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London, England, 1819-05-11 00:00:00

diately free, and, consequently, Government was
obliged to *teat with them as with the community
Kt large. The N Regiments, or 52,0(X) men pro-
posed, would answer every exigency of Government,
and they would by icing the videttes
on pay as to be easi cedMlEnlarged te what-
' ever number rpkglit . re isle. ,The stv-
Mg by this 010 of th -Quid amount
'to t3U0,000.
Lolonel Davinsnm and E dffetBd some
..Ir. few observati s when doStplit n4s agreed t•
11 •0 the readi that f £llB,OOO to de-
fray the expen th..!St ff Estab ishroent,
Mr. HUME might thjsurn far too much. He
.censiPed Government vehemently for not accounting
. for the surplus revenue* of Ilipylon, the Cape, and
other Colonies, amounting to one million and a half
sterling, or at least ts,•eave hundred thousand pounds.
In this general charge against Government, he in-
cluded the surplus revenues bf the Mauritius, the
• loin= Islands, Malta, and Gibraltar. He had ex-
pected that some. reference would have been made
to the Comiaittee ou the subject now noticed. The
Honourable Member Area went into details, and
maintained that the 'wars 1815, 181.7, and 1918 had•
passed away without Governmsiitistatingone syllable
ors this important point. The fiditourable Member
now boldly asked, what had become of the twelve
hundred thousand pounds? Or, how had Govern-
ment applied it ? lie insisted that almost the whole
of these (Jolonies were able to pay their Military
Establishments, and thus free this country from a
sum to the amount now mentioned. If twelve hun-
dred thousand pounds were this made available to
diminish our expenses, there would of course be a
very important saving to the Public. In the survey
which he had made of the accounts from these Colo•
ties, he had not been able to discover any statement
of the appropriation of the twelve hundred thousand
pounds. He insinuated that Ministers had by the
misapplication of that sum been enabled to provide
for such of their adherents as they could not pension
from the revenue at home. If this were 'made out
against them, it was a gross and scandalous misap-
plication of the Public Revenue. He should propose,
that instead of £llB,OOO, as meant to be voted, the
sum should be reduced to £91,000, thus saving
£21,000 to the Public. In the case of the Duke of
York, the annuity of £lO,OOO, allowed to his Royal
Highness as Custos, had been opposed by a very
large and a respectable number of that House. And
all those Gentlemen who then contended for a saving
of £IO,OOO to the Public, he hoped would new come
forward to support him in a saving of £21,000. Bel
cors;luded by an amendment to that effect.
The SPEAKER was about to put the question, when
. Mr. GOULBOURNE, when the proper time arri-
ved, was fully enabled not only to prove the policy
adapted by Government regarding the Colonial Re-
venue now mentioned, but also fully enabled to ex-
culpate them from all blame. But to bring the ques-
tion fairly forward, the Honourable Member had
only to move for the production of what papers he
weight think necessary, to substantiate his allegations.
h discussing the application of those revenues, the
honourable Member ought to have been more care.
•RA of the truth of his information, before he yen-
tared to make such charges aainst Government.—
But whenever the Papers which he might move for
came before the House, it would be found that his
charges were totally groundless. Government had
novo considered that they ought to interfere, or had
a right to interfere, in the application of their internal
revenue. With regard to thelonian Islands, d e appli-
cation of the revenue would be easily accounted for,
either by the gallant Officer at the head of those Set-
tlements, or by the Government at home. If he un-
derstood rightly, the Hon. Member (Mr. Hume) had
mentioned his intention of moving for an inquiry on
the subject now complained of. The Hon. Member
(Ms. Hume) had some few hours ago communicated
to him what he meant to mention to the House ; but
instead of deprecating any farther discussion or in-
quiry; be had waived- every objection, and left the
Honourable Member to follow his own measures.—

The Honourable 'Member (Mr. Gemlbourne) assured
the House, that neither the Noble.l..ord, at the head
of the Department to which he (Mr. tftulbourne) had
the lionoui• ofTtleoging, nor he hithielf, as cecially
employed, would shrink from any examination which
the Honourable Member chose to institute. It was
reedless to detain the House longer ; but ke again
begged to assure them, that when the propel doccu-
meats were under discussion, he (Mr. Goulbourne)
shook' not be wanting to prove that no blame was
attached to Government.—(Hear, hear.)
Sir JAMES MACKINTOSH did not wish to pro-
yoke a discussion on the charge now advanced against
Covernment that evening. He confessed that pre-
vious to his coming to the House, he was totally un-
•ncquainted with v.h4 he had heard ; and he could
not help confessing that if the allegations were well
founded, they contained very grave and serious
charges against the Government. If he understood
rightly, his Honourale Friend had stated, that there
was a surplus revenue of the colonies mentioned ade-
quate to defray the expenses of the respecilveeMili-
lary Establishments ; and that the application of that
surplus had not been accounted for by Government.
if his Honourable Friend could substantiate his alle •
gations,_ the ease would prove as serious a charge as
ever had been presented against any Administration.
It was an unconstitutional Act, and could not be
passed over in 'silence. If the assertions were true,
namely, that these expences could be defrayed out of
the revenue alluded to, it would force a question
to be agitated of the greatest importance to the pith-
lie. Ifwell founded, it would prove, that the Ser.
yams of the Grown were availing themselves lg!"
particular species of revenue to vhich they hsid.r
right withOnz the authority of that lioure:• The At.
nonrable Member (Sir James) did not mean tci,sey
that Ministers could not justify their conclunt ; but
it was evident that certasa clandestine resources of
revenue were under the conttoul or direction of Goe
vernment, without the Putlioriry. of Pirdiatneot.
instanced two cases, that of Gibraltar' and Minorca.

Mr. GOULBOURNE again denied that Govern-
ment had ever been guilty of: any misapplication of
the revenue alluded to by providing for persons
whom they could not satigly• on the Home list—
Whenever the ilditeurable Gentleman brought far-
trxrd the document; toasaining the grounds for the
charzcs againt Government, he. PIG- Goulhourae)