Star. — London, England, 1821-05-05 00:00:00

Lords were active and efficient servants. When a tion •f the Board had is. , cn proposed, it was intended that a Naval as well as a Civil Lord should be missed. If the number should be re duced, an increase of salary must follow from the increased &icy. so that there would be no saving to the l'ublic. The offices of General, and Lieutenant and Major-General, and four Colonels of MaEines were honorary sinecures, but no instance could be pro duced of their having been bestowed but for the most brilliant services. The General of Marines was Lord St. Vincent, the next was Sir It. Bickerton ; of the Major-General he would not speak, because he was now present. The Colonels stood at the bead if their profession, not only in seniority hut in glory, and the only question was the services that had been performed. Lord Nelson, Sir Thomas • Duckworth, Sir James Saumarez, and many whom be could not recollect, had been Colonels of Marines. All Officers received half pay, and could it he re fused to the Lords of the Admiralty? No Naval Lord sat at the Board without loss to himself. The Private Secretary of the First Lord had an office of such trust, that it was conceived /2300 a-year was wholly inadequate; and from the time of Lord llowe, he had always had the first vacancy that was in the gift of the First Lord of the Admiralty, though he (Mr. Croker) was ready to admit, that it might be better A once to assign a larger salary. No office was more efficiently managed than that of Paymaster of Marines; £.5,000 a-year was not enough for such an office, and 1220,000 sec , rrity was given. Scarcely a day elapsed that he (Mr. Croker) had not occasion to require the attendance of the Paymaster of Marines. In the year 1820, the number of widows entitled to pensions was 2,873, and the amount was £121,000; more than double what had occurred in any former period; so that the Paymaster had no sinecure. Sr J. YORKE explained. Mr. BENNI 'fT had heard that the Civil Lords bad signed blank Papers. Mr. CROKER—" I never knew of such a practice since I was connected with the Admiralty." Mr. BENNETT could only say, that it had been so stated, and within the walls of that house. He, then declared his opinion to be decidedly in favour of a reduction in this department of the public expen diture; he thought that the First Lord of the Admi ralty ought not to take the salaries of the two situa tions : he knew a Gentleman, whose private property was small, refuse to put into his pocket this double allowance—(Hear, hear). _ _ _ Mr. CROK ER admitted, that when his Right Ron. Friend (Mr. C. Yorke) filled the office of First Lord of the Admiralty, he declined to receive the sum of £2OOO a•year, which accrued to him from another office besides his place at the Admiralty. This refusal v. ould be found at the top of the Navy Estimates of the day, for his Rightlion.Friend was determined not " To do good by stealth, and blush to find it fame !" for he declared in the Estimates the reasons which bad influenced his conduct upon that transaction. Mr. BERNAL repeated his opinion, that a reduc tion, exceeding £2OOO, ought to be made in this branch of the Estimates. Mr. WAItRE said, that on a former debate the arguments used on the present occasion had never been mentioned. He should support the motion for reduction. He did not object to honorary appoint ments, when conferred for public services. Mr. HUME said, that the Jailor of Whitecross street Prison gave security to the amount of £40,000, and had only £5OO a-year.—The House divided— For the original Resolution - - . 113 For the Amendment - - 77 Another division took place on a motion to deduct £l,OOO trom the Resolution; when the numbers were, For the Motion Against it 1 is The nest Itesolution was for a grant of £38,921• for the Navy Pay Office. Mr. HUME rose to oppose this grant as extrava gant. The Finance Committee in 1817 recommended a reduction of the expenses of the Pay Office ; in stead of which, an increase of expenditure had taken place progressively in 1818, 1819, 1820, and the pre sent year. During the ar, the expenditure of this Office was £22,000,000; now it was only £6,000,000. He was convinced any banker would manage this sum for £6,000. He