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London, England, 1860-05-17 00:00:00

THE SUN, LONDON, TEUBSDAY EVENING; MAY 17, 1860.

1-10UNTRY APARTMENI S.—To be LET,
Furnished, THREE BED ROOMS, a Sitting Room,
and use of a Kitchen, near a healthy village twelve. miles
from London. The house stands in a very extensive garden
and is close to Bushy Park, at an easy distance from two
stations. Omnibuses piss within a few minutes' walk to and
from London,' and the stations several. times during the day.
To those seeking rural retirement and quiet comfort this ad-
vertisement offers unusual advantages. Address, M. E.,
Hainpton Wick, Middlesex.

CONTRACT FOR COALS FOR BATHURST, RIVER
GAMBIA.

Department of the Storekeeper General of the Navy,
Somerset-place, 14th May, 1860.
THE COMMISSIONERS for EXECUTING the
OFFICE of LORD HIGH ADMIRAL of the UNITED
KINGDOM of. GREAT BRITAIN and IRELAND, DO
lIEREBY GIVE NOTICE, that on TUESDAY, the
22d inst., at Two o'clock, they will be ready to treat with
such Persons as may be willing to CONTRACT for supply-
ing and delivering into store at Bathurst, River Gambia,

400 TONS OF SOUTH WALES COALS,
Fit for the service of her Majesty's Steam Vessels,

A form of the tender may be seen at the said office,

No tender will be received after two o'clock on the day of
treaty, nor will any be noticed, unless the party attends, or
an agent for him duly authorised in writing.
Every tender must be addressed to the Secretary of the
Admiralty, and bear in the left-hand corner the words" Ten-
der for Coals," and must be delivered at Somerset-place,
accompanied by a letter siied by a responsible Rerson, en-
gaging to become bound with the person tendering, in the
sum of £2OO, for the due performance of the Contract.

MR. JOHN S. RAREY has the honour to an-
nounce to the Inhabitants of London and vicinity that
he has made arrangements to give a series of EIGHT rARE-
WELL LECTURES (which will positively be the last in
London), practical and demonstrative, upon his system of
SUBDUING WILD, and VICIOUS HORSES, Several ex-
tremely vicious subjects have already been secured, and no
efforts will be spa! ed to make these demonstrations more in-
teresting Han any Mr. Rarey has ever given'. At the sug-
gestion of several influential friends, the prices of admittance
will be at the following reduced rates :—First Class (secured
seats), Ten Shillings ; Second, Five , Third, Two
Shillings and Sixpence. The scales will commence at the
ROYAL ALTIAMBH,A PALACE, on MONDAY, May 21st,
at 8 p.m. ; continuing on Tuesday, May 22d, at 2 and 8 p.m ;
on Wednesday, May 23d, at 8 p.m. ; on Thursday, May 24th,
at 8 p.m. ; on Friday, May 25th, at 8 p.m. ; and on Saturday,
May 26th, at 2 and 8 p.m. Scats can be secured and Tickets
taken at Mitchell's Royal Library, 33, Old Bond-street, and
at the Alhambra Palace.

p AREY.-VECIOUS HORSES.-Mr. RAREY
-A- U being anxious to procure the most vicious Horses pos-
sible for his Farewell Series of Lectures, he will liberally
compensate parties who will secure such subjects for him.—
Communications addressed Rarcy's Agent, New York Hotel,
Leicester-street, will be promptly attended to.

CHRISTY'S MINSTRELS, Polygraphic Hall,
NJ King, William-street, Strand.—Farewell Season in Lon -
ion, previous to the retirement of Mr. J. W. Raynor on the
2d of August.—Every Evening at 8, and every Saturday
Morning at 3 o'clock. Tickets and places may be secured at
the Hall from 11 till 4, and at Mr. Austin's West-end Box-
office, St. ,Tames's Hall, Plocadilly.—Sole Proprietor and
Manager, Mr. J. W. RAYNOR.

ARGYLL ROOMS, Windmill-street, Picca-
dilly.—Open every Eveninc.f, with the'oelebrated Band
conducted by Mons. Lamotte (chef d'orchestra to the Em-
perm Napoleon). A magnificent SMOKING SALOON
added to this Establishment. Doors open at 8 o'clock. Ad-
mission, is.

Licensed pursuant to Act of Parliament.

NOTICE.

