The Sun.
London, England, 1802-06-12 00:00:00

SUPPLY.

The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER
moved, that the Account of the Bounties on Corn
and Rice imported into Scotland—of Exchequer Bills
issued on the credit of aids by Parliament not pro.
vided for, &c. for the year 1800—of Bills drawn
on New South Wales, becoming due in the present
year—of the Estimate of Expences for the Repair
of Roads and Bridges, &c. in Scotland—of the
Expence of the Board of Agriculture—of the Ve.
terinaryCollege—of the Sierra Leone Company Est-
ablishment, &c. now before the House, be referred to
a Committee of Supply,—which being ordered ac.
cordingly, he moved the Order of the Day for
the House resolving itself into a Committee of the
whole House, to consider further of a Supply to be
granted to His Majesty. The Order being read,
he moved, " That the SPEAKER do now leave the
Chair," which was carried, and the House having
resolved itself into a Committee of Supply,
The CitANc E L LOR of the EXCH EQVER said, that
before he proceeded to propose the Resolutions which
referred to the several Estimates this day to be sub.
mitted to the Committee of Supply and other Esti.
mates previously referred to, he thought it right to
state, it was not his intention to propose resolu-
tions to the Committee of Supply in consequence
of the Estimates which were presented last night ;
he should propose to bring them forward on Mon.
day next. They had reference to Dutch property
at the Helder, and to African Settlements and other
matters.—The article of charge, to which the first
Re-olution referred, was. for making up the defi-
ciency of the Consolidated Fund up to the sth of
r Soz. Out of 3, t 00,0001., the odual sur-
plus of the Consolidated Fund uo the sth of April,
nas no more than +4,0001. and it was fiis

before he asked of the Committee to come to any
resolution, to make up the deficiency, to explain
as satisfaeto:ily as he was able the causes that had
occasioned that deficiency. He then proceeded to
state the general heads under which the deficiency
aro,x. : The Land Tax, payments in advance made
to a coni..lerable extent for the Wet
other heads of expenditure, into 'the particulars of
which, he said, he was rcady to enter, if necessary.
He observed, that last year, when his Right Hon.
Friend brought forward his Badger, he stated a
discount of 5 per cent., which it was agreed to
allow the Contraetors of the Loan for prompt pay-
ment, and which brought a large portion of that
Loan speedily into the Exchequer. He observed
also, exchequer Bills were issued in tSo 1, for
which no taxes could be provided before April last,
and the debt this created in November last, upon
which interest arose immediately, was another cause
of deficiency. Another head of deficiency arose
out of the suspended payments from Grenada and
Saint Vincent's, and which was engaged to he re-
ceived in the course of the present year. These
articles, taken together, made up a sum of
2,943,2564 To this it was but fair to add the
loss arising from the stoppage of the distilleries.
He was justified in supposing, at one time, that
the Distillers would be permitted by Parliament to
open sooner than Parliament afterwards, in its wis-
dom, thought fit to grant that permission. He
thought they might have been allowed to open in
Oaober last, but for reasons which he saw after-
wards, and which he deemed to be sufficient, it was
wisely determined that the distilleries shdultl not
open until January last. For this loss to the Re-
venue he must take a conjeCture, and he should
state that at 400,0001., for it would be recolletled
that the distilleries were shut up at a season of the
year when they were the most produlive. This,
added to the amount of the other five items, created
a sum of 3,5:6,0001. To which was to be added
the 'deficiency on the Income Bill, &c. &c. He
then recapitulated the items to which he had re-
ferred, and explained the reason for the deficiency,
on account of which the first resolution was neces-
sary. Which Resolution was, That 2,676,0801.
17s. md. be granted to make good the deficiency
of the Consolidated Fund.