was anxious not to embarrass the public business by proposing too large a reduc tion ; but he should now propose to reduce the grant £lO,OOO and was convinced the business of the Office would not suffer by such reduction. He should therefore propose, that instead of £38,924, the grant for this Office should be £28,924. Mr. ROBINSON defended the grant as it now stood. The office of Paymaster was a most import ant one ; he had arduous duties to perform, and was a responsible Officer. The Inspector's office was es tablished recently, but it had been found a most use ful establishment. It arose out of a singular circum stance. Some years ago a line-of-battle ship was lost, and the greater part of the crew perished. A woman applied some time after for wages and prize money, as the wife of one of the deceased seamen. The Honourable Gentleman would, perhaps, be sur prised to be told that this woman was an impostor, and personated the wife of three or four different men; but what would he think, when he was told that by forged wills, certificates, and vouchers of dif ferent kinds, she contrived to make herself the repre sentative, either as a wife, daughter, or sister of up wards of 200 different seamen ? The discovery of this fraud led to the establishment of this branch of the office, which had been found most effective in de fending the sailors from being defrauded of their hard earnings. Sir J. YORKE complained of the increase of ex penditure in this Office, whilst there was a reduction in the amber of seamen. He particularly adverted to the increased expenditure in the Allotment Office. Mr. ROBINSON said, the peace, and the increase c 't,l'apay O ffi cers, &c. had materially increased the busines s in that Department. Dr. LUSHINGTON spoke in high terms of the late Treasurer of the Navy, to whose exertions the co untry was greatly indebted. Mr- BENNETT complained of the irregular man ner in which the seaman's wages were paid; and con tended that this circumstance frequently led him into _scenes of i mmora li ty an d de b auchery, and su bj ecte d him to be *mimed of his money, and even stripped of his clothes. , Mr. HUME sa id, a f ter w h at h a d b een state d b y 4411. 4 i-t Lis:isuniabl.: :ie.:at:mat., Le lovked forward THE v..% ENING STAR. LONDON. • SATURDAY, MAY 5, 1821. THE FUNDS. rRICES OF STOCKS THIS DAY r ONE O'CLOCK : Bunk Stock 223 1 ,6-3 per Cent. Reduced 72 1 / 4 3 per Ct. Cons. 72 is 73-4 per Cent. 90 1 / 2 90 5 per Ct. Navy 108 1 ,4 5 / B —Long Anns.lB 9-16 1 / 2 India Bolids 445. 435. pre. Exchequer Bills 4s. Gs. ss. pre. Endorsed Is. pre.—Cons. for Acct. 72% 73 1 4 73. In the House of Commons last night, on the mo tion for the House going into a Committee of Sup ply, to take into consideration the Navy Estimates, Mr. HUTCHINSON entered into a detailed review of the conduct of Austria and Russia towards Naples and Spain, and moved, as an Amendment, that the House should go into a Committee to inquire into the present state of the country as connected with events passing on the Continent. The declaration which this drew from the Marquis of LONDONDERRY, cannot be said to have been of a nature at all calcu lated to tranquillize the country at the present mo ment. His Lordship informed the House, that the Russian troops had been ordered to march to Pied mont to relieve the embarrassment of the legitimate King of SARDINIA, who was exposed to the danger of being obliged to grant a Constitution to his people, but as the King was now reinstated in all the rights of legitimacy, did it necessarily follow that these troops were to continue their route, the circumstances which induced the movement having changed ? Was it fair to assume, that having been put in motion in consequence of events in Piedmont, they were therefore to proceed to other countries; and for other purposes? Now this is anything but explanation, it is evasion of the worst description, for it implies all that is most dreaded, but pusillanimously not avowed. Was it not stated in the Cortes, on the 2d of April, that two months had elapsed since Diplomatic Notes had been communicated by the Spanish Government to foreign Cabinets, for the purpose of ascertaining their sentiments with regard to Spain, and that no expression of these