The Sun.
London, England, 1820-05-13 00:00:00

ALIJOURNNIENT OF THE HOUSE.

On the motion of the CHANCELLOWO the
CHEQUER it w agreed ►hat the House at its
rising should adionrn_unr,ililionday.

UM, L,IS C BILL.

• f)rt the Order of the Day for the second read-
ing of • this Bill,
Sir 11.11ERON thought it necessary to press on the
consideration of the fio►►se the distressed state of
the country, which he thought did not sufficiently
weigh. with those who were introducing the Civil
List, founded on the highest scale that could be
proposed, when we were at the greatest height of
prosperity, fle was afraid the ominous tnei•tiuu
of the wer•d " licottcnny," the ,peecll,l:um•the

"!lone, was only for the purpose of dibpeiii:ug
with it in practice.
The Bill •was.then anowed to be read a so and
time, and vas ordered to be committed on .t%lon.
day.-

Mr. [RI NE opposed tie new settlement of the
Civil List, because the House was called upon to
decide without information relative to the expert•
niture between 1815 and 1820,; Also on account
of the complexity of • the Bill,-*hich, in his opi-
nion, ought to have shown what went to the
King, and to have simplified the statutes rela-
tive to the Civil List. He thought that 4:10001.
per annum would support the Royal Household.
if unmixed with other matter, .V11)101 Ministers,
he believed to mystify the country, combined
with that charge. He meant this .exelusive,
of another expellee of considerable importance,
as every man'A wife was an important personage
in his houseliold, and yet on the present occasion
.that item was omitted. Although it hail been
agreed to debate the question On time Report, the
Hon. Gentleman continued to state his arguments
upon various points. The Right Honourable the
Chancellor
.of the Exchequer had told theta
that the surplus Qf any branch in toe Civil
List was applied to cover • deficiencies in other
branches. But the third class, Ott which the
charge was 226:0001., was regulated by two
Acts (Mr. Burke's and Mr. Banke's Acts), to
the ellect that no Ainbassadors should be pen-
sioned to the amount of MOM who -we-ee not 35
year; of age, or had served ten years. It was also
enacted, that any surplus out this class should he
paid to the Consolidated Food. How could they
know that thes,t provisions were ob.:erred, when
the information as to who the Ambassadors were
was refused them. He further accused Ministers
of concealment, and, a,iversing to some of the
items for plate to public functionaries. in the Re.
port of 1815, revived the charge of extravagance
in this particular.
The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER \Void,'
just notice to time Honse, on the accusation of
concealment brought against Minisrems by the
Honourable Gentleman, that if he looked at the
Returns relative to the Consolidated Fund Ittitl
regularly before Patliamenr, he would find every
surplus that had arisen tin the third class of
Civil List, accounted for in them. It was true.
that the account ,of all pensions paid to Ambas-
sadors might not be k, own to the Hon. Geotle-
man, but he might have recollected that it had
been ordered within these few days, and would no
doubt be on the table in a very, short period.—
With respect to the plate, upon which the Hon.
Gentleman had animadverted, that allowance was
of old usage, to enable Ministers abroad' to sustain
the dignity of their station as representatives of
their Sovereign. and had, besides, been di.con-
tinned since 1816. It did not belting to the indi-
vidual but to -the -Be would-riot trouble
the House with any further rem-!rks.
The Bill was ordered, tobe committed for Mon-
day.