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BANK BALANCEs.—FINANC

On the motion of the CHANCto.Lott of the Ex-
CIIIMUER, the House resolved itself a Coni-
miner on the Exchequer Consolidation Act.
Lt the Committee, the CHANCELLOR of the
Gs-
CHEQUEIt rose and said, that at an late N period of
the night (eleven o'clock) he should not trouble.
the House at any length, but merely put the
Committee in possession of his prop..-1! %heels
might then with more advantage heeiiine the
subject of future discussion. Anil): ding let the
existing practice in the Ext hequer. the surplus of
the revenue oldie Consolidated Fund, after meeting
the particular services to which it was rustle ap-
plicable, was permittd to accumulate, oas
not capable of being directed to the public
service until the end of every quarter. liy this
memos a large sum was locked up in the hs•
chequer, accruing from week to wed:, while

no advintsae eels ilerl from it to the poli•
hc; but the Bank was suffered to draw the
balance every day Irmo the Tellers of the
iEx-
chequer. PinCHlir• us deposit, n their chests,
Exchequer hill. to an equal amount. The
Bildt thug derived an ark: 'doge equal to the
interest of three sums of money. and it was
nor his intention to give to the Exchequer the
rirne power of drawing out the-e balance" which
1.. d nppertaiiird to the Rank. limited to the
winch was shout the awn
mood of six millions,
f it lied 11111144 accrued of these Inhumes at the
of every quarter. This project was originally
• ilvi•es'ed by the Finance Committee which had sat in
101)7, and a negocint,oti was, iii consequence, em-
inent:ol between NI r. Perceval and the Bank, for the
purpose of rendrrilig balance', to the amount of titre
millons, applicable to the public service ; but Mr.
l'erceval eventually thought it more convenient to
close with a propo.ition from the Bank for 'Avoiding
n auto of 3,000,000/. without toterest. lii Ireland
the In:icily., horn such its be now or-
comnienibeil, lirr there the surplus g (1
rOunig prod
of the Consolidated Fund, ..as always brought into
action. The agrerment made Mr. lieu:real with
the Batik, relative to the loins of three million.,
expired.. in pursuance of the roil:nod arrangement,
'with the war, that is, on the Sth of April, IRIS;
and frequent aikussions had since taken place with
the Batik relative to the subject. It *I Id he
understood. that when Mr. Percentl proposed to
apply five millions to the public service, the tic-
teal balaiies• in the halals of the Bank nuptinterlto
something betlverii 11,000,000/. and 1,2,000.000/.
Since that time, or rather truce the return of peace,
the ;amount has been considerably reduced, and
principully by means or Hsi arrangement adopted on
the consolidation of the Exelielners, by velitrli the
Sinkirg Fond, instead of In erg paid as before into
the Bank in one gross sum, to be au bsequent ly re-
turned in portions to the Consuaitrinners, was now
Jp sit! in much smaller propane'''. as the duty of
the Commissioners required it. lu the Bank there
onw was seldom a sum exceeding the neeeseary pro-
elsinn for the service of ten days, anti it would not
be expedient to reduce this, but should circom-
'twice* permit of say further arrangement whereby
the interests of the public could be promoted, the
'Government would notionl to take advantage of
it. He was happy to stile, that the Batik evinced
every willingness to promote this arrangement.--
Of the is millions now contemplated, a part would
be *assigned to liquidate the public debt to the
Rank, sib r snaking good the deficiency on the
Consolidated Fund. That deficiency unwonted
to somewhat more than 3,000,090/. consequently
the propored measure would not operate heyotid
3,0041,000!. in liquidating the debt nod saciur in-
terest payable bathe Batik. As the measure should
be regarded as • novelty in this country. 1w pm-
rwed to introduce a clause limiting the operation
of it to the Stli of July, 1920, with a confiderst hope
that it should ilia ii lie further extended, nod be per-
haps finally rendered permanent. 'flue Right
lion. Gesith:lnnel thrn moved—
Resolved. That it espedieat that the growing prothwe
of tire Cnawitulated Food of Great Britain, in eaclerptarter,
stionlit be wade applicable to an extent nut exceeding
6,000,000/. for any service Toted by Parliament.
Mr. Manentw was very unwilling. at so ad-
vanced a prtiord of the night, to urge a debate,
but he II gist that under the present circum-
stances of the •country, no time should lie lost
having some inaderstandilg respecting finance.
They hurl new tenchcd the 9th of Match, ;aid he
load
ros7ro d;";:e/d A "thaet mil the Sih
of Al,rit, the
n Ir:,roiul; the
intention of the Cfisocellor of the Exi:wiluer.
respecting the balances of the growing produce of
the Consolidated Fund, he had expected that
'6,000,000/. would be thereby procured towards the
Ways and Means of the year ; but now it 'mirrored
that of this Pam there would go 3,300,000/. to
make good the deficiency in the Consolidated
Fund, owl the remeliiiiig 2,700,0001. to pay in
part a debt of 3.000,000/. to the Bank, by which
menial' feet, of OM debt n fain or 300,000 f,
would still remain due. It appeared from dii-
comerri• Hafer" the House, that the expenditure
lathe country would amount to about ,20,000,006/.
independent if the 45,000,000/. to meet the charges
of the Con.oliolitted Fund. It these 20,000,0001.
were divided by i 3, it would appear that the
InOllllllV expenditure of the country was some-
what about 1,700,000/. Now the whole revenue
to mart rhos was—
The Produce of the Anneal Malt Dillies,
iiiii istioic to £3,000,000
The War Ditties which were rendered lit r••
moonlit, Oinoueillea to
Anil the ,Air Of Stores and other
bul.ftt., amounting to