Perhaps it would he more convenient fQr him to
abstain from moving one Resolution before he should
have stated them all. The next Resolution applied
to Exchequer Bills outstanding, and issued on the
credit of the aids of 18.00, the amount of which
was 1,066,4931. 7s. 1-201. being the sum paid out
of the public- money for Foreign Subsidies,
The next was for Bids drawn on account of New
South Wales, and which became due in the course
of the present year, and which amounted to 30,0001.
The next was for the importation of Corn, Malt,
and Rice, into Scotland, which amounted to
2 2,08 21. The next was for the repair of Military
Roads and Bridges, in. Scotland. The usual grant
upon this head, was 540001. ; in the present case it
was proposed to grant 60121. t 40. ; 10121. 14s.
was paid by the Executors of the late Sir Charles
Preston. The next was the amount of the Annual
Vote for the Board of Agriculture, which was the
sum of 30001. The next was for the support of the
the Veterinary College, which was the sum of
15001. The next was for the support of the
British Museum, which was three thousand pounds.
The next was to the Governor and Company trading
to the Levant, &c. which was the sum of 50001.—
He was now come to a Resolution to which he was
to call the attention of the Committee ; it was a
sum of t sosl. 16s. which he proposed -to he allow.
ed to Mr. James Edwards, on account of a forfeiture
he incurred by means of the non-payment of instal-
ments to be made by him pursuant to his engagement
on the Loan of 1795. The sum of 11081. 16s. which
he atlually paid, became forfeited to the Public by
reason of the non-payinent of the remainder. The
particulars of the case of Mr. Edwards were to be
found in the Report of a Committee to whom this
matter was referred, and which Report was now
before the,llouse. He presented a Petition to Par-
liament last Session ; it was not then proceeded in,
and it was fair he should say, that the omission was
chiefly owing to himself ; he, from the variety of
subjeas he bad to consider, was unable to bestow
on this that attention which was requisite to enable
himself to become master of it—the business was
therefore not proceeded in last Session. In the pre-
sent Session the Petition was taken up again and-
referred to a Committee : that Committee had fully
investigated the matter, and the Report of that
Committee was now upon the Table of the House.
The short statement of the case was this : Mr. Ed-
wards was a sub-teriber to the Loan of 1795—he
paid the proper proportion of that Loan as the first
instalment, but from ill health he was induced to go
out of the Kingdom; he left the money at his
Banker's for the purpose of making good the remain-
ing payments as they became due : he left the charge
of the management of this business with a near re.
lation, who was an aged parent, who happened to be
very infirm. When these instalments became due,
they were nor paid, by which Mr. Edwards incurred
the forfeiture of this sum of money ; this was not ow-
ing to any fault in Mr. Edwards, but to his misfor-
tune, arising out of the infirmity of his parent. The
object of this resolution was to restore to Mr. Ed-
wards the sum he had thus forfeited, and as it was
not forfeited by his own negligence, he hoped the
Committee would be of opinion he had stated a
case which constituted a claim, not merely on the
liberality, but also on the justice of the Committee.
He should therefore move, that the sum of.rloBl.
be allowed to be paid to Mr. Edwards, on account
of money advanced by him on the Loan of 1795,
and forfeited for want of future payments, &c.---
But he should now desire that all the other Resolu-
tions, the substance of which he had stated, should
he put in their order.--He then moved, " that a
sum, not exceeding 2,676,6001. be granted to
make good deficiencies of the Consolidated Fund,
ac."—which was put and carried, as were also the
following Resolutions for the following purposes
For the Payment of Exchequer Bills for d.
the yeetr t Soo, by way of Aid for Foreigh
Sul4itties, • 1,00,493 7
For the Amount of Bills drawn on account
of New South Wales, to become due in
3a,002 .9 0
For the Importation of Corn, Meal,Flour,
into Scotland, in the year
t 1302, . • • %.2,062 9 g •

ee r 3 '4 1

r.A. repftii;rg-Miltary R. ads, TlrTd.:'-',‘,Eze-
in North Britain, tdr tlx year rSe2, -
For the Ex pence of the Bo..trd of Agricul-
ture, for r',o2, -
For the Supot.rt of the Veterinary Col-
zsco 0 •
Lye, tor 1,..k2, - -
For the Support of the British Museum,
fur rgoz, - - - - 3 too o 0
For the,Support of the Levant Trade, for
1602, - - ... - Pc' ° 4
To pay Mr. lidwards.Mortey advanced by - .
him on the Loan of I-7o- and forfeited .
forwant of future ~..,), • --
.uttae Payments, - 1.105 .• 6

