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ARMY CQNrRA:TS.

Commissaty:Geleral's office, Parliantert4street.
7anuary 26, 1802.
NOTICE is hereby given-to:all Pena/is desirous
contraaing to supply the f:.'lau,,ing Articles for the
Use of HIS itIAJESTY's FORCES, viz.
OATS, and STRAW, for the CA PAiLRk in Ear.
racks in North_ Britain, and in the County of Hants, including
the isle of Wight.
OATS for the CAI/A LRY in-Cantonnottsi arid Quarters, in
the Counties of Cornwall, Kent, 'Sussex, Dorset, and Hants,
including the Isle of
And BREAD for the TROOPS, in the Cottro, of Surrey.

, (The DeliVerks to ammence on. and 19r the 25th day oje Fe-
-bruary next); that Proposals in Writingi sealed up, and marked
Tenders for Army Supplies, will be received at this Office, on
or before the Bth of said month of &balmy,
Proposals must be made' separately for each Barrack, in North,
Britain, andfor each Counly in England.
The Particulars of the Contrath may be bad rtp on application
at this Office any Day, between the flours of Eleven in the Morn-
ing and Four in the Afternom..

In a few Days will be published,

PRACTICAL REMARKS, and PRECIR-
DENTS, of PROCEEDIV.S in PARLIAMENT;
comprising the '.STANDING ORDERS OF. 150TH
HOUSES; to the end of the year aor ; relative. to. the ap-
plying for, and passing Bills.; fot fnclesing or Draining
Lands ;,ntaking Turnpike Roads, Navigations, -Aqueduds;
Building • Bridges; for the more easy recovery., of .Small
DebtS ; Paving, Ecc. Towns ; ,eontirMing or prolonging the
Term of Letters Patent ; obtaining- Divorces ; and Bills
called- Estate Bills:. with an Introdudory Chapter, -con-
taining Practical Directions for soliciting Private Bills in
general ' • and with occasional references to Ads of Parlia..
ment, adjudged Cases, eec.. • • -
By CHARLES THOMAS ELLIS,.
Of the Inner Temple. • .
Lcx et Consuetudo Pairliamenti, ab omnibus. est -qu.xrenzial

a multi:: ignorata, a paucis cognita.
To be Sold by Niessls. and Pell-yard, Tern.
ple Bar ; J. Butterworth, fleet-i.treet ; and T. Egerton,
Whitehall.

AN ENTIRE NEW WORK.
On the First of Mi'lrch will be published,

24NEW COLLECTION of nearly Two Thou..
1. sand Cures of dinrent Disease's, upon the Htimart
Body arid Horses (but especially the latter), by P E RK I NS's
METALLIC TRACTORS, communicated since April,
iSot, the date of the last Publication, by many Literary Cita-
. racters in the Medical and Clerical Profession—From several
of these will be found some just Strictures on the artifices of
certain persons who have attempted to discredit the Trac-
tors, by pretending' fliev operate on the Imagination.—The
Possessors of the TraCiors will be entitled to this Work,
gratis, on applying for it to the Patentee.
The Tractors, so necessary in every Family, and'among
Horses, may be had genuine, with new And unproved Direco.
tions lor using them, ror Five Guineas- the Set, of B. D.
Perkins, it. M. the Patentee, in -the house of the late
• Cohn Hunter, Surgeon, Leicester-square ; and• of Frederick
Smith, Chemist and Pruggist, in the Hay-siarket, Lon-
don. The portable nature of the' Tractors renders tieit'
conveyance by coach, or even by post, pertedly convenient.
Letters in.closing their amount (post paid) duly attended to. .
•N. B. The purchasers of the Tractors receive gratis, two
different Books, which contain, as communicated by the
first literary charaders, about three thousand Cures of Gout,
Rheumatism, Scalds, Plead-ach, Tooth-ach,Sprains, Inflam-
mations, &c. &c. and all analogous Diseases ut Horses.'

o iox.--4Thegennine Traaors'are stamped with the
words " PEaxiis's P A T F:lst T TRACTORS,' and at the bot-
tom of the printed direaions is a Receipt for the five guineas,
signed Sin the hand writing of the Patentee. By observing
this, impositions will often be deteeled.

