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-- 0..4 ... i l t I 1 Hill, which was ordered to be taken into further consideration on Monday next. The Dwelling-house Robberies Bill was ordered to be committed on 'Thursday next. SUPPLY. Mr. ARBUTHNOT tnnved that the Order of the 'lay for the House going into a Committee of Sup pay should be reed. STATE OP _ _ Oa the question that the Speaker do leave the IChasr - Me. HOTCHIIIIIOII tbs. to postpone his motion ,respectiug the affairs of Europe, which stood for that night, to a future day. He did io because he u kkanaious.thist the question should get a full dis mssion ; it .appeared to him to be one of the very .6fit importance, and the more so from what had lately fallen from the Noble Secretary for Foreign f trfsirs. j'he only day he saw quite unengaged ,w*,: he 13th June, and in order to guard against :Lily future disappointments, he should give notice Aim ou Wedttesaig. the 13th June,. he should sub amt the question to the conaulecition of the House, which so deeply .affected not only the interests of lt urope, lint the honour and clia Icier of England. The Marquis of LONDOWDEIMY said, if an gi p pg;r day could be appointed, he should be most • pp I lipwever, on that occasion he should make . i his business to attend punctually, and hear the r. HO Ns open liis view of the ase. 1 MS then postponed a s m n c otio of his which k ilo ItpOillisithe 14th . to th e 14th of June. s • I : COMMITTEE Or SUPPLY. _ The House then resolved itself into a Committee a ll:apply. • Mr. AasurustoT moved that 1,000,01701 he granted 10 tlafruy the extraordinary eitpenseit of the army. • . Colonel DAVI,ES expressed his satisfaction at Is..ving heard that the accounts would be laid be, tore the House in a more explicit and clear manner teat year; this lass ■ point moat desirable. There me various alterations he tattooed suggest, with re 6 speet to the provisions for the army, which, although sUnple in themselves, .uoulit lead to a considerable cesiortino. Now the salt meat for the arm . ) , is al-, %post entirely gut from Ireland, and in this article a great sawn* might be effected in purchasing it un the spot where it was cured, the freight of every barrel that comes over come i4s. he should there-' tore suggest, that an establishment should be set vp fcot at Cork. or whatever place these provisions were paecliap44, for 'hot purpose.. With respect to New South Wales too, • considerable saving might be made in the article, of provision; the convicts that are sent out get more meat than the regular troops, .oud be should suggest that their ratio sib rper4 be reduced' ouestiturth, and rice or evosething else be substituted it its stead.— This would effect a saving of 45,000/. He saw in evlituales the sum of 10,000/. to the Right Hon. Wm. Huskissou, to defray the expense,' at tynclant upon the Idand of Ceylon : be should like C3* . (peer some tiou on that point. . Mr. MARIMILT observed, that the sum of 18,000 i. was ordered to pay the forma Indio. Ile disapproved of the manner in which the account was kept with the East India Company. Instead ot the circuitous arranoenseut that now existed, it would in Isis opinion be better that this sum should come under the ordinaries, and the accounts be settled regularly. With respect to the troops in • Igulta, he thought it was a matter worthy of serious', consideration, whether the half-ply should not le pool by the East India Compaiy. • Mr. AstiumotoT .said, that- all the bills' and accounts passed through the Commissariat Depart suent • ; and they were most anxious that these at counts should be as intelligible us possible. Mr. BAazNo complained of the vague model" which tlic . accounts were kept. If the House. had.. the various details before them they would get that. inf`ormatitiu which it was so desirable they should' p . eitoeirs, but which they could nut have as tliwgs bfird st present. 