The Sun.
London, England, 1813-11-16 00:00:00

miusn OF COMNIONS.

Mr. P. RoavisoN took the.oEiths an:l his seat for Pipport-
KrNincx brought, tnithe Lieal Poor Provisi,m Arn,nd-
uteut 11111, which Was read a first time, and ordered to be read
a'sc'cond on Thursday. .
• PUBLIC GRANTS.
On the motion of Mr.. AntIVTLINO.T, the TIMM. icentinto Ft
COrlp4litiee of Supply, in which the following Grants were
agreed
For status advanecd for the public service oUt of ttie Civil
List, pursuant to addresses, and nut replaced by. Parliament,
40,0211.
For sinus advanced' for public services frau': the Civil List,
nut beilig part of its ordinary expenditure, and not replaced
Parliament. 32,,9061.
For ,wms rata:iced for public tervict* front the Civil List,
h-rttorore paid out of proceeds of old stores, ~2231.
I'm sums paid out of the Civil List for Parliatzenthry and
other public services, b4r141.
For improving the coanonnication at Queen's Ferry,
tween the counties or-Edinburgh and Fife, agreeable- to the
Act of last Session, 10,0e01.
. For the relief of the sufiering Clergy and Laity of France,
119,5001.
On this grant being proposed, Mr. WHITBREAD
said he wished to take dust opportunity of men-•
tioniug- the case of a Mr. Renouet, who had held
the situation of Mayor of Toulon when that. city
was evacuated, and who had beer,, a. great. sufferer
on the occasion. He had tat first received a pen-
sion from :Naples, but no the irruption of the
French into, that country, he had retired to this,
where he at first only received the relief of one.-
shilling per day, which was afterwards on appli-
cation increased to 100/. a-year. Both lie and
his wife' were now very ohl, and had only this pit-
tance for their support, though General O'Hara,
Sir D. Militias, and •Lrird ilobd, who were pre.
sent at the evacuatiou of Toulon, had testified
t Mr. ltenouet's services 'were faithful and use-
ful oo that occasion, and that he had conducted
himself in the. most exemplary manner. All the
representatiOns, hOwCver, made to the Treasury •
in his behalf had been ineffectual. He, was ore
who wished for some. intpdry into the distribtt,-
tion of this large suing especially as a suspicion
boil gone forth that it 'was not distributed accord-
ing to the merits and wants of rite individuals who
were its objects. His wish, however, in the present
instate, was merelitorecOntmend the ease he had
mentioned to the farther consideratioU of the
Treasury.
•
The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said, he
thought .that the case now alluded to had come
under the consideration of his predetesiors in.
office, and under all the circumstances; it bad not
been thought proper to' increase the allowanee.
There could be no objection to make futtlier'in-
`nuirlesrinto the merits of the ease, -but he..vas
sure that the House could not with -advantage
take into its own hands an inquiry into the claims
of these refugees, Some of them, .on their first
arrival in this country; had received more liberal
succours than' it was afterwards found possible to
confer on others,. in consequence of the numbers
that came over, It wils the wish of Government,
to avoid, as much as possible, the entailing of a:
heavy 'burden on the country.
Mr. WHITBREAD said, in explanation, tbßt.he
had no wish for the interference of Parliament in
this particular case ; but having been personally
applied to by Mr, Renouet, and thinking it.a case
of . considerable hardship, he %viShed to draw to it-
the attention of the l'reosoi.y.
The CHAKCELLOR of the'Excurc,urn explained.:
We understood him to state, that a Mr. Howard
waiappointed to examine all the applications of
the emigrants, and that, as it could hardly he sup-
posed! that he had any undue partialities,
.his re-
port %vas generally considered to be final. There
was.however, a general revision of the grants to
individuals every six menths
The grants next moved were, •
For the St. Domingo sufferers, 80001.
For the relief of Dutch Emigrant9,.:3sool.
For ToulOnese and C.trlicanEinigrants, 11,5001.
For Aineriean Loyali,is, 0,0001. •
For French F.utigrants iu JerSey and Guernsey, 2,:,701.
All the -above grantS were for the year 1814.
7%11, A aatiTinktoT concluded with moving, that
five millions be gruweil for paying off Exchequer
Bills to the same amount, raised' by an ACt of laSt
Session.