SOO,OOO

Makin a total of ,f7,000,00it
The expenditure to the 5:11 of April was somewhat
about 5.000,0n0/. to meet wit di the Clioncellor
of the Exchequer could have provided, even with
the asaistalice 'of udvancis from the Baailt, only
4,000,0001. whereby a deficiency wool.' accrue on
the sth of April or 1,000,000/. This was the more
safporteiit„ as they had arrived at a period when,
from the Phils of the market and the discount of
Exchequer &ills, they nosy be deprived of money
altogether for the service of the quarter ending the
sth of July; for when Exchequer bills were tit so
great • 16count, every one must upprehend that
they would he paid Mto the Exchequer for the re-
venue, instead of money, and in such a case how
could the publie service he carried on ?—Means
should be a•mpted to meet t!iis probability, by tak-
ing their! Ills out of the mai !cc!, or the Exchequer
Naiad have is, receive them us revenue. It was
time, then, that the liouse bhuuld know something
of the proposed 111n1IICINI arrangements. Ile was
aware the Chancellor of the Exchequer would ex-
cuse los silence on the ground of waiting for the
Itept,rt of the Bonk Committee ; but the sth of
Was close at hand, and some provision was
"•ressary. The Chancellor of the Exchequer
ought say that Exchequer bills would not he
brought its for revenue, but the discount rendered
it Pinliable. Ile then remarked on the immense
amount of the Uufusided Debt of 48,000,0001. and
asked what could the Coveritinent do in the event
of war, or a rumour of sour, with such an unwieldy
load? mod cmicluded by hoping the House wools!
we the necessity of some early plan of finance.—
;Ilear, hear./
The CUANCEI.I.OR of the EXCHEQUER said the
ilotenirable Member hed mistaken some points on

