Parliamentary Proceedings in Durrix on December 16
The House debated a proposed Board of Accounts to audit national expenditures. Supporters argued current accounts lack detail and oversight, risking fraud. Opponents warned against expense amid debt and hardship, urging restraint and truth in spending.
Debated Public Accounts Board and Costs in Session
The speech condemns a proposed new Board of Commissioners for Customs and Excise as a costly power grab. It questions the aim to extend state influence, cites annual costs of nine thousand pounds, and notes eleven named MPs involved. The vote ended 124 to 119 against the resolution amid a lengthy 12 hour debate. The galleries filled as the session closed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Committee of Accounts
Ref
Board of Customs
Excise
Britain
Charles O*ara
Gervate Parker Buthe
James St. John Jefferys
Charles Tottenham
Tigh
William Mayne
Barry
French
Poole
Ireland
Lord Shelburne
Hinself
Gilbert Elliot
Lord Greenwich
Lady Greenwich
B-ll-s
Lord Bute
Gilbert Eliot
Lord Temple
Miss Flood
Duches
Mungo
House of Commons of
Lord Camden
Port Egmont
Little Junto
Lord Townshend
House of Commons of Ireland
Flood
Edmund Burke
New-York
Cicero
Irifa
Liberty
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Durrix
House
Su Lucius O'Brien
Patriotic Party
Malone
Connolly
Board of Commissioners
George Macartney
Prime Serjeant
Sollicitor
Fortescue
O'Hara
Foster
Crans
Commissioners of Customs
Revenue Board
Board of Accounts
Mr. Flood
Hussey
Lucius O'Brien
Si Wim. Mayne
Edward Newenham
Ponsonby
Cramer
Lyes
Cumberland
The
Moody
Major Dennis
O'Flaherty
Dryuys -Lane Theatre
Chrismas
Mr. King
Mrs. Abington
Swilkie
St. Paul’s Church-yard
Robinson and Roberts
Paternofter-row
Barford Abbey
Miss Minifirs
F Webb
G. Kearfly
Ludgate-street
J. Johnson
St. Pauls Churchyard
W. Domville
Royal Exchange
J. Fletcher
Oxford
Fletcher and Hodson
Cambridge
PT. Cadell
Bristol
England
Jones
Pluckley
Humbaud
Modere
Hudson
G. Keith
Gracechurch-street
Avere
W. Derham
F.R.S
Robinson and
J. Rogers
D.D
R. Brookes
M.D
J. Collyer
T., Carman
F. Newbery
St. Paul's Churchyard
Chambers’ Dictionary
Gamaliel Smethurst
Job
J. Dodsley
Pall-mall
T. Durham
Cockspur-street
Charing-cross
Heath and Wing
Mathematical Instrumentmakers
Strand
Addile-street
Aldermanbury
Exeter Exchange
Richard Edwards
William Turner
Halstead
Essex
Roberts Foulkes
Steple Ashton
Wiltshire
Martin
William C4ter
London
Robsen
Ais
Dodsley
Riley
Walter
Charing
Tommy Littleton
T.carnan
St. Paul’s
Prince Frederick
Ofnabrug
Walker
Thoughtful
Stirling
Pratile
Goodwill
Fromn
Zara
Frice
Telemachus
Ulysses
Cambray
George Prince of Wales
William Bayley
Cockfor Street
Haymarket
J. Price
Perfumier
Leadenhall-street
St. Paul's Church-yard
Grosvenor
Turnslile
Holborn
A. Rothwell
New Bond-street
Turlington
Artha Wray
William Wray
Robert Turlington
Mary Sopp
King’s Arms
Birchin-lane
Meff
Turlington and Wray
Martha Wray
R. Turlington
Norton
Golden-square
Thad
Tallbot-Inn
Charles Ashley
Goldert-square
Piccadilly
John Norton