3,,,„0 q 0

These Resolutions being carried,
Lord CASTLEREAGH then proceeded to call the
attention of the Committee to the state of the Sier-
ra Leone Company, and having conlmented very
ably upon the situation of that Colony, and sho.v"rl
the necessity of affording them Parliamentary
concluded with moving, " That the Sum of I 0,000.
be granted for defraying the Charges of the Coq .
Establishment of the Sierra Leone Comp:illy." a
wet
General GASCOYNE said, he thought the objecb
of the Colony had not been answered ; the Tim'
manys instead of being docile and traaable,
now ferocious and bloody. As to the propiig'.i°:
of the Christian Religion, it w.!s male a elb'ic
Trade. The Missionaries carried with than a al'i
quantity of Broad Cloth, and a large quantitY,c
British Spirits, with which they carried on a Mule
with the inhabitants : every article amongst the
people being estimated by the quantity of brands
it was worth. He thought th'e sum proposed a I'll
one in time of Peace ; he should not, how
pose it, as it might be the means of ridding this
jo:,
Country of a
.great number of Field Preachers,
would otherwise .be troublesome in this C°Lintri;
to LI,
and who would be induced to take a voyage
Colony in the capacity of Missionaries.
so s
Mr. DENT wished to know what strong re3r,,,
Co-
there were for voting so large a sum to this
lony. The Fifty Pound Shares of the Coiril"'n4
51. and upon the whole, he thought it
had, he was informed, been sold for'so low a sualt,._
ever, c
was' an
jed which it was not worth while to suPP a"
°rt* •
Mr. LAW thought. it impossible for any unpre.l
C
diced man, who had read the Report of thedrat
mittee relative to. this subjeet, to conceive'
this Colony could go on and prosper. lie w`lLf
opinion, that the Settlement had better be w.•

drawn. OA
Mr.THORNTON said, that this measure st°. a
upon a large principle. Africa was so far
trt-
the rest of the world was a' of
buted by many to the Slave Trade—the
the Slave Trade being refused, this ColonYh
established as a kind of substitute for that, ~b
the
tion. It was not to he taken for grantea, "1,31,-,h
Colony was always to remain in the state. in se
, was at present, as the had been the great cnaald
of the present state of the. Seitlernent. Int w,-„q•
be found, he believed, that Baize, and not
as stated by the Hon. Gentleman, constitnie"po
medium of
•Commerce amongst the Natives. lOtg
tEe UM. the. price of the the Prof'
had
relinquished every hope of pr;)fit. abolitiotiwo
loor
Sir ROBERT BUXTON thought the L'';,se.
had hardly had a fair trial, and that the,.lAoo;
would not do justice to them elves if they '"7
promote the objet of the Establishment.
After a few more words from Mr. DE 51.'
LAW, and Mr. THORNTON,
The CHANCELLik of the FACI“-- un-
said, the success this Estab;ishment w"' 0,
doubtedly precarious ; but the success, in ever?;oos.
stance of this kin.l, must be necessarily tho
He never entertained bat one °` for
motives of those Gentleman vino had set
this Establishment—they had embarked in it `l,ore
out any hope of remuneration, but only 1/2vith Erie;hlyr
of doing good. It was impt)s,ible not to be liegw,4
ep
gratified, with even the possibili.y of intr v
those benefits amng the Natives of Africa, whaj ace,
was the objed of this Establishment to Pre rti6
It was to be considered, at the same time, that or
Port of Sierra Leone afforded 'a rotation t° ,rt
Ships which was not to be found on any orberi
of the coast of Africa. He considered himselPlris
warranted upon public grounds, in supportl4

