Star.
London, England, 1812-12-15 00:00:00

siettek tether Ili thing& -He had heed, the other
eight, a thing which was to him perfectly unintelli:
sinle explained by a Noble Lord. That Noble Lord,
tr., satisfy the Howie that itertnantnt meant tetrifarary,
• ;nfarmed than. that there was an official and a vulgar
• 6 arage. He supposed they should•now be infor,
• used that there was a ParSessentary language also,l
• • which differed as muck from 'the vulgar acceptation
of the word as it appeared !Ali/language did. On this
principle, he had no doubt the supporters of the pre.
lent Bill acted,rend reconciled themselves to a measure
no otherwise reconcileable to common sense, by hold.
ire that equivalent means as three to two. As to two
•,N.' ,Properly speaking, such a thing could not exists
;statue then the higher in value will vanish, and al.
w the other to remain in possession of the field.—i
'. Grant then contended, that this Bill *as no ad.
satage to the public creditor ;* by defrauding others
loir
* did not benefit hitn. It. was an oppresive tar on
• Weij' description Of annuitants. He concluded by
declaring, that the heal object of the Bill was testoh.
keel our true situation from ourselves& We were like
thadres who hold their hands before their eyes, and "
then hie gine themselves out of dangers
Alderman SMITH spoke in favour of the. Bill.
. , bir z t1..001$ declared the Resolution of the '
Some, that gold and paper are equivalent, to be
toiletry to the fatt. It was not true ill 'England, nor
.*stitistrite in Ireland. 'Before' he,left his own court-
*, *stajratd Weald Awns bring him home the
sobeatihtity-of provisions •for 20 pounds in gold as
fat 113 iapaiO• 111)el.tfe Witt e 0 tvct this (.)1111tIts.
- lt-lit0(0 ...01 !IT i toile; tho kilaner. =bed, SS
• Oases for its he used to give more than Se.; but
as sew ash. opened his puree, which was lined, with
gli.Bleees the MO tots, k him Wt his *Ord. ' fleAtow..
- 'Wel, 'objected AS the oppressive idea of ionic
.Isinci-
. jords,.who Woad ea being paid theft rents. in vold,
to wkieh'ha thought they had no right in reason or
lacistisnee.
f. Mr. PRESTON spoke for the gill; at did also
Mr. MAR.RIOTT, who said, that the question mho.
then' Bank notes Were equivalent to specie had' bead
is much agitated by the Moderns, as the question
whether the earth turned round the sun, or the sun
itieed ibe earth, had been by the Ancients. •,. '
.• This idea. was inemodrously applied against. him
: by Mr. WHITBREAD,;who declared that his whole
, speech wet ;rick/rant tethe question, and utterly tin.
•uttelligible,exceptio the Nestors and Ulysses of that
Xclue. He complimented Mr. Preston ( who• had
•stateddiat bereeeived one or two guiheas every'day
`hi the cdatiiebf his practice) on the superior excel.,
fence bf his lasi, t 6 Oast or all the othei pkiessionall
tentlemenOfhisamaisintance, who never received 4
single guinea croon one year's end to another. '
The House then diiiided—Ayes 80—Noes 1.4—.
• Majority 6.5. ..... ~ . .
costattrilol 4 EVPIALI:
The. House resolved into a Cominittee 6f Su?PIY,
to whiCh the Army Estimates, and those for Miscel-
hewn: Serviees,baving been referred,. .
Load PAL MERSTON moved. the following . Re-
• behltione, Which were agreed to, via :
AN,tioropOo for &IMO* do Eips:ces at Home to /Woad
INtioyear 1812. , .• • , ' 1•4 .*:
07,500 for Ave Taitinslsf Dragooas. . • t a.li-
4'77,000 for Elabacke miAtia. of Great Britain and Wind.
,Oksno tor StpernsinearTo•l4l.o. ' . ' ; 1". r 1. 1'
42t-fdr littaajberea_lkf• ,-..:-:: • 1. —ass -iot;viut ~
*- ---11550100i0r-FoTeiftt UorpOs . ~t,..,. ;
41111,000 for Vdiusreers. ' - : '- . 7 ;11- ,
. iNi,OOO to Leal Militia. •"' " • •
. :• PAP for Suadry Allouraintei. . "'•`, .:1;1 ;
MT). WHARTON moved the 101101tring 'kiwis")
lllich Were agreed to, viz. . .. . • • • :
..119,000 foi Americaa Loyalists. • • .. • • :- • .•-•-•--•
On this grant there was a shoot conversation be.
hatch Mr. WHITBREAD and the CHANCELLOR of the
• Zietisnuett, in the course of which the litter Gentle-
istan said; that it 'was Ones the amount of which was
mutually diminishing.
£6,000 for St. Domingo Slafferen. , . • ,
£143,000 for the Suffering Clergy and Leer of France.
• £11,500 for the relief of the Corsican Enthrones.
44,000 to pay Bills drawn by French and Cordean Emigrants.
5,500 for relief of Dutch Elltigrants.
44.500 for the relief of Dutch Emigrants in Guernsey and
. Jersey. '
Mr. WHITBREAD said, that before the Chair-
man tiuitted the Chair, he should be glad to be in-
formed, in One round sum, how much the Committee
had just been voting for the relief of those people
whom the folly of our Government had induced to
have, or to remain out Cii, their respective countries.
MAW HA ItTON an sWered , from 149 to it 150,006.
Mr. WHITBREAD observed, that with the shfi.
Noy Grants acceded to on the motion df the Secre-
tor), at Wde, the Cosernittze had been toting nearly
itt0)03000 of money for thb purpose of enabling
Ministers to have. A lobg Christmas vacations. He
*add be glad to whether there was Anypro-
visieit made, or whether it was intended, beMethe
mots, to make any provision for this sum ? . ' ..
The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQVE f
skid, that them Votes, Were in strict conformity tAI
Usage a Parliament. ,il-•
Me. WHITBRtAtt Observed, these grants tack,
thee roltelrearlier:in the Session than had been Cut-
team, ; and the .light HonourAbleGentleinan must
recollect. that; hairmg abandoned one of his taxes
last/ears his budget Was consequently defective, and
there was a balance id make up, and yet the Right
#Onourable• Gentleman had began the Session with;
"ling away mote moneys without saying how that!,
stoney was to be piovided fir ; And so, perhaps, he
void go on until theGratits coUld not be. paid, ands
rhea there would be an end of the business. Did .the
lht Hon. Gentleman mean to inform the House,
re the teceSs, of his scheme of ways add means
for the year, or did he mean to ask for a grant of
Vlchequer Bills, or what other course did he mean.
to '
take ? , . 4 ,
the CHANCELLOR of the EkCHEQttlili.•
A nsweied, that the grant; just moved for, were
founded on annual taxes, and on a vote of Exchequer
Bills to a large amount ; although he would not say
11 was the ultimate sum he should require.
Mr. WHITBREAD said he must. apologise for
not having known that a vote of Exchequer Bills to
10 large an amount as A 10,500,000 had been agreed
to by the House—perhaps it had passed on Saturday.
The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER
sbiened, that this particular vote' had been a tran-
sactiod as public as any since the opening of the pre.
'tat Session, and had been communicated to the
country through all the usual channels of information.
The Report was ordered to be received toAZ=ow.
...Adjourned.