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•1 ch a pel, which they were not capable of performing, s od in consequence of that Petition the House undertook to do the repairs ou the part of the public. The Resolution was then agreed to. The next resolution was for the sem of 15.0001. for the charge of the forts 11141 pomessious of the late African Company. ' Mr. WM. SMITH alluded to the claims which he gn derstood had been made on Government by the lanai . Officers of the A fricuu Company, for com pensation for the reduction of their offices. From ill he had heard, he had no hesitation in stating it as his opinion that those claims stood on no ground whatever, and if those remunerations were co ntemplated in the proposal of this vote, he should not agree to it. Mr. GOULBURN said, the sum comprehended in this vote was not at all intended to be applied in granting those compensations. The resolution was then agreed to. The next vote proposed was for the sum of 22,4441. 3s. for the civil establishment at Sierra Leone ; on the reading of which Mr. W. SNITS rose and said. although he might he blamed perhaps for bringing the question for ward out of order, and in a rather irregular he would take that opportunity of expressing his dissent from the vote of 18,0001. for the ex pense of the Mixed Commission. The lion. Gen tleman at much length objected to the appoint ment of the individual filling the office of Chief Commissioner, and to his hiring paid it salary of 3,0001., while the Commissioners at Rio Janeiro. Sitrinain, and the Havatinah, had only 1.5001. a year each. If these latter were persons properly qualified for their situations, and were comiidereil as sufficiently remunerated at that rate of salary. the present Commissioner at Sierra Leone will he sufficiently well paid at half the amount.— Ile was a man who had been brought up to mer cantile pursuits, and did not possess any one of the qualifications necessary for his office. In support of his opinion of shit intlividoal's unfitness, of whom lie personally knew nothing, he could ap peal with confidence to the information lie had re ceived respecting him, he was not ashamed to say in what manner, and also to the Report of Sir George Collier, who spoke of him as a man whose ituhecility In the discharge of his official duties defeated the objects of the Comnaisi . The Marquis of LONDONDERRY contended that he was free front any blame for the mode in which the appointmeut had been made. He had thought lie should best discharge his duty by referring the choice of persona to fill the situations of Commis blotter, in the Mixed Commission Court to those who were hest qualified to judge of the requisite professional rptitlificationa.• He therefore left it entirely with the Chief Judge of the Admiralty Court and the King's Advocate. The salary for the office at Rio Janeiro, Surinam, and the other places was 1,500/. but the dread of the climate of Sierra Leone was so great. that no persoo could be found to undertake the office at that scale. It wits there fore raised to 3,0001. and even for that sum no professional man could be found to accept it.— Those appointments were in teality the most urli 'a'e piece of patronage he had ever had to manage. He must add that he could not but protest otosinst the ernsig gof the characters of indivi duals in this moaner on the mere dictum of a naval officer, whose short mid temporary visits to the country •ttortiell him but slender opportunities of forneiesg a judgment of the characters of persons stationed there. Mr. W. SMITH said, he had not the slightest in tention of imputing to the Noble Marquis the smallest degree of partiality in filling up the situa tion. The Marquis of LONDONDERRY repented, that be felt perfectly justified in havin: , left the choice of the persons to Sir W. Scott anc:FStr Christopher Robinson. &Ir. BROUGHAM said, it would be thilictilt to persuade him that the profession of the law was so flourishing that member., young ones cei trendy, hot fully qualified for the situation, could not be found, who might be induced by the temptation of a sa lary of 3,000/. u year for six year., and a pension of 1,000/. afterwards, to proceed to Sierra Leone. He should, indeed, rather feel surprised if what had parsed to-night on the subject did not give rise to a multiplicity of tenders from the junior launches of the professiosi in the Courts of West minster to fill the situationa which were thus handsomely paid. On the Revolution far granting 100,000/. fur the new street from Westminster to Mary-le-bone bring read— Mr. HUME asked for some explanation of the item of 11,000/. for surveyors, law exproses, &c. and of 1,2001. for salaries of persous in the new street department. Mr. Huai:mow said. if the Hon. Gentleman wished to be furnished with the particulars. there would be no objection to lay the account before the House. The salaries of the clerks employed were on the lowest scale, and there were none of them on the permanent establishment of the office of ‘Vootla roll