The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1822-03-23 00:00:00

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Tho Chaireit:tieta of the 'tOtclltQUtl-nitivetY
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the•Ordeir of the Day for the House
.going. Into a e clear airlines* •He vouched far ift•due opt*,
Cientmldne. 4 cation of every shilling voted for theie .works.,
"is litlis wished to puttees when they were to The Honourable Member ought to be setisheil„
have the Reoeivere-General Bill before them. He were it only on behalf his conetitiments—all . the
wit (M 4.44 his whiles aliens hare the Superanottation stone uied was Aberdeenshire granite, Cousidetiog.
hell: peened on, that they might come at the ache. , the losses and waste of "many incurredby the coon-
-4 ole. daffier, ta be ounewed to it. ray, including twenty millions ot Amorists loses, to
-Tea entairext.Lon of the Excneteto wade • soy nothing of a serail site of buildings in the
atimetieskh• was not distinctly entlible. Medway, which had ail disappeared like the ma.
.11r. MG. Biattierr expressed his regret that be shiner iof au Itirlequinaile,.he thought there could
had not beep present to oppose the allowances to the be no last came to complain of so serviceable an
First Lord otthe Admiralty and ins Secretary whets odaptation or the public money, The prerereece was
they were voted. All he could do tide was to-miter moat properly given to thegroonde Sheerness, on
his teem* erasure each very large grind t. uctiattot -of the river. He hen image completely
. Tag House then went tette a Committee. fitted, throegh o low run of tide in ping down
, SIXTY ESi'll4/41115, from Chatham, grounded and forced tit be again
"Sir 3. lartecae moved that 154,2001. be granted put into dock. He explained the partictlisewerke •
fur improvements in the tiock-yerds in 1821.
.. (or the completion of which the vote was semililtri
• Mr: Hein recalled the attention of the House to 'tomtit, the works between
I Powder. Monkey
whet passed be this hem before. It had bite y 'and the Great Basin, which by Juig or AG-
• *tared that a considerable reduction had taken place ust would be ready to receive ship, of the line... s
in it is swine years—iturs it was very lately e assured the honourable Geutlemon that
450,0-Ih/ , and was now reduced to 154.0001. He though a few accidents, there was no material
'Abject,* to the graft for the Sheerness works. He breach made by the sea, io the regress of the
, hell sead'irat •yeer that they ought uot to ley out more works, and not the slightest settlement' of sand had
.tnernt7 until they were informed through inquiries taken place. There would be twenty-seven feet of
Were a Commute of the Howie, if the engineers water id front of the basil., enough for the largest
thought it right to
.proceed. In 1814 these greet &Menke, with all her stores and cqUipOlieob, tondo
weeks had commenced, it being then estimated in. Ai to Plynnoutli.Breakwater,e read a letter,
*het 844.8921. would complete them. Like all From which it appeared that on a very stormy night
other ertienates of public works, it fell short—. all the merchantinent bad rode out the tempes,t
they lied expended 1,131,0001. There, were behind it, arid that not ss. worth or damage was
(15,000/. demanded for the sense works this year, done to spy ship* in the Surma ter CatnateroqeePt
wad it was tattooed that they would reqiiire to one indiscreet. Freoclunan ; whereas foraterly,..ia
titoa,ooo/. more. The total would then be every
.south-weat gale. signal gum of distress used
es temeocii. In the present distressed situation of to be firing through the Sound odl night. .„ , .
the century, wed the uncertainty as to whit bunt • Mr. ,G. BlNNlFET.queetiosed the nen:mitt, of
Would he molly siequired, they ooght not to vote keeping .° many.docklyards., If aft•the works M
more money intik they ascertained If the work was She/poem were wanting they, award scarcely nerd to
proper to he tarried on farther or not. There keep etiCbathato yard, from.,which it was said to
Ives some quetition; ea he understood, between he difficult fur ships to get.dowo the river. He had
the Rhoite of Puilleet .end Sheerness. for the site heard the assurances of ,the approaching completion
of these *Wm The former had him given. up, of the works, eed.on that account he would coo-
ns he understood; solely on account of the diffi- tent to the resolution.