which he lead sleikee. it was a mistake to f/ifek: I Periwig a hint of what raft gnifig nn tip !desire,
that the Exchequer wool,' he exhausted oa the 51/s a penny might reeeltly lie turner!, butt the
of Apr ii, or tee Honourable Geittlematt had for- Chatwellor of the Exclieqn er need not leer that
gotten that half the quarter had elepsed before it lie would let fall such hints.—(Hear, helm, and
was tieeMSSitty to apply any part of the produce of a feregb.)—l44 making lairombeervetions on the you-
the ninli, or other dutire 'breathier(' by the Hon. dart of the Government with respect to finaocr tool
Geritleman, so that the whole amount of those ' the present difficulties of the country, he by uu
duties were applicable to the other part of the mettles desired to be undergond as implying 'hat lie
quarter. It was always the custom to begin the was aware of any remedy. No remedy could Ir
year with some of the supply of the preceding applied but severe•meueirres, awl he sincerely 'titled
year on hands, which provided for the service of the Right Hon. Gentleman or account of ilw
nearly the whole of January and February. With difficulty of his situation, and perhaps the more
respect to what had beet' said of the Unfunded readily. because the Right Hon. Gentleman would
Debt, it was to he remembered that although that never allow that he was in any difficulty whatever.
debt amounted, with the addition of Irish Treasury ....(year, hear, Lear.)
Bills, to about 4e,000.000/. yet, as in the last Mr. Elusetssoe said, it could hardly be sup-
year, not less than 1fi,000,000/. were provided for, posed that his Right Hum. Friend (Mr. ‘'ansittart)
or funded, whatever remained was lighter than the could be so far wanting in his duty, as nut to pro-
debt of' last year by that. amount.—(Hear, hear.) vide for the exigencies of the time. With respect
—The Hon. Gentleman had expressed his fears to what had betel said on the subject of the balmier§
that the revenue of the next quarter would be paid in the hands of the Blink, which were slow to be
in Exchequer bills, but this did not happen even made use of fur the public service, he believed it
when bills were at a greater discount than they would be found that the plan for the hem of
were at present. and it should also be retnem- 3,000,000/. without interest, which expired in
beret! that they for the must part lay in dif- 1815, was then as beneficial to the country, its the
&rent hand., marl were not likely to he held appropriation of these 6,000,000/. of balances at
to any considerable aunt by threw who bud present. It was thought as useful to have the brie.
to pay the revenue. Ile dud not thick it ex• fit of 3,000.0001. permanently, as to appropriate
pedielat to state his linen, ial measures until the those ensile% Seslancee,which fluctuated very much.
Report of the Bank Committee was brought it' ; He understood the Right lion. Getitlemara to stale,
what those measures may be would depend out cir- that for years nothing had been done to reader
cninettuicre of which hr could not at present be those balances available to the public : but the feet
aware, lint he hoped that poem after Easter lie should was, that from the time they were first noticed in
Ineng forward such u measure as would free him 1807, up to April, late, the Bank, ou account of
'from bring entangled in such difficulties us were those balances, had lent a stipulated sum without
alluded to by the Hoe. Gentleman. interest. He conceived that the speech of the
Mr. MABERLY remarked that Exchequer bills, Right Hon. Gentleman was strongly in favour of
tit present, were at a discount of twenty-two elide the course adopted by his Right Hon. Friend, its
hugs: for it should be remembered that they hail not bringing forward, on the present occeeion, a
been tutted tit tt premium of twenty so statement of the way in which lie meant to raise the
that when quoted et two shillings discount, the supplies for the year. The Right Hon. Geetle-
amount of the original premium should he added man observed, that, as a Member of the Secret
to it. Committee, be felt comiderably embarrassed, when
Mr. Tt eateEle expressed his satisfaction that the his Right Hon. Friend introduced this questine.
Chancellor of the Exchequer was tat leagth inclined But purely every person, pending that inquiry,
to effect that which his Hon. Fricud (Mr. Grenftll) must have felt still greater embarrassment, if his
had often tried to persuade him to, and which the Right Hon. Friend had brought forward
his uh-
Right lion. Gentleman as frequently resisted as tenor views. The Right Her. Gee:lemma mug
inaproper. He thanked the honourable Meal- see, that it was impossible for th- Chaecelloe of
her opposite (Mr. Maberly), for the statement the Exchequer to make extensive arriegrusents for
fie hail made, which eleurly 'hewed that in the supplies of the year, and to lay them before
the present quarter a deficiency of 1,000,000/. the House, without elm% ruse to impertant ques•
was to be ataticipated.—(4l Ao, nor' frost the lions, which it would he impossible for Imo to
Chancellor of the Exchequer.)—lle must suppose answer, until the inqiury, now in Ittogrrss, was
that the Supply voted fur one year was expended completed.—(dear, hear.)—The Beget Iline
at the close of the year.—(" No, Ito !" front the Gentleman ohs, rved, that MIIIOIIIII were allont,
Chancellor of the Itrchequer.)—Well, then, if that and that individuals were rpecul.eing on the imp-
was not the case, 11w Right Hon. Gentleman had posed opinion of the Committer. But, if this
more money by him at the beginning of the year were even so, it was gore clear hits lieut. Him.
than may nue out of the Tteasury had imagined. Friend could not ,ire .e a remedy for that evil.
Fir could not congratulate the Chancellor of the If he thought it conducive to the public 'littlest,
Exclielito r on the impression his speech was Ins Right Hon. Friend might. mid uo dterie would,
likely to produce on the country. It could die- lay before the House a statement of whet e meant
appoint many people who had expected tins night Ito do. But lie saw plainly that this could out be
to have heard nal exposition of a wonderful dos- done without great disadvantage to the etilalic ser-
covery made by the Right lionetureble Getitlemen, vice, and therefore he prudently desisted. If he
but he feared that it would not stop the depreciate even did state what his views were, that emit(' not
tire) of Exchequer bills; and, indeed, were lie a beef the effect of preventing the ppeculatimis ten-
holder of Exchequer bills he would sell Orin to- planned of, whim would, insist assuredly, go on gill.
morrow. This could reedy he done; for as they Uut it was evident, that, in the absence of the in-
