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cesser y and improper, if not illegal. To these
•uhj,.cts he invited the attention of the House,
considering, as he did, that every fifty thousand
pounds so expended ought to be seriously inquired
into in times like the present. He moved three
Resolutinrs for Addresses to his Majesty, praying
For Returns of all Taxes and Duties levied on the fortress
and territory of Gibraltar, dnd of all Port Duties levied on
the shipping and merchaodize arrivi►ig there, from 1908 to

For a Return of the Number and nature of all Offices or
Establishments in the garrison of Gibraltar, together %sill,
the Salaries of the several Oficers, specifying the Emolu-
ments and Fees received over and above the Salaries paid,
front 1800 to 1818 ; and

For a Return of the Total Amount of the Revenue hi each
Sear, from 1760 to 1818, distinguishing the sums expended on
the,Garrison, and specifying those remitted to England in

each year.

—His object in moving these resolutions wr.s mere-
ly to show in what way the taxes were levied in
Gibraltar, the amount raised, and the manner in
which the sums so obtained there expended. lie
assured the House that he was ac►luainted with no
soul on the Rock, and theref►.re he was influenced
by no personal terlings.

The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER had no
objection to its being known in what manner
every part of the British Empire was governed,
1)14 he most object to. the tineandid manner in
which the Hon. Member had sought to obtain his
object. He had given notice of a motion for cer-
tain Papers, and itt bringing this for ward, had
thought proper to go into the geetral system of
the g,overomeut and withagernent of. Gibraltar, and
-had accused those of acts of extortion and Vio-
lence who could not now be defended. He hoped,
however, that on these subjects the House would
.reserve their opinion till flee proper opportunity
should arrive for going into the inqoiry. Ott the
general system, he must say, he took it to be one
of the clearest principles 0i the law of nations,
that when one Sovereign gained a territory by
right of conquest, the rights of the Sovereign trout
whom such territory was taken became vested in the
conqueror. This principle had been acted upon, and
the Government of Gibraltar had from time to
time been regulated by Orders in Council oti the
authority of his Majesty ; but he would not go
further into this subject at present. He did not
object to tlee Resolution calling tor returns of the.
deities levied in the garrison, territory, and port of
Gibraltar; but to the third Resolution he should
move an amendment, the effect of which would
be, to call for a general account for the whole
period which it embraced, instead of for returns
fur each year. The House was aware that the
sum' of 124,0001. bad been transmitted to &lg.
land in the course of the late King's reign. The
whole of this sum, it would be seen from papers
before the House, had been accounted for to Par-
liament. Other sums lead been received, which
had not been, and which ought to be, accounted
for to Parliament. He thought, on accoosit of
the correspondence which must first take place,
that the papers called for by the Hon. Gentleman
could not be produced in Cite presclit Seasion, and
therefore he should move the amendment %%filch
he had announced.

Sir JAMBS MACKINTOSH thought, if the impo-
sition of taxes by -the Governor bad been cor-
rectly described by his Honourable FrieA, that
due regard had not been bad to the rights of the
inhabitants. He was of opinion, however, that
Ministerv, by reversieg the (Melt in Council
which had formerly been acted upon, had maui•
tested a laudable desire to cot rect that system,
which he thought had been rashly and improvi-
dently adopted. He (Sir J.• Mackiotosh) could
not agree with the Right Hon. Gentleman in his
statement of the law of nations—the law of na•
tions did not go to give the King rights which
had been held by another over those who became
his subjects ; it wis only applicable to trausae-
tions growing up between. different nations. With
respect to the question as to what was authorised
by the law and constitution► of this country, lie did
not think that that would he well entereo upon in
a discussion on a motion like that now before,the
House. He did not rise to lengthen- the debate,
but to recommend it to his Honourable Friend to
close wish the proposition of the Chancellor of the
Exchequer, reserving to himself the right of mak-
ing at a future period such a motion respecting the
revenue and government of Gibraltar as he might
think proper. That which the Chancellor of the
Exchequer had proposed to give, was perhaps all
that was wanted at present to throw light ou the
subject about to be discussed, and he would there-
fore suggest to him 'the propriety of taking that,
and postponing his motion for the rest.
air. GOULBURN objected to the manner in which
this subject had been brought before the House,
and felt it his duty to protest against the course
pursued as unjust, seeing assertions on one side
were sent forth to the country, which at the time
could not receive that contradiction by which they
would have been met if made under other circum-
stances. Though some errors might have crept
into the Govermaent in the course of a long reign,
lie was confident that there had beers a sincere
disposition on the part of Ministers to make every
concession to the inhabitants on one side, and to
maintain the fair tights of the Crows) on the
other. The Hon. Gentles►an said, he had resided
in Gibraltar. He (Mr. Goidburn) had also re-
sided there, and far from finding that there was Ito
Church of the Established Religion on tl►e rock, he
had gone regularly during the whole time he was
there to a Church, nor very extensive, but suitable
to the place. He might perhaps recall it to tl►e
Hon. Gentleman's recollection, by stating the
Church to he that in which some very handsome
monuments had been erected to the memory of
certain Officers who had fallen in the service of
their country. In this instance be was enabled

to contradict the statement of the lion. (lentle-
man, and when the proper time arrived, he
doubted not it woulti be in his power to give an
equally satisfactory reply to other points touched
upon in the course of Lis speech.
Colonel DALRYMPLE' remaiked, that a great por-
tion 01 the populAtion of Gibraltar were Catholics
fir Jews. A church W9l provided for the soldiers.
He had constantly attended it while he was
there, and Ile bad never !mud apy coalp.laint of d