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London, England, 1822-03-23 00:00:00

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The reel of 6,715111. Its. 9J. for garrison{ in irslead
Baal
abed arced to.
The meld grist moved was the ,ram of 137,t971. I Is. 4d,
for full pay few retired sad wastineht d officers en the cata.
blialment of the army in Civet Britain.
hyr. HUME sad, this charge hid gone ea Periled, ip.
almdmr lama of late berm musideroldraue.
melded by what he rensideied a gross abuse, The effic.ca
of the veteran brainless* were utlowel to retire off full pay.
Thom bettatioant were /armed fee temporary purposes, mg
to dli itip the oppoininseals the Noble Lord *elected .uri,
officers ai he pleased from the half-pay mid from the furl
limy, snow of whoa{ wens. oily me year in the service. Of
the ggy officers uppriale4 to them, 68 Were takes from she
full pay, and !TO from the half-per ; ae4 eeieeee
a.
the teMmirary purpose if their orgaantstioa was answered,
the ballades wire reduced; evil those offing retsro4
on fill-pay. 4e increared temente was thereby roteikg
ua the cohetry of 13,000:. *oiler this bead of chee.;
and taking it at Itrerre years' purchase, it atimunted re
154,0901. The Lefeatho of Parliament is sestrtnialag
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orgoeitatina of shone veteran battalions was, whet ram pyh,.
cer eliesahl be appointed lb them abs did not ;Wedge,
• certificate of liability to perform active serviee form
age or *suss bodily hurl. But of those actually eie,
pointed, there was ono who had oily het. four Inn
I. Om service; sad after being one mood, la.a attar..
bettalion be wee allowed to retire oo fulling. There
was a perm, aimed Pritchard; who, tbough he had try
lowed is three amps, had only served use rat is all. Ne
was appointed to the corps of waggoners io 1794, and plaeht
on half-pay is 1795; where be remained till Jemmy Igil.
when Immo appended to • veteran battalion, ailed,
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disbanded la tho nerd month, bathes retired on full per, ale
concluded by nioadnia redaction Is the adommt of the peat
of 13,8701, rig a.** the amount of the addition to Ai,
head of charge b lho gamma, of those ulcers from Milf-pay
to full pay.
Lord PALMERSTON said, the 'eyelids osi which the
officers of the veletas battalions were allowed to retire oh
full pay was, that they gave up all promotion in the may,
and common' fur life in the mak to which they were Imam_
ed in the battalion, add as • compensation, when the halls-
lion was diabooded, they retired us full pay. The Hamm-
able Centime, was mistakes in supports; Hilt the Aet to
which he alluded required • medical certificate of Meapaggy
to nerve, in order to qualify an officer fur being placed in as,
terse battalion. Whet it required was, that alien m um, r
belonging to as exisilag regimeat of the line.or to • Viitillr
battalion, wished to retire, be abould produce slob a turn',
date; but the case of an appointment to se effective ems.
mission is a referee battalion was wholly differem. With
reapeet to Mr. Pritchard, the Comenitiee, be did sot dasin,
would And his ease perfectly satisfactory. That Oceanian
was residiag in Flanders in the early part of the war, and all
his property was toollrented by the enemy. In roes dere.
ties oftlittecon
claim hehad
,et
oe
Ito thheseervouicrep,, of waggoner,,beoasspiet.
ed by
which woo reduced Irt the foliowing year, shin be wes plae.d
cm half pay. He became in consequence moth distressed,
and, is coosiderstion serf big state, he was appointed to a fed
commission Moue of the vegetate battalions.

Mr. HU3IE said it was a must extraordiaary eretiewa
of the attentios of the Government to the claims uses it
for the luso of property its its service. that indmdual
rained la that mariner should bare bees allowed to imam
Is peony on half-pep for 2S peas, while coin inlwioas wire
stein day sires away, and them at loot be plated un fall.
pay. He attain contended that Use principle of the retrrao
battalions bad been di parted fcpea, by the epoointowet of
poesy mew from the hali.pay, who were able to motor, and
allowing them afterwards to retire on
Lord PALMERSTON said, *hen the veteran battalions
were lest formed, all the coatosiasinaa were Aged rp from
the retired Rat; bet whew the officers joised, a vest sissy
were found so crippled as to be snit few soy service, and
t►eir •.easeies were Alled up from the half pay. The Hon.
Member had, with his usual iwrousistency, irstcomplaiwod
that two teach was done foe Mr. Pritchard, sad su as es.
pinsatios of his claims, turned rowed sad complaised Oil
lb. other aide,. Haat be dud beep two idlibreally rewarded.
Mr. HUME said, the isconeisteary was iu the coadact of
flowtramest sad not in his. He would nut put t►e Com-
mittee lu the !zombie of dividing, as the numbers appeared
19 kilot the tame as before.-ILaughter.)
The ameoduseat was Ors eitgatived, and the original sum
rristed; as also 7,9371. for a limiter chart. iu Ireland.
The nest grist priipooed was the sum of 730,5001. for half-
pay to redured Wirers us t►e establishment of the army in
Great Britain.

