The National Register. — London, England, 1813-04-11 00:00:00

.011 IL 11. aasse • sineling out certain offices which were of no use, and bringing them under discussion. The advantages of thia mode of procce!ing he, should hew by reference to the present case. Any reasonable man laokiog at the name of Lord C. Somerset,-and the '2OOOl. a year A'aillSt it, and seeing that he was a General Officer, would say,- - Oil! hs has been at the battle.of Salamanca or Barrosa, or some other place, where he has distinguished himself, and for this they have given him this :!0001. a year." But he (Mr. Creevey) would aav that Lord C. Somerset had never been abroad, that Le was Commander of the Sussex District to defend the Coast against the enemy. 46 Well, and I suppose he is paid nothing for that." "Uu tees, (he should say) he has 51. a day, with a large sum whenever wishes to take an excursion to secure the coast against the em;eitiv ; fifteen or sixteen horses far cheice wed pursuit if the enemy a unt,' ninth Ile has 0001. thr perfbrintrig the duties of an office he alLITer and 3iniol a Year for defending !'he coast of Sussex,' while he is constantly in this house." How eau this be, it would 1w inked. The reason was, that Lord C. Somerset was one of a power (:l fimilv who happen to think with the Crow», and the Crown thottelit there was uo better way of gratifying this family than, to confer on one of its Members the office in question. Any leason ab!e moan would think that an office kept up for such purpose might to he atiolisheil. He thought the best way to reduce the list of sitiveurem %%mild be to rid it of Parliamentary men. From the alum &owe of a certain class of officers who sat in that House, they now voted millions in estimates with more indifference than that with which thousands were formerly disposed of. Mr. Creevey concluded by moving his Resolution, that Lord C. Somerset receives 'i6ool. per aminuin as Joint Pay-master of the Forces, that the Select Committee on Sinecure Offices have stated in their Report that this Office might with propriety be abolished, and that this House do agree • with so nrieli of the said :report as relates to the said Mire. Mr. C. LONG opposed the motion, as it would diminish the salary while the responsibility anti tlotics had been increased. The 011ie. had already been reformed acco.ding to the ideas of Mr. Burke. and the Committee of Finance of 1737-8 had stated it as one which ought not to be abolished. Mr. WILSON Supported the resolution. Canenavr said, that he would vote against the resolution. Ile was convinced that no office was better tilled than that of Pay master to the Forces. Bat though he meant to vote against the resolution, he was not a ft knd to sinecure offices. Mr. licsaissoa opposed the motion. Mr. WirtrilltEin was ready to give the .Right Hononrahle Gen- Ileman ',Mr. L'mg) full credit thr the rethrms which he had brought about in the Office; but he could wit still allow that the office of his noble colluaeue was necessary. It did not appear that tat N oh!e Lord (Lord Charles Sort:Reset) was in the habit of consulting the Right thee Gentleman (Mr. Long)—though the Right Hon. Gen tleman was in the habit of comumnieating with him. The office of the Noble Lord then appeared to be a liefcet sinecure. Was it not then pretty obvious that the Hattie nt COMIIIOIIS 011421 a to intertile here, for the purpose of preventing the increase! of Parliamentary ieilitenee, and not with any view of intelleriog with the finictions of any other branch ()Hite Legislature. Mr. CREEVEY was satisfied that some good must tasnl: from the discussions that had taken place on this subject, but consented to withdraw his motion. On the question being put by the SPEAKER, kave was given to withdraw it. Mr. LOCKUART then moved, that the House, during the present scion, should inquire contenting the Bankrupt Laws, and the in:inner in which they were akhniaistu The motion was carried without a division. Sir JOHN NEWPORT brought forward a motion on the subject of a suspension of an Act of Parliament by the Board of Treasury'. Ily the Act of 51 Geo. 111. certain duties were appointed to be levied by the Collectors of the Customs of the thriied Kingdom, on all vessels passing certain lighthouses on the toast of Ireland. The duties Jo appointed to be levied were too high, and stated that circumstance at the time. Rut however hieh the dutie, while the Act of Parliament impoailig them was unrepealed, they ought to I:,:ve been levied. The hoard of Treaairy, however,durieg the sit; Mg of Parliament thought proper, by an ()Mee to their officers, datc:d the vd of April, ltittl, to suspend their eellection. The 'tight Hon. Baronet concluded by wovine Roselotions expressive of the Nit,latiou of the law by the Board i d Treasucv, amid of the imperfect eeeelitien of it by the e;ollecturs throngliont 'Great Britain. Atter some tlieassiollS. the resolutions were negatived. Mr. FrriaiEHALD obthilled leave to bring in a Bill for relieving fivln lfte payaient of Stamp Duty the pensions of the Widows, ;tut) L ohtits of °Meet's resideol in Irciand.