Forests. Mr. W. SMITH Si few words, of er which the Resolution was agreed to. On the reacting of toe vote for the Cape of Good Hope— Mr. H. G. BEN N ETT asked what further encou ragement had been givias to new settlers at the Cape? Mr. COULOURN said there was none. Mr. W. SMITH remarked upon the facility of in troducir.g Flavor intothe new colony, and auggested the propriety of some measures being adopted fur preventing it. Mr. GOULBURN said that no means would be neglected of guarding against the evil. Sir It. suggested the propriety of the purchase by Government of the few slaves now w the colony as a mesuure of prevention. The Resolution was then agreed to. On the vote for the building of New Churches and Glebe Howes— _ _ Dlr. lIUME hoped no further 'urns won'," be grata. d on this head umil bottle information were afforded as to the application of the produce of the Ii st fruits and tenths. fir also ohserved upon the tlereilee in the mode of valuation of the Ii rat I ti' and truths, and that of the tithes. The Lbw( h of Ireland was •ert rich., and did not etand in any .recd of further easistance. Mr. H. G. Stifilltrr hoped some information as to the amount and distribution of the church reve nues in Ireland would be demanded by the House before one shilling more of the public money wits voted for its assistance. He believed the church of Ireland to be the most richly endowed of any in the world, in proportion to the number of its incumbents and the einem of its Congregation. Lord MILTON expressed strong doubts whether the wealth of the church of leeland was ant an obstruction to its atility. Wealth gene t rilly begot indolence, and indolence certainly did net inctealie proselytes. The Resolution was then agreed to. . On the grant or 14,000/. for the Board Of Works, Mr. Mug recommended that the six Commis sioners should in the nett year be reduced to ones es one would be quite sufficient to perform the duty. GOVERNMENT PROCIAMATIOteS. On the grant of 7,0001. to defray the expenses of Government Proclamations— Mr. BENNETT wished to call the attention of the House to this subject. He had in the first instance ' to complain of the milliner in which the proclaim• bons bad been inserted, namely, in inserting adver tisements, affecting a particular county, in a news. paper 100 miles olf. l'lst barony of Rithville, in the county of Carlow, had been proclaimed, and the prodamatiot was not inserted in a Carlow newsp o'er, but in an Enniskillen newspaper, more than one hundred miles away.—(Hear, hear.) And for what reason? Because, indeed, the Editor was a supporter of the Government, or rather abused those who were opposed to it. In the Drogheda Journal, too, a proclamation had been inserted respecting the county of Galway, and that five days sitar its operation was to commence.— ( Hear, hear.)—lsi the same Jonrnol a proclama tion had been inserted respecting the Liturgy, two months after it had occurred ; the proclamation of a barony in Westmeath, two months slier, although perh ps the paper never was seen in Westmeath. The Lunatic Asylum, five months afterwards ; and • pro clamation respecting the currency, five months after. It was high time this disgraceful practice should be checked. It was, in fact, nothing less than a bribe to the press; and he had seen Irish papers, •nd he must say, that without exception he had never seen hi any paper in this country such monstrous attacks upon private characters, both living end dead, and nothing could exceed the base and cowardly and disgusting publications with which the Irish Go vernment papers teemed against her Majesty the Queen.—(Hear, hear.) —The proclamations were inserted by order of Mr. Grierson. a Gentle nyiti who held a situation of 5001. a year un der Mr. Price, who enjoyed a salary of 3,000/. a year es editor of the Dublin Gazette, in fact for doing nothing at all ; and if his information was correct, Mr. Grierson, the deputy, had been in the Milk of making returns for more than bad been inserted. If this were the case, lie thought Mr. Grierson should be ordered to the bar of the House, and made to account for thesie false and scandalous returns. He (Mr. Bennett) lied moved on ■ former occasion for an account of the manner in which 10,000/. had been expended on proclamations; and by the returns it appeared that from the gunner ending in 1818 to tire sth January 1840, 400 proclama tions had been inserted in the Dublin Correspond ent, for which they received 1,17 a/. ; the Dub- Ins Patriot received 282/.; the Hibernian Jour nal, 1,4031. It would appear that this Journal received a regular salary, independent of the va rious advertisements, for they received every quer. ter 259/. and it was impossible the ndvertisements could have amounted to that sum ; end the only reason why this paper was thus favoured was, that it basely and indiactiminately slandered every man !list was at all opposed to the Government. It was notorious that the Dublin Evening Post, Car rick's Morning Post, rod 7'he Freeman's Journal, bad five times the