were payable in the Exchequer as revenue, the formation that would he derived frem the !tabours
two or three shillings would be clear gain to the of the Secret Committee, it would he impossible to
1 jailer. He remarked on the extreme iinpropriety make such an arrangement as would he satisfactory'
of leaving the finances of the country to chance. to the House and the country. When they were in
The Chancellor of the Exchequer knew lie would poeseesion of the Report of that Committee, the
be obliged to pay the Wink the debt due by the Go- House would do well io look boldly on the difficulties
vernment ; heals,' must be aware, whether he would that pressed on the country—(//ear)—and form
raise the stint of thirteen millions required to a solid system without reference to their situation in
meet the deficiency of the revenue by loan or time of pence.--e•lt would be wise in them to
by funding, and having this knowledge, was it provide effectively for the support of the public
fair to leave the country exposed to the arts of ape- credit, awl to place it in such a situation as would
culation, which was not only injurious to the pub- he capable of meeting every adverse circumstance
tic interests, but disgraceful to the man who had that might hereafter arise. They ought to make
the management of the finuitces of the country. whatever efforts the state of the country might de-
The Chancellor of the Exchequer had said, that I maid, and, looking all difficulties in the face, to
he could tint make any exposition of iris plan until provide hi the best manner fur every future con-
do. Report of the Burk Committee wits brought in, l tingence.—(Hear, /sear.)—Thum should be done,
but it Was 11111101ifidde to foresee within what time not with reference alone to the Unfunded Debt.
the Report could be brought in ; but no discussion They ought to look to the increase of the revenue—
could probably take place on it before the middle totheappropriation of wheteversurplies might remain
of May. With respect to the present measure, he after the expenditure was provided for—and, above all
did not exactly itederstand what was to become of they ought to look to the liquidation of that debt,
the 2,700,0001. that would remain of the 6,000,0001. winch necessity had entailed of them—end which,
after witelig the deficiency of the Consolidated though it now pressed heavily, was intimately con-
Fund, amounting to 3,300,000/. Was he ti un- elected with their glory in war, and their greatness,
derstiool, that this !gill' should he pent to the las a commercial nation. in peace. If he properly
Battik ?--(" Yes," from the Treasury Bench.)--- understood the Right Howeirable Gentleman, he
Then the country gained nothing snore than being expressed himself ready, in commie with Isis
relieved from the interest of the ontstanding debt friends, to make any sacrifice the exigency of the
to the Bank. Every one had looped that these time required. If this were done, lie had no doubt
6,000.000/. would have formed part of the Ways but that his Right Han. Friend would fairly re-
ale! Memos of the preseet year. but the necessity deem the pledge he had that night given.
still contieued of borrowieo, thirteen millions, if it Mr. TIERNEY—" Really the Right Honourable
was intended to go ou with the Sluicing Fund. Gentleman takes too much on himself, when he
What must be the consequences to the country if slip, that I declared my readiness to make aacri-
such a system be pursued ? If loan succeeds i flees. Ile has no ground for offering such a state-
leen endless succession in time of peace, went. I stated that the Chancellor of the Exe
the toiletry insist at length be disgusted. It chequer had a very difficult task, and I begged to
might he itietifiable for our year or two, in the be understood. as not desiring, by may thing I said,
hopes 4.f endue; the revenues revive, but that to embarrass him more—but I did not mean to
hope timid operate no longer, and a system bind myself, much less other people. to submit to
of burrowing, if longer persisted iti, must terms- j sacrifices.--(Hear.)—l am most happy to hear the
Right Honourable Gentleman say, that us soon as
mate in ensue serious evil. Men were not all put .
on a fair equality in their pecuniary traitsactions ; the Report of the Secret Committee was made.
the wary preyed on the unwary, mud nothing could they were to come to a thorough investigation of
be looked to with confidence. No other mina who the fillancial situation of the coutery.—(Hear.)—
listl ever before held the office of the Right Ho- The Right Honoureble Gentleman has pledged the
stowable Gentleman. and he spoke it to hit praise, Gnverionent to it.—(Mr. Ihtskisson, IVO! 110.1")
could have held such It mote without incurring --Surely the Right 1-fonoureble Gentlemen will
the suspicion of improper motives; but the elle- not intake a distinction between himself anal the
racier of the Right Iltitiourable Gentleman Government to which lie is attached, and with
placed lean shove all reproach. The sole °hetet I which he so cordially acts.-1 Laugh/me—Cadet%
of the Right Honourable Getatlainaga's formatter I the Chancellor of the Exchequer deny the tact, I
had beets to keep down the interest of money, but must conclude, alter what has fallen Irvin the
for what purpose it would be difficult to inn.- I Right Honourable Gentleman, that the state of
gine, except for the purpose of melting a firs. I our financee, in every point, will he minutely
fishing epeech about the !Prosperity 01 the cumin- examined alter the Report is troetle—elkore—
try. The Right Honourable Member then en- I that the situation of the revenue will be invegi-
tered into a general review of the measures of gated—that means will be taken to liquidate the
the Administration, and thence argued that I debt—and that our income and expenditure will
they knew nothing of finsuce. Thew policy, he balanced.—(Bear, hear./—The Right flue.
however, began at length to be understood by the Gentler's" has a lade mietileei, what, I
staled. i
country. He was debarred from speaking as much asked merely what the Chancellor of the Exchee
a, lie might wise from the circumstance of his quer meant to do with the Urtfartried Debt, which
being a Member of the Secret C titre. The lis a mill-stone elbow the heck of every mem in the
Report of that Committee would. he doubted not, country.—(lleur, heter.)-1 du not waist him to
give the Hemet some curimie ififairinatium such us state his views on that point, either to-day cr to-
perhaps they little ejpeeted. If any Member of morrow, or this day three nionteie......l only want to
' that Committee oere to give a certain class of know whether he means, this year, to diminish in.

