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4.5m4 midi., tootle! !Le as wT sslll., ebl4 Ile "'Levitt
Ewe to have deducted from the arm moratieseed ins the re.
ippiniiiie before the Committee. The sum was exeeediugly
eseall, bed he should move to reduce the estimate by that
amonat, is order to try whether there was any disposition
• la the Honor to enforce a reductiou of the expendoere. He
themffide moved, as an ameadmeist, " the sum of 894,01 Mg"
Me. BARH %M professed himself unable to comprehend
the grounds of the distitietion which the floe. Ideenher bad
drawn between the Coloeies, as to placing them epos a snore
liberal footing. If he uneaut to subject the. to a greater
share of expense than that which they sow defrayed, he
eteslel assure him that it was impracticable. They were in
snob • state of depression as to he wholly incapable of sup.
porting any heavier burdens than those which they had at
present to ennead *gaunt, and they had already declared so
to Ike Govensiwesd. •
111 r. HUM E sail he bed allotted to the Colonies of De-
meow* Stehle', and Trinidad, which were administered by
mks Governor in CollllCil, and shich he should have wished
to use placed nn dm same food./ of government es Jamaica
sad the other...lsaac With regard to the femme, what be
eosteseleil fur was, that by dm redaction of the eveorninus
evil appointments which coot so much mosey, sad coarsened
nearly the grimed' the resources of Our Colonies, they would
he poshied to contribute greatly towards the maiutessace
of WI( TiMlary establishments.
Mr. B d ail AM did set see how the extension of the !la-
tish ennstitio ion to the Colonies in question, aceordiug to
the wishes of the Hoe. Member. would enable them to meet
as expeuditore to which they were unequal. He wu well
informed of the stele of triutdad; and he did not seder-
steal how its Teasel', which those couuected with the
island diehard' to be exhausted, retold hie repteuished or es.
Itched eue farthing by giving it a Usilioh coast delimit.
Mr. WILMOT d the laded/rot additive of the
Holies while he midi a few obervatioas in soarer to
some of Ile points adverted to by the Honourable Mem-
ber fie Aberdeen, at the passe time that he declared his
Steelton of abstaining from following the Hon. Member
boa the deprave_ be .lead taken upon colonial policy, op-
'tiredly for no other purpose but that of ending censure
upon the Colonial Administration of the country; for it wee
hardly possiOle otherwise that It should have arisen est of
the consideration of a question of army extraordinaries.—
The lion. Member teemed not to have understood the pre-
cise nature of the seconds which be had bees discus's( ;
for otherwise be could not conceive how the Han. Member
could have moved the reelection of an item, whirl had no
ppleroion with the earn wader consideration for the Army
Ellamordinories. • la his observations upon the colonial
expenditere, the Honourable Member had argued as if the
ghats of 361,0001. were a dead expense or loss upon this
country; hot the Hue. Member should have observed that
there was a cousidmable sem receded from each Colony,
amoontieg in the whole to 278,0001., which this country
woeld ad have received if it had not possessed the Culunies,
aid which, therefore, ought is fairness to be detected. He
the. proceeded to defeud the sppointinests of the colouial
agents: whoever referred to the papers on the table, sad
perused them wish ideation, would stun be convinced
of the irepoi deice of the duties they had to perform.
Timid, they were paid by lb* Colonic., be was lads-
fled that the inhabitants of thole Colonies would sot ,
have the smallest wish to ass them reduced. With re.
sped to the inspectors of lonise militia, although the 1
militia had out bees embodied it had bees regularly mus-
tered; besides which, the inspectors had other important
sad iediepensable duties to perform, for which they meet be
paid, if these •ppoietmeets were reduced. The Hon. Gen-
tleman proceeded to argue that the question of the Colonial
Eetablishineets did sot depend at all upon their releases.
ll was edits. r reasonable, fair, nor possible to expect that
they should support the expense necessary for their military
ellefesee. That was a matter not of their choice, but neer.-
teed, arising out of their comelier. with this country; sal as
lon as this country expected to derive commercial or political
edesetage from the possession of those Colonies, it was • tie-
rosary coosequeoce of that possession that she should pruvide
fur their security, and be charged with the nailetessece of the
farce aid military establishment oreeseary fur their defence.
