Star.
London, England, 1804-07-03 00:00:00

Oat °mowed to Mm as neceffary. Aftet the circom-
itance 9f the debt fhould be laid before Parliament,
t ten it would become a fuhjed for confideration what
cnurta to f )Ilow. Further paniculars might be called
for, and the fulled invedigation might take place, if
is fhould appear to he neceffary. This idea would,
be hoped, meet the wilhes and he calculated to an-
fwer the objeet which his Hon. Friend fought for. As
to the explanation required by his Hon. Friend ie.
finding the aid derived to the Civil Lid from the of
per cent. ditties, and other funds, he could date to
his Honourable Friend and the Houle, that this aid
was infignifirant indeed. Adverting to the advances
made to the Duke of Clarence and General Gardiner,
the Right Honourable Gentleman prefilmed that it
would be found the ftipulated instalments were de-
dated from their falarie.. He did not mean to !Lite
it pofitively, as he had made no inquiry on the Cub.
jed. [Here Mr. Banks flared wrote the tab.'e that the
contrary appeared to be the jai, frost the account: befell the
Houle.) Mr. Pitt returned. With remed to the prim
eiple of occafionally advancing nanny to perfons con.
need with the Civil Lid, where the caiffe appeared
to be preffing, and not ntherwife, he differed widely
from the opinion of his Honourable Friend. Such
advances, he admitted, ought not to be fremient, and
fhould be made only upon extraordinary occafions ;
but in point of fad, the advances alluded to by his
Hon. Friend were not of filch amount, as much to
slam the jealoufy of the Horde upon this fithjed.—
As to the allufions of his Hon. Friend to the leveret
items of the accounts on the table, he mud fay. that
ha waknot prepared to fatisty him ; but he was at li-
berty to move for any document he thought neeef
fary to the full explanation of the points he referred
to. With many ra mod of the points adverted to by
his Honourable Friend, he had no immediate con-
cern, but yet he had no doubt that they could all
be fatisfaftorily accounted for. He wilted the
Hon. Gentleman, the Houfe, and the Country
clearly to comprehend every part of the Ratement, and
that every light Ihould be thrown upon it. He had
no other defire than that it Ihould be probed to the
bottom, ip order that it ffinuld be Peen that the ap-
plication he had the honour to fubmit, was the refult
of a real unavoidable neceffity, and in no part of the
expenditure had Governmenbceared to exercife a pro-
per and vigilant controul. Feeling a jug folicitude
tor the credit of his Majefty's Government, it was his
anxious with, that every means Mould be taken to fa•
tisfy the country of the truth of the fads lie had dat-
ed. There were many parts of the houfehold, in which
the Right Honourable Gentleman dated.' hat he made
his eitamate lower than was formerly fixed, particto
lady in the Board of Works alluded to by his Ho-
nourable Friend. In that department an increafed
expenditure had been incurred within the two lad
years, which was nut likely to recur again. It arofe
from the fitting up of apartments for the accommo-
dation of tome of the branches of his Majelty', fa-
mily. In this department, and akin in many other...
be had felt it his duty to draw up a reduced ettimate.
He hoped it would not be found too late, and that
in his endeavour to prevent unneceffary espence, he
Mould not export himfelf to the charge of laying a
delufive flatement before the Houfe, ur of contribut-
ing to reduce the juts claims of any defcription of per-
fonts
Mr. ADDINGTON (aid, no part of the Extrant-
dimities itated at ao,oool. were applied to Beret fer-
vice in the papers under conlideration. Among the
lead objeCtionable parts of the public charge would,
he trolled. be admitted the additional fume applied to
the fupport of Foreign Embaffies. It was very im-
portant that men .of talents and of family Ihould un-
dertake thefeeniffions, and the inducement had often
been found istrufficient from a mifguided patrimony
in this particular. It would be teen in the accounts.
that for the year 1803, tchoool. ; and for year 1804.
t 10001. were under the title fpecial fervice. In Mr.
burke's Bill, there was a provifion that a book timid
be kept at the Trealury. dating the different items in
fpecial fervice. It would appear in the prefent in.
Rance, that no Inch dilliaCtions were introduced, but
the Houfe, if it thought fit, might order the explana-
tions to be even from the fource of information to i
which he Mad jolt alluded. An Hon. Gentleman
(Mr. Bankes) had objected to the film of 16,0001.
devoted to the exigencies of a Royal Duke, yoool.
of which dill remained unfatisfied. Was it not re-
colleded, that four years fence the Houfe had given
an expectation that fome fuch adidance would be
afforded ? He would put it to the Houfe, if it were
confident with its dignity to abandon the defign after
(itch an intimation? He perfectly coincided with the
Right Hon. Gentleman in his propnfition for a per-
manent increafe of the Civil Lill Eflabliffiment to the
extent of 60,0001. and he thought it right to remark
that it was an example of his moderation. He like.
wife approved of the expedient to avoid all future
al rears that would not be the fubjed of invetligation
in that Houfe.—The true quedion before the Houle
was, if fuitable provifion were to be made for the
illudrious perfon who fills the throne of thefe realms;
if that exterior fplendour were to be conferred which
was confident with the enlightened maxims which
Fievailed under our free Conflitution ? It was mat-
ter of furprife that the numerous branches of the
Royal Family were exhibited before their country
with fo much advantage and dignity at an erpence
fo ii.cnnfiderable. The exchange of the revenues of
the Crown for the eftablithment on the Civil Lit), had
been a beneficial bargain to the natioo, and neither
r2truption nor profufirm had been the conf:imence of
• ..s remuneration. He would not believe that any

t.Trinus refinance would be given to the prcfent mo.
tion, efpccially as its immediate objeli was to place
tle Civil Lift under the controul of Parliament. As
he had fo conficlerable a Owe of late in the concerns
51 this eilablifliment, he thought it proper to make
.:.cfe coneife nhfervations.
Dr. LAWRENCE entered into a long and minute
2,-tence of Mr. Burke's Bill, and dwelt on the pro-
f. ,cry of ieparating the different accounts relating to
tiJe civil lin. lie complained, particularly, that the
lii . inn politics were too litde attended to, while too
n...t ii encouragement was given to expenditure in the
-i..... department.
!iJ FRANCIS BURDETT found it impailhle to
11... e that view of the lubjeet, which the Right lion.
(..,:iitleman oppofite had done. The prefent circum-
it :aces of the country, he thought, rendeted any
e mind on the public pure extremely delicate. The
I, Olt lion. Gentleman oppofite had argued, that In-
( • iie the neeetfaries of lite were high, and hec•iiire
iLcaitics were fclt, even us Use higher to al.:. of Loci-