The Statesman.
London, England, 1820-05-31 00:00:00

PRIVE SEVKS PgNCE.

LVPriCAL PARLISMENT.

1101.7:4F OF lAMTN, Tut$DAT, May SO.
'a lie oathe were atlininioered to the Lori.lr Kirgstost.
Clifton, and Stowell.

The Par' of Livaitettot. presented an account of the
prices of wheat, oats, 1111.1 bailey, daring the years
Its 16, 11, I is, and IV. His Lordship observed, ILA
these prices were it; confirmation of the stateniewa
which he had made rotative to the eon tratie on the
preceding night, a^ the average of the whole was
greater than the impertation price.
AeItItYLTUR AL I tIsTREBII.—The Duke of
DevoNarter presented six petitions (rim, occupier; of
land in lt..rbyrhire, praying for Legislative preteefioe.
I.ord Wort wowto presented* similar pet:lino tram
the 41(ricultarslists of Sussex.
Lord BATHrpar presented a petitiim t' the same
effect from the Comity of (iloocester—ordered to Bo
on the table.
lived CAtirmo*Pr, in presenting a retitlop of a liko
nature from the town of Bury, iu SuAbilit, wirs.tead,
that the petitioners did not pray for reiief upon a UM'
principle but titey complained of the def.ctive catcal-
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twit of the v.isting law. It nos therefore mn,t nem-
sari that an inquiry should be made, and a remedy ap-
plied, which would give the Bill ti.at fair trial it bad
never vet obtained. 1t was incumbent en Parlialuitih
to inquire whether the averatre price of corn iiirerigt,
out the kingdom was fairly slated, in entering into pry
investigation, the object of which was to asteitiia
whether the effects of the Bill were essential or reme-
iliabl..—Ordered to lay on the table.
Lord HAsowtiwa presented a similar petition fioM

Donniogton, in the Isle of Ely.
Lord Eo 3 ESIONT pegented tiro petitions to the salts
purpose, one from Sieynitt!:, in Siv:ser, the other from
Putters Market in the *ame county.—Ordered to lie
on the table.

CIVIL LIST BILL.—Lord Lirrefiroot, moved the
Order of the Day for the third reading of the
Litt Bill.

Lord Dscre tore, porsuaht to notice, to trove an
amendment to this last clans, of the Hill. His Lord-
ship stated. that it was rot his object to examine the
general principles of the Bill, nor to inqttire whether
Parliament. in calenlatinl_r the amount of provision
for the maintenance of the Civil Government, was to
be bound by the resnit of any former Committee on
the same 4444),(1. Nor did he mean to reasnine what
effect the difference of price in the essential article* of
life ought to have upon a new arrangement, thong!,
he thought that also a very fit sub?ct for infinity
But his present *eel related 'elide 40. those
atteee-
.ain and casual eto•enues,• known by the appellaiion of
the itrolh of the Admiralty. These were nut withit
.'the scope of that inquiry which took pisee, when the
settlement was made in the firt year of the reign of
his late Majesty, or within the contrast) of kir late.
Committee. who should ollertvise has demanded their
application to a different porpose (Tin that to which
thaw were at present appropriated. • The Multi darir.l;
•
the thirty learn war, ntieht he averaged at :400,004.0.
a-year. fte was aware that the whele ot This 'moan
wait not applied to the Civil List; there were other
claims upon it of a different nature, arising out of
circautstances affecting carures. Three were also re-
./mtnerations to captors. For this pnrpose it was new-
}sty there should he a distinct fetid, under:the with°. .
city of responsible person:, and such a ftool-nueht to
he left under the disposal and control of persons in•
'formed upon the subject. who might be enabled to :..et
with that promptitude, which the ri casiou so often re-
quired. • He had therefore no intention of entendine
his motion to that pottier) of the Denita, which would
be required for this necessary and immediate
(ion; but he contended, that as the Committteof
'had provided amply for the e:spenres of the Coen lie
re:nowt:l, it •houlti have precluded the possitsility of
the application of the enormous sum averaged et
290,0(11!. for half a century to the Civil List, which had
been previously provided for neon the Most lib,ral es•
• I timate. He then observed, that the clause in the
repent Rill, although it required that the amount of
the Droits of the Admiralty, and their application,
shouhl be retnrned to each Session of Parliament, yet
it left the application unregulated and discretionary.
The Hill should be so t'r,med as to eliepose of the mo-
ney a priori, and ought not to leave it open to an ap-
plication which Parliament did not direct. It was by
far the hest principle of the Coristitation, that no am-
. • .
ney could be disposed of hot by persons aceraatall •
I to firilasneet, icno hr.! !••••:- tutre!y a prospective .
re-
•• ^^-" :"• l•e". ere unjt rau actor.; and preempt*. y
direction. This was not only remedy. but prevention.
It did not allow of deficienries, and then undertota
to (are them, but it pointed oot._jo air fiat_instance,
the object of expen.iiture, is ith its extent andlitnita-
lion. It was nut following up this principle to allow'
of the application, and only call for a return. It ap.
fared to him to be the best arrangement to allow of
a discretionary power only with regard to the use re-
quired for the equitable demands of the elava ofpersons
whore be hall dricrihed, and to preclude at the same
time the pcasibility of applying the remainder to any
of tht purposes provided fur by this Hill. He was con-
vinced that no one could have any well-founded objee-
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coin to ouch a Parliamentary control ov r the limits of
the Admiralty, as while it prevented the use of Coon
in a way which the liberality I.f Parliament had anti-
cipated, woutd stilt leave an ample sow to be dispso-ed
of in the **omen! of fair claims and eqiitable dr-
moods. Ilia Lordship concluded, by moving an
aokeschuent to the elle. t, That nu part of the bruits of
the Admiralty at pruoent in eximsene., or hereafter ams-
I P"llllll:4l:aeltap'rbeonfiodrredlilelefif:alttuthhrpere:ekispeutli:e,iderntitO:etvi.tr•ualltheriofp.rpitrhterandtwThicanit:
relurstaahould be requited of the anlit-ati.:ll. tea& to
.oth r purposes.
L. 41 lavotro.n...bjecteJ to the at *with:rent. lie,
however, sa fir agreed with the NoLie Load who