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went legitimately ja the stock.ptlrse. He believed that the dif-
Inent regimentscooltards applied the stock-pursydifferendy: in
some
cisi.ca the ding officers exercised • dhine, don, which
strictly should be Needed by the Secretary' of %Via, and they I
have given the mod the whole of the forfeited sum t in others r•r
plied to the credit of the public; and in the third, it remained in
the agent's hands to be handed overt but ia no case wee it divided
amongst the officers. He thought this would exonerate the charge
against the Milkers of the Guards, who would not be guilty of the
baseness attributed to them fur any sum that could be named. Rut
as it migla be satisfactory, he would have no objection to give a re-1
turn of the sums forfeited since Bilti, together with an account of
the mode of its application. He in fact thought this money a port
of the stock-purse, but the officers of the Guards were so anxious
fora clear undemanding, that they voluntarily wished the returns
to be made. As to the pay forfeited by the men under tb' civil
power, the officers had no control over it. Out of the pay of non-
I effective men, all the recruitieg and hospital charges were void,
which were paid by the public, by vote, in the line. The Noble
Lord concluded by moving as an amendment, that all the parts of
the motion, except the returns to which he (Lord P.) agreed, as he
had just stated, should be omitted.
Mr. BERNAL was gratified by the statement of the Noble
Lord, as it tended to remove • very emeneene impression prevalent
amongst the soldiers of the guards, to the prejudice of their officers.
General GROSVENOR gave ritycredit to his Ilan. Fiend
(Mr. Hume) for the motives which lidtent him to bring this ques-
don forward, and the more so, as it called forth the satisfactory ex-
planation of the Noble Lord.
Sir H. HARDINGE defended the conduct of the guards as to
I the stock-purse. In fact, a Captain of the guards, as compared
with a Lieutenant-Colonel in Sin lira, was worse off; and with re-
spect to the subaltern in the guards, he was decidedly, as to pay,
worse off than any subaltern to the line. The Lieutenant in the
guards had is. a-day half, pay, mid his full pay. without any allow.
slices, WAS is. lead.; so that, in fast, he every day did duty in the
metropolis for the sum of Ned. &day. ,1
Col. DAWKINS and Sirs/.l.lutteLEY atonally bore testimony toi
th e honour andcharacteref the Mara of the guards.
After a few words is repay fool Mr. li este, the amended mo-
tion of Lord Palmate* wee agreed to.
Loyd PA L!1 ERSTON moved fdr Ate appointment of a Com-
mittee, ter the purpoea,of pealing the militia estimates for the'
current year. •
Mr. HU.iIE °Nested to. the t of the Committee,
which was merely a manor of the Members not having
anfficient power to produce any e wished this Committee
;einen
to have the sante power asp ot of sending for persons, pa.
pers,and records. A din abl suit. was expended for the me-
tropolitan twilittai, wrest part of •/01 could, he thought, be'
avoided. %Fhb respect to that iciehNnvflitia, • large sum was
charged without shy olittesporiding bank to the public. The
estimate for the Irish talkie Met year erits 116.003/., mid for the
English 107.0001.; two very hop tutu, which it is right the
public should know something about.
The motion for appointing the Committee was then agreed to.
The other orders of the day woe then disposed of, and the House
AdYourzed at Half-past Seven •'Clock.

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NOTICES O 1 MOtIONS (THIS DAY).
Lord John Hussell—Motion en Papers containing Assurances of
the Evacuation of Spain by tie eh Troops.
Mr. Secretary Ped—Sdect ' mime on Prison Discipline.
_ ORDERS THE DAY.

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Bankrupt Laws' Anten‘mesit Bill—Further Consideration of
Report.
Slave Trade Piracy Bill—" Fee the more effectual Suppression
of the African Slave l'nolc"—Second Reading.
Silk Trade Bill—Conianittee.
Union Duties—Committer-
County Courts' Bill—Committal.
Courts of Justice—Compeosatinn to Officers for Losses in conse-
quence of County Courts' Bill-441Dmittee.
PR ICES OF nainsilterocks VESTERDA V.
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