The Statesman.
London, England, 1815-05-09 00:00:00

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a sum of moue) votrrl by Parliament for a nat:titalitr.
p irpose. The Act of Parliament granted it to his
Ittryal Highness for dectly in.; his expellees on b,..
comitu, Ite4eut ; and he desired to know Woo It 'wee
that advised his linyal Highness to apply it •to'its.:'
other purpose? Ile saw no reason why 100,IAL
might not, as well b taken from the Mom t seed for
the services of the navy. The N .bleli.ril litd •Aidi
that to grant this motion would be an innovation of
, the Constitution. This was a doctrine never very 0,--
boldly brought forward, and 'gentlemen in inferior
departments hid generally been selected to twat- the .....-
assertion. For 400 years, these enquiries had hem
exercised by the House; and, in 1780, a majority
had declared, that it had right to eimniste into the
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abuses of the Civil List, as well as into all otherde.
partments. The House should give greater peen
to the present Committee, in order to render their
labours more effectual than on former r...c.!sioni.
None of the articles removed had been accounted for; PI
and the House were justified in presuming that there rt
had been an abuse. The Committee should, there.. Oil :
fore, be enabled to examine persons virnhoce. for 84
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it was by such means only the abuses in the Navy ,;.ot
had been detected. .
Lord CASTLEREAGH explained.
Mr. ROSE contended, that no precedent could be I
found for granting the motion. In all former ap-
plications respecting the Civil List, accounts had
been furnished, but in such a way as to throw Do
light whatever on the sobject.—Uhar, hear 4-...
At present very minute details had been. given, and
every one that looked at them 'might judge of the r
state of the Civil List without examining **itmlatet F
viva voce. K
Mr. COURTENAY opposed the motion. Nit
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Mr. PETER. MOORE supported the motionI A
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jamidst cries of Question. Inv
I Mr. LONG said, that there would not have bees
any excess, if the 100,0001. had been appropriated
lin the manner intended. As to the furniture, part of C
it had been sent to Cumberland Lodge, and the re. tee
• mainder was reserved for future purposes. The' eon
Right Hon. Gentleman had not made out a sufficient WSOI
case; and if the House were to consent to his tau.' ten
' tion, he would afterwards call for other witnesses. • .
Mr. TIERNEY replied at considerable lertgik,..o.. nore
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He contended that to refuse enquiry would only ear• 1114.
courage the Crown to ruts into debt. He desired the.
House to look at the names of the present dom.
! mittee, and to say, whether they expected them to G rake out any of the abuses, He had proved all he
wanted, and he admitted, that if he could teemed ti, it
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• in procuring the examination of Mr. Marsoshe should se Shwr
call for other witnesses. fliesshoultproceed step by br s'
step; and as he had made Out a calein the Lord PlaG
Chamberlain's Department, it Sete"More thin pre. sari
bable that be should have to investigate triusactious met
in the offices of the Lord Steward and Master of the Aof (
Horse. When the 100,0001. was voted to hit R.oYsi • tr.l
.iblighness,
er at was ihe had expressly asked Mt. Pelee,* Om.: T
hlr
Q pay his Royal Highness's debt, rlll*. t..,,
answer ifes, N 9 ; it was for his outfit. for ftis.r*,; tri,
niture, plate, &c. The Noble Lerd had spoketret .
' the indelicacy, of these enquirier4..but, if any bete E
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the had dragged his Royal Highnesa.iattethe mire, it 4as: far,
the Noble Lord, who had euteresi,into a Wages.: ON
planation of the Prince's debts. When his Rnaof $
Highness became itegent, his debts maimed ii• saw wit
300,0001.; but this was carefully concealed from the to
House, .who.ottght to have paid the Prike's debts as d
as they had paid those of his father. The Privy
Parse KO not sufficiently Ivan* d (_or; in this, as 3
in many .other transactions, thers was somethieg
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kept behind.. The Noble Lord now said, that theta le.)
should be some Ansperintendance, and had asked, e.,111
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why he did not bring the warrant down; but rhea
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he (Mr. Tierney) asked Where the warrant was, the tt,e,
Noble Lord entietered; it should tie-Sent to.morraw. T
—[Hear, hear!]—Mr. Marsh, however, knew how ben
the excess arose,
.and it was necessary, nut only fni•
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the security. of the people,. het foe., the character of
the Crown, that he should lie examined. The Noble
Lord had eapected.it to be a day ist:grand displaildi
his part, but it now seemed to rest entirely ere&
warrant, which, instead of being siontnp stair*, el.
kept down stairi.—Hear,. hearri—Parliament, ought
to amok their sense of such gross misconduct ; and
it was too much to say, while the Property Tax lasted,
and tradesmen were dragged before a set of Com-,
missioners, who were authorised to examine their
books and investigate the whole of their traniaction.,
that the affairs of the Crown were not to de enquired
into. • •
The question was then called for, and the House
divided,— .
For the notion 119 I Against it 175 1 Majority 56. J
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Adjourned at two o'clock. . . I
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, Admiral Sir G. COCKniine heke acrived.frim Ame• 9
rica in the Albion. The Aria has also arrived, and at
the rest of the squadrou may be daily expected. 1,0
A most alarming storm took place on Tuesday, the
2d inst. at Addington, a village about three miles Ql
from Croydon. A waterspout descended ou the hiil3,
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and burst about a mile above it. . The waler pourer'
in torrents, from. the he4ghts, and rosMartecrArr (
Talley, formed a rapid stream of 50 feet Nei& " el
took its way with irresistible force—throogh 00 a
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village, forced open the doors, and carried W 4 * it
furniture of the habitations. A, house tisti4oo.l, at
torn away from the garden.wall of the .4.410110P:4,1,_ m
of Canterbury, who resides on the spot, ihtlittlen AI
whelmed, and sows and pigs carried away, Neal, se
which were drowned. Tombstone* • mere. try!*d
from the churchyard, Auld the liven orael'acatfor's se
sons endangered' . This deluge., accomPaititii, abi et
th,iider and lightning, continued for upwards of tire 4
boors, and then sebsided, but has leftatlamentable ss
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swamp in the neighbourhood. A weals diri"Pbad 4
clung with her child to the top of a footing Wolf"v t,
was nearly drowned at the moment the waterstatan 0
to subside. Among the,sufferers flake• el
was a. Mr. -.-__ la
goo, who hes lost a considerabloiagaantity of lug
stock, including cows andpigsa ngelleu earn mid 6",.." a 0
chinery. The publio.house.of the tillage also sale *
fered much by the loss' of 'furniture' spirits, beer, ic. 11
The damage ,occasioned on the land- over which the
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waters rushed, is incalculable.. Foristostely, WI - A
ever, no lives were lost. T-hirtemalsorstst•iusAulle! al
which were immersed to their heads were moat'''
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