The Statesman. — London, England, 1823-02-13 00:00:00

)4•AGlaa44bovishari.44o-OrArtiest Tete read-aleteesson, lt)pethfr governm...nt ought now to take oat of hands of the on. Member for Limerick the oration whiarniarnon - :lleiniter had originated. Ile <llr. Peels) wash! appeal to the admission of the Hon. •-liember himself, as to the active part taken by the Irish • tinverinetti, in carrying into execution the recommend . •ntiena of the l'onimissioners. That admiseittn was quite • schil lett. to vin d ieate the conduct of Hovernment in • tbis instance.. The Hight lion. Gentleman then went it.to some of the details of the question, and maintained that it ought to be left in the hands of the Hen. Member who had first brought it forward. Mr. C. GRANT, in the cow, of a few observations, •enpressed a wish that the subject should be again trier •red to a Committee. • Mr. W. WYNN detailed the particular circumstances .of the case, and said:that the regular course would have been for the house to call nitnesses to the bar, and •thes decide upon their testimony. in this instance, however, there were many witnesses who held official situations in Ireland, whotn it would not be convenient to mill, and therefore it was better to leave the case to .the Commissioners. is his opinion, .it ought still to be .tart in the same bands; and it would be• for his Hon. Friend (Mr. Rice) to bring forward his charges again, if he thought it expedient, Mr. RlCR•htiefly. replied. He did not mean to say that Lord Londonderry had given any distinct pledge to collertake the question, but his moving fur a Com =Wee was very extraordinary, if he intended to leave it with him (Mr. R). He contended that it would be lowering " the dignity of Parliament if a charge of this nature were left to-the care of one individual. The motion was then agreed to. SCOTCH CLERGY. • Mr. HUME said that, in pursuance of the notice which belted given on the preceding night, he rose to move for a Return of the amount of the stipends paid to the Scotch Clergy in the years 1730 end 1522. His desire was, that .the proper officer should make a calculation of the annual stipends of the Clergy of each district, and thereby the House wou'd he able to know what was the amount of all .callactively. His object was, to have an abstract of the stipends in the different years, divided into four classes. as -*bey were Feld in corn and in money. He understood that there was a regular estimate made out in the year IMO, and he repeated that the object he bad in view by his motion was to here an abstract of that estimate, together with an ah lasct of the stipends of the three Isst years, laid before the House. As he could not see any reasonable objection to the motion, he would not detain the House any further than re state that it was for a Mont, first, of the parishes and churches in Scotland, with the number of Clergymen ap pointed to them, who resided, and who did not. By that it would bernadeto appear that nearly all of them did reside in contradistinction to the Clergymen of the Church of Eng land. The Inwood pert of the motion. was to have an ab stract of the.valee of their stipends._ whether in corn or In money. These two parts referred to the three last years. The third point embraced In his motion was to have an ab stract of the estimates of the stipends of 1730 as then taken. Theyention.baing seconded, and put from the Chair, ifineretery PEEL .said the motion of the Hon. Mem ber (Mr. Hums).seesed.tivcompeehend much more than his notice implied. For MS own pert. he confessed that he was willing to, give every Information in his possession on that or any ogler object that might come before the House, Bat be felt desirous that the lion. Member would, postpone asotion n in order that time might be given to ascertain whether the Information required could be obtained. lie doubted very much whether it mould be had, except by a particular reference to every ladividual Clergyman la Scot land. . — itir..-HI.ISJE said he was sorry to seems much ignorance prevail in that qnarter,'Uo a Abject which ought to be known. It was notorious . ' that there. was an office of Tieeth 'in Scotland ; and that there was a clerk of the 7leyettsirbo !mild give the required information. lie (Me. Ham) had written, prior to his giving his notice, to Scotland, to.learn how 11.4,motion could be complied with, and the answer was that it could be obtained throngh that office. All the augmentations made were registered in that office: and the only difficulty in com plVing with the motion arc‘e from the conversion ulpayment in grain into payment in money. Be sides tbemffice already mentioned, there were several county Fiera, which would facilitate the object of the