Star.
London, England, 1802-06-12 00:00:00

SUPPLY.

The C.msticettoe of the Excites:um moved,
that the Account of the Bounties on Corn and
Rice imported into Scotland—of Exchequer Bills
iffued on the credit of aids by Parliament not pro-
vided for, &c. for the year 1 Soo—of Bills drawn
on New South Wales, becoming due in the prefent
year—of the Eftimate of Expences for the Repair
of Roads and Bridges, &c. in Scotland—of the
Ex pence of the Board of Agriculture—of the Ve-
terinary College—of the Sierra Leone Company
Efiablithment, &e now before the Houfe, be re-
ferred to a Committee of Supply,—which being
'ordered accordingly, he moved the Order of the
Day for the Houfe refolving itfelf into a Com-
mittee of the whole Houle, to confider further of
a Supply to be granted to his Majelly. The Or-
der being read, be moved, " That the Speaker
do now Rave the Chair," which was carried, and
the Houfe having refolved itfelf into a Committee
of Supply, the Chancellor of the Exchequer Paid,
that before he proceeded to propofe the Refolu-
tions which referred to the feveral Eftimates this
day to be fubmitted to the Committee of Supply
and other Ellin:tate, previonfly referred to, be
thought it right to (late, it was not his intention'
to propofe tefolutions to the Committee of Supply
in confequence of the Eftirnates which were pre-
' rented lag night; he fhouldfropole to bring them
forward on Monday next. They bad reterence
to Dutch Property at the Helder, and to African
ffettlements and other matters. The article of
charge, to which the firft Refolutson referred, was
for making up the deficiency oi the Confolidated
Fund up to the sib of April, 1- R 02. Out of
103,0001. the *Stud furplus of the Confolidated
Fund on the sth of April, was no more than
434.0001. and it was his duty, before be sated of
the Committee to come to any refolution to make
u;. the deficiency, to explain as fatisfatorily as he
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Eciency. He then proceeded to hate the gene:4
heads under which the deficiency attire : the Laud
Tax, payments in advance made to a considerable
&tient for the Wet Docks, and other heads of er.
penditure, into the particulars of which, he raid,
he was ready to enter, if neceffary. He obferved,
that lift year,when his Right Hon. Friend brought
forward his budget, he Rated a difcount of 5 per
cent. which it was agreed to allow the Contrac.
tors of the Loan for prompt payment, and which
brought a large portion of that Loan fpeedily into
the Exchequer. He obferved alto, Exchequer
Bills were ifued in iftot, for which no taxes could
be provided before April lak and the cl;:bt this
created in November Lift, upon which intertit
wore immediately, was another caufe of defici.
ency. Another head of deficiency arofe out of
the ftifpended payments from Grenada and St.
Vincent's, and which was engaged to be re.
ceived in the courfe of the prefent year. There
*tides, taken together, made up a fum of
' 2,9434561. To this it was but fair to add the
lofs ariling from the ftoppage of the diftillerics.
He was '
unified in fuppofing, at one time, that
the Diftillers would be permitted by Parliament to
open boner than Parliament afterwards, in its
wisdom, thought fit to grant that perMiffion.
thought they might have been allowed to open in
Odober laft, but for reafons which he faw after.
wards, and which he d-,erred to be fufficient, it
, was wifely determined that the diftilleries fhould
not ripen until January hit. For this lofs to the
Revenue he mull take a conjedture, and be should
nate that at 400,000 L for it would be recolledted
that the diftilleries were Shut up at a feafon of the
year when they were the moll produdlive. This,
added to the amount of the other five items,
created a fum of 3,526,0001. To which was to
be added the deficiency on the Income Bill, &c.
&c. He then recapitulated the items to which
he had referred, and explained the reafon for
the deficiency, on account of which the fill re.
folution was neceffary. Which refolution was,
that 2,676,080 L 575. told. be granted to make
the deficiency of the Confolidated Fund..—
perhaps it would be more convenient for him to
abftain from moving one refolution before be fhould
have Rated them all. The next refolution applied
to Exchequer Bill outflanding, and Wiled on the
credit of the aids of 1800, the amount of which
was 1066,4931. 75. I Id. being the fum paid out
of the public money for Foreign Subfidies,
The next was for Bills drawn on account of New
South Wales, and which became due in the courfe
of the prefent year, and which amounted to
30,0001. The next was for the importation of Corn,
Malt, and Rice, into Scotland, which amounted
to 22,0821. The next was for the repair of NEli.
tary Roads and Bridges, in Scotland. The nfual
grant upon this head, was 50001. ; in the prefent
cafe it was proposed to grant 6otal. to. ; foul.
14g. was paid by the Executors of the late Sir
Charles Prefton. The next was the amount of the
annual vote for the Board of Agriculture, which
was the bum of 30001. " The next was for the sup.
port of the Veterinary College, which was the fum
of tsooL The next was for the support of the Bri-
tilh Mufeum, which was 30001. The next was w
the Governor and Company trading to the Levant,
&c. which was the furn of stool.—He was now
come to a refolution to which he was to call the
attention of the Committee - it was a fum oft toBl.
Si. which he propofed to be allowed to Mr. James
Edwards, on account of a forfeiture he incurred
by me.uss of the non-payment of inflalments to be
made by him purfuant to his engagement on the
Loan of 1795. The rum of 11081. 16s. which be
adlually paid, became forfeited to the public by
reafon of the non-payment of the remainder. The
particulars of the cafe of Mr. Edwards were to be
tound in the Report of a Committee to whom this
matter was referred, and which Report was now
before the Houle. He prefented a petition to Par-
liament hit Seffion ; it was not then proceeded in,
and it was fair he Should fay, that the omiffion was
chiefly owing to himfelf ; he from the variety of
fubjefts he had to confider, was unable to bellow
on this that attention which was requifite to ena.
ble bine& to become mailer of it—the bufinefs
was therefore not proceeded in laft Seffion. In the
prefent &Son the petition was taken up again and
referred to a Committee : that Committee had
fully inveßigated the matter, and the Report of
that Cdianantee was now upon the table of the
Houfe. The Short ilatement of the cafe was this :
Mr. Edwards was a fubfcriber to the Loan of 1795
''—he paid the proper proportion of that Loan as
the firft inftalmens, but from ill health he was in-
duced to go out of the kingdom ; he left money at
his Banker's for the purpofe of making good the
remaining payments as they became due : he left
the charge of the management of this bufinefs with
a near relation, who was an aged parent, who hap.
pened to be very infirm. When there inftalmenrs
became due, they were not paid, by which Mr.
Edwards incurred the forfeiture of this fum of mo-
ney: this was not owing to any fault in Mr. Ed.
wards,but to his misfortune, arifing out of the
infirmity of his parent. The objet of this resolu-
tion was to restore to Mr. Edwards the fum he had
thus forfeited, and as it was not forfeited by his
own negligence, he hoped the Committee would
be of opinion he had Rated a cafe which conflitused
a claim, nor merely on the liberality, but NT° on
the juflice of the Committee. He Should therefore
move, that the fum oft toBl. be allowed to be paid
to Mr. Edwarl[s, on account of money advanced
by him on the Lean of 1795, and forfeited for want
' of future payments, &c.—But he mould sow defire
that all the other Refolutions, the fubßance of
which he had Rated, Should be put in their order.
He then moved, " that a fum, sips exceeding
2,676,6001. be granted to make good deficiencies
of the Canfolidited Fund, &c."—which was put
and carried, as were alto the following Refolutions
for the following purpofes:
For the Payment of he sue Bills ler the k
r sloe, by. way of Aid foe Foreign
110661493 7
Foe the Amount of Bills draws on account
of New Bomb Wales, to become due in
1101. -
- -
For the Importation of Corn, Meal, Flour,
and Rice, into Soodand,Th the year Ilk&
Foe r Military Raids, bridges, •Re.
ki orth tee stis year dos,

