The Sun.
London, England, 1822-03-27 00:00:00

ORDERS OF THE HOUSE.

The Earl of DARNLEY was understood to complain that
certain Returns ordered by the Muse to be made some time
since with respect to Stationary in Ireland' had not yet been
presented,. and to move that they be made forthwith.
The illarOls of LANSDO WNE also compleied that the
Order of the House for a Return of the number of Prosecu-
tions instituted against the Venders of preakfast Powders, had
not been attended 'to by the Commissioners of Excise. This
Order had been made three weeks ago, and in consequence of
its being totally neglected by the ConimisSioners of Excise,
he had moved, and the House had ordered, last week, that the
Return should be made forthwith, yet even this had not been
complied with, although there could be no difficulty to make
the Return. His only course was therefore to throw himself
upon their Lordships, to know whether or not they would en-
forcetheir own orders. '

The Earl of LIVERPOOL stated, that without any fault
on the part of the officers of the House, but from the difficulty
of knowing upon whom its orders should be served, it frequent-
ly happened that they were never received' by the persons or
bodies for whom they were intended. He wished that some
course should be adopted, to ascertain on whom the orders of
the House should be served, and to insure returns being made
within a reasonable time.

The Marquis of LANSDOWNE moved that the officer of
that House, whose duty it was to serve its orders, be called to
the bar.—Agreed to.
The Officer in question and two of the Door-keepers having
been interrogated at the Bar, it appeared, that through a mis-
take the original Order intended fa! the Commissioners of Ex=,
cise, together with that which directed that the return should
be made forthwith, had been served upon Mr. Adrian of the
Treasury, instead of the Excise Commissioners, and that Mr.
Adrian had said it was perfectly right.
The LORD CHANCELLOR thought it absolutely neces-
sary that a Committee should be appointed to. form rules for
properly serving the Orders of the House.. lie knew that after
the most serious inquiry 'on 'the part of its officers, they were
sometimes unable to find out on: whom the Order was to be
served. When the Return was directed to be made forthwith,
it was equally impossible for them to do it, even if they should
work at it day and night.
The Earl of. LIVERPOOL also conceived that it would be
most desirable to be able to ascertain exactly on whom the '
Orders of the House ought to be served. When their Lord,
ships proceeded by Address, the case was wholly different, and
no difficulty was found in obtaining the Return.
Earl GREY did net see how it would be possible for a Com-
mittee to ascertain and to settle on whom all the future Orders
of the House should be served. In the present case, it did not
appear that their Officer was in fault, as he - had been told to
take the Order to the Treasury ; he had taken it to Mr. Adrian,
and that Gentleman had declared on receiving it that all was
right.
The Marquis of LANSDOWNE then gave notice that he
should move to-morrow that Mr. Adrian be called to the Bar.
CIVIL LIST.

The Order of the Day having been read,
Lord KING said, that in moving an Address to the King for
Papers respecting the Civil List; he had intended to have moved
an Address for the purpose of returning the thanks of that
House to his Majesty for his having been graciously pleased to
give up 30,0001. per annum front. that part of the Civil List
which related to . his Majesty's personal expenditure; but he
found that he could not carry that intention into effect consist--
ently with the forms of the house, there having been no com-
munication made to their Lordships- of bis Majesty's gracious
intentions, and therefore they could not formally notice what
they were not formally acquainted with. Ile, however, as a
part of the public,_ might speak of what was a matter of public
notoriety ; and there was no doubt that thiS graciotis act of his
Majesty had given universal satisfaction. He knew not why
14 Majesty's Ministers bad not, with regard to this subject,
alropted what appeared to be the proper course—that of a Mes-
sage to both Houses of Parliament, announcing his Majesty's
gracious intentions. Was it that they wished to do good by
stealth; or was it that they did not feel any pride in the savings
that were thus made ? kroceeiEng to the question to which he
wished more immediately to call the attention' of , the House,
considerable difficulty arose from the complication of the pub-
lic accounts; it seemed as if the accounts were kept in. this
complicated manner in order that the public might not too nar-
rowly. pry into the arcana of office. It appeared; however,
that in addition to the 30,0001. graciously given up by his
Majesty from the class of the Civil List relating to his Ma-
jesty's personal expenditure, there was to be a saving of
25,0001. making altogether a saving of 55,0001. This he
(Lord King).contended, was too little under. present circum-
stances ; and with reference to the period when the Estimates
of the Expenditure ;of the different classes were prepared, it
would be recollected that, with regard to part of this question one
the Act of the 56th Oeo. 111. directed, that any saving that
might be made in the third class of the Civil List, that relating
to the Ambassadors and Ministers at Foreign Courts, and to
diplomatic stations, should not go in aid of' any other branch
of the Civil List, but should be carried direct to the Consoli-
dated Fund. But it not appearing that any such sum had
been carried to the Consolidated „Fund, it seemed that the