4 14 r. AaatersioT said, it would be impossible to• sender the aicounts as clear and intelligible as the i$ u. Gentlemen (Mr. Baring) would desire, but he had the satisfaction to inform the House that piths, were taking for thin purpose. then read an iiem in the estimates, voting a sum of money to Lord Keith and Lord friatchisison for horses captured iu Egypt in 1801. He wished to have some information on this sub jeCt, for it appeared to him rather a novel pro ceeding. Nr. ARBUTHNOT said, that so far from its bring a new practice, It had existed since time imme ariinial. Memorials had been presented claiming this sum a considerable tune since, but the claims, were not admitted until the value of the horses was • ascertained. Lord PALMERSTON observed, that all the properly captured in war canie,by right to the Crown, and that he generally ilisicled'it amongst the soldiers. He sew o• reason ar,hatewer why this instance should bil i fieespted from the general rule which was apphi. tittle to all eases. Mr. Bkarne.seitl, that undoubtedly if this were vsserel practice. he should . be the last nom to divrive these gallant individaele of the rewards of tlicir *eyeless. jr 30511.11 YOLKS said, he saw amongst the tkie sum of 8,000/. to a person of the traitie of Benjamin Swift, fur bulwarks and break isatsr, io the bland of Heligoland, while, iu fact, the whole island was net worth that sum. This was ilebject well worthrtheattentioa of the Illowes Mr. Govil.imarr said, that. the sum wee net• giete4 luerety.fur the btriditraler, there was the s WA 0 , ditto" added.. ethieb ttnatlied ether 'Knit:ea wiAsh,that indivii leak had, pert:prated. r. - Luitatawroa observed that he was glad to hen the new iiiterpretation of the word " &M," as L applied to the Artny,Ertisnates. For iu that prtee,it implied aometAtilig mire than its usual wig,. indication. Vl:ith respect to the island of Heligw- Nita, tt was originalfy tiden.for the purpose of fore-. ing our commodities frune this country un the Cott *meat. He divapprep . rd i ef, that whole system,. bat now in partieulsr, he disapproved of the system of kkelin'i up the 1;1,4 as a nobutry.ftuajou. GouLstinm thought 'it would besost um= itini:}e to it I n d °1 1: 11 Y0 it 4 ,o ixe!..mbirb in ibe event iwar would be se,serrueokly.Ovuntageouew. Mr. liUMe oliservedi,,that t it was only slew days atiejklyeual 01 .49 0 1. bei,bren.grante4 {era store kaper an that island. was a . swei. alrearie*. possession: it cost the country upwards of 50,0001. since the peace, and it war, in fact, quitarus seit. less establishment. A gooctdeal had bebissild the subjeet if ratios: be thoogliiit email be ad visable to do, away the distinctions that mailed be tweet:fare : army and navy in this particolar, and submit the care of both to the Navy Board.— With regard to the charge for Heligoland, he con. :leaded :that, •by _On mgalatlitti if Ws '4lllijeil?S' Government, adopted in 1764, and renewed its 1794. no money should be expended on soy . public -weskit sill an estimate -lord • been • hid 'Weide tfii' Treasury. As Heligoland was just at our own d'.or, he could see no reason why that regulation should not have been attended to. The pay of the Lieutenant-Governor ought also to have been brought before them in the Army .RitiMates. He complained also that the allowances for 1818 and 1819 to Colonels Taylor and Stapleton, as Inspec tors of Army Clothing, should now, for the first time, appear before the House ; had they been tegulirly introduced in the estimates at the time, the 1-louse might have disallowed them, and the expense might have been eased to the country. There was also nn expense of 6,5981. for training the militia of Trinidad. He wished to know why we were to hr called upon to pay that expense for Trinidad more than for any of the other islands. There was also an item of 7,2891. for Guernsey and J er s e y, which might have been submitted to the House in the regular estimates. as these places were within a day's post of us. Bat perhaps these In spector, were similar to those for the lonian Islands, where there was no militia on foot. Here was also Sir Henry Bunbury, agent for Matta, and five other seems for Colonies. These Qfpcera were maintained at a goat expense, and were entirely aimecersmy, se every bill might be paid by the Treasury here without any ex- Ornie• Whaftyte, or at the most at an expense of ISO/. a:year of one extra clerk. He should there fore submit that 3,000/. be deducted,. which by the lowest computation must be the eateries of these agents. .by Which means the Committee would both economise and simplify the • accounts. He would Wish to know why tile charge of 1,1001. shim Id he intuited iu rite Army Extraordinaries. Here was also list .4erh of q,4461. fur .oslaries of