301000 0 0

soh 9 8
1,4 I

For the EtFence oft So.lrd of Agricul-
ture, for 18cz, 3003 0 0
For tl., fupport of the Veterinary Colgo,
tnr zgos,
For the fupport of the Britith Mutton+, for
1801, 3000 0 0
For tht fupport of the Levant Trade, for
praz. 0 0
To pay Mr. Edwards money minima by
him on the Loan oftnks, and forfeited
for want of future payments -
Thefe Refolutions being carried,
SIIIIILA LIONS COMPANY
The CHANCILLOIL of the Excnsky 11l made a
motion for granting to,oool. for one year, from
Dec. 1, r Sea, to the Sierra Leone Company.
Lord Cassts exacta fupported the refolutrnn, on
the ground, that the views of the Company were
to extend civilisation, and to difeouragae the
flave trade. He rtprefented the proficiency of the
boys brought over by the Company to be educated,
as affording the molt flattering hopes. In a word,
there was now no medium between voting the
fun which he fhould propofe, to put the Company
in a proper fituation to go on, or in giving the co-
lony entirely up ; there was no middle courfe, nor
was there any laving to be expeaed by giving up
the colony ; and, therefore, as a queftion of (eco-
nomy, fuppofing future policy to be out of the
queflion, he heartily approved of the Chancellor
of the Exchequer's motion.
General Gascoron' without any view of op-
pofing the Refolution, doubted of the advantages
which the ellablifhment of Sierra Leone watlikely
to afford. Thefe doubts were founded on the flow
pwgrcfs which the colony had hitherto made. He
looked upon the progrds made in trade, and know-
ledge of the interior, as inconfiderable, when only
one nation was known (the Timmaneys) ; and
even the fecond town belonging to that nation was
not known by name. He thought it extraordi-
nary that, when only thirty Europeans were repro.
tented as living in the colony in syn., the Hoofs
was called upon to vote for places for forty-four at
prefent : it was neceffary, in order to reconcile this
augmentation, to fuppofe an increafe much b..
yond the natural mode. The Members of the
Company profefed themfelvesdefirous of civilizing
and educating the inhabitants ; but as brandy was
the fpecie which they paid for elephants' teeth, and
all other commodities, they only ferved to make the
peopleof the country moredrunken. They fpeak of
the healthinefs of the climate, and ailedge, that two
years will be fufficient to finilh their work, and
ellablifh the colony; yet, in this healthy climate,
ten out of fifty foldiers, which they called in, had
perifhed within fix months, and that perhaps was
owing to their having no other means of paying
them but in brandy. There was amongft the items
70001. for a fort, but it was not Rated what pro-
grefs it was in, and it fecund to be commanded
by a hill in the vicinity. To render it fecure, the
adjacent hill tuna alfo be fortified. It was in faa
merely defigned for the impnnation of piety and
Britifh fpirits, fur to the MiUionaries who were em.
tearable
to introduce the former, it fared as a co.
tearable pretext for difpofing of the latter, and of
rings and other toys; and it appeared they were
sot inattentive to other purfwts, for to the com-
merce of lank-haired Metbodifis andwoolly.headed
Blacks, might be attributed the fpecinsens of chil-
dren who were to be fees in this country, under
the ”roteaion of the Sierra Leone Company ; in
fine,. he thought the only advantage the country
derived from this colony was, that it ferved as a
receptacle fur many people who were a nuifance at
borne.