mutton. Air. Secretary PEEL said that the Hon. Gentleman bad made a motion quite different from that implied by his notice, and then he thought proper to taunt him (me. Pert) with ignorance on a subject with which he ought to he acquainted. He would ash the Hon. Mein. 1 er, if he did not tell him that he would oppose his mo tion until he would Lye time to learn u 'tether it was possible to comply with it. The Hon. Member himself .was the person to whom ilk charge of ignorance more Fir.iperly applied, because he made a motion so-different from his notice. siderehly diminished, if experience had not tunes. ..... payee lotrore he placedimplicit reliance ioeliedeclaeatdone of his Melesiv's Ministers. However unpleasant it might Ira to doubt the declarations add d frtiin ihelltrone le that House, he could not foetid''r entertaining doubts en theesresent occasion; and be would state one or tsvo instances to the House, which would jollity • the siespi don with which he looked to any pledges or declare= . Lions coining from his Majesty ' s Ministers, for the King's Speeds was only to he regard:ll as the Speech of his Ministers. Such Wall the ingincerity of these declare: tiny', that the King's Speech, which was annually mil dressed to that House, hail unfortunately become a mere farce. lie would select three striking instances,te Glut trate the degree of reliance which was to he placed in the promise of Ministers. In the year 1817, a reduction of expemlittire was proasised in the King's Speech ; the estimates laid before the House amounted to 13,951,000 P but when the accounts came to be made np,. the ex penditure amounted to 14,930,0001. so that, instead of reduction, there was an increase of nearly 1,000,000/. beyond the estimate for the year. 1 n. 1819 *his Ko r ai .Highness the Prince Regent won need that a considete able reduction would be made in the naval and military estimates. In that year the estimates were stated at I 4,3110,0001.; but at the end of the year the ',risen& tore turned. out to be 15,155,060/ ; 89 abet torte e f : 11 again an increase of nearly 1,1100,909/. beyondthe esti- Instr. In 1821 his Majesty again expressed his satis faction that he had been enabled to make a reduction in our military establishment. In that year the estimate was 14.3511,0101. whereas the actual expenditure amount ed to 15,130,000/. being an excess of 7801. beyond the ',Wingate. The expenditnre in the year MI exceeded that of the year 1817, by the antis of 212,000/. Such was the manner in which that house was cajoled by fair words and promising declarations, that his Majesty's Ministers were most anxious to lessen. the burthens of the people. When the house looked, however, to the aetnal amount of redaction, and compared it with the amount of taxation, they would tied that the burthens of the people were greater this year than they haul been for the last seven years. He int reated the house to look to the result, and not he seduced by the sweet honeyed words of his ajeety's Ministers.—(l laugh.) The result would prove what they and the country had to expect from them. Having mule this short statement, he was anxious to direct the attention of the House to a circum stance which had taken place within these few days.— The declaration from the throne was, that the estimates hail been framed with every attention to economy.— This was the self same phrase which had been used fur the last twenty years, and the House, therefore, would know what value. to attach to it. lie would now come to a particular instance—the promotion of Lord Beresford to the office of Lieutenant General of the Ord nance. The expenses of the Ordnance Department, which previous to the French war amounted to 400,0001 were now 1,200,0001. so that the expenditure had actu ally increased threefold, During the life time of Sir Hildebrand Okes, the late Lieutenant General of the Ordnance, it would undoubtedly have been extremely unjust to have. revelled that office. He had scarcely conceived it possible, however, that when hie office, which was admitted le he useless and unne cessary, became vacant by the death of that officer, his Majesty's Ministers should again have filled it up. Ind the year 1813, the Commissioners of blilitsry Inquiry declared that they were inclined to think this office woe Dot necessaly, especially iTthe attention et the blaster General of tie-Ordnance was not withdrawn from the dutits uf his office by other appointments. Lord Moire, in his examination before the Commission/re ' expressly declared that lie thought the office useless. Lord Chat haus; indeed, was of a different opinion ; but the Com missioners skewed, by the decision to which they came, that they placed more reliance on the opinion of Lord Moira, than on thatof Lord Chatham. If the Commis sioners in 1811, considered the office of Lieutenant General of the Ordnance useless in time of war, he would ask the House—he would appeal to the country to say, what possible grounds his Majesty's Ministers could have for filling it up in time of peace. He did not with to say any thing to the disparagement of the Noble Lord who had been appointed to this situation, and who, as he (Mr. H.) was informed, knew nothing of the ap pointment until it wasp d upon his acceptance. Re was ready to admit the merits of that Noble Lord as an officer, and he hoped Ise might long enjoy the honours and rewards which be had received for his services.