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PAR,LIAIVENT. nousE OF LORDS, ALtitcn 30. The Earl of MOUNT-EDGECIfiIBE preented a Petition from certain Occupiers of Land in the CouthyTof Cornwall, complaining of Agricultural Distress, anti praying felief. 7 ----.Ordered to be laid ohlehe table. Earl DIGBY presented Petitions to the same effict frolii' the OCcupiers of Land in 'Weymouth; ana'fie COunties of Rants, GlouCester and Wilts. —6l l iieTed . to be laid•On the table. The Trish Clerks or Nisi Prins . Bill was broAiht 'tip from the Commons, and read the first time.,. . Witchcraft Laws Repeal - Bill was read .theAecond time. T jut Archbishop of Yons presented a Petition from the Archdea.eonry and Clergy of York abzainst the Catholic Claims. Lon, .CA J .TIIORP E . presented Petitions from cer tain :Proprietors *of. Lands in the vicinity of Wielaior forest and of Uxbridge, prying for a revision of the Crimin3l 'Code. Liiid.AIELyILLE presented a Petition from the ',ree - holders of the County of Inverness against the Malt Duties. The Bishop of LAND kFF presented a Petition froth the Archdeaconry and Clergy of Hereford against the Catholic Clainas.—They were all or dered to be laid'on the table. Pie Irish Attorneys' Fees Bill was read the third time and passed. Tile Beer Dutie; Bill «•as read the second time.—Adjourned till Monday. HOUSE OF COMAIONIS. COM3IISSIONERS OP. SEWERS. DODSON . presented a petition from the Pcrt of 'Rye, 'and 9.31 r. B. IVIEBRAIIAIII presented a petition from the ofdlye,,-both Against the Commissioners of Sewers Bill. The petitions were ordered to be. printed. The second reading of thz Bill was postponed to Monday se'linight. R AI POLTN D. Cn the inotionof Sir Ili. W. RIDLEY, the Grampound ,IVl.iyaeys Indemnity Bill was read a - second time, and ordered to conirlittcd on - Monday next. The Innkeepers Bill was read a third time and passed. • Sii JOHN NEWPORT - presented a patition from Michael Lacy, of the Court of King's Bench Office, Ireland, and another from Wm. Stuard, of the Exchequer Office, Ireland, praying that their oflicos might not be abolished without some compen sation being• granted to them. Laid ou the table. Mr. C. 'GRANT brought up the Report of the Committee en the Irish CoUrts'-- of Justic e CO m p ensa t ion S, which was agreed. to ; and it • was ordered that instructions should be Ei.rfin to the Committee on the Irish Courts'' of Justice Bill to make provision for the same - out of the Consolidated Fund. CORN AVERAGES, Mr. BLAOKBT:P.S;Ver:;ented;;&iiiion from the Presi der.t and other Members of the Chamber of - Commerce at Manchester, against any Idtration in the mode of taking Corn . - averages. ,3. 1 1 E• F. ROBINSON said he still retained the opinion he Aidd when he proposed the Bill the second reading of which war fixed for this evening ; and he therefor e believed the effect of that Bill would not be such as the petitioners apprehended. He begged to observe, with reference ta_ a remark which had been made upon his absence on a former night, that dthough the rule was that every. Member of "the House should attend in Ms place during the whole sitting, yet it was the understanding of the House, that those who had'important duties to perform were not to be called upon . for a strict obedience to the rule. The petition was ordered to lie on the table. Mr. ROBINSON then uostponed-the seoond reading of the Corn Averages Bill until lionday se'nnight. Mr. ELLIS presented a Petition from Joseph Farrel, one of the-Clerks in the Court of Exchequer, praying compen sation. £:r J. NEWPORT bore his trstinlony to the creditable manner in which the petitioner had always performed the duties of his Office. IRISH TRIAL OF TREASON BILL. This Bill went through a Committee. The Report was brought up ruld agreed to, and the Bill was ordered to be read a third time on the fish of April. _ TIBIBLit DUTIES. On the motion of Mr. 'WALLACE, the Report on the Tim her Duties Acts was brought up, and ordered to be taken into further conside7ation on Wednesday next. • eh- M. W. RIDLEY begged to say, upon the subject of this Repott, that he trusted his present. silence upon'the de- tails of the measure' wol;ld 'not be construed into an acqui escence in either the proposition of the Right Hen. Gentle man opposite (Mr. Wallace), or of that of the Noble Lord (Althorpe) near . him Ile thought the duties recommended by tenth were higher than case required, and more calculated to injure than to serve the interests which they were meant to protect—The report was ordered to be printed: CAPITAL CRIMES. Mr. MARTIN-moved the second reading of the Capital Crimes' Defence Bill. He went into - some arguments in sup port of the Bill. The Hon. Member cited several instances that had come under his own cognizance of Judges not only not acting as Counsel for prisou-ers, but of their acting as Counsel against them. He moved that the Bill be - read a second time. ,The SOLICITOR-GENE RAL said he should oppose the motion. His' experience hi Courts of Justice informed him that the Pill, if passed into a law, would operately greatly - to the prejudice of prisoners. -He would.assert that Judges were, in all criminal cases, Counsel for the prisoners substantially, zealously, and - even astttaly.