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haid Htmil•nr., Mr. keia, Mr. Martin, and Mr.
W. Sixbith.—
Mr. RY1.1.2.h. idhsclued In withdraw his award-
ment.
Mr JOT-INS I ON F. moved, as an amendment; that
none lathe Cot initionnen ba apr.,:inted
fe.r invest .sting these el.:in-is, bhc.ild be mellbers
ut that House t but that this exempt:on rot
extend to those who had been Alse3.ly Avp,,inted ;
li,ch, atter some observations, was witlitlr4wo, and
the Will read a thin! iime, and pns cd.

'TREASURER OF TIIE N,‘VT.
Mr. WHLTbREAD lose. in piosmtnee of the
notice he had given. It had been his itoenti,4l, he
said, to wove for leave to bring
in a hill fot the
Setter regulation of the Office of Treasurer td the
Navy, but the pet iod of the session was st. "sr ad-
vanced, that he found it necessary to decline sloiog
so at present. He felt it to be his duty, howevt
to state, that from a reference to the Lords' Jour-
nals, it appeared, from the opinion cl eleven out
of the twelve Judges, that the poWic have no hold
on those who have the expenditure of such 1M111C11,2
WM:44 public money, as trust pass into and through
the hands of such oftkers as the Treasurer
of the Navy ; and, therefore, he thought it was
highly necessary the law should be altered, and
that that had been laid down • by the Learticd
Judges, should either be declared to be ;or if
not that, it should be wiled and ascertained,
what was adualiv the law sat On that sti!jr at. Wan
regard to the YSth of the Kmg..t alyeare.l. irons
the opinions of die Learned Judgeo that the pub-
lic have all along been under a very gross delusion
sespeding that ad, for they always CollCtiVed, that
the a" was made for the express purpose of pre•
venting the Treasurer of the Navy trona employing
to his own use and advantage, any of the vast sums
entrusted to his care for Naval purposes, or hunt
permitting persons aditig under him, so to employ
the public n iiiii ey. It appeared, however, from the
opinions of the Judges, that ',imams employed
under the Treasurer ci! the Navy. may employ the
public money to anyamouot, to their own advantage,
provided they make up the same before it is wanted.
He theta read, front the Report, the question put to
the Learned judg, s, AILt their answer to the same,
(whits have already appeared in our Paper, An the
report, 0/k searching the Lords'lsurnals.) He hoped
his Right Hon. Friend ne sr him (Ur. Sheridan)
who now filled that important office, would make •
such regulations, as should prevent any pradices
being resorted to between this time and the meeting
of Parliament in the next sess.on, and that as eatly
as possible after that, the House would take the
subject into their serious consider: • . He would
not, therefore, trouble the House with any thing fur•
ther on the so, jeel, than to submit to them a motion,
.•• that the House will early in the nts! session of
Parliament take into their most serious consideration
the as of the 95th Geo. 111. entitled, An Aa for
better regulating the office of Treasurer of the
Nary."

On the question being put,
Mr. LEICESTER said, he did not rise to oppose
the motion, but to make a few obset vatiens on some
parts of whot had been said by the Hon. Grntle-
man who brought it forward. The Hun. Gentle-
man seemed to suppose the Judges had sail, that
embezzlement of the visite money WAS no criminal
offence; but that was not the ease. If he only
mea;:t to say, that persons taking public money
fur temporary sues, and refunding i: befare it
was wanted, in that case it was certainly no of-
fence, and that was all that the learned Judie: had
said on the subjea.
!qr. mrlitrtEAD said, the Hon. Gentleman
had put a word l;:to his mouth v.. 1 cgs he never
made use of. He had never men:it:wed the word
embezzlement. The at he had alluded to expressly
declared, that money should not be taken trans the
Bank by the Treasurer of the Navy, for any other
than naval purposes, and if a new law was to be
famed on the subject, his great Ji would be
to bud words stronger and more binding than those
contained in the ant alluded to. If this be law,
which the Judges nave delivered :a such, let it be
declared to be so ; if not, it is necessary and tight
that a lAN should be made expressly on the subject.
