GENERAL 



HIS 



TORY. 



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chancellor of the exchequer, in 

 reply, endeavoured to set the 

 honourable gentleman right in 

 some errors under which he seemed 

 to labour with regard to the state- 

 ment; and with respect to the 

 charge made on ministers by the 

 former speaker, he declared his 

 readiness to give every information 

 in his power as to the grants made 

 from the funds alluded to, and de- 

 clared that not one farthing of 

 them had been received by himself. 

 After some more conversation, the 

 resolutions were agreed to, and a 

 bill was ordered to be brought in 

 thereupon. 



On January 20th, the Chancellor 

 of the Exchequer presented the 

 bill for making provision for the 

 better support and arrangement of 

 his majesty's household, and for 

 the care of his majesty's real and 

 personal property, during the con- 

 tinuance of his indisposition. It 

 was read the first time, and a mo- 

 tion was made for a second read- 

 ing, when Mr. Tierney rose. He 

 observed, that from the papers 

 produced it was impossible to un- 

 derstand whether the sums they 

 should grant might exceed or fall 

 short of what the occasion de- 

 manded. It appeared from them 

 that the expenditure of the civil list 

 exceeded its revenue by 124',000^. 

 per annum. Whether this addi- 

 tional expense were necessary, it 

 was impossible to say without the 

 production of more documents ; 

 and this was certainly the first 

 time that an addition had been de- 

 manded to the civil list without the 

 appointment of a committee to 

 inquire into the subject. After 

 some further observations, he pro- 

 ceeded to move for papers under 

 the following heads : — 1. An ac- 



count of charges upon the civil list 

 revenues as far as relates to bills in 

 the department of the lord steward, 

 from July 1804.. to July 1811 — 

 2. An account of the same charges 

 as far as relates to foreign ministers, 

 for the same period — 3. An ac- 

 count of the same as far as relates 

 to bills in the department of the 

 lord chamberlain, for the same 

 period. 



The Chancellor of the Exchequer 

 had no objection to the production 

 of these papers, which were there- 

 fore ordered, and the second read- 

 ing of the bill was fixed for the 23rd. 



On the same day, the House 

 having resolved itself into a com- 

 mittee of supply, the chancellor 

 of the exchequer moved, that a 

 sum not exceeding 100,000Z. be 

 granted for making provision for 

 defraying the expenses incurred in 

 consequence of the assumption of 

 the exercise of the royal authority 

 by the prince regent. 



Mr. Tierney said, that the prince 

 regent had now executed his func- 

 tions for twelve months, and when 

 all the expenses attending the 

 assumption of that office were 

 over, the minister came forward 

 with his outfit for the regency. 

 The prince had refused a sum of 

 money the last year, how then 

 could an outfit be asked for this 

 year, especially as no distinct ap- 

 propriation of it was mentioned ? 

 No such was ever voted by par- 

 liament on the assumption of the 

 monarchy, and he was anxious to 

 guard against the recognition of 

 such a principle. 



The Chancellor of theExchequer 

 replied, that he had intended the 

 words to apply both retrospectively 

 and prospectively, and had no 

 objection to introduce them into 



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