For COUGHS, COLDS, ASTHMAS; and CONSUMP.

tioNs

BE only Genuine Peloral BALSAM of H -
NEY, invented by Sir 101-IN HILL, M. D. sold
whOlesale and retail only by B: Shaw, 74, High-street, Bo—
rough, London, at 3s. 6d., per Bottle, or Bottles, contain..
ing eight small ones, at a Guinea each but observe none can
be genuine unless signed B. Shaw on every Certificate given
with each Bottle:

The Linnus of Britain recommends this excellent Pre.
paration, as the most salutary and etle.i,tital Remedy, for all
Disorders of the Breast and Lungs, congealed Phlegm' Acri-
Mony in the Fluids• and Obstruelions' in the Glands, are
gently and safely discharged by easy Expedoration, Wheez-
ings and Uneasiness in Breathing are speedily removed by a
few Doses. It takes otr the Irritation, opens-the Thoracic
Duets, and heals the Soreness of the Breast and Lungs.
Thirty years experience has conErmed the recommendation,
in the immediate Relief: nd gradual Cure of Coughs, Colds,
A sthrrias, and Consumptions.-
It is the greatest Preserver of the Lungs ever discovered,
and contairks all the healing, softening, and soothing quali-
•ties of that salubtions Extraia of Flowers called Honey ; and
the richest Balsams of the Eastern World ; it is•as restorative
as Asses' Milk, and never disagrees with the Stomach : a
Common Coldyields to Its benign influence in a few hours ;
and when resorted to,- befou the Complaint is far advanced,
all danger of Consumption is certainly pre.vemed.
Such are the faint` outlines of the merits of Sir John Hill's
Balsam of Honey, the result of long researches into Nature,
by that great Botanist, who dedicated his lite to the discovery
of the true means of Health in the Vegetable Kingdoth.
Caution.—As the severest human laws are unequal to the
prevantiottof fraud, by coining and forgery, so the value of
this Medicine has induced .base and avaricious men to vend
counterfeit Preparations of it-Preparations, not merely de-
void of all efficacy, but also'containing a large portion of that
deleterious drug Opium : and it is not long since the Wife of
the Rev. Robert Fowler, of I'cterborough, had nearly fall'n
a sacrifice to ispuriotts Balsam of Honey, sold by a Chemist
and Druggist in London. It is necessary, therefore, to ob-
serve, a Certificate given with eachbottle, signed " B. Slim,
"No. 74, Borough, Loudon ;" all others are osoantetfeit.s.

IMPERLIL PARLIAIVIENT.

HOUSE OF PEERS,

FLIDAY', FEB. 5.

A great deal of privare business was transaned—such as
making arrangements for the hearing of Appeals, receiving
Petitions for new Causes, and forwarding ot P

The Standing Order of the House, relati-ve to Private Bills
from Ireland, was ordered to be taken into consideration on
Monday next, and their Lordships summoned on the occa-
&ion.

Lord HOLLAND presented a Petition front certain Insol-
vent Debtors in the King's Bench Prison, praying for Relief,
&c. It was signed, his Lordship observed, by upwards of
Zoo Individuals. He moved, that the Petition do lie on the
Table, which was ordered accordingly.
The Noble Lord then presented Petitions of a similar na-
ture, from certain persons confined in the County' Gaol of
Cardigan ; and also in the Gaol at Ennis, in the.sCouritY of
Clare, in Ireland, which were also severally *ordered to lie
on-the Table. - ,

Lord HOLLAND then addressed a few words to a
s
Noble Earl who sat near him, but in.o low a tone
of voice,*as almost to preclude us from, distinguish.
ing a word. However,, as •we could coiled, the
purport of it was, to learn from his Lordship
(MoIRA) whether he persisted in his intention of
bringing forward those propositions which he had
given notice of previous to the late recss,,repeeting
insolvent Debtors.

