The Sun.
London, England, 1817-03-06 00:00:00

GRANTS ON ACCOUNT.

The House resolved itself into u Committee of
Supply, in which
The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER moved a
grant of 200,000/. on account, to enable his Ma-
jesty to defray certain expenses of a civil nature,
not ordinarily forming part of the charges of the
Civil List.—The motion was agreed to.
Lord PALMERSTON moved, that the sum of
500,0001. should be granted towards defraying
the charges of the land forces of Great Brithin
for the next six mouths, excepting" those now
serving in France, and those in the service of the
East India Company.

Sir 1. NEWPORT desired to know, why these
grants were moved for now ? He hoped they were
not called for to enable Ministers to propose a
long adjournment, which, ot all things, he tho►►ght
it desirable to avoid.

The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER briefly
explained the causes of the Grants in question be-
ing now moved, and added, it was not in'the con-
templation of Ministers to propote.a longer ad-
journment than was usual at this season of the

•
year. •
11Ir. CLIRWEN wished to know if the Committee
On the Income aml Expenditure of the Country,
would make a Report' before the Army EstintMes
were brought forward ?

• The% CHANCRp.OR Of the VAXCHIMUER said,' the
Commitlez could not maliv gliCti a llepOrt as.
would giye the House any information of which
they were not already in. possession, next Mon-
day, when the Estimates thusche prOdoced. lie
had anxiously wished not to bring them before
the House before a Ilepoit was made, but that
part of them whicb it was intended to Wing for-
ward on Monday could not he delayed.
Mr. Cuttwert Wished for the production of the
Report, as he had heard it recommended a great
reduction of taxes.
The CHANcEL!.on of the ExclicauEn said, that
part or the E,tiMate only ‘could be brought tor-,

ward on Monday, which could not be postponed,
anti which vas indispensibly necessary for the ser-
vice of the year. These ittinnitled to the noose,
the other items could stanil*er' till such' inquiry
into the subject as should be :thought necessary
had,been made,
The Motion was agreed to; the House retained,and the Report of the Committee waa orderet:. to

be received to-morrow.
111 r. LYTTLETOK move,! forlletorns of the nit

be r of prosecutions and convictions that had taken
place within the List fon teen wont l•$. under the
Lottery Acts. He also moved for Returns of
sums paid to Police Officers fur contributing to
the same; accounts of the Expences of the-Lot,
teries, and of the Convictions under, the Liztle-
Go Acts.

After a few words from the CHANCELLOR of the
Ex.curonltJan, the 'notion, with. soma little altera-
tion was agreed to.
Mr. 1). STUART presented a petilion from the
Householders and other Inhabitants of liorbar,g,
in the Royal -Borough of Aonan, praying for lie-
trenclrment:and Reform.
Sir P. Bilithityr t'hotqoa it right to observe,
these petitioners, whose petition wos not opposed,
%vent further that any others had done, as they
prayed for the redaction of the interest on the
National Uchr.
The petition was ordered to lie on, the tabk.
General tlittisyt:Noit saki, a practice prevailed,
as the Members of that Ilonsei all knew, of re-
porting the proceedinl;s %ehip h took PLice,-andAhe
speeches made in thltt house, in all the daily
Newspapers. It disit:dble that these reports
should be made with a little more ueetrary.—
What he coniplained of was the manner in which
the petition he had half the‘hrinour to briUg
from Chester had been noticed, That petition'
was very numerously and respectably signed,but
he had been told, when about to present it, that
from certain circumstances it could not be receiv-
ed. The petition was one against the Suspeniion
of the 11abt;as Corpus Act. In some of thi pa-
pers it had been stated to be a petition for Re-
forin-,-in others a. different character had been
given of it ; but in none that he i had teen. had it
been correctly described to
,he Against the Bill for
inspending the Ilribcas Corpus Act, tie thought
t right to state this, in order that justice alight he