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OFFICER'S RELILF.

Genera Loirr welt into a long detail, the ob-
ject of which was to prove. that the pay of Naval,
*binary. and Marine Officers, was inadequate, to
ben support at present, and in souse cases even
lest than formerly. He spoke in so low P tone
that it was impassible to collect the particulars of
his statement ; he concluded with moving for lease
to loin; in a bull, to repeal so much of certain acts
of Hi, 1,,,g00t Majesty, as related to the pay of
Naval, Militsiy, and Marine Officers. The object
of the bull was to exempt them from the operation
of the income tax. -
Mr. J. SMITH coisaidereSl the case of Officers as
oat of peculiar hardship ; hr had heard it said,
that the only consideration which should influence
a soldier was honour, but he had the authority of
Shakespeare for saying, that honour had 110 ,kill in
suri;cry, nor did he believe that it was more .ue-
cr.-141 in cookery. The situation of a soldier
shual.: he made an object of provision as *ell us
of ru.:utwu ; and thotN,lt some might be desi-
roes of excluding from it all but those who
could live independent of it, he would be induced
to (pro .uch a rumple, by the consideration,
that wear of the greatest ornaments a ich the
anus could boast, were to he found among those
who.were entirely dependent on it for support. He
hoped that fins Majesty's Ministers wonld turn
their attention to the situation of those brave men
who had distinguished the name of their country,
and who neat to battle. or to infectious climates,
with a self-devotedness woke!' was not sufficiently
whittled. The Nvvy Officers might he um Weir
but it suss impossible that those of tb Army
could :or o Muj in and Lieu tenant-Gewritla would
Sod their pay niailetivate. It was elleetillei to the
coulfart of the army, and the security of the coin-
try, that some ineJsur.: should be adopted for their
relief.

Lon] PAI.KFIISTCIN bore testimony to the chaa
varier of t. a odir•ers of the army, of whom hi
spoke in terns of wurni admiratior, at the same
tome be could tint approve of the relief which was
now proposed. 'clie gallant General had omitted
in iris statement many reductions which had taken
place iu charges 111 Olt the inco'ne of officers. It
was by looking to the higher situations I..at the
mat-
btary ardour was supnerttil, and the number of
applications for Co,llllll.t.l9ffif Hereto! to ..hew that the
Wasatch de provision was toot inadequate. The
&Terrace botween their mod that of inn y
*floats was not so great, when it was recollected
that the latter were on full pay only while afloat,
mud Ora it was continued to the former tinder all
cllctoustances. It relief was thought necessary•,
hr was sure it *O4IIJ not be attempted in the pre-
sent shape, amounting to a partial repeal of the
taus.

Ile Mast comely:ed strongly for she propriety
of adopting some measure of relief, at a time
when all the necimaries of life were so much ad-
man-is' in price. He thought also, that under the
present regulation, the officers in the different ser-
vices .lid not receive the suits which they were pro-
!Anse,' upon the faith of Governmi.nt. The Income
Tex reduced it 10 per cent. If this was not done
easy, some other means should be tried to place
toe-it iu a state of comfort, and enable the Go-
verionent to make good its promise to them.
Sir CHARLES Puha thought there could not be
a question upon the propriety of adopting some
measure which would place the army is a state of
greater comfort. The pay of lieutenants of the
Lary was le,s now than in 1693. Ile believed it
so, the intention of. the House to grout some in-
crease to the clergy—au Oct to which hr hod no
*lief injection, than that the navy and military
were net included. If they appeoled to the 11..u.e,
tt vrouid find it difficult to resist the petition: but
L. hoped they would hot do so, hot rather wait, iv.
11,/ hod hitherto done, until Parliament saw the
propriety of graming it without any demand.
Mr. J. Satan and General LOFT explained.
Mr. WHITRILLAD sold, lie should oppose the
elotten: not because he thought the statements
torte were, o grievances, or that no provision should
1* mode, but because the principle upon which the
repined relief was founded was a bad one. The
'fee's of the irmy and navy should certainly be
pot in a better situation, particalorly after the *l-
- ?vino that was made in that of the civil officers.
Ile hoped 'he gallant General would not push the
question to • division.
Afire a few words from Mr. Conran and Mr.
Its? iltp. General Lops withdrew his motion.
Sir. Tumour signified his intention of oppe.ing
th• *amp Duties, on Thursday next.
Mr. It. tramp postponed the Committee on the
"'army Pay-011itx Bill, till to-morrow se'nnight.
Mr. IMMILT, at the instance of the Chenicelloe
et tl r &chequer, postponed his motion, relative
to the Droitief Admiralty, till to-morrow week.
MARINE INSURANCE COMPANY
In 11 Iteport of the Mari lusuraucc Company
vg Isom entered to read,ne
. A. Ilaatare said, that, upon the considers.
t,..11 of the Hou c, on the subject of the Report of
he Laurance Company, Ise was couvinced they
*istil coact'? in the opinion that it should 11.! fr.
'd to a Committee. It was Deedless for him to
r';'-i•ert the in.igniiiestice of the present Com.
. soil their inadequacy to the task of tiering
cr.fl•Uy fir the country, as a single Underwriter
L'oyd's did more than tither of the established
s

