The National Register.
London, England, 1812-12-20 00:00:00

1) I.C. 20

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Mr. Wityrsa EA II whelltri ityy provision M 6 made for
Taking the stuns thus v..t,.:: ;
Mr. VANSITTART answered, by the Annual. Bills, and 10,500,0301.
Exeitequer

DF.C. 15.
A petition against the r:arholit. E.naiet.ipation was presented from
the Clergy awl Deanery Bristol,
A !notion m:ide I,r Copies of Letters from the NTarquis
of
Hui:lot:ham and lord Camden, rel itive to their tither to gi‘e up a
p.nt of titer salary as Tellers of the Exchcquer ; agreed to.—
Adjourned.

NVEnNESDAY, aF.C.
SIR F. Butt tater presented a Petition from Captain EnAis, of the
Colonial fliaate DeOnu, ecniplaining that his crew, who had all pro.
tectiens, having baen attacked by a press-gang, succeeded in beaten
them oft : that he, in conarquenae, was suminconed to the Tham,s
Police O.lLe, and traearnittel from thente to Clerkanwell Prison,
w!iere he was confined among fel•Gos, and suffered many other hard-
ships In the Petition he referaed for a character of him to Adtairai
Hunter. atel many other uersons of high respectability.
The SPEAKER Sllgfr;ONted to the lion. Baronet, that as the Petition
apaeared to be very lung, it would be bLtter to have it returned to
C earedis, for the purpose of compressing it within narrower
sir FCRANIS assented, and the Petition was withdrawn far the
present.
Mr. D Avis Gt nor presented a Petition from the Booksellers,
complaining of the haidships to which t hey were subjected, in baieg
o:fliged to supply the I.Tilivrsiiies with copies of every new work.—
Oidered to lie upon the table.
Mr. A aeR ea omay moved that there he ripen the table an
accaunt of all the Decrees passed in the Cucr eel C hence: v, front :he
Lab of A pril, 1812, to the latest period.—Agreed to. Also an ac.
eaten of the number of Bills filed in each year, from the Ist of
14r.udry, 1810.—Agreed to.
Mr. Wn I TBR LAD said he was desirous of asking a question sug-
gested to him by the speech of the President of the United States,
latoly received in this Country : however, as he understood that the
Noble Lord (Castlereagh) was indisposed, he should not press it,
unless the Chancellor of the Exchequer ha.l no ohjoction to answer.
The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said, that his noble friend
'Castlereagh) would be able in the course, perhaps, of to-morrow,
to answer the question himself.
Mr. WHITBREAD wished to know when the adjournment was to
take place ?
The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said not before Tuesday or
Wednesday next. Be was not aware, however, that any new
matter would be brought forward in the House after Friday.
Mr. WHITBREAD desired to know, what annum of Exchequer
Bills would be outstanding in the month of February next.
The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said it depended upon cir-
cumstances. The amount outstanding might be at that time about
e,1340,0001.
M r. CR EEVEY wished to know the produce of the Consolidated Fund
nit the War Taxes up to the last quarter. lie should make a motion
ta that purpose to-morrow, unless the Chancellor of the Exchequer
sail he was ready to bring forward the account necessary to discover
what their produce was. He thought it would be a great convenience
it the property tax appeared upon two schedules, one stating the
amount ariaing from land, and the other arising from trade.
The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said, he could have no
wish and no ioterest in withholding trom the public the accounts
anuded to.
Mr. CREEVEY desired to know Utile deficiency in the revenue was,
to reality, not more than what was stated on a former sight, namely,
The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER replied, that the accounts
lamed he very von before the House, when it would appear that the
LfO.tency was not niore than 90,0001. a great part of which fell upon
the excise.
The Malting Bill, the Chocolate Bill, and the West India indem-
nity Rill, were then read a third time and passed.
The 1-16;use went into a Committee orsu My, and Lord Palmerstone
prop ised rat additional grant of 2,700,00j1. for the army.
fir. n TBREAD thought it strange, that in 48 hours after another
grant hid been made, the Noble Lurd should come again to the House
welt such an application.
Lord PA LMERSIONE said it was his business to take the estimates
trnnt the other departments. He had no other means of calculating
i
sum far which he should apply. What he proposed the other
lll& he thought would be suftieieal. Upon enquiry, however, it
u
•aNsfo:ind, that the sum then proposed w n be enough.
T
~0 REEVEY reprobated this second demand, and thought it should.
at last be p••stponed.
fil r soma caplanation from the C HAN cr Loa of the EXCHEQUER,
It h ch was not tatisfoctcry to Mr. CREEVET, the Committee di-
Vidza;

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