The Earl of MOIR4 replied, that he had cer-
tainly given notice of his intention of bringing
forward, soon after the Rtcess, certain propositions
of the tendency alluded to by his Noble Friend,
`and the objeEt of which was, as far as prafticable,
tp prevent the tecurirence of A:ls of Insolvency.—
Those propositions were n,,t—yet, he said, perfettly
matured, but were in that state of forwardness, that
he soon hope.d to have the- honour of submitting
them to the consideration of the House,

Their Lordships then-adjourned rill Monday.

HOUSE OF COMMONS,

FRIDAY, FEB. 5.

A person from the Treasury brought up an ac-
count, spewing hew the'money granted for the ser-
vice of last year had been disposed of.
Lord GLENBERVIE brought
,up .a Bill for
amending so much of the Ad for regulating the Sale
of Fish, as relates to Eels. It was read a first
time, and was ordered to be read a second time To-
morrow.

Sir H. MILDMAY said it was his intention to
move for leave, to bring in a bill to amend the 3zd
Geo. 11. commonly called the Lords Ad, An
Honourable Gentleman had also given notice of his
intention to move for leave to bring in a Bill to.
amend the same but he believed their views
were by no means the same. He should therefore
wish to bring in his Bill, and, afterwards; if the
House thought proper, the twO Bills might be con-
solidated. The state of these unfortunate debtors
to whom he wished, by his bill, to extend relief, was
too well known to render it necessary for him to
take, up the time of the House by commenting upon
the subject, he should therefore move for. leave to
bring in a Bill to amend the 324 Geo. 11.
Lord GLENBERVIE said, he wished the Hon.
Baronet would withdraw his Motion, and content
himself at present with giving notice'of his Mo-
tion. The Law in question had remained in force
for half a century, end therefore it required some
deliberation before it was altered—A very large
part of the Community, particuiarly. the Trading
part, were very much interested in the subjed, and
therefore he hoped the Hon. Baronet would not per_
sist in bringing in the Bill, until those who were
interested in it, were apprized of its objet,
Mr. STURGES said, that the Bill might be
brought in.; and after being printed, the second
reading might be postponed for some time.-
Sir H. MrizosaAy withdrew his Motion, and
1n it of till Monday.
. Lord GLENBERIIIE moved the Order of the
Day for going into a Committee, .to„take into con-
sideranoo the Southern Whale Fishery Bill. The
f-louse having resolved itself into a ComMittee,
Lord GLENS ERVI E. moved as a Resolution, that it
was necessary to amend the said Bill ; which' was.
agreed to, mid the House being resumed, the Report
was ordered to be received on Monday.
Mr. WM. DUNDAS said, that be had, before
the recess, given notice of his intention of moving
that a Sum of "50,0031. which had been appropriated.
to certain Services in Scotland, should be applied to
04; purpose of- building Bridges and making Roads'
fmm the middle to the North of SCotland. He
wished now to postpone his Motion, because seve-
ral Gentlemen from that Country, from whose local
knowledge the House would derive great advantage,
were not arrived in Town.
Mr. VA KSITTART brought up an Account of all
Places held by Patent, or for Life or Lives.—Or-
dered to lie on the Table.
The CHANCELLOR. of the EXCHEQUER
moved the Order of the Day for the House. to re-
solve itself into a Committee of the whole House,
'to consider of a Supply to be granted to His Ma-
jesty.
The Order being read, and the Accounts laid
before the Rouse of the' Extraordinaries of the
Army, and the Navy debt, as it stood on the 31st
of December last ; and also certain expences of
paying the Militia, &c. on embodying them in
pursuance of His Majesty's Warrant, &c. being re-
ferred to this Committee ; the House resolved itself
into a Committee of the whole House accordingly,
IS(Ir. AL c:XARDER in the Chair.
The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER then
prOceeded to open the Extraordinaries of the Army, .
&c. agreeably to his notice. He observed, that
the Committee, in pursgarwq of the Order of the
liouse, was not only in possession ,of accounts
stating the manner in which the z,500,0001. grant-
ed last Session of Parliament, for defraying. extra-
ordinary expellees, had been applied, but likewise
in possession of an account presented to the House
in obedience to another of its orders, -shewing..the
manner in which a sum of money raised on a Vote..
of Credit, had been expended ; and Hi Majesty
had also thought proper to order, that there be laid
before the House an account of- the expences Qf the
beygnd. 0.144 which yeas, in,cl9ded in the. EAt