Mr. HUM HUME mid, lb 181110itheit the amount of this charge
mu 842,00 U. for the Won of the kalf-pay and allowance.
to reduced officers us all the estahlishmento of the army, ihs
Finance Committee said as annual orductios might be ex.
peeled of that amount. •But iu
1819 - it was „!681.001
1890
1821
•nd a iw
being regalarly increased. It would be said that the M-
etes.. had been caused by a redaction of the fall pay ; but
he eosteadod that !hit reductios was net proportionate to
this increase. The fault lay la the practice of sot illiag up
vacancies from Me half-pry. It would be said some presto-
lions were isecessary ; be would admit Ma, and would
therwfwe be mama that that regulation which the Adnieralty
had adopted with regard to the sterines should be acted
worm in the. wan, of allowing one vacancy in three for pro
motion, and filling op the oaten; from Me half pay. They
should nut Own bear say complaint or this subject formats.
The Chancellor of the Exchequer was eagaged in the opera-
tion of reducing the interest on a patios of the debt from
6 to 4 per cent. He wuuld suggest to him a more ad 0...-
regrows °pant 04 'everting ibis half pay list. . There wen
ma. y officers now marring from the service, who would be
glad intake the purebageou. bey for their commissions. He
would recommend that Goveismarni should pay the 41110110 t.
to such as were willing to take Is, whereby they would re-
deem annuities of 13 or 14 per tent.; sad if swan. were
burtowed for the purpose at 3 re cent. Me operaiom
would be attended with a goat saving. Some .egslatisa
aught to be adopted (be preventing officers foie go-
ing on baltpay for life until they had served a eve.
tarn number of years, ninny persons having purchased thoa-
missions fur Hasa, of the annuity, never intending taiiefTe.
He should not move any reduction in the grant, because
that would be an set of iujustice to the individuals, whom
he did rot brume, but the Government he thought highly
assurable; and unless tome regulation were adopted 00
the subject, he shotild Wore the Session chwed feel it his
duty to bring the matter substantively before the House.
. Sir H.HARDI NOE rose to puled out as error is thesollrs-
Intimo of the Hun. Member (Mr. Haar) of the animmt that
'nicht have bees saved to the mustry by the adorns of kis
plan of tilling up the vocaories Gem the half psi. lie hod
stated it at an amount of 213,C001- annually. That as*
'Dent he had made nut wily that evening, hut in she !sot
Session, and at public meetings throughout the cointryipin'
Sicilian at Het...ford. It had appeared to him H•FIJ
so maestros. a statement that he could nut help inqurigt taco
it, and the resale aim colon twos gas quite at issue with that
el the Honourable Member. The Hmovrable Member was
correct in his statement of Me amber of promotion.; but
the Inference he always deduced from them you, that by
filling them up loom the half pay there would be as moutal
liming of 213,000 L; or, at 11 years purchase, of 2,600,0801•
This issfereace of the Hon. Member was the result of a Serif •
of locuticeivable enrols, which resulted in an ortr-ataieme*t
us his part of 1,600,0901. at twelve yeses wirehair& Of
1,653 promotions, which had taken plate is lee years, there
mere ..oily 883 actual vacauciea. If a Lieutenant-Celoorlcy
in • regiment became vacant by death or removal, it was
filled by promoting • Major to the vacancy, a Captain to the
Maj.oity, a Licata's't to the Captaiery, sad an fair to
the Imitiesianicy ; en that there were lee peorastions, andiron
one vacancy, and if bin plea were adopted, only use permit in-
mead of five could be removed from the kattpay; but the Hon.
Member had takes all the promotions, and argued span
them as alba were all vseaseleo.—(Loud cheers and nea-
ter from the Ministerial besiches.)—That be had dose, not is
the beat of debate, but oat cool gad deliberate caleolstiso,
and it stood on the Jorraals. It war a very Scrims coot,
fur it went to bring into disrepute the mode in which the
army was admielstereJ.—(Hear, hear, bear.)—This Ho-
aourahle Gellllllooo Ikea proceeded to remark upon the
plat of 6 Mug up from the half-pay, aiming, by calculation(