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strad of inertifAing• the. D'ofisitiled Debt? That 'l4
Nil I look to. When site's on cxemilsotion os that
41"4"1 of Itt. the Itigiit II n.4lllElesitleniiiii is re-
sorted to, then, and then mily, esti the filitlllitty
know how it itwitt4-11141 as wr hive the pledge of
Government nu the viihjeet, we. have. it right to ex-
pert that the iovr%tigatiun will be undertaken Ct 4
1.04/11 Hi PIHNI • 1

without oli•ervjtinnr and Bilis were
urdered to b. broug,it isi confiirm.ilily therewith.

11USRANDRY HORSES.
Mt. LtISIIINGTON 'nought up the Report of th•_
C 1111 l quitter on the Assessed Tuxe► Act. The Com-
mit Ice reemisineosled
1 -mit mare*, having lu.n only used in husbandly
sine... mid artery/aids kept up fur breeding, should tee "'t-
empt from the dotty.
2 —That the duty on how", mires, or geldings, not mt-
reeding 13 hands high, kept fee riding ur drawing, 'tumid
be 2/.25. each per y.•ar.
3.—Thst any butcher employing* horse, mart, or geldin?„
in his Imaincaa, shoal pow tor the sa!te,, 21 17.. 111. per " _
num--aad, if be employ another, 11 19,. per annum fur the
second.

