385 
cretary of State, as a reward for bis ad- 
wice. Mr. Fox concluded a moft bril- 
lint, found, and con@itutional fpeech, by 
recommending to the Houfe to addrefs the 
Throne, in language different from that 
of fervility, to fuggeft to his Majefty, 
that he ought to reject the infidious advice 
ot his Courtiers and Minifters who mifled 
him into unnecefiary expence, that it was 
his duty, im all matters of finance, to 
comply with the -reftri€tions. of Parlia- 
ment. Mr. Pitt obferved, that he fhould 
have no occafion to trouble the Houle at 
greatlength. He contended that there had 
been no unneceffary profufion; and that 
‘from the numerous precedents that had 
occurred, it was an eftablithed point, that 
the grant of a particular fum did not. pre- 
clude Parliament ‘from providing fora 
deficiency... Mr. Tierney, though he 
highly approved of the general reafoning 
of Mr. Fox, could not agree with.‘him in 
his pofition, that no inftance could occur 
In which a Motion for the payment of 
arrears on the Civil Lift could be confti- 
tutionally entertained by the Houfe. Still 
lefs, however, could he agree with Mr. 
Pitt, that the mere circumftance of the 
debt having accrued was any ground for 
the Hou agreeing to its liquidation, 
withovt any, previous inquiry into its na- 
ture, and a fatisfa€tory ftatement that it 
was the refult of unavoidable caufes. 
Mr. Rofe, Dr. Lawrence, and Mr. Banks, 
feverally {poke, and the Houfe divided on 
the Amendment—for leaving the Chair 
46—againgt it 223.—The original quef- 
tion was then put, when there appeared 
Ayes 223—Noes 51. 
,Mr._ Manners Sutton, on the 31ft of 
March, brought. forward his Motion for 
an inquiry refpecting the Duchy of Corn- 
wall auring the mmority of the Prince of 
Wales. The grant under which the 
Duchy of Cornwall became the fole and 
perfonal property of the Heir Apparent to 
the Crown, was originally by King Ed- 
ward III. to his infant fon, for the ex- 
prefs purpofe of making a fuitable provi- 
fion for the high and dignified ftation of 
the Heir Apparent, independent of the 
Crown. The reigning Monarch, there. 
fore, was not entitled to, receive the reve- 
nues of the Duchy during the minority of 
the Prince, as no minority exifted, in fo 
far as refpected thefe revenues. He withed 
it to be underfiood, ‘that this was not a 
queftion between his Majefty and the 
Prince, but between the Prince and the 
nation. In the lateft inftance, that of 
Frederic, Prince of Wales, the eldeft fon 
ef George II. that Prisce, on his father’s 
State of Public Affairs in April, 1802. 
_ridan, and Mr. Jones. 
[May }, 
acceffion, was within a year of being of 
age. Immediately on his coming of age, 
an account was rendered and paid to him 
of the revenues of the Duchy from the 
day of his father’s acceffion. Mr. Sutton 
concluded. by moving, ‘* That a. Scleét 
Committee be appointed to enquire what 
fums of money, accruing from the reve- 
nues of the Duchy of Cornwall, had been 
received during the minority of the 
Prince.” The Chancellor of the Ex- 
_chequer regretted, that a ftrong fenfe of 
_ public duty compelled him to the ungra- 
cious tafk of oppofing the prefent Motion. 
He would not, however, give any thing 
like a decided opinion, on the fubject of 
his Royal Highnefs’s prefent claims. He 
proceeded to obferve, that no man in the. 
Houfe, or the country, was more anxious 
to accelerate the liquidation of his Royal 
Highnefs’s debts than he was. He re- 
garded, in all its force, the argument in 
favour of the original Motion, drawn 
from his Royal Highnefs’s declared de- 
termination, to appropriate whatever 
fhould arife from thefe claims to accom- 
plifh this end. At prefent, however, he 
deemed it his duty, but which he per- 
formed with great reluctance, to move, 
‘© That the Houfe pafs to the Order of 
the Day.”” Among the reft of the fpeakers 
on this occafion were Mr. Erfkine, the 
Matter. of the Rolls, the Attorney Gene- 
ral, Mr. Jefferys, Mr. Nicholis, Mr. She- 
The Houfe. then 
divided.—For the Order of the Day r60 
—againft it 103—m~ajority againft the 
Prince’s claims 57: 
The next day theA& to prevent Treat- 
ing at Elections was read a {econd time. 
On the Motion of the Chancellor of the 
Exchequer on the 3d of April, a variety 
of articles of Supply were voted, parti- 
cularly the fum of 1,690,218]. 19s. 63d. 
paid for bounties on the importation of 
corn. | \ 
The Chancellor of the Exchequer, on 
the sth of April, brought forward his 
Budget. Without following him through 
the dry details of finance, it will be fufh- 
cient for us to mention, that from his 
fiatements it appeared, that fhould Par- 
liament repeal the Income-tax, there 
would be a fum of 97,934,c00l. for the 
. intereft of which, being 3,162,000]. new 
taxes muft be impofed. The new taxes 
he propofed were—1. Additional duties on 
beer, malt, and hops, viz. 14d. addi- 
tional duty on each bufhel of malt, and a 
penny on each pound of hops; to take off 
the drawback of xs. 4d, per barrel ree 
ceived by the common brewer at the time 
‘ when 
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