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$ pie were granted away, were men called upon to be
at their posts. The Right Hon. Gentleman (the
CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER) expressed his
surprize that his Hon. Friend (Mr. Ro BSON) should
talk of the lavish expenditure of the late Admini-
stration ; but was there a man from hence to John
o'Groat's House, who would not say that the ex-
penditure of the last Administration had been pro-
dieral and wasteful in the extreme ? Was not the
Debtn of the Country 558,000,0001. in blade and
white ; and was not the great increase of this Debt
to he attributed to the late Ministers ? And yet the
Right Hon. Gentleman defended them: that Right
Hon. Gentleman must not, nor ought to defend
them. He wished that the accounts might be ren-
dered clearer by the addition of dates, as he could
not ascertain what appertained to the late Admi-
, nistration, and what to the present.
The SECRETARY at WA!? said, that some ob.
servations had been made with respeit to the levity
with which the observations of an Hon. Gentleman
had been treated ; but he confessed he never re-
membered any dry question of Finance which af-
forded so much mirth and facetiousness in the course
of its discussion as the present, and he thought the
House were much indebted, upon that account, to
the Hon, Gentleman (Mr. RoasoN). With respel
to the observations of the Hon. Gentleman upon the
different items of the accounts, amongst the first
was the sum of xscol. paid to the Due tie Choiseul.
The circumstances, however, in which that Noble
Personage was placed, were well known : he was
employed to raise a Regiment for the service of this
Country, but the vessel in which he embarked, be-
ing unfortunately wrecked, he not only lost all his
property, but was detained a prisoner in France for
four years. Under these circumstances, there could
be no doubt that the liberal and generous feeling of
the Country was oiled upon to make him a com-
pensation. There was also a sum of r 50,0001. to
the Representatives of Mr. .Smalley : this arose
upon an account a considerable time before, on
which there were sums due to Government. These
having been settled, the balance due to -olr. Smal-
ley had been paid to his Executors. The next ar-
ticle that he wished to observe upon, was the sum
of 56,0001. for the Black Corps : he should only
remark, that these Corps were first raised by Ge-
neral VAuGHAN, and afterwards highly approved
of by Sir RALPH ABERCROMBY. They were in
number rz,ooo, and had been of undoubted utility ;
a part of them had been employed 111 an Expedition
against the Danish Islands, in which their conduit
had been marked by the strictest propriety, and had
ruet with the greatest approbation frem the Com-
mander, upon that nccasion. The exrence of these
Corps had hithecto been included in the Army Ex-
traordinaries, and the House had voted their conti-
nuance for three months. How far it might be pro_
per to continue them after the expiration of that pe-
riod, he hoped the Committee would not call upon
him to give an opinion ; he should only say, that it
was at present a matter of discussion before His Ma-
jesty's Ministers, and he hoped he should be able,
before the Estimates for the year were laid before
the House, to state the determination of the Go-
vernment upon that subjea. He was not aware of
any other article in the Accounts, on which he was
called upon to make any observation, and therefore
he would not take up any further portion of the
time of the Committee.

Mr. MARTIN thought he had been charged
with being an enemy to mirth, which he did not
consider himself to be.

Mr. N. VANSITTART expressed himself much
obliged to the Hon. Gentleman (Mr. RousON) for
examining so minutely the different articles of the
Accounts, as he had thereby afforded the means of
defending them. That which he would first ob-
serve upon was, the sum of 67,0001. for Bills
drawn from. Malta this money was paid for the
purchase of Corn to send to this Country ; and he
Would put it to the Hon. Gentleman whether this
was for the benefit or injury of the Country P--•-•
With respeci to the BillS drawn by Colonel RAM_
SAY and others from the Continent, he
.thought
that subjea had been sufficiently explained by his
Right Hon; Friend (t)he CHANCELLOIi of the Ex-
,cuEQuER)• On the subjea of the Bills drawn by
the Prince de Bouillon (Captain D'Auvergne), the
Hon. Gentleman (Mr. RoasON) had asked who
was the Frince de Bouillon ? He thought that no
Gentleman could be ignorant that the Prince de
Bouillon was descended from one of the•first
lies in France, and that as a Captain in the British
Navy, his condnec had been produaive of benefit to
the Country, and honour to himself. " With respeA
to the Bills drawn from St. Domingo; every Gen:
tleman, he believed, was aware, that after, the eva
cuittion of that Island by the British Troops, a
Civil Establishment was still maintained there for
the benefit of our Trade ; and on this account. those •
Bills were drawn. The BillS drawn from Domi.;
nica Were on account of a mixture of naval and
litary service, which could not easily be avoidect---.
Those dawn by Lord Balearres on at count of la:.
Indica; athounted, it appearedi to t 19,6601.: 'the
extent of thiA service nose in some measure froth the
artil.,'al of Troops there from St: Domingo. With
respea to the Bills drawn from Noira Scotia and
Canada, it was well known, that in remote Settle_
meats the Array Extra6rdinaries bore a large
proportion to the number of Troops ; and every
Gentleman Who had been employed in distant
Settleinents, must know that this arose froth that
mixture of naval and military Service which in
those remote Colonies could not possibly be avoided.
He thought it unnecessary to Make ;iny further re-
mark upon the Items contained in the Accounts,
coneeiving they had been already cuffieiently ex-
plained.

Mr. JONES wished it had been in his power to
separate the acCbunts of the late and present Admi-
nistration, which he was desirous of doing as much
as possible. He wished, however, to be informed
by the. Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether the
account contained tire whole of the expellee of the
Egyptian Expedition
The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUEI said
it was impossible for hini to know that ; he appre-
hended there were not sufficient stints in the Coin
miSsaries' hands in Egypt to answer .the demands
upon them.. The Hon; Gentleman (Mr. JovEs),
must have strangely misunderstood him, in supixi-