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F COMMITTEE ON CIVIL List a:. 1 - 1 3 C I IrI ACT FROM THE. RF.PORT OF THE COMMIT TEE ON THE CIVIL LIST ACCOUNTS. THE COmmittee appointed to take into considers_ tion the several Accounts presented on the 16th of February last by the CHANCELLOR of the EXCHE QUER, by HI, MAJESTY'S Command, relating to Hl5 MAJESTY'S Civil List, have proceeded in the examination of the matters referred to them, and have agreed upon the following Report : " Your Committee have commenced their in quiry by a reference'. to an AC} passed in the zzd Year of His present Majesty's Reign, for regulating the mode of payments out of the Civil List Reve nues, and which was laid before this House on the 6th ofjuly, 1786. " The Accounts of the Charge of His Majesty's Civil Government from that year to the present, arranged ac cor di ng to that form, have been at diffe tent period s su b m i tte d to the consideration of Par- Lament, and are now before your Committee, who propose to combine them through the whole period, and compare them ,respeaively with their corres ponding Estimates, in order House the - particulars ito explain to the n whi c h t h e E xcess o f per in whi c h the 'Charge h as occurred, and conse q u ent l y the man debt h accuinulated n the Several y ears to which the as i accounts relate. Their Report will 'therefore follow those heads of division, in each of which will be found such observations as seem to your C omm i ttee necessary to the elucida tion of the Account under consideration; and the tesult of the whole, compared with the resources applicable during the whole period to the discharge t 5 f those demands, will then be submitted to the House." . , • I'CLASS 1 . --Pensions and Allowances of the ROYAL A lyttLy : Thi s account exhibits the amount of lrge .in each year, compared with the estimate of tT x 7 B6 ; that estimate appears to have been formed on the existing state - of he ya Fat hicr"time;. -a nd - Consequently •an t exces ß s o or l diminution Numbenee - must . be., expeEted, according to the r, 4 "Royal - P ersons to - whom such Pensions and Alloi:va.nces:as' suited their rank became neces b Y, waS'eithet diMinished by death,- or by their J;ng 44} ‘ i st!mv.ided for by Parliament, or in tf..ased,,by th e ir I .eoruing of age, or into a situation `! 4t . 'ecluLteot coming additional allowance. the . : .. ~ k year: tn - t h e y A 3 E t s, . ' c ' e'ives now, as in 5786, 60,0001. a t - In o t A rtks lead : l i it n N e i t tB ii , n O g ool. The total difference . all the Branches of the t h .L FANtiLY, is only 45,18.31. 9s, told. above r a ,, t " ryas 10.1786. •-t. A ss L•""4.-Zhe Salaties of the Chancell or ' th e . 1 nearlyr-'ker" Judges - of England and W a le s , are the same as in 5786. CL • t l / 4011 , - A, s i 3&•:AThe Salaries of Ministers to Foreign th re'tlL'4vb been'subjea to much variation ; and if tkPi t h - .las been some interruption in our relations tvt,several foreign, Couits in consequence of the tfc6 a , 4 : th' e, carne . cause has also bri . the oth er hand IC 3 " o 3 .`Oried larger and nibie expensive-establishinents _ Th me ether Countries in ami t y with Hi;Majesty. b. e, g t tatest increase appears in t h e following Em .stes i , ZC°llsistntinnple), r 7 t 6, t t ogc adz, ,C • 1214 • tuiessnniaa), - . 4._ 1122: : : : 5 6 65 7 4 ifreertini 2. • - - .., 302 b - ... , • ••• 53 t 8 sdeni 4 2,2:5 - :. - 30 0 rile Excess of Establishments in America only in tilt a rdlitse of the last sixteen years amounts to rid less -`l-41IM thart •t • 6 19, 1 4.3.: t 3s. 4d, j'attittilars of S 4 ea o f Civil List; . ums a vane out 0 t l e which , are ,to be re piked : . to thepeir ending rit) : ; it d. ‘.s • d . tan. Si 1 794, to the Prineeot , vaiel I . s. B 0 , ..4-_,:_ Diike of York' : $5 l ; o 1'764 I I 9 ---- Onke of 'York ' 74 - I 26,307 9 0 , . 1 796, ---- Duke of York 4-4 - ci 6 moo .0 0 --..-• DukcotC:arortcf.i'scd° o 0 '7' /70, ---- Duke of Ybrk -6,0c2,r 5 6 ? 9 8^ 6 ---- Dulteof Clarence t Br 6 4 ° ) • ' j 7 9 1 799, --- Major-C;eri Gar4i'er - 29 C 3z 5 0 M, —_-. Duke of York I'l -12,64 i 5 0 tBo2 * "--,--4 DUke of Clarence - 4. ' g ' °°° ° 0 . - - „,. An ,e.94, 0 g4 6 6 Acentint o r t h e D e Majesty's Ci v il 'whalet on die tb 115 t s th )t of R of January , t toi, amounting in the ,14416 t 3s; foiioVving are tilorig the. Principal Items 'he Queen • ' •• i. . Prince of . ' • ''' • . £. ,14° ° ° J. , 0 0 Support,of the•Princtis Chartotie ' ' '3. ' ° '• 071 ~, 21,907 Duke of Volt. 3,000 0 0 Puke of Clarence -- s '.: 625 ,0 ° uke of Cambridge 4. -..,,,, 0 2,,,,0 Putchess of Ciiinberland '. - ' _ /,. 