Star.
London, England, 1802-03-25 00:00:00

SUPPLY.

MEM

The CHANC6LLOR of the EXCHEIVER moved the
order of the Jay for the Houfe to ref Ave Wilf into
a Committee of Supply, and that the Accounts of
the Difpofition of the laft Year's Grants, prefented
by Mr. Fofter on the zsth of February lall ; the
Papers prefented on Thurfday lall, containing the
Eltimates of Mifcellaneous Services; the Account
of the Deficiency of t,z00,0001. granted nut of the
Convoy Duty, prefented by Mr. Vanktart, on
Friday; and the accounts prefented by the Secre-
tary at War yeflerday should be referred to the
faid Committee-

The SPEAKER having left the Chair,
The CHANCELLOR of the Excnmy EA raid, he
role in purfuance of the notice he had given two
days ago, to move certain refolutions refpaling
thofe branches of the Public Services, which were
defcribed under the head Mifcellaneous Services,
and not provided for by Parliament. It was
not his intention to fubmit refolutions applicable
to all the Mifcellaneous Services. The firft ref°.
lotion he Mould propofe referred to the interefl of
the Exchequer Bills, which were funded Taft year,
the amount of the interell, for the payment of which
it WAS necettary to grant a fum to his Majefty, was
505,5201.95. id. The next head of fervice applied
to the Salaries and Fees of the Commitfioners for
' reducing the National Debt; the fum required for
this fervice amounted to 28651. It would appear
' by comparing this fum with what had been granted
hit year, that there was 4 confiderable excels;
this arofe from the circumllance of the vote of
IA year having only applied to half a year,
while the prefent one applied to a year and
half. The next refolution he (hould move was re-
lative to the fum to be paid to the Duke of Rich-
mond as the confederation money for one third
part of his annuity. It would be recollthed, that
an Al 6 of Parliament had pallid, by which it was
enailed, that (lock fhould be allotted to his Graoe
in lieu of his demand upon the public; the fum he
lhould move for was 144,61;1. 25. for one third
of an annuity of 19,00c1. ceded by the Duke cf
Richmond to his prelent /vla,jelty, by A6ls of the
39th and 4oth of his reign. fhe fourth refolution
related to the allowance to the Clci-ks of the Offi-
ces of the Exchequer, for extra trouble • this was
merely the ufual allowance, and amounted to soot.
The fifth refolution related to the allowance to the
Bank of England fo difcount on prompt payment
for the Loan and Lottery granted for the year
180 t ; the amount of this was 458,5141. Bs. 6d.—
The firth refolution was for railing a fum of
33,5621. 35.4 d. to he paid to the Bank of Eng-
land for receiving the contributions on the Loan,
and for the incidental expences of the Lottery for
the year 1801. All there articles, he obferved,
would be found in the Difpofition-paper. The
next refolution was for the fum of 1,000,0001. for
paying off the Exchequer Bills, ailed by virtue
of an Aft of the Taft SelLon of Parliament, In
addition to thefe he had to (late only three other
refolutions. The firft was for granting a fum of
money to enable his Majefty to pay off the Exche-
quer Bills, which were Hilted three years ago, and
were now in the poffellion of the Bank of England.
It had been the praelice of Government to apply
to the Bank to continue the loans it had advanced
on Exchequer Bills ; but in the event of a Peace
it would be unnecelfary to repew fuch loans, or
make any application to the Bag* forlitnilar ac-
commodation. The next refolutinn with which he
(hould trouble the Committee, had for its objea
the indemnification of Earl St. Vincent and Lord
Grey, from the confequences of the adjudication
againft them in the Supreme Courts of Admiralty,
for having detained neutral veffels at Martinique.
and other of the French Welt-India lflands. The
claims of thole gallant Commanders were founded
on principles of national honour and juflice, which
rendered it the duty of the public to attend to
them. They had aged under an exprefs order of
Council,direding that all (hips tradingrith France
thould be detained. Lords St. Vincent and Grey
left this country in 1793, under fuch an order, and
accordingly on their arrival at the Weft Indies,
declared all the Well India Elands in a (late of
blockade, they feizcd and detained all the Ameri-
can veffels they found failing into any of the French
Wands. In 1794, it was determined to change
this fyllem—a treaty of amity was entered into
between this country and America, by which it
was flipulated on the part of Great Britain, that
all American velfels taken or detained in the Well
Indies, fhould he reltored, and that compenfation
fhould be made to the fubjeifls of the United States
Application was made to the Lords of Appeal, on
the part of thofe whole veffels had been detained,
and reflitution was decreed. It had happened,
that in former Salons, Parliament had been .ip•
plied to in order to indemnify Lords St. Vincent
and Grey from the effeds of thofc decifiims ; other
inllances had fence occurred of similar adjudica.
tions, in confequcnce of which thole Noble Lord;
would be obliged to pay large fumy of money for
having obeyed the initrukions of Government, if
Parliament did not interfere. They had on lichali