MAirraT.Tpilke 11•14011 "Marina the leo-
lic Ci4t the prept.tt (Acta, wem fully

qualified to undertake the business ithidi offered ;
and that all independent men sve.e hostile to any in-
novation upon the present exiatinx establishments.
Mr. HIHISEIT seas of opii.ion that the propoeition
of his Hon. Fairnd (Mr. 13 iriog) ought to meet tn.
diwtiit of the House.

Mr. Germ FELL acid, he conlel not cons•nt to th;.
motion, and every thing Oise hod been s•-steil Lc
his Honourable Friend (Mr. Marryat) met his full
acquiescessee.
Mr. PRIMEVAL Fuld, it was not provided in the
Charter, that Parliament was at liberty to ',peal. If
it.became a monolopy, it wis in the power of the
Monarch to revoke it. But he thought these was
110 impropriety in the Bill being laid on the table,
until there was time to examine the Charter more
minutely.
Mr. Anti thought Ihat House had the power of
interfering 8111 on it.
After some conversation between Mr. PRIMEVAL
and Mr. ADAM, the nimbi., was agreed tn.
The House re.olved itself into. u Committee on
the report, amid cent through the saint'. The House
re.altEed, tile report was receivA,andA bill ordered
to be brought in.
The other orders of the day ware then disposed
of.—Adjourned at ON o'cLocs. •

Nrw rui Ants R0V41., COPENT-CARD!.V.
This paint WEDNEsDAY, May 123. ioiu, wall be acitd
KING LEAR. •

King Lear, Mr. Kemble; Earl of Kent, Mr. Fawcett ,(bis
first appearance in that ebsralster); Batik, Mr. C. Kemble.
Cordell; Miss Bristow.
_

After which, the Farce of
HIGH LIFE BELOW STAIRS.

Level, Mr. Farley; Freeman, Mr Claremont; Lord Duke,
Mr. Liston ; Sir Harry, Mr Jones. Kitty, Mrs. Gilib..
To 'bids will be added, the grand Serious Pantomimic.'"

Ballet of
THE DESERTER OF NAPLES.

Rear!, (the Deserter', Mr. Farley ; Sionpkia, Mr. Bologna,
jou.; Ming, Mr. Field; Louisa 's Father, •Mr.l.ouis ; Jailor,
Mr. hologiia ; Skirmish, Mr. Groisaldi. Jeouy, S.
Adams; Looma's Modica., Mrs. Whitmore; Louisa, Miss
Adams.

LVCt; UM THEATHAL
[Under the special License of the Lord Chamberlain.]

Tlns preosat *EDNEsDAY. ajar 23, Idlo9 wal be Per-
fumed, the Comedy of
THE HYPOCRITE.

