The National Register.
London, England, 1816-04-07 00:00:00

urn ER .‘N I) CHEESE TRII)E.

The Ilutter Impoetation Duty Bill, and the Cheese Importa-
tion Doty Bill, severally went through a Committee. Report
on ty next.
The Cheese Duty Bill having gone into a.Committe. Sir M.
Rinl.FY proposed that the Doty on the Importatioo of Cheese
in Ile.tish slit rs be Is. instead 4.t per cwt. and in foreign
ships Ins. instead of 13s. as thrtrat present stood itt the Bill.
The atnetldm.•nts were negatit ed Report on nordity.
The CitAncEt.i.ott of the EXCHEQUER brought tip the Bill
for the estaltieluneut of ►he l'a tures% Charlotte of St..nes on bar
marriree witit Priu'•e Leopold of Saxe Cubourg. —Read a first
.ttme and ill diet: d to be read a second time on Monday.
lIOM::•:ECRETMIV Or STATE'S OFFICE.

Mr. Bs NICEA, seeing Airitton. Member In his place connected
with the Ttome Department, wished to ascertain whetiwr the
repairs of the frobt of the ctlice of the Home Secretory ofStater
opposite Whit ball, were pursu,int to orders from the Tieasnry.
he scaffolding had been up for some time, little progress was
moire, and %%-hat had been done was in very bad taste, for upon
old stone, yellow bric!..4 were p 1 iced
Mr. H Ann, sierrcs replied; although it Was his office, that
he was as h sill In toed an his floe. Frientl'imrild be when
be saw, the s-affolding raised, for it was not pursuant to any
orders from the office,. our front the Treasury, far as he was
a..v in. (Hear.) He. sent one of the Clerks to Br! Board of
Worts, to learn who had given the crania, when it Was in effect
uns,e-red, that some ot the stunt:sand front being in danger of
Riling, it was deemed right to commence a sort of " practical
reform (Mar.)
Mr. ricers& tvtl.E said,eneh works could not be carried on,
accoieing 11 the Act, if the expence were likely to be above
UNKII. without an order front the Treasury. After what bad
passed he trusted the a orks would be immediately plat a stop to.
Mr. SN xEs stated, after what had fallen from those
bers holding v.:Ere, he should deem it right to mute Sro papers
the informat;on on this-extraordinary subject, on some future
41.1 y. (Hear.)
TRANSPORTATION ACT.

- On the motion that the Transportation Bill be rearra second
slow,
Mr. BENNET rose, not for the purpose-of objecting to the
motion, lint to express the hope (hut the Act would only be re-
quited for two instead of five years. lie much questioeed
win thee We •establistiment at Botany Bay was so organized as
So merit support. It was very expensive, but produced no
reformation ; and if the Act were for two years a Committee
might he had upon the stsbject to obtain information. The ex-
peace was so enormous as to decide that that it ought not to be
continued, except it could be proved that the government :and
moral Mimeos Nnent of the convicts were better than formerly.
According to the return of 1510, the annual expeuee was
100,0001. and of 1812, it was 173,0001. and yet the number of
convicta fiirwarded was one-third less. Each eons ict cost Go-
vernment tool. sculling out. Another ground of complaint
ssuithe mode of corporal punialuneut there ; and the injudi-
cious mixture of old and young, and hardened and mileicknied
offemlei s, was very reprehensible. A report ought to be had,
as the house svgs WAOllt information since 18k0,
The Hill VMS read a second time, and ordered to be irotamit-
ted meMonday-.
THE AMA' ESTIMATES.
Lord ThaLmettsvots then moved that the House should go
into a Committee of Supply; and that the Army Estimates
should be referrsd to the Camonittee.
On the qnestion for the Speeketes leaving the Choir,
Mr. 11'Aum said, he had an observation to make to one • item
in the Estimates ; that was the Forvign Staff; and that item, if
convict, was such, to. conceived, AS would inthlee the BOUst to
pause, before they ruferrett the Estimates to a Cmimicee et
all. In W's, die charge fur the Foreign Staff was no noun
than 17,01101. In Mel, the sante of service was increased
to 10,5001. hut in the present year, the Howe would be•sur-
prised to find, that, after allowing 63,0001. for the Officers
serving in Frew..., there still remained a charge of no less-.a
vim than 123,04/01 He was aware that our fin eign pos,essiens
were greatly increased shire that period; antk he would ea-en
allow that they were. doubted ; but he could- not eonsideu this
as anv plea for an increase of six times the moonlit of 1502.
The Hon. Gentleman then took a reagent of our fineign.po..ses.
lions as they were in 1802, and allowed an increase upon
each, and also an establishment for our. recent ac.inisitions, and
avid he could ince view of the subject discover that a grea:er
sum th:ai 410301 conld be revired, and therefore here WaSilli
'veils of charge of 78,6)01. He must also observe, on the
item of charge• for the Horse Guards in Cie present year. In
!81't this head el charge WAS 17,4291.—1ri the peesetir year it
was 60,101.
Lord PA t.mmtssosi spoke in reply, and- aner a WS; conver-
sation the House w. at Into the Committee.
Lord l'avatsmeroN espiamed, that with respect to the Wag-
gon Traimilie Duke 01' st Olio von would Wit 4,(11 11110 the tied]
withoi.t a l trge train. attl.it was necassary to V111'411:1..40' a duct e
number of horses.. The N.•ble Lord also entered into-some ex-
plan.itoms- on the subject of half.pay, when it was deemed, ex-
pr Beat to herease the ratio in. 1832. Withsespect tithe stuff,
Übe Hoene Staff umisist of 11w Major General in North
whickbad. hew. the case sinew the rebellion &wale