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there w®a no difference. lie meant to give the Treasury
ponce to giant increased 'enumeration to such persons,
requiring the Lords to constautly lay before parliament
accounts of such grants. lie also proposed that fur the
sneerammation fund there should be six per cent. charge-
able ou all illt0111(11 lII.u/Vt. laUI., sad 2 per cent. en in-
comes between 501. and 10../I. Snell per (Tillage would
Nowt half the exec:lice of tht. superaminatiuns. 'reuse
°dices that were to be reduced, the ladders retain
their present salaries, but they should pay to the fund at
the rate of 10 per ceot. The Chancellor of the ExelTequer
added, that the 'Mallet of the keeper of the privy purse,
the lord eliaiiihei lain, the lord steward, the master of the
✓obes, and the master of the horse, amotinted in ill to
• 0001., from *hick his Itlaji toy had offered a deduc-
tion of 10 per emit. to be made, which would be a saving
from the civil list of 30,0001. per Ullllllin.-- Ike tight hoe.
gent. concluded with moving resolutions embodying the
principle of the amended scheme of legit:4lll'g buperan-
luintion.
r. HUM E distipproved of the plan. The reduction of
the larger binaries sits by no mewls what the country will
entitled to expert ; ant the tax upon the mallet tines was
whit: they could nut fairly bear. There must be extended
reduct.uus before real relief would he obtained by the
country.
The Marquis of LONDONDERRY denuded what had
brut done ins this moue(' 1.6) the Covetimieet. Torre had-
been the Ines' la borimis ensetiry mid anxiety to meet the
lineal tons of Una Adducts of that Howe.
Mr. I;ENN LTT considered the deduction from the su.
bordmate clef ks as 100 high, whilst the heads of ullices did
Du( KIVU Up enough.
Sir W. DE CRESPIGN Y was highly gratified by the
eiminiunteat. of his Majesty's intention of giving up a
portion of the civil list, unit wad 11104 1/110011S to express his
gratitude fur this gracious cornmuaication. The sifect of
exampl.• coming lima such a quarter would be must power •
fully effective.
Mr. WARE wished to know if the reduction in the Civil
List of Ireland was to ta or a proportion ait a that of Eng-
land, and if a per ceutage was to be takeu from persons un
threhji
Lind LONDONDERRY answered in the affirmative.—
There was one point to a It.ch he arts desirous iif tid%ei ling.
The 1.1,m wlcch prevailed in the minds of quiet peelers a as,
that the a hole of a bat was called the civil list revenue %cut
to the support of his klajesty ; but, in fact, there was only
403,0001 applied to his Majesty's stute, upon this bUNI the
King had given up considerably more than ten per cent.
Mr. C. Wys N defended the system of superannuating
old sersants of the politic, when the time came that they
were tat longer lit fur duty.
Sir J. YORK wished to know if the allowance to the
:nyal family aas to be subject to the 10 per cent discountl
Lord LONDONDERRY answered iu the ni•gative.
Mr. P. MOORE %blued for Mute time, to consider before
be adopted or rejected this resolution, and for that purpose
lie should propthe that the Chairman do NOM l progressond
ask !ewe to sit again.
Mr. GIPPS airs in favour of the resolution. a

Sir M. lt illi,tra' thought the WO find eitii ieni officers of
state, who were IsCCUUe Or x ilethi4lll WI retiring, 611UUld give
up at least 20 per cent, of their ,aluries
Mr. CALCRAFT was against any thing being taken from
the loner baliair,. 11•• could nut avo.d expreiiiii_ the un-
mixed satisfaction he felt at the communication foom the
Ihi one. lie thought 30,0001. Wll4 to; nitwit as his Majesty
mold give tip, :JAI %hen it nos explailiA to the room ry in
hat manner and from what fund his Mojesiy had given up
this stun, he was convinced the people ruutd think :so too.
After a few words from Mr. VV. Smith, Mr. flume, aid
Moore, the hater hon member withdrew his amend-
ment, and tlt•• resolotibn r.f the Chancellor of the Exchequer
µas hgrced tan ithout a division, and the report was ordered
to he received to•morrow. - .

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01 the order of the day for the second rending of the
Bluti3 Bill,
?.Jr. HUM E said, he would in the committee ou the 11111
propose a clause to es plain the poser if the Crown to d.a-
-uri-s officers o court
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l'he other ()alert %%ere (horned of, and the Mute ad.
jounced at loil.-past eleven.
TUZSDAY, MAROC 12.

Mr. G. BENNE ET pi ',seined a petition from Halton,
Northamptonshire, complaining of agricultural distress.
Mr. J. S3111:11 presented a petition from the chamber
of commerce of Edinburgh against the Edinburgh police
bill—a measure, the him member said, which called forth
the most serious attention of the !louse.