circulation. " But." soy the Government, " these are vile opposition papers ; such is the bad taste of the people of Ireland, that they are universally read throughout the coun try, but we shell nut encourage them." The Dublin Patriot psid in stamps 608/. in the period he had m en tioned, and received for the Government ad vertisements efli/. while Carrick's Morning Post paid for stumps 2,8661. and received for Government advertisements in the same period 401. He had said ' enough to spew the extent to which the abuse had been curried. But this was hot all : the same system was practised by the Masters its Chancery, who ac tually directed the Solicitors in what papers their decrees al Id he inserted, and he had in his pes o ssion letters from the most respectable Solicitors, whose names, if necessary. he was at liberty to use, setting forth what lie hail stated. This con duct afforded a strong contrast with the course pursued in the Excise; for Mr. Hawthorn, a most excellent and respectable gentleman, caused all the advertisements relative to that department to be inserted in those papers that had the most cir culation, instead of the other poor paltry journals. It was neediest' to point out the evils resulting from thus bribing the press. They were bought tip for vile lucre to abuse and revile all the opponents of the Administration, and he sincerely trusted that the Irish Secretary, to whose heart he knew every thing was dear that concerned the interests and happiness of behind, would inquire into the evil, and use every means to correct it.—( Hear, hear.) Mr. C. GIIANT said, the House must remember this was not a new grant ; however. he did not men tion this in justiGration of his conduct in continuer% it. it had, however, been reduced from 10,000/. to 7,0001. It had been justly stated that the object of inserting proclernetioes was to obtain publicity ; one mode of doing this was through the Dublin Ga zette, the authentic cheitirel of informution ; and he confessed that he had been ignorant or the manner in which information was circulated to distant parts of this country. But when he had come over and inquired, he found that in order to circulate th e prot •letnationa through distant parts or the country, messengers were sent down from the Exchequer, who, for a small sum, were responsible for circu lating them. This he considered a good end cheap mode of communicating informat , end it was his intentiois is, impure whether a similar regutr lion could be extended to Ireland. The vote hail been reduced with a view to consider the subject. On the general question he could only say that he should turn his attention to it, for no man was --P•vr ' more anxious to correct any abuses that might exist. Lord Mt Llton had no doubt that the Right Hon. Gentleman (Mr. (Lent) was anxious to correct abuse; and if it 'were true that Mr. Grierson had made false returns, it was most important that seri) a transaction should not pass unnoticed. After a few words from Mr. ii3CIaPILTT and Mr. GOV 1.111! 1111 Mr. Hume said, the wiry way to correct the abuse inJrel Ind* and check its progress here, was to re duce the grant. It appeared that the stein was not confined to the Government, for the Commis sioners of Wide Streets had paid within three years to The Correspondent 1,2301. for advertisements ; and from various other estahlishmetttli they had re ceived for advertisements 3,750 Z., Ore 'time* more than any of the papers that had three times the cirCe= ' lotion. He now wished to call the attention of the House to the state in which the English Press was l•krly soon to be. He had lately called the attention of she House to the Times newspaper, and the Chan cellor nf the Exchequer stated that no order's bad been given respecting the printing the Government advertisements. He had 'nice inquired, and he found that within the last year the Government had caused that no Goverornent advertisements should be inserted in it, in consequence of the part it had taken in politics. He deprecated dna system. and he lamented that any Government should he obliged to resort to such a course; yet the Times paid, in the last year, 50,0001. for stamps. To the paper it could be no injury, but to the public it was very considerable. Mr. DAWSON said the Government should not support any useless papers, and lie regretted that they published their advertisements iu Ireland in one of the most obscure and useless, as Well as the most contemptible and odiousjournals that ever was published, he meant the Hibernian Journal.— (Hear.)—lt had lately sent forth abuse upon the character of Mr. Grattan, whose memory would ever be esteemed and d by every Irishman who loved his country.—(Cheers.)—lt roused the indignation of every man in the count►• that even the mime of that great and good man should ap pear in this paltry and contemptible Journal.-- ( Hear, hear.)—And during the late discussion upon the Catholic Question, it contained para graphs calculated to stir up the people of Ireland to acts of open rebellion.