The Statesman.
London, England, 1810-05-18 00:00:00

way..- ad tweed to OW Caplire arse Spanish
Mph's. th- greatest blot Oen tile kffrninistration
of a Right Honourable Gentleman now no more.
Such temptations ought not to be left upon any
MiniAers. lie hoped the Druits of the Admiral.
ty would, at'no distant period, be regulated by
an Act of Parliament, but in the mean time it wu
their duty to ascertain whether the present annuity'
might nut be 'supplied from them before they
agreed farther to loitd the Consolidated Fund. -
Mr. LAMBE observed, that it was proper
that this annuity should be granted, but he could,
not hell) remarking, the very different manner in
which a request from the Crown was received in"
that House, from that in which the wishes•oftbit
House were attended to by the snorters of undue
prerogative. The House had been ready to vote
sums called for upon occasions similar to the pre.
sent in the most munificent manner; but when
the Reversion Bill went to the Lords, a Bill'
which had been considered as of greater import.
ance than it really was, and which the public
were willing to have taken for more than it was
worth, it was well known what a vexatious op.
position it met with.
Mr. WHITBR E A D; is his Honourable Frilled
bad not yet come (which was not, extraordinary,'
after having sat all day at the Bullion Committee),
begged leave to say n few words. He would pro.
pose that the debate be adjourned for a few days,
that they might have an opportunity of inquiring
lota the state of the fund, out of which, if pos.
Bible, this sum ought to be paid. Nobody ob-
jected to the annuity, and if it should be found
necessary to have recourse to the Consolidated
Fund, the last mourn of the country, he should
not object. But he would put it a little ad vers.
conclusive to the Ministers, whether, even-out of
regard to the Crown itself, they would not agree
to the proposed delay. The Right -Honourable
Gentleman said, he did not deny the account re-
quired ; but then he refused to great it time to
consider, whether part of the fund might not be
applied to the purposes of this Bill. It was known
that his Majesty had on one occasion given a
million out of this fund towards the public ser.
vice, and it was to be prespmed from this paternal
attention to his people, that he would not refusal
any sums that could be spared for their relief, if
he were properly advised. He had given now
to several members of his family out of this fund,
no doubt upon such exigency that if he had not
this fund he would have been under the necessity of
applying to that House; and this tuofrom those pa.
Wool feelings which his Majesty possessed as
well as others. But here came the fact, that
25,0001. had been granted out of this fund to Sir H.
Popham, and.another aura towards bringing home
a Governor from a distant' settleaieot. He asked
whether it was wise, whether it was candid and af-
fectionate towards his Majesty, to advise him to
overlook this fund; and apply to his subjects '
once at a moment when the Chancellor of the Ea.
chequer, by the measure which he proposed last
night, confessed the difficulty of finding new
sources of taxation, sod when Mac who had
been in his confidence, whose knowledge of the
subject was unquestionable, and who. of .late had
laid the foundation of a strong claim to ib confi.
deuce and approbation of the country, bad tined
the necessity of retrenchment? When the
.Right,
Hon. Gent. had - aged to tho-s4Fstai oC this

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Consolidated Fund, to furiiiist° the ~ ays and
Means of the year, a measure, *hick to to 4 Lbel
'least of it, he thought erroneous, *es itishimag a
proper regard to the dignity of the Crowil...was
it dutiful tied affectionate to, his Majesty to advleil
him to come upon his subjects for tins imopar a.
year, 'when he himself had a fund.oit of 'Aids
to pay it ? He hoped that what his Hen. Friend
(Mr. Lambe) had said, would Sink deep into the
hearts of the Members of that Henn. All that
was wanting waii a delay till the state 4 UM Ad.
miralty Fund could be ascertained, and with that
view he moved that the debate be adjourned till
this day se'nnight. J . .
Mr. PE RCE VA.L contended, that it was otitalt
more proper and creditable, Its the first initaftise,,
to grant this Annuity out of the Consolide .
Fund. If, upon examination, It should appal +
that the Admiralty Find could bear a sum wpm
to the purchaie of tile annuity', it might be paid
out of the Droits into' the Consolidated, Funds.
But he maintained, that the two subjects were not
at all connected °with each other. The Grant of
the Annuity ought to be independeut of the consi-
deration of the State of the Droits of Adnliralty,
The House divided, and the numbers were...
For the Otters! Motion - - 65
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For the Amembilet - -f, . S 7
.:t; . ‘... ~.r ..t lirtiglit, • - 211
The gill was accordingly passed; and ordered to
the Lords.
' Upon our readmission, we found
Mr. WHITBREAD observing upon a Bill
which he had just brought in,
,tsi ;explain and
amend' the Act for the removal of the Poor, so
far as relates to the regulation of Workhouses.— 1
The H on ourable Gentleman took occasion to state;;
that by the next Sessions he should endeavour to'
prepare some arrangement with respect to the,,
poor, which he hoped would meet a more favour.
able reception from the House than some former
:)ropositions of his upon the same subject had ex.
perienced. The Bill was read a first, and ordered.
to be read a second time on 'Nelda! next.
Ordered on the motiou of Mr. k oster, that the
Reuse should to-morrow resolve into a Committee
for the purpose of considering the propriety of
erecting certain Lialli 'louses upon the Coast of
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Ireland.'
Mr. It: WARD presented a Petition frogs this,
Governors of Greenwich Hospital, prayinglaiet
to present another°Petition, which being received*
was read. We understood it to relate to the cog,
'etruction of certain buildings in the aeighboarl:l
beod of Greenwich Hospital. Ordered to licoaki
' 'the table.
- Mr..TIERNEY gave notice of his intention to
move upon the first open day for an Address to
his Majesty, praying for an account of the
amount of the Droits of the Admiralty on hand,
with a view to ascertain whether that amount
would be sufficient to provide for the Anasity

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