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to .400 L tVithlesiteet ids the salary of tbiboi:
tremor. before that question could be etitertated.
the erspenses of the articles of life ought to be
' known t bat these observations did not at aft apply
to the rote of 10,0001. which was to be repaid. As
to the lonian Island*. he denied that the construc-
tion of the Treaty contended for by the Hon.
Member could not be maintained, which he should
be ready to she* when the matter came regularly
before the House.

Mr. H. G. &mime aid, if they were to un-
derstand that no part of the ettpett•e of 10.0901.
was to be borne by this country. be Would duke
no further objection to the vote.

Mr. WILMOT repeated what •fie had .before
stated, that his Majesty's Gairernment considered
the 10,000 f. was to be repaid by the Colonial
Government.
Cohort Davie' objected to the charge for to.
specters of iiramii militia, when it oas notorious the
militia bad 'sever been embodied, and iu fact the
Islands were now disarmed.

Mr. Wafts mild, the works at Fevershato Were
necessary for the perpore of restoring the damaged
powder.
Sir W. Cognates said. if the present stock of
powder, being 300,000 barrels, were sold, it would
not fetch above IL per beget, and in the event of •
war breaking cut it could mot be replaced for lees
then 10s. i barrel if iiroenred from contractors,
and 51. • barrel if manufactured by the Go-
vernment.
Mr. HUM said, that he had not spoken • word
of selling the present stock of powder. but argued
against gains on to make more when so much re-
mained te be dune. With respect to the wilily of
the works at revershatin, he should be glad to
know how massy barrels of powder had in the last
year undergone the process of restoration. After the
assurance of the Hon. Secretary for the Colonies,
that the 10,0001. was to be repaid, he would not
trouble the Committee to divide, bet would with-
draw his amendment.

Mr. WILMOT, to prevent alistakes. again stated
what he had before said.
Mr. Etats (as we understood) objected to the
liabiltty of the colony to pay the whole luta of
10,0001.

Mr. H. G. Bamwarr said he only protested
against the public payiug oily part of it.
The arnendmeut of Mr. Fiume was then with.

dawn.

Mr. CIERVEY congratulated the Committee on
the admission now made, that where norks were
necessary for a colony, the colony ought to contri-
bute to the expense. That principle being admitted,
he would apply it to Berbadoes; a large sum was
there to be expended ha repairs of fortifications.
But there was the fund distinctly appropriated by
the Colonial Act to the repairing and keeping up
of the fortifications specified by name ; there was
the recognition of that Act in the reign of Queen
Anne. It was no authority to mention lawyer., bat
some of the greatest were present, Lord Somers, Mr.
Cooper, cud Mr. Peter King, who all essented to
that being the only legal appropriation of the fend.
He was not saying that the people of England,
that the people of Barbadoes, were burdened in
particular; but they h■d a right to complain
of the pensioners of &lend. They *ended
their claim on the existence of the abuses for
a considerable time. Since last night there had
beta a retains made which gave oil for the surplus
of this fond. Out of 59,0001. the amount four
years ago, there were 34,0001. paid in pensions, and
now Ministers came to Parliament for 4,0001. for
the repair of fortifications and works. Meta, wo-
men, and children qo4rtered in pensions drew
up the resources out of which this expense was to
have been defrayed. The fund was used as a part
of the general means of corruption. It must, how.
ever, be surrendered at last. The declaration of
Government that eveniug respecting an island, for
which there was no law, proved that they felt they
could not hold out much longer. He felt that he
was approaching to the end of his labours. De-
graded us the House was.—(Order! order!)—He
would contend that the House was degraded, if he
were to die for it, so loug as sums of money were
so lavishly and wantonly voted.—(Order I order !)

The Ctietaltem called the Hoo. Gentleman to
order.

Mr. %%two', rose to address the Committee.
Mr. CRUMMY spoke to order. He had not
finished his remarks. He would conclude them
with moving a deduction of 4,6701. from the pro-
posed estimate.
Mr. WiLitor pointed out a distinction between
the claims which the island bad upon tht duties for
the repair of military works and that on account of
civil services, the works of Demerara being en.
tirely of the latter character, and therefore to be
provided for out of the foods. He contended that
they ought to judge of the appropriation of the four
and a half per cent. duties by the aoslogies of
the other islands. The duties were granted for
the ratification of the titles which were then in
u doubtful state; the Act of 1669 express-
ly stated it to be su. 'the other islands were
in a lets doubtful state. By the Colonial
Act they were admitted to have been gained by
right of conquest, and they were willing to agree
to a remuneration, by way of (link'', for the con.
firmation of the titles. This was the case with St.
Christopher'.. Antigua. sad some others. There
was no men.ion in tie se eases of outlaying from
the food for military dr-fencer in the Wanda : tt
was a real bargain for the benefit derived twat the
prerogative in securing their titles.
Mr. CRBRVEY. without disrespect to the young
Secretary, would venture to say that he would have
done better to have left the subject to the old
stagers. It was the first time he had ever heard of
interpreting so Act of Parliament by apology. Here
was the law monist which the Hon. Gentleman set
tip analogy hi was not talking of St. Christ°.
pher's or Amigos. but of Basbadoes. He offered
an Act of Parliament. Whit plea wus the practice
of 30 years of swindling and meshing against it ?
He professed to think the srgunsent most con.
temptible. The Hon. Gentleman proceeded to
read the Act of 1663, which directed the raising
the 41 per cent. duties, reserving the expenses for
the repair of fortifications and public worke °revery
kind, whion were therein eourneruterl. He then
reed from the Journals the petition which was pre-
sented from the island in the reign of Queen Anne.
essaplstniog of the neglect of that condition, slid