The Sun.
London, England, 1805-05-24 00:00:00

HOUSE OR COAMONS.

• flitlit'SDAY, OAT '23.
ON the Votion of Lord lloyi.'a ,the, Cork i'irl Limerick
Road 'lilt was lead a third time, paised, and ordered to the ,
4..ortts.
Sir C. CORNWALL broUght• up th..!
oil I ociday, Reporti...li.l wetrir greetedtli to
the Coin.
tilkage on UN Tikfii ‘
pike Roads' Lill ; . I l
)e t. iken into lurther con ai sideraqt mat the Pal,
asinnendeil, to he in the rni.',.trt tune printed. .
ColOnel SCAN I.X. v , t)11•44211t up Ilia Re-port -of the Com-
mittee appoiot.'d to, take into consnuiration the Petition or the
Duke rd .:1111A, with resp,:c.t to his olainis or,crimpelis.itioo,
refit. ti to the Oslo' of ,Nl:in. 'fln: Raport I.;eing toad, pio
fi..,,,hr 'by the Clerk, • '
ColiOtielSrisiqtriv inOved, That the Report should be taken
into consideratiollUn TuesAly new!.
MI . CL Ft W f.N.oi)roi)scxi the Motion, as he thought, the mi-
nutes of tlitieviLience ,liirinl6l be priiitoti. .Reltien.eroLired
into a retriispe6tive view of the proceedings before the Privy
, CZnincil, al!acontoded .strongly atiinsT the compensation
being given, '-eontiuned in the itePort. He therefore moved
an itinenduient, DLitt itisiea,i or Tuesday next, the Report
shoulA Ue taken into consiner:nion on Wednesday the stir of :
ii,!uc• • - ,4, ,
Mr. Ca xe.V R Y aim al r. ,10H N $ T 0 NE. supperted,the argu-
ments of Mr''. Cokw tcs ; whicit were strongly opposed by
Lord .t; L.Ena rat v 1 F., 'Mr. it'us e, Col. :Sr ro4LLY, • abd Sir
• W st: 13 u ti. a 01,1 c o .
' Mr; P ITT said, lie was not against any reasonable delay,
but was or opinion, that the eorniirieration of the Report
Ihould not be tleterred till' lint week ; he therefore moved
'an amendment to Mr. Cult WY, WS amendment, , that . the
work'' Thursday next" should be inserted its the pittce of
tlni words ~ Writnesdar, The stlibf lune ;" on which rite
110 use- divid'ed, when 'N•fr:•-Pi r T is aniendinent was 'carried.
Ayes 11.9 I Noes 58 LMajority 6t.
EI.EN F. INITII REPORT..
Mr. Serjunit BEST rose to make his promised
'Moti-in on the 'Pleventh Report at the Commis.
signers of Naval.lnquity. tie begat, by reminding •
, the lit,ii:e Mat. it was one of their most important
duties to watch over the Constitution, and cordon),
to guard against inroads that might he attempted
to be Made 'upon it' by any ,Administration.—
It was impossible, however, to look at 'the fads
.disclosed in this Report 'without being convinced
that some of the,funciAmental latVs of the Constitu.
' don had been grossly violated. Plain as the pro-
position was, he was,by no, means stsre th,t't-it•would
tint i)e.divuteil., that it was contrary to law for:
the li:xectitiveGlvernment to raise money without.
the attrhority of Parliament. If tins • was - not the.
• caci, if money otmld be irtiseti at will, by, Navy or
Exchequer-Rills, useless were the votes of Parlia.
meta' ovety Sessitm for fresh Loans and new Taxes.,
'lli Dine. f,'"Jetitriatan read the Resolutions of Par.
• liament.as far back-as 'the 7th of January, 16.80, in'
which thia ctinciPle was explicitly recognised ;
' were. it not, indeed, the liouse would be deprived
Of ita most itnp,,rtant privileges, and of that.weighi
in the -Cotistittitiou which tie hoped it would always
PocSess, • The'vpinion of that learned writer, Mr.
Mitrtt,_.- than (wh0,041 there could not be better au.
,
thorityln a case nature, coincided exactly
withiliese'reslitsions. 'ihe I...earned Serjeant quoted
at passage 'fio'in 'N'lr. Millat's works, in which he
asserts, that, 4 'the Coostitutioo, the King is pre.
vented from rAisi'ng sillylies without the con.
rient of the Legklattire.. The Bank Ad was ano.
titer ifisiat.ce of the, jealousy with which our-.an.
cestors lidd, e-insidered -any -attetript of the execu.
tive•part itf the t; to raise .or bormor
,intiney _union) tN 11 to P.ttlimient. lhe At expressly
prohibits
~ilte,Governotent froth borrowing money
from the Dore, Ii
,of the:ll,sllk without the att.
th .rity of. the. Legislature. , If the provisions of
the Aft did out extend to borrowing money from
[
, others, it. wa. lu.ciuse it had never entered into the
imagination of the Framers, that at a Ititute period

pveettssoenti 4,oti:i he t‘eputed'kiy Adminiitl3l-ic°l/.