0 6 0 ° Ness incurred by His flia.iesty oa.ziceount of . ~,,:the get Branches of his Family - 26,634 t 7 4 4,,1_1e Lord Chancellor and Judges - /6, 4 8 5 ,0 0 , I„°,_A•mbassadors arid Foreign Ministers, - I° /• 2 3 6 13 31 etoiji".s in.the.Lord ChaMberlain'ettepartment /27;9°' : 0 ° Lorct teard's -.•- - 235,349 Itto L M ast er of. the Horse .., •-• 4/026 0 0 14,4 chamberlairi's Salary . , - -ii 22 ° 0 0 25 0 0 5..-fir°ielsll.his Departmeht :.' -' -:-.. - 4 6 ,736 ° e bitto kit! til.o Stovatti's bvattment . -1° , 1 6 , 0 0 Ditto ...aster oft} e Horle 1 , . laid) i - 0 a bitto ,Ventlemen of the Bedchamber - 0 bittos;roorns ditto - - n. 37) ° 0 0 Dit to p -r sicient of the Council • ~ 7000 ; ~6 o 0 Ditt o e rtvy .Seal - , , - ~,... •, 5- _ 0 bi t iv e. cons able of bower Castle , -7 1 7 i ° i t .. 2450 c ° bitto Rangerle sof the Council - Nu t , ~t _ of St. lames's and Hyde Parks , .3031 ° ° ~ xo,ooo 0 0 bi tt Chief ' Justices in Eyre 0 Ditto 411(19!C•erltleratn Tietisioners - 10 6 00 ° 0 bi..o° %,;:pnuitssioners of IsteasurY - t 4 , 00? 0 D it to First Corninissioner . . _ 703tt to 0 - I to Chanctliot of the Exchequer - 3 1 50 0 0 ~ • • • . . • . „ DEBT. • th I'2 " R Committee have now to state the result of ._ preceding. now of the Accounts, , in order :° exhibit the amount of Debt under the various rtnts of view in which it may considered. The 111.4 and most useful seems to *be, that which com liires the excess, or diminution, sunder -each head, with the estimate- of r 786, and from the compari n of the whole, deduces the total exceeding. ,;fie_ln the annexed Acconnt, which your Commit_ have prepared for that purpose, the several A t 'llts are specified, which ,though included in the flecount of Debt, laid before the House; and also h.illserted in this Report, are•not noticed in the.state -Jurnts Of Charges. These are, the sum of 17,9671, , 4(l44 i.ned in the- Account of , Class. I. annexed to . ''' %Tort, as being applied for the Support of Her 'lt • t • nya it t e rincess Charlotte "for whoni no provision appears to have been made. in the ar_ rangetnent that rook place of the Revenue of His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales: 51,6791. noticed in the foregoing part of this Report, as being to be added to the head of occasional Pay ments ; and 28,6341. stated in the Account of Debt presented to the House under the first • class, as beie4 a Debt incurred by Her Majesty, on ac count of the younger branches of the Royal Family. From, the result of the annexed statement, the total excess above the Estimate in the 'whole -period of sixteen years, appears to amount to 1,286,4521. — But in order to estimate the existing Debt, Credit must first be taken for the annual excess of Grant beyond the Estimate of 1786, which being as 900,0001. to 897,4001. leaves a surplus of 2,6001. per annum, amounting in the sixteen years to 41,6001. which deduded from the exceeding above stated, reduces it to the sum of 1,24.4,8521. Fur ther allowance must be made for the balance in the Exchequer on the sth of January 1786 ;' for the regular auxiliary funds in aid of the 900,0001. granted by Parliament (consisting principally of the fees of suppressed offices, which, by the Ad of 22d Geo. 111. were direded " to remain at the disposal of the Commissioners of the Treasury in aid of the Civil List expences which were neces sary," and which it was there stated, " were in same measure straitened by the appropriation there by made ;" and of the surplus of Exchequer. Fees ;) and for the occasional assistance which His Majesty has been graciously pleased to. afford, at different periods, from his revenue of the 4.