Sir John Lambert, Mr. Powell; Doctor Cantwell, Mr.
Dowtosi ; Colonel Lambert, Mr. Vaughan; Daraltl„ Mr.
Hollaad ; Seyward, Mr De Camp ; Slim-warm, Mr. Ma-
thes,. Old Lady Lambert, Sirs. Sparks; Yams( Lady
Lambert, Mrs. Dryer ; Charlotte, Wu. Elwin.
To whielt will he addo the Farce of
HONEST THIEVES.

G&W Careless, Ma*, Mr Its
Carp; Abel, Mr. 3lathews Obsillab, Mr. Destes.
Mrs Day, Mrs. Spaks; Arabella, Mrs beet: asd
31iss Kelly.

s•• For List of Majority and Miaerity, and Misodleaeoeis
latelligruce, wee the last page •
es• The 01Bee of this Paper is reoewasll, Pt No. In,
flaresel, esbarly opposite the Lyeefiso Moshe

THE BRITISH PRESS.

LONDON.
WEDNESDAY. MAY 0.

We yesterday inserted an extract from The Ste-
furdshire Advertiser, with the sentirnenis of *Perch
we cordially concur, in so far as the 'ante relates
to the conduct cf FRANcis Burin Tr and his
friends, iu their attempt to run dawn and vilify
every thing that is honest and miserable its the
country, and to thwart and run down every step
which is taken to real practical and eeonorn,cal
reform. %Ve have endeavoured, as far as Lis. iu
our power, to expose the objects of this party. if it
can any longer deserve that name, after the fatal
destruction it has met with, Atka the premature.
disclosure of their real views. But there is one
part of that paragraph to which we must give our
most uuqualitied disapprobation, viz. " that it has
driven tee more moderate friends of reform into the
lines of the Mini-tors." Independent of the asser-
tions to the contrary, which have been most dis-
tinctly made by every Member of Oppo-ition
in the House of Commons, that nothing was fur-
ther from their intention, we desire the attention
of our readers to the two following extracts from
the speeches of Lords GREY and Gate vt Lax :

Lord GRIT It may be said, in such a situation of
affairs, we ought to rally round His Majeaty's Ministers;
but this cannot be dune. Shall we rally round aho.e, to
whose misguided and misapplied policy thoseev Ile and those
dangers are to be attributed ! We, indeed, would betray our
trust, and forget our duty, were we to give uur support to
so iniquitous and so impolitic a system."
Lord GnienVit..tat—" It is this situation ..1
this calls upon every man, who loves and vrecratri, il.•
stitution of the country, to rally, not round the pito:at Go
'element, but [Dead the Constitotina itself."

We have received Pails Papers to tbs. 12th, and
Mitch and German to the 14th instant. BONA-
PAttfe and his Empress left Antwerp on the bil,
and passed through Breda, and arrived on the samt
thy at Bois-le-Dtic, where they remained on the
711 i. They wore at Middleburg!, on the WI. The
German Plows contain various specislation• 01/0.
the probability of a joint attack upon Turkey, by
France and Austria.

An account hrs been received, that the ship
Wieditaw, whielk was captured with the United
Kingdoms and Charkoa. had been recopture4
Redengues on the 29th December by the 3legi-
eienue frigate, sad arrived at the Cape in a cartel
{rum the his of France the 23d February.--.
Windham was to proceed for India.
An official copy of the French Decree relative to
American property in France, was on Monday re-
ceived by Mr. Netter,. It is dated so far back
a• the 15th of March. but was not pnbli.hed till
the Bth instaut, when it appeared in the Bullabs of
the LAMS. It orden that all American propert,
under sequestration immediately be sold ;
that all Anteritenialiall depart withont delay from
the French territory, loader pain of being arrested ;
and that the Decree ►hall be sent to the Powers of
the No.th for their adoption. This measure wt..
sugge.ted by the act of the Anlerielll Legistrture,
who some time ago decreed that all Frrne•h and
&Pith ships catering the tarts and wings of the
I.' ailed Stites amold be liai.le to be sequestered, &e.