§ Mr. Biddulph,in pursuance of his notice, moved for a committee to consider how far the provisions of the act of the 1st of his present majesty, by which it had been directed, that the Demised Revenues of the Crown should be carried into and made a part of the Aggregate Fund, had been complied with. The hon. gent, entered into a long explanation of the subject. He repeated his former assertions with regard to the value of these revenues, which he estimated at 200,000l. a year, again contending that they might be applied to the public service; in the course of his speech he commented with much severity on the mismanagement of the Royal Forests, by which the timber of the country, so materially necessary to its service, was deteriorated and destroyed.
Mr. Rosequestioned the accuracy of some of the hon. gent.'s statements, and denied that the present amount of the demised crown revenues exceeded 35,000l. out of which 10 or 12,000l. went to various charges. He disapproved of a special committee, and thought the finance committee, of which the hon. gent, was a member, fully adequate to any desirable object the hon. gentleman had in view.—A division then took place, when the numbers were, for the motion 12; against it, 37. Majority 25.