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P'arliament was founded on the fact that such was not the wish . ai ite Catholics, of Ireland. AU he desired was to be allowed to exercise his own discretion, and act as he thought the inte rests of the question demanded. Whenever the eause could be served by discussion, he should be ready to bring it forward, but he mutt remind the :Right lion. Gent. that, this had never been, regarded as - an annual measure, and that it had never been con. sidered indispensable that it should be brought forward, under all 4ircumstances, SesSion after .Session. :The Right Honour. are Gentleman had said, the advantage gained in the last :Session made it desirable that they Should Troceedivithout loss Of time. He could not exactly agree with the Right Hon. Gentleman in this. For his awn part,' after the near approach made to final success last year, he' should enter upon the sub ject With more caution and more fear than on any. former occa . sion. He did not think the present state of Ireland was such as would induce the friends to the measure to wish that it should be immediately brought into discussion.. He believed the Roman Catholic body in Ireland had the good sense and. good temper to concur in this. • Whether the circumstances of Ireland furnished a reason for accelerating the discussion, was that on which others must decide ; but he had no hesitation in ' saying, that if the. measure were successful, nothing could operate more beneficially on Ireland than that would ; whilst, if Unsuccessfill, nothing could do more harm, or prove more irritating than suck failure at the present moment. His opi nion was, that this was not a favourable season for bringing the discussion forward. At all events no harm could arise from allowing.the subject to stand over till the Motion of which no tice.had.been given for the 30th April had been made: ,By.that time. he thought the House ought to be informed of the in tentions of those who. interested thernselves - in this question, :Ina put In possession of their determination to bring it for ward, or not to bring it forward. He - begged to say that his Conduct in , this case would be influenced by no secret in formation whieklie.might be supposed to have obtained. No thing of the kind- operated on him; _He,, acted on public grounds only. Mr. BRIGHT said a few words in a low tone: he was un derstood to say that the Catholic'elaims were advancing step by step, and he disapproved of that step which the Right Hon. Gent. (Mr. Canning) now proposed that they should take. Mr. CANNING begged to state to - the House his view of the racition which be proposed to submit to their considera tion. 'He thought it would Prove one great'ste toward the accomplishment of the final, object. of the Catholics, but it would have this additional recommendation, that the measure, if carried, would be in itself a most valuable acqUisition. .Sir J. NEWPORT was of opinion, that what the Right lion. Gentlenian .(Mr. Plunkett) had urged as an argument • against' bringing the subject forward at the present moment, made in favour of such a step. He' (Mr. P.) considered the present disturbances in. Ireland made it desirable that the dis cussion of the Catholic claims should be postponed till another session. lii (Sir J. Newport) viewed it in a totally different light, and considered them to supply art additional reason for proceeding now. to entertain a measure on which the establish ment of permanent tranquillitY, in Ireland mainly, depended. Ike Was of opinion that no delay ought to take place, and it was - his most firm conviction' 'that it wouldbe unwise in the friends of Catholic Emancipation to lose the advantage gained in the last session by not follewina it up in this ? , , Here. the conversation terminated. Sir NEWPORT brought np the 'Report of.. the Cons ,, mittee on Public 'Records.—.Ordered to be printed. ADMIRALTY QUORUM BILL. CROKER hoped the Bill which had been received from the Lords that day would be passed through all its stages as expeditiously as possible, as it was a measure on which no dif ference of opinion existed, and one, the delay of which would cause Much public inconvenience. The Bill was shortly after wards read a first and• second time, and ordered to be commit ted. It subsequently passed through a Committee, was report ed, and read a third time, and passed. Lorca J. RUSSELL moved 'for it return of the Stamps" issued for-Newspapers in 1800, distinguishing those for London Jour nals from those which were for country Papers, . and also a si rhilar return for 18:20.—The motion was agreed to. CIVIL LIST. - Ir. IHJME rose to mow for certain, Papers respecting the Charges for. the Third Class of the Civil List. His object was merely to obtain information to enable the - I:louse to come to a satisfactory decision on the case when it Came before them. He moved for areturn of the number- of Ministers, Charges des Apires, or Agents, not being Consuls, at the different Courts abroad, Specifying the total amount of their salaries, establish . rnents, and allowances, of every kind, together with all charges 'for extraordinaries or incidental expenses, in the years 1792 and 1321,- with the dates of the several appointments. Also a re turn of all English Consuls and 'rice Consuls kept abroad in the same year, specifying their salaries and allowances, and dis tinguishing whether the duties of such stations were performed in person or by deputy. Also a return of all pensions granted to Ministers sent out to Courts. Also a return of all Ministers or Consuls appointed since 1792, specifying their salaries, allowances, and outfits. The Marquis of LONDONDERRY had no objection to the puxiuCtion of the paperS moved for ; on the contrary he might perhaps move for some additional papers, as it was his object to sift this question to the bottom, and examine the subject in all its c?ar.ings," The motion was agreed to. • Mr. - .111:1111E then, moved for an account of all Pensions granted to those comprehended in. the Third Claps of the Civil List, from January, 1817, to January, 1822, together with the amount paid from these in certain cases, under theprovisions of an Act of Parliament, to the Consolidated Fund in each year.