the City, for the purpose of prot'oring en't"
mows sums of money,in the way whit), the 17,1,tVerth
. Report of the Commissioners of N Iva' logairy till
ct_evehsped. He would now. call the attentionaltl4
House to the 660 stated in that Array; anti IA
cwoold then ask them, if ['his o4crtti 'priociple of us!'
ta(kanesntituti.ln had not been infringe:l / It ,e3O If
edw in that Report, that besides the number of ri!vi
tits which becoming CNC in 0.i',1%4r, 1800, ote
„
op by the issue of other regulat NitY 3.t16(
there had [teen, between that per kti ,00l the 'lli'''',l,l,,,,°'
is
aftno:,
poundstilwa f t.isr.joi fefti... otT);llNiiiiit:;l, ti.3l.s,elesil:u:t.h:,,,eleirr:,; i
c_ommtfoication' had t vet beei, mid:- t..) ParliJav:,(l.
He woulkeo;onine the, ivay in -which tlie fint rit
of this sum had !,e-ni obtaineci, as it let aid i's."'',,/
a specimen of the, rest. Iti lhe.RepOrt wAs ri, Late'
from the Secretary of the Treasury-to tleCeialnirld '
sioners of the Nvvy, conveying the nuirf a I'le'
L'Ail, of the Tteio.tiry to raise N-tvy 13.11 t at 9,1
days date, to the ii.notii.t tif live hoilirc4lll4°'
pound*, 'for the payment of cerain ,fltns tlkoiot
speeified. From the Ai yle Of the Loter !hi, la:
been) 1*) Ot., vtinsidered 411 toaripd rrocceirg• -,
thig-4eitir 01-...ta,lnet was rabe:;.' "I'lle I,4'tgliwa''
dated 22.3 ot. J 100. '1:1,! hills Were i'''P '-ii
:the loth N -v,e'istiv.r 1,110,a, 1102., in whici', '''''
the S-s,ion. of I). tst i.t.itr 11 t t.:. '111'1)1,Ce13 ; b,l' ' ' .::
nlintleAtt.:Ttt WileteVrt tvas in .„it.. by Given:rll,4".
the .stitieet. Tv Is N.,cii:.t.. coonottett 1.0,'' '.:,'
1-41 lq:d,i' i BDi, during airieh owe. '"'.:P:ill'il,l
.at ref-catedi'y ; but ail information wo
~,,140
by. Admitristration.'' It, rberetnre.,it "'''i'tii•
ifini;:it:USeterseesliltri)'.l:l:lY:llteit‘r;n(l,lllfl:::::::: stet
ril,lll4:dgitxcliciiii,allit'':llrhic::':..:l:::-t:'.:11',.'1'11:1':1
11),4e
natt I e dGg
that St 31! DeCeVil:'.4.,tat
thiS step IA lan taken. He was restly.uio°. :of
the
la w ; tibitutstt
ls,tintotewt'em.p:es os
tvoe ro:it L.:lite
i:rheci Icini stpli :::::joot.
„,,g OP
attliso was .unquestionably illegals ano it „-'f,,asi
urgent onhGecesyseif'sC;Psevnhriclif°;isrt°isg. e (II I:!,lerixitlei ter;.,irti:firtfi:‘',4l.,
the .acknowletiged priociples of Tire .00,11'1,0f
The mode which Government adoPied,t",i,:,ll'o
t+ is debt -..-7:•.1 et.en ITI:Ue, reprehensible
.toioliceila
iti,v.litch, it liati ii::::::71 contraCted• It ine,Y ct.iit 0
it n"estary for the 5..! -1), yr Welfarc "f '''e`i',,,lt 0
incur the debt, what wag ti.., H: tir,y ? Cell 3 011 ch
inform Parliament. tif all the anti , • ~,astaticoi , j,,,
hattinfitte ,a I, , . ,j,k tiles,;,,,
~. 11Ce their coot 136,, -' ,or
qutttal thereupon. Did Adrninistratio, :-)ti otior,
The way in which they proceeded vs'aoo : 1, poi?
a more Il grant, violaiion of the law' o" !.',,stli
legea Of Parliament 'Lin their atoecedr,,,ll'Al t.l)''
4 *orthy Member of that House ("i'itts,ioiit
V
ND),, in his exiMination hy theintAtv` tod
"°
of Naval In unite,, was .44.1.ted', wi 100
at...en to jittcharge tlt;:e $lll.l "l'cli,,:,ihesYt i'rldi
Clue ? Ile answered; the sante nirr-0,10 10.?
off the, ocher bins of ninety days .13t c i port'
1cally! 4ue, of which 'hoe LiO3 *ft, c„rfrito:
Were any minutes made I ;40; ft ,w; j,:ietiar til'°:
tid transaCtidn„ Ncas There lily (I''',' 010'
between these .and ,other bills for Vis,lng,/ 400
Iffy utjply ? No...—l'hese bills *at r: tif, 0001
07 heintsent to that House awl- Irsi°,o of 01,
hills for raising-Money hot "" vouch.