Mr. litrattissom thought, velour, the Right Hum.
Gentleman sant, if measures of severely were sir-
ceioissi.y, they must be borne, that hr ex preirard his
readiness to c •or iu any ion:rollers that might he
called for to place the ca ry 111 its I#ratirr situ+.
tion—thrrefore it was that he had made the remark.
He beggtil to state to the Right lion. Gentle-
man, that he was not nottliorivril to give any
pledge • whatever on the part of Govertimeut.--
Ile had meiely stated, that hie hoped a period
would arrive, when they would he esiiilderl to
look at their situation, with a proper degree of
firmness. lie repeated that hope—bemuse he
felt that *itch a proceeding was the best mea-
sure that could be devised for the welfare of
the Country. He h.lieved it wait his Right lion.
Friend's wish to give to the House every informa-
tion he could, consistent with the !public interest,
lint Ite conceived a di., Insure of his views, at the
present moment, would have a sting injurious effect.
Mr. TIERNEY—" The Right [lon. Gentleman
forgets one species of sererity to which I alluded.
I mean the severity of retrenchment.—(Hear, hear,
and laughter.)—Tile absence of that seventy presses
hard on the people, who are to pay—but is n-err
thought of by those who are in the habit of receiv-
ing."—(ffear. heur.)
-111 r. GRENFELL was extremely glad, that those
balancer would now he assailable for the public se..-
vice. For the last four years, there were generally
6,000,000/. in hand—anal those balances consisted
at present of about 7,003,0001. The argument of
the Right Hon. Gentleman (Nlr. iluskissori) was a
strange one. lie contended thus—s. formerly the
pubic had the use of 3,000,000/. witlimit interest,
*hey will now have f,000,000/. but yet they gam
toi'fiiing by it." lie did not understand this arith-
metic. If he took the matter rir7litly,. the culinary
was in future to have the use of 6,000,000/. of these
balances—if so, lie would ask, must they riot be
11,000,000/. better of than they were when they haul
the luau 111 3.000,0001.
The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said,
that when, some years ago, the 1100. Gentleman
adverted to a plan of this kind, hr did not oppose
the principle, bust merely stated, that it could not
be carried into effect, without breaking faith with
the Bank. lie believed the new system would he
advantageous in a very material degree—and cer-
tainly the Bank were snaking considerable sacri-
ttss. The country wood in a ninth better
situation than in Mr. Perceval's time. They were
now about to take Aix millions for seven—whereas,

in the former period, Mr. Perceval took 5,000,0001.
as a compensation fur V 2,000,000/. At the same
time, it must be observed, that the saving of in-
terest would not he so large now, as %lien the
Bank advanced 8,000,000/. free of interest. Six
millions, it was true, world he accumulated in
the Exchequer, at the end of each quarter—but
they could not reckon as if the interest on that
entire sum was saved from the contmencentent of
the quarter. It was, in fact, ft gradually noway-
lug fund, and not a fund formed on the moment.
Mr. GittristPELL*" The average balance is
7.000.0001. and 1 understand we are to have the
use of six of them. Is this so? Are we to have
its or only three millions?"
The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER—" The
six millions which we are to take from the Exche-
rier, are not forthcoming at the beginning of the
quarter. It is an accruing, a growing fund. We
take the money as fast as it comes in. But we
cannot, at the commencement of a quarter, say that
we save the interest on 6,000,000/. As we have
small sums coming in from time to time, to tont
the 6,000,0001. it is only for u vary short period
that we can say we save the interest on that entire
sum."
Mr. MARIRLX reiterated his former opinion
with respect to Exchequer bills. If they were
paid in, on account of revenue, the Right Hon.
Ger.tleman'w plan must totally fail. He could
nut pay the Book 3,000,000/. with 2,700,000/.
and the 1,300,000/. which was to be handed over to
the Consolidated Fund, woulil in that event be
Absorbed in the liquidation of Exchequer Bills up
to the sth of April last.
The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said, the
Right Hon. Gentleman (Mr. Tierney) had himself
answered the whole difficulty apprehended by the
Hon. Member. The latter seemed to think that
Exchequer bills would fall to a discount, but the
Right Hon. Gentleman was of opinion that they
Would rise.
Mr. PROTHEROE hoped the Secret Committee
would let the country know its true situation. Iles
Right Hon. Frieliti had talked of severe measures.
If such were necessary—if there were any untiohnd
parts—the Chancellor of the Exchequer ought to
let the country know the fact, that tiny might be
prepared for the worst.
After a few words from the CHANCELLOR of the
EXCHEQUER and Mr. GltEbret.l„ the Resolution
was agreed to.—Report to-morrow.
SUPPLY.

4 ..-That Perry horn., mnrr, mule, or gelding, suit more
than thertren bawl. loyh, employed it. tarrying coat, odour,
calm, dcr. (rum the 11111110. tor put, shill Fay an annual duty of 3e.