proposition.
The Motion was then agreed to. to clv
Mr. ROSE moved for the Sum of 4.5c0'
fray the Expense of the Repairs of St. Alarg3re
Church, Westminster. - /vjr,
This produced a conversation betwer'
BANKES Sir RO i 3 ERT XTGN, Mr. ofltt
BAKER,, and the ClatAtqct LLOR ot the Excg°2-
when the Motion was agreed to. tO
Mr. CORRY moved for the Sum of 30,°°°
dbeerfir:lthy seo z—
the Charge of the Yeomanry Coreys
land, from the 24th of May to the 25th Of
Agrecdto.
House having resumed; the Report
tiered to be received to-morrow
• •
WAYS ANIII MEANS.
60!
The CHANCELLOR of the EXCE" th-
gave notice, that he should on Monday lo')ve
Committee of Supply, a Vote for the EN.rfac'reiirt
ries of the Army tot the remainder the', va'
and also several Resolutions conformable to
riot's Estimates before the House. In the C°,1T..r0.•
tee of Ways and Means on Nionday, he 51)°''''' 'O4
pose a Vote of 5,006,0001. in ExchequerSoP
should also recapitulate the variou Votes or
order
ply and Ways and Means during the year, jo. Tice4
to give the House a general view of the nni. the
of the Country. He then moved the Order
Day for a Committee, of Ways and :Vlciirl'• tl,e obi
Mr. FUSTER wished to know what w;is (10
jeft of the Committee of Ways and C 311"
e venink.
p
The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQ.Up'g:S.°-
he should propose in the Committee sever"l firo•
lotions, and he understood th(, t his
Ke
Friend (Mr. CORRY) intended to propose 'o'l'
solutions respeding Ireland.
Mr. FOSTER said he was desirous ;lea
Ways and Means of Ireland shotod 'sirrerc
ir
till Monday, if no reat inconvenience woPol' tve
from it. The Ways and Nleans of filnglanti
iocot",
• to he stated on Monday, and he thought u°, "10,e
venient delay would arise from postponing ~evert
IrelPand to the saille day. He should not, bow
make any proposition upon ,he subjca•
ente
Mr. CURRY, after a few observations., CO°.
to postpone tit:: Irish Budget till Mood3Y.

