The Statesman.
London, England, 1810-05-31 00:00:00

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posed commensurate with the Irish debt, tfie peo-
ple of Ireland would feel that surk-additions were
thcn made only Co poi British creditors. Iloder
the impression that DO gobd will was to spare be-
tween the two countries, it Was. his opinion that
the terms offered by the liish bidders fur raising
the Loan, though there'sves a difference of a frac.
lion or so against the country, ought to havb been
concluded. • • .
After some farther obgervitions front Mrs Fos-
ter and Sir John Newport/ the Rest:dugouts were
agreed to, and the Report 'Ordered to be received
to-morrow.

' :. DROITs OF ADMIRALTY..
Mr. TIERNEY rose to make his promised
motion upon that subject,- to which he was in-
duced to call the attention of the House In conse-
quence of its grant of 70001. annuity to his Se-
rene Highness the Duke of Brun's"lek. Upon,
that occasion It. was never once objected that a
suitable prevision ought not to be made for that
distinguished individual, but it was Said that there
existed under the euntroul of the Crown funds
fatly sufficient' for that .purpose, without an in:
'crease of -the burdens of the people. To aim.
Min that fact; lid bad on a former
.night moved
for the productiiitot an account of the sem aliS.
ing from the Droiti of !the,,AdmiraltY saw undis.
,vosett of, and thereforewholly under the con.
trout of the Croin. It appeared from the pa. 1
per that night Presented, that the amount of those
Droits, now at his Majesty's disposal, amounted 1
Ito no less a 'sum than 142,0001. The trouble of
the present discussion might . have been spared, if
liis Majesty!, advisers had thought proper to re-
commend that, to obtain which, it uas his ht=
tendon to move on that night an Address to Ms
Majesty" Such a course, from uniform iisage3J
it was lideral to expect they would. have idopt-
'ed, after they hail ascertained that their pro.,
position 'for a pant out. of the Civil List,te the
Duke of 'Brunswick, was only carried by a map-
rity Alf 17. Thdiv was:then, as there was now, no
objection to make an establishMent suitable to the.
1 tank and character of tiffs 'Serene highness; hut
'many were impressed with the conviction, ,that no.
,grant for that purpose could'be more expedient,
as there could be none more grateful to his Ma-
jesty than that .which was settled upon. funds
fully adequate, solely at the disposal of the
Crown, and which added nothing to. the'burdens.
of. the people. Such an application ot the Droits of
Admiralty had beta already made to the Duke of
Cumberland and .tu others of the Royal Family.
What objection could arise to prevent such an'
application in the present iostance, he was unable
to ascertain. 'lle. stiould therefore recommend that.
.a sum of ulubey arising out of the eodisposed-of
Droits, should he paid into the Consolidated Fund,•
in order to answet the paytpent of the annuity of
70001. per annum voted to 'his Serene Highness the
Duke it Brunswick.' Computing that annuity at
ten years purchase, the sum required to.go in aid
of the Consolidated Fund would be 7030001.. ,The
Right Honourable Meinher concluded with moving
an Addresi to tk.Thrtine, adverting to the late
Message and Grant DE.7000. and *expressing the
