The Express.
London, England, 1861-04-12 00:00:00

THE NAVY.

On the malice that the house go into corrimittee of supply ;
ou the nary eist.r.iates,
Hr. LINDSAY proposed as an anseedment the Vl:owing ,
resoletsoos :—" 1. That it is expedieet to defer anv further ,
espenditare oo the eenstrindion or conversion of wooden
hinnf • battle dos That it IS inexpedient to Mew i
durum the proieet war. the expenditure requisite for the i
completion of the liee.of.battle ships sew ore the stoke
sod that, doting the present year, it is out ezprebent to
0111111011,/ the co... Mesons of say wooden vends whisk
*Larry goes off tome thee oee deck. 3. That it is law-
ithout faiths, experiseee, to 'auction the expire-
d: tare of any mosey for the purpose et edigues
her 16sety's &chyme for the coartructioe of iron eeeisie.'
In hie argument ia support of the resolutions, hued ups"
ihtsda, be stoked the we bad tWOUiriWO wies:co
battle slips mere lima all the work*, France incloded, sod
rani faints. mite them France, our beteg vastly suoerier
to the Ertech ; that with regard to iron ships. Frai..e had
out, use goody (La Glia;re), two nosily reedy, reel three
buildini, six to all ; while we bed seven building. and the
two Lambed were Noel to four L• (Moires. our seaside
buieg of /ouch larger tramage this thole of FINISS:e. Us
compaied the expenditure of the two countries Iwo their
sante, showing that ours was last yes/doable that of France,
or se 10,0110.901 f. to 5.0(10,0001., while this year the
envy estimates amounted to 1.2.iM000f. He printed oat
the rest, tares, ininicaite mail c=tial, that might be
made iu Lie eatimstes by the ef his resolutimis,
without oe7 dissinutine of the rotes for the coustruction
of iron ships. .4ra...ire the feat resoluto.e, he ad•
vetted to the report of the royal commiassionera ap-
eointed to inquire into the management of the ilock)ar
who were 4 opieton that iron shiphoildin- "Mdd cot
he carried no in the royal dockyard; under the
existing system of recounts. He insisted upon the de-
fective state of the accounts. and upon the etionnoas
of colt in the eneetrirtion of them vessels. WA 1.41Er11
ova' the bowie to stop 11,19 V farther outlay till a bettor eye•
tern of accounts we. introduced, sod they could be ,
articled is the royal yars, quality considered, at a lower
price.
tier Y. PEW) seconded the meolutiorim sod strongly
urged the policy of ahraidoeing the cimetro, too of
wooden vessels (which had heen discontinued by France),
and condom...a the dram:tore by the present Adruirolty
from the model icon vessels, the Warner sad the Blest
Prince, built by the late government ; sal au-Tested that
thin buffs of slope should he built in private yards ia the
Manua. the Mersey, sad the Clyde, and that the dockYarde
should he kept stmoly far repels.
Lord C. PAGET said he bed listened with surpassing in-
terest to the speech of his boa. frisai smiths boo. boronet on
this occaaitio, and if he abstained from defending the de-
pertnient with which he wee ommected front toe various
charges brought against it, it was not because he was out
prepared to show that the Board of Admiralty lad dose
their beat in the circumstances ander which thee were
placed, but because he believed it rather to be 6.s duty es
this ner...sion to show that it would be unwise aid
inerpediset for the bones to agree to the resolct.ons as
they stood, sat that if carried it would be impossible to
an the Board of Admiralty responsible for the efficiesey
.4 the fleet. If his hon. friers] hot joined him wheo three
year" ago he reads a statenient to the house nu the sabjeet
of their woods. shim, he would have cooferred a motet
boom es the euestry than by bringing forwent abstract re-
solution:iv sow.
Mr. LINDSAY said he seconded the no of Lis wide
friend. (bier.)