—(flear, hear, hear !)—lle was satisfied that in•nine cases out of ten _the prisoner would. be be nefitted- by having the Judge for his Counsel; and if in a case where the evidence was yery_strong against the prisoner, would it not be better for him to have the Judge as his Counsel ; since if he was represented by Counsel, the latter must have re course to sophisms and evasions, which the Judge would feel it his.duty to unmask, and thus effectually become Counsel against the prisoner. Hi objected therefore to the second read ing oftheßill. , fir J.,iIIACKINTOSII . said he could not conceal his surprise at the Course of argument employed by his Learned Friend.— Accordhlg to him Counsel were injurious to prisoners, and yet be looked upon the assignment of Counsel to persons accu s ed of high treason as a privilege of Cie highest consequence. In short, the effect of his Hon. and Learned Friend's argument was, that more guilty persons would be convicted and more innocent'acquitted in consequence. of this Bill—the very result intended; Sir J. YORKE feared he should incur the charge offpre . gumption in ad‘..iressing the House upon this subject after the two Learned Gentlemen ; but they both seemed to forget that which was most material in this country—namely, time. Suppose Counsellor Bore'em, and COunsellor llother'em after Fim, to be employed in a case—they- would occupy in their addresses two . hours a-piece at least. , This being the ease, and it further ,appeexing, - from the statement of one of the Honourable Gentkmen oppOsite, that the number of criminal cases in a year amounted on the averar to three thousand, the consequence would be that.twelve thousand hours would be wholly consumed in each year by the spSeches of the two Learned Gentlemen. ' The .ATTORNEY-OENBRAL thought that the Bill ought not to be sanctioned by the Houl, since no inconveni ence was stated to. result from the present system 'of criminal trials. Mr. MARTIN shortly replied. The Gallery was about to be cleared for a division, but the mction was negatived without a division. NAPLES. Lord CASTLEREAGH laid on the table a voluminous quantity ofTapers,btirg the Correspondence of the British Mi nister at Naples with the Duke de Gallo. • COLONIES. Mr. GOULBURN laid on the table-Papers containing the correspondence on the subject of the , Colonies paying the ex pences of , their military defence. • ARMY ESTIMATES. Lord PALMERSTON laid on the table papers relating to the Army Estimates. BRITISH MUSEUM. Mr. LENNARIVQ(i. he held in his hand a motion which he shoUld now move, or postpone, if it was thought ne cessary, to Monday next, and the object of it war to bring bet i orc the 'House a return of the number of applications for admission. 'to the reading room of the British Museum, which were po?tponed or got rid of. The House were not aware, perhaps, that an applicant, according to the rulei of the read ing-room, must have the recommendation of a trustee, or an Officer of the House, in order to get•access to the library; std in consequence many very respectable persons, not baying the advantage of obtaining access to any of the Trustees, gave up altogether the attempt to get admission. To such persons this rule was a:virtual denial, and he knew it to be so in several instances. At the suggestion of Mr. C. LONG, the Hon. Member liost poned his motion. to Monday. - ARMY ESTIMATES. On the Order of.the Day, that the House-re solve itself into a ComMittee of Supply; • Mr. HumE. said, that as the House was about to resolve itself into a Committee in which the Army 7 4stimates were to be tonsidered, he "felt it his duty to submit a motion 'respecting the Staff and l'ublic Departments of the Army similar to that which he had formerly submitted respecting its numerical force. He was strongly impressed with the difference between the umbers of the Army in 1792 and 1821 ; he was still more im pressed with the difference of the expence of the Staff.' He should only state, that the motion which he should submit was founded on docu ments laid on the Table. The lion. Member then moved, as an Amendment, a Resolution : " That it appears, by the Returns before the House of Com mons, that the Total. Charge, under