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should he distinct from the tesidence of the Lord
High Commissioner,. sod the building alluded to
I had beet► ordered in consequence of their decision.
The palace of the Lord High Commissioner:
hitherto consisted of a single bed-room for himself,
with a room fur hie Secretary,- and a drawing-room,.
where the Legislative Assembly held its sittings.
lie had indeed much dirappointed the notions
which some of his friends had formed of his state
and splendour, by assuring them that when he
went to open the Perliannen►t, he had only to step
out of his bed-iortin into the hall of the Legislative
Assembly, With respect to the expense of
the star of Saint Michael, there was a little ex-
aggeration.
If the Honourable Member had
read the Commissioner's answer to the Address of
the Legislature, cutiveyisig the vote of a star of
40,000 dollars, lie Ismail have found that, after re-
peated refusal. of grants offered him, he had con-
sented to accept a star of one fourth that value.
-The charge of placing unfit persons in office must,
he should think, have been suggested by some per-
son whose longings for an appointment of some
sort had been disappo►nted, The same persons
who had been appointed under the Russian Go-
vernment mostly held the appointments at present,
and he would give the Hoe. Gentlemen the fulle►t
infurmstioo respecting the few exceptions, if lie
would point them out individually. The duties
said to have been imposed by the Lord High Coin-
n►iaiouer were in fact imposed by the Senate, who
were authorised by the Constitution so to do
during the non-session of Parliament, at the instance
of the principal inhabitant- of Santii-Moms ; but it
being afterwards found that those imposts were op-
pressive to the lower orders, they were modified. The
Hon. Member ha,' asked why the Republic was not
called upon► to defray the expenses of the military
establishment ? By the Treaty it was stipulated
that each island should pay a part proportionate
to its revenue end the other branches of its expen-
diture. Now, recording to the Hon. Membe►'s
own statement, the expense of the military esta-
blishment for the first year wits 140,0001. ; the
revenue, at that period, did not exceed 80,000/.
. If, therefore. the plan of the Honourable Mem-
ber had been adopted, not ouly would the
whole revenue of the islando'have been swept into
the military chest, without ally allowance for the
other branches of the State, but recourse must
have been had to a forced loan, and the inhabitants
would ha►e been made to deplore the protection► of
this country as the greatest curse that could have
befallen them. They luid, however, defrayed a consi-
derable portion of the expense ; the- revenue would,
no doubt. improve. and in proportion as it did, so
would the expense to this country be (lion-
, Dished. With respect to the motion of the
Honourable Member, he should not hare the
least objection to afford all the information re-
, quired by him which the Government of this
country possessed. Bat the case of the lonian
Islands was in this respect to be considered as at
least on an equal footing with those of our Colo-
nies, which had a Legislature of their own ; and the
service of any order of that House upon the officers
of these would amount to a violation of their pri-
slimes. and of the independence of the Republic
of the lonian Islands.
Colonel DAVIES said, it was not his intention
to detain the house for any length of time, but the
Hon. Gentleman opposite had met the arguments
of his Hon. Friend as was usual by him and his
colleague+, by broad assertions. By the 12th Arti-
cle of the Treaty, the Government of the lonian
I•laitds was to support and pay 3,000 British troops,
aid he understood from the Hon. Gentlemou
that a reoimerit wits sent from Melia to the lonian
Islands, because living wits cheaper in the latter
place, and of course the Government of the lonian
Wends w■s not bound to pay that regiment. He
would ask, why the regiment was sent !rum Malta ?
If it was not wanted there, why was it not di.-
banded ? lie concluded by saying lie would sup-
port the motion.
Mr. GOULBURN explained.
Lord CASTLIMILIGUI said, after the able ex-
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' planation of his Hon. Friend, which to him was so
satisfactory, it was almost unnecessary for him
to say a single word; lie could not, howe►er,
avoid thanking the Hon. Gentleman (Mr. Hume)
for having made the motion, as the answer to it
would be a quietus to rumours that had gone
ahrood in the Mediterranean and elsewhere.—
He would he happy to assist the Honou►able
Gentleman in his career of inquiry fur the
purpose of economy ; hut lie wished, before he
made his stattinents, thet he would put himself
in possession of better information. He was con-
vitietil there was not a better or more vigilant officer
in his Majesty's service than S►r Thomas Maitland,
or one that put his face so touch against what were
called job•.
►Mr. BERNAL and Sir HENRY PARNELL support-
ed the motion.
Lord CASTLEREAGH and Colonel DAVIES ex.

Mr. (Intim shortly replied. •
Mr. GOULBURN said. he would take the respon-
sibility of assuring the Hon. Gentleman, that the
Home should hove ill the information he moved for.
The motion was theta put and carried.
The SOLICITOR-GENERAL asked leave to bring
I in a Dill for the further expediting the husitie.s of
the Court of King's Bench.—Leave given.

FOREIGN TRADE.
Sir G. CLERK inovtil that the Committees on
Foreign 'Trade should sit, nut withstanding the ad.
jotarinnetit of the House, and to have leave to relent
horn tune to titne.—Agreed to.
The other Orders or the Day were then disposed
of, and the House adjourned at Twelve o'Clock to
Monday.

On Wednesday, the 14t.',1 instant, the Yarmouth
Atiorning Star Coach *NA unfortunately overturned
on its entrance nibs Set)le, utuntt time u'ekek in the
morning, by which Accident several pa4aengers
sus-
tented most serious injuiy. The coachman had his
collar-bone .suil three ribs broken, a traveller his
.thigh broken. a WOlllll4l MI) arm broken, and three
others were more or kVA severely bruised. No
' blame is possibly to be ',toothed to the coachman,
as OCCI(Itni Wag occasioned by the leach:re sby-
.ing at• something in tin: road, and in endeavouring
tb insebeirees thwreina broke in two places, when
the bones set wit' at full speed, Iho.l, thereby occa-
sioned the nitsfortune:—(Chelessford C'hromicle.).