sentiments could be drawn from them ? A Resolution was then come to for the pur pose of obtaining at once a categorical answer on the subject; but the result has not been stated. We fear, indeed, that there is but too much ground for pre suming hostile intentions against Spain on the part of all the Sovereigns of Europe ; and if his Lord ' ship knows, or has ICASOU to believe, that no such in tentions are entertained, it would have been more manly and becoming in him to have said so at once, than to tantalize the Public by his ambiguous inter rogatories. The Public will be but too apt to con clude that his Lordship did not now choose to be ex plicit, becausche durst not be so. After what has passei, we may safely assume that whatever measures the Ih ly Alliance adopt, they will be appmve.l of by ctor Government. Every at tempt on the liberties dIE the nations, has been well received by Ministers. They have embarked in the grand Conspiracy ;---and when they dare not openly join, they secretly assist. The refusal to receive the new Neapolitan Ambassador, because Austria gave the word, spoke volumes. We should like to know if there is any truth in a report that is in circulation, that all the foreign Ministers received invitations to his MaixsTy's Ball, except the Duke de FRIAR, the Spanish Ambassador? The Duke, it is said, is about to leave the kingdom for Spain, having been recalled by FERDINAND, that his Grace may form a Member of a new Administration, about to be chosen by the KING, at Madrid. It is added, that he is to be suc ceeded by the Count de ONIs, who was so long Spa nish Envoy in the United States, and who gave so much satisfaction to all parties by the manner in which he arranged the terms of the Treaty for the cession of East and West Florida, by Spain to the American Republic. A notification of the diploma tic change had been sent to the Marquis of LONDON DERRY, but it does not appear that his Lordship has yet returned any official answer to it. The Paris Papers of Tuesday arrived last night, and those of Wednesday this forenoon. The news they contain is of no importance; they are principally filled with accounts of the public rejoicings on Mon day, in honour of the baptism of the infant Duke of Bornnwn.—Five per Cents. 82fr. 25c. PRIVATE CORRESPONDENCE. ~ MILAN, APRIL 21. " A general impression prevails here, that the Aus trians are marching against Spain. Whether that is well•founded or not, I am unable to-say; but it is certain that fresh troops are arriving daily in the Mi lanese. Their route is by Verona, Cremona, Lodi, Pavia, to Alessandria. They move by forced marches, o stages in the daytime on foot, and two at night, in carts. In short, Austria chews great expedition and energy in all her motions. I saw a troop of Croats, in colour like mulattoes, who discover a great liking to Italy. Numerous arrests have taken place here, and still continue to occur, including some members of the first families in the city, who were suspected of par ticipation in the events at Piedmont, and a general consternation and suspicion prevail among all classes. The vigilance of the Police is excessive ; their pro ceedings summary and severe. Switzerland is the general place of refuge for the Carbonari. You will recollect the alarm that prevailed here on the first breaking out of the Revolution in Piedmont, and of the preparations made for the removal of the Vice regal Court, together with the military stores, &c. to Mantua. All those who had any share in advising that step have been summoned to Vienna to be tried by a Court Martial, and will, in all probability, be severely punished." A Mail from Holland arrived last night with Papers to the 2d instant. In accounts from Frank fort, of the 25th ult. it is said, that gold is much sought after; and the cause of this extraordinary de mand is ascribed to the Russian army, destined for Italy, which is paid in ducats, after having passed the frontiers of the Empire. It is also stated that an express had arrived at Frankfort from Petersburgh, with the intelligence that the Regiments of the Im perial Guard had received orders to march. It is further said, that a general movement has taken place amongkt the Russian troops, in order to replace the army, which