1 mate or the last year. It was for the purpose of
considering these accounts, as well as the amount
of the Debt of the Navy, as it stood at the 'close
of the last year, the Committee. was now sitting.
Undoubtedly Gentlemen had turned their attention
to the accounts to which he had just now alluded,
and particularly to the items of which the first
branch was composed. With reference to the sum
of 2, e00,0001,0r with reference to tlieVote ofCredit,
which was submitted to the discretion of Govern..
ment,he was concerned to state the excess in the Army
was
.1,84.7,D001. The various articles of which
this excess was.composed might be reckOned under
different heads. The sums paid to Mr. WOOO, De.
puty Commissary General on the Continent, amount-
ed to e 60,0001. ; but •he begged to have it under-
stOod, that although he felt it incumbent on him,
in obedience to the orders of the House, to ad-
vert' to, the papers now before the• Committee,
specifying the items to which he should allude,
and to them only, he felt himself also liable
to be called on- by any Member of the Commit,.
tee, to give any explanation of other ex penditures
which grew opt of these particular heads of ser-
vice, although not specified in these Papers. He
thought it his duty 'to exp Len, whenever ,he was
properly .called upon, any Expenditure under the
head of Extraordinaries of the Army, of the discus-
sion of which he 'had given notice, although that
might embrace items' which had - not been referred
to the Committee, for it was his objet to give as
ample infOrMation as he was able, of the heads of
public Expenditure. Now, he would observe, that
e:thoogli the sum, of z6o;000l. advanced to Mr.
1.71. oo , Deputy on-unissory_GenerAt.on the Con-
tinent,--was great, it was yet a necessary expence
for satisfying the,,demands existing against us; on
account of Subsidiary Treaties-with the ELECTOR of
BAN ARIA, and the-puke of WI tiTEMB ERG, together
zvitli Others whose names had been already mention--
ed, and-also-to-satisfy the demands of the Swiss. Corps
and the Corps under the command of the PaINC E of
Cothe:- Ht-presumed it would not be Cenght
necessary, in general, to enter into a detail of the
precautionary measures of Government to prevent
any of these dehiands exceeding their proper limit ;
but he thought it his duty to inform the Committee,
that in this instance; every measure was taken which
prudence seemed to suggest, by a seledion'of men
. of the most tried tharader for vigilance, • know-
ledge, and economy, The individual who was.
seleded, by whose :authority and certificate alone
. the drafts were drawn to satisfy these demands on
the Cantinent—these various demands, for such
they were--was Mr. WI c itHAsa, -a Gentleman
whose character ea7ied with it convilion of the
propriety of the Account—ea Gentleman of known
experience, tried, unquestioned diligence, and equal-
'ly 'unqhe'stiohed probity. Both OAS Gentleman and
the other, who was the Deputy Commissary-Gene-
ral, Mr. WooDe :Whose name he had mentioned
already,. were entitled, as far as .he was able to ,
judge, to great commendation for their' conclud in
this part of the service of their Country ; but not-
withstanding this was the just • character of those
Gentlemen, yet
.no Bill was honoured, nor could it
be lull-toured; without the subjed matter of it hay- ,
ing ushleprone an examination on the. part of the
Comptrollers of the Airhy Accotints, so that the Ac_
count of the Distribution of the sum of 2,500e0ee1..
and the whole of the Charges in the-Actiounts of the
Distribution of the other sums he had mentioned,
had undergone
.the inspettion of the Carnptrollers':.
of the Army Accounts; andas a further security
against etny possible-mistakes,, these Accounts wexe
still further liable to the investigation of the Audi-
tors of Public Accounts e so that the Committee
would see that every precaution that could: be sup_
posed to be useful, had been taken in looking into
the application of this money,. which was applied to
defray the expences of Services. which had been pre-
viously approved of by Parliament. He was aware,
however, that an excess to the amount which he had
stated, must attraCl the attention of the Committee,
and, therefore, he was extremely desirous of ascer_
mining what, according to the opinion of those best
qualified to form it, and to 'whom these Accotints
had been suliMitted, was the nature of -the Services
to which the 'expendittape chiefly applied. In the
Bavarian Corps, it must be acknowledged, qie
Estimate tell short of the adual expence by 10;0001,
but - with reference to three other Carps, the ad,
vantage was on the. side of the Public, the Merit of
which he attributed :to Mr. WicKHAM: • Having
gone over the itemsof:arese Services,'Mr: ADD' NG-
TON proceeded to observe, that as to the Gentle_
mart who was Commissary-, it must not --be taken
that he was answerable for the expenditure of these
sums; he was answerable ()Ay for the-- issues of
them; the rest was under the ;controhl he had al-
ready-stated, and upon each of these heads the Pub-
lie had the advantage Of thegreatdiligence and abi-
lity which had, been laudably' employed in examin-
ing these Aceounti : and here. he could not help call-
ing the attention of the Committee to a Letter froth
the -Comptrollers of the Army Accounts to .the
Lords of the Treasury, shewing the utmost dili-
gence in those Gentlemen, as to the' nspedion of
the Accounts of Mr. WICKHAM, and bearing the
most honourable testimony for him, as to ihe
,accit- •
racy-and fidelity of those Accounts.