the head of Staft Officers of every kind, belonging to the Army in Gre a t, Britain, and in all the Colouip, in 1792 (Ireland excluded), was 33,7941. ; For Great Britain For the Colonies - - £16,670 •• 17 ,118.. - Total - - - £33,704 And that the Charge, under the head of Staff of every kind, for Great Britain and the Colonies, in the year 1821 (Ireland ex cluded), is 117,710.; namely— For Great Britain - - - £33,8.55 For the Old Colonies - - 52,155 For the New Colonies - - 31,700 Total - - • - £117,710 being an increase in Great Britain and the Old Colonies of 52,2161., and " in Great Britain and th e Old an d N ew C o l on i es of 83,0161. a year ' for Staff belonging to the Army ; and th a t, also, it appears, by the Returns on. the Table of the House of Contmons,. that the Charge for the Public Departments, in Great Britain, of the Paymaster-General, the Secretary at War, the Judge. Advocate-General, the Comptrollers of - Accounts, and the Commissary-General of Musters, their Deputies, Clerks, and Contingent Expences, in 1792, amounted to 40,8381. ; and that the Charge for Allowances to • the.principal Officers of the Public Departments, of the Commander-m-1 Chief, Paymaster-General, Secretary at War, Judge Advocate- General,, Comptroller of Accounts, the Medical Department, their Deputies, Clerks, and Contingent Expences, for Great Britain, in 1821, amount to 133,0741., being, an increase of 92,2361. "Tore for the Public Departments of the Army, in , 1821, than in 1792." The Amendment was negatived, and the Or der of the Day having been read, The CHANcr.i.Lon of the EXCHEQUER moved that the House do now resolve itself into the Committee. Humu said, he had forborne to press his lasi motion, betause any Gentleman who. had a doubt as to any figure, might be justified in giv ing a negative to it but he had now to proppse a motion, on which he should take the 'Sense of the House, and he intreated them to consider well how much the salaries of office§ had been in creased since 1797. There ,was not•an individual who was not aware of the causes of the increas e . . The motion which h e s h ou ld.submit to the lionse, was- to pledge them to revise all salaries which had been increased since'l797. lie moved there-. fore, as -An Amendment,. the folloWing Reso lutions : " Resolved,--That the progressive increase of salaries in the different Public. Departments took place in consequence of the increase of business in time of War, and the Depreciation of the Currency, which began soon after the Susriension'of Cagh Payments, in 1797 ; .and that as Peace has been established,. and the Currency brow-ht to a Metallic Standard, it is expe dient that a considerable reduction of expence should'be . 6 : ffeeted by a proper revision of all salaries increased-ohice 1797, by ad justing them to the present value of the Currency." Lord PALmEasTON said, that this being a ge neral sweeping Resolution, had no relation what ever to •the motion -before the H ou se. If the • .•.1, 11.9. solution was proper to be entertained by the. House, certainly this was not the opportunity, and. the Hon. - Member ought to give notice of it for a future day, As to the statement that we had returned to a metallic currency, he was ig norant of any such fact. lie knew, indeed, that preparations were making for carrying into effect such a scheme. Mr. BARING was surprised to hear that this was not a proper opportunity for the Resolution of his lion. Friend, to whom the country, he had no doubt, felt itself so much indebted. The Noble Lord said, he was not aware that we had re- 'turned to a metallic currency. The objection seemed to him a little too fastidious, since in about thirty days time it would be in the power of any man to call at the*Bank and supply him self with gold in exchange for Bank Notes, at the rate of 31. 17s. 101 d. per ounce. The House should particularly observe, that this Resolution did not bind the House to make any reduc tion, it only pledged them to take the matter in- to consideration, and he was sure that in common consistency, those who voted for taking away some of the taxes, ought to agree to this Reso lution. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER would re mind the House of the total inapplicability of this Resolution to the subject to be brought before. the Committee of Supply. There were a series of opportunities of discussing the items of the expenditure of this department to the utmos minutia' of detail, of which the Hon. Member might avail himself. Mr. BENNETT said, that the Resolution only pledged the House to an inquiry, and by thus pledging itself it would do no more than :vas re commended to them by the reports of several Fi nance Committees. The recommendations of those Committees were all neglected by the Go vernment, and his Hon. Friend seeing them so careless, now called upon the House to interpose. Lord PALMERSTON would make one observa- Lion. 