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he had witneffed, with infinite fatis- 
faction, fince he had" feld his. high 
office, his great pohtenefs and affa- 
bility, his frie impartiality, his 
great attention to bufinef both pub- 
lic and private, and, above all, his 
care and attention to the forms of 
the houfe, and forms, he mult be al- 
lowed to fay, were the very ¢ffence 
of a popular affembly like the houfe 
of commons. Mr. Montagu, i in con- 
clufion, moved, 
«© That this houfe will, on Mon- 
« day next, refolve itfelf into a com- 
«&. mittee of the whole houfe, to con- 
« fider of an allowance to be made 
« to the fpeaker of the houfe of 
«“ commons for the time being, 
“© more adequate to the dignity of 
«< the faid office, and to the expence 
«neceflarily attending the fame.” 
The mation being feconded by 
the honourable Mr. Marfham, and 
the Chancellor of the exch equer hav.- 
ing fignified his majefty’s confent, 
Mr. Hufley rofe to expres his -dif- 
approbation of the mea{ure, as tend- 
ing to increale the influence of the 
crown, by annexing fo large a f1- 
lary-to an ofirce undeniably in the 
ditpofal.of its miniiters. He was of 
opinion that it would add nothing to 
the independence of their fpeaker. 
_ Thofe who had formerly held offices 
under the crown had net been com- 
plained of ;,and he had no doubt but 
that the worthy gentleman who now 
filled, and thofe whe fhould be call- 
ed to the chair, would be equally 
independent with or without a 
plgce. 
The arguments Of Mr. Huffey ap- 
pear to°have made no imorefion 
upon the houfe, and the motion was 
carried without any other difentient 
In the committee which fat 
on the rsth, Mr. Mortaga moved, 
« "That it is the opinion of this com- 
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« mittee, that for more’ effeAtually 
« fupporting the dignity of the 
fpealer of the houfe ef commons 
of Great Britain, the lords com-_ 
miffioners of hismajefty’s treafury 
be directed to iffve from the ex- 
chequer fuch fum as, tugether 
« with she falary of the faid office 
of 5 2. per day, and the fees there= 
a upon private bills, will make 
« the whole socol/, 
A motion being made by sir jameon 
Johnftone, that “inftead of 5000 /, 
fhould ‘be inferted 6o0o/. the fame 
was carried by a majority of 154 to 
28. 
On the 31ft of March Mr, Dun- 
das opened the India budget. He 
began with the ftate of Bengal, the 
revenues of which, he faid, exceed 
the charges by a fum of 2,136,711/. 
This excefs of revenne was 178,000/. 
above the eftimate of the lat year, 
and he accounted for the increafe _ 
from a better collection of the land 
revenues, and an increafe on that of 
falt. This great increafe of revenue 
he confidered to be a ftrong proof 
of the profperity of the country, 
which was fo rapidly increafing, that: 
he doubted not but in a very few 
years, the company would be en-_ 
abled to pay off the whole of aici 
arrears; and that the Britifh poftef- © ; 
fions of India would be more flou- 
rifhing in wealth, in commerce, ina- 
nufactures, and in every enjoyment, — 
than any other part of the whole 
continent of Hindottan. 
He then took a review of the §- 
nances of Madras, the eftablifhment 
of which, he faid, exceeded the in- 
come; but he was of opimion, that 
meafures might be taken to bring 
the expenditure within the revenue. 
Of Bombay, he faid, he had not re+ “4 
ceived later accounts than thofe, on 
which he had grourieet the refoloe, 
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