By this opinion of the learned Judges, he under-
stood many tat their Loodships had been guided. as
to their decision, itt the acquittal ni Lmsl
on mane parts of the charges; and though he meant
not the smallest disrespe.ft to the opinions of the
Judges, yet as their opinions were not infallible, and
A case had hen yesteiday decided in dii ea opposi-
liJel to the opinions of the Judges, and had i:Actehy
the same, he thi.u.4l,t that House could
not be too speedy iu set:liog the Law decidedly On
this stable&
Mr. SHERIDAN said, that•after the opinions
of the Judges, lie thought it highly necessary some
regulation should cal:, place Ole the subja.. It
was, in Isis opinion, extremely against the spirit of
the Aa, that the Paymaster should hare power to
take money from the Bar-Ai, which WAS lodged
there expte.sly for naval purpose-, and apply such
mosey to his own private use and advantage. The
lunette was now altered, and had been Irons the
time his Right Hon. Frtend rear him (Mr. Tier-
ney) came into that office ; and it was somewhat etc-
tlaurdinat y, that this alterat,is was frCOMfileistleol
to his Right lion. Fiiend, by Mr. Trotter hanselt.
Mr. V t II PIIR expla;ned.
Mr. FULLER telt:ate, his former sentiments,
respeaine the exesoces tat the trial lit Viscou...; Mel-
ville, and hoped they wfm'...l. be allowed Inns Out of
the public purse.
Aim a new woaJs from Mr. PERCIVAL, the
minion was agreed to.
Mr. HOlisiOUilf. reported from the Bar, that
1w had waited on the Lands with the Message re.
:petting Gordon's Divorce Ilia, and that be bad
brought back the said Bill.
Mr. R. DUN DAS said, that seeing a Noble Lord
in his place, he ma:l beg leave to ask him a ques-
tion. The Noble Lord had, early in the session,
expressed his intention of bri•-ning in a bell for the
better Regulation and Eneruragent,ott of the Fishe-
ries on the Norther-it Coasts. He wished to know
whether he intended to baths forward such a mea-
sure in the course of the ;anent session?
Larl TEbieut answered, that such bad been
his intention, and it was a matter he had very much
at hearts bet be found it would Le impossible to
.1.) any thing eirraval in is sfuring the present me-
:ion. I.lz plzstge4 liussvver, in case be

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~could hold his present office in the nest session, to
bring the measure forward in the earliest Part of it.
Lord 4HENRY PE r rir said, he had given n.,
tice of a motion to compensate the Commi,sioners
I'M- the Redemption of the Land fie, with respett•
to Church Livings ; bur, as it must originate in a
time for it, at this late period o: the
nCrlrnimir)i.rvteebecf the whole House, a.id As thrie 14tlid
session, he would, for the present, rfostpone it, azd
bring it forward in an early period of the act:
Session.

ROYAL DUKEi' ANNUITY ntere
Lord H. Pbl Y moved, ". that the Royal
Dales' Annuity Bill be now lead a second time."
On the question being put,
Col. WOOD said, he felt it his duty to °Neel es
this Bill. He then repeated the arguments he had
died ageiest it a few eights ago, and thought tlis
an unnecessary expenditure of the public
The Noble Lord, in bringing forwerd the measure,
had stated, as one of his chief reasons fur COI;
so, the great increase whie's had taken pliee in ad
the necessaries of life, since these ptuvisions wife
originally made. He allowed t11;11 to be the egos
but these Royal Personages only felt the pressure it:
common with °theta, and that pressure was most
severe on the great mass of the people, who were
nearly borne down by taxer. lie said, lie verily be.
tiered, that if he were t.' ask Monsieur Talleyraad,
t:se Prime Minister of Bonaparte, what mode he
thought would be best to be pursued, in order to
throw this country into the grasp and doninnii!re
his master, he would say. it was to make eit peo.
pie dissatisfied with their Government—make them
dissatisfied with their taxes, and the people would
be ready to throw themselves into the arms of B.
napatte. Thiaae Noble Dukes held many places
and emoluments, besides their original estebli,t►
ments of 12,0001. a year; and to make this additien
to the public burdens, would, he thought, be one
of the surest methods of making the people
satisfied ! and that at a moment when he would Scl-
viee the Noble Lord to exert hie every facuhy and
ability, to nuke retrenchments, rather than add Co
the public burdens. He thought this measure ought
to have been introduced by the Noble Lord before
a secret, ur a 'cleft Committee, rather than by this
mode ; and that Committee mie I t hive made in-
quiries, which would have enabled them to jedge,
and to inform the Hance, whether this increase was
aelually necessary. As it now stood, he must nbjeet
to the Bid.
