The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1821-05-15 00:00:00

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► reef tulia la As Iles. kember Wu, his staling that the
Sum ink aispaikaeast I JOWL excitant, of reisaifi.,
when he held the estimate in his hand which ex-
pressly stated that it was 11.0601. including repair..
But the Inousiersble Member was subject to re-
vsries—he well koows that its that state image.

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orduauce Vedirite.
- --..--,, gititUeg - ho had served
tbicteultictylirty years .end was now io. the 7Uth
year tit km age. He ;Omitted that. the tstabliall-
/scut was large as to t se number of clerks. but the
aveeagii of salary was tinder the *Venire of the War
baCe awl Navy Office. The lion. Member had
ostarreled with the 'constitution of the Board, and
would, tapers the authority !Itbe r iol9ff cos':.
miner. have it annihilated— ._...
'•1, Te tliortal Issiih'ilate both mom egi!..lAanTo , -
Unit Malm Isis lovers hippy.* •
The .fino.lierrober ounspiained that the Tres.
• Martel' salary had been noised ; and yet it had beeo
raised at the recumnortorlionni of the Commissioners
of Military' Inquiry, after some delay, as appeared
from.the sums Commissioners complaining, in their
'next Reptort.two years eller, that it had not been
door. As to the contract for horses, modu •ith'•
Witten in tons, if it were as abaft, it sins
rather herd that he should be called upon to
answer it in MI. He regretted the absence
of his Honourable Friend, the Master of ,the
Mint. to whom the country was infinitely obliged
fur his exertions ; he could have explained the
whole matter. . He believed there was nu improvi-
dence, but rather • solving by the arrangement,
end the whole of the evidence was not before
the Commissioners of Military Inquiry when
they mule their.Repett. . The Hon. Member (Mr.
Homy) had cum shoed of the manner in which
hr (Mr. Ward) had noticed and complained of in.. •
formation root obtained threngh that noose. He
still complained that the Hon. Member had got
garbled accounts from rogues end fools.
Col. DAM, *eked, whether any mart who had
listened to the speech of the Hon. Member °pro-
site *mild say that any answer had been given to
the speech of his I-lon. Friend ? (Mr. Hume)—lt
was from begieuistg to cud a string of ergeoreola
ad koneraein ; a series of cavilling and objecting to •
the various statements of his Hon. Friend, and
of triumphs over any little inaccuracie• or mere
cloacal errors, however trivial, into which be
had fallen. The hlou. Gentleman. charged his
lion. Friend with 46 giving to Airy notbinga II loCia
habitation std a pause 4,". but he would pot it. to
the Home, whether, of all men, his Hon. Friend.
who dealt in solid. sabstentiel !tuff—Weer, hear.
and langlasej-Tna? soot. the, least liable to such ti..
charge. lie accused his Heat. IP.rictid of harlot!"
111114mobtross swallow ; lout he-trsted the neat would
prove his Honourable Friend knew how- to make
Ministers *swallow • pill which they would find Prey
hard of .digestion.—(Lavghler,j— fie contended
that the Hon. Member had made a personal feria
upon his Hon. Friend, which was wholly uncalled
for.; he had also gone out of his way to mike oily-.
rimes to matters, such, for itista_tice, as the borough
of Queenborou.gh,',which had no relation to the
matter list debtor, which was cou(loed at present to
the amount to be granted.(or.the peymeot pta cer.
nos number of clerks, and .the surp proposed he.
maintained to be extravagant. It was eunstns.tly
said on the other side, that the turns which he and
Isis Honourable Friends proposed to save were
tales not worth the mentioning; but he must be
allowed . to my, that every saving whiel) e'oultt 4
effected.. however triftiog in amount, pesi...efsaf, .
portance in principle. If they refused to Moe
snites, there Could be no commencement of .
economy. Parlieuneutary Reform, which lie looked
upon as osobjeet of grave Seed mighty irisporteuee,
was far interim.: in hie opiate% to the rieresoity of
retrenchment in the public expenditure.
Sir U. Buatilk made some observations in a very
low tone ; we could only collect that he cont.
phtiued of a statement made by the llonourioble
Member for Aberdeen, that suety-swop oppoiut-
meats led hero made by the Noble Duke at
the head of the Ordnance since he had presided
over the department. whereas iii point of Eruct tie .
had not appointed more than Abirteen, who were all
of thensolficers of merit .and had subinential claims.
Mr. MABIRLY said, he thutigiti lily store de-
partment afforded opportunities for considerable
reductions,seid he hoped the Hon. Gentlemen would
tarp his attention to the. subject before the estimates
itir. tile' Barrack mud Coaanitssertat departmelits
were brought under consideration.
Mr: thesis rose amid cries of " Question !
question !" aid said lie should not lung trespass
tits iliac itteivion of the House, but he hoped to fte
indulged ortli as favourable a beating in reply, its
had. been. Owen to the (-lon. (Member in his attack
upon hint. He did nut pretend to rope with the
Hon. Gesitleman in his sallies of wit and effusions
of poetry.—(Luaghter, and ,G Hair, beet";—but
as far as plain statements of waiters isf f.ct
were coticerited, he was ready to liltri Inns.—
(ilear, hear. hear.)—With iiipect to those n..-
finalities aloil dullness of intellect, sr which tin-
Hon. MeMber and the Noble Lord on a former
night bail s.id so much, these were the intirmitirs
of his nalitrt, they were his misfortunes ruttier than
Lulls. 101 l it war somewhat utichtintoble to doe:t
On them as they had done.—(LaugAter, and flew.
heir.)—lt amnia have been mach Wow 10 It,
putt,, a% to halve replied to I:is arKioneins. end
frilly wet his stat• turn's, Met. to chis,ge him
repeiniAte with gullibility, as the Honourable.
Metnlier termed it—or ettllibiltly, its hr fMti.
11.) bud hitherto understood the term. Not one
in twenty, however of his charge.. or or huts
obj.ooons to the Estimate., li..d been stisurrede
If the Flott..Getitleinun thought by sallies of wit.
made in perfect good humour, he was ready ti,
allow, but accompanied with 'visa liefiumility, to
make out his ease, it only world to him (Mr, H.)
that he had nothing substantial to urge io deft lice
, frf his Eetitnsteo.-.-(Htur, hear.)—He bad en•

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