The National Register.
London, England, 1814-07-17 00:00:00

THE NATIONAL REGISTER.

to have some little notion tit' ,ut the inyortance of public money. this
was not a despotic governin-nt ; we happened to live in a country
where, if be should indulge his fancy in building palaces without pro-
per authority for doing so, he might he afterwards callod to an account
slot very pleasant to his feelings. Tie excess of the present quarter in
the Lord Chamberlain's department was 102,0°01. Of this Sl,OOOl.
were said to be extra, un account of the arrival of the royal anti
Personares ; but the Chamberlain's department had nothing to
do with the entertainments ; and he understood, indeed, that this
5'2,0001. had been laid out in furniture; but how laid omit he could not
e Imprthend. One of those 111us:rious Personages resided with the
Duchess of tildsusburgh, at the Pulteney Hotel, and was only one day
at the Palace, to receive a deput titoW ; while the King of P ussia took
up his abode in the apartments of the Duke of Clarence.—From all he
had heard of. however, of those illustrious Personages, and especially
one of them—The Emperor of Russia, no two persons could be more
averse to the trappings of royalty than they were. But he WAS told
that Buckingham house had been furnished by order of the Queen,
from top to bottom, with this 3t,0001. under the mere' pretence of
making it ft! to receive those Sovereigns—for they were never in it, be
believed, but t wice. Was not that the greatest extravagance ? There
were only one of two more points that he would press upon the notice
of the Committee.

The expellees of Carlton-house. this year, amounted to 75,000% and
that on the back of tit 0001. last year ; so that, fOr the two years, the
gross (muffin was WAAL for furniture, Ste.—(llear, lu !)—The
fifetse stieuld remember also. that at the time when 10s Royal Ifieh•
nee+ assumed the uorestrieted regency, 100,0001. were voted by Patio
(lament as a sort of outfit to him. What was dohe with that money ?
Pa-hament must surely enquire into those things: they could not shift
their eves to them. Attairir in the department of the Master of the
Iforse, there were 10.,01.301. tot jaurneymes—he supposed for going to
Dover ne.d cominj back again. In the Lord Steward's department
tlasre were 450)01. for eatiag.and drinking in the last quarter alone,
and Ilia: too exclusively of the feta which war vet to come. lie would
net tr,iih!t• the (louse Itorthtr, but he felt it his duty to state what he
bad.--(ltear !)
Nsr f r A TIT observed, that almost the whole e,:ceas on the
Civil I.i•t would ha found lit the political 'Put of it t there had been
very Pule in the II ousehold departmeet. The•whole amount ef excess
as not above '20,0001. a year. Tbe oxcers in the political department
I e too leer ed to be more properly the object of the scrutiny of Podia-
went ; and if the Right Honourable Gentleman or any other Member
ished !Or snore tn'tpite u.ion that head, there was no disposi-
fo a on the par: of Government to withhold them. The priecipal ettoe•s
related to our foreign Mini•ters in Spain and I'orui.l, weicli arose
Irmo the peculiarity of their situation, I:imi the exchange bt'lllV against
us, and from the price of inovisions, &c. whirl' was great beyond all
precedent. The extraordinary exp,nces of the List (platter were such
as would naturally strike the Right Honowrable Gentleman ; hut that
sort of extraordinary carnival which had just elapsed 'Mein have pre
pared the House for them. The tlt,oool. in the Lord Chamberlain's
depaement were for the buildings. viz the Drawing-room, Conserva-
tory, &c. at the back of Carlton-house. %%rids regard to the rotunda
erected in the gardens of Carlton-house it partook in some degree
of the nature of a permanent building as it could be taken down and
put tip again at pleasure [a laugh]. With retard to the 3a,0001 it
should be remembered that the apartments of the Duke of Cumber-
land were completely forepaw! for the F,mperor of Russia. and in such
a way as would net have been unworthy of him, had he thought fit to
take up kir, residence there. Some preparations Ida) were made for
the Emperor of Austria, and the Right Honourable Gentleman was
much misintbrmed, if lie thought the furniture in question had, or
'would become the perquisites at any person. It was all secured to the
Prince Regent, to be applied by him in any way he thoneht proper,
either to decorate his owe palace, et for any other purpose he might
choose, except what was sent to Portsmouth for the reception of. the
Royel Visitors there, and which, by an old custom, was to be kept
there. A considerable sum was also tiecessarily expended in fitting up
the yachts. With respect to the department bf the Master of the
irse, the extraordinary expences connected with it were easily ac-
counted for. When the various jimmies of the late illustrious visitors,
not merely from t)uver to London, but to Osford, to Portsmouth, &c.
and when the number of persons to he provided with suitable equi-
ps"ges (though only a limitedn 'tuber of whom a list was procured were
s • provided) were considered, t' e Committee would, he was sure, be
aware that the items could he explained very much to their satisfaction.
All persous who had resided iu London durum the last six weeke heti,
indeed, have been aware that both in carriages and in attendance, the
wear lied tear of the department-of the Master I,f the Horse must have
been far beyond that of ordinary times. The Honourable Gentleman
bad made his oUservigiunS on the subject in a very caudied manner.