— The motion was agreed to. Mr.: RENNET moved an Address to the Crown, praying that Accounts of the nett produce of the Four and Half per Cent. Duties, and the manner in which the same were appro priated, 'should be laid before the House.—Agreed to. - IRISH FIVE PER: CENTS: BILL. The Report of the Irish Five per Cents. Bill was taken into consideration, and after some remarks - from 31r. RICARDO as to the arrangements with respect to time, and a few words from Sir J. NEWPORT, which were replied to by the CHANCELLOR of the ExcunQUER, the Report was agreed to; and the Bill read a'third time, and passed. The Report of the Summary Proceedings Bill was taken into further consideration, and , the Bill ordered to be recom mitted on Tuesday. MISCELLANEOUS ESTIMATES. Mr. ARBUTHNOT moved the House should go into a Committee of Supply ; and he alsc4 moved that the Miscel laneous Estimates should be referred to the said Committee. Mr. HUME hoped the Army Extraordinaries were not now to be brought forward. If this . were intended, he should op pose it. Mr: ARBUTHNOT said the Army Extraordinaries would not come - on then. The motion was agreed to, and the House resolved itself into the Comthittee. Mr. ARBUTHNOT thought it necessary to address a few words to the Committee, in explanatien of the estimates, as they in some respects differed from those of last year, and it was 1 , right that he should point out the changes which had taken place. Last year the first item called fora large aggregate sum, in which the charge for bread, meat, 'and forage was included. This year in consequence of the decline in the price of provisions that charge had been separated, from others. The sum re quired last year for the articles he had mentioned was 159,0001. taking meat . at 6d. the . pound. This year the price of'meat averaged but 40. and the difference blaween that price and 6d. was given to the soldier. The next item for coals, candles, and stores in barracks, was 41,0001. last year.— This year - the charge under the same head was 3.5,0001.-- For great coats, the charge fast year was 20,0001. This year it was 17,0eq1. being a saving of 3,0001. For the Commissariat last year the sum called for was 52,0601. In the present esti mates the sum called for in consequence of the reduction of some 'of the officers was but 49,0001. and some odd hundreds.—'_. The Commissariat half-pay list caused a charge last year of 43,3631. This year it amounted to 45,8241. This increase arose from the reduction which had taken place, which placed those who had previously been on' full-pay on the half-pay list, and froth another cause which he. briefly explained. There was besides a small additional expense from promotions on the oc casion of the . Coronation. ' - The Commissariat 'Officers had deserved this of their country long since. In 1816, from the manner in which they had performed their duty at the close of the war, and especially in the Peninsula, it had been taken into consideration., but reluctance to incur additional expence had prevented the measure from being decided upon. No promo tions had been made but in the case of two or three clerks who had refused to go unhealthy climates but on this condition.— Promotions having taken - place in the army and navy since the close of the war, it was felt necessary to do the same by the Commissariat, to spare the feelings of officers belonging to that department. Four officers had in consequence been promoted to the highest class, Six - to the second class, four to thatimme diately under it, and sixteen clerks had been raised file lowest step. This did not cause much additional exppnce, as since the peace the lowest class had been on the sarrie footing with the clerks themselves during the war. There was also a small ad dition for Widows' Pensions. This arose partly from the regulation made the year before last, and partly from the num ber of death which had occurred in the unhealthy climates.— The charge for the Full Pay of Officers had been reduced from 14,2831 to 15,3801. The hired labourers had been reduced f rom 127 or 129 to 59. In consequence of this, a saving of 4,5001. had been effected. He proceeded to explain the way by which the sum of 357,7481. the total charge, was reduced by stores in depot, presumed to amount to 15,0001. and other items to be carried - to account, to 334,0001. The business of the Storekeeper's Department was about to_ be transferred to the Ordnance. There every effort would be made to do' justice to the public ; but saying this he must add, that it was impossible for the business to be better performed than it had been by the Storekeeper and the head of that department. The Master of the Ordnance might possibly be able to reduce some of the officers; but he was not sure that this would be in his power. He concluded by moving a grant to defray the expences of the Commissariat Department in the present year of 334,6401. Mr. HUME remarked, the grant before them had been re duced from 401,0001., its amount last year, to 334,0001. Look ing at this, and believing the Right Hon. Gentleman to be merely anxious to diminish the public expenditure, he was re luctant to offer any objections on the present occasion. It was however impossible not to remark on some of the items. There was a charge of 35,0001. for coals and candles in barracks. This was a large sum for such a purpose. Then there was an item of 70,0001. for barrack stores. It might be impossible for the Right Hon. Gentleman to give the particulars of this charge noiv, but