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London, England, 1821-05-02 00:00:00

THE DANK RESU3IPTION OF CASH PAYMENTS

RILL

The Earl of LIVERPOOL said, that before the MVO
he intended to have moved the third reading of this Bill;
but was preirenteol by a wish expressed by a Noble Lord,
who generally sat at the other side of the Home. He would
muse the third reading now, but the Nulite Lord etas not in
his place; if lie Wa.l in attendauce to-morrow, he would
more it. If the Noble Lord (we suppose lord King) was
not then present, he would muse the thirst reading of the
Rill out friday next.

Lard HOLLAND presented a Petition from the lahabi•
touts of the Touts of St. John, Neirfnendland, eomplainirg
of lb. manner in which justice .as administered in Nat
colony, and praying fur relief. The Noble Baron said he
felt souic difficulty in presenting the Petition i■ the absence


Colonel DAVIES asked the Right Hon. Gentleman op.
posit, if it was the intention of Ministers to ;mewed with
the Wristlet of the Committee of Supply, it being now halt-
past 6re o'clock
The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said that

he ball nu objection. The usual time for commencing want
five o'clock, or a quarter after, but if it was the pleasure of
the House they might i■ future commence public busioesii
at half past four o'clock.

REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE OF SUPPLY.
The Order or the Day was tlren read. The Re-
port was brought up.
The CHANCELLOR Of the EXCHEQUER moved
that the House should agree with the Resolutions.
of the Committee.

On the first Rtiocilotion being read, for granting
105,9431. lOd. for the General Staff in Great
Britain—
Mr. H. G. BENNEVT rose and said, he did not
now mean to go into any discussion on this partieu-
ler estimate, but it was, be believed, the intention
of his Hon. Friend, the Member for Aberdeen, who
was not then in his place, when the whole of the
estimates were before the House, to move a wire
of resolutions on the whole military establishment
of the kingdom. They had now been so long oc-
cupied in the discussion of only one set of esti-
mates, those belouging to the army, that it was
hardly possible to keep the attention of the House:
fixed upon the subject ; he, therefore, thought it
might be much inure effectual to bring at once
under consideration the whole amount of all
the estimates, for the army, navy, and ordnance,
including in one genes al view tine whelk
amount of the money which hail been voted.—
After all the exertions which had been made on his
side of the House, they had not succeeded in saving
to the public one shilling on the estimates pro-
posed ; but he had not the smallest doubt, that
unless some unforeseen occurrence should again in-
volve the country in the calamity of war, they
would never again see such estimates us those which
bad been brought forward for the present year.
but would hereafter find them considerably lowered ;
a result which would be owing not to a vote of the
House, but to the persevering exertions of a small
minority on the aide where be sat.
The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER proceeded.
as far as we could collect from the low tone in which
the observations of the Right Hon, Gentleman were
made, to defend the present estimate., and to inns;.-
lain that the utmost eoertiobb had been made of
Government to keep them within as narrow a con:-
pass as ibcssible. The contiouullyeverying ed -
communes% of the country rendered it iropussible.
to form any fixed standard by which the scale of
its establishments could be regulated ; the estimates
now before the House hail been made out upon e
calculation of the exigencies of the pubiW serve-
under the peculiar circumstances of the prewet
period, and be had no doubt of their meeting as r
the typrobattod of the House.
Colonel DAVIES said, with regard to what t!io
Right Hen. Gentleman had said of the approlwes
non of the House, lie, as so individual, could only
express Ins own opinion, but he believed that lie
country generally felt that if the Minister pr.-
posed a vote of 1,0001. where 1001. only was ac-
cessary, it would be readily agreed to by the au..
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