow. Mr. At. txANDLit brought up the` Report of the Coinmittee of Supply, relative to the Miscellaneous Services of Ireland, Which was read, aid after a la observations from Mr. Roy so*, Mr. WIcKHAM Mr. ALLXANDEX, and Lord Da WaS agreed to. . . Lord 13stea As/ E moved to postpone the second reading of the Eledion 'Treating till till Thursday.--Ordered. Me. M. T,JYLOR gave notice, that he should imme diately after the recess'olier to the some resolutions relative te Mr. Gar,Nvi.i.LE's Bill. It was not his intention to trench iN any .manner upon the operation of that Bill, but his objed was to expedite the hearing of Petitions under the Bill • The C lIANC EL Lag of the EXC ITEQUE R said, .he should on Monday next submit, in a Committee of the whole House, certain Ways and Means. for raising the Supplies for the current Service of the year,, which he had been obliged to defer for some time past, under the circumstances of this Country, which rendered it impossible that Ministers should know what the Expenditure of the year would bc— or to know what the exact Provision should b.r. of a Peace EstablishMent. He should on Molay nexk bring this matter forward, in which he shon:d have to submit the Conttad for the Loan, and the Taxes by which the whole was intended to be defrayed : and while he was up, thus giving notice upon this subjed, he thought it might nut be improper in him to add, it was now his intention to propose theße peal, of the Tax on Income. The sentiments he had alreadyexpressedin thatHouseon the wisdom of this measure, and of its importance to support the War, rendered it utinecessary for bins to add any thing in that particular; it was Peace alone, that,. in his view of policy, ,could justify the Repeal, and this would accOot,, he hoped, satisfadorily, to the House for the reserve, he had studiously observed upon this occasion. Having said this by way of ex planation -upon two points, which were interesting to the.HouSe; he should propose going on,with the Business in the course it stood in ; and, therefore, he-should move the Older of the Day on the subjed of the Civil List. The. Order being read, Mr. ADDINGTON said, he presumed, that Gen,. tlemen who wished to take part in the discussion of this subjel, would prefer it in the Committee of .the whole House, to which His Majesty's Gracious .Message had already been referred. He should now move, " That the Report bf the Committee on the Civil List Accounts, together with the Accounts themselves, be referred to such Committee :P— -which was ordered. He then moved, " That the SPEAKER do now leave the Chair." Sir F. BURDETT took occasion to. observe, that now the Treaty of Peace was signed, . there was no reason for any further delay of the Motion of which lie had for some time given notice. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER asked what the Motion Was ? Sir F.•BURDETT said it was a Motion for an Inquiry into the conduct of His Majesty's, late Mi nisters. more particular kind than had ever been laid before Parliament on the subjeCt of the Civil List, arid by which the House of Commons were enabled to come to particular and distind resolutions upon this important subject; in which an appeal was made not to their generosity, though that, he apprehended would neither be in vain, nor contrary to the wishes of the people, but to their justice. He had the sa - tisfadion to say, there was now recorded on the. Journals of Parliament, a plain, dear, distind, and satisfactory Statement of what really are the charge and expenditure of His Majesty's Civil List, and which, he hoped, would afford a, corn_ pleat answer to a variety of comments made, some of which were the result of ignorance; others partook rather more of the spirit of disaffediod on the subject of the Civil List, by which it would ap,_ pear how ill-founded the supposition was, that His Majesty's Income, proceeding out of it to himself was enormous; the contrary was the fat, and he trusted, that all assertions to that effeil would now be set at rest for ever. Not that this observation was applicable to any Member of that House, for no suchperson'woutd ever, at any time, have given way to any such , ill-founded assertions ; but the ob servation•-was applicable to others of less informa. Lion, who, from the publication of these documents, stated in the Report of the Committee on the Affairs of the Civil List, might have an opportunity of looking into their opinions upon this subject, im -posed upon as they had been, and to correct their errors. He trusted it would be, no' longer stated any where, that His Majesty, now upon the ThrOne, enjoys any advantages, with resped to Income and Revenue, beyond What was really enjoyed by any of his illustrious - Predecessors. It Was a proposition which lie undertook to establish that His Majesty, . now upon the Throne, did not, in point of Income or Revenue, enjoy any more than any one of his illustrious predecessors enjoyed. He wished id call the attention of the Committee most parti cularly to this subjed, and for that^ purpose it might not be altogether improper to recall to tha, mind's of the Committee, 'the enormous re. soirees of wealth and opulence of the Kings of .Country in former times, and some of those :iot very :ancient times ; at a periOd to which some persons would be - pleased to refer, by way of contrast to the, resent day, both in public policy of Government, and public wealth. By this mode of judging, 'the Co4unittee would hitv'e at' once a-view of the moderation of His Majesty's Civil - , List lteventie.