Priviitie,Se creiquie; of the Governors of different isledds. He sotrild not see what connexion there . woe -between this charge and the army extraordinariel. He un derstood that Sir Charles Brisbane hid applied, on going out as Governor of New South We*, for a Prisate Secretary, which had beee refused hime As there was no Colony where this Officer was rnoressvanted than in that, lie hoped he' Might • understand it as a pledge that the Government in. tended to discontinue them in all others. He shotild therefore submit, that the whole of this .2,4464 should be saved by disallowing th ese sa l ar i es . Here was who an item of L 612/. for expenses of Bo naparte at St. Helena. lie Wished to ask the No ble Marquis opposite, whether the indieidools de puted by the Governmeuts of A mitres, Ramie, sod Prussia, to reside at St. Helena, were Old b our Government ? He had understood, indeed it had been ptiblicly stated, that they were' paid by our Coriiiitiasary there. He had hoped the returns of the expenses which we had incurred would have 'beers laid oa the table before now, they could not be furnished with she eepenses of this year, • there eeesof••be me f reshen elty 4 thee should not be informeif of the expense of 1818, and 1819. There was" arm° s charge for examining Claude Seett's Hecoonts, which he could not.thitik proper .ly 'charged 10 . e lse army rextraorili muses. The total amount of these vimious items amounted to 36,6121. !arid lie should mare therefore in reduce the vote proposed kry.that sum. Mr. Goy Ulnae said, .the cew ° e in the account 'here undelthe head of Se.thitiona was f o r addi tional *educe, which had beeriltrandneetwetry for the new hebitation which had bettor: eieCied for the use of the individual there resident. fle allowed •there was an apparent absurdity 10 the charge for ;private Secretaries appearing in the Army Extra. ordinaries, but it had been the practice from the ear hest periods. He believer, that no application had been made by Sir Charles Brisbane for a nitrate Secretary. That officer did apply for a Bri gadei-Major, but the Government saw no tea sen why the expense of an additional Staff Offs. car should be incurred. The charge under the head of Trinidad was net fur training militia , but for accoatreatentv. The Hon. Member had com plained of the sums allotted for the agents of different colonies; but thee sums were not, as lie eeeutkirto imagine, for the salaries of those officers, but were merely sums advaoced to them to make Payments fur the public service. He maintained the utility of those officers; they had various du. ties to perform, which it had always been found cthirenient to have done by a responsible officer. The Marquis of LONDONDERRY said, in reply to the questiou addressed to him by the Hon. Mem ber, that although motley had been advanced to the Commissaries or the Foreign Powers nt•St. Helena, on their bills, yet nn expense whatever Was iucerred by the country out their account. Lord PALMERSTON said it had been the inten e titer of Government to abolish the pike of In-: spectors of Army Clothing, though afteriverdettast intention was not carried into effect, and daring the time the subject WHO under discussion they were not included in the estimates. He was also happy to have an opportunity of correcting en error into wnidi the Hon. Member (Mr. flume) had fallen, in having stated on • former occasion that the garrison et Heligoland dining the war was only 50 men ; by a doesansent which he beld in his hand, it ap peared that in January, 1812 (a time of war), the garrison consisted of 479 men ; in 1815,11100 u time of war, it was 249; in 1818 it was reduced to 71 men; end on this Ist of May, 1821, it was reduced to 67 men. The charge for the Lieutenant-Go vernor was a sort of• civil charge, and was therefore not .in the Army Eirtimetes. The same reason might be given for the soots charged under the heed .1 Geernsey.and Jersey. Col. GOSSETT bore testimony to the efficiency • of the militia of Guernsey. Mr..l-IVME expressed htmself dissatisfied with'the explanations given, and reneged 'llls former ob jections. Mr. Hueerseow expressed his aerprise that the Pon. Gentleman should have indulg,ed in attacks on his office, after the explanations which had been given by los Hon. Friend. Mr. Glees said, then, was a charge -for a/. paid the Treasurer of the Ordnance for leaping bars, which, he thought, required es - planation. This was for the 11th cud 13th telptuenti of light dingostr, wad there wits another charge of a similar nature fer other regiments of cavalry. He thought the Govern ment might oblige the country Gentlemen, by giv ing them an order for the timber. Mr. MAIICRI . X complained_ that intheatatesnent Or bills of exchange drawn for the Seriice.at.dil"... lerent colonies, there sells a staid of 461.0001., of which .the House had absolutely AID itCibiiiit whatever So that if th ere were , any jobs to be kept ont•of vie*. 