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lie (the Chancellor of the Es,2llequer) admitted dolt the Treasury
was responsible, and lie repeated hi, coat ssimilloit for some of the
items there had not been, as in ordinary periods, silificient time for de-
tailed estinrites. But us far as circumstances would allow he could as-
sure the Committee that there had been nu repreheosible negligence
ors their part.
Lord YAItbIOUTLI declared, that the Lord Chamberlain did not know
any thing of the preparations in the Park, until be saw them in riding
through it. (Hear, hear I)
Mr. Tr ERNLY congratulated the House and the country on the man-
ner iu wl ich this busii.ess had been conducted I

Mr. «'ut•rnuesa inquired who had given the orders for the prep•l-
- ?

Lord CASTLER RAO tt observed, that in a case of this nature, the
pleasnre of the Sovereign might be considered a •alliei,•nt autlo ri y.
The particular nature of the circumstances did not admit a ..tr.ct
ud-
t►erence to ordinary rules. He hoped that because there might he an
official flaw in the proceeding, the Committee w. 01,1 n t be induced to
treat it with severity. It was natural that the I.rlon uvent of peace,
after such a war, should not be allowed to pass without some kind of
rejoicing in which the people at large might participate. As to the
naval part of the preparations, be confessed he did not see much merit
in them, until riding into the Park, he there observed that they had
drawn together an assemblage of beauty and civilization of which no
other metropolis could boast, a circamstanCe which compelled him to
acknowledge their value.—(A laugh )
After a few further observations by Mr. Whitbread, the Chancellor
of the Exchequer, Mr. P. Moore and Mr. Ruse, the Rvsolution was
agreed to.
Mr. Serjeant OVSLOW to .1; the opportunity of recommending that
the Salary of the Speaker should be increased. It was at peseta only
that which it had been fur twenty four years.
After a few winds from Mr. Tierney and Nit. \Vyne, the resolution
was agreed to.
The House having refurued, the report was ordered to be received
to-morrow. Adjourned.

svrent).% Y. Jut.lt IG.
Tht.re were not forty. 11.[embers present at four o'clock, and the
Home adjourned to Monitay.

TUESDAY'S LONDON GAZETTE.

ADMIRAT.TV-OFFICE, JULY 12, 1814.

Copy of a Letter from Capt. Pigot, of his Majesty's ship Orpheus,
addressed to the Holt. Vice-Admiral Sir• Alexander Cochrane,
and transmitted by the latter to John Wilson Croker, Esq.
His Majesty's ship Orpheus, New Providence,
Sir, `25,.1814,
I have the pleasure to acquaint yon, that on the '2oth instant,
after a chase of 60 miles, the point of Malanzas, in Cuba, bearing
S. S. E. 5 leagues, we eaptined the .United States ship
commanded by Master Commandant Joseph Bainbridge ; sue had
mounted twenty 3'2-pound ca rronades and two long eighteens, with
171 men ; but a few minutes before striking her colours, threw all
her lee guns overboard, and continued throwing also her shot, small
arms, sce. until taken possession of ; she k a temarkable fine s6p,
of 501) tons, and the first time of her going to sem ; she has been out
from Boston two months, and frequently chased by our cruisers ;
their only capture was the Little Fax, a brig laded with fish, which
they destroyed. I have the honour to be, Sze.
(Signed) H. PIGOF, Captain,
The Hon. Sir Alexandcr Cochrane, Com-
mander-in-Chief, &c.

Vice-Amiral Sir Alexander Cochrane has also. transmitted to John
Wilson Croker, Esq. a letter from Capt. Byron. of his Majesty's
ship Belvidera, stating, that on the 7th of March the boats of that
ship, with those of the Endymion an.i Rattler, under the directions
of Lieutenant John Svke*, destroyed, ott Sandy Hook, the Mats
American privateer,
.ofls gnus and 70 men.
And a letter from Capt. Lockyer, of his Majesty's sloop Sophia,
giving au account of his havinu. on the 24th of April, captured the
American schooner privateer Starks, of two guns and 25 :nee, Out
14 days from Wasltingwn, without taking any prize.

[Transmitted by Rear-Admiral Griffith to J. W. Croker, Esq.]
His Majesty's ship Sawn, off. New York,
Sir, Al;:y v.:), 1811.
I have great satisfaction in reporting to you to cap!,
morning, of the American schooner privateer Maar, by

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