1500 0 0

1101 o o

Mr. Dtxr did not fimpore the natives of Africa
would be much benefited by the introduaion of the
fpecies of civilization and religion which the colony
queftion was in(htuted to produce. Why fhould
they not be allowed to go to Heaven their own
way ? They had their whims. to he Pure--among
which was witchcraft. The belief of which was
bat a century ago exploded in this country. The
truth he apprehended was, that fuch of thofe civi.
bud Blacks as Mould venture to return among
their countrymen, would be liable to fuch treat-
ment as birds efcaping from their cages were ex-
pofed to from their own fpecies. He hoped the Mi.
flitter would refute to give the Galion of his eco-
nomic charaaer to the propokd grant.
Mr. Law thought it would be unpolllble to al-
low any other conclufion from the Report on the
Table,th an that this Colony ought to be withdrawr.
Mr. R. THORNTON defended the Report, and
vindicated the proceedings of the Sierra Leone
Company, a Company elLblithed for the benevo.
lent purpofe of communicating civilization to a
quarter of the world which :soft unfortunately
continued in a (late of barbarifm,while the human
mind was in every.other quarter progreffively im-
proving. The ill fuccefs of this colony heretofore
mi7ht be attributed to this, that it was commenced
oily fix months before the war, and that the war
nitrated to impede its advancement. It was a
ma rim of Lord Bacon, that thofe who founded
colonies malt be endowed with patience, and under
thefe circurnitances he (Mr. T.) did not think the
patience of the country was as yet very feverely
turd with refpea to this colony. As Tome allufion
had been made to the Maroons at Sierra Leone,
fie obfervcd, that they were received there, from
fOliCkilde for the Government, and becaufe no
other convenient place could be fonnd for them.
He condemned the idea, that the Chrillian Reli-
gion would not benefit the Africans, and denied
that Sierra Leone was fo injurious to Europeans
as defcril,ed, for of the t too Nova Scotian' who
landed there originally, 991 now remained in good
health. Mr. DINT explained.
Mr. Law atked, whether from the fun now
pro/ailed, the European foldicry in the Colony
Were to be maintained
Mr. THORNTON replied, that this km was meant
only as an auxiliary fupply to the Company.
Mr. By ITON was of opinion that Um Colony had
not had a fair trial. As to the children alluded
rob). an Hon. Member, who were under the pro-
r:si•ni of the Sierra Leone Company, he could af-
furei the Commiuee that they evinced as much
saleuts as could be expo:tea in the children of any
nation or colour c and why were they not, he
leuuld elk, as much entitled to pity, juice, and
education? It was not Inuuane to fuppok the
*contrary,

The CHAKCIIILLOR of tke EiCHEOSTI faid. that
whatever might hare been his opinion as to the
original inftrtution of this Colony, be thought I
that a Company of Gentlemen embarking their
capital in fuch an ellablifhment, from motives fo
laudable, were entitled to the patronage and
bounty f Parliament, and he would ever with (tic-
cefs to every fimilar undertaking.—The motion
was agreed to.
Mr. ELtor poftgoned till Monday certain ma
tions he meant to fubmit to the Committee rela-
tive to the expences of the Admiralty.
The Houle refumed, and the Report was or-
dered to be received tomorrow. The Commit.
tee to fit again on Monday.