—( Load cheers.) Mr. GRATTAN •aid, on the paper to question he was not now disposed to waste an observation. He hail seen the paragraph alluded to by the Host. Gentleman opposite. and at the spur of the mo ment he was induced to reply to it ; but he wished the attention of the Right Hon. Gentleman (Mr. Grant) would be directed to the subject, for it was unbecoming that the characters of men who in their life time deserved well of their country should when dead be submitted to unmerited obloquy. Mr. llstimax corroborated the statement with respect to the Times, and wished to know whether the Secretary to the Treasury was prepared to deny it ? _ Nn answer being given— Mr. iloonousa wished to know whether the House were to infer from the silence of the Govern ment that the statement was troe ? Lord MlLTON—Surely the Chancellor of the Exchequer will give some answer; No answer was given, and the grant was agreed to. Sir R. WILSON said, as the hoar was now late. and as many items would be brought forward that were likely to create discussion. he thought it would be prudent to adjourn the debate. At the request of Mr. GRANT, he consented to let the remaining Irish Estimates be gone through. On the proposed grant fur the Police end Witch. Mr. Hums expressed a desire that this should stand over, as he had some observations to make upon the Magistrates. Mr. GRANT said, it was his intention to intro duce next year a Bill to regulate them ; at present the Magistrates were divided into districts-12 were chosen by the Government, and 12 by the Corpo ration. three of whom were Barristers and three Slieriffs' Peers. Mr. Hums raid, that under these circumstances he should not oppose it. On the proposed grant for the Bsrrack Depart ment— Mr. GRANT *Mid it was the intention of the Go vernment to consolidate the two departments of England and Ireland into onr. Mr. GRATTAN complained of the immense num ber of barracks kept up in Ireland, and also of the frequent use of the military power. By this means the civil power had almost gone out of use ; • soldier was employed upon every occasion; but a few resolute Gentlemen would, in his opinion, do more to quell any disturbances that might arise, and in this department considerable reduction might he made. Mr. GRANT said the Government were endea vouring to dispose of as many old barracks as possible. Mr. stoat? said, there were in the city of Dub lin, at the Royal Barracks, • Barrack Master and a Deputy Barrack Maste►. Clue of those, Sir Ed. Stanley, was, he lerstood, a renowned " City Knight" and • red hot loyalist.—( A laugh.)— ' Ile might, fur aught he knew, be a good kind of 111411 ; but, as he had no duty to perform, the coun try should not pay him 500/. a year, and he prayed the attention of the Irish Secretary to it. Mr. GRANT Paid, that this was one of the stut. tions g►anted sunder the Act of 1797, and it became extinct on the death of the present possessor._ Sir R. WILSON again pressed upon the Hoeise the n e c e ssity of adjourning the debate ; on the pro priety of which • conversation arose between the Marquis of Londonderry, Mr. Hume. Mr. Mouck, Mr. Broughton, Mr. Arbuthnot, sod Mr. Robinson, when it WWI finally agreed that the further consi deration of the Report should be adjourned to tu-morrow (this day). The other Orders of the Day were then disposed of, and the House adjourned at • QUARTER TO ONE O'CL‘ER. I.ord STRANGFORD had his public audience of the GRAND N'IZIER on the 19th, and of the thiAND SEIGNIOR on the 2241 of May. Lady STRANGFORD accompanied her husl►and in male attire, and although the streets through which they passed were thinned with people to witness the procession ► not the slightest disorder took place.— (Ercning Paper.) ffeN , PP/....••• -•\ T!! Ps . iTOREIGIi INT r L LIG F. N Cf. SPANISH PAPERS. CADIZ. JUDE 6. The Redactor General of this city mentions c h at the Ga/ga schooner arrived there on the sth from the Havanna'', in thirty-nine dAY's, with the mail, &c. It sailed with the convoy of the Pronta frigate, composed of fifty-five vessels, includint four ships of war, from which it parted on the 24th May. in lat. 41. 6. long. 29. 57. west of Cadiz. The same Papers states that the national troops in New Spain have recovered 500,000 of the 700,000 piasters in tercepted by the rebel Colonel Iturhide, who, it IS asserted had submitted. [This news was communi cated by the persons on hoard the Galgo, and will, we hope, he confirmed by the letters which are not yet landed.] Our Political Chief has issued a Proclamation on the appearance of Zildivar, with a. band of 45 hor►e men, in the neighbourhood of Xeres de Is Poin ters. He severely threatens all who whall join this rebel, and commands thein to lay down their arms and return to their homes within 45 hour., wider pain of being tried by military law and shot. It is believed by many that this party is only a band of smugglers. BT. SEBASTIAN, .flifiti 8. On the sth arrived in tin, port the /linable Rosa. on the 6th the Bueaa Gabriela, and the Mulatto. all from the Havannah With colonial