Sir R. SIIAWE gave notice, that lie should bring (De-
void his motion for the repeal of the u iudow tax iii Ire-
land on the 21th of April.
Mr. LUSIIINGTON brew:lit in the malt dilly repeal
bill. Read a first time, and oi dealt to be read a second
time to marrow.
Mr. Cll P.TWYNDE moved for leave to bring in • bill
to ronmulidate the laws regarding vagrants. His bill of
the last session, granted fur one 3 ear, had bren successful
beyond Lis rant ctution t and he aas iherclure stimulated
to proceed. There had been 49 acts on this subject,
mule 01 which were now partially acted upon; and he
slietelore thought their consolidation would be useful,
taking his bill of the last session as the groundwork of the
Jul tient proceeding. The object was to simplify what
was to be deemed vagrancy. Ilicre were many contra-
dictory decisions ou this subject, especially as regarded
ballad singets, prize-killers, persons holding platea at
chinch ions, match-sellers, Sec. Oue object would be
to adjust those contradictory tlecision• ; P.llollies would be
to guard th! (.0111111'y more strecitially against the frauds
of vagrants. Their frauds acre carried to an enorniona
extent. It had burn ',toyed that there were forty houses
• issez the OCCII:IbIlley of v.tgrasits in Whitechapel alone.—
HeNtiaglitt such houses oitiplit to be put iiii ler the con-
hunt
out of t istracy, as public houses were; but lie
wrinptnot Wife the. house with details. lie concluded
hwithmoving for leave to In ing in a bill to consolidate the
tiuti agreed to.
Mr. CH ETW yN DE then inured for lease to bring in a
1)41 to facilitate siiiimmuy pi orcedingkfiefuse the jlibliCt b
of the peace, especially as as repealed foruis oh con-
viction.
Mr. M. A. TAYLOR said, thin eAr lions of the hon.
member merited all possible support and approbation.
agreed to.
str J. NEWPORT nese to move a call of the House on
the g4tli of Apt il. The hot. member observed, that it
was uselpl inasmuch as it could show the people or Ire-
land tlrat the fullest attentien would he gi% en tit link
altitila Ile minted the ct would be, lie hoped, to in-
confillid;terif titian(' in the lizislaturc,
blotsuirtgiOcd to. •
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THE NATIONAL REGISTER

COLLECTION OF THE REVENUE.

Col. I).VVIES rose, pursuant to notice, to bring forward
his motion on the subject of the collection of the revenue.
What he desired was, that this portion of the expenditure
should be subjects d to minium!, similar to that which
superintended all other expendi,nre. Its importance
would be manifest, when it was stated that the collection
cost upwards of four nr.tilowl! and that such expenditure
was uncontrolled. With an hie, eased revenue there hail
!men a considetable advance in the rate of collecting the
public money. The expeece of collecting the customs,
&c. for instance, in 1797, was ITs. per cent.; in 18'10 the
expellee was el. 4s. per cent. Speaking of the customs,
he slid that six, instead of nine, commissioners would be
sufficient. Ile also tassel ved, that persons had been ap-
pointed commissioners will/ were intacquaiuted wills the
duties: there were not shove two commissioners who,
limn previous knowledge, could be considered as ac-
quainted is ith the duties of thi ir new offices. One of
them had been a police magistrate; mealier was a military
man, and a user relative and warm supporter of the noble
marquis. But, besides the expellee of collecting the ens-
toms, the supersntittation fund, he tested, Was match
abused. In 1610 there was a charge of 10,00 M. on the
superannuation fund for 1810; it was now bt,oool. It
was in various ways much abused. These were some 611.
after three and five years' service; and it
was vet y reinalkalde that many were allowanced utter
years' service, that being the period of the art for enlarged
allowance; but the act slid that there should nut be so.
peramitsatiom, except where there was age or hail mit,.
tie then adverted to the exit avagant charge for the soli-
citor of the Custom s; ill 1e::0 the charges were 38,C001.,
last year they were 1:9,01.01.—T1ie lion. member dwelt
strongly oil the expellee of our boasted blockade nal the
coat, which he maintained was perfecdy lISVICSS in the
prevention of smogglise,—for smuggling was now carried
on, and could be contra' un,ahnost to any extent. u% hen
ou the coast, he had taken Indus to inquire into the sub-
ject ; and lie knew the truth of what he was stating—that
the smugglieg was cart ied use to an enormous extent, in
spite of the expellees of the coast blockade. lie adverted
to the neglect of time 1:1161011111 in complying with the enders
of the house; that neglect had been most extensive and
:thimble. Even the solicitor to the customs had declined
to make returns. Ile trusted the house would enforce the
orders. The SOiil'ill/e/1 power was tremendous and inqiii-
sittivial—it requited correction. lodividuals had ellered
tau ge comfit otnises rather than fare this tieusendons pow-
er ; one man in particular had uttered '2301., which had
been refused ; the patties afterwards went berme a jury,
and obtained acquittals! What, then, must be the stale
of the system? and who could say that it did not cull. lot
correction ? lie concluded with moving a series of mu.
lot ions, embodying the expellee of collecting the revenue,
4,100,0091., and the necessity of aur.ually subinittiog esti-
mates to the house on the suojecl.
• Mr. HUAIE seconded the :notion.
Mr. LUSHINGTON, ill opposing the motion, said, that
the hon. member had grossly deceived himself. lie con-
dodod with moving the previous question.
Atter souse remarks from Mr. flume and the Marquis
of Longlooderi y,
Cul. DAVIES shortly replied, stating that he should
press the se:ond resolution respecting the customs.
The gallery was cleared for a division. The numbers
welt—For the pt esions question, 9 —Against
jority against the original motion, ti
The house these went into a committee ou the Itlutiuy
bill.