Mr. 1311001)EN brought up the Report of the
Committee of Supply on the Miscellaneous Esti-
mates.
Mr. C. 11. Huron/450n was anxious, as the
night was so far advanced, and he Mesta to oppose
so►ne of the Resolutions, that the Report should
not now he received. The tirst Resolution, which
included a large item fur costly smie:boxes—(A
tough/—he was particularly hostile tn.
Mr. ARBUTIDIOT expressed his willingne►s to
withdraw, t►ll to-tuorrow, that resolution. which►

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was as follows :
" That it is the opinion of this Committee that a sum of
59,154/. be granted to his Majesty to make good the ded-
cimmy to the mot of lam year. to meet Mich contingencies
of • civil magnet as do nut form a pail of the ordiva.y
charges um the Civil List."
On the second Resulution—
" That a sum not exceeding 300,000 f. be granted to his
Majesty, to defray mach civil contingencies of the present
Cear, as do sot Corm a part of the ordinary mauve ost the
avil List,"
a conversation took place between Mr. Tierniy.
Alderman Wood, Mr. Arbuthnot, and Mr. fins-
bison, as to the data on which the estimete was
founded. It was finally speed to, as were the other

LAW INTELLIGLATE.

VICE CHANCELLOR'S COURT, Liscomes
Motomv, MAncn S.

HUNTINGDON CHARITY.
THE ATTORNEY GENERAL. E. THE MAYOR ANV
CORPORATION OF THE. TOWN OF HUNTINGDoN,
Mr. HEEL Mater!, that this case came heroic his Human
for farther directions. It was an nit/4411160. fit. rl iu the
year Ittl2, by hie Majesty's Attorney-(;curial, at the rela-
tion of certain inhabitants of the town of Huntisiedou
against the Defendants. It alleged, that they, the De-
fendants, had mismanaged the estates fir the au 'Tort of
St. John's Hospital in that town, as they had let theist much
below their satire, and the information prayed that the
.Defendants might be restrained by tojimetiots from receiving
the rents, and that they might be directed to go before at'
Master, and account for the funds they had received, sail
that the Court would appoint a receiver. In the year lel3
the Court granted the prayer of the information, and it was
referred to Master Nimeun, and he reported in the year
1818, that there had been great mismanagement of the
estates of the charity by the Defendants, a. they had let them
at extreme low rents to lessees, who were bargesses and be-
longed to their own body. Tu this report the Defehilants
had taken exceptions : first, that if there were mismanage.
meat on the part of the Defendants in letting the estates.
the Master ought to have proceeded lo Wm them; and
secondly, that he did not state in the report what part of
the estates were applicable to the support and maim. RaliCe
of the Hospital. On the exceptions being argued, they
were disallowed by the Court, but an
.issue was directed
10 a Court of Law, to try whether a certain part of the
estates wire not applicable to the support of the II",
vital, mid the Jury returned a verdict for the Defen-
dants, that the part in question was out applicable. What
he, the Learned Counsel, bad now to ask of his Honour
was, for an order to reverse the former derision of the
Court, and that the receiver might be discharged.
Mr. Id 'AU), Counsel fur the relators, said, that the mode
of bringisig the question before the Cuwt was incorrect, and
contrary to practice, as the application ought to be made by
the way of Petition:
Mr. Bart. stated, that the Registrar hail drawn op the
order as fur further directions, and his Clients wi re only
proceeding in conformity with the order of the Court.
Mr. HEALD said, this was a case in which the Defendants
were charged with the greatest mismanagement of the cha-
rity estates, that they had let certain lands for taut per
annum, which were reported by the Master to be of the valise
of Piool. per annum. The fart was, Dist the Defendants
wanted to obtain ail order on the strength Of the verdict of
the Jury, in an issue which only decided one isolated point,
without the cause being heard on its merits.
The Yrce-Cuatecitt.t.ort—" The order certainly cannot be
drawls up in the present state of the proceedings, the appli.
cal most be made by Petition, and when that is done,
the Order 1 shall make out will be, that the receiver shall
be discharged, the costs taxed, and the question as to whit
shall pay them to be open to further discussion."

THE 41;MY.