has marched from Volhynia. Letters have been received in town from Constan tinople to as late a date as the 31st of March. The assurances of neutrality, transmitted by the Court of St. Petersburgh, through the Russian Mission at Constantinople, to the Porte, are said to have re vived the confidence of the latter, and determined it to adopt the most vigorous measures against the In surgents. What are considered at Constantinople as only 44 vigorous measures," cannot be heard of with out pain in a country accustomed to the blessings of a Government under which freedom is established on so firm a basis, that authority delights rather in extending its influence by public benefits, than in a display of power. The following is an extract from one of the letters received : " The events in Moldavia and Wallachia have, as you may well imagine, created a very alarming sensation here, both u to the safety of our persons and property. Our fears were greatly increased by the Industrious circulation of a report, that the Emperor of Russia was espousing the cause of the Greeks: I have, however, great satisfaction in assuring you, that we find that the clouds which hung over us are likely to be dispelled much sooner than we at first anticipated. The Sublime Porte has received most unqualified and satisfactory assurances from the Emperor Alexander, that he is determined to preserve the strictest neutrality in the present struggle. The Government, therefore, by the command of the Grand Seignior, are inflicting the most rigorous and summary punishment upon all the Greeks who have any connection with the Insurgents in Wallachia and 1 Moldavia, taking, at the same time, most scrupulous care not to punish any who are not clearly proved to be implicated in the insurrectiun. The individuals on whom this vengeance has already been exercised are three Bishops, one of whom, the Bishop of Ephesus, expired ou the tsar, obaduarly reluaing rto snake say coofession. From the. expiring arwries tithe ocher two, some very important secrets have been elicited, which will threw considerable light upon the proceedings of the iridium.— Two individuals of slight importance, acknowledged spies, hays this morning been strangled. " Whilst these vigorous measures are pursued by the Civil Authorities, the Military Department is not less active. Arms have been distributed amongst the Turkish population, wb• seem to have but one feeling, that of preserving their country from the dangerous consequences of a Revolution." to a large reduCtion, and therefore it_ would not press his Amendment. . • After a few words from Mr. WARRE, the Amend ment was negatived, and the original Motion was agreed to. - On the Motion for granting £75,529, for the Sa• laries of Secretary, Deputy Secretary, and Clerks of the Navy Board, Mr. HUME expressed his hope that some steps would be taken to reduce the salaries of the Secretary and Deputy Secretary. After a few words from Sir B. MAartx, the Mo tion was agreed to. The next item was, £45,488, for the Clerks and Contingencies of the Victualling Office. Mr. J. SMITH said, he understood that in this de partment there were 120 Clerks employed—an im mense number! He was desirous of knowing if any reduction was contemplated in this department ? Sir G. WARRENDER said, the accounts had now been nearly matte up to the present time ; and a con siderable reduction of Clerks was contemplated. The motion was then agreed to; as was a vote for £28,711 for Deptford Yard ; and a sum of £29,872 for Woolwich. Upon this vote, however, Mr. HUME . wished to know if there was any in tention to reduce the salaries of individuals in these yards? He considered the salaries as too high. A Storekeeper who used to receive £2OO now received £6OO, and several other salaries had also been raised, whilst the wages of the workmen had been reduced. Sir B. MARTIN said, the salaries of the Officers had been increased at the end of the war to make up, in part, the perquisites which they lost, and as to the reduction of the wages of the workmen, there was not so much work for them to do now as in time of war, their hoursof labour were, therefore, reduced, and they received 4s. 6d. a day instead of 6s. 3d. as formerly ; this was considered better than discharging upwards of 3,000 individuals, who would not have been able to obtain employment any where else. Sir J. YORKE and Mr. Hume contended, that as ,die salaries of the Officers had been raised with the increase in the price of provisions, they ought to be reduced now that every article of life was so much cheaper.