[Here Mr. ADDI NCTO is: read the Letter, ending with an
expression of the opinion of these Gentlemen, highly favour-
able to the merit of IVir. WICKHAM, as a Public Officer.]
Mr. Apo' NGTON then' proceeded to. observe, that
he had the SatisfaCtion of seeing, that a large propor-
tion of the Service of the Troops on the Continent,
fell considerably below the Estimate, There were
two other.heads of Expenditure; on which he should
say a few words. The largest was that of Bills
drawn from. Egypt, in the Spring 'and- Autumn of
the preceding year. It amounted to the sum .of
1,5+0,0001.—a sum, which he freely acknowledged,
greatly exceeded any expeetations he -had enter-
tained, and wliich he expressed when he had the'
honour of addressing the House the last
.Session of
Parliament. But .he *as conVinced,,.and he did not.
desire to sink it, that if there should appear to be
any want of economy in the expenditure of the mo-
ney appropriated to -that Service, unparalleled as
the glory. was which ire acquired there,. the ex- ,
`pence would, and he wished it, ',be examined with
.as much jealousy, as' if, instead of honour and
triumph, Great Dritelin had Iriet with disappoint,
merit :upon th4r. Exfetiiiion. The person cm.

'Tinged in the Commissarial Power in Egypt,
was a person of tried abilities and approved in-
tegrity; but whoie life was unfortunately lost in
the service of his Country—hi meant Mr: Wforz ;
all who had- known That Officer gave him an..high
eharaaer for diligence and integrity. The Expen-
diture of that Service was chiefly 'in the hands of
that excellent Officer, and there was no control
over. -his -Accounts:--Ancf he-would here -take an
opportunity of 'obserVingi that as to the service in.
Egypt, his expeaation. Was disappointed chiefly
from the length of+the service ; it was. the-Opihion
of the 'host experienced persons, that this' would
not have been a service of 'very:considerable dura-
tion. This was the opinion of that great and dis-
tinguished man who ,commanded the Army- in
Egypt—who lost): his life there, ,and who lost it
gloriously. He had thought that our 'operations
ouiithat occasion Would have been shorter' than they
turned out to he. ' But as the operation was longer
than was expefled,' the expence accumulated beyond
the expo Cation of those who were best qualified
to judge . upon it ; • but 'when it was considered
that'. this- Expenditure, although great; was under
the immediate diration of Mr. Mo-rz, and' that
the whole had also been under the minute inves-
tigation of the Comptrollers of the Army-Accounts,
the Committee' had as good a' security, as the nature
of the Case would permit, against all useless or
improvident expenditure. -
Another article claimed now the attention of the
Committee. The expences incurred in the West
•Indies,' and -whieh' were defrayed by the payment
of bills drawn by the Commissary there, upon
which there-was an excess, beyond the estimates of
420,3701., Fle.had no hesitation, in acknoWledging,
that he contemplated these charges with considera-.
ble anxiety. It' might be said; and said truly,
that a- very considerable expence Was „incurred by
• an' equipment of forct-against -the Danish Welt
India Islands, and also.' from, the enormous price of
provisiOns 'there, especially when eilis• expence was
incurred, particularly ttat.of Meat,:which was double
the :price it was here ; these were considerations
certainly of great weight but without- meaning,
on his own part, to insinuate that any thing could
be urged to the disadvantage of the Commissary,
.or any other persons concerned in the disburse-
mentse or in any: other part of the eXpenditur't un-
-der _this head of service, -.believing them to- be.per-
,. fettly honourable men.-_ He spoke highly of the
merits- of-General TR icar,-..who commanded at the
capture of the Danish West India Islands,, and also.
of all the Military service there, bat still he thought:
the measure adopted by Government.on the subjea,
of 'the expenditure in the West Indies was prOper;
