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30,000/. he Paid the Committee or Finance were
Kathy of a gross dereliction of duty in suffering it
to be krtpt up, while they recommended the sup-
prea,ion of the Navel Asylum, which cost only
14,000/. If he believed that retrenchment was
really practised, nod that even• office not ab►olutely
nee-sonny was dispensed with, lie should be 'the
list to oppose voting what was required fur
the public service ; but when in the very paper
he held in his hand he taw the public Were
burdened with the charge of two-junior Lords of
the Admiralty perfectly useless, lie should cant con-
►rnt to molding a single shilling to the existing
lases. lie knew the business* of the Admiralty in
she House could be cursed on without the preseuce
of the HIM. Secretary oppoaite (Mr. Croke*;. The
lion. Naomi then moved as au amendment, that
instead of 4,483,013 f. Ws. 7t1., the proposed grant,
should he. substituted 2314.019 f.
The question having brew put on the amend-
-7rten-
t-I.nlit Comptom opposed the amendment, because
lie thought the qnestion of the Lords of the Admi-
ralty had been already discussed in the present Ses-
sion, and because the present proposition seemed to
be m.,dr for the purpose of embarrassing Mtui•terw.
Mr. F. Uot•ct.as rejoiced exceedingly the House
had an opportunity of reconsidering its vote
its a former occasion, reviorettog the two junior
Lords of the Admiralty, because he believed it
Lail been ',tortoise(' into it, by the unexpected state-
slum of an lion. Ilaronet ISir George Cockborii,
see understood], that Ilse two Lorols had ►omething
to do.—(A langle.)-19 cousequence of the tura-
sures necessary for effectuating the alteration in our
currency (*loch he admitted was a wise alteration),
the Right Hon. Gentleman meant next week to
come down with a proposition for new taxes, one
of which, if he and the country were not very
much mistaken, was a tax which he hail himself
given up as injurious to the country.---[We moiler-
mood the War Malt Duties to be referred to.)--
Under such circumstances the country had a right
to expect that the most scruptlous inquiry into
the means of retrenchment should be instituted.
At the conclusion of the war, he had taken a -view
of the ewe.° of economy necessary to be adopted,
mote strict than that of most. Ile bud been of
sysolim, that in the same proportion as the expenses
of the late war exceeded those of other wars, the re-
dactions iii 'weer should be carried further than
during peace formerly. The rea,ons loosigued for
keeping up the Navy Hoard in time of war, were
at present altogether illusory. However, the most
that could now be done was, to teach the people
no bear their burdens with patience, which would
never be the ease till they taw their Represen-
tatives molting every effort to relieve them,
and proceeshog is. the moat rigorous scrutinies
of the tape-0510re of the public money. Hr
a 'died on the Hon. Baronet (Sir G. Cockburn)
plow to come forward, if lie could, and state that
the we' viers of him two friends weir required in the
Ailrnor.oloy. The Committee had bees. already tuf-
t eiroody damned in the opinion of the country,
valthoutt trroi 111 l emlittp, at filer had list dour, the
wl►olttton of the Naval Asylum fur the reception
I shelter of the orphans of thosts brave men who
had laid Jowl, their lives is. the defence of the
coo otry—(Dear)--while they sanctioned the keep-
rog no of ciNeeti expensive and tisAr,ol. I fear.)--
lt was to ►unp:nrt such illitlilltl4llll% 1111 the that
Members on Imo side of the ll.w-e had 'timed ten
thousand a • year to the Duke of York, and other
Improvident giants.

Sir fleoat.s; Coettauaa, in reply to the ql/RI.
11,it; put to him by the 11m. Gentleman, had nn
11-sitation to stake his public aid !Private repots-
tom, that tic Admiralty B.Piltil r lnld slot he better
constituted than it was at present, and that any
alieration in the existiog plat) would be must
thischievous..--(fkar.)—No Hoard could be better
voiaritated than that Was at the Admiralty at pre-
sent, and he %fluid deprecate tiny alteration in it.
AVith reSp.ect to what had been said by an limb
Member (Mr. Calcraft) on the subject of the di&
feresice between the state elf tke soldiria and sailors,
sill lie should say we., that the stoutest had a eettliin
comparative adiantsge ; fur, when the soldier was
discharged, he had no occupation open to him,
.silents die 'sailor had the inerchant servrce ready
give him erthiloyitrent ; and the fact at present
MN*, that there was a great difficulty Its getiiiig the
few ships in commission manneel. In war time met-
Glummest were mostly sew kedby foreigners. Since
the prace•tbese pe;sons hail returned home, and
anerchants.;Sr cour►e, took advantage of the dis-
charged men from the king's ships, so that some
of the latter were now.l.itt weeks or two months eu-
deacouring to make up their cumpleinetu.
Mr. F. DOI! G LAS observed, that the •Ifioti. and
gallant Admiral hail given ass answer to some 01/-
►-rvatiaos which had been addressed to him. 'lle
would take leave to pat another question to I ,
whit h was, tint whetter the Ad Ily Board was
the Litt tototunted, bat whether lie thought it in-
iliapensably iieceassry for the public service atilt the
two .Isy •Lords of the Admiralty should be con-
tinued ?—I War, hear.)
Si► G. CoCKOU ON made no reply.
The gallery wits ihtil cleared for a division, when
the nll hers we►e—

FM' She Aweenitcnent
Against tit

wl■jurily
The original tivesicarrittl is tile
affirmative.

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The nest Reis ttnion teat—

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lima a son not enceolnig 1,631,6111/. lie smiled for
di fraying the chafes of h,o IJini, nr•liiiiiiting, amid tersii tug
►Ails of war in his hiaje►t!'s soil the %lei ehatti,x' aii.l
oth.r extra woilis, user awl shore what is iiropos4(l to be
done upon the israds of Wear and Tear, mud Orditranra, foe
the )ear 1819."

*lr. tilt ME, before this Rrsolotion were adopted,
beg4e4l to call the Wm. and ARllastit Admiral's at.
tentom to the iteport I,l* the Committee of Finance,
who recoluoteateteil a reducttott in toe charge of the

That tb4l

Naval Asylum. sod who
%,bics sl Id lie sesproilril fur the application of
itch sums under the heads of expemkture, winch
Mere Un4CCurnioioi”4l ioy proper replan/Italy pleas
rued eqiinates of she whole ispeinir to be isicorred.
The lino. Vetolit.r thin Tercrfell to the souse set
.:own L,r d.ticreht heads i•l• extieuititure in the CO.
1..161 0, 1111(1 //ell 11(11 IJ rly sllsidtil tit the 1111104liat for
1 se• Oul Li use at ltermude, Jortitive, and
• an egg...gore estimate rdabont
i1.3,00td. 11: also tiloest d illorinettuu