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companies in each regiment. He concluded with mowing
the grant of 68,0001. for the use of the army.
Cot. DAVIES complained of the continued extrara.
gance that characterised our military establishments i of
the sparing diminutions, and particularly of the expellee
of the staff. There might be tar more extensive savings
if there were the disposition to reduce. lie maintained
that many of the officers, one out of every two majors, the
waggon train, &c. might be reduced. There might be a
reduction of 5,000 men, even according to the present
principle of keeping up the army ; there might, in fact,
be a saving of 136,0001. He proposed such reductions in

an amendment.
Lord PALMERSTON replied, that there was no satis-
fying hon. gentlemen opposite. Last year a reduction of
10,000 men was required by them, now they were corn.
plimented with a reduction of 12,000. Indeed, increase
of appetite seemed to grow from what it led upon.
Mr. HUME said he was no party to the request of a
reduction of 10,000. He last year maintained that there
might to be a reduction of 20,000 man. He contended
that a reduction of 10,000 men night be made on the
ber now proposed by the noble lord. Each thousand
reduced would produce a saving of N 3,00 The amend-
ment proposed by his I . friend (Cul Davies) did not
go far enough; lie should therefore propose,as an 8111elltla
ment, that instead of 68,802, the number of men should
be 55,102.
Mr. BENNETT contended that the present state of the
country made economy the first object, and therefore the
reduction proposed by his hon. ft lend ougla to be adopted.
After some observations from Lord Althorpe, Mr. Ga-
rrott, Sir C. Hardinge, and Sir R. Ferguson, the gallery
was cleared for a division. For the amendment, SI
For the original motion, 1911—Majority, 1.15.
The committee then again divided on Colonel Davies's
motion for a reduction of 5,000 men. For the amen&
meta, 54—Agaitist it, 181—Majority, 126.
A sum of 2,2 i5i.2991. Ifis. 7d. was then voted for the pay
of the forces. The house resumed, and the report was
ordered to be received to-morrow.
The other orders were disposed of, and the house ad-
journed at a quarter before one o'clock.
Tue.mev, 11.tacil 2.
Petitions were presented from Doncaster, and Peter.
borough, complaining of agricultural distress.
Mi. Ald. WOOD presented the report on the London-
bridge petitions. It said, that the standing orders had
been complied with. The lion. member then moved for
have to bring in a bill fur the removal of the water-works
at London-bridge.
Mr. H. SUMNER expressed his astonishment at this
proceeding. When it might have been expected that ap-
plication would be made fur