—Adjoorned. THE NATIONAL IMGISTEII. 231 THURSDAY, APRIL 8. The House resolved itself into u Committee on the AtEtirs of . when Grueral Alexander Kidd, Mr. Young, and Mr blown, were examined; they were all of opinion that the tint strained commerce of Elll'OpetlPS would be ruinous to the empire ; and that the consumption of European articles would not be in creased by throwing the trade open. • A Message was presented front the Prince Regent, similar to that brought down to the Lords by Earl Liverpool ; ordered to be taken into consideration en Monday next. Mr. H. THORNTON moved thr leave to bring in a Bill for the . better relief of the • poor debtors confined in the King's bench, the Fleet, anti the Marsha;sea. An Act had passed last Session of Par- • liament, of which the object was to afford an allowance of six-pence • a day, at the discretion of the Magistrate, to prisoners for debt under mane process in prisons uot being county prisons. This al lowance, however,' being grievously hurthensome to the parishes in which these prisons were situated, he had felt it is.duty to devise • other means for their support. These means easily suggested them selves : the 131 of Elizabeth had directed, that the Magistrates of • every county should annually consider what was the stun necessary - to be supplied for two of those prisons, and that each county should furnish at least .10s. a year for Their support ; which had ac cordingly been annually transmitted to them. His intention was simply to increase that allowance—to increase it, however, with. . solee reference to the comparative population of the several coon tics, probably taking only about 101. from the smaller counties, and enlarging the sum considerably in the counties of Middlesex awl Softly. He trusted, that a sum would thus.be supplied, which being distributed at the discretion of the Magistrates, might Attliaa all ihe necessary relief.—Leave was vixen to bring in the Dill. The 'Report of 11 u Weymouth 'Voters' Bill was brought up and a 4 reed to, crud ordered to be read a third tirae tosmorruw.—Ad. journcd. vnintv, APRIL 9. t.ksT INDIA .\I AIRS. The House went into a Connin.t.tee on East India Affair!. Mr. Bruce Smith, Captain Ili e4ll Lind-ey, Mr. Wil!oo, and Mr. Fairlev, tvere exiiiniced Mr. n on the .abject ot•iut( reottil: with the witive, and the probabi:ity of an extension of the con sumption of ltrilkh Manufacture, when they aowrally admitted the dancer of unlimited intereour., and the little probThility of ex tending tl:c dvma4al for inannfcturci, owing' to thd . late great encrease of native artizans, ‘lhn prodnced articles, though enar..er, at a eheaiter rate. 1 hey were severally erass-ex ambled by Mr. W. Keane, Sir Mirk Wood, and Mr. Finlay. The CitAitt IL% N then reported progress, and obtained leave to 'M again. on Monday. Sir W. SC6TT moved for and obtained I' -6,c to bring in a Bill for the better re;nlation of Ecclesiastical Cowls in England, and for the more easy recovery of Church-rates and Tythcs. The other Orders of the Day were disposed ot, and the Honig! adjourned. TUESDAY'S LONDON' GAZETTE. Al/MI II A LTY-OFFICE, A PR I I. 6. Copy of a letter from Captain Salt, of his Majesty's ship Unicorn,*: addressed to Hear-Admiral Sir :11. Neale, and transmitted by Ad mind Lord Keith to J. W. Croker, Lsq. llls Majesty's ship Unicorn, March 30. . St 11—I beg leave to acquaint you, that•his Majesty's ships - Unis, Torn and Stain captured this day, in latitude 48 deg. 30 ntitt.N, and. longitude t; tit 7„ min. W. the French . privateer ship Milueion naise, belonging to St. Maloes, pieretd for twenty 'guns; mounted two long 12 pounders, eight long 6-uonnders, and eight 1.&2-pound earronades, with a compleurnt of 1:30 men, out filnr days from Quimper ; had taken a !small brig, the Alexander, from Londod s bomul to LiAJoti, With a cargo of tin and iron, which vessel she; stink. The Miquelonnab.e is nearly 400 tons, only six montlii. Old, copper-fastened, and is a very superior vessel of her class, mut appears to be tit for his Majesty's t•ervice. His Majesty's ship Pim.be hove in sight at the latter part of the chase. • I have the honour to be, 6:e. G. B. SALT, Capt I (Signed) U. B. SALT, Capt. TUN KRUM'S. J. Poole, of Suuth Shit Id', shiµ owner, to surrender April 15. MI! 4, and JB, at eleven, at the Rose stud (;r.1% a Inn, S.iutlr Sh.eltk. At.. tunnies, 11.1eNsi;. and brudrick,liow•latie, Lomita' and Lain" . bridge, South Shitlds.