—He was aware that the merits of that gallant officer might he urged against him as a just remind for his appointment. He fully admitted his merits, but he would just state to the house what he (Lord Beresford) had received from the governmeut as a reward for his services. He had ab tallied a pension of two thousand pounds by Act of Par liament when he was raised to the Peerage—a provision which had been deemed amply sufficient by the liberality of Parliament. lie was afterwards appointed Governor of Jersey. the income of which office appeared by a paper laid on the Table of the Rouse to amount to 1,4.231. The income of a Lieutenant General was nrsrfy 60W. and that of a Col. of a regiment 7or SOW. lir; was aware, however, that some deductions were made froth the pay of an Officer uniting those situations, and he wordd assume 'that he received only 1,000:: a year as Lieutenant General and Colonel of a regi ment. The income which he would derive horn the office which had been just conferred upon him amounted to 1,6911. making a total income of upwards of 6.0001. Considering this, and also the amount of what the Beresford family re cei led . out of the public money, be thought the House ought nor to grant the supplies, at least till furnished with informa tion regarding the necessity of this office; and the reason for 'seeping it up, after it hitidbeen declared untfeeesiaty by the Committee on the Army Expenditure. He did not Say but the dollies which devolved upon . the Lieutenatitlienelyl of , Ceidesinie were' fieportani to the•Coantryt,hieheen It was well known to the house that the duties had Ivewillrery pro perly. discharged by the Secretary while the principal was absent it Waloheren. If his Majesty's Mitriaters, were thus deeriained to go on after reductions bad beers recommended by . Cenunittees of „Inquiry, then it was necessary that the supplies, should be curtailed.—(llear, hear,) Ile trusted when distress was la mach felt all over the cou ntry, he would in this, and in every proposal for economy and retrebehtnent, have the support of many whobad not till then known that the appointmert had taken place in op poSitiou to the recommendation of the Committee of Inquiry. If the House was satisfied that the appointment of Lord lieresford was necessary and proper. he would not canter them to support his motion : but Haley were of the same opinion with the Committee of Inquiry to which he had alluded, they would give him their support. I'he Honourable Gentleman concluded by moving, as an Amendment to the Speaker's leaving the Chair, "'That the House Should postpone granting any Supplies. till they had information how Lord Hermit - twit had been air pointed to the iitnation of Lieutenant General of Ord• nancte—or how that situation had been filled up contrary to the recommendation of the - Committee of Military Inquiry." Mr. Secretary CANNING wished to ascertain whether the Honourable Gentleman wished to put his Resolution in the shape of an Amendment to the motion fur going into a Committee?• Mr. HUME replied in the affirmative. Mr. SiecrettrytiANNlNG then_ said,.he would sub mit Whether the line of conduct pursued by the Hop.. Gentleman was not both novel and extsaordinaq ; and whether it would not have been better for the hon. Gen of forwai ? The ! was Cl of the lit _ thetriffist . yrower watt slpnJd opt be resorted •to unleW in cases cif absolute ne. ceitity. It I;nght not at any rate to be resorted to for the isoephsteirtffifettrwatroWiterattted truestion, the v ery first line it bad been mentlonetbiahe House. -In Inch a case theliaosa ought stirely.tait„t twiovixte from the usual Farliamrntary practice. Tfie bon, gentleman . had ad. nailed [hat 'hi approved ot..the character of Lord Beyisfutil. blow. earthen wiio at,t he character tof the tnan, et the patent of his invitee, or at the rela-. Omp in wbith lie stood to the.bisstir.ten. of Ordnance, would . have no, need to. resort to Parliamentary lofluence in order to account for his appointment. When the long services which they had undertaken together, the