produce. They have brought letters from Havannali of the 24th April, in which is the following intelligence We have just learned by way of k2amperlie, that the Rebel Colonel, Ituerbide, has accepted the amnesty, after having been abandoned by hie troops, and has given himself cp to the army of the Viceroy, with 500,000 piasttes, and Pint the Bishop of Puebla has fled With 200,000 piastres. Tine news is too important to be br lieved upon bare as sertions, if it shall happily be confirmed it will se cure for a long time, the tranquillity of the king dom of Mexico, and of this island." ARAND♦ DE intim. JUNE O. General lEmpecinado has taken prisoner at Nava de Roo. D. Lorenzo Quintana, clerg‘ mail of Rod. His capture is considered to he as important; or even more so, than that of Merino himsdf, as he was his intimate friend, confident, and director, and enjoyed, in this whole district more reputation than Merino. He has been brought to this town, mod proceedings are commenced against him. JUNF. 10. The troops of General Empeeinoile b e i ng ex• tremely weary, remain at present in their respective positions. Avery point it secure, and all measur►i have been taken to prevent a surprise. This mi serable faction can hold together no Luger than while it avoids shriving itself. SEPULVEDA, JUNE 10. The wretched Merino escaped from the atfitir of the 3th with only 15 horses, thanks to the si6lity of his and the weariness of oar cattle, which was such that the soldiers were at last obliged to lead them by the bridle, otherwise that 'Owl would have fallen nnder the sword of the Commander of the first battalion of Catalonia, or of that of one of the four brave men who joined him in the pursuit. MADRID, JUNE 14. The sitting of the Cortes on the 12th was im portant. The Minister of Finance stated that the amount of the contributions paid in the last ten months to make good arrears was 120,764.158 reads, and for the payment of the current taxes, the sum of 585,297,352 real., making the sum total of 706.061,510 reels; and the general estimate being 712 millions, there remained only 6 tnillions to be paid in the two remaining months to complete the amount. The Conde de Torreno, Senor Cepero, and oilier Members, expressed themselves highly gratified by the flattering prospect presented by this statement. —(111 Universe!, ✓une 14.) THE BRITISH PRESS. LONDON, FRIDAY, Jima 29. ISM A Dutch mail arrived last night with papers to the 27th instant. The following is an extract : ♦taaaA, JUNI 16. INTELLIGENCE FROM IVA LIAO. lA. By 08464 accounts from Bucharest of 3d June, the head quarters of the 'Furbish army, which has entered Wallachia ruder the Command of Haslschi Abmet Paths, were in Colentina, without the city, where there was a camp of 22,000 mess, the half of which consists of cavalry. This corps was to proceed against the rebels its a few days. It seems that it WAS intended to wait for Juggle, Pacha of Meadow, who is engaged in clearing Moldavia of the In surgents, and is stated to have immediately occupied Jassy, in order to act wish their united forces against Ypsilanti, who is still in his position at Tergowist, and seems disposed to occupy himself with his corps of insurgents, which is stat ed to consist of 10,000 owe. Bucharest itself was occupied by 500 Turkish troops un der the command of Baschbeschit Aga Tehir, an Albanian ; they were stationed in the two strong forts of the city, the metropolitan residence and the monastery of Railulawda. Perfect order prevailed in the whole city, and the public peace had not beets a moment interrupted. All the inhabi. tants, both natives ■nd foreigner., are however disarmed; the first are obliged to deliver up their arms to a Com mittee appointed for the purpose, the latter to deliver them to their respective Consuls. On the other hand, the Turkish Commander has had I Turks hanged and beheaded who had been guilty of excesses. All persons, even those individuals who were accused of basing been corrected with the rebels,ws treated with the greatest lenity provided t►ey have not been taken with arms in their hands. Such persons sre left at liberty upon bail, and pursue their occupations without molestation ; but the greatest rigour is titterer to the armed Hewitt,. Thus, Go the tel ofJuse, ten of Ypsilanti's sacred baud were taken in a village, and executed in their black uniforms at the end of the bridge that leads to the Turkish camp. Two Greeks of Bucharest who had taken pa►t in the rebellion, experienced the same fate. The Caiosscaas of the Dimly appointed Prince Callimachi had not yet arrived at Bucharest. Crsjowa is already occupied by the troops of the Pacha • • of 'Witt, which posh their arhanced posts along the Mire Alata to the neighbourhood of Rimnik. Aceordiair to the testidiody of an eye.witaess, thesollore Wladitaireake, moo after bli arrival at Psteisebt, was mar prised by Captain Jordali, arrested shad roadueted is elideh with a stront escort to Ypsilanti, at Teresittiit. The Paris Papers of Monday lain have arrived. The Coart will go into