garprise and ,regret of that House that his Ma-
jesty should be
advised to apply to that House for
e Grant, when such a sum as 342,0001. Admiralty
Droits remained at the disposal of the Crown, and
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'praying his Majesty that, he would be graciously
pleased to, apply out of such undisposed.of Druits
the sum of 70,0001. to answer the annuity voted
to his Serene Highness the Dukeof Brunswick.
The CHANCELLOR of. the EXCHEQUER
intreated thellouse, that if. it was inclined to ad-
dress his Majesty upon the application of These
Droits,. it would mat connect such address with
the grant lately voted to the Duke. of Brunswick;
but that the application should be made to Alm
public service generally. Ile believed' that ,the
last deciaiob to vt,biely the House. came on that
'
question was under , very different impressions
'from those which no Must influence that House,
possessed, as it WWI of the necessary information.
The Right Honourable Member then read an ac.
count of the various applications of the Droits of
Admiralty, and contended that there was no impro.
per application of theost bat. were either directly
or indirectly appliedtor the • public service. The
Consolidated Fund, he statml„. was at present
fully iosufficient fur the expoixditurela a dad-
ency of near 30,0001. a quer*. The last Ad.
Ministration must have felt that., gciencyi when
441itthey *voted out of the Dr .;of Adtninillyi
160,0001. to pay the deficiencies of- the Civil List
up to March, .1806, and 10,0001. out *of the
Scotch Revenue to defray its deficiency during .the
period of their own. Government.
Mr. FREEMANTLE supported the motion.
Mr. ROSEopposed it, observing, that If at any
future time it should appear that there should, be a
surplus in'tke Droita of the Admiralty, that sur-
plus might be applied to thepuhlicseriice... •,,
. Mr. CREE-VEXebeervoiftAiet there was no
question it this time is to the,r&ght of the King to
the di- Per cent. find, but it was a point which,'at
some ether tinsel would well deserve the serious
attention of the House. • It hip been's:lid:that the
surplus had beenapplied io.aid of the Civil List.
He coal& not enter into the propriety of the *Mi.
cation of this money till the_papers should be'
printed; but the 4-} per cent. fupd had beep ordered
out of theOroits for the pensions of Sir H. Pop.
ham, Mr. Long, and several other ' Members of
Pirriameßt; connections of the Ministers., When
the Droits of the Admiralty were thus disposed of,
it was not too much to say, he . thought, that out
of these the King should give 7,9001. a year to
one
,of n 4 own family. [Hear,. hear.!] The
Duke of 'Groutiester had an annuity. from. the 4
per ceogir and fheee not being .sufaclentt he came
Ou.thfs ConsOlgatiO Eolith, but the Duke of Glou,
'cester being remoped,' then these Gentlemen V4UIIO
.bison the Droit.s.ot the Admiralty.to make up the
deficiency ifsthetitsilowancep. .He thought it very
&liana that 40,o9o). &lipoid! be taken. out of the
4,„d i,ihis 'tat:l44o At. !as said, 4hat it enuitil
of glivd 7,001. Or •„,3.lDulte• of, liconswicki,'
e next advenef to ‘,„,
_,1.. granted to, Sir
. Popham, which lif , 4;140 a. wet, improper
..
sues. , .. .
I'I)P4F
'Mr. LONG, content I! Oat the King .bad a
coulkto pdwer et 4 ivit -
.4. over • Ibe 44 go, Cuit.