similar habits which they had acquired, and the mu tual esteem wIth:11 subsisted between them were con sidered, it would be found that there were abundant swetii'es for the appointment besides Parliamentary in., .doettee. If, however, there could be any person by whom these and similar considerations could he over-. looked ; he would, to do away with all prejudice, state two facts: First, the office had been offered to two others before it had, been offered to Lord Beresfoal;. and secondly, it had been refused by them. It hail, in the first instanoe, been offered to the Earl of Hopetown ; and upon his declining it, it had been offered to Lord Hill, who had also declined to accept of it. IVlien neither of Shese.would accept of it, it had been offered to Lord Beresford ; and it had been offered to him for qualities r bich were cotillion to all the three. 'The motive which bad caused it to be offered, was common to all ; namely, the length and importance of their services; and he was at otos* to see how t h e two were free from the imputation of Parliamentary influence, and the third not.—As for himself, lie knew of no efficient abjection to the line of conduct which had been pursued. It was not for him to say that he was actriainted with all the knowledge and all the duties which were required by, and devolved upon the Lien:enant•General of the Ordnance; bat this 1:c could say, that the office was not made on purpose for Lord Beresford. It had become vacant, and he bad been appointed to it after its having been offered to others,and been refused. He knew not what objection there might be to the office, or how a:tong a case the Honourable Gefhtleman (Mr. Hums) could make out against it. If that lion. Gentleman had a case, surely it was one of which he ought to have given notice, and appointed a day. He would not undertake to say that the opt was open to no attack ; but he took no shame to himself. on account of Lord Beresford'sappointmetit.! The appointment had not been offered to hint till it had been refused by others, which was a proof that there were no corrupt motives. if the Honourable Gentleman dose to delay his motion, it might come in another shape with more propriety, as well as effect; bat if he persisted in it in the present instance, he (Mr. Secretary Canning) would find himself obliged to take the sense of the House upon it. Mr. BROUGHAM regretted that Lis Honourable Friend should have brought forward so important a motion in such a way, as to allow of any defence of that against which he contended, on account of the manner in which the motion had been Introduced, Hit mold not help wishing that it hail been postponed, os Vireo' by much too important for being introduced so *idiot! ally and casually. as it were. If any thing could increase his regret at this, it was the line of defence which bad been set up by the Right Honourable Gentleman (Mr; Secretary Canning). That defence or explanation, or whatever it might be, had resolved itself into a personal defence of Lord Beresford, rather than soy thing is jostificatioo of the keeping up of the office. The Right klotwoorahle Gentleman had shown why Lord Beresford ' had been appointed in preference to some others; but he bad not offered even the shadow of a reason why the office itself had been kept up in opposition to the recoup mendation of the Committee, neither had he offered any reason why it had been offered to either. He himself had the highest respect for Lord Beresford, and be could also understand why the Duke of Wellington should respect those who had been his companions in arms; bat he remained to he informed why the office itself existed. All that had been said by the Right Horoor. able Gentleman was, that he found the office existingand vacant. But surely the bare part of existence was no proof of utility. The office had been pointed out by the Committee of Military Inquiry for abolition, and so the question was not respecting the qualifications or merits of Lord Beresford ; but that an office had been conti• ailed which ought to have been abolished. Still, how ever, the proposal of his Honourable Friend (Mr. Hume) was rather an extreme measure. There was something harsh as welt as inconsistent in proposing that the house should withhold all supplies, till they were put in pos. session of information which had never been till that moment mentioned. Upon this ground, as well as upon the Imps, the certainty that it would come better in the regular Parliamentary way, he would advise his Ho. nourable Friend to withdraw his motion. He bad no hesitation in saying, indeed Ise was quite certain that postponement would not operate in prejudging or in juring the question, or preventing that full discussion of it which