—The folkwing vote , were then passed: £35,458 for Chatham Yard. £24,078 for Sheerness Yard. £49,125 for Portsmouth Yard. £43,528 for Plymouth Yard. £10,325 for the Outports. The next item was for £43,626, for payment of Officers in the Foreign Yards, which, after a few words from Mr. Hume, the CHANCELLOR of the Ex- CHEQUER, Mr. J. SMITH, Sir G. COCKBURN/4 and Sir J. YORKE, was agreed to. It was then proposed that £50,967 lls. 6d. be granted for the Victualling Yards. Mr. HUME objected to this item at the then late hour, and moved, as an Amendment, that the Chairman do report progress, and obtain leave to sit again. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said, he had ' no objection to reporting progress; but he wished that one or , two other Resolutions, to which no objection was likely to he made, should be passed. He then moved, that £1,000,000 should be granted to defray the interest of Exchequer ..nd Irish Treasury Bills.—This was agreed to. Another Resolution was also agreed to, for £290,000, being the one-hundredth part of £29,000,000, standing in the name of I the Commissumers fur Paying off the National Debt. The CHAIRMAN then kft the Chair, and the House having re- ' smiled, the Report was ordered to be received on Monday. The other Orders of the Day were then disposed of, and at Half-past One o'Clock this morning the House adjourned, to Monday. THE ARMY. The gallant 86th Regiment, or Connaught Rangers, were on Thursday reviewed by Major-General Sir JAMES LYON, on the Sands, near Chester. The Regi ment made a truly military and splendid appearance, and, it is almost superfluous to say, went through the usual review evolutions with all their accustomed ac curacy and rapidity. The 82d will be replaced by the Ist Royal Scots, now quartered at Armagh. Monday se'nnight, the Officers of the Royal Ma rines quartered at Chatham had a grand dinner, in honour of his MAJESTY'S Birth-day ; on which occa sion Major-General DESBOROUGII, the Commandant, presided, and the day was spent with the utmost conviviality. Saturday, a meeting took place near Tubbercurry, in the County of Sligo, between Major Oownr . , of the 4th Dragoons, an ,H ENRY PETER BROWSE, E sq. Captain in the S o uth lay° Militia, when, upon an exchange of shots, the latter Gentleman was severely wounded in the chest. It was not deemed advisable to remove him far at the moment, and he lies at a village called Curry, in the neighbourhood of the place where the transaction occurred. NAVAL INTELLIGENCE. Lieutenant J. Wstrrr, of Lulworth, has been appointed to the command of the Preventive Boat at WeymGmh, vice Amt.., removed. Extract of a letter from Lloyd's Agent at Malaga, dated the 14th ult.—" Yesterday, about 150 merchantmen, of different nations, sailed from these Roads to the westward ; many of them had put back here several times, on account of the south-wen winds; but it is now hoped they' will get through the Straka." The Helen, Wu.som, arrived at Bahia on the 10th of Fe , bruary ; saw, on the 1::th of January, in lat. 35.19. long. 12.31. two ships one supposed to be the Edinbu rg h Ca st l e; on t h e 19th, in l at. 27. 22 long. 19..',9. spoke the Venus, DORET, of Guernsey, bound to Rio Janeiro ; on the 22d, in lat. 21. 50. long. 22. 43. spoke the Tyne, !litany, of London; and on the sth of February, in lat. 6. 29. S. long. 28. the Hero, of Jersey, from Buenos Ayres. • The Malay, arrived in the Clyde, spoke the Norval, &atm Aberdeen to Quebec, on the 18th ult. Bs lat. 51. 40. long. 16. The Ellza, BIDWELL, front London to Naples and Palermo, sailed from Naples on the 7th ultimo, and, after being out three days, returned to that pot t in a sinking state, having sprung a leak—the cargo much damaged. The Virgine della Solitudine, VASQUEZ. from Leghorn to Lie bon, is totally lost off the coast of Genoa. The Bella Paquito, from Cadiz to Laguira, has been captured by a privateer, off Port St. Vincent. Crew landed at Cadiz, from a fishing vessel The Malay sailed from Jamaica the 13th March. The Po mona, BP blaucivr, was at Port Antonia; and the Science, APlCssztr, at Old Harbour, loading for Clyde—time of sailing , uncertain. The Swiftsure, Mem. • and the Glasgow, Hurrea, 'at Kingston, had not begun to load. March 15, spoke off Port Alicant, the Sophia, Wismar, from Liverpool boend to Jamaica, out 62 days, all well. April 15, in lat. 51.40. long. 16. 