§ Mr. Tierneyasked, whether it was the intention of the right hon. gentleman to move for a committee to 344 investigate the accounts respecting the Civil List; and also, whether it was intended to invest such committee with the power of sending for persons, papers, and records, with a view to enable that committee to make a proper and satisfactory report?
The Chancellor of the Exchequerreplied, that it was his intention in a day or two to move for the appointment of a committee, upon the subject alluded to, but he could not admit the propriety of deviating from the usual practice on such occasions.
§ Mr. Tierneythen gave notice of his intention to move on Friday se'nnight, to refer the Civil List accounts to a committee, and to invest such committee with a power to send for persons, papers, and records, with a view to ascertain how the enormous expenses and debts, which these accounts stated, had been accumulated.