its importance required. lie trusted that some delay, at least a delay of a day or two, would be agreed to by his Honourable Friend. HUM E was sorry it lie had taken the house unawares. But lie could not agree to the postponement. The country was led to believe, that the vacancy when it occurred would not be filled up. He only asked for a delay of 4S hours in the granting of the Supplies; and if this was not to be granted, then it would do better to leave As bouts. altogether, and allow his Majesty's Ministers to settle matters as themselves thought best. General Sir R. C. FEROUSSON thought that, consider ing the state of the country, private friendship anti all things , should give way to economy, Ile would vote for The Amendment of his lion. Friend. The office was an useless One, sand it had bVen so stated by the Commissioners. It was true, as bad been stated, that the whole of the duty bad, in the absence of the principal, been done by the Secretary. Strangers were ordered to withdraw, but before - many of hem had left the Gallery, . - - - - - - Mr. WARR& rose to say. that he (lid not give an opinion upon the merits of the qaestion ; but, as to the manner, he liked the ordinary practice of motions by notice, as it was extremely inconvenient for lion. Gentlemen not to know what motions were to be discussed before they came to the House. Mr. G. BENNET felt himself imperiously called upon to reduce an useless office, considering the great embarrass ment of t h e country. Ile would take every opportunity of topposing wasteful expenditure ; and if his Honourable Friend (Mr. Name) chose to divide the House upon every item of the Supply, he would acquiesce in it. As to the practice of giving notices, he thought it of any thing but use, as it was that which enabled Ministers, on the great Geld days, to bring forward their sweeping majorities. It was by diverting the attention from these field-days, that his Honourable Friend had been able to operate so much economy. lie hoped he would go on. Mr. BROUGHAM—CIod forbid that he should object ha this or to any other measure of economy. All that he wished to do was to disentegle the question from that of the Supply. by which It would have every chance of being carried by a majority Mr. C. O.I4ITHINSON,—The °Seeks!! been voted by the ,Conmittee to be useless. The work had been alt done by the Secretary•, therefore they. ought not to hesitate a moment in abolishing it, especially in the present Important Crisis:— s • 'UMW prittledlarly,to that past ft which promised every possible re- 4 Wk . would not wish to put off the dis cussion of so important a measure as that which was pro posed by his Honourable Friend. but he thought that Ties tion rbOtttd not be confolffidttd with the question of Supply ; to stop the Supply was one of the most important privileges ,tithe House, but It was one to - which they ought not to advert but in extreme cases; sod If the motion of his lion. ;11relead wbutd at all tend to stop the granting of Supplies, titealsi his (Mr. Abercromby's) opinion, it ought to be de layed ; he had no wish to underrate the value of his Ito-, Friend's proposition, far from it ; he wished that propos:- Hon to come before the (louse in such a shape•as that ;t could be discussed fully and freely, and for this reason lie Mould recommend to his - Honourable Friend to detach It from the question of Supply. If he would do so there was every. chance - that be would carry it by a large mn. jority. If he would keep it on its own merits, It could no., recommended as it was by the Committee, foil of b e i ng carried. Sir F. BURDETT thonght himself bound, upon most occasions, to suppdrt the Member for Aberdeen, who in his seal to save the public money really deserved support. Still he could not go along with hi ain the present case. It would be inconsistent in the house, on the one hand, to call upon his Majesty in the present critical state of Europe, to support the honour and di g . nity of the nation, and on the other to withhold the supplies neeessary for this purpose. The stopping h if the supplies was, as it were, the ultimate power of the House of Commons, and should not he resorted to so long as there were any other means of redress. The Commissioners deserved credit for their recommendation with regard to this office ; and the honourable gentle. man deserved commendation for Lis zeal to see what they had proposed, carried into effect. Ile (Sir F. B ) believed that the honourable gentleman had grounds for what he had stated ; but then he 092 lit to beware that io the manner in which be pursued his object, he did not go beyond what was warranted by prudence and discretion. If he had a hops of carrying this measure, he would risk it upon an issue of this description.