he hoped they would be furnished by next year, or he should object to the grant and call for further information. The Right Hon. Gentleman had mentioned a charge made with respect to the Storekeeper. That which had been pressed for last year on that side of the House, was an arrangement by wh:s - t the heavy expense of the premises then rented might be got rid of. He did not know whether this .had been ef fected by the changes which the Right lion. Gentleman had mentioned ; if it had not no great diminution of expence could thence arise. He had last year complained of the large num.: ber of Commissioners kept up in Canada. These he found had been reduced from 72 to 61. Besides these 61 in Canada, there were 22 in Nova Scotia. Now he .would submit that 83 Commissaries in those places must be more than were neces sary, and he hoped and expected to see the number consider ably reduced by next year. But besides those he had men tioned, there were eight Commissioners of Accounts in Canada, and four in Nova Scotia, making with the 83 he had spoken of, a total of 95. Ire then noticed other charges which appeared to him .to call for remark. The salary of Mr. Herries he com plained of as too large, and as most extravagant. He had last year objected to the remuneration granted to Mr.: Commissary Trotter. He denied that he had that claim on the country on account of his long service which had been set up for him. He had no more right to be_regarded as an old servant of the public than any other person had who might have been in the employ of a contractor or agent for the Government. He did not propose to make any reduction on the Estimates at present, but he could wish to ask if the Right Hon. Gentle man meant to hold out to them that no future reduction could be effected ? Mr. ARBUTIINOT, adverting to the remarks which had fallen from the Hon. Gentleman. respecting the Storekeeper's Department, said, he bad perhaps been rather remiss in not stating that arrangements had been made, which afforded him every reason to hope that the whole duty of that Department would in future be transferred to the Ordnance. He could as sure the Hon. Gentleman ; that though a year had elapsed since this subject had beenmentioned, the time had not been passed in idleness. His thoughts had been anxiously turned to it, with a view of making. the transfer as soon as this could be effected, with due regard to economy, and proper attention to the public service. He belieVed he might say, that from this time forward, the whole of the business of the Storekeeper's Department would be transacted at the Ordnance., The item of 70,0001. which had been alluded to Ve could only submit to the House as he bad now bro'ught it forward. Hereafter there would be no tifliculty in obtaining information as to the manner in which it might be applied, but at present all he could say was, that that sum had been spent in the last year, under the head which appeared In the Estimates, and it was rea sonable to suppose that a like sum would hereafter be wanted. Wit'n respect tb the warehouses in Tooley-street, which had been alluded to, and the rent of which it had been wished to save, he had every reason to believe that they would soon be got rid of, but under what circumstances they would be turned on the hands of the proprietors he could not now take upon himself to say. As to the number of Commissaries kept up in Canada, Nova Scotia, and the West Indies, he was sorry that lie had not with him a.paper which he had left at home, stating the number of stations Occupied by . the troops. At Gibraltar, where the soldiers were nearly all in one place but i few Commissaries were necessary • but scattered as the forces were at the other places Which had been mentioned, it must be seen that a much greater niunber of Commissaries were called for, and the expense, provisions, and stores must be greatly augmented if a sufficient number of officers were not re tained to watch and protect them. If, consistently with the public interest, the number could be reduced, such reduc tion should take place. Remarks had been made on Mr. Herries. That Gentleman received 2,7001. for his 'services.— He believed it was well known to the public that he had performed his duty in a most perfect and satisfactory man ner. Not wishing to make a comparison that would be disadvantageous to any other person who had held the same situation, he might say that Mr. Herries had never been sur passed by any one who had preceded him. It might be proper to state, that though Mr. Herries was now included in the Par liamentary Commission appointed to inquire into the state of the public Offices in Ireland, he received no salary for that duty. He ought to say that, if Mr. Herries retained his si tuation as auditor, it was uo fault of his, as he had wished to relinquish it last year, that he might wholly .give.hirnself up to the other duties that claimed his attention. For Mr. Trot ter, though the Honourable Gentleman denied his claim 'to con sideration for long services, it ought to be remembered that his peculiar fitness for the situatian which he had filled had raised him to it. The highest encomiums had been passed on his conduct when the. war concluded, and having received 20001. per annum during the war, he thought he had not been improperly allowed to retire on an income of little more than 1,5001. Mr. BENNET said, the income 'of Mr. Herries, 2,7001. was one that might well startle them, for such an income had never been heard of for a clerk before. There was no sort of duty which Mr. Herries could perform from daybreak till mid night which he ought not to render to the public for such remu neration. He admitted Mr. Herries to be a most meritorious servant, but he objected to that scandalous prodigality which gave him so large a reward. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER spoke, to the meritorious services of Mr. Herries, and begged to remark, that there were very few Members in that House whose edu cation and talents surpassed those of that Gentleman. The Hon. Gentleman was not justified in considering him merely as a clerk.. From the situation of a Clerk to the Treasury he had risen to a most important situation, having in every in stance given the highest satisfaction to the heads of his depart ment. Mr. Herries to the close of the war had been entrusted under a Commission with the management of an immense sum connected with the military expenditure of the country. No less than 17,000,0001. had passed through his hands, for which he had accurately accounted, and for the disbursement of which he had disclaimed all remuneration. He had also rendered important services to the country in connection with the new arrangement of the Civil List, and put the accounts on such a footing that no accumulation of debt had since occurred. Mr. Trotter, it was true, had not been in the public service so long as Mr. Herries. ut though he had not served the country more than eleven years, the House could not be ignorant of the great exertions which that Gentleman had made in various places abroad, and especially in the Netherlands. The num ber of Commissaries kept up in Canada were necessary, while our troops in that quarter were scattered as they were at pre= sent. To diminish the number of those whose duty it was to watch over the provisions and stores before the forces could be more concentrated, would, he was sure, be the worst economy. - Mr. BENNET did not mean to deny that Mr. Herries was a most excellent servant. What he objected to was, that he had received the salary which ought to pay a higher office than that which he had filled. He only meant to speak, not against Mr. Herries but against his retiring on a salary of 2,7001. TheCHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said, since it was admitted that Mr. Herries was a most excellent ser vant, he would take upon himself the responsibility of reward ing him. Mr. BENNET remarked, much was heard of Ministerial responsibility, but he wished to God that they knew that there was any meaning in the word. It had been constantly used during the last fifty years, *while the nation was hastening to weakness, poverty, and ruin. He did not know whether the day of real responsibility would ever come, but he hoped to God that it would, and that too while the present Ministers were living. Mr. HL ME complained of the number of Commissariat clerks maintained up the Mediterranean, and of the expense I thus thr"wn on the country. He thought an establishment of 252 clerks in the Commissariat Department was most ex travagant. Mr. ARBUTHNOT said, that many reductions had taken place in this Department since the last year. As further re ductions could be they certainly would be made.—The Resolu tion was then agreed to. Mr. ARBUTHNOT then proposed a Resolution for 121,6001. for the Barrack Department. Dr. LUSHINGTON wished to know'what had been done with a surplus sum under this head, which was stated to be unappropriated last year ? Mr. ARBUTHNOT said, the sum had been applied to the expence of building for this department, which were nearly completed, and that the House would not be called upon for any further sum to defray this charge. Mr. HUME said, the charge for the whole of this depart ment in 1818 was 99,1001., being 22,5001. less than in this year of pretended economy and reduction. The item of 27,0001. for salaries and allowances to Barrack Masters and their De puties was a most extravagant charge. If the salaries of Bar rack Masters were reduced to 901. a year, which was allowed to be an adequate retnnneration by the best military authori ties, a sum of 10,0001. would be saved to the country. He last year noticed the case of a Barrack Master, at Haddington, who was a linen-draper in that town, and he had this year de tected an ironmonger, who officiated in the same military capa city, and who was in other ways connected With the Barracks, than by receiving his salary and reconnoitring them, as he passed once a week on his way toEdinburgh, to transact the business of his shop. He would propose a reduction of 10,0001. in the allowances. As for the 60,0001. for annual repairs of Barracks, he thought it would be better to let the Barracks, the unnecessary ones (and many of them, were unnecessary), j go to ruin and rot, as they could be rebuilt again at the cost of the , repairs for a year or two. He saw no reason why the system of Barrack Masters should not be broke up, unless that they were politically appointed. It would be more consistent, as well as economical, to let the duties of Barrack Masters be done by half-pay officers. ' The Honourable Member con cluded by moving, that 111,6001. be granted, instead of the original vote of 121,6001. Upon the Amendment being put, Mr. ARBUTHNOT denied that any persons were appointed to the office of Barrack Master, except 'such as.were connected with the army. He had been long acquainted with the ap pointments, and could say that they were mostly officers who had been long in the army, and had been reduced. He would add, that they were not overpaid, and they had never been ap pointed for political reasons. He denied that the Barrack Master of Haddington was a draper, or had resided so far from his post as had been alleged. The officer alluded to had indeed taken a farm at some distance from his residence, but then that farm was managed by his son. As for the expence of repairs, it would be seen that 63,4011. had actually been expended. last year in repairs. The number of barracks had, since 1813,been reduced to one-third. It was, impossible, therefore, to reduce the sum for repairs. Colonel WOOD thought it would be imprudent to part too hastily with buildings which had cost so much money. At the commencement