• The sources as well as size of the 'Revenues of our Kings in antient days, afforded Them the means,' not only of filling - their coffers,. but of carrying tin measures of great pressure on the People, whether they were willing ta bear them or 'not. In the times to which he alluded, the King had the disposal of the whole of the Revenue 'of the Country, except at some times of public exigency, when, -on account of sudden, or increased demand upon the State, it became necessary 'for the' Mo.' narch to resort to the House of Commons. It was.' On such occasions, and on such only, that the Com mons had the privilege (a valuable and important privilege even then, but of the exercise of which there were such few • opportunities, but 'which pri. vilege is now perfea) of restraint on the condtid of the Executive Government, and which now was adequate to all the purposes that were necessary for the check of abuses on Executive Government.' His Majesty on the Throne had the ' power of applying any part of the Public Revenue of the Country to his own particular 'purpose or personal use; and which use was frequently offensive to the feelings, as well'as injurious to the interests of the people. It was needless to enumerate the heads under which this misuse was made ,of the Public. Purse. A few would be sufficient, by way of'hint to recoiled others, Favouritism; Prodigality, arid Corruptiono--This was long felt as the subject Of complaint to the people of this Country, but there were only a few opportunities afforded for the 'House of Commons to express .them. Only when they were called 'upon to 'grant 'aids to the Crown, which, for the reason he had already men tioned, were not often wanted. It was at the - com, mencement of the Reign of Charles the Second, that the system began to take plaCe which gave a check, or means of controul to the House of Com mons, and through their-medium, the People, over the abuses of Executive Government,. which were often intolerable, under the heads of Tonnage, • • Pre-emption, Sec. arid a' price was set upon the de liverance of the Public from these imposts, and the Revenue - of the King 'of England was settled on its -present foundatiOn. Here he - recapitulated the iterns . that were most grievous to - the Public, and the means by which they were got rid of, observing, that he took a view of these things -incidentally, for , the purpose of doing away the - misconeep- • tion which some persons had laboured under as to the nature of the Civil List Revenue, its hiStory, and the 'purposes to which - it was now applicable, of which a word or two presently. The Revenue of the Crown in the Reign of King James the' Se cond, was two millions. per •annum, At the commencement of the. reign - of King William 111. a question was put, Whether His Majesty jure Corolla', was entitled or not, to these Revenues which formerly of right belonged to the King of England ? This was a question which the People were very desirous at that time of having: settled : but the 'Commons abstained from Coming to a deei sion on that question. Bat happily for the People of Engiwndy a large portion of the Revenue enjoyed by the Kings, of England before the Revolution, .vVere commuted ; and came into another channel,- and it found' its way into the hands of the Subiecte at which time; the Parliament having- refused to de. .termirte whether those dties formerly, enjoyed by our Kings, ,belonged to,. Xing William in right CIVIL LIST. The Ouestion was then put on Mr. ADDING. TON'S Motion for the House to resolve itself into a Committee of the whole House on the subject of the Civil . List, &c. and the Sr EAK ex left the Chair. The CIIANCELLOR of. the EXCHEQUER said, before he proceeded to enter into the particu. bra of the Report of the CoMmittee. on the Civil List Accounts, or to the Documents upon the Table, he should beg leave to .athrert to His Ma., jesty's mo s t grac i ous M essage , u p on w hi c h i t was his intention to propose a Resolution which he trusted the. Committee would be inclined to re. ceive, without resting, as lie certainly should not, on- the mere feelings, honourable and full of affec tion and attachment as he was confident they were, for those to whom the leading parts of the Ac counts referred ; but he should proceed to refer to the different heads of Expenditure contained in the Report; in which there was that which might he an appeal to the generosity of the Committee. There was in it an irresistible ap peal to its justice. There Was in,it also matter for regret, and not a little for astonishment; upon which he trusted the Committee would indulge him with leave co make a few observations. He must then be permitted to say, that the Comthittee was in a state to consider the b us i ne s s b e f o r e i t most :perfe6tly, for there were now on the. Table of the Haase, Payers. and Documents, anti kriforinatiori of 4' r1. , ,~~ [PRICE SIXPENCE; I of the Crown when he took it; established a Civil List, an annual sum for the expeitce attending the Civil Establishment of His Majesty, and it was upon this principle the Establishment of the Crown had been supported ever since ; and he had the plea:: sure to acquiesce in opinion with the Hota Gentleman opposite to him (Mr, Fox), that the Civil List ought not to 1w the subjetl of Annual Vote in Parliament, but a 'permenent sum.yoted during the life of the reigning Prince ; but it must be admitted, that such a principle could not be rigorously applied; it must be aulijed to mutation, from the various circuu stances which time produced, noc merely for the purpose of 'Supporting the splendour of the Crown, a point, however, by no means indifferent to the Public, not unconnefted with its interests. It must,, from the nature of the think, be oh6ous to the Committee, that circumstances might - vary the valud .of a sum granted for the support of the Civil List annually; The value of money - was-never a long while stationary, it increased or diminished in pro. portion as a country advanced or declined .in cir. cumstances. In proportion as the price of thing: became higher, :the.value Of - money of`tonrse di minished ; and this was the case as a tonntry ad. . vaneed in its general wealth ;- and upon this idea an augmentation of the Civil List had taken place at different Times. In 1697 it was that the Civil List Establishment was permanently settled, and the sum was then 680,0001., which was afterwards augmented to near 900,0001.