13. spoke the brig Norval, 10 days front Aberdeen, bound to Quebec, crew and passengers all welL April 28, in the Channel, spoke the Bacchus, BLAIR, from the Clyde bound to Trieste. FAtasoterte ' MAT 2.—Wind variable.—Sailed the Union, Bee ,forLondoo. Ptvatouvit, MAY s.—Wind S.S.E.—Arrived off the port, the Tobago, BAIGRIE, from Tobago for London; and the Ameri can brig Ann, from Petersburg for Cowes. PORTSMOUTU, May 4.—Wind S.W.—Arrived the Sappho, Lama, from Cowes, and sailed again for the Cape of Good Hope. Cowan, May 4.—Arrived the Fanny transport, from Cork. DIAL, MAT 4.—Wind &W.—Arrived and sailed for the River, the Amelia, Sammy, from Naples. C.ltme down from the River and sailed, the Crocodile, BECK, and Dask Nti:Erts, for Naples; Tamar, DICER, for Rio Janeiro; Ranger, Catmint, for Bermuda; Nereide, Kett., for the South Seas; Fortitude Increased, Mamma, for St. Kitt's ; Progress, HOLY, for Leg horn • and Bonne Heruiette, Potent. for Rouen. Illawunr, MAY 4.—Arrived the Castlereagh packet, with a Mail from Holland. KIIMALF, Aram 29.—The Mary, Morrarrn, of Liverpool, which was on shore, has this morning been towed into our har bour. On her passage from New Orleans she lost her rudder, and took a pilot from Cape Clear for Kinsale to refit, but owing to a thick fog she struck on the reef of rocks westward of the Old I lead, on which 'the Lord Melville and Borodino transports were lost, in ial6 : she continued beating from four a. at. until three r.sa. when, with the assistance of a number a boats, she was got off, but much damaged, and the pumps are kept con stantly at work. This is the only instance we can recollect of a vessel and cargo driven on those rocks being saved. Cusroat-Ileusn, MAY 4.—Ships Entered Inwards : Active, from Calais; Glaphyra, from Antwerp; Ann, from Youghal; New Blessing, from Dunkirk; Ruby, from St. Michael's. Entered Outwards: llarriett, for Sierra Leone; Glatton, for Honduras; Mars, for Denserara ; Goode Hoop, for Amster dam; Valentine, for Naples; Voyager, fur the Cape of Good Hope.—Cleared Outwards : Rochester, for Madeira ; Thomas Grenville, for India; Mendenhall, for Bombay; Nekus, for Hansburgh ; Tuscan, for the South Sea Whale Fishery ; Henry, for Waterford; Charles, for Rouen. The intention of his MAJESTY to honour Covent. Garden Theatre with his presence on Monday even. ing, was announced to the audience last night, and followed by a call for " GOD save the King," which was immediately sung by the vccal performers, amid the loudest plaudits. Monday, Lord and Lady DUFFER IN, and the Bishop of CLOGHEE, arrived in Dublin from London. The Earl of Mont.Ey has recently issued an order for reducing the tents of his numerous tenantry, from 10 to 30 per cent. according to circumstances. Tuesday, being the Ist of May, the annual prizes were run for at bid Wives Lees, when Mr. Charles Shrubsole, a native of Chartham, and a young woman named Catherine Pay, of Moldash, were declared to be the winners. FlRE.—This morning, about nine o'clock, a fire broke out in one of the new unfinished buildings in Regent -street, Oxford -street, immediately adjoining the Argyle Rooms, and employed as a sort of depot fOr the benches, scenery, &c. of that splendid Esta blishment. At:one period, the Rooms themselves were in imminent danger ; but by a fortunate shift el the wind to the south, and a speedy supply of water, • the fire was got under, without any outer damage than the destruction of the roof and in,rior of the house where it commenced. It is conjectured, that the workmen employed in arranging the Concert Room for the Bedford Charity, in removing the benches into the house, may have left a light burn i and have thus occasioned the accident. The ka. luable premises of the Royal Harmonic Institution have fox to:..itely escaped without tlbe Ira*, a l/sr). ?