and he had no doubt would be approved,of by the
Committee. His Majesty's Ministers had thought
proper to cause a Special Commission' to be issued,
and which was now on the point of being sent to
the West Indies, for the purpose of making all
necessary inquiries on the -spot respecting these
expenditures, the result of which would be trans-
mitted •to Government, and should unquestion-
ably be laid before . the House. ' He wits' not -
aware of the necessity of stating more' than he ,
had done on the Papers now before the Commit-
tee. It was his .objet -to put the Committee in
full possession of all the expences of 'the last Year
on the subjeas to which their attention was called,
that they might at once see the state of Public Ac-
counts, and that nothing should be left behind,-
But,-now
that he 'was up, perhaps the Committee
might be saved some trouble, if he referred to some
other Accounts,- not. immediately conneaed with
those of which he had been speaking: It appeared,
by a Paper' before the -Committee, that the Debt of '
the Navy, on the 3rs-t of December last, amounted
to 9,o7e,o7ol.—The.Sum voted the preceding year
was 8,78e,0001. The sum voted 'generally- for the
Navy, was, Millions, butout of that a great
part was applied in the payment-of .various charges,
such as therSalaries and Wages of Artificers.--L-Work-
men in the Dock Yards—and the remainder to pay
off Bills. at 90 Days., for different demands, under
the head of -Viaualling; Scc. A certain 'repot.-
tion was always appropriated to each 'of-these heads.
[Here he stated. the Items Of Excess in the viaual-,
ling the Navy,- Transport, &c. as alsci the parts On
which there was a saving from the Estimate]--and
then proceeded to-observe,' that, with regard to the
Navy ;,the -Committee would recollea the amotwt
of the:hips of the Line for this period, and what
was thg augmentation of Shipping :of various de-'
. seriptions, of Craft for the proteaion of the mouths'
of Rivers, and the•like ; and considering all these
things,, he said, it was' not only matter -Of satisfac.
tion,.. but -surprize, -that the exceeding, or the dif-
ference between the Balance in the hands of:the
Treasurer of the Navy, and the sum received in' the
Exchequer, in the :year 18cir, out Of the Supplies
granted for the Service of the 'present year, did not
amount to more than • tet78,2261,.' The whole merit
of this he leave ,to attribute entirely and
exclusively to -those who had the care of the Naval -•
Department of the Force or tfieCounery. As to'
the excess under the head of Viaualling; which we
understood him to state at r,,,e98,6001: he observed,'"
that a very larguroportion it„,was applied. to
-the expences of part of the Army, and that a large'.
proportion of the Army was • afloat this year, and
"taking all circumstances together, the charges of.
Vianalling must be greater this last.year than any-.
one during the War. It was not possible, under
the present Circumstances,. to ascertain how far- it',
would be prudent to thedebt of the N'aVy.
Mien would depend on the period when . the re-
trenehtnent was .to commence, .and. when the Coun-
try might be enabled to relieve itself from the
expence 'of the' Naval Service:=7-Until it was ascer-
tained what was to be, the total amount, of .our.
Naval Establishinent, it could, not be ealcula; ed
what would be the probable amount Of our Navy,
Debt, as iimight be suffered to remain., He should,
Itowiever'; submit to the Committee, the propriety
of voting : to His .Majesty the sum. of 2,000,0001.
-towards 'discharging the debt. of the Navy. As to
the Exttaordinaries of the Army, .he should propose-
a sum` o the full amount of the excess. He there
fore-Moved, "'That it is the opinion of this Com-
Mittee that a sum not exceeding 1,847,1741. be
~
granted to His Majesty towards defraying the •Ex-
penees' incurred and paid by the Right Hon. the
.Paymaster-General of His Majesty's Forces, in the-
:year ;801, and not provided, for by Parliament."