-- Considering the state of Europe, the relation in which this country stood, and the sacrifices which it might he coiled upon to make, he hoped his honourable friend would not press it. He would do well to consider the state in which lie placed his friends, and on that account be induced to withdraw his amendment. Mr. HUMR.---If the motion which be had proposed would in any way interfere with the honour of the country, or disturb the harmony of all parties, he would, for the sake of unanimity, withdraw it.—(clear, hear.) The amendment was withdrawn accordingly, and the house resolved itself into a Committee of Supply. Re. port to•worruw. The house having resumed, a Return of the number of persons and their salaries, empioyed at the Port of London, and the ontports, in the Exrise, Customs, and Preventive Service, was moved.—Ordered. Colonel DAVIES moved for certain Returns relative to the Preventive Service, but from the cohfusion in the Gal lery, la conseqnence of the expected division, we were pre cluded from bearing the precise terms of his motion. Mr Secretary PEEL. in • low toile, bore testimony, (as we understood) to the great efliciency of the Preventive Seriice. Pdt. Q. BENNET adrerted to the number of persons confined in various Prisons and Houses of Correction under the charge of Smuggling. Aftfr a few words from Sir G. Comm axe and Col. Di: VOWTh• Hetarus were ordered. . . • . • . TH . * STA eu.i. . • • . • ------- . ..._— ___ ,-- Al reit& than an abandonment of duty on the part of the Go- 4,. .; f 4 tp4pulet. , , .. , . verntuent,—(Cries of hear, hear.) Were he in the Ors ' • MI. !juges 'gild ffiat. eftre the , eak ': • ' :1P -.• 11 i ritat' icei of his Hon . Frie t oi , he would not stir further in Me e Wisheir to stlNVias Is re* obvert-alio' to e L, • r rteilifei nit which business, and then it would be seen how the Government He should have felt gratified in hearing it stated , in the tionablt in the power c would act. - !Web which' hadheen delivered frees •th*Thedne, OW plier— , but then-dist IA Mr. PEEL said that the Hon. anti Learned Member the strictestattention had been.paid lo ecoupsuy, and -shottid Rot be resorted who had spoken last, argued as if this question was now that the buithena of the'people were likely' to he cod- ceseity. It i;tight not at - - • nn•ai.1...1.1....1:...:w;.1••••1 ;I . oitniwiPn re. heft not tiunrist biertel Parrisntrielbfetbrkfr II .., .. .. • • Itrti bast ti i items irlie !louse ituglit to hon k A in,4•640114 Cs Majesty's Speech mtnpet Ilt—ii - was unities- trenchment. 141111511141.11111.1111111.1111111.1- Mr. ABERCRONIF House to witilhoW the sup• all to extreme re . tnegy, and cussion of so imports Mr. HUMP, desired that his notice might be read, It was read, and was io &whit !' fee a return of the amount .ot the stipends ot. t :Clergy in Scotland in 1750 and 1822." • . :•: •.: • The dollop was tbett• iesdi•frote.tbe Chair, and was, in substance, for an acctiont ef:sthe perishes and churches and ministers in Scoslieek.ttiethee•itiHrits abstract of the amount of stipends psfetolhern for the last three years— (cries of heet,;bent!) estiinated in money— (hear, hear t ), the sime,being divided into four classes; together with as abstrigt of theatimelor the year 17513, as farm the same epaid be Made Out: - Sir UEORGit gLEKH:. observed, that the Motion which was just evad:ditferad materially from the words of the ootiee. He wished lite Honourable Member would postpone it till aninguicy could be made whether it could be complied with.. 1r was very possible that the Clerk of the 'fiend.): could Cornish an estimate of.the augmented stipends; but the Hon. Member could not lint SC, that it was extremely difficulcto procure an ex act estimate of the stipends where no augmentation did take place. It would therefore be more advisable to postpone the motion until it might be learned what in formation could be had from the officer adverted to, especially as the motion went so far beyond the notice given. • Mr. HUME*said that Hon. Gentlemen need not be alarmed because rite full details of his motion were not given in the notice. He had no objection to .let the motion stand over 14r-fifteen or twenty days. The nsotion was accordingly then withdrawn. On the motion of Mr. H. Sunsets a new writ was ordered for a Knight of the Shire to represent the ton my of Doves, in thy rioszof Edward Berkeley Portman, Fog dresisro. ••••• * • ..