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fund, ana remarked upon the manner in which
the Hon. Gentleman who spoke last turnedAllese
.things into pertolthl-glie'stioill; • He tiaa mentioned,
Mr. Long's pension ; but he defied the Honour.
ahre Gentleman to skew that any one Who had been
so long in the Treasury had been lesdireutunerated
than he had been : he had been tetC years in the
Treasury before he had received any pension. The
last subject on which he would haft spoken to
Mr. Pitt, would have been the procuring of any
'thing for himself ; and Mr. Pitt knew him too well
to suppose that it would have been a favour to
confer on him any thing he didsnot deserve. Sums
;had been granted out of the 42 per Cent. Fund,
in aid of the Civil Listvand it:was but reasonable-
that when a deficiency took,plaieesin the former, it
should be aided by the Droits of the Admiralty.
As to the grant to Sir Home Popham, it had been
discussedin that House, and approved.
Mr. CREEVEY, in explanation, observed, that
he never said the Honourable Gentleman's pension
was unmerited. lie had only adverted to the es.
I traordinary qlemand which had been tirade on the
Druits of the Admiralty to pay his pension and

those of others.
Mr. BROUGHAM, after 'observing that the
real question had been Mixed with extraneous mat-
ter, remarked, that he felt none of that scruple
as to addressing the Crown in the manner pro-
posed, which seemed to have taken possession of
some others—because lie held it clear, that tip.
thing personal to the reigning Sovereign either was,
or ought to be considered as intended, becausel
he held it to be clear that, though in point of
form they were addressing the
,Crown, they were,
in fact addressing the Ministers. The paper laid
'on the table, did, not, ho admitted, contain any
men of gross misapplication of the fund, which
misapplication, though considered as not impos-
sible,; had nut been alleged actually to have
taken place. He could not, however, agree
with the Right
.honourable Gentleman (Mr.
Perceval) that the numerous minority on the last
discussion of this subject had been owing to any
cause which this paper served to remove. The
principle had been, that as the people were hea..
vily burthened to support the war, they should be
relieved as much as possible by this fund produced
by•the war. Mr:- B. then adverted to the several
heads of demand stated by the Chancellor of the
Exchequer upon the unappropriated part of this
Fund, and shewed that after all there was a sum
of from 90,0001. to 100,0001. fur which there
was not even the pretence of. a demand, lie next
adverted to what.had been said respecting the pre-
sent Civil List, which, considering the depre.
ciation of money, had been held to be less than
that of George Second. Ile advised those who
held this doctrine, to consider that no less than
three millions had at different times been grant-
ed ,in aid of this List, besides a new grant of
270,0001. which appeared on this paper. lie de-
sired them to recollect, that though the List.had
been increased, a great many of. the Pensions op.
on it had been stationary, and that while every
other property had been taxed to such an extent,
this had paid no tax. It appeared from this paper
that seven millions had passed through the hands
of the Crown, without the contralti of Parlia.
ment. Three millions had been granted to the
captors—but this was voluntary. It was sin.
known in the Seven Years' and American Wars,
and 700,0001. had accumulated in the hands of
his late Majesty, which had not been touched
till his .tleath, when the advisers of his present
Majesty had brought it in aid of the public.
However much honour this had done to these ad.
risers, it did very little honour to the ministers of
his late Majesty. This circumstance proved with
what jealousy the Fund ought to be watched.
There had been 470,0001. paid away by the
Crown, without eontroul of Parliament, and
there still remained a very large sum. Was not
this Fund then to be regarded with jealousy ?
The plain question, cleared of the incidental to-
pics was this—Was the Fund adequate to supply
the amount of the annuity, or not ? The Chan.
a:eller of the Exchequer had answered the ques.
lion, when he had been compelled to admit, that
there remained from 90 tb 100,0001. fur which
there was no pretence of a demand for any other
purpose.
Mr. STEPHEN called upon the House to
consider that these Droits of Admiralty had been
applied in an unexceptionable manner ; and par.;
tictilarly with respect to the sums granted to in.',
&ntify meritorious officers (Sir Home Popham
and Captains Woolley and Spedding) who might
have otherwise suffered a material loss through
means which the law could not redress, and
which he was sure the country would regret. The
,balance on hand ought not, in his opinion, to be
I touched fur the purpose, because there was no
probability from the state and prospect of the war
that. any additional Droits would arise, while
there was much probability that other claims might
offer to his Majesty's bounty similar to those which
had already occurred.
Mr. WHITBREAD denied that the motile ie.
volved any attack upou his Majesty periooally,.
but.contended that it referred to Ministers atom
.
jest in the way in which comments were made upon
the King's Speech. As to the Civil List, hii was
glad of the expirsure which this discussion has pro-
duced. .It now appeared that the deficiency of the,
Civil List had been supplied from the Droits of
,Admiralty. That instead of bringing the expen.
diture of that List within its income, 'as the last
Administration .had intended, the present Ministers
meant, to allow the expenditure to go on uncoil-
trouled, while it blinded the public and that House
by a misaPpropriation of the Droits of Admiralty.
If 'ltch a misappropriation and consequent increase
of the Civil List, were to be defended upon the
ground of the depreciation in• the value of 'notify,
what answer, he would ask, could be given to the
claitne •of the Naval and Military Officers, the
rate of whose pay 'had been so little advanced
since the reign of QllOll Anne; but in point of
fact, the 'depreciation of money ,could form no
plea for any advance aoplidable to the greater
part of the Civil List, which referred' tosalaries
that were fixed. With regird to the Right Hon.
Gentleman (Mr. Long), he observed,• that that
401 Non. Golden= waslnot tn.enjoy, the pen.