'The Hon. Member said that the Govern ment were idle and careless in the reduction of expenditure. Now, did the Hon. Member forget that a saving of 84,000/. a year was made by re ductions in the Military Department since the war. Mr. BENNET said, that nothing could be more wild than to hold forth the disbanding of soldiers at the termination of. the war, as an instance of . a disposition to retrench. Mr. T. WILSON-would not vote for the resolu tion of the Hon. Member, because the matter of it was not brought fairly before the. House. Sir M. W. RIDLEY thought that the Members who voted for the reduction of the Malt Tax, were, bound as honest men to agree to this reso lution. Mr. GIPPS would have no objection to the motion, if he knew what immediate use was in tended to be made of it. Mr. HumE said, that the use be intended t 9 make of _it was to lay before the House, if they agreed to his Resolution, several items of increase of - salaries, the mere statement of' which would - render all observation unnecessary.' He would, for instance, show that the Deputy Secretary at. War, who had a. salary of 8201. yearly in 1797, now enjoyed a salary of 2,500/. per annum ; and that the head clerk, w.ho had a salary of 7001. a year in 1797, had a salary .of 1,400/. at the pre sent time. Mr. HARBORM and Mr. MONCK spoke in favour of the Resolution. Colonel Tr.nNotr.was prepared to show, by an arithmetical calCniation, that the expence of the present Military gstablishinent was not rated higher in proportion to the tiumber of men, than the same had been in 1792. If it was true that in that year 47,474 men cost 3,494,0001., then surely 81,000 men ought to cost now 5,896,0001. But the gross sum sought was 6,000,000, which was but very little over what it would be, even by the nicest calculations, on the rule of 1792. The House then divided, there appearing— . For the Amendment 29 Against it - - - '5O Majority . - - , ' —2l. Upon our re-:admission to the Gallery, we found the House in a Committee of Supply.—lt was then moved, that a sum not exceeding 105,5431. ss. 10d. be granted to his Majesty to defray the charges of the Staff of his Majesty's Land Fortes for Great Britain and the Colonies, with the exception of the East Indies, for the year, from the 24th December 1820, to the 25th December 1821. Mr. RUNE wished that the House would con sider the enormous allowance made'to the Com mander in Chief, being 161. Bs. a day. He would not say that we should have no Commander in Chief, but we had none in 1792: Formerly the Duke of York had-only nine guineas a day,' and he should propose a reduction to that amount.— He should also propose that. the Secretary to the Commander in Chief should be reduced to 10001. as his salary amounted to 20001. a year, and in times of peace he could 'have nothing to do.— (Hear ! from Lord Palmerston.)—He was glad to hear that the Secretary to the Commander in Chief had a good deal to do, for then the Noble Lord could have little or nothing to do. He would propose also to reduce the Chaplain-Ce neral, "who held three offices, and could not be . in thre e place's at . once. The Deputy Assistant Adjutant-General and the Peputy Assistant Quarter Master General ought to be. reduced ; and he should, in fact, move a reduction of the expence of the Staff at least one-third, though he well knew that there might be a reduction safely made of one;half of its expence. A reduction of one-half might be made in. the Staff of South Britain, and a considerable reduction in that of North Britain.: He was aware that he might be told these . offices Were useful ; but he begged the House to attend to the recommenda tions of the .Finance CommitteeS to' return as speedily, , as possible to the former peace esta blishment." The Staff of Ireland was charged at 20,0001.; 'when, in Ino,' it only amounted to a few thousand pounds. There was a very heavy Medical Staff in Ireland, though he believed not one of them had ever been abroad with the British army, and lie must say that. if this Staff were necessary, it should be supplied from the half-pay, Officers on the Medical Staff, who had seen a,great deal oiservice abroad. The Colo- nial Staff in 1792 cost only 17,0001. while now it was charged at 50,0001. In the Windward and Leward Islands the .expence was then but 80001. and now it was 27,0001. The Staff in the lonian Islands was two-thirds more than it ought to be. We had now a gross Staff at hone and abroad which he should move to be reduced from its pre sent amount to 180,0001.; and he now moved, that the present