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London, England, 1826-03-07 00:00:00

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Sir 11. HAI.I INGE n is at .4rous to state to the firmer before
the discussion of the Ordnait. e Ettimates, that the !holster which
bad been made of mint mit Cus into the ordnance department had
apparerdly increase.' its amount. The object of the consolidation
was to save expert's'. as also .he eot.veni.mceof having a beard of
espeTteceed officers. Another advantage derived Rem that ar-
tangemeet was :hat mans —mimetic* which had before been s-pa.
ra eil into d;ftetem. cherpts. ane now brought Into one. There
was another benefit, rtee.t.tse stenciling to the former method sonic
part of the cans., n of . •ttidirg was Incurred before it was lutown
whether it would be 0.1.'7, up persevere or to desist. Anotlser item
sat this branch was the to the navy by the ordnance. There
were 'brat ilfl,lloU guns 'applied to the natty by the ord.
ranee departmert, and about 100.900 side arms, and oth.tr
naval Instruniews of war. The total amount to be toted
for IBM. row 1.764.103/., inanely' of the transfer from the
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Navy Estimates and the Colonial works and buildings which had
belonged to the Army Estraor4inoriea Now the amount of the
vote for the preceding year we 1,378.811 L, so that * increase of
the present rest is a forty-tilde mote than last yew ebut it should
be recollected that the vote of the last year wax entailer than any
vote for the preceding ten years. In the year 1821 there had been
a marching corps of four Atradred men. It was now enntidered
nectessty to incorporate theta with the marching regiments.—
And in this respect there was an increase of three hundred and
fifty an. It wps not •o be supposed that this augmentation was
occasional by any apprehension if hostilities. for such an addition
would be totally in,...coutete fur t‘e puma's. Though it wt.s to be
regretted, in the present state of dee financial affairs of the country,
yet he felt it a duty to propose an sumemestausni tiae-artillay-va-
giouents. It was their province td to a rare of the materiel veld it
was necereary to make the proposed increase. An arrangement had
been made, according to a resod.iii•m of that House, to manage the
Colonies with the number of 30 companies, with the addition of 6
for relief in the transit ; hut it %as found impracticable, therefore
another five had been joined a the latter to provide egainet
the numerous contingencies, so that there were forty ins.rail
of thirty companies abroad. (If these. however, there were :',1141
invalids In reply to the objection thet the numbers had been round
initheient during 3 years, it should be remarked, Coat those who were
sent out at the close of the war were accustomed to hardship, and
tad not require so much relief t but at present there were only re-
citing who were not able to endure the climate and other such
changer.. It was intended to have asked that the companies should
consist of 80 instead of 70 men ; but, on account of the di.tre_•s of

the ciuntry, the increase would not he proposed until next year.
The war proportion of the vanity to the army was as I to 1.1, but at
present it was only as Ito 15. But though it might be objected that
30 peace there was not so much occasion for the artillery. yet it was
a b. 1.1 principle to reduce that department more than any other. As
thu increase was one cf necessity, he hoped there would not be any
uppsition. At the 117°4v/id) establishment the cad.ts were reduced
to *thorn 131 ; but they were estimated at hO, in order to meet
co ningencies. There was a (Effluence in resp.cto the estimates for
le land of 111.915/., which was to be attributed to 4he change its the
currency, and to the survey which had been projected Caere. In
tills surrey the sappers and miners had been cmvlsyed, to sr.tre ea-
pmse and labour. 'file sums to be voted he the barrack tlopret.
meat were, tor Koeland, 117,0871., which was more than last year;
toe Ireland, 121.1i.i1d.„ which was less than the Loit year. But 4
alculd be taken into consideration that 30,01.*11. was devoted to the
alteration of the King's Mews. In respect to supplementary esti.
mates. there were repairs necessary to be made, in consequence of the
vriginal tar buildings. There was a sum of 27.0410/. to complete
the barrack at sierra Leone, which should be kept up id proper
military state es lmg as it continued a colony. lie then moved
for the sum of 52,3411/. for the Civil Establishments of the Ord.
nance.

bir J. YORKF., though he liked economy. tEd not approve of
the neglect which Mal been evitickil in the estimates of a place tor
whieti we could nut hear the name.) That wee a very ustIJI
tstabli■hment. and one of the best bulwarks ut the kingdom.
Stir 11. HARDING,: agreed: but there were so many of the
colonies in a eontliion which required more attention that the
plate of which the lion. Derelict made mention, it was necessarily
omitted.