A
RGYLL ROOMS.—In consequence of some of
the principal Artists of the Argyll Band being en-
gaged for her Majesty's Ball .on last Wednesday Evening,
and, other Balls during the week, the New Valse, "The Fare-
well to Jullien," will not be played till Saturday, the 19th
inst. By order.
Mons. ANTONY LAMOTTE,
Chef d'Oi chestra.

THE NATIONAL ASSEMBLY ROOMS,
NIGH HOLBORN.
f his Establishment, pre-eminently distinguished for the
elegance and matchless beauty of its decorations, combined
with the perfection of its management, is OPEN EVERY
EVENING for DANCING. The celebrated band, under the
direction of Mr. W. M. Packer, plays a nightly-varied selec-
tion of the molt approved classical and modern music.
Doors open :at half-past 8. Overture at 9. Closing at. 12
punctually. Admission, is.

MR. ESKELL'S PATENTED INCORRO-
DIBLE TEETH are adapted without extracting teeth
or stumps, or giving any pain whatever, on his never-failing
principle of Self-Adhesion, by which the following advan-
tages are obtained : -
PERFECT MASTICATION,
DISTINCT ARTICULATION, and
RESEMBLANCE TO NATURE

which renders it impossible to detect them. There are no
visible fastenings, and from the absence of all weight and
their congeniality to the mouth, may be worn on the most
tender or sensitive gums with the greatest comfort. Teeth
stopped, loose teeth fastened, &o. Consultations Free.
Terms strictly moderate.
314, Regent-street, facing the Polytechnic.

REFRESHMENT HOUSES AID WINE
LICEIVS_ES BILL.

The following new clauses ,and forms are to be
proposed in committee by the Chancellor of the
Exchequer :
(Covenants against houses, &c., being used as public houses,
to extend to persons licensed to sell wine under this

act.)
Provided always, that any covenant or clause of restrio-•
tion contained in any lease or contract between a landlord
and tenant, whereby the trade or business of a vintner is
prohibited from being carried on in any house, building, or
place mentioned or comprised in such lease or contract, or
whereby any such house, building; or place is prohibited
from being used as a public house, shall be construed to
apply and extend to every person who shall be licensed to
sell wine to be consumed on the premises under the provi-
sions of this Act, and to any house specified in the license
granted to such person.
Clause to follow clause 18 :
(What shall be deemed foreign wine—and what be deemed
spirits.)
All wine which shall be sold, or offered for sale, by any
person, whether licensed under this Act or not, as being
foreign wine, or under the name by which any foreign wine
is usually designated or known, shall, as against the person
who shall so sell, or offer the same for sale, be deemed and
taken to be foreign wine ; and any fermented liquor con-
taining a greater proportion than forty per centum of proof
spirit, shall be deemed and taken to be spirits.

_
Schedules.
No. I.—Form of License to the Keeper of a Refreshment

House.
We, the undersigned, being the collector and supervisor
of excise for the collection of , and district of
, do hereby authorise and empower
now being a householder, and dwelling in a house in
, in the parish of
the said collection and district, to keep' open ithinthe the
as a refreshment house, and to sell any victual or refresh-
wsaliidm house
suLf
refresh-
ment to be consumed therein, and in the premises there-
unto belonging (provided that for the sale of any exciseable
liquor he shall have in force a proper license granted to him
in that behalf), and for this license he hath paid the sum of
, the said house and premises being of (or under,
as the case may be) the value of twenty pounds a-year ; and
this license is granted upon condition that the said
do not wilfully or knowingly- permit
any drunkenness, or any violent or quarrelsome or other
disorderly conduct, in his house or premises, nor knowingly
suffer any unlawful games or any gaming whatsoever
thorein, nor knowingly suffer or permit persons of known
bad character to assemble and meet together therein, but
do maintain, good order and rule therein; and this license
shall continuo in force from the