mourning on 'faraday for twelie (1.1)s, on account of the death of the Duchess Doosger of diurgiii. His MAJESTY re. ceived several of his !Musters, and also the Neapo litan Ambassador, on SundAy. These Papers con tain no news of any interest. A Flanders Moil has arrived with Patters from Brussels to the 26th inst. 7'l►e folloWing are ex tracts tRAPINFORT, JURE 18. The King of Prinwia joassid through this mottl ing to go to Homburg, where he hreeklasted. Hs Majesty returned to dinner at Frankfurt, ttie.i went to pay a s•isit to the Grand Duke and Ductiesa of Ilesse. To•tnorrow his :Majesty goes to Mayence. TRIF.STV, JUNE P. Eleven thousand English troops have arrived at Malta ; they are aupposed to be intended to rein force the garrisons of the lonian Islandr. DRUMM .11711 E 22. Boron de ISujill is said to he appointed Am basaxdor Extraordinary it, the Court of ',modem r on the neessi 0000 of the Coronation of !111 Majesty George IV. Copies of the Address proposed oti Wednest'uv night in the House of Commons by Mr. Hums, 111111 of the Amendment moved by Mr. this& t.s, mid subsequently adopted by the Hon-e, will be foiled annexed to these 'observations. 'The original motion was rejected by 174 to 94 vote., but the Amendment was ununimously adopted. With re ference to the object contemplated by Mr. HUSte, there appears in examining the language of the Address and or the Amendment, very little cause for preferring the one form of words to the other. nor is it easy to perceive why the Ministers, who op. posed the motion with all their power, should has e unanimon-ly concurred its the tenor of the Amend ment. The public, howeeer, we think, have acme cause to be gratified with the debate and the Tr sult, nor 'solved has Mr. HEINE, in his apparent detest, any reason to complain, for the Amendment re cognises, as strongly as need be the propriety of pur suing • strict and anxious inquiry into the vapemk ture of the country, with a view to the enforcing of an efficient and palpable retrenchment. Mr. Hrus's motion had merely • plospective object; it bore no reference even by implication to the past eon. duct of the Government ; it conveyed 110 et it-iire nor testified any feeling of the displeasure of Par hammed at any past sites of omission or trensgresstou ; it prayed for a minute investigation iota the mode and expense of the management and collection of the revenue—for • careful revision of rill Sq... kyles and allowances, especially of those. which had been increased since 1797. that they may be adjusted with reference to the iucressed value of the currency—and filially for • general reduction in the exFroditure of the country, particularly in the military establishment. This proposition wits vigorously opposed, and one is almost tempted to suspect that the opposition of the Ministers and their friends on this occasion was governed by a principle of caprice, or perhaps by some other feel big not more respectable, when we find the rely same suggestions comprised in Mr. BANIEES'S Amendment are received with smiles of approval and adopted by acclamation. In die Amendment his MAJESTY is humbly but earnestly entreated to give directions that an investigation similar in prin ciple to that which has been instituted in the de partment of the customs may be extended to all other branches of the revenue, wish a view to ren dering " the collection of it more ecormatieul and its management more e.fficient." If any weight were to be attached to the terms of two proposi. lions which are similar in principle and spirit, the terms of the Amendment most manifestly imply a stronger censure upon the existing system, whatever it may he, with regard to the " collec tion" and " management" of the revenue, than cast be inferred from the terms of the original motion. The Arnesulment then proceeds to recommend, " for the purpose of affording a further relief to the country," that a initiate inquiry should be in,ti fitted in the several departments of the civil go vernment, "as well with a view to reducing the number of persons employed, as with reference to the inereased salaries granted to individuals since the year 1797 ;" and finally, " thut every pos,bie saving should be effected in the more exterel.it e-tablishments which the country is obliged Io maintain for the safety and defence of the United Kingdom, and more especially in the military expenditure. by a reduction in the numbers of the army, sod by a constant and vigilant superintend ence over that and all the other departments of the State." In what then does that degree of diversity con sist between the original motion and the Ainenii mein which could induce the House of Common•. to reject the one form of words and adopt the other ? We are sincerely of opinion that the Amendment expresses in stronger and more energetic terms the objects of Mr. Humes motion than does the form of words which he in drawing up his Resolution happen ed to employ, and we Lave very little doubt that if 1 T 1111"1" "I IIII I I PPPIRMIII • • • v.- 4 .* : ' • • • , • • :