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3lf. BERNAL said, that the lion. Barone! (Sir 11. Ilardinge)
had prefaced his atidresss with at itemeete of the ditdreas of the
country, yet the House was celled on not to be jealous of the meta-
eerie, preposeti. Now that the fenny Emile:nes had been gone
thoeigh, where was the money to be produced ? Ile agreed
with the Artillery Estimates, but did not approve of the io-
ettetee in the Army and Navy Estimates. lie was at a loss to
know bl.w the country was to precure money for all the expenditure
that had been voted, night atter night, as if they had only to look
from the right to the left for a supply. Ile asked the Chancellor of
the Exchequer to say whether the revenue would not fell shirt?
Rep let. owsille nt heirs were to the effect that mere were at present
a amsible diminution in the customs and revenue, and that
the lefeleetion of the year would be serious. Ile hoped this would
not 'te the rase, but he wished to hear the Chancellor of the L's-
eh quer'setatervete tilein the euheect.
File CHANCE:I,Ie /It of the Ell clime:En ls!cl it was not
tat ietentiat, then to enter into a stetentent to that ciYeet. tircuin-
-40 rites had ocenreed to prevent him from going into the details
hl herto, but he mild assure the Hun. Gentlemen and the House
th .t he would positively make theexiitisition on that eight sennight,
w ien lie hoped, alter making till due ailtorancee, to be able to %hew
t tat the revenue of the couLtry vela Cully adequate to all the de.
mantle which Memel be ntadeon it.
air. II 1:3111 was at lean obliged, by the candour with which the
limier hail been informel. tar oily that there were to be at present
reduetione, but also that none wire contemplated hereah./. He
meld not help fearing the country would he distressed !e meat Come
of these unnecessary expenses. Ile could nut understand why,
when he was informed thirty-Eve companies, with a reliee of fivc
artiikey, were sufficient, they eliould he toil that ten of the latter
were required. Ile had been ridiceled ter referring aa frequently to
the establishment of the year 17J2; but he would, notwithstand-
ing, tell the llonee that nt that time the whole artillery did not
ennount to more than Vete/Otte It had been mud lie might as well
Icier to the aiege of Troy, but he contended dial this was a fair
standard. Ile thought the alester-General and the Lieutenant.
Genera! ought not built to exist; there could not be duty fur the
two, and a salary of 1.5001. to the former was too high a remune-
ration for the services' he rendered. The Secretary TII the Boned,
he felled. had his salary increased this year from LION. to 1.4001-
die syseen of increase seetned to apply to the ordnance particu-
lar!) during the years lthi4, Ilene. ION. Thin department had
gore on ire-reasilig gradually. lie had endeavoured to get Cleo otlice
ut Lieuertaarit-teeneral abolished last Session, het the Committee
deeded against him ; and to refer to it now might Its deemed a
witless waste of time. Ile however should persevere in hie old
aurae, in the hope that heir tints might cilia sotnelliing, as water
tor euritimed dumping was known to wear the heftiest substance.
lie should not retrain then from stating that it was a wasteful ex.
Oendintre of the public money for thereto be two persons receiving
salaries, the Abele? General 3,171 le, and the Lieutenant tienerui
leerief., tor duty which might be performed by one. Tice salary of
the Surveyor General was to be increased this year from 1,2101. to
1,0371.; what woken the House say to this increase, when they