The Sun.
London, England, 1814-03-26 00:00:00

COMMITTEE O 1 SUPPLY.

' On the motion of the CHANCELLOR of the 'EN-.
anEQuRR, the House went into a Committee of
Supply.
The CHANCELLOR of the Ei/WHE6I.I.7EIt said, he

rose,for t-he purposciof proposing to take a cer-
tain snip of 'money on account of the Army Extra-
ordinaries ; the_(letads of which could be perused
after the recess, when the financial, measures of
tilt; season might come under discussion. He
was not aware that any, opposition could arise to
th s privilege, which was necessary for the public
service, and should iherefore merely a 314: .for the
stun of 2,900,0001.

Mr. TIERNEY said, that he did not rise with a
vrew of objecting to the grant ; but lie was sorry
to hear that there was any necessity to bring it
forth at this time. Gentlemen should recollect
that they were now left, after a very long adjourn-
ment, to look a little into the public business.—
The House had, previous. to
,that long, adjourn-
ment, granted a very large sum, not less than
35,000,0001. and they were then called oil by a
Message from the Prince Regent, to adjourn a
second time., without any reason being assigned
for it ; and now they meet again without being
informed what has become of the 35,000,0001. so
ratelv voted ; when the Right Hon. tientleman
asks for 2,000,0001. thore,. he mint confess he
should be glad if the vote could be postponed,
till it might be convenient to Ministers to give
some explanations for, by voting away sums in
this manner, it might be conceived that he (Mr.
was_giving his confidence to carrying on the
war, without knowing upon what grounds. In
fact, it was, making the House were bankers to
the T aur-y; while they were kept in ignorance
of the course which the war was taking ; and as
'to the progress of the nego&ations, they did not
know as much about them even as the Lord
Mayor. Ile thought when Ministers came in this
manners for money, it should, at least, be conve-
.
nient to them to give some information. For let
the House consider their situation ; in three
months. the 35,000,0001; may ha:e been spent,
and now, without any explanations,
,they were
called on for,' 2,000,0001. more, He really con-
ceived it necessary to make these observations, out
of regard for the honour and character 'of the
House.

The CHANCELLOR Of 01e EXCHEQUER, in ex,-
planation, made some observations in a very.lOw
tone of voice. 'We under Stood the- Right Hon.
Gentleman to say, that he had only aslud for as
much as ,was absolutely necessary ; as he, was
aware that it might-be unpleasant to the House to
vote a-larger sum.' But thd Right lion.. Gentl-
eman (Mr. Tierney.) had drawn some erroneous
conclusions. For out of the 35,000,0001. that had
been voted, only 13,000,000/. had been', applied
to those particular services for which the present
vote was required; while another large ,sum had
been taken for the repayment of Exchequer Bills ;
so that the Right Hon: Gentleman would find it
extremely hard to make out that the 35,000,0001.
had been disbursed for the services now under
consideration.

- Mr. TIERI,NY replied, that if all the sums voted
were put together, they would be found to
amount to what .he had stated. But supposing
1300,0001. had been voted for the Army Fi)Ara-
ordinarie*, would the Right Hon. Gentleman say
that all the sums had been specifically applied to
the services for which they had been voted ? For
his own part, he had been careful to say nothing
that should provoke any debate.; but it was clear
that 35,000,0001. had been voted,. and ..we, were
now going on at the rate of 125,000,0001. a year.
And from what had passed, however. whimsical it
might appear, it would seem to,be mOre'painful
to the Crown ta ask for money than for the House
to vote it ! He trusted, however, that if the Right
HOn. Gentleman was not absolutely in want of the
money this day, the House would abstain from
voting it, at least'till they were informed of the
situation of affairs..

The CHANCELLOR Of the EXCHEQUER said, that
whatever sums had !leen entrusted to theAlinis-
ters of the Crdwn", no one of them had ever taken
on himself to misapply the money, by paying to
the army what was voted for. the navy: But in
the various branches of either service; the suns
voted for one-head has been occasionally applied
to another.

titiSKlssotv explained, that this application
of money was perfectly rcgular ; hut to extend it
beyond one service into another, was what no
Minister ever thought himself at liberty to do.—
The questio,L. however, ,now under discussion
might easily he set right by 'referring to the 're-
gular documents. In fact; no' nroncy for the.
Army Extraordinario %vas voted last year. till-after
this time; but it would hare been at the discre-
tion of Ministers to take what might have been
previously wanted. All
,that had tiO‘tr occurred
Was, that the Right Hon. Gent. had preferred ask-
ing for the farther sum of two millions fot defray-
ing the Army ExtraordinarieS for the yearfBl4,
The 'Resolutions, that the following Sums he
granted to his 'Majesty, were then severally put
and agreed to . . _

For the e-xpeuccs of the Commissariat .... L. 2,000,000 0 0
For paying oflicertoin Annuities granted in,' - • - ~
the 42d year of his present Majesty , 36,682 14 5
For the relief of the Refugee French Clergy,
. .....
in 18t4
- .
For , the Refugee Laity
For making good• the deficiencies of the

grant of:1813, for the Printing for the '
House of Commons 5,37G 9 1
.•
For the maintenance of Convicts at 'ionic,

in 1814 . -
For deficiaiicies in prosecuting Forges of
P93,5i4 1 8
the current coin of the kingdom
For the defitiencieS in' supplying, imr April
1813, Pi elisions to the Shethindislands 1,937 18
For Repairs made in the Houses of Parlia- _
Inent, and in that of tha Speaker, in 182 5,092 4 0
For the improvement of Holyhead klarbuur 10,000 0 • 0
For one year's interest on Saws raised by • •
Debentures, fur the Discharge of '
. quer Bills - 39,730. 0 0
-And for the.use of the Society for tbeßeffige
of the Destitute
The House having resuuledt
The CHANCELLOR Of the EXCHEQUER gave no-
tice, that on AlotuLay, in a Committee of Supply,
he should wove for certain sums to defray the in-
terest on outstanding,Exelequer Bills, and to pro-
vide a Sinking Fund for the surae.-,—Adjourneci.