collie, 'of the riser navigation, which had been Sir G. Ct,sait said, that the. original estimabe
lieweereamted by the improvements in Steams boats. fur DU for the elude of the , present works at
-The largest Incliaman was now towed .up or down Sheerness. Al to Noithileet,the estimates delivered
'be Iflemits against (rind and tide without soy dif. its the time for buying down and romp)eting the
Scotty. He hod heard that at Sheernent the foun-
.weeks there were 10,000,000/., and then • great
dation had turned ant to be mere qeicksand, anti lit 'of the Sbeeruess works must have been
thembeira wear telt lad Upon Piles driven into the costitmed.
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nand ;,. ereveval considerable accidents had already ~
et •
mi
wall
• ',Arse. naiaLss satisfied as to the e*XVl•wellion
occurred. and in 1828 • large portion or the wan
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maneoline the Sheen works; but he wished to
wes debars .dower by the incursion of the sea, ... • •
hen mattnawg mere respecting the wagtail which
it a liar of •several hundreds of thoetsnds of
wee ie./Agrees at Bermuda. From 1811 to 1820,
pounds., . He. bad heard the ?pinions of ring» shoaled
earn' 243,0001. expended on that nude,.
neat . thlohttOlt the propriety 4 ring •Co *lth *eking. The estimates for completing the works
the works ; some, of testate were of *patties that
were origiaelly 204,0001. He thought that they
it., would tee less. expensive I. give up the
at nook to be welLassured of the propriety of expend-
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ald begin thleill 'Mir'
iiiiiinere ISO . Hr was aware that station was
lindhetst...... e thwarted the managemesit of fair
the key to the lest ,Itodiso Archipelago, and that the
Lis works under a Nerd. No single Board emelt*
it violet to nifty. en :war* so contiguity of the islands to North America might
noise
0640, to
appoint a ono.. snake, in necessary. lie should be happy to hear
evidence of, the moot ibis engt-
that the sums were properly applied, and that they
preeerded to vote that sum. er
~e were wet going to be drawn into a gulf of expense
ant of 20,000/. or 15,0001. to go measure.
which they could neither fathom nee
ail the Committee could pro- Sir G. COCKBURN said, that the Admiralty had
He would move for.n.rodoc- sent out an experienced mid very sensible man,
amount in the respolutawn. i, ,Mr. Jewels. who had reported, that they bad selected
about to pat that as se ea Bermuda the only secure place fur an harbour.
s: Arty-; .7 They had no reason at preterit to suspect that more
••••' •
I only one subject in Um , money would be required. Whatever it might cost
party on poilfetibiryogh. would be expended under the superintendence of
.. • - . • Commissioner, with proper officers, to prevent
• - .-4/41.--"cit44,,, abuse err inismanavement.
ited that it w sim 7 - 0
on the first obilnetjosti end ; , Sul.. COFFIN said, that when he was at Sheer-
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don go to the next. nem, a ship of the line scarcely ever came down from
Mr. Hun; said, that his objections referred to Chatham without going aground.
loottictilarserhich'itrOlitt-included in this one vote. Mr. Baton/ would support the restriction. He
He obbeti to mattes few remarks on the eXpeusea thought that the naval works ought to be kept up,
:Sir• Plymouth Ifr.eikwater.' Last year it took and especially those at Bermuda, a central point,
100,0init ; a Wirraesell sum would be required equally strong by sea and land, end which would
this year. &it thi question was, how the work certainly be warded in case of any misunderstand-
-eras to be tarried' onl it required an establish- ing with America respecting our Colonies. He
mencto eoudttet it of 5,4001. He knew of no ob- I thought that another station ought to be taken
jection to the citenifetioo Of the work, but if it somewhere in the Gulf of St. Lawrence. There
wereto be finialstrett. the cheapest way would be to was a new world both of commerce and wauspring-
Ithdre a larger grant., do it in half the time, and save lug up in that hemisphere, and we should require
lhalf thee:perm eftliesuperintendingesiablishment. greet maritime ertablishments to he kept up there,
-He called on' the' Committee to consider that be- that we might he prepared fur any geniis in which
tween Nur and five &Mums had been expended on the future destinies of the nations might engage mi..
intpeovements in thick:yards since 1811. After Sir 3. YORKS and Sir I. COFFIN added a few
making some reference to. the abandonment of the word. each on the Sheerness work..
works;fitTrinconialee, and the conduct of those at
Sir G. C nuns said that all the efficient pur-
sLonsieo. he concluded by moving, that instead of
poses of Plymouth Breakwater were obtained.
