The Statesman.
London, England, 1820-06-22 00:00:00

• a •e was discharged, and a nes• (Viler made fur to-
therruw (this day).
Sir H. Pm:NELL obtained leave to bring in a Bill
to improve the Head betw.•en Lon.loL and Shrewsbury.
On the motion of Sir .1. Newr•oe.r, c,.l•ies were or-
dered to be laid before the Douse of all correspondence
between the Board of Customs and Excise in Ireland
and the Irish Government, or thy• Board of 'freasury,
rcspreting the supply of stationed•, Ste. to those de-
tments.
On the motion of Mr. F. Itontxsost, it was ordered
that the House should to-morrow resolve into a COM-
wittee to consider of the Acts fur regulating the Trade
ut Demerara and Berbice.
Mr. F. Hoitaxisost brought in the American Coffee
11111, and the Demerara Slate Exportation License Bill.
The CliAset:ht.mt of the Exclit•Ql RR brought in the
12 millions Sinking Fund Loan Bill, the Bill for Pro-
vi•iin for the Charges for the Management of the
Pvs!te Debt, the 29 millions Exchequer Bills' Bill.
:.n.l the Lottery 11111. They trerr:•hl read a first time,
and ordered to be read a second time to-morrow.

CONMUITRE OF SUPPLY.—The House haring
resolved i•self into a Committee of Supply,
34. ARBUTHNOT moved a Resolution, that the sum
1,200,1410/. be granted to his Majesty for the extra-
( ...':•tary expenses of the army for the year tt:.lo.
After a short discussion, in which Mr.licste, Lord
Pt t.NitISToN, Mr. ARBUTHN.II, Sir J. NEWPORT, MI.
BARINO, Mr. bIorLNURX, Mr. lIVRKIIIBON, &C. par-
ttuiritetl. the Resolution was agreed to.
On the next Resolution being moved, for a sum of
114.1.',000/. to he paid for expenses of a cis it nature, not
torui•tig a part of the ordinary List,
Mr. Hymn complained of the extraordinary expenses
of the third cla.s of Ambassadors at Foreign Courts.
'1 • Hutt. lietitleman complained of the conduct of j
t.'sters in having resisted a 'action trade by him on
t subject.

Lora CasTutarann said, Oro the expen,e of Am-
-114-4tdors to Foreign Courts avv4 very different now, in
time of pear.., to what it had it been in time of war,
and this saving, instead of brie •z at the ill•trtAal of the
Prawn, 'rat carried to the Consolidated Fund. It was
impospile to avoid, altogether, the charge fir ratraor-
dinAry expense‘, hut the amount of those expenses
Were mot:Illy Lid before Parliatuent to be scrutinized
b!- them.

next remark,4l, that though there was a
Receiver-lteneral of the who had the payment
•rsett departments, the place of Paymaster of the
I Nam, a Police•office was, as it were, created for the
lan Mr. Uolqnhonti—on the grJunds of public ser-
ll'Li 4 p.rfornsed by Win ; those services were admitted,
tit..l the irregularity was f•:t•tts..d. Put Mr. Coign-
it, e I had lately died, and he understood that the place,
ins!, ad of having been abolislieJ, was fitted up by a
y,•ittig gentleman, the sun of an Hun. Gentleman op-
posite The place was one of MAL a year ; and he
thought it was a very remarkable instance of the pro-
dial disposition of Minister'.
'4r. H. Calve said the pl tee was fir:hi up, but the
salary did not amount to 400/. a year.
I.lr. BA iSt/IST said, the salary was hut 2001. a year.
?'lr. Ht•sa said, that Mr. lialdnin, the Receiver-
Il..neral. might, with as much case as he managed the
of the seven other distrii ts, have also managed
Thames Poliee-office, and thus hate saved the ne-
-4:l,:ity of continuing, a useless place.
1

Mr. Ilemtv CLtea said, he did not think that the
cis? showed any extraordinary extraergance in Minis-
ter,. As to the Officer who had been alluded to, he
t, 41,111 nut bate taken this additional trouble without
an additional salary, and thus little or no saving would
Live been effected.
Mr. lic.ut said, that the business of that Offirer did
ro,,t employ loins for more than ten days in the year.
lir might hare taken an additional day's trouble to
sate the country the expence of this new office.
After some further observations, the Resolution was
agreed to.
'flor next Resolution was for a sum of 100,0001. for
klul•en Ann's Bounty, which was agreed to.
the house tbrn resumed, and the Report was ordered
to, be received to-morrow.

General iiANT presented a petition from 230 Land-
holders in Trutpleutore, in Ireland, complaining of the
cunduct of Revenue Officers, and praying for the inter-
ference of the llt►tast.--d)rdered to hie on the table.
't be Tithes (Irish) Dill was read a third time and
prised.
The other Orders of the Day were then disposed of,
and the House adjourned.