--f• per cent. du ties, to the exigency of the services included under the Civil List Establishment, amounting in the whole to x 72,0001; and lastly, for the Debt due to His Majesty, for Monies, which on the other hand His Majesty has, on different occasions direded to be advanced to several of the Princes his sons. The advance to His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales, appears to have made 111 February 1793, to the amount of 40,000, to be applied in paying certain demands on His Royal Highness, and'to be repaid by quarterly instalments at the rate of 14,0001. per 'annum : 17,5001. was according repaid previous to' the , affairs of His Royal Highness being submitted to Parliament in 1795, when Commissioners were appointed for. the liquidation of His. Royal High... ness's Debts. Debentures were accordingly issued by them t,o Mr. Ramus, in trust for His Majesty, forethe amount of the balance of '22,5001. in like manner, 'and upon the . same security, aa to other Creditors of His Royal Highness, payable in 1806, and for which there is the security of the Funds vested in those Commissioners, and guaranteed in all events by' the faith of Parliament. The time of repayment of the other advances is various, a - nd de pending upon the duration of life, which renders them precarious as an available fund ; and till they become in a course of payment, the while ope rates as an addition to the subsisting incumbrance, though properly stated on the credit side of the Account ; but as in the annexedeStatement they arc not considered as Charges under the head of occa sional payments, they rouse also be there omitted on the other side. Taking credit for all the other sums, the defi ciency would amount to 619,7301. which would constitute the existing Debt On the sth January last, if the whole Revenue applicable to this Esta blishment had,' as above supposed, been expended as it Was received, in the course of the sixteen years attiring which the comparison is made e but it appears that the sum, expended for, the support of each class in the tit year. of the series, were included some charges incurred in the preceding year, amounting in getietal to one Quarter's arrears. The particu lars of these are stated, as nearly as they can b e made out, in the annexed compari s on of the pay ments, with the charges in each class ; and the total amount is brought into the Account now under consideration ; this being, the sum of 239,7681. creates a deficienty p ro tanto in the Funds to answer the demands of the whole period (credit having been already taken for the balance in th'e Exchequer on the sth January 1786) and must be added to .the' deficiency- above stated; which would leave the ewhole. Debt Sat this 'tithe 889,4981. ; hut it has not been found . possible in all cases to make the account of existing Debt correspond with the statement of charge, owing principally to the circumstance that some articles of charge are not corredly stated at the time the Accounts have been respedively prepared and laid before Parliament, in consequence of Grants being sometimes made with a retrospeftive operation, by which means the Accounts of the preceding. years being closed, the payments upon such Grants must exceed by so much the previous statement of Charge. The difference however does not appear to be of such magnitude, as to call for particular observa tions, arrd might doubtless be explained by 'a more particular examination of the Accounts at the Treasury i It amounts on the whole period of 16 years, to 6,4711. ; which b'eingadded to the Charge, and consequently to the existing Debt, makes the latter amount at present to the sum of 895,9691. Another view in which the Debt may be consider ed, respeds the operation on the payment of the differ ent classes : The Arrears due on each of which are stated in the account of Debt. It appears from hence, that arrears of different proportion, are due on each of the Classes, though amounting in none to so much as two years salary or allowance, which was the limit prescribed, by the At of the 22d of His Majesty's Reign s at which they should cease to be longer payable. ' Another statement, in which the 'particulars of the money received are compared with the 'a6tbal payments in each year, having been laid before Par„ liament, your Committee have thought properto annex it to their Report, though they conceive the deduaions drawn from it are not so accurately stated, as in the account which they have prepared, from a comparison of the charge with the estimate.; no allowance having been made in it (except in . one class) for payments made within the period for charges incurred before. It has been already seen, from. the - statement of the nunner in which' the Debt 'has been incurred, that the only considerable difference between the charge and the estimate, is to be found in the fourth class, and under the head of occasional payment* ; • • f . :olg!'