'Oh "Wiritge 'mint to cover them. He expected the .Hon..Gestleasan (Mr. Arbuthnot) would have stated whit set-off the East India Company had &gonna the-sum of 1;400,000/. which appeared due . to the Government. He hoped the Hon. Gentleman would lay the account cur rout before the House, which would enable the House to understand it. He thought the Colonial Agents were unnecesairy is the disty might be done by the Comtniesery's•Clark, and he could see no reason why the Consaiiiisariat should not inspect the army clothing. Mr. ARBUTHNdr said, the state of the debtor and creditor account With the East India Com pany et that very time occupied the serious et tcntion of Government. The balance had been made up to 180 ; but since then no batauce had been struck. Mr. GIPPS and Mr. MA BEIt Ll' explained. Sir CHARLES LONG contended, that no reason able ground of complaint now existed as to the distribution of the army prize -money, more parti calory since the regulations had been adopted, which were coutamed in the. Acts of Parliament that he had I►ad the honour to faring in. Colonel DAVIES spoke to the promptitude with which the army priwe-money was now paid. Mr. BENNETT said that as he had not given his consent to the expenses of which these sums formed i part, he would not vote for so large a sum as was now demanded. He would not agree to vote the sum which was here required for the punishment of offenders by tran►porting them beyond seas, as he was convinced it was, in place of punishment, a bounty for crime. •He begged his Hon. Friend would withdraw his an►enutneat, when he would Move, that 900,0001. be the sum to be granted. Mr. HUME then withdrew his amendment._ Mr. MAISEILT did not see what use it would he for his Hon. Friend (.Ir. nerinett) to press the amendment, ed this was a vote on account only, and he had no doubt that even 900,0001. would be sufficient for the purposes of the Minister'', and cover all the charges to which objections had been', urged. . Mr. BENNETT persisting in his amendment; the gallery was cleared for I division, whets there sp-' peered— *yea Dues ' 64 • Majorioy *Oast Mr. H. G. Beoneten 1 55 Atneadniesti J • The original motion was then agreed to. •• On our return to the gallery, we found Mr.. BROGDSN putting the question on a grant Of, 401,66.51. fur defraying the expenses of the,Coni T. taisserist Department. Mr. G,, opposed the grant, as being; in his. opinion, by far too large. Mr. 51ABERLY rose to object to the extravagant expense incurred for the storekeeper's department' in each branch of the public service. He . cputettd-• ed that it would be a great saving to thespallic to combine the whole of the storage into ope grand: depot. Ile thought the Ordnance was • ttie best. adapted for that purpose, and would recurntehd' that the Storekeeper Grnerars department, shdisfd be transferred to that Board. In support or /a argument the Hon. Gentleman entered into &ode. tailed statement of the expense of the Storekeeper's department in each brunch of the pdhlic atiet. vice, viz. the army, untqf, ordnance, tend tsdin misaariat tad argued -that the ordnance !lav ing the advantage of wharves, cranes, storehouies, sad other conveninces, _which the other•branc,bes of service had not in the several places ,irtrre the service required the stores to be placed for file eowvenienee of distribution, was the best adapted for the superintendence of the stores, and tbat.by transferring to the Board the whole.orawernent of the same, the far greater portion offheexpensc now incurred fur storage might he saved to the public. In making these statements he had in view, not sa much the object of proposing the reduction of any ppecific sum, as to point the attention of the Noble Lord and the