The Statesman.
London, England, 1824-02-14 00:00:00

COAL DUTI

Earl CROSVENOR presented a petition from the Mayor
and Corporation f Shaftesbury, praying for the repeal of
duties en noel carried cobstirays.—Laid on the table.
PLACES IN REVERSION.

Earl GROSVENOR moved for an account of all places
granted in Reversion from the Ist of January, 1823, to the
Ist of January, 1824. The Noble Earl observed, that with
the exception of the dates, the motion was precisely the
same as that which he had made last session.

The LORD CHANCELLOR put the question from the
Woolsack, and the motion was agreed to.
Earl GROSVENOR wished to know from the Noble
Earl opposite (the Earl of Liverpool), if a person had not
recently been appointed to an office which was to have
been abolished. The office to which he alluded was
that of Remembrancer of the Exchequer There
were also some other offices which he understood
were either to be abolished or made snbject to certain re-
gulations. One was the office of Clerk of Parliament,
and another that of Lord Chief Justice General of Scot-
land, to which some high duties were attached. He un-
derstood that the Noble Earl seemed disposed last year to
refer the subject to a Committee; and he now desired to
know if any thing had been done with respect to it?
The Earl of LIVERPOOL said that the Noble Earl was
altogether mistaken as to the circumstances of the case,
and more particularly as it related to the office of Remein-
hrancer of the Exchequer. Two offices would come under
the consideration of a Committee, one of which was the
office of Clerk of the Pells. The other office, tbat of Re-
membrancer of the Exchequer, was one of very great im-
portance, and had always been executed by deputy, which
however, would not be the case in future. It was never in-
tended to abolish the office itself, but it was certainly in-
tended that henceforward the principal should discharge
the ditties of it in person. At the same time it was ne-
cessary that this branch of the Revenue should undergo a
complete revision before any final arrangement was made.
During the recess the office hail become vacant, and a
person had been appointed to it ad interim, till some per-
manent arrangement was made. As to the office of Lord
Chief Justice General of Scotland, it was one with which
certain important duties were connected, and the regula-
tion of it would be a subject for future consideration. It
would he for their Lordships themselves to regulate the
office of Clerk of Parliament. Some arrangement might
be made with respect to it, and for his own part he should
offer no opposition.
The Marquess of LANSDOWN said, that Bills were to
have been brought in fir the regulation of all offices ex-
ecuted by deputy, but nothiag had as yet been done on the
subject.
'I he Earl of LIVERPOOL said that the whole system
was now under consideration, bin it was competent to the
Treasury, in the mean time, to make regulations for dis-
charging the duties of the public service.
The 31arquess of LANSDOWN said that the explana-
tion of the Noble Earl was satisfactory, so far as regarded
one particular office (that of Remembrance of the Ex-
chequer), but there were others which could not be pro-
vided fur in the same manner.