of the war, a want of cover for the troops had been felt, and that had induced them to build more barracks than were perhaps necessary, but still it would be improper to part with them. Mr. HUME thought the care of the house at Brecon very absurd—there were not perhaps 50 soldiers in the town ; the repairs of the house cost only IL . , and yet 1631. was paid for at tending to it. He thought all the temporary wooden barracks, such as those at Canterbury, for which a rent of about 30001. was paid, should be taken down. There 'was one item of last year's expenditure which he thought absurd in itself, and upon which they could not reckon as any part 'of the average expence—he meant the 10,0001. which had been laid out upon the Mews at Charing-cross, when it was in contemplation to remove them next year. Mr. W. SMITH said, he observed a charge of 101,0001. for bread, meat, and forage. If this were the total amount he thought the 60,0001. for keepers of Barracks was highly dis proportionate, especially as the incidental were almost as much as the principal charges. The transfer of the barrack duty to the Ordnance Department ought, he thought, to have been made before, as it was confessedly practicable. Mr. ARBUTHNOT said, the charge for bread, meat, and forage was allowed in the Army Estimates, and was introduced into the present Estimates merely to illustrate the accounts. The Hon. Member on consulting the Estimates would find that it was not distinctly charged. The transfer of duty had been long }ender consideration, but the accomplishing of such an ob ject was necessarily a work of time. Sir JOHN NEWPORT said it appeared there was no limit to the discretion of the Barrack Department. He observed a sum of 10,0001. for repairs in the last year, though they ap peared to be of a temporary nature, and though the particulars of the charges were not given. Mr. ARBUTHNOT said that no considerable expence was ever incurred without the approbation of the Treasury. He was not able to give the particulars of the sum alluded to by the Right Honourable Baronet, on uccount of the illness of Mr. Markham, the principal Officer at the head of the Barrack Department. Mr. R. SMITH thought the circumstance just mentioned by the Right Hon. Gentleman was an irresistible argument in fa vour of the proposition of the Hon. Member for Aberdeen.— The Expenditure of the last year was in general a guide for that of the present ; and as the 10,0001. in question had been laid out for Extraordinary Repairs, it was not likely that a similar sum would be required this day. Mr. ARBUTHNOT said, that as there certainly appeared to'be some foundation for the argument that the Repairs in ques tion were Extraordinary, and as he was, for the, reasons he had mentioned, not able to give the House the particulars of it, he certainly would not press the vote, so far as it regarded the 10,0001. Hear, hear !) • Mr. BENNET said, ,that the motion of his Honourable Friend, the Member for Aberdeen, was intended as a reduc tion of the allowances to Barrack-masters, and was therefore not touched by the concession which had just been made by the Right Hon. Gentleman. He felt pleasure in answering the appeal made to him by the Right Hon. Gentlemen, to prove that he had not been influenced in a particular case by parti cular motives. Certainly the Right Honourable Gentleman had acted on that occasion fairly, and handsomely. But with regard to the present vote, he really thought as much as 44,0001. ought to be taken off; 10 5 0001. from the salaries, and 30,0001. from the repairs. The barracks at Manchester and Oldham were perfectly useless, and were admitted to be so ; and as for the barrack in the Regent's Park, it was erected in a most inconvenient situation, and was damp and unhealthy. ' He objected also to the allowance of a horse and barrack car-', riage, for each Barrack-mastera Mr. ARBUTHNOT said, he understood the object of the Honourable Member for Aberdeen was merely to take 10,0001. from the vote ; and to that he had consented ; but he could not agree to any further reduction. Several Barracks had been given up ; and among them those at Manchester. Doctor LUSHINGTON thought there was a considera ble omission in the Estimates with respect to the dates of the various expenses. But, at all events, he thought the same sum which was required last year for extraordinary repairs, could not be necessary this year. He thought that further information should be given, before the House could be called upon to pass the present vote. Mr. ARBUTHNOT said, the last account was for works actually done ' • the present was merely an Estimate. He had already stated that it was not in his power to give such full particulars as he could wish, on account of the illness of Mr. Markham. Mr. HUME said he had last year opposed the granting of money for the barracks at Manchester, and his arguments had failed in convincing the House. Now it appeared that the barracks were given up, and the money was lost to the public. Mr. ARBUTHNOT said, it was only the temporary bar racks at Manchester to which he alluded. Those of a perma nent nature were retained. Mr. HUME said, that had a return for which he had some time since moved, been laid before the House ' much of thepre sent difficulty would have been avoided. He had moved for an account of the number of barracks retained in Great Britain, by how many they were occupied, and for other necessary particu lars. He. certainly thought the vote ought to be postponed un til the House.should have received further and more satisfactory information. • Mr. R. WARD hoped the Committee would not hamper his Majesty's Government as to the amount of the vote. The application of it was to be left to their discretion ; and if at the end of the year there was any sum remaining in hand, it would be accounted for. The vote was theHagreed to. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER proposed a Resolution for 1,200,0001. for defraying the Interest of Ex chequer Bills for the year 1822. Mr. RICARDO. complained that they were always called upon to vote for arrears of interest on these Bills, although the full amount had been provided for in the first instance. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said, the present vote was to cover the interest for the present year, to gether with all outstanding arrears. They were frequently called upon to pay arrears, in consequence of the Bank retain- ing the hills in hand for a considerable time. The Resolution was then agreed to. The following Resolutions were then agreed to, viz.:- 200,0001. to, the. Commissioners of Management in respect of Exchequer Bills ; 10,0001., the last instalment for carrying on works at the Royal College of Edinburgh ; 18,1)001. for the Penitentiary at Milbank. Upon the last vote, Mr. HUME asked, if this was the last instalment, and what amount had already been voted for this building ? Mr. HOLFORD said it was the last instalment, and, with the former sums, made 458,0001. •Sir .T. NEWPORT said, that there was much ground for complaint in the Government not having accepted Mr. Ben tham's plan. That Gentleman proposed building a prison equally commodious as the one in question, and at a much cheaper rate. Mr. HOLFORD said, Mr. Bentham had oared to build what they had done for upwards of 400,0001. for 20,0001., and he left the Committee to judge whether justice could have been done to the object of the building. " After a few observation& from Mr. W. Smith, Mr. Buxton, Sir C. Long, Mr. Sykes, Mr. Wilbraham, and Mr. Peel, the vote was agreed to. - The next vote was for 40,0001. for the repairs Of public buildings. . • . In answer to a question from Mr. HUME, the CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER stated, that the Hon. Member of that House who had been appointed to the &lice of Juspector of Gasometers at that end of the Town, IRA refuted t 9 accept any salary. Mr. Alderman WOOD moved an amendment for the post ponement of the vote, on which the Committee divided, when there appeared— For the Amendment - . Against it - . - Majority -42 The next Resolution was for a vote of 35,0001. to defray the charges for bounties, and other expenses paid upon the capture of slave ships; which, after a few observations from Mr. BERNAL, Mr. ARBUTHNOT, and Dr. LusittN'oToN, was agreed to. The sum of 10,5001. was voted for defraying the expenses of the Mint and Gold Coinage in 1822. For defraying the expense of Prosecutions for counterfeiting the Coin, 5,0001. For Law Charges in 1822, 25,0001. FOr defraying the expense of Convicts employed at home for the year, 1822, the sum of 81,3621. For the Penitentiary, at Millbank, 23,0001. On the motion for granting 3,0001. to defray the expense of the National Vaccine Establishment, Mr. HUME proposed to reduce the vote 15001. The Hon. Member took objection to the employment of Mr. Murray, of Bridge-street notoriety, as Secretary to the Board. He consid ered the salary bestowed upon that person a waste of the pub lic money. The Medical men of the Institution also received salaries, which it would be to their honour to refuse. Mr. DAWSON observed, that the individual to whom the Hon. Member had alluded (Mr. Murray), did not receive salary without the performance of service. He attended to all the papers of the Institution.—Here Mr. flume exclaimed, " there are none.")--Mr. Dawson assured the Hon. Member he was under a mistake. The Board had papers which occu pied the attention of the individuals. The Institution was really of more importance than the Hon. Member was disposed to allow. Mr. P. MOORE supported the Amendment. Mr. W. SMITH was inclined to consider the taking salaries at this Institution rather disgraceful to eminent medical men, because almost every public medical establishment was at tended by men of the first talent gratuitously. Mr. ELLICE said, it was not worth the while of the House to sacrifice for 1,5001. what might be of great benefit to the country. He begged his Hon. Friend would abstain from dividing the House, and guard cautiously against the slur thrown on this Institution. Mr. HUME did not mean to slur the Institution, but it was a slur on those who took salaries from the public. His object was to remove the shit. from these individuals. He withdrew his amendment Mr. ELLICE explained. Mr. WILLIAMS said, a more useful establishment did not exist. Mr. BENNET supported the objections of his Honourable Friend.—The sum was then voted. The sum of 33,5671., for defraying the expences of the Public Office, Bow-street, including the Horse. Patrole, &c. was also granted. The sum of 100,0001., for defraying bills drawn from New South Wales, was voted. The CumnmAN,then reported progress, and the Report was ordered to be received on Monday. Adjourned at HALF-PAST TWELVE to Monday. LIST OF THE , MINORITY ON MR. WOOD'S MOTION FOR POSTPONING THE GRANT OF £40,009 FOR REPAIRS OF PUBLIC WORKS, COMPRIS.. ING THE KING'S BENCH, MARSHALSEA, AND FLEET PRISONS, UNTIL AN ACCOUNT IN DETAIL SHALL BE PRESENTED. Bennet, Hon. H. G. Evans, William Ord, Wm. Baring, Sir T. Farrand, R. Towlett, Hon. W. Bright, Henry Griffith, J. W. Pym, F. Boughey, Sir J. F. Gipps, G. Ricardo, D. Barrett, S. B. M. Hume, J. Robarts, Colonel Benett, John Hurst, R. Sefton, Earl of Chetwynd, G. Jathes, W. • Smith, W. C respigny, Sir W. Moore, Peter Williams, —. uncannon, Visct. Monck, J.' B. Warre, J. A. Dickinson, W. Newport, Sir J. Wood, T. UNIVERSITY INTELLIGENCE. PREFERMENTS. (OXFORD, MARCH 29.)—The Rev. Francis Ellis, M.A. to the Vicarage of Long Compton, War wickshire, on the presentation of the Provost and College of Eton.—The Lord Bishop of Lincoln has appointed Richard Smith, Esq. M.A. of Buckden, to the Comnussaryship of Bed ford, in the room of the late Professor Vince. PREACHERS.