Now, with rested to the security, be could say thei 110 11p.
poiatmeot sow took piece without security, meal the House
asset he aware that it was mach more difficult for • man
resident at the Woods to procure securities than here.—
iitioever the House might be assured that no appointment
should take place without adequate security. The Hon.
Gentles.. concluded by stating that he trusted the House
would oppose the amendment of the Hon. Gentleman, as it
was wholly inapplicable cud usealled fur.
• Mr. ARBUTHNOT wished to make in observation on
whet the Hoe. Gentleman hail said respecting the Budget,
and be thought hie Right HOG. Friend the Chancellor of the
Exchequer had bete most grossly misrepresented. He bad
bees supposed to have takes the most favourable view of the
made, aliemea, is point of fact, he did, as be professed
to do, take the most usfaveurable calculation; and he
sever could has. smart to say, as had been erroamously sup-
pose* that no further reductions woold be made, fur in point
of fact still farther reductions were actually in eonteespla.
boo. The Hoe. Centimes bad amused Ilia of delleyleg tie
estimates; but be could appeal to many Gentlemen around
his, whether he did oaf come down prepared every order
sight, natal at last he began td thisk that the box of Bell.
melee gravid find the way down without them.—(A laugh.)
Colonel DAVIES said he was not prepared to ester into
all the topics which had been introduced into the disois-
*lon, but be could nut help remaking, that it was quite
',Heel the same system of jobbing bad been practised in the
Colonies se to all the other departnp
—Mr R. WILSON concurred is all that had been sold by
big Hon. Friend (Mr. Home), respecting the Inefficiency of
the militia ire the Colonies, and whew they considered some
transactions which occurred, it was very doubtful whether
they were lint worts than a nullity. The Hon. and Gallant
Gentleman then referred to the conduct of Colonel Row, who
*everted Mr. !Nageli for having In his possession a petition
which was presented to that House, end in so doing he cos.
added that ()Meer guilty of a gross misdemeanor.
Mr. GOO LBURN begged to recal the recollection of the
Non. Gentleman opposite (Mr. Home) to the statements
which he had made on a former recede, a. to the necessity
of maintaining the officers to which he had allotted, and the
dates they had to perform. lie had only farther to add,
that at all times he should be prepared to defend the charge-
ter of the gallant officer who presided over three islet& from
asp Andra which might be me d • against him.
Mr. G. BENNETT said be it listened with consider-
able attention to the speech of his Hoe. Friend/Mr. Hume).
and the reply which bad bees gives to it, and be confessed
he was unable to discover any just grounds upon which
thole officers shoed., be continued. He should like exceed-
ingly to knew the full expense of the different establish.
meets of clerks who were engaged ender these agents, the
quantity of peas, ink, aid paper they consumed, sad the
Autles they had to perform. When a Right Hueoureble
Gentleman, not now in his place (Mr. Causing), came
does to that Beide and made his flourishing espeeth os
the duties of the Beard of Control, be stated that all the la.
bolio4lll dude' of the affairs of India devolved epos the
seretary ; he should like then to know what portion of
time this same seeretary could devote to the maoagemest
of the armies of the Cape, fur which he received a salary of
FOOL s year. If all these offices were measured according to
the effective service which they performed, it would be firmed
that their salaries were mach too large. The Hotioerable
Gentleman then adverted to the abuses which were peke.
toed in these Colonies. He could mention one Governor of
the Mauritius who could point out stroogreosons fur a re.
Lrrn of the vile practices which were carried ou. The Right
Houourable Gentleman opposite knew well to whom be had
alluded, fur be was the preens who deeded Mr. Theodore
Hank, the gentleman who had robbed the public of 8 or
9,000/.

Mr. GOMLAVIIN protetted against the canes@ which Hot
Ho.. Gentleman had pursued. He cool I admit I bat
there was say man in the remarry sot worth defending, and
while he had a voice, sod the power to raise it, be should
sorer sit by sad beer the character of any man, whether in
$l. Colonies, in Ireland; or Great Britain, attacked, without
'Main forward to give him dial protection to which be was
entitled. - -
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H USK MON did MAIM Oat Abe management of
the office which he so anwortbilyhNsrs meld form say part
of the discussion on the army extroosalimortes. It was Moors
Pa,fitul to him to speak of himself, bnt he could tell that
Hsiu tientlemao (Mr. Hume) that the inhabitants of Ceylon