vote should be reduced from 105,0001. to 85,0001. Lord PALMERSTON said ; that this was a qnes tion whether the army scheme of 1792 was fit for the purposes of the State and time ; and whether we should return to a 'similar state of inefficiency in our army, which would be best accomplished by reducing the efficiency of our Staff. Wciuld we give up the present excellence of our Army Establishment, while no other court 'try in Europe had done the same ? lie defended the amount of salary to the Commander-in-Chief, on account of the immense duties he had to per form. The duty of Military Secretary to the Commander-in-Chief, was at present most labo rious, from his having to attend to all the claims of half-pay Officers. The Chaplain-Geneml for all his three places, only had 3001. a year. There had been a very great economy effected by the Medical Inspectors of stores for the army. He therefore opposed the motion. Col. DAVIES would not propose any reduction in the salary of the Commander in Chief ; nor in that of the Military Secretary, whose duties were incessant. But there was no necessity for a Quarter-Master General. By getting ria of the Commander in Chief, and most of the Staff in Ire land, there would be a saving of 4,7001. There would also be a great saving by reducing the number of General Officers in the West India Islands. In that of Tobago, there was a Major- General to '2OO men. The Port Adjutants of those Islands should also be reduced. lie saw no necessity for Lieutenant General and a Brigadier General, -a Brigade Major, or a Secre tary to Sir. 11. Lowe, in St. Helena, The reduc tions he would have to propose would amount to -12 or 13,000 men, exclusive of the saving on the Staff of Ireland. Mr. 11. G. RENNET considered the Office of Secretary to the Commander-in-Chief, must by less laborious now than in time of war. lie begged to impress upon the house the recommen dations of the Committees of Finance of 1817 and 1818; for Government, who appointed those Committees, seemed to have forgotten that they had ever existed. Mr. Pitt's economy of 1792, ought to be imitated. No man could deny but that Mr. Pitt was a great economist ; and, if he had a f4ult, it was perhaps in paring down Offices too closely. In a few hours a reduction might be made in the Offices of Adjutant and Quarter- Master Generals. The job was done ; a great economy would be effected. by these. Estimates : and though the Noble Lord might get the money this year, he would not get it in another. Col. WOOD said, no soldier in the British Army would deny but that the Commander-in- Chef deserved more than he had for his services to the country: The Getieral Officers had to go to each company, and ask each individual if he had any complaints to make ; and through the General Officer such complaints were to be transmitted to the Commander-in-Chief. The Inspectors of cloathing had to take care that the cloth sent out to the different regiments should be of the best quality, else inferior articles would be sent out. Mr. llumE had only recommended the reduc tion of three General Officers, but the last speaker had given a reason why the whole six should be reduced. In 1803 the Secretary of the Commander-in-Chief had 10831. a year; and he (Mr. H.) wished to have it brought back to that amount. In 1805 the salary had been in creased, because of the additional number of troops ; but as that number had now been re duced, he thought the salary should be reduced in the same proportion. The duty of inspecting the clothes was always done by one person, and one was sufficient. He had not wished to bring down the expenses of the Staff to what it had been in 1792, as, though his amendment should be acceded to, the expense of the Staff now would exceed that of 1792 by 60,0001. Mr. J. SMITH would have been better pleased had the Amendment been for a less reduction.— lie was sensible that the state of the army was much improved, and that the country was under great obligations to the Commander in Chief.— When he heard it stated that we were unable to fulfil our engagements to the public creditors, he must say that the first duty was to pay our debts. He hoped the amount of the sum would be reduced, and he should support it cordially. Lord PALMERSTON explained; it had been that night stated that Mr. Pitt had been termed an economical Minister, though, while he lived, he had been reproached with the utmost prodi gality. The present Ministers might, therefore, hope at a future day for similar applause. Mr. IJUME would substitute the surn of 90,0001. for his first Amendment, in deference to the wishes of his friends. Strangers were then ordered to withdraw, and the Committee divided— For the Amendment - - 61 Against it , - .