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accounts ; where the Sovereigns, great officers and small,
little and !at ge char me., &c. were all mixed up together.
He maintained that he was the hest friend of the Sove-
reign and the !..olfcreigh's popularity, in desiring that
this old tesstery should he terminated. If people del not
inquire, all this might do as well as moteinl ;ab put un tgbitu-
.
suttely for Anal a s)stene. they now lived rying ae
He therefore maintained that it Wii% not consistent with
the dignity and popularity of the Sovereign to he so mixed
up with VATIOWA officers, and to be so paid ; his income
being paid out of the penny on the barrel of ale, and the
halfpenny no the gallon of whiskey. (Hear, hear.)—lt
,was amazing in what strange company they found his
Majesty. There WAS not greater verities in the Ark itself.
There was the Vicar of the Tuner, with a salary of
11.
13.. 4d. his income was a good example to many great
officers. 'I lien there were the Master of the Hawks, the
,Keeper of the Lions, a Latin Secretary, and a " Watch-
man to the Exeliequer"—be did net know whether the
Rielit Hon Gentleman theset was here meant.
(Much Iregliter.) All incomes and persons were
mixed up with the Monarch. Was not this in reality de-
grading the Crown, and exposing it to unmerited unpo-
pularity and remark. But then it was said, they must
resettle the Civil List at the Commencement of a new
reign; it' sit, why not do it in some regular and rational
niode ? As to fixing it for life, that was as absurd
as the jumble which characterized the whole Civil
List. Dorilig the last reign, they had to advance it
three tithes, and to pay debts off twice. And the
Droits of Admiralty were of as vague a character ; be-
sides they might be of dangerous tendency, the money
not being under the contronl of Parliament. By b
the
death of a lunatic 113/. had been received ; 17,
000/. y
another demise ; by the Dutch prizes upwards of one
million.; and supposing such sums were received on the
eve of a general Election, might it not be diverted to un-
fair objects ? These slims had oil some occasions been
granted in aid of the Government, and thus things might
be most imporiantiv changed ; for the King, instead
being unable to stir without the Parliament could proceed
from his own funds. It wasalso of intportance as regal Jed
pensions fur Parliament granted some, such as those
given to Lords Hutchinson, St. Vincent, and Nelson; but
others were greeted by the Crown to various Right Hon.
and other Gentlemen, which, had they been proposed in
Parliament, might not have passed with quite so much
unanimity. But the fond had been exposed to some abuse
—and lie particularly mentioned the case of Sir Home
Popham as an instaisce—the case was an alledged smug-
;ding transaction. Another objection was, that the loud
Skew iu the way of Ministers a temptation to which they
ought not to be exposed. He did not say that any Sove-
reign or Ministers would go to war on such account; but
if eight or nine millions were to come in as prizes it
• might (and that was enough for him) mitigate the calami-
ties of the event. Prizes obtained before declaration of
war went to this flraul, and he said such prizes, were pur-
ashased at the expense of the honour of the country. That
lie said, was the fact. Let theta look at the Demist' prizes,
and the Spanish prizes, where millions were obtained.—
He tberefoie wished such funds to cease to exist in such
character ; and such change would deprive our rivals of
the opportunity to malign our country, who only envied
its greatness. No officer approved of such proceedings;
they said they were things which made an Englishman
hang his head with shame. As to the Barbadoes 3 per
cents. they were granted for the Islands, for local pur-
poses; but the Parliament, and then the Crown, got hold
of them. (Loud and repeated cheering for some minutes.)
He bliwild therefore move, that it is expedient that the
House do take into its consideration the droits of Adnii-
ratty, the Cs per cent. ditties, and other funds not usually
deemed within the mitred of Parliament, in order to
make such provision respecting the same as shall he con-
sistent with the dignity of the crown, with the interests
. of the people, sod with the maintenance of the Constitu-
tion. (The cheering was repeated from all parts of the
house when the Hon. and Learned Gentleman resumed
Lis seat.)
Mr. CANNING resisted the motion, contending that
the usage of tour reigns had established the coarse of
proceeding ; but conceded that the Accounts of the Re-
venues and Grants from them should,as a matter of course
be sessionally laid before Parliament
After remarks from Sir. J. Al'lntosh, Sir J. Newport,
Mr. M‘Donald, &c. ; and a pointed reply from Mr.
,Brougham, the House Ist Twelve o'clock ilivided. Ayes,
155 Noes, 273—Majority againthe motion 118.—Ad-
journed to Monday.

The following documents are interesting, as they
relate .to the motion made by Mr. Brougham in the
House of Commons respecting the 4i per Cents.—
" An Act fur settling an impost on the co 11111 l udities of
the growth of this islaud ; passed the 12th of Sept. 1663.
No. 36.
" Extract—. Whereas our late Sovereign Lord Charles
1., ot• blessed memory, &c•
" And for as 111111:11 as nothing eonduceth more to the
peace and prosperity of any place, and the protetion of
every single per-on therein, than that the politic revenue
thereof may be in atone measure ptopotßoned to the pub-
licLcharges and rspete.es : and also well weighing the
great Charges awl espetises these toted be of necessity in
maintaining the bunion and dignity of his Majesty's au-
thority berc—(foe• public meeting in the Sessions, the often
attendance of the council, the I eparation of the furls, the
building a St 2/Sl.u-house and a 'll5Oll, cud all other ptibt•
charges 111/.111110141l 011 lilt ; do, 111 considers
lion thereof, give and grant
and sin:res.-to. for t ver, and du nowt I lily &side your
Excellency to accept these oar grants ; and we I lid,
play y eitehey that it may be I.ll4Vird, and ire it
enacted b. mss E‘telieney Lei d N itiongittry, ul Pai ham,
Captain-IL:roe, 41 41111 Clout Governor of this lentos' ot
Barbadoe., 411.1 all (Abel the Cal thee Wands, anti Hy and ,
with the ettiett nt of the council Jatt the 4;4.1,th-wets of the
assembly, few e-entatives ot this stand, ono i antimony
of the rdiii,•,ll6dl an iniptett ot cos,inti he, limo awl atter
pnblicatioli 11, scut, liaised Upon Ilse mauve commodities
of this atter the porpoi and 111 111a111:1 and
form a, 1• ..1 •.;it r art doom 414(1 ap,lolll lell 1 1141 iv to
say, "I .l. . " votion,ol.,“ - t lint growth 01 produce
Of this 141,11,11141 411411 1r• -l.it.pc.l (Al the halla• 11.4,1 be
paid to our Soiree-iv. Lord toe King, his heirs and saw-
cebtora fur over, tour and a halt in specie for every live
score."