i

•
',6./I.OSTER expressed his acknowledgements
Ivists e '\igh, Hon. Gentleman, and said, he did not
put it off beyond Monday.
4,1 lie Order of the Day tieing read for going into
rinthittee of Ways and Means,
refer The CHAICELLOR of the EXCHEQUER moved to
4,,r several Accounts 'to the said Committee.—
breed tn.
Th
ipitt e House then resolved itself into a Com.
IsLee of Wtaes and Means.
rose e CHANCELLOR of.the EXC ArEQUER
The t 2 Propose. some Resolutions to the Committee.
tit; "'sr point to whiCh he wished to call the atten-
tlithe Committee, was the probable amount of
Ithi'„l,l•Plos of the Consolidated Fund, in April 1803,
ti)t" he estimated at 4,500,0001. The amount of
'ermanent Taxes up to April 18oz, amounted to
4;96,000h from this was to he cledueted the, sum
Z73,3004).01. for the payment of Exchequer Bills.
tnis sum he was justified
ofs "(A foreseen, 'bin which constituted an article
thcr,,,, arge last year, he meant tlae'Bounties granted,
lots " *II must be considered as conjeaural, the
',ln sustained by the Stoppage Of the Distilleries,
Wd dtrhe Failure in the Produce of Barley. The sum
"n" Corn Bounties amounted to 7,Boo,oools—
letLlos%sustained by the Stoppage of the Distil:tlisei,) 700,0001. making together 2,500,0001. To
Posed '41,1 d the probable amount of the Taxes im-
kifis: this year, which were estimated at four
tak II", and . therefore he thought• he might
to e,,t"e amount of them,. for three Quarters, up
to b'Prii 1803, at 4.00;c001. To this arso was
e.. added the Arre,ir: klue upon the Income
ini which 'was 2,500,0001. the whole of which.
K't,Pthsibly not be received ;' these sums, to.
Its,,,er With the sum of 300,0001. arising from
kes: s_
ni andri other monies, made he whole of the
lodea'ent revenue amount io 28,266,0001.
Itats-,Peaslent of this, there was a sum which- he
the ',add, the sum of 1,300,0001; arising from
ithe Tax unredeemed : • this 'would make
:"Ole of the Incorne of the year 29,566,0001.
vigeahist this sum he had to state on the other hand,
tnterest of the Funded Debt 22,444,5641. the
11;terrest of the Loan of last year • 875,4371. the
tporie of the Civil List, with the Pensions Charg.ed.
4r9 it, 1,220,7511. the Imperial: Annuities
Ith)J96l. ; these sums together made 25,e38,3481.
1'01,11,1 deduced from the other sum of 29,566,0001.
as il leave 4
'3 -27,652,L, which he should take
APril le‘Stif plus of the Consolidated Fund on the sth
Nit,. next. 'Having adverted to the Imperial An.
n.
4tn'', which he was sorry to say still continued an
ieto f charge, he thought it right to state that
1-3e'Cisu'ld been taken to obtain the liquidation of that
tob`j.t. A strong representation had been made on that
And Ile
to the Ministers of His Imperial Majesty,
Isilfle had received an answer, which if it was not
tvliie, '0 satisfaaory as he could wish, was one
tat he was persuaded the House would hear with
Qat f4(:ilion. [The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHE-
Itt s
then read part of a Letter from the Minis.
%1 of
his Imperial Majesty, stating, that that
ttbrt w°llld employ every means to liquidate that
l'knt'f-8') No means had been omitted on the
tl4rlo°- .I'S NiaiestY's Ministers to obtain the liqui-
ilad h of this Debt, and it was satickanry_ that we
tic t received a solemn acknowledgment of the jos-
tiirle% `our claitn, and the 'statement, that a precise
The ;!ould be fixed for the payment of this sum.
11,,e ti• use would, lie was sure, make allowance for.
tis,esitu;ition in which Austria was placed at this
tai they would consider the losses she had sus-
the War( and the expence she . had in-
repairing those losses, particularly in
kts!,,it'hg. her armies.' It was also to he ob.-
that Austria Was not possessed of such
kat`ut resources as this Country was, nor
Itithsne 'in the habit ' of discharging .her debts
„lite -same scrupulous .punduality as this
/as.— .1e
n'u'srY v • SI was, now, however, bound in
that"' for the dignity of the Emperor, and for'ahe
lie Per of the Nation; to discharge our juSt 'claim.
)1114 ii:'°=ight it incumbent upon himself to state.thus
4e4`) to satisfy the Committee that no efforts had
wanting to obtain the payment of this.sl.tm.-'= ,
tstCrst Resolution, therefore; would be- relative
tta e Surplus of the Consolidated Fund—The second
11), t'lld be, that the Sum of i,300,0001-. be raised
heret'l of Loan on Exchequer Bills. He wished
to state, that in.l79a the Bank had advaneed
f,rarri-oiOo6l. ; this advance had been renewed since,
'Jinn, time to times---he had hoped that he should
411)- bees enabled to have repaid the whole of this
this year ; but it -was now agreed that half that
thee,4l°old be paid in cash,'and the other half in Ex..
tirtiti,er Bills, which however was not to be put into
b
"ztion. The next Resolution would relate to
pore ia residne of the Subsidy voted to the Queen of
360,6001. ; of this zoo,oe?ol.. had beenttel and the residue was of course .z 00,0°01. The
Leintn.woold be for the issuing the sum of 114,0001.
the surplus Of Grants of 1801. He did not
tta;,,"t° enter farther at present into any financial.
iat,“Ttent, as he meant on Monday to go at large
44 comparative view of the Supplies and Ways
earls of the Year.
Ti
enisslcgntoa. of the EXCHEQUER then
obs 't several Resolutions, which, after a_ few
s,trlvations froM Mr. BANK ES and Mr. TIERI4EY,
'"greed to.
tai n he Chairman then reported progress, and ob.
or.tted leave to sit again on Monday. The Report
ike Committee to he received to--morrove.
rsiline Dutch Property Bill passed through a Corn.
to,, and the Report was ordered to be received
irrow,
tere Game AEI was read a second time, and 0r-
,,,,.be committed to-morrow.,,,e/Qpiart of the Committee on the Stamp Duty
atteas brought us,
p and the several- Resolutions
ot°; and a Bill was ordered to be brotight in
'e said Resolutions.
ztlakittie Report of the Committee on the Bill for
uti the.g„AlloWances to those employed in Making
ofdublic Accounts was received ; and the Bill
to be read a third time tp.morrow.
le ''4141.Report of the Committee on the Increase of
Itchand Y to be allowed-to the Lord Chancellor, of
40. as orought up, and a Bill ordered to be
upon the Resolutions of the said Com,
jhe Report 'of the dOrnmittee for defray
Peiletss defraying the
uz those employed in inquiring into Con.