• 116 Majority in favour of the Original Motion - -55. Upon our re-admission to the Gallery, we found Lord PALMERSTON moving the Grant of 25;,289./. for the Staff of Ireland. Sir 11. PARNELL contended that the office of Commander in Chief in Ireland, and the Staff attendant on that office, might easily be dis pensed with, and was a piece of useless extrava gance. lie should move as an Amendment, that 20,479/. should be substituted for the original motion. Lord PALMEIBTON said, it had been the inten: tion of the Government to get rid of the Lieu tenant-General in Ireland, but by the motion of the lion. Baronet, the Commander-in-Chief would also be removed, as the Hon. Baronet proposed to take away the salary. The rank of Com mander-in-Chief was necessary, from the extent and the inrportance of his station. _ _ ,Mr. Humc was surprised that the amendment had been for so small an amount. While in Eng land there were only four Adjutant Generals, there were in Ireland eight. *All the , Medical Inspectors in England but one were on half-pay, while all the Medical Inspectors in Ireland, ex cept one, were on full-pay. In England all the Medical Inspectors bad served abroad ; while in Ireland, with the exception of one who had been three months at Gibraltar,. none had ever been out of the country.--44931.; the expence of - the Medical Establishment, shotild be reduced to 1900/. The reduction ought to have been to the amount of 75001. and then the expence would lie still too large.. • Lord PALMEnSTON contended that the nature of the Military Establishmebt in England and Ireland was very different. The -Irish - Medical Establishment was not exempted from foreign service any more than the English. Mr. WAItRE supported the motion for the re duction. Sir IL PARNELL asked the Noble Lord if he wished,to have it supposed that the military ser vice was going on in Ireland as in time of war. The reduction might be made without any detri ment to the public service. 'Sir G. Hun opposed the amendment, as it was necessary that there should be in Ireland such a responsible Officer as a Commander-in-Chief, to whom the Lord Lieutenant was to look for ad vice in that branch of the public service. Mr. O'GRADY objected to the unnecessary ex pellee attached to the army in Ireland, and should vote for the amendment. Mr. C. Ca ANT said, the question almost was, if there should he a Court i❑ Ireland, with suit able Officers. The lion. Baronet had formerly expressed his opinion that the office of Lord Lieutenant should be abolished, which opinion had occasioned great alarm in Dublin. If there was to be a Vice-regal Court in Ireland, there must be a suitable splendour attached to it. Col. DAVIES was in favour of the amendment. —Lord PALmnasToN and Mr. GRANT explained. Mr. BENNET saw no use for the office of Com mander-in-Chief, as the whole of the duty might be performed by the Lieutenant General, both at the Court of the. Lord Lieutenant, and in a lniii ta ry capacity. Sir G. HILL defended the office of Commander- in-Chief. Mr. R. GORDON wished to know why it was necessary for the Commander-in-Chief in Ire lend to give, dinners ?—(A. laugh.) The gallery was then cleared for a division-- Ayes Noes - - - - - 140 Majority against the Amendment --87 During the exclusion of strangers another division took place, the precise nature of which we could not learn. The numbers were— Ayes - - Ntiv; - Majority - The next Resolution was for granting 133,074/. or different Officers. - 134 ___G3 Col. DAvIEs and Mr. BENNET wished to have the several items put separately, and discussed separately. - The proposition was acceded to; and the first Item put *as 14,4741. for the Commander in Chief's Office. Mr. Htni . - objected to this grant. In 1807, the expence of this office was 7,5001. -and this in pie time of an extensive war. In 1792, the ex pence was only - 10001. We were then at peace, : and we are now-at peace; hut he would not pro pose to reduce the item to 10001., or even to WOOL, but he .would propose as an Amendment to make it 10,0004 instead of the proposed sum. —After a few words from Lord PALmcasTox,- Mr. HumE said, he understood, in 1806, the expence was 12,2561.; and lie would now with draw his Amendment for 10,0001. and.