Government generally to the possibi lity of effecting a considerable reduction of the public expenditure, by consolidating into one the several store departments, without at the same time in the smallest degree weakening or rendering lets efficient the public service. Mt. ARBUTHNOT spid, the Storekeeper's depart. ment had been annexed to the Commissariat, in consequence of the recornmeodation of the Hen. Member for Aberdeen (Mr. Home). He defended the existing arrangements, and claimed for GOV,!111. ment the credit of having effected considerable re dactions already, cal of a disposition to avail them selves of every opportunity that offered of con tracting the public expenditure. Mr. HuMa said he was hippy to hear the profes sions of the Right Hon. Gentleman as to the die position of Government to adopt every practicable recommendation of economy, and hoped their sin cerity would he proved by their fotore'practice. It must excite considerable surprise to hear that the whole amount of the stores purchased for'the Corn missurnit from 1816 to 1820 inclusive, was 312,000/. while the annual expense of the department for the charge cud custody of the stores aniountrd to 52,777/. By a reference to the estimates, he con tended it would appear that not a shilling would be saved in the Commissariat Department for the pre sent year us cotnpared with 1819. The number of Commissioners employed fir exceeded what the public service requirt d. Particularising the se veral stations, he maintained that a reduction of at least one-half Anight fairly be expected, cud he hoped some actual reduction would, ere long, take place. 'He reprobated many of the ,pen sions and allowances as exceeding!) , dispropor firmed to the services of the individuals. Those of Mr. Henries and Mr. Trotter he thought particularly objectionable. The whole scale of the Commissariat establishment was greatly di•propor. boned, but he was not at that moment prepared to LONDON, SATURDAY, ifior t 6, ism His MastsTY being now nearly restored to com plete health, we understand he will hold • Levee" in a few days. Mr. fluTcutusou last night postponed his mo tion on the present state of Europe, until Wednes day the 19th flay of June. We may confidently anticipate that it will be brought forward on that day. We do riot regret the delay it has experienced, the question bring one of the first importance, and requiring the nimt mature consideration. Mr. SCARLETT'S Bill will be committed on Mon day it. the House of Cotninons, when the clauses will be discussed separately, rind such alterations adopted as to the wisdom of the House may seem fit. IVe are n, t aware, however, although the se veral clauses are about to be conidered in a Com mittee, that the principle of the measure has as yet actually received the sanction of the House. %Ye must confess that until this first point be ascertained by the House, we t:a not see am advantage to be de rived from discussiug the clauses separately, for as the Bill appears to us, it forms a system which can not be discussed with so much propriety by taking the pruviaions separately, as by viewing them with reference to the whole measure collectively. We further think that so necessary is the relation which each part of the Bill beats to the rest of it, the ex clusion of any one part of it would not only render the system defective, but could make it absolutely injurious. For instance : we thick that the esta blishment of a maximum would per re be not only very impolitic, but be calculated to product= much cruelty in its operation, unless it were connected with the provision fur giving free circulation to in dustry and labour, and the same observation we should make with respect to the provision denying parochial relief to all persons not actually incapa ble of labour, from sickness, old age, or accident. The converse of these propositions ore open to the same reasoning, for taken by itself nothing could be more absurd or unjust than to :Wow an individual, no matter what may be his passion for idleness, or his inability to support himself by labour, to choose at his pleasure the place of his settlement, and im pose the burden of supporting him, with perhaps a wife and family, en any parish in the kingdom. Th e existing system prevents such an abuse, by in terdicting the free passage of persons likely to be come