. the eAftse's of b 6dl,,tikak i from what 6 been stated, be sutlicicntly cbViods j yot!roininittee cannot 'conclude, without suhniittin that par Lieu 'aril.' to the consideration of the House. Froin the rime in which the E , itimate of.l ; - 86 was laid before Parliament, - and from a coniparison of it with the charge of preceding years, it seems • 'to hare been formed with a reference to the Peace Establishment of the Country ; and if this observa tion be well founded, 'the continuance of the War alone, through so large a proportion of the time in question, would account for the most considerable part.of the excess. To illustrate more parcicularlY this remark, they have prepared an abstraft of the .charges, and stared the average of excess above the estimate, first, on the whole period ; next, in that •of seven years of Peace; and lastly, of nine years of War ; by which it. will - be seen, that in fa't the average yearly excess dur ing Peace, has been only 25,456 i. above the esti mate ; while, during the War, it has amounted to the sum of 123,1391. THE OPERA. King's Theatre • FERR ARI'S Opera of Rinaldo D' Asti was repeated on Saturday to a very. full House. The Trio, Duet, and VIGANONI'S Cavatina; continue the favourites, and were encored-. The Piece was somewhat curtailed, which did not dedua from its effl!&. The Comic Duet be tween MORELLI and ROVEDINo was deservedly applauded. The novelty of the evening was a new first Ballet called La Coquette Villageoise, which afforded a good opportunity for displaying some of HILL los- B ERG 's Graces and Esllegleries. Two new . Dancers, • -from the Opera of Paris, of the second Class, .made their. appearance in a Pas de : Six, which was prettily composed. Messrs. JouuERT and GASTON diSplayed much agility and good dancing, in the little part allotted to them ; bus they inclined a little too much to that style called the Grotesque ;' which however tolerated and even applauded in Paris, has never met with the ap probation of the Frequenters of this Ojera House. We should recommend it to these Dancers, therefore, to avoid, as much as posslle, this style, which will only detract from the talent they seem to possess. The entertainment concluded with Irza and all the elegance and finished dancing of LABOR 1 E and his Wife. Mad. GIJIARDELILE appears to gain much on the public favour and applause. The Audience was brilliant and crowded. CORN EXCHANGE, March Tilts day our Market was fully supplied With all kind of Grain: from the great quantity lately im ported, Wheat fell 5s. -and 6s. per quarter ; Barley and Malt plenty,' and cheaper; inferior Oats are low, but fine has little variation ; Flour is cheaper; some good, tent off lower than our Current. Wheat 545 a 64s a 76s od Beans (new) 30$ a 33s 6d Fine ditto -77 s a Sos od Tick ditto - /8s a3is od Malt- -44 s a 43s a sos od oats - - -28 s a 32s od Fine ditto - sus a 51s o-d Poland do. 33s a .34s oil Barley 3's a 41s eat Rape Seed 321 a3O per last - -4 0 s a 43s od Fine Flour 6os a 635 per sack hitePease 38s a 42s 6d Second do. ;;s a 6Qs per do. The follotving Letter has been sent by Sir JosiPH BANKS, President of the Royal Society of London, to the President and Secretaries of the National Institute of France. ctrizkicS, " London, Yin. zt, 1800 " Please to offer to the National Institute, my acknow ledrnents for the honour they have conferred upon me; in giving me,the titlF of Associate of a !carded and distinguished Body. 'Ai the same time assure my. respeetable Fellow- Members, that I consider this mark of. their esteem as the first and mostagreeable of Literary,distinelions which I could posibly receive. To be. the first chosen Assbciate of the first Literary Society of the World, surpasses thy most am bitious wishes, and I cannot be too grateful to that Society which conferred 'on me the Honour, or to the Nation of which it is the Literary Representation :—a Nation, which, during the'moSt frightful convulsions of a Most terrible Re volution; has never ceased to possess my esteem, in the per suasion which slid not leave me, even in the most disastrous periods, that there were a .numser of good Citizens, who should one day gain the ascendant, and re-establish in the hearts of their Countrymen the 'empire of Virtue, Justice, and Honour. "In particular ; receive Citizens, all my acknowl e d gments, for the truly obliging manner in which you have communi cated to inc this good news. I am, wit}► sincere esteem for your distinguished ta. Lents, &C. (Signed) " jOSBPI-1 BANKS." Tit E ES.