- propose the same sum as in 1806. Upon this proposition the gallery was cleared for a division, but np-tli vision took place. When we were again admitted; we-foUnd Mr. Hum!. objecting to the Grant of 28,0001, for the Paymaster-General. He contended, that Xll this money might be saved, as any Banking-office would pay the Government checks- without charging a shilling: and it was for the perform ance of that duty alone that the Public now paid 23,0001. In 1792 the expence of this office was about 18,000/.: and he would now propose to re duce the'propOsed grant`of 28,0001. to 23,0001. Mr. C. LONG ' defended the original motion, and entered into a detailed statement of the du ties performed- by the Vaymaster General, which were such as the Bank of England ; or any.pri vate Banker would find it impossible to perform if only the payments to Half-pay Officers were. considered, and it should be recollected that Offi cers were now paid their half-pay at their places of residence - ,'however distant from the metropolis. The•llight Hon. Gentleman then read a state ment ,of the "expences of the office for sevqral years' pa4f; by which it 'appeared he had:irtfo•- • duced gradual reduction, and he was per.iihilkt he should be able to continue to snake " • . e*muat" reductions: • - • Sir H. PARNELL thought the army might -be ,paid at much •lass e:xpence-; and in support of his opinion adverted to the practice hi Ireland. , *ln Ireland the duty was performed by the Trea sury, and.he thought the same course mlght be adopted here, and. the office of Paymaster might be. abolished. Mr. liumt replied, and contended, that the whole business of this office might be done for 30001. a year. Mr. C. LONG again repeated his arguments on the importance of the office. Since he had held the office, upwards of 300,000,000/. had passed through his hands. Air. BERNAL complained of the management, of accounts and pensions in this office.' lie saw, by the entry of pensions, that the, widow of a General Officer received a pension of 120/..whi1.3 the widow of an Aceonnlant received three times, that sum; and the widow of a c ommon E nter i n g Clerk was put on, a par with the widow of s General Officer. Mr. C. LONG said, these pensions were grant ed before his time but the accountant and the entering clerk had each been 42 years in the service of the public at the ti ne_of their decease- Mr. COURTNEY d-f-eded the PaYmaster G neral, who had reduced the expences the Or. Lice from 85,0001. to '28,0001. and had given up much valuable patronage of his own. Mr. BENNET complained of the large compkt sation given to public servants. He was as ready. as any man to bestow due rewards for public services; but at present he thought the House was compensation-mad. lie Ivish‘d sincerely to see the Compensation Act repealed. After a few words from Mr. Long, the gallery was again cleared for a division, but none tooli". place ; and the Resolution was agreed to. The Chairman th en re p or t e d progress-, aid• asked leave to sit again. On the motion that the Report of the Res An- ons should be received on Monday, Mr. 11. G. BENNET divided the House ; whE'a ie numbers were— Ayes - - - - -21 `Noes Majority - - Dr. LUSHINGTON brought in his Bill for e:c." eluding Irish Masters in Chancery, Sz-c., front Lolding seats in that House. The Bill was ruad a first, and ordered to be read a second time op Friday next. The other Orders of the'Day were then dib posed of, and the House adjourned at HALF-PAST, ONE O'CLOCK, till Monday. LYNN, MARCH ‘29.—A truly melancholyacci dent occurred in this port on Tuesday lasi:'---?' e brig Janet, SECKER," master, being under a f t-1/1 sail, with a strong tide, was steering out of t he harbour, and seven men, who had been renderitii; assistance on board tire, vessel, were getting over her side, into a boat to take them on shore, whet; in an instant the boat filled wit water, and three of them were unfortunately drowned ; the other four were rescued from a watery grave by the crew of a revenue cutter, who instantly put off to `! their assistance and saved them. The names of the sufferers were Cox, SMITH, and ULrif l and all of them have left widows and families, The body of only one has been hitherto found, rratTui. Al the Chant ry, Nor cw , ch, orauesday last, the lady of Phil'? ainond, Eq. of a slit!-horn datlglacr. mmtP.IF,D, On Wednesday se'nn'aglit, at • the Friend's Meeting li"n sft i Halsted, F.ssex, Morley, glass N th ) c hi n amans Wo•ulltridge, to Hannandaughterof Mr. Knight, . 4 t "" daughter former place. On Sunday last, .at the Cathedral, Norwich, Mr. S• ru"r i mer, late of the Indies, to Miss Rose What!, of St. George Tomtit:lnd. Ou Monday last, at Woodbridve, Frederick William SliarP" Esq. of Newmarket, to Elizabeth Philadelphia Lee S.'s::: ;;rand daughter of the late doh,' Roberts, Esq. formerly d, Fuser of his Majesty's Hospital at Yarmouth. • , DIEM On the 24th inst., at Bremen, J. A. Albers, Esq. M .P. ' aftet a fe das' illess, at he age f 48. On the I w 7th y nit., n 0.5., at t St. Peter o sbur gli, Admiral (in the !Nssian service) George Tate, senator, and knight of St• older Nevskoy, &c. in his 76th year. On Fricfay last, Mr. J. 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