Mr. litnir. said, many par oldie bill were now be-
come ulmo:ele; he nislu•d to know it the noll.e lord
intended to propose auy altetattuoir ►oil it to the ',le-
arnt time.

Lord PALMERSTON said, he had no alterations to
propose al prenut, execpt what related to the settiourat
ut nuldirr._ _

Sir I. COFFIN was itisirions of knowing if any altera-
tion wits to be made In the lumps ut courts ttlalti4l. He
s 'shed to have them placed uuder the saute regulations as
those of the navy.
L.ird PALM LasToN said, at present he had 110 inten-
tion to propo,e uny such %taco-atom.
nil. 1111.%11:: thou sug‘csted uu amendment to regulate
coin is noutant.

Mr. BILK:lir repeated lois arguments against the prero-
gative a Lich the cruets had claimed user °Wows.
Cul. WOOD v. us ready II) meet ham gentlemen, and dis
cu-s that question wheat vcr they thought lit. Ile aus cut•
*juiced the beat protection for the cuivtitutiuis was this
prerogative, w hich kept the fumy (lathlet f other part*
of the constitution. It was at the period whim the couttuul
of the army was taketi from the Grown, that the army
turned the IlMiteof Commons out of doors and overturn lied
the comistm Ma.
W ILLIANiS denied that the King had such a prero•
gatise. It it should be decided that theme was tacit aps era-
pithy, Le would, it no other num did, move for lvase to
ming in
„a hill to titsqualify uthcers ut tilt army train Luring
scats-in the House. _ _

After a few ithserviitioni from Mr. Hume, Lord Palmer-
ttoii, stud %bikers, Ilse iimeiittoient war otgntivtd.
Toe Doer climes were, otter sua,e ngreetl tu.
—Toe Ilsiti‘e returned, and the rei oil Mar usilLied to tie re-
tch ell tu•murrow.

The other olden were dispose I of, mid the House ad-
jauratd at t %%dye o'clock.
VEUXESDAY, MARCII 13.
Petitions complaining of llKrlcultural distress were pre-
weletl fnen Collet lOU, DeVOLlAlltre, dud Liucoloslme.
(Meted Io be in lute 41.
LONDON BI: I DOE.
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Sir W. CURTIS brouAlit fur removing the
Luoilun-hrolee noter•nurks.

All. IIIiTUERWOILIII opposed the bill in its present
form.

Sir F. OM MAN Ey bi-o opposed the hill. There Was not
sufficient indemnity far the water-not P., co:upony i and 46
bitch nee the case, he bhobld move taut the bill be read u first
tliie eat six muitili%

Sir W. CURTIS said it was uevcr the intention to prerout
the company fount receiving intiennot. As to the report
of lavt 'ear, he dad out :agree va la it ; there vv.sal no wait Ut
u new 1,4 idge j the old one could tie so us to ;Lova% er
every ;Ito pose. If the bill bete suffer,Al to gas up vtairt.,
ulaja•ctious 'bight b.• removed.
Mr. Aida in.,n WOOD observed, that on n former occa-
sion, the tionialtoy wea c fur st•lling their ,ttares mid inlet evt
to toe New fait r company. Toey wave la.v
es la uuralionry da mand. mule by the bravge Wales, wank.
4:444:4, any. A• Its what w.is said 411,14411 out badge lie W•as fuo
at Ut * ; not that 11449 1101 the 1.4i61 b.•tinc
Clew I{:u Übe of experiment. it wan by upeumi tile

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