—The Winter'sTale'%6s to have been revived at Drury Lane Theatre, on Saturday, but owing to the illness of Mrs. PO w ELL, it was unavoidably postponed, and renice PreJerv'd was the substitute. We have noticed the revival of this Tragedy ; and the merits of the- Performers more than once. It was represented before a very nume. sous Aitaience, with unabated success on Saturday. KEMBLE and . Mrs. SiDDONS in jaffer and Belcur dera, powerfully affeaed each other, and in the last interview between these Charaaers, the feelings of KEMBLE were SO strongly interested by the•exqui site skill of Mrs. Si DDONSi as for a few moments 16 render him incapable of utterance . The Duenna was repeated on Saturday at Covent_ Garden Theatre. The only variation in the per formance was BRAHANI'S first appearance. in the part of Carlos, a part indeed that . admits of little more than vocal excellence. He gave the airs with all that power and flexibility of execution for which he is distinguished. He was encored in " Had I a Heart," and « Ah! sure . a Pair," and' received the warmest applause. Mrs. 804 INGTON diSplayed all her usual musical skill in Clara., Her'only cork was, " When sable Night." Her bravura was a wonder of execution, and in this air WE I CH SELL highly. distinguished hiinself in the symphony and obfigato*.pasSages. We are sorry to hear that INc“riees indis position is so little abated, that he is ,advised to try the air of his \native country, Devonshire. The P_ic-Nic Proj e a has been charaacrized as a Hothouse for raising Misses into Mistresses, and for ripening Wives into. Wantons. average .Plice of Sugar, computed f r om t h e 0 returns made for theweek er)ding the i7th day of March 18oz, is - Thirty Secien Shillings and Elown retrce-Ther Far/hint per hundred weight. 1 APiS, :li'. C! 2 ~ FRn: THE When-two neighbours have a quarrel, gaged in a latir:-sti4 good souls are always k)und to WOW tip the 'coals of discord: They successiveli calumniate the one to the other, exaggerate their mutual wrongs; throw a veil over their virtu:* and accumulate lies, where other materials are wanting; If the then who have quarrelled, wish ro ire mr cOnciled, and weary of discord, and ashamed of in justice; desire to live in .peace; the 'sowers of dis: scrition are immediately up in arms, and redouble their malicious 'efforts to widen the breach. They never had adhered to truth, but now they negied even probability: Alarmed at the idea of return.: ing concord, they wish at least to retard what they despair of preventing, and with the - eagerness of a condemned criminal, who wishes to get rid of life; they fly to abuse and injury. Such is the part at present adopted by many ot the English Journals. Nothing can he more absurd than the News which they publish from Frances than the falsity of their.statements, and the gross ness of their misrepresentations. So far do they this., that to repeat what they say is sufficient punishment : to copy them is to refute them ; when seen near, they resemble grotesque or misshapen figures, • which only require to be shewn to draw forth disgust or ridicule. Because one part of the debt is not to be consolidated till after the Peace s these Gentlemen assert that the Negotiation is pro_ traded in order to retard its liqui:!ation. While France only desires the consolidation of the existing order, and shews this disposition. in a thousand . instances, they 'say that no One is satisfied with' it. They make BAR 21tR, a Secretary of Legation; OuEriELLE a Mayor;' D'HAUTERIVt an I.l.lder. Secretary of State; DUV4I, a Jacobine ; LETEXIEIt a Royalist; TOUSSAINT LoUVE'aT:URE, a Preachers a Politician, a Saint, a Martyr, Rebel. While the • English who are atTaris try every means to,get admission for their Wives and daughterS into the societies of that capitacthey make