To th« Bailor of th» Daily sotrrauuc cxon. Siß»— Mr. Carleton denies tins position of increase or grunt, because on his asking Mr. May if a private member or Minister in the Bouie could move for an increase, in both cases Mr. May answered No; neither can either of them, because "in the House " implies that the Speaker it in the chair. And they have made a rule for themselves— not a constitutional law —that money shall not be considered with the Speaker in the chair, but in all cases shall have its first consideration in committee ; for which Hatzell gives the reason — that no money may be obtained by surprises, but shall •be fully debated in committee, where the rules of the House do not apply, to deprive any member of his privilege of bringing any sub jects, grievances, money, or other demands for con sideration, without let or hindrance, but by vote ; and not in the House first, because, if so,*in a thin House a member might obtain a final vote— not to be removed or reviewed. Had Mr. Caileton asked the question thus— Can a member in Committee of Supply move for an increase, or for any other item of the Civil Service enumerated as being a necessity ? — Mr. May would have referred him to the 450 th page of bis Parliamentary Law, which states on the subject of supply: — "1 here is another mode for obtaining grants, viz., by an ad dress to the Crown, to recommend ; but such course is only followed when the Committee of Supply is closed, at the end of the session, and for small sums. The more regular and constitutional course is, to move in Committee of Supply, for grants which the Ministers are unwilling to give." To this Mr. Carle ton could only say, " I must put what Mr. May told me against Mr. May's own book." It is not likely such an authority as Mr. May would verbally con tradict his own legal work. But the fact was, Mr. Carleton talked of the House, and Mr. May could not but suppose that so learned a chairman must have known the distinction between the House with the Speaker in the chair and the committee of the House. 