day of until the first day of April
next ensuing, and no longer; and this license shall cease
and determine, and shall become void, in case any of the
conditions or regulations contained therein shall be trans-
gressed, or shall not be observed, by the said
Given under our hands, this day of 186
) Collector.
, Supervisor,
No. 2.—Form of License to the Xeeper of a Refreshnient
House to Sell therein Wine by Retail to be donstimed en
the premises.
(9 a. 4, o. 61, Sched. (C.) ; 4 and 5 W. 4) c. 85,
• Sched. ( .) )1
We, the un.dersigntel, being the collector and supervisor
of Excise for the collection of i and district'
of ~ do hereby atitpti eArise and erepoWer
, 11o* being a lathiSenolder, and dwelling in a
house in , in the parish of
within the limits of the said Collection and dietriptj fdt
which he has taken out a lidentil AS a refreshment house,
to sell therein foreign and British wine by retail, in order
that it may be consumed in the said refreshment house Ana
in-the premises thereunto belonging, and for this license he
hath paid the sum of the said house and
premises being of (or itudiit as the ease may be) the talcs;
of fifty pounds a-year: And this 'license is granted upon
condition that the said do not mix or cause
to be Ittixed any spirits, or any drags or other pernicious
ingredient, In any trine sold in his said house
and prerniaes nor frandulently dilute, or in any ways adul
toroth, [thy wine,.nor sell, or offer for sale, any wine
which to his knowledge has been so mixed, diluted, or
adititerated, nor Use in Selling any Wine any measures
Which are not of the legal standard, nor wilfully or knob
ingly perinit any drunkenness or any violent or quarrel-
Sortie or other disorderly Conduct in his house or premises;
nor knowingly suffer any unlawful games or ally gaming
whatsoever therein, nor knowingly suffer or permit persons
of known had character to assemble and meet together
therein, bitt do maintain good Ordbf and rule therein; nor
have or keep his house or premises open for the sale of arty
refreshinent, or w;tte, nor sell any victual, refresh-
tient, or wine, nor suffer the same to be coils-haled of drunk
in or at such house or premises, at any time before the hour
of four o'clock in the morning, nor after any hour of the
clock M night prohibited by the Act 23d Victoria, cap. (this
Act), nor on Sunday, Christmas Day, or Good Friday, or
any day appointed for a public fast or thanksgiving, before
half-past twelve o'clock in the afternoon, nor before the
termination of the morning Divine service in the church,
chapel, or principal place of worship of the parish or place
aforesaid, or between the hours of three and five o'clock in
the afternoon of any such last-mentioned days, except. to a
lodger therein; and this license shall continue in force
from the day of until the first day
of April next ensuing, and, no longer : Provided and upon
condition that the said shall not in the mean-
tithe become a sheriff's officer, or officer for executing the
process of any court of jt 'slice ; and this license shall cease
and 400n11149 didl444 POC9DIO yc4iii c #e any 9 tb.094-

ditions or regulations contained therein shall be transgressed,
or shall not be observed by the said
Given under our hands, this day of 186 .
, Collector.
, Supervisor.
No. 3.—Form of License to sell Wine by retail, not to be
consumed on the premises.
We, the undersigned, being- the collector and supervisor
of Excise for the collection.of , and district

of , do hereby authorise and empo'wer
, now keeping a shop for the sale of goods
and commodities at , in the parish' of
_

, within the limits of the said collection
and district, to sell therein Foreign and British Wine by
retail, and in reputed quart or pint bottles only, and not to
be consumed in the house or shop or on the said premises
where sold, and for this license he hath paid the sum of

, the house and premises being of [or under as the
case may be] the value of fifty pounds a-vear ; and this
license is granted upon condition that the said
do not mix, or cause to be mixed, any drugs or
other pernicious ingredients in any wine sold in his shop
or premises, nor fraudulently dilute or in anyways adul-
terate any such wino, nor sell or offer for sale any wine
which to his knowledge has been so mixed, diluted, or
adulterated; and this lieepse shall continue in force from
the day of until the first day of April next
ensuing, and no longer. _ _ _

Given under our hands, this day of 186 .
- - Collector.
, Supervisor.

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.

BATH AND.SOMERSET RACES.—WEDNESDAY.
Sweepstakes of 5 sovs each, with 20 added ; optional selling
- weights, &c. One mile.

Mr. E. Brayley's Grillade, aged (£SO), Tat 61b .. (Gray) 1
Mr. Wilson's Ringlet, 3 yrs WO), 6st 6lb (Grimshaw) 2
Mr. Deakin's King Charles, 3 3rs (1'50), Gst 91
(W. Bottom) 3
Betting--6 to 4-on Grillade, 7 4 (at first sto 4) asst
Ringlet.
Won by a length; the same between the second and
third. The winner was not sold.