Mr. W. SMITH said, his Noble Friend, he was
sere, del not stand in need of the letture given him
by the Hon. Gentleman who had just set down;
for he WAS convinced the Noble Lord was inclined,
from the genuine impulse of his own mind, to use
every degree of Iszonumy that was possible, in the
expenditure of the public money. With regard to
the measure itself, he was in acme degree of the
same opinion as the Hon. Gentleman who spoke
last; and he was so, in a great measure, from what
had fallen from his Noble Friend. who had sttteii,
on bringing forward the measure, That the Iluke of
York, much, he (Mr. Smith) thought, us his ho-
nour, had refused to accept any increase ot his es-
tablishment. If the House were to proceed alone on
the argument *lithe increase of the necesiai ies of
he could hive objetti .n to this increase of the
original provision ; but there•w ere ouser considera-
tions on this subjeil ; and it should be tecolleded,
that these Noble Dukes have offices anal eueolumente
which greatly add to their original esteelishineats.
He had, a few nights since, moved for an Aceoure
of those emoluments, and he though: the House
could not proceed in the measure till those Accounts
were laid before them, and it would then be seen
how much they now received in addition to their
13,0001. a year. The only question was, whether
such an addition, as he was speaking of, would tend
to increase the respell of the country towards these
Noble Personages ? He took it. the House was not
ripe for discussion of the subject, till the papers he
had moved for be laid before them. Toe situation
of his Noble Friend was peculiarly difficult, and co
Member should make en attack on lain fur too lavish
an expenditure of the public money, because it
must be evident, that in bringing forward the pre-
sent measure, be ailed only in an official cepecity,
and it was the duty of his situation to do it.
Colonel WOOD explained.
Mr. ROSE said, it was right to augment those
incomes, or it was not ; if it was right, considering
bow much the value of money was depreciated, be
thought the addition WAS as little as possible.
Mr. W. SMITH explained.
Lord H. PETTY said, the only question before
the House, at present, was, whether they should ap-
ply that principle of ceconomy (which had been so
strongly recommended, and which was unquestion-
ably highly necessary) so strictly, as to deny
those Royal Personages that conudenttion which
has been given to all Public Offic-rs having salaries.
and which salaries hare all, from time to time,
beta increased, in conseqiience of the great in-
crease in the price of all the necessaries of life
and whether the House will make these illustrious
Persons the only ones who shall be pawed by
unn3ticed in that respen ? The feel is. it had long
been suggested. that Mere would be a necessity to
make an increase in the provisions originally mails
for the support of the younger branches of Ws Royal
Family. This had received the decided appr..bee
non of the Right Hon. Gentleman who preceded
him in the office he then held. He did trot men-
tion this by way of urging the sanaiun of that Itiglat
Hon. Gentleman as it motive wbach had attuetesl
him in bringing it forward ; he thought it light
and proper s and ail the increase he had made, or
those Noble! Personages wished for, was 'itch as
would nicer the entire approbation of Oa House.
As to the motion of hi. Honourable Friend be-
hind him (Mr. Willie:lr Smith), lie believed
the creel of it would not be sues as to prevent.
the House from proceeding with the Bill. Willa
nip:l to what his liou. Friend had said of the
Doke of York, he agreed with him, that it was
highly to his Royal Highness's honeur. to have re-
fetal any increase; but he was particularly situated,
for, by the provision made at.his marriage, leas in-
come, independent of his emoluments, as Cossiman.l-
- in Chief, is 26,000.
The Bill was then read a second time, and order-
ed to be committed to-morrow.
TIIANKS TIIE VOLUNTEERS.
Sir H. MLLDMAY rose, its puisuance of the
notice be bad gives, to make his motion reipalog