,
P The Question being put, .
Mr. ROBSON said-, it.would 'be. necessary for''
him to, enter rather at large into this subjed---I;
'July last, when there was a, Vote of Credit granted;
he thought it would be. necessary to grant a large,
sum, but he Was told that
.the sum then granre'
would answer every purpose; he -was, howeve, ' H
now surprised to find that the Army Extraordiffar.l_,Ties
amounted-, to , 5,600,0001. , and , the. time* wh'''
had been given 'to Members to consider the papers'
was short beyond example.
~. The manner in WU'',
the House had been led on,, was a. matter of s'erioas
alarm, for it w'as not long ago since the Ci-f Ar-
r Of tlae, Excit uou git aipplied fors tiligian
.
of money, When there were not above ten Membefs
in the 1-101i5e..,-L-Nobody, lie believed, expeded this
proposition would be made,t'?:-.gb,i,till the secretario
of- the Treasury, caritedowp;, last, night, and gaY
notice that the CHANcsi.Lo-kof- the. ExcHri2"it
tneant to move, for the Extraordinaries of the Army
We had-10,,y,he supposed, got an economical Ad
-
.ministration, but . he should expert something oiera
'than a panegyric opoO. the COmMissaries ; fbr in;
stance,' he wished to have a more correct staterseine.
Than the Papers which had been laid before t''
House, which .were almost entirely, without dates;
so that it was impossible to tell, which part of the
t°
expence was - incurred before the Union, and ig.g4
had been, incurred since. • There was, in those L3f,
pers.a charge for Foreign Corps : lasi year,_ w",eo
'be applied. to know -.whether we had any Fore 4,,
Corps in our service,. fie could not get a satisfot.t°r`g.
ansiVer ; but now, Parliamedt was called upon to F.,', f
large sums for them. He confessed he was now I,'"t,
Ahi..0,1 t;. th;nl2: -..,-,.. 41x.,i,i —IT Is -. ~ z. ' , dorms " fill .
Peace-with-the expence of-a_V.,:ar,-..since he had se'
what BONAPARTE had done with regard to the Cl 5;
,alpirie Republic.. _The Ministers c'ertaioly could r'r'is
have known BONAPAR.TF.'S intention, or they nOrt.
' would have made the Peace ; for one, he would 0°
have approved of the Peace, if he had known '''
It was undoubtedly an event of much importance',
.:
lie6Lit we had )now no security for - the rac".
til
There appeared to hitn' to he many charges in
Army Extraordinaries which belonged to the 0% l
List,: what, for:instance,. had the money givenl7
Ambassadors to. do witlithe Army Extraordinarilf:
There were large. sums •of money paid to- 1"
WyNpFiAm, our Minister at Florence_;. to
,S.ir)4
HANI 1 LTON, the, Envoy at: NOities. ,&.c. r they'
sums might be proper, but . he- wanted to lo°
what they . had. to do _with 4,11 e, Army .ExtraordW,c;
ries. . Theteappea red als.o, to -.:lic 'a. -charge Also
astonished and alarmed him ; this was, a bill dra`ro
by- a -Mr. BAL E, at Malta, for 67-,c001.--4bei
Co'
was also a sum of half a million drawn for by his.
' RANtskY. He 'wished to know for -What service tac,
charge'had been:ineurred ; because there was o° if
count of it in the Paper- before'the House, noliailo
date to. it. There_ appeared also to have- been c3)0.,
drawn, though to a small amount, from St' i'bir
mingo : he, thought that General MAITLAND, .10
giving up:that Island, bad put an end to the drain,
k
from that quarter,-but now it appeared that theY we
gao to be nibbling again. The Army Extraores;
varies for the Bahama Islands, amounted to s°
than 26,0001. which was a most 'extraordillere,of