The Somersetshire Stakes of 25 sovs each, 15 ft, and 5 only
if declared, with 100 added ; extra weight for winners ;
the second to receive £5O, and the third to save his stake.
Two miles and a distance. 76 subs, 5G of whom pay 5
sovs each.

Mr. R. 'Ten Broeck's Cock-a-hoop, by The Confessor,
4 yrs, 7st 91b (A. Edwards) 1
Mr. T. Parr's Pan, 4 yrs, 7st 111 b (including 51b extra)

FordhamS 2
Mr. Hen-y'e Timandra, 4 yrs, 7st ... (W. Bottom) 3
The following also ran :—Mesmer, Independence, T ele-
gram, and Philomel.

Betting-9 to 4 agst Telegram, sto 2 agst Pan, 4to 1
agst Cock-a-hoop, 10 to 1 each agst Timandra and Mesmer.
Philomel led along the far side of the course, followed by
Timandra, Pan, Cock-a-hoop, and Mesmer. At the distance
the race was left to Pan and Cock-a-hoop, the latter win-
ning by two lengths ; bad third. The favourite walked in,
and did not pass the post.

The Badminton Stakes of 10 sow each, 5 ft, with 50 added ;

weight for age; certain penalties and allowances, &c.
Three-quarters of a mile. 12 subs.
Mr. F. Robinson's Ariadne, 4 yrs, Bst 71b .... (A. Day) 1
Mr. Manby's Diamant, aged, Sst 131 b (J. Enock) 2
Mr. Mills's Dartmouth, 3 yrs, Set 101 b.... (L. Snowden) 3
Betting-5 to 2on Ariadne.
Won by three lengths ; same between second and third.

The Weston Stakes of 10 sovs each, with 50 added, for two-
yr-olds ; colts, Bst 101 b ; f and g, Bst 71b ; certain penal-
ties and allowances. T.Y.C., straight half mile. 37 subs.
Mr. Saxon's Big Ben, Bst 121 b (L. Snowden) 1
Mr. Cartwright's Fairwater, Bst 41b (Charlton) 2
Lord Chesterfield's Jaqueline filly, Bst 41b (G Fordham) 3

The following also ran:—Vancouver, Mellona, Arabia,
Shillelagh, and Whitelegs. -
Betting—Even on Big Ben, 5 to 1 agst Shillelagh, 6 to 1
(at first 100 to 30) agst Vancouver.
Won by half a length; a bad third. Arabia did not pass
the post, and Whitelegs was pulled up at the distance.

The Shorts of 25 sovs, for all ages. Optional selling
weights, &c. Straight half mile.
Mr. E. Brayley's Pescatore, 3 yrs (X3O), Est 31b (J. Adams) 1
Mr. J. H. C. Wyndham's Flame, 4 yrs (£3O), Est 81b
(W. Bottom) 2
Mr. Stevens' Boundaway, 5 yrs (no), 6st 131 b
(H. Glimshaw) 3
The following also ran :—Arcanum, John o' Gaunt,
Portia, Roseda'e, and Robin Hood.
Betting-5 to 2 agst Flame, 3to 1 each agst Pescatore
and Boundaway, 5 to 1 agst Rosedale.
Won easily by three-quarters of a length; three lengths
between the second and third.

The winner was bought in for 36 guineas, and Flame was
claimed by Mr. Gulliver.
The Dyrham Park Handicap of 100 sovs. To start at the
distance post and go once round.
Mr. Keen's Fitz Avon, 3 yrs, 6st 31b (Inc 51b extra)
• (W. Bottom) 1
Mr. Saxon's Informer, 3 yrs, Est 51b (inc 51b extra)
(11. Grimshaw) 2
Mr. Peacock's Rajah Brooke, 3 yrs, sst 101 b (J. Adams) 3
The following also ran :—Physician, Diamant, Ancient
Briton, Kinnersley, Arcanum, Tho Poet, Predictor, Albert
Smith, Maid of Orleans, Gwellyan, and Clara Seyton.
Betting-3 to 1 agst Rajah Brooke, 4to 1 agst Fitz
Avon, 6 to 1 agst Informer, 8 to 1 each agst Albert Smith
and Ancient Briton, 9 to 1 agst Predictor.
Won by three lengths ; four lengths between the second
and third. Arcanum went the wrong side of several posts
at the bottom turn.