—Rev. Mr. Heyes, of Exeter College, on Sun day morning, at St. Mary's.—Rev. Mr. Crowe, of New College, in the afternoon, at St. Peter's.—Very Rev. the Dean, at Christ Church, Good Friday. CRANE'S BENEFACTION.—In a recent paper we alluded to a pamphlet by the Rev. J. JAcxsox„containing an extract from the will of the late John Crane; and we subjoin from the University Calendar, some account of the noble bequest, as far as it regards this University and town : John Crane, apothecary in Cambridge, and M.A. died in 1664, and left by his will money to buy an estate of * £62 per ann. to be settled on the five Corporations following, viz. the Uni %ersity of Cambridge, the towns of Wisbeach, Cambridge, Lynn, and Ipswich t. The rents to be received in order, and to be applied by the University in their turn towards the relief of sick scholars. The distribution to be made by the Vice-Chan cellor, the Professors of Divinity, Law, and Physic, and the chief Apothecary of the town. The Master of Caius college is requested to assist the distributors. The gift to the town is to be disposed of in lending freely 201. to three young men to set them up in trade, they giving good security to repay the same at the end of twenty years. The choice to be by the Vice-Chancellor, the three Professors of Divinity, Law, and Physic, the chief Apothecary, the Mayor, Recorder, and three Aldermen, or the greater part of them. This disposal of the donation to the town is to continue till the fund amounts to 2001. which is to be employed in lending 201. to ten young men at intervals, and to be repaid at the end of twenty years, and again lent as before. The excess of the fund above 2001. is to be employed in the re lief of persons confined for debt, and of poor men and women of good character, at the discretion of the above mentioned Trustees. * The present rent of the estate is above £3OO per annum. t The first payment was made about the year 1660.. ( Cambridge Chronicle.) SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. BETTING-ROOM, MARCH ItIDDLE! !9.—STATE or THE ODDS. ,WORTH. 4 to 1 agst Frolic 5 to 1 agst Mockbird. BY. 14 to 1 agst Mystic 16 to 1 agst Stamford 22 to 1 agst Vertigo 25 to 1 agst any other 5 to 2 agst Midsummer 4 to 1 agst Aquilina DM, r 6 to 1 agst Aquilina 13 to 2 agst Duke of York's Whalebone c. 7 to, 1 agst Sycorax 12 to 1 agst Bro. to Antonio OA 5 to 1 agst Pastille 11 to 2 agst Cat DONCASTE 19 to 2 agst Ajax 21 to 2 agst Swapp 13 to 1 agst Newbyth 16 to 1 agst Illandane .KS. 7 to 1 agst Rosalind 8 to 1 agst Tippitywitchet. L ST. LEGEIt. 27 to 1 agst Sycorax 20 to 1 agst Marion 25 to 1 agst Dupore 30 to 1 agst Akarius. PEDE ST RIANIS3I.--MI. WEST, the celebrated runner,. started on Wednesday morning, to go on foot from London to Salisbury, and return by the Bath road, after touching at War-' minster, in three successive days. The route is 212 miles, making near 71 miles per day. This pedestrian is one of the great Powell stamp, whose walk is five miles an hour, but he occasionally indulges in some lounges at the rate of nine miles an hour. He had. performed 80 miles at ten o'clock on Wed nesday night, when he went to rest. He started at two o'clock on Thursday morning, and at six in the evening he had done 52 miles, and was going on well, making for a friend's house on the London side Ilungerford. Time was the favourite yesterday. The time for his arrival at Kensington, where he finishes, is three o'clock this morning (Saturday). TROTTING MAT CHE s.—The great Trotting Match which occupies much attention in the sporting world will take place on Monday, on Sunbury Common. The Match is, that the horse belonging to Mr. Willan, which beat the slate coloured horse, the best of the newly-imported 'Americans, three miles lately, is backed to trot three miles within nine minutes, and to carry ten stone. The odds are on time:— On the same day, Captain Halford undertakes, for two hun dred guineas, for his horse to trot eight miles in half an hour ; and again, for one hundred guineas, that a horse, his bona fide property,. shall trot sixteen miles within an hour. To carry 11 stone in the first match, and 10 stone in the second.—Bet ting is 2 to 1 that he does not win both. Thursday the remains of Sir HENRY ENGLE.. FIELD, .Bart., were removed from his house, in Tilney-street, Park-lane, with great funeral pomp, for interment in the family vault at White Knights, in Berkshire. Sir Henry was the seetiOd oldest of the English Baronets. The title becomes extinct. LENT ASSIZES. HORSHAM, Mancii 28. The business on this side finished to-day about two o'clock. The only case worth mentioning was the following : BEW V. LAETER. This was an action against the defendant, as the author of a libel, published of and concerning the plaintiff, in the Brighton. Chronwle, on the 2d of November. The plaintiff was described as a respectable • surgeon-dentist of Brighton, and attached to his Majesty's H ous ehold in that capacity • and the defendant was represented to be an attor ney's clerk in the same place. I t was alleged that the defendant, having taken some offence at the plaintiff's conduct towards him, which on the part of the latter waaunintentional, publish ed in the Brighton Chronicle of the 2d of November last, the following paid -for advertisement : " Shortly will be published, the life and adventures of a cer tain Knight of the Tusk now living at Brighton, accompanied with anecdotes of entertainments given at Snaggl e to o th H a ll, and reflections, by an observer: When 'a man has thrust him self into respectable society before he has learnt good manners, what shall be done to him ? Paint his portrait that all the world may know him." A copy of the paper in which this paragraph was published was sent, under a cover, directed to the plaintiff, in the defend ant's hand-writing, as follows : " C. Bew, Es q . surgeon -d ent i st to his Majesty's household, &c. &c." The paragragh being scored with a pen and ink. It was proved that there was no other person in the town of Brighton to whom the paragraph could apply. JMr. Baron WOOD charged the jury, that the paragraph was certainly libellous in a high degree, but it was for the jury to assess the damages for the amount of the injury. The jury immediately found a verdict for the plaintiff—Da mages, ls. ; costs, 40s. ILLICIT DISTILLERY.