—Th the reign of George the Civil List Establishment was Seo,oool. during which reign applications were made to Parliament for considerable grants for the relief of the Civil List, and which grants 'were made;- but what. was most • important now, as well as coming nearer to our own. time, w a s, that which was . voted on the ACcession of. Geo. - the 11. It then, was made 800,0001. awing which reign there were two instances of votes in aid Of the,Civil List to make good its deficiencies: When his present Majesty came to the Throne, many and various opinions were entert.di;ed upon the grounds he had already stated, whether he Re. venues of Kirtg Charles lli. Were not hereditary in the Crown of England. . All these Revenues, as far as they • were enjoyed by his late Majesty, would have been readily granted to his present Majesty, if it had been the.disposition of his royal breast to take it, for no doubt there was a readiness of disposition to grant, on, the part of Parliament, as much to the present .Monarch as had been enjoyed by his Muse trious Predecessor ; not' could there be-any reason to the contrary : but the Civil Lisl. was now other wise settled than byappropriating to its aid any of these hereditary Revenues. Here-Mr. A D.O tac--roa Went over, succinttly, the leading parts of the history of the Civil List during the reign of Geo. the Secondl and readthe Message from the to the liotalt of Commons, which- was , called by Sir- We Blacka stone the Bounty of the Crown. In consequence of this, . Parlianient granted- Soo,oool. subject wise life annuity to the Princess Dowager of Wales,. the Princess Amelia., and the then. Duke of Cumberlande by which his : then Majesty had left an income of mate than 750,0001. After Hispresent Majesty came to the Throne, it was clear that a very long period could not elapse before. His Majesty must have had occasion to appeal ; to the liberality and justice Of Parliament,. which appeal took place in about nine yeais. It was in the year 1769 that an .application was made to . that House, and the sure of 51.3,0001 a was voted• in aid of the Civil List, to pay off' arrears. In 1773 tcb,oool. - were voted for the same purpose. In 1776 'the growing incumbrances ' of His Majesty became great, and another ap. plication to Parliament became necessary, and 618,3401. were granted to relieve His Majesty - from the- difficulties and pressure upon the Civil List. In- 1784, 63,b001. - ; .r 786,. 2-lo,ooola The whole amount of these aids to the Civil List, up to this titne, Was t e eot a Sstl. The Grant to His present Majesty, since his accession, hid not, the ad. vantage of his predeceasoeseeeaainely, -that of having the power of .appyling any. ekcess which certain' - Revenues might produce beyond the goci„000l..--:-- whereas, his present Majesty ,had no means what.. ever beyond that sthrie Nor could the Revenues Of His Majesty's' Predecessors be less 'than 800,oceSle although part of .it depended upon : the .produee ; Of certain Duties ; because Parliament engaged to make up that surn, whatever the deficiency of the produce might,:be. Now, he would ask, Whether, in the opinion of the Committee ; the sums granted to His Majesty, at.different periods, from his accession up to the - year 1786, considering the eircurristances'of His Majesty's Family, the progressive increase in . the price of all the articles of life,: and above considering the tapid,increase of the wealth of the . Nation, from the 'Accession to the year i 786, Was such as to 'requite 1,900,b001. as it appeared it did .by. the Votes 'of 'Parliament ? Whether, by these Votes, his present Majesty's Revenue was thereby made more than equal to those of his Predecessors, as most -assuredly was . 'Certainly not equal to his three predeecessors upon • the Throne--That. he averred. Then ht would ask a • whether there ought to be en ai i d, grant.' ed for the deficiency which heel attended the Civil the lash period it was aided,- to the pre. sent moment ? A• moment when:His Majesty was under the 'necessity of recurring to the liberality and the justice of Parliament: His - Majesty had thus applied, and the course which was taken- for that purpose, he hoped would: be looked upon with satisfattion a if not regarded with gratitude f for -it was a proof of an earnest desire, on the part of .His Majesty,. to put the House in cotrpleat information upcn.the statement of-all the circumstances of the Civil List, irpon which there was no room for doubt or cavil ; nor waa there the least ednecalment of any •one circumstance belonging to' the subjea.— House.havin4 Tc.veivcd the gracious Message I I 3 , - - , 1 t H,LAT:', I ' '',.-4*.•...1,..-- •-•,,, 4:."74.%1,....' .1„ - I .__ ~,. :t,...4C, , --,. .t.,,--- --,,-:,;-, ~, ~ ,I._ 1.... 4, "e s': ~ - .. ik-.11.• • -. : v- :. ;.. ,--- --- 7 4 \,. 1 ca. - '''''' - '-i .-- -' ': '" •-• ;,>:: 1_.1 - - :,-; ..1 p , , r ook \ , ~.. ; l•-,- . ~..4 11...;:or 4 '',‘ • , '': . ,„, ,i,.: -,; a• 4.---;,,,,..........„..-.;),,,,-, I i