• • • A new writ wallas; adored fort►i Borooah of Win e/irises, a vacancy haviogoccotted . by the s death of Lu• ties Goncannon,Eat... _ ..; - • On the motion QS Mr. LusettNGTONi that the House mule. itself auto it Committe of :~:. VAN- 1...., _ ~... . ' - mss. _,_-,--- __ :-'= NEW tuuecnes. W. HL ME gave notice of his intention to move on to morrow, for an Account of the Sums expended in the Suite ing of Churches, and of the amount now remaining is the hands of the Commissioners. BRITIAII 110 M. On the motion of Mr. t URTEIS, there was ordered to be laid before the House a return of the quantity of Hops ex ported from Great Britain to Ireland, from January, WI!, to Dee. NW; together with a similar account of the quantity exported from Great Britain to Foreign Countries, during the same period. Adjourned at half past seven. In our Report yesterday or Mr. Hume's speech on the Brigade Majors or Irish Yeomanry, wo transposed the names on which he made the observations. Mr. lIUME said, that EJward Collis, Brigade Major. was put on a pension of 138 f. t3d. a year on the 48th June. 1816, being one half of his salary, 04 the plea that he had •erred as Brigade Major upwards of ten years, and that he was incapable, from infirmity of body, of executing the duties. Mr. V. FITZGERALD said, that of his own knoeledae he could state, that Mr. Collis ha . erved as many years as Mr. Hume had stated him to have lived, understanding the 46 years of Mr. Bridgeman's age to apply to Mr. Collis. Mr. Hoye never mentioned the age of Alr. Collis, but the age of Mr. Brldgeman; and he complained of the pension granted to Mr. Collis, after only ten years service ; and the official return, signed by the first Cierk of the office, proved Mr. Hume to be right as to the period of Mr. Collis 's se; , vice. __ Mr. Hume stated, that Mr. Bridgeman was placed on a pension of IS2I. Ills. from the 25th of May, lsl9, having retired from office, " being incapable front infirmitti of body to exeente the duties of the appointment" It was Mr. Bridgeman whom Mr. Hume understood to have been only 43 years old when he was pensioned, that he WAS as hale and hearty as Mr. Hume then was, that he resided in the county of Sligo. was Treasurer of the County, and had an income of 2,0001. a year, exclusive of the pension., SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE. DEAL, Fre. 12.—Sailed this afternoon the Enchantress. Bost!, for Antwerp. Arrived this morning and sailed for the river;dre Comet, of London, and another ship, patties. Lars unknown. Remain the outward bound as before:. Wind W. and S. FALMOL nt, Fan. H.—Arrived his Majesty's ship Tar tar, from South America : and Marquess Quaeasbury• packet, from the Havanna ; sailed from Jamaica 2d Jan. and Crook• ad Island the 12th.—Wind S.W. PORTSMOUTH, 12, and PLYMOUTH, FIE. 11.—No arri. ails or callings, The Vigilance, Royan, from Genoa to Citta, wee lost filth ult. on the rocks of that coast. The Expedition, Brown, was on shorn in the Elba. Is. instant. ♦ESSELS SPOKEN WITH. Prince of Wales (whaler) full ship, 21ct Dec. in lat. 14. S. long S. W ; his Majesty's ship Baan, 26th Dee. lat. 7. S. long. 16 W. DUBLIN COUNTY ELICTION.—The proceedings of Monday have, it is generally thoueht, according to the Dublin Morning Putt, brought this contest nearly to a termination. On the close ol the Poll that evening the numbers were as follow : Waite 4r4 Gross P 011.... 1006 Domville 36 636 lkiajority for Col. White. 1&i ROl:RPM—Spring has again challenged Nettie, to fight hint for from two to five bemired gidoeas, half way hese" London and Bristol ; hot Neate says lie won't fight sit far from home, and so the matter nt presant rests.—Joshus Hodson persists in fighting say man in the world, and Bird is also ready for shy betty. ThO battle between Johnaon , the black, and Rickets, the Rtursietn blacksmith, wag to.take place this morning, thirty mile.; to the north of London. . yr ." . " 4 `... 4 a -- - ANN A RR. DOI I WILE 1 O. a A Llsb 0 Gott PRICE 01 Baal *hot" per Ct. M 3r Ct. C per Ct. 4 per Cent New Faun per Ct. Long Ann Itip. 3 per rish b per 71: THCRt IN THE IV THE impiPrtane take notie r(f's qpp vice. (1 bladng suite wor ever,as to went of ti tfrotao ha interpret) IV:,!lace, resignetl,l PVE t his 1 this octal Mr. Meat flume. 1 tem of co and laws. ticians, w wholly in+ The syste which ins Ln►ys. II and we d stowed or the same system w its 101 l el country, —Tbis is oot mad we can to those tit, matte. words an the first good, the to the aff. It was th sorption soilomal Nation ti ^lively I arose tho object of sailors. diversity to cause Terence t( instance, broneht one tbinl PO doubt fit' Coma lint oor with the with the rate circ aoxious, revenue. gent! 10 , 1 thief i gnented restrieti 011 all at rengli &Ir. Lit treakoe power, the Rai power, Wean tc tion ii have nc sad —ould - 1 Matta, 4oznet.h rotatl clrdo the sat Scott A sort of bar 1/4e C6l PITT eecond aild 1/4 itoyal book, I.IOCP a &ea Engl. 11.- 't.:. it( '~acl '7 Art, ti the C'/i to sit shall when **lent, pilled o Wow