LATEST DERBY BETTING.
10 to 3 agst The Wizard (taken)
7to 2 agst Umpire (taken)
7to 1 agst Thormanby (taken and offered)
12 to 1 agst St. Albans
20 to 1 agst Buccaneer
60 to 1 agst Torn Bowline (take 66 to 1)
1000 to 15 agst Sir William (taken)
1000 to 15 agst Lanchester (taken)
100 to 1 agst Traducer

SALE OF MR IV. DAY'S HORSES.
These horses were put up to public auction yesterday en
Bath Race Course, but only two yearlings were sold.
2,600 guineas were bid for The Promised Land, whose re-
served price was 3,000 guineas.

his views through the press. He called a taceOug
at St. Martin's Hall, in March- of last year, Mi.
which Sir Charles Napier presided, and when th
necessity of the measures he had so long advocated
was strongly affirmed. That meeting launched the
movement the great results of which we now witness.
The subject was at once taken up in the columns of
the limes and other leading journals, and the Derby
ministry issued the famous Circular to Lords
Lieutenant, inviting the formation of rifle clubs.
The invitation was at once responded to, and the
movement, which was stimulated greatly by the
differences which appeared to exist between the
policy of England and France during the-autumn,
has gone on increasing throughout the country.
So far as we are aware, the great services of Mr.
n:chards have never been recognised: He origi•
nated the movement, and the men the movement
caught up seem to look with complacency upon
themselves as its founders.

We think the enthusiastic advocates of rifle corps
might find some way to show their recognition of
these merits ; for ourselves, although
,no indiscri-
minate admirers of the movement, we feel bound
to give our testimony to the claims of Mr. Richards
to be regarded as its originator, anxious all the
more to do so because that gentleman has, with
rare modesty, refrained from pressing them him-
self upon public attention.

TIER PATER .DUTLEAS.BILL.

It is, perhaps, too much to hope that Lord Derby
will retreat at once from the position he has taken,
with regard to the Paper Duties Bill and allow it
to, pass the House of Lords. The notice he has
giverflias, however, already been sufficient to set
all classes talking about the constitutional office of
that branch of the Legislature in .matters of taxa-
tion, and there are already some forecast shadows
of contentions wherein that ominous word "privi-
lege" will be heard. Some of the present genera-
tion can tell from their own experience what .a
"privilege" quarrel is ; how it absorbs everything,
stops everything, and introduces violent and angry
passions into all our public business. Let us once
add a quarrel between the two honks to the
French Treaty, the Paper Duties, the Bankruptcy
Bill, and the Reform Bill, and we shall arrive
precisely at that dead-lock in the burlesque play,
where nothing but the Queen's command, in the
shape of a dissolution, will induce all parties to
throw down their swords and daggers. Now,
before the parties are committed, it may be useful,
perhaps, to say a few calm and impartial words
upon the constitutional doctrines involved in the
state of facts which seems impending.
Upon the statute-book, as it at present stands,
the Excise duty upon paper is a permanent impost,
fixed for ever. It is a mistake to suppose, as we
believe many do, that it is granted year by year
by the Commons. This tax undoubtedly had its
origin in a Resolution of the Commons passed in a
Committee of Ways and Means, and afterwards
incorporated in an Act of Parliament, which is as
perpetual as any other Act. This is the case with
all our ordinary taxation. Some very few taxes,
such as the Income-tax, are granted only for short
periods, it being understood that they are excep-
tional imposts, to last only during the continuance
of some special necessity ; but the great body of
our taxation is, so far as its legislative character
appears, perpetual. To repeal any one of these
taxes, therefore, requires an Act of the Legislature,
and until this Repeal Act passes it must be col-
lected and paid into the Bank of England. This
is all plain sailing. No one doubts that the Repeal
Act is formally required. No one ought to be so
ignorant of the forms of government he lives under
as to suppose that a resolution of the House of
Commons can repo zl an Act of the Legislature.
But now comes the question,—Are not the Lords
constitutionally bound to give formal effect to the
resolution of the House of Commons in matters of
taxation ? They who would impose such an obli-
gation on the Lords may say much in favour of their
proposition. The whole theory and practice of our
modern Constitution is that the Commons hold the
purse-strings of the nation, and are supreme in
all matters relating to taxation ; that it is for the
Commons to 'grant, the Lords to ratify, and the
Crown to accept. It may further, we believe,
be said—although we will not say that our search
has 'been of such a nature as to enable us to
assert this positively,—that for upwards of a hun-
dred -years, although there have been instances of
the Lords refusing to pass a Taxing Bill, there has
been no instance of the Lords refusing to pass a
bill repealing a tax. Here are two strong points
of constitutional theory and Parliamentary custom,
which tend to the proof that the Lords are under
some undefined and unwritten obligation to give
every facility to the Commons to stay the operation
at any moment of any tax which may be in exis-
tence. _ _ _ _ _ _ .