dot;. at 0601. paid out of Ibis. fund, If he held
an `office ileiding above 20001. a-year ; now it
appeared, that the Right Hon. Gentleman had
20001. a-year from his, office, and a house be.
sides. Was this, then, a compliance with the
terms of the grant respecting the pension ? The
Hun. Member concluded with the expression of a
'wish to know what was become of the interest
upim the Droits of the Admiraltyi 'Which, he un.
dorstood, amounted in one year to such a sum as
would suffice to purchase an annuity for the Doke
of Brunswick ?
Mr. 1.01,G, in explanation, stated, that the
exception alluded to, respecting the pension.
was Introduced upon his own suggestion, and that
the addition of the House, was owing to his Ma,
jesty's pleasure.
Mr. T I ERN Eir replied. He maintained that
the Civil List had not suffered by the depreciatiud
of money, and that at present it was, all cirtunia
stances considered, more productive than upoit
his Majesty's accession to the Throne. It watt
then but 800,0001. a-year ; but, from its aagmen:
tation since at different periods, and from the
transfer of many charges upon it to the Coffsfill..
dated Fund, it was now raised to about 1,200,0001.
a.yoar ; which being 50 per cent. was surely more
thaft.enough to meet the alleged depreciation of
money. If the Minister would pro rise that the
balance admitted to be on hand of the Droits of
Admiralty should be applied to the relief of the
public, by paying the antinity of the Mike ist
Brunswick, instead of saddling that annuity upon
the Consolidated Fund, he declared that he had no
. disposition to press his motion. But if not, he
hoped the Rouse would concur With faun in adopt.
ing that motion.
Mr. ROSE explained. The Mime divided.
Fur the Motion 75—Against it tut—Majority
fur the Minister 26. _ _

While the Opposition were in the Libby, Mr.
Ponsonbyregnested their attendance to.morreq
(this) evening, as Mr. attikes's motion would be
certainly brought for►rard.
Upon our re-admission to the Gallery, the
other Orders of the Day were disputed of, and the
!louse adjoirned.

It is reported that the Lords of Trade came to
a determination on Sethi day to permit the ea w.
tation of cotton into the ports of France, without
enforcing the observance of a late Order in Coun-
cil, by which that article can only be landed at
specified places, and under particular restrictions.
Sutct DE.—Tuesday afternoon Thomas Jennings,
70 years of age, charged with uttering counterfeit
money, hung himself in Clakenwell Prison, by
means of his bed cord. Ile remains for a Coro-
ner's Inque;t. This is the second act of suicide
which has occurred at that place within a fort.
night.
Tuesday evening, as a gentleman of Dunhill.
row was coming front Watford in a gig, the horse
took fright in Edgware-road, and ran against a•
lamp-post and broke the gig. The gentleman was
seriously hurt, and conveyed home in a coach.
Fortunately he left his wile at Watford, or most
likely she would have shared the same fate.
09 Monday, the 14th instant, died Elisabeth
Cobbet, of Full Sutton, aged 7 4,4 maiden Lady ;
and on Tuesday, the 15th, while her trustees
were consulting her brother, W. Cobbet, ofStren.
sail, how she was to be buried, he died daring the
consultation, agod 74. They were buried at
Full Sutton on Friday, both in one grave. By
their frugality, and• narrow *ay of living, they
have scraped together about 14,0001. They
have both made Kills, Ind left 22001. to the poor
of Strensall, Full Sutton, and High Cation, and
about 20001. more in small legacies. It is wit
known who will enjoy the remainder of the pro.
perty, which is left in the hands of George Hard.
wick, John Cotas, Thomas ltelph, George Beal,
and William Itispin.—There is neither brother ear
sister, nephew nor niece, cousin nor half.cousias
and it will be hard to find out the nearest akin.
Tickets and Shares are selling in great variety at
both of litsn's Old Established Offices, 4, Cont.
hill, and 9, Charing. Cross, where Twelve •Cepi.
tats were shared in the last Lottery, and Eight
in the preceding, including Three Prises of
£O,OOO, Two of ..435,0Q0, Ten of £l,OOO,
and Five of £5,000. The Lottery will begin
and finish on Friday, the Bth of June.

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