chargeable from one parish to another. but such ea interdict is in its principle tyre • al, and often unjust and cruel in its action. Mr. Ses stores Bill permits the free passage of may fileaSe 'to 'Pongee,- themselves, but it guards iigiin4 the Possibility .tif itiothrier tif and this limit triSll, More effectually ihan any other kind of proiiitob, pttirent the irieringenient itctu mulation of paupers in . any given parish. Viewing the prelim/4 ineattire in this way, it I will, we think, Be found that the ierenil ports of .lie system are so itititinitely blinded with each other that the ptdilsioits 'cannel be separated, bat that they must be adopted altogether er rejected altogether. It would seem that the point of the -proposed Bill which excites theist •oppcisition in House of Commons is the clause Which establisher a maximum. But unless this principle be preserved, the measure must operate most unequally, Mid therefore most injuriously 111)0,1 some parts of the kingdom. It is this establishment of • mazirrnose that alone can prevent an excesillie ICcutnubilion of paupers in any one parish, and distribute them more equally over the country ; it will be is pro tection to parishes against burdens dispriiPortioned to their properly end population, and atridnst the oceasionel remissness dr iMPropriety in the Conduct of overseers; and it is thst principle in the Bill which alone can authorise Parliament to abolish the odious law of settlements, and to give that perfect freedom or locomotion within the empire which ought to belong to Englishmen, which is now idly boasted to be their birth-right, but which in point of fact is controlled by a system that im prisons them within the circuits of their respective r ishe•, limits the sphere of individual industry, and injures the resources of the country by pre venting the circulation of labour. Willi regard to the proposed nta.rinstren, it may also be remarked that it will tend very much to cor rect many aliases that may otherwise be practised by claimants fur relief. ‘l'lien not more than a cer tain stint can be divided among the claimants, their several interests will prompt them to detect the frauds and abuses committed by each other, and the fond will thus be more' effectually pro tected from an improper application than could he expected from the most active vigilance of our or two overseers. The Report of the Select Committee of the House of Commons on the Supply ofrWater to the Metropolis has been printed. After a review of the six Water Companies which et present sup ply Westminster and London, nod discussing the questions. Whether there is any im2rovement in the supply, how far it is proportioned to the increase in the demand, and whether that improvement could have been attained upon terms so mach more fa vourable as to set the increase of rate at present de manded in the light of an extravagant overchargel the Committee recommend that a Bill should be introduced and limited to four years, restraining the Companies from advancing the rates beyond the proportion of 25 per cent, on the old sates, for what is termed the ordinary service of water for domestic purposed, leaving high and extra services; as matters of agreement between the parties, bet defining the one and the other, and establishing, es far as may be found practicable, fixed roles for the rates of charge ou trades consuming large quanti ties of water. The Bill should further contain a clear definition of what shell be deemed high and extra services, st►ll rules for fixing the cases in which the Companies shall be at liberty to withdraw the supply from ii-, dividuals, especially the extent to which they AIM be allowed to look to the preciies for paytuent in default of the occupant ; for iirecciiting the waste of water, and fur rendering the remedies of the Companies for this purpose, and for the recovery their dues, as ellicacions as pits-itAe. The Committee add, that a judicature of this sort might be formed in mit district, by one person nominated by the Company, another by the piiridie , , within the dit— trict, who, unless they could CO!:CUf io their choice, might each nominate a per: on, and the appoint ment be determined by lot to be drawn before a Magistrate, the too persons thus appointed to choose a third. The Report recooatneuds some other subordinate regulations