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well sot to follow it up in the course of the present,
Session. lie would do better to withdraw it now, an&
brio; it forward early in the ensuing Session.
Str. DAVENPORT was opposed to the measure,
and hoped the Hon. and Learned Gentleman would not

pe, !severe.
Sir R. 111106 N was opposed to the Bill,
no objection whatever to its • being postponed till the
next Session ; but he thought the Learned-Serjeasst
bad been rather harshly treated, in being compelled,
u be had been. to postpone his wearers from time to
time. He hoped he would now bring it forward at
that moment, or put it off altogether till the next
&anion ; and be cared very little which coarse the
Learned Serjeant might be induced to take.
Mr. BENNET thought it did not matter a far-
thing to the public whether the Report of the miscel-
laneous Estimates was recevied that day, on Monday.
Wednesday, or Friday in the next week, or on Mon-
day se'nnight. The Bill of the Learned Serjeant bed
been postponed from day to day for many weeks, for
reasons similar to those which were now opposed to it.
On notice days, a discussion was carried ion till 12
o'clock at night. and then, when the Learned Ser-
jeant wished to bring it on, up jumped some Honour.
able Gentleman, and declared, that at that late hour
it was manifestly improper that a subject of such im-
pedance should he entered upon. Ou order days the
House were occupied in a similar way till midnight,
u hen up jumped the Hon. Member for Coventry, and
declared that there should he no more debate. In this
way, plucking out first the black and then the white
hairs, none were left at last for the Learned Serjeant.
He thought the Report might, without injury. to the
public service, be deferred one day, and doing this
would give one day to useful legislation.
The Marquess of LONDONDERRY thought, as
the lion. anti Learned Gentleman wished to obtain an
open day for the Learned Scrjeant's Bill, be might
have applied iu his behalf to those Gentleman who
lAA given notice. He himself (Mr. Benne') might
hare contributed his mite to make room for him—the
Member for Coventry inirlit have given up his objec-
tilos to debating after midnight ; and the Member for
Aberdeen might compress his observations within
smaller compass than he was accustomed to do. Ile
(the Marquess of Londonderry) did not know that the
tlelay which bad occurred was attributable to him. The
Report nmv to he brought up, it was of importance to
the public to dispose of.
Mr. A RERCROMBY, agreeing in principle with the
Learned Serjeant, and thinking the subject one of the
greatest magnitude and importance, that deserved to
be fully lifted and enquired into, put it to the Learned
Serjeant, from the prejudices now excited against it,
as it would be almost impossible to pass the Bill in
the present Session, whether it would not be wiser to
postpone it to the next.
Mr. Serjeant ONSLOW briefly described the ob-
st at les which had been thrown in his way, and express-
ed himself anxious to regulate his conduct by the
wishes of the House.
Mr. J. P. BRANT recommended the postponement
of the measure till the next Session of Parliam,nt.

Mr. Serjeant ONSLOW moved, that the Bill should
be proceeded with on that day three months.
'lke CIIANCILLOR of the ECIHEQUEIit and Mr. DA-
ENPORT thanked the Learned Serjeant for the course
be had taken.
Mr. CALCRAFT also thanked the Learned Serjeant
flr withdrawing the Bill for the present, as he had
saved him the trouble of making a motion similar to
that which had just been submitted to the House. If
the measure should be renewed in a future session, if
he (Mr. C.) retained his present prejudices, lie should
oppose it, and should then feel happy if the Learned
Illetitleman again took the same course that he had now
been induced to take.
Mr. Serjeant ONSLOW said lie should certainly re-
vive the Bill in another Session.
The motion (fur postponing the proceeding with the
]till) was then put and carried.
FINANCE.
On the question that the Report of the Committee
of Wait and Means should be brought up,
Lord A. HAMILTON directed the attention of the
Chancellor of the Exchequer to an Excise Bill, which
had recently passed, and which was found to press ae•
verely on sonic of the Scotch Brewers.
The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER was
surprised if the measure was so objectionable that it
had not been complained of before, as it had received
the Royal Assent before Easter. The Bill only went
to give that protection to the revenue, which every
tradesman would think necessary for his commercial
concerns.
Mr. MAXWELL said, he had forwarded a represen-
tation of the hardship complained of to the Board of
Excise shortly after the passing of the Bill.
Mr, J. P. GRANT objected to the Board of Excise
brim• allowed to interpret in its own way an Act of
Parliament.
Mr. 3IABERLEY had now to bring before the
Honse sonic strong eases, respecting which it would
he fur the Chancellor of the Exchequer to offer some
.explanatiou. In the last year he had come down
to the House, and asked for the following supplies :
For the Army.. .. • • • • .. 19,494,000
-- Ordnance .. . .. 1.404,000
Miscellaneous Services 4,100.000
Now t lie expense incurred under the last head, for which
the Chance/I°r of the Exchequer bad demanded
2,100,000!. had amounted to 2,462.1281., giv-
ing an excess on the miscellaneous Estimates to
the amount of 362,1281. The expense of the
Ordnance were different in amount from the sup-
ply, and there had been variations under the
other heads, so that the result was, the total expense
exceeded by 378,4171. what bad been called for by the
Chancellor of the Exchequer when be brought for-
ward his Budget in 1820. Other additions had been
made which brought the total to 782,0811. He wished
to call the attention of the House to this circumstance,
to prevent a recnrrence of such a disparity between the
estimates and the expenditure, and with a view to ef-
fect this. he hoped in future that all the supplies
would be voted before the Chancellor of the Exche-
-vier breaght forward the Budget. He complained
SW the Chancellor of the Exchequer had this year
estimated the taxes at 500,0001. more than be could
aspect them to produce.
'the CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER be-
lieved the Hon. Gentleman would 6nd that scarcely any
Bedget bad ever been produced that was not liable to
observations of the same kind. One cause of the