charge, for there was -but one Regiment rtb the
and that was a skeleton one. The charge of
<n
icY
Extraordinariei for Jamaica, was 1/9,0001.) ' '
he could by no means account for,. It was cos
netessary to examine these accoonv,-,--and It 050
particularly hard upon Ireland; because-they tics to
have • two-seventeenths of this enormous sum or
pay. It ''appeared that . the bills drawn epf
the' Commissary in the ,West Indies -tad 10
seeded the Estimate by near half a million' 11:e
order to account.. for this enormous excessLusi,
House ought to have something more than a r„50.•
ble account of: the good charader of the CO111111,..,:;11°
ries; they might he very worthy men, for w`7. oar
knew ; but he ,knew that they generally wen- 11°
poor, and came hoMe very rich : and, therefore'cp
was riot inclined to allow the Minister all the Clbro
which he appeared to think himself entitled t°', to
Cause he ought immediately to have , put -a' stcrthP
this unbounded ekpenditure. The Charges f°lcp
Extroordinaries of Halifax, Nova Scotia, and the
nada,
we
appeared enormous, -considering ifyi
force had in. thlit quarter,- I; aid riot sig[lo,6l
.17e could not go on in this. manner. -Gest'eopir
must look into the Public - AcoQunts, and 'if sd to
syStem of 'Refirrin was obt,adoved :with' tee 0,
the Expenditure, the Bank would not ltrog,,,re
able to pay' the. Dividends. There was a long
is' '
Charge also for the Black Corps :—He v'T t/
to know, • in what state . these Corps •Werer
Nyliethei they were• to be: disbanded, or shell
fifer they .were ~to be sold ? ,though he di° Ili!
it. -quite- enough for a,•Man to be sold once 11'to
'life. There was a charge of 200,0001 paid t 0 Yf-of?
MINTO. He, wished to knoW; what that vas aip
'That Noble Lord had retired from his s j. /WI 0
and he was..sorry,forit, became he did not .09
this mode of superannuating, persons upon per° 05 ,-
`while 'they were able to do their duty. There ,/
a -suns of 1 1 7,0004 drawn. for by,Lord -EL 6 INt. to
'this also was without any date, and he wisll;iict 0t ,!
•• ask the.Attorney-0-eneral, whether- such 'a kl 7/
Paper would be admitted in 'a Court .of JuOricci 'lll :
Mrz ROBSON then proceeded to comment se $l9,
Charges •of Money paid to. Foreign , Princes' 0) i
also to a sum paid to Captain D'AuvEito:'
15,,0001. , • • . 10
Mr..k/ARTIN said, he wished to eXreegle 110
thanks to the Hon. Gentleman for the tr°,livh con'
had taken in investigating this subjea, for fle.t.,por3
fessed he never was more• struck than he was • 001
examining that . Paper. A -General. Eleal6-fl i,
now approaching, and be .hoped • •the,People.f Their
only choose such persons as would rake care- c.-• io'
interests, and particularly of their • pecuni''ooi
terests, He hoped, that what had passed, ii oil,
'disgust, the people from entering.., into 4.1)°11s- ,ah"
.unnecessary Wars, and with 'this 4-seandal°usc 045'r
of laying out the publie..money:' He. - did' nu,,,fst
to say any thing personal, but he would nor s.ro'rra;
Ministers in the lkimp,„ If .MiniSters OcaeLl Jere% c
perly, lie would support any Motion to %/Ivor 1
them;. and, in the mean rime, he would soj
_,'; 1
such of their measures as he thought good) ° , 'Pr
,pose such as he thought of, a contrary n3r U reil'oug 11
.
would not have troubled the House, hot lie .tti 00
the Hon. Gentleman had not been treated wi tior i
reSpea to which he was entitled..- His-01)5er Ir
,a • i