—For some time past the Excise haie had information that a private distillery of consi derable" magnitude was in existence in the neighbourhood of Upper Thames -street.; but so secretly was it conducted that the exact place could not be ascertained till within the last few days, when adWionymous cortiniunication was sent to the Ex cise, that it was carrying on at the extensive premises, No. 24, Upper Thames-street, and the proprietors were understood t o b e sugai-refiners. In consequenc e of this information, *Allanson and several active officers repaired thither on. Wednesday after noon, and on getting to the premises they found painted on the door post, "Gwilt and Co.;" and on the doorwas written"Noper sons admitted except on business"' The Officers first endeavoured to enter without being perceived ; but finding the door fastened inside, they were induced to ring a large bell at the side of t h door, when down came a gentleman dressed very respectably, who, on .seeing the officers, opened the door and rushed by them into the street, without saying a word. Allanson pro ceeded with the other officers gently' up stairs ; when, on get ting to the first floor, three men rushed out of the front room, ran up stairs, and effected their escape at the top of the house. The officers, on entering the room, were nearly suf focated with steam, two stills of •considerable dimensions be ing then at work. The room was extremely well fitted up as a distillery, with water pumps erected therein, and the water laid on with leaden pipes, communicating with the yard ; the front windows were blocked up, to prevent the operations being discovered. The officers then commenced a vigilant search, when they found upWards of 2,200 gallons of molass-wash, 200 gallons of low wines, 100-gallons of strong spirits, altogether making about 441 gallons of spirits ; 22 wash-backs, vats, still worms, and heads. The whole of this e xt ens i ve apparatus was immediately conveyed to the great store-room at the Excise office. This illicit trade has, it is said, been carrying on for a considerable period. CORONER'S INQUEST ON MR. GEORGE HARE.—Yes terday afternoon, at three o'clock, pursuant to adjournment, the Inquest on 'the body of the above gentleman, who was re ported to have been murdered a few' nights back in White chapel, as stated in our Paper of Thursday last, was resumed before Mr. UNWXN, the Coroner, and a respectabl e J ury , at the Grove Morris, hitechapel-road. After hearing evidence, from which it appeared that the deceased was intoxicated at the time of the robbery, and that the injuries he had sus tained probably proceeded from, a fall, the Coroner said there was not the smallest doubt that the deceased was robbed; but still there was not the slightest evidence to shew that he was struck by any body, although ,Suspicious persons were 'seen about him. The Jury, after some deliberation, returned a ver dict of Accidental Death. • METEOROLOGICAL JOURNAL. BY R. BANKS. PHILOSOPHICAL INSTRUMENT MAKER. I Thermometer. 1 I Weather. - ' - •G. P I • •-•• r .. • CD • ' , 4 ~? t i n r. :i 4;, 'E' March 0 ° ° u Indic. IS 42 46 53 42 30.22 Fair Fair 16 49 52 55 - 49 _ .20 Do. Rain* 17 52 50 55 '49 .23 .09 Rain Cloudy 18 52 5O 54 47 .02 Fair Do. 19 53 55 59 50 .28 Do. Do.. 20 53 53 57 45 .33 Do. Fair .21 49 50 56 45 .28 Do. Cloudy hundredtl 'eek. inch of rain falle 11 in the prc , * Inaneasui !ceding w Ireable. :hs of an R. B. COAL-MARKET, MARCH 29. Ships at Market. Ships sold 50 Newcastle Sunderland Price. 28s 6d to 41s Od 30s Od to 41s Od COURSE OF EXCHANGE,_ March 29. Amsterdam . Ditto, at Sight l2 2 Rotterdam , l2 6 Antwerp l2 1 Hatnburgh 37 0 21 Us Altona 37 1 ii Us. Paris, 3 Day's sight 24 20 0 Us. Ditto Bourdeaux, ditto Frank ftyrton the Main Madrid Cadiz Gilboa 37 Effective Barcelona Seville Gibraltar Leghorn Goma 44 -Venice, Ital. Lir. 27 60 Malta 45 -Naples 4o+ ' Palermo Lisbon Oporto Rio Janeiro Dublin .... 9.i Cork 9i pet Cent. BULLION. Portugal Gold, in Coin 1.0 0 0 per 0:.- Foreign Gold, in Bars 3 17 104 New Doubloons New Dollars 0 4 10 Silver in Bars, Standard 0 4 MARRIED. At Gloucester, CaptainW. PerWeunningham, 12th Light Infantry, Madras Army, to Sarah, third daughter of the late: John Gadsden, Esq., of Bow, Middlesex. On Thursday, the 28th inst., at St. Dunstan's, Stepney, by the Rev. T. Barnaby, Rector, Charles, youngest son of John Curtis, Esq., of Assembly-row, Mile-end, to Ann, only daugh ter of George Turney, Esq., of York-place, Mile.end-road. DIED. On Thursday, the'2Bth instant, Mrs. Elizabeth Barker, of Mawbey-place, South Lambeth, afid late of Clapham-conimon. On the 15th inst., at her brother's house, Belton-street, Long acre, Mrs. Charlotte Watkins, aged 67. On Saturday last, at her house at Leasingham, Lincolnshire, Mrs. Eleanor Gordon, sister to Sii Jenison Wm. Gordon t Bart. On the Ist instant, aged 66, Mr. Daniel Lees, of Bank Side, , Oldham Lancashire, brother to Lieut.-Colonel Lees, of the Oldham local militia. His prosperous career in the accumula tion of wealth affords a striking instance of the rapid commer cial prosperity by which that part of the country has.been en riched within half a century. The scale of his elevation mai be traced from the humble occupation of the loOm, to the posses sion of property computed at nearly 200,0001. • Printed and Published, for the PROPRIETORS, at the Surf- OFFICE, 112, Strand, by 11. CARSTAIRS. 14 e • Ar I