theta . write, that these societies are composed of ignorant barbarians, crti;.7cnturers, brigands; the , zumen out honour, chastity; or even decency. If one May believe them, the Patriots, Artists, and 'men of Learning, are excluded from the partiet of the Bankers, while. the ancient Noblesse are to.go there, even though admitted.. _* They appoint a Pri nc e o f t h e M ouse o f O range to. the first Magistracy of Batavia ; a B:nrbon to the throne of ranee, while the House of Orarge have renounced the Stadtholdership honour, as the Bourbons did the throne from we.tku , ss - . They make the Nobles receive their f?rmer titles universally, while in f a d they are only acknow: ledged among themselves, and only, given by their valets. They:m'ake the people of Am;enr.cry, Roi while they, like the rest of France,. Ivy re... sped to other nations in the persons of their Mo-3 narchs, but wish no Monarchs for themselves.: ' They bring JOSEPH BONAPARTE to Paris, though he bas never quitted the Department of the Somme ; and prepare, at Calais, a Packet.boat for Marquis CORNWALL is, though he never thought orl.eturn., ing to London before the Signature of the Treaty. One day they wisely compare clic French to the Muscoyi;es, under PETER I. ; and BONAPARTE to CHARLEMAGNE ; and the next di,y, they send BONAPARTE to the Italian Republic, and raise France into an insurrelion against his Govern_ Menr. They make General .13tRTHIER march tC , Rome, and Mark that City out as.thc capital of the Italian Republic ; while they send the POP a to. Malta, and there constitute him G r a n d Master of the Order of St. John of Jernsaleirr. The prohibition of two intriguing Females, and some turbulent re.: turned Emigrants from remaining in the Capital, is construed into a mandate for the arrest of fifty persons. -CAmILL E-JORDAN, who is living quietly with his family at Lyons,. where he , received many marks of distil - 16E0n -from the FIRST - toiqSin..; IMBr•.RT LONNE, who is at Bareuth ; and DUVAL, who 111 es with his family—all these, by a. Decree .of the Times, are shut up together in a Prison at Paris. Prussia, Russia, and Austria are to reclaim against the resolt of the. Consulta at Lyons, and this is. to light up anew the flames of War ; .bUt unfor-' tunately for these English prophets, M.trquil Lt/c- • C 1-1 EST NJ, in the name of-the - KtNo of Patrs'iA, has congratulated the - First Consul on that reniti. CountCoutigTzEL announces to the First Consul that the ENtr ERoR, is disposed w admit the Pieni . . potentiaries of the Italian, Hatavian, and Helvetic Republics, and to send to these States .Ministers of the same rank. M. MARccer, who had aequaint. ed his Court with . the proceedings at Lyons has, by the return of his Courier, received L etters a t Credence to the Consular Government. Enough of such absurdities ! These useless clamours do not diminish theglory of the French, nor the strength of her Republic. They cannot prevent the conclusion of Peace,, but they may keep. alive jealousies and animosities, which, for the g.ood of both Nations, and the lasting continuance of Peace, ought. to be for ever extinguished. • - FOR twO months., people .have b een i n doubt what COMILIa TOUSSAINT LOU V ERTURF would low in his present situation; and,- as his last aeis appeared to give an advantageous idea of his c,ha. ratter ,and sentiments, some. have flattered them-. selves that he would not destroy the good opinion conceived of him by ,the Nation and Government. Oar ideas with regard to this point will be recoi le6ted, and it will be found how conformable they were to the truth. Though his aetions seemed to indicate a superiority to his species, we have always refused to allow him the brilliant qualities said to be discovered in him. Ff TotasAt Zit had been en. dowel with the judgment which is allowed him, both in France and Enghind, he would certainly not have preferred the part of a Rebel to - the this. tinaions and favour offered him by the Govern ment. He would have perceived that his career could not be gloriously .tcrrainateci but by a noble retreat.• Had ToussAiNt given. up his Command to his succecdsor, he would have had a just claim to the gratitude of the French Nation. TOUSSAINT, in rebellion against France, is bur an ambitious upstart; perhaps, however, it is not upon tiia,