On the other hand, it may, and doubtless will, be
urged that the Lords, being an independent Estate
of this realm, cannot be under any obligation to
exercise their legislative power at the mere dictation
of any other body. It will be said that the mere fact
of their assent being necessary is in itself full proof
that they have a plenary right either to grant or to
refuse that assent. It will be argued that, as there
is confessedly nothing either in the rolls of Parlia-
ment or in the text-books of constitutional writers
to fix upon the Peers an'obligation to exercise the
forms of their house as a mere ministerial office,
and as there is no legal means by which the col-
lection of a tax can be stayed except by an act of
the Queen, Lords, and Commons, it cannot be thus
gratuitously assumed that the Lords lie under any
such an humiliating obligation as that of affecting
to give their free adhesion to a measure which they
notoriously disapprove. It will probably be ad-
mitted that the House. of Commons has by strenu-
ous and successful, and by a most happy usurpation,
obtained absolute jurisdiction over the initiative of
all taxation. It will be conceded that, according
to the practice now settled, no tax can be placed
upon the country until it has first been voted by the
Commons in a Committee of Waye and Means, and
then passed into a law by the three Qlates ; but it
will be affirmed that, the tax once made law, it is
open to any one of those three Estates to objeZl; to
and to prevent its cessation. Against the precedents
quoted by those who may adduce the old abuse of
tacking popular bills to money bills in order to se-
cure the passing of the former, several more modern
instances will be produced wherein the Lords have
refused to ratify grants of money to individuals.
If the distinction between taxes levied for purposes
of revenue and taxes imposed for purposes of general
policy can be got over, the precedents for the in-
terference of the Lords will be uniform and nume-
rous. It will be asked whether, in the discussion
of the earn laws or the navigation laws, it was ever
pretended that the Lords were ousted of all discre-
tion because the. bille which abolished protection
altered or abolished the scales of duties by which
the machinery of that protection Tras worked. It
will probably be also pointed out that there are
other matters in which the initiative belongs to the
Commons, but wherein the power of the Fords to
alter or to object is never questioned ; and perhaps
the constitution of the Commons' House itself may
be cited as an example among many of this class of
questions. These are a few of 'the considerations
which occur in favour of the power of free action
claimed by the Lords, but the chief of all must be
the broad ground that, before this Repeal Bill can
become law, the Lords must read it three times and
pass it; and that, as men of honour and indepen-
dence, they cannot do this if they believe in their
eosciences it is a bill which ought not to pass.
e be1;67.9 that of these two sets of arguments
the latter is the core cogent; that there is no dif-
ference in kw or in ce;2stitutional form between a
tax repeal bill and any other bill, and that if ever
the occasion should unhappily ar;:fe it would be
thus held in every court of law in Great aritain•
Where, then, it will be asked, is the meaning of
the Commons holding the public purse-strings ? We
must go one step further to explain this, and we
must show how the security for our liberties lies
not so much in the control over taxation as is popu-
larly supposed. A tax is imposed by a law, which
exists until it is repealed, but the produce of that
tax does not pass immediately to the Gown, or
rather to the Government—it is paid into the Bank
of England. When there, no one can touch it
without the concurrence of! an irremovable officer
called the Controller of the Exchequer, and that
officer is bound to exercise his authority within the
limitations of the Appropriation Act anually passed.
This is the pivot of the supremacy of the House of
Commons. It is the paying out of the money, and
not in getting it in, that they hold their power of
the purse. Some time ago, as any one may see who
will refer to the blue-book of the Committee on
Public Moneys, some rash utilitarians proposed to
abolish this office of Controller of the Exchequer,
and to trust all to "confidence in the Treasury."
These people, although in high office, were igno-
rant of the rudiments of the Constitution. They
were for pulling out the pivot. Let no one under-
value these constitutional forms. It is better for
all parties that there should be no temptation to
encroachment.
But now for the practical application to passing
oyoutri of. t), di§sertAiOn not Tory ;VW in our