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hat con•istitiz its this did, of two trot.. one Irk-
tint; to the uectiittieo, which gra. the !riot ()bier.
tionAble—(lleur,j--ituid the other to the i.t.tiopit.
the detaik concerning which would hr of great
Pill)ntllmice to he known in exantluing the general
itrotii7eiy of the ntritiure, of the full intitortince
which lie bad nit been aware before, lie Wa4
now chligerl to conchoile that the illiscur.ion
eltould
I), po.tpollell. Ile been vein.. isillisenced
in
I orating 11114 rtrililoll by a Communication with the
trmle 116. lIIV.
Lard CASTLEREAGH proposed. that the Bill
al Id hr CM MOlilluV night, provid-
ed tlitt the !lon.e would agree in 111•1•11r6 therein
the general oriiicittle, /14 well the details.
Mr. BROUGHAM that oothin., could be more
fair Onto the propo.ition of the Noble Lord.
Lord CASTLEREAGH then illuved, that the Bill
be recommitted on Monday next—which was
agreed to.
SEIZURE OF ARMS RILL.
A Nlesutge from the Lords minnow:ell, that their
Lordship. had agreed to the am...Anent' of the
Moyle in the Seizure of Arms Bill, without any
olterations.

EXCHEQUER BILLS.
An Hon. Nlenther, whose mime we could not
ascertain, moved for an Account of all Exchequer
tainted since the lit December hot, specifying
the rates of premium which they may have holm.,
the ►nterest, anti the dales whets issued, respec-
tively.
Tl►e Cusscr.t.t,on of the EXCHEQUER wished
that notice of the mutton should he given before it
was presved on the House.

ARMY ESTIMATES.
On the motion of the CHANCELLOR of the Es.
CHEQUER, the House resolved itself into a Com-
mittee of Supply, to which the P.stimi.tes of cer-
taM Army Services for the year ISO were referred.
—ln the Committee,
Lord PALMERSTON rose and mid, that the Home
had seen the abstracts of the Estimates on the table.
It had not yet been in his power to make nut the
usual detailed Estimates for the year. At present
his object Was merely to moves vote of certain sinus
on ureotint. After the recess the detailed Estimates
should be laid before the I louse in the usual form.
The own IMW required was nearly one million and
a half, %och included the expenses incurred by the
rail of not-pensioners, and the forming of them into
Royal Veteran Battalions, up to Christmas. The
r Lord then moved—
" That it is Hie opinion of this Committee that a slim of
woman/. he videll on account towards defraying Ow (tierce
of hi. Mrjesey's Lsnd Purees, fur service at Moue and ',broad,
excepting the regiments employed in Ireland, and the tern'.
',iris' possessi.oia lathe Eliot bud's Company, for the service
of the 1824."
Mr. CALE:RAFT said he thought it extraordinary
that a runt should he moved on account of such a
great additimi to our army in time of peace, with-
out any explanation whatever. Though he was not
prepared, under the circumstances of the country,
to oppose the augmentation of the army, yet he
thought it his duty to call the attention of the
House to the robject. Ilowever, as the House had
received so little information he hardly knew how
to proceed ; and if it was the wish of the House to
defer the discussion lie was perfectly willing to do
to.. The 'Noble Lord had not stated in what way
this new force was to be applied, and he must loo-
ted against a vote of that kind will t further in-
formation as to its necessity and application. Did
the Noble Loud mean to include a grunt for the
Royal Military College ? He objected to it at pre-
sent, and lie was not sure, whet' further inquiry
should be made, that he should not oppose a grant
for that purpose altogether.—(Hear, hear.)—
If the Noble Lord should consent to take a sum of
money as a general grant fur the army service,
without epecif;ing tills or any other of the details,
he rhtiuld lint oppose it.
Lord PALMERSTON said, he had not conceived
it necessary at present to nay more than be had
said. The House had heard a communication
from the 'Throne at the begi .... i l se. of the Session of
the calling out of the force alluded to. It was his
intention to propose a separate vote on account of
it, when lie should be happy to enter into ally ex-
planation that might be held necessary. He .11,01
prepared a vote for each head of' service, but if the
House preferred that he should take one grant in
the aggregate, he had no objection, except for the
two establishments of the Royal Militaty College
and the Royal Military Aaylum, the reason of
which exception was, that the charges on their ac-
count did not pass through the Paymaster General's
Office. He meant to propose a rum of 5,0001.
for the expense of the Royal Military College till
Morel).
Mr. CALCRAFT intimated that he should leave
the subject for discussion at a future period.
Colonel DAVIS asked the Noble Lord what was
the cause of the increase of a sum of abont
100,000!. f to= last yeses estimates for volunteer
corps ? He begged leave to remind tne House
that its these short estimates alone, there appeared
an advance from those of last year of above half a
million.—( Hear.)
Lord PaLstEarenst said, that the increase pro-
ceeded front the acceptance of new corps. The in-
crease thus caused was not merely commensurate
with the former annual charges. because considera-
ble expense was incurred in the beginning when a
corps was to be put into a state for service. He was
not shle to say at that moment what was the precise
number of the accepted corps.
Colonel DAVIS said, that after all the professions
and pledges of economy and retrenchment which
the House had heard lest Session from his Majes-
ty's Ministers, he had hoped they would have made
some sincere and effectual effort to reticent their
promises. It now appeared that he had been de-
ceived its such an expectation. He therefore em-
braced that occasion of giving notice, that he
should on some night immediately alter the recess,
move for a Committee to inquire into the whole of
the army expenditure.—(Hear.)—In the state in
which the country was now placed, it was their duty
to look to every possible means of lessening the pub-
lic expenses. and as a consequence dimillishing the
public burdens. If the measure was attended with
no other good rifect, it would at least contribute to
convince the people that the House was nut inst.
trative to their intLrests. Had there been no in•
crease of charge for other parts of the service.
he (Omuta not have been 'sorry that that on account
of the volunteer corps had been much greater than