The lteantotoc.• *ere agreeol io, Hod the Cote- -
miller on the 1-futbandry Honer, Bill directed to 91
made provi,ioti for carrying the same into effect. f
• INSOLVENCY ACTS. .
The ATToRNEY-Ges ERA I. wit off hia notice of
I
motion for • Committee on the ;;3d, 54t1i, and
s'illi Geo. 111. until Thuroday next.
Air. LUSII IN uTint brooglit to the Annual Indem-
nity Act. Rend the first, to be read the second
time to-morrow. • :
• Mr. LUSIIINGTON brought in a Bill to carry 1:....
to effect the Treaty with Portugal relative to ihe
tilave Trade.—.-Read • first, to hr rend a Fecund I
time to-morrow. i
Adjourned at • QUARTER before ONE O'CLoiN.

Captain Graydon, late Aide-de-Camp to Major-General
Fyers,. a appointed to the Engineer Station in the Li onvrick
district, vice Yigioureaux removed to command at Gurus/ivy.
Lieutenant-Colonel Wright sailed from Cork harbour Ott
the Dick naval store-.hip, fur Ceylon, on Wednesday. This
able Officer is appointed to the command of the F.uginere
Department in that now very important settlement.
The following are the quarters of every regiment in floe
British Army, corrected to theist of this mouth
11,4 Life Guards, Hyde Park, London; 2d, King.stortt
Barracks, London.
Royal Horse Guards (Blue), Windsor, Reading.
Ist Magoon Guards, Hamilton (N. 8.), Kilmarnock ; 21,
Caloir; 3d, Dublin; 4th, Nottingham ; 5111, York ; bib,
Biro ss itt gham, Wolverhampton, Shrewsbury; 711), Exeter,
Plymouth.
Ist Dragoons, Ballinrohe; 2d, Dundalk.
3d Light DtaCHOllll, arriving in New-Bridge Barracks,
Kildare, from F.Jogland; 4ili, Cook, intended for Canada
this spring; sth, extinct ; 6114 Edinburgh; 7th (Hussars)
Manchester; Bth, Bengal; 9th (Lancer*); Brighton; 10th,
Weymouth; 11th, India; on passage; 12th, Canto 'toffy ,
13th, India, un passage; 141 h, Dublin, ordered to Eng-
land; 18th (Hussars), Ipswich; lilt h, CIIIIIIII,I ; 1711,, Bow-
bay; 18th, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Carlisle, Peurith, White.
haven; 10th, Hounslow.
Royal Waggon Train, Croydon.
Ist Foot Guards; Ist Battalion, Westminster; Rd Batta-
lion, Windsor, Reading; 3d Batt. Hothuni, Finsbuoy.
2•1 Foot Gimlets, Ist Battalion, Knightsbridge Bouiscks;
2d Batt. Chatham.
3d Foot Guards, lit Bait. Portman Barracks; 2•1 Batt.
Tower of Loudon.
Ist Foot, Ist Batt. Dublin; 2d Butt. East Indies; ld,
West Indies; 3d, Naas; 4th and sth, sailed fur the Leeward
Islands; 6th, Sunderland; 7th, Dublin; 8010, Gibraltar;
9th, sailed fur the West Indies • 10th, Malta; 11th, Gibral-
tar; 12th, Lieherick; 13th, Claiernsey; 14th, laili 4.
Cawnpore; 15th, Halifax; 16th, Athlone; 17th,
Gbagapure ; 18th, Waterford; 10th, India, Ceylon; 2014„
St. Helena, son passage ; llat, about to mimic tor the
Leeward Islands; 12 .1. Isle of France; 23d, Linieriek ;
24th, India. Halspore; 25th.Cork,iotended for Cowl* this
spring; 211th, Gibraltar; 27th, on passage to Gibraltar;
13th, lonian Isles; 19th, Armagh; 3011, East furies, Fort
George; 31st, Chatham, Sheerness, Harwich, Linensid-
Fort, Heligoland; 31141, lonia') Islands; 3,3 d. Hilts; 34th,
India, Yellow, Nundiall; 3541. Coal. Intended fur Canada
this opting; 36th, Malta; 37th. Clnehire; 3tton. Cape of
Good Hope; 3311, Castleoar ; 40th, Glasgow; 411.1. Lon-
dimuierey ; 42d, Dundalk; 43d, Belfast; 44th, Klikeuity I
48th, peocoesitag to Ceylon: 46th, India, Saieral• Fur'
George; 4704 India; debt Now flasulh Wake; Mk, Per.
snot; 00th, on masse' to Jaanalsts; blot, Irlyanosith ; 62411,
Chaim 814, India, Trlchimalsopy, and Plop; 84th, ow •
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