and suggestions. Extract of a letter from the Agent at Lloyd's a' Malta, dated igth of Mnrcli, 1821 : " On the list inst. arrived here the Maltese b r ie Coicanui., I.tipint masts r, with a cargo of benne from Alessandria, 22 days: her crew consisted of 14 persons, beside 11 p.:5 wagers. Three days after leaving A lessandrits one of th • passengers, a Maltese women, was attacked cc Oh the plague ■nd died ; her child also died 15 days after. Soon after Maltese ►oy also died ; and another person died •iace the arrival of the Teasel here. Fire others have alto been email:- sal with the plague. The ►eteainder of the passengers and crew are landed in the biszaretto, without any symptoms of Infection. The retied has beer cleared of every ausceptibe article, which has heel. lurid, The Captain's cable sad fort-peak have hrea white-washed, and a fresh crew put on board. The cargo is still on board, and will he landed so the magasines of the Lanaretto after a certain time is allow ed to ascertain whether any new case of infection appears- Every precaution which prudence and pant experience sug gest will be adopted." The first battalion of the third regiment of gi32111 1 .4 under the command or Col. BA RNET, had a grand. field day n► Hyde Park esterday mornin g ; itr which some new u►ai.arnvrts 'auk place, miacli to . the satisfaction of their officers nud a aunt' )tt military gentlemen. - r m .... reperhat amount of reduction it would be edrigelli le propose ; he should therefore wait till he heard what esplanatiou the Right Hen. Gentleman had to dire. Mr. AItEUTHROT said, that if the establishment of the Commissariat during the war were taken into consideration, he thought the number of re ductionott least - eight hundred - etetki reduced since the conclusion of the war, would ifforti ample proof of the disposition to economise With•sesipstat to. the pensions Of Mr.*Nrrinis VP; 'Mr. Trotter, he contended that they were not snore ;Osman adequate compensation for the extensive, irapartont, , and valuable services rendered by those Gentlemen during the war. WAAD mud. the Hon. Member for Aber. deep /seemed to have made some misapprehension as no 'the Store Deputinetit. The annuli expen diture of stores at present did not exceed about .45,000/. ; but it slintild be recollected that the amount of stores in charge of the department was about 5,000,0001. Mr. H. G. BENNETT was ready to allow that Herries had been a very of public ser vant, but at the same time he must say that he thought his services hid been most abundantly re. tuunerated without the pension. Colonel DAVIES enteted into a comparison of the expense of the Commissariat and Storekeeper's este. blishment, and the contingent expenses of the same depantnent for the year 1819 with the pre sent estimates, showing the increase in the former le be 44381. and in the latter 3,3001. This, he contended, was ■ most extruvagutit increase ; and be therefore moved a reduction on the grant before the Committee of 6,238/. After a few words from Mr. WARD, Mr. ARBI , THNOT, and Mr. Hums-- Colonel DAVIES withdrew his amendment, and substituted another. for reducing the grant pro posed, 4,238/. being the difference between the establishment of the Commissariat in the year 1819, and the present estimates. Mr. N. CALVERT said, without entering into the propriety or impropriety of this amendtnent, he was willing to support a general proposition for a reduction of so much per cent. on the whole of the grant, and to leave the divpussl of the sum voted in the hands of Government. • The Committee then divided on the amendment, Ayes Noes • Majority apinst the proposed re-i 49 ductiun The original resolution was then uereed to. On our return to the gallery we lound Mr. P. Moons moving that the Chairman do report progress and a-k leave to sit again. After a few words from Colonel Mims, Mr. ARBUTHNOT, and Mr. H. G. BENNETT, the amendment was agreed to, and the Report was ordered to be taken into farther consideration on Monday next. The Bankruptcy Laws Amendments Bill passed through a Committee. Mr. ARBUTHNOT gave notice, that the Chancel lor of the Exchequer would submit the Budget for the year on Tue.:day next. Adjourned at Ore o'Crocit. THE 107TERY OFFICES WILL REMAIN OPEN UNTIL TWELVE THIS NIGHT, AS THE DRAW ING BEGINS AT TEN ON MONDAY MORNING. THE 1311 ITISfI. PRESS.