§ MR. SEYMOUR FITZGERALDsaid, he wished to put to the Government the Question of which he had given notice yesterday. By the Protocols arranging the accession of a Danish Prince to the Throne of Greece, it is stipulated that £12,000 a year should be surrendered by the three protecting Powers as a provision for the young King; and as £4,000 out of the £12,000 is to be surrendered by this country, he wished to know, In what form this sum of £4,000 became due to this country; whether, if paid by Greece, it will be paid into the Consolidated Fund; and if the surrender of it by this country is to be effected by the authority of the Crown, or whether any application is to be made to the House on the subject; and, if so, in what form, and when?
§ THE CHANCELLOR OF THE EXCHEQUERreplied, that the sum of £4,000, to which reference had been made, was a portion of a very much larger sum due 1771 to this country, as its share of interest on the loan made by the three protecting Powers at the foundation of the Kingdom of Greece. Portions of the interest during the last three years had been received; and, when received, were paid into the Exchequer, and formed part of the Consolidated Fund. With respect to the latter part of the Question—namely, in what way the Government proposed to give effect to the surrender, his reply was, that that point was still under consideration, and he would give a precise answer in a very few days to that part of the Question.