154,000/. the sum should-eland 1.4,000/.
Directions were given for a gradual diminution of
Sir'. Olitoan""Mid; that the money wanted to
.the persons employed, and if it were not done pa-
stiche good the old weal' at Sheerness was oat
dually the neighbouring parishes would be overran
50.000/.1 the othet 15,000/. bei4 for the new
smithery and hoddingi.., As to the choice of titua-
with them,
tins's, had North-fleet Jock Pu•fltet, all the Hun. Mr. Heitz war glad of the explanations which
Meniber hid supposed) beenadopted for the corks, had taken place. He thoeght the Admiralty
the expense mutt have been qiiadrupled. The ex- wrong in trusting to the opinion of Mr. Jestiop
pear of the establishment at Plymouth Breakwater alone eta to the Berniuda harbour. He could aell
was Ow lightest part 0 the charges. There would recollect how timely errors of calculation the late
he no cheapness in doing•tbe work in half the time Mr. Re ssss ie was led into, among which the Caledo-
nian Canal iris one considerable instance. He
to save the salarietord.he establishment.
Ste d. Phut, ((Ailed 'fete subject into three admitted that the estimates of Plymouth Break-
branches :—First. if I.t.eferepriginally right and fit water had been larger than the exiienditure—the
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to undertake the "% ' cite's' "Orin. ;. secondly, if, af• orr instance of the kind that could be mentioned
d ter etobaang in theist, It would be. now hitting to firer all the public works.
refuse the public rnotiez., for proceeding., yids. the4:Yoat it said a few words.
them; . thirdly, if 'they. eight -to reduce Alut ..teed J. RUNCLL said that the House and coon.
vole Gobi they beard'(rim a Committee of the , -try mast he satisfied that great discrimination and 1
House that it was moat proger to proeee4. talent had been employed on the public works. He
He thought that • .iii Coaimittee was riot the :alsoped that 110 expense would be spared to complete
most proper place to hre.suchqtrtion• settled.,..thein. Ministers dl understood thageneral call Go-
lfe rested how eatefel,ri.l6,-.hito Ir. Wottsitilk, economy if they applied to those audertairings,
Hinidart, and Mr. -.1..;110046. had:bero examireet: wt. Viichfirere necessary to give security to our poems.
the subject of these very works htfoseitheir meta,- oar t home and ;Abroad.
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wlenceme"'t sod the. t!il'ulmw- tethuch. 0114'se tri Aire few word. from. Sir G. Commute. the
taken by the Navy Boer en". lhaskiroll, rs nnieprinient was withdrawn, and the resolutions
Whubis Me; iteolties otht't rimipm. .1' itio#oo ell agreed tu, were *filmed. to be reported to
Gen. Benthom. The n emorooldsimad , um .
.I.tf_tt"___.t et enHielitttrs•A°oo `e ore ttalfilhlot • ,'. - : TriXTlathrtill. ,__. - • ...e.
Aue esrmitile, bad net Owns* we ore errismolge•lairg loored Ittat likaattrUilitt
these For Plyaromb I.loaJtelnat OA in. *air.. _.IIIIP • beetle nottoiste4l, Of .
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Aosloe..illorrect utibept cants
*ip.slie. the !joust my
i'lettee to irdte the evidence
tieep"before thy/ grecteded
yotari'ree to a grant of 2(
tin 1641 k-the works until the
cis{! OAinformation. Hs
*till, —ofto.ooot. io tie Imo'
The„ CgAIRIACK was .ob
amilnitatetit. .
Mr. Notts said thesras
•enviruste; there wire - other
-ett to gist frt. questions.
Sir .1, Yeast* 'Omitted
tOtltirde the Committee on