§ Mr. Creeveyrose pursuant to notice, to move for copies of the Minutes of the Treasury, assigning an Official Residence in Downing-street to the President of the Board of Controul. If the fact was true that such a residence had been assigned, he was prepared to contend that it was against law. In the mean time he should content himself with moving for the Minutes.—He moved accordingly.
The Chancellor of the Exchequeradmitted the fact, and stated that the house in question had been in the occupation of sir Charles Morgan, the late Judge-Advocate, who had been permitted to retain it after the resignation of his situation till the time of his death. A salary of 500l. a-year 46 had been granted to his successor in lieu of the house. When the house became vacant, it was thought that it was impossible to turn it to better purpose than to assign it as an official residence to the President of the Board of Controul, as an additional emolument to a most important office, the duties of which were very inadequately paid. He had no objection however to the production of whatever papers were necessary to illustrate this transaction.—The motion was then agreed to.