tioierted EleElions, arcs biciught up, and a Clause,
agreeable to the Resolutions of that Committee, was
ordered to lie introduced into,the Bill for regulating
Controverted Elections in Ireland.

, The Report of the Committee on the Commer-
cial Road "Bill was brought up, and the Bill orderc,!
to be read a third time tomorrow.

The Alien Bill was read a third time and passed.
The Bill for prohibiting certain Articles of Fo-
reign Manufa&ure, and the better prOtedion of our
Fisheries, passed through a Committee, and the Re-
port was ordered to be received to-morrow.
The Hackney Coach Bill passed through a Com-
mittee, and the Report was ordered to be received
to-morrow.

The Smuggling Bill was read a. second time, awl
ordered, to be committed to-morrow.
The House then resolved itself into a Committee
on the several Acts relative CO Letting Horses to
Hire.

Mr. N. VA NSITTA RT stated, that the ob-
jea of the Resolution he meant to move was, that
the period that Horses might be let, without pay-
ing the whole duty for the year, might be extended
to one month.

A Resolution was voted accordingly, and . the
Report ordered ro be received to-morrow.
The House then resolved itself into a Committee
on tLe Irish Controverted Eleetion Bill.
Mr. LEIGH stated, it was his intention to
have all the blanks filled, and to put off any further
disctission on it till Monday.

The Bill then passed through the Committee ;
and the Report being received immediately, the
Bill was ordered to he printed, and the Report to
be-taken. into further consideration on Monday.
The Foreign Service Trial Bill was read a second
time; and ordered to be committed to-morrow.
The Committee-on the Report of the Committee
to whom the Booksellers' Petition was referred,
was ordered to-morrow. . ,

The House adjourned at ten o'clock till to-
morrow ; 'when the SPEAKER gave notice he would
take the Chair,' if :the House enabled him, at a
quarter before three.

At a:MEETING of theNOBILITY, GENTRY, CLER-
GY, and other FREEHOLDERS of the COUNTY of
LEICESTER, convened by JOHN PARES' Esq. S he-
riffof the said County; in compliance with a Requisition,
• for the purpose of considering the propriety of ADDRESS-
ING HIS MAJESTY, upon the Restoration of Peace to
this Country; and held at tie Castle of Leicester the 9th
day of Tune 1802.
JOHN PARES, Esq. Sheriff; in the Chair ;
RESOLVED, Theta CONG RATU LARY ADDRESS
beeim-seated to His Majesty on the Restoration of Peace.
Resolved, That an Address offered by Sir Edmund Cradock
'Hartopp, Bart. and seconded by the Rev. Sir C ha. Cave, Bart.
being unanimously approved for the purpose, be now signed.
Kesolvecl,.That the Lord Lieutenant and the Members for
the County of Leicester, be requested to take the earliest
opportunity, convenient to them, of presenting the Address
to His Majesty.
Resolved, That the Thanks of the' County of Leicester
be given to the Corps of Loyal Leicestershire Volunteer Ca—
valry', and the Leicester and other Volunteer Corps of In-
fantry in the County, for their essential services during the
late War.
Resolved, That the Thanks of this County be given to'
the Sheriff; for calling the Meeting, and for his Conduct in
the Chair.
JOHN PARES, Sheriff'.