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London, England, 1814-06-30 00:00:00

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ace of similar excesses. Tins SOesker's7totue
, marl as he knew in the d4ectflin tits Right
entkmen, a enlarged upon toner tacos .
teak: "Olse -*Rai. PM originally
am c' enced as an incidental building, but tibiae/Ind
been afterwards framed upon a distinct plan of et-'1
pence, had exceeded the estimate aboee one helf,endl
-had cost £300,000 for no purpose whatever, but he'
accommodate the officers employed; upon a scale far; •
exceeding their, proper claims. He wished now to:
be informed whether any estimate had been laid bee•
fore the Treasury, of the expense to he incurred be
the erections now going on in the Parks—(Haire
hear,) what vets the calculation of the expense, and'
under the direction of what public board they weri•
conducted ? -
The CHANCELLOR. of the EXCHEQUER
observed, that the general object of the Bill was ter
eau te all plans and estimates of public works to pass'
through the office of the Surveyor-General, and tol
he afterwards sanctioned by the 'ricasury. The news
Custems-hotise had been built upn a plan recom-
mended by the Commissioners. With fesoeet to the,
temporary erections in the Park, they had been come-
menced without any speci3c statement as to their ex-
tent or precise expense. Previous 'to the Arreral
the illustrious persons, the foreign Sovereigns, -a ge-e
neral application was made to the Treasury, torethe
purpose of preparing an adequate reception, add ge-•
neral instructions sere given to advance eethatesser
might appear desirable for that purpose. He lamen-t
ted, however, that the preparatiorti in the Park, Iva&
been delayed till it was too late to make them tom-
tribute to the Entertainment of the Royal visitors:-J'
(et Liege.)
Mr. TIERNEY observed, that the Treasury ap-
peared to have had very few temples On this occa-
sion aL supplying whatever the ExecUtive might de.!
mend. It was iMpossißle, however, for Ministers to
have shut their eyes, or not to have seen that the ex-
penses now incurring by the buildings in the Park,
were excessive. Teey might, perhaps, be called mere
specimens of Royal magnificence ; and it might en:
questionably be no easy task to astniiish the publie
after what had lately been witnessed. IL wac, how-
ever:a most idle description of expense, and the sin-
gularity of it was, that it was undertaken for the;
amusement of persons no longer present, and was
now pursued *ith increased alacrity. Fireswoeks,
were undoubtedly vets, splendid thihgs, but these was
one exhibition pleasant enough in itself to an inland,
S the e'gn, but Hite calculated to please JAI Bull—
ire alluJed to the intended naval engagement on the'
Serpentine— (4 loud laugh.) He believed the public
knew in general too well the character of a see-fight.
to have tnetr notions dpon the subject much illustra-
ted by the operations of a few flinisy boats. tenitiuce
ted in imitation of three-deckers, and brought. into
conflict upon that placid stream—(A laugh.) Now,
with respect to the fire-works, lie understood from an
Hon. Membir (Sir W. Congreve) who had very
candidly answered all his inquiries, that the expense
of them alone would Hot le: lest than Llseooo—.a
large sum for such a purpose; and iu the present si-
tuation of the country, it would be admitted by all
parties. He certainly did dunk that it was the duty
of the Treasury to interfere ; for without such inter-
ference these works would go on till the cost anemone
ted to a frightful sum. The excess upon the Civil
List for the last two years was not less than five
hundred thousand pounds ; and although large drafts
had been made upon the Admiralty Droits. there •
was not less than one hundred and eighteen thousand
pounds to be provided for.
Mr. PETER MOORE wee anxious to know whe-
ther the architect employed hs building the Hew
street from Pall Mall had a per tentage, or a titer
salary, as he had recommended ?
The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER
replied to the observations of the preceding Speaker*.
Much of which they had recommended had been anti-
, cipated by Government, who, fintinig that the preps.
rations could not be completed in sufficient time, had
issued directions to curtail them as much as their
existing state of forwardness would admit ; and he
could assure the Right Hon. Gentleman (Mr. Tier.
ney) that the public would nut be gratified. with the
magnificent sea-fight to which he bad such objection.
(A laugh.)
Mr. BARING said he understood that a plan had
been adopted, not merely for rebuilding, boi remov-
ing the Post Office. He hoped. that in 'future no
public building of any description would be under-
taken without the previous authority of that House..
The plan for a new Post Office was pregnant with
inconvenience to the City. The present had been
established for upwards of a century M Lombard-
street, the most centrical position that could be n.anieci
for the merchants of London. The removal or it to
Aldersgate-street was generally disapproved of thed
City, and remonsnances had been already presented
against it to Government. It might be said, that
the convenience of the merchants Was not to prepon-
derate over the convenience of the rest of the com-
munity, but the fallacy of this was °beim. The
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