ictott
nOtAally furnished, . and soy ices 480 '''lc'l,,ttrti'l,ls,t
The flouse 'hotlbeen in the hAttic I.o',!ine 11."/
44,_40 I.oiob in :GOvertintent, as not t° 1-1) i,;efi "!..:
they could he capable of producing, ',',:eit ti It'
retrent in- their substance front w1':,03,,, to .`.;
declared them to'he. It was frio;ii ilni,‘ (re no' 41,ii
shier that such trans.4llorts as 1145 c tr" to tlcht-v,
highly injurioui at the present illairicn ;edit `rit,
ail.:`"leti the-future, hi des t c.. 4 ing ll'ec ot Ile 01,0
Clil3llilCyllitttihieleCdie?etir:lllS°ljlS6v°iCfl::i;l'WlCOrt:lltitille:::ll:l"lll::lool;Cgli'tj,
them. Thi• coodua mi t tors be co` costilli
got per
be explained away .on tile griiunil "f Set,;',,ltrat otilthri';
but .was it possible that it necessitY
rAii, eye 1440,
two • years, of t'using LY B")ke," r°o Tolian'eff
.money ' instead of the legit!lrtiat' i the Tre:tiol
means I It could scarcely be i'sl(l' r tot yeti of
was in want of m:mey ; f6r durivgltrla' °II
the Right Honourable Geotlemange cottrory,e)
el9querttly on die opulence of int tch tr poti'i'mt.
congratulated it an the resnatees vi 'roar' ' ti,
with ill ''' , til -
of carrying on the contest . ,ecj„i 0) r nito
then
c etshtehE2 ttihne3lC/liesilthi as
'tic rt.' ctleit'll's °glue:it:L:lli; 'O4; i''l:lf;c,:ictell'illl
apply to peiriimnent to ;flake 'g-
_oral boo 400
or a part of the money voted Or naval fant'iittift
been applied CO other' pori)ofe% highly cut,
1101
scarcely passible the la 1!WI' Ilia reol 1.11:v 'lll 14
' • , 0 •.0 esP pvo b
sad in dire 6 contradietion' to i' , coil; .14'
suhieft. davit'; OAS cow pl e teiY otiti tiro', ,of
Ripyojiginztit,ptritiolt,tenrt.l,llGe
aecn:n:i:lctii,:.'itiltriltio:/:eviv:iisc",Vticii:ntatc:tvbliie,o:llll,oi::;!.,ltir::
fit ~,iq,,,,:t , ),0„, ~
itoproper or illegal sv-IS 3 041 t? F, -leo
Certainly thought he had said c i
to it, t 0.% oil
on this aonduCt an itivity 0ti1,4',.a overnujoig
Tie Learned „Serjeant
.eonalvenirvil.f,.:. 1,,,1
t;
itl'sol of i 1,..,, r,
mode that had been pra for s,,cret 1.."10,,, fiLef
these "fietitiotis Nav Y 11011 1, 0005 i'l 1,,,1;t1', ;#
vices, and that t 391 tower n.,,,7.4e of tlie ijoitc,
of Admiralty, but unilzt !`ol';ioi, nprrol:t its eii
tile Treasury. 'fhe C""°,lt G,molwe' filo' ti,
each brktneh of the 'ExecriC,ora,- d" il)%1 Oh i:T.,
collar departMeritallti 1 ),e..ic i„ the rld.vroditi l'ili
had no More right to hlterl`,,,so,oit '.,tioti t"',
meat, than ,the LoA I) C/41:: be,„ dotter'..o,. li t
Yet these naval services 11.'vf
~the Trealuotogi
the' orders of the L'it3i 9. tho NYC )v, °Will.?
Office! (the Comptroller !goo 6,,t li, 1i,,,
otordheorve known that he 91' di r Adroir"Vtile 14°?
the
"ti-V°Cno °UtflClill:eiOt)l:letil;6e,gi t:ll4)eti:Clifi!loarlili)l':iiiirl,
Office dated 9111, _one' . 1 1300 ' ,}; i'l 0 ,
P
tine direttion ot (lc i that , ~,,
put under ()lotion ° ,sat
and by 0 subsequent res i ecrct r'' li.,i'
or s ,„,„ gib ,ii , i
f 0100er, , e.., fl, tV, I,
trtanageffiCnt, 0 Lori.l I'" . 011P1' ,i,l
WAS vested its the r 'lot ./0„004l V 1/4011): ,'l'
No less than a hondreu ',. i. 1,,,f0re " t0ic,,10,4
raised, by the illegal rn''.'," o', athti f , „
spercor;t,tientyav al)!
es e rpvaiier by, 1 1\1::c: i:,ticl;:c1;:?,crt:i,:::(:;,;;:,
no one would, conter:'' j,.,„yed l'"(.• ,i,:ii Lo'r•-',
ere; services should ne ,tirkess ' t„„ty ~,: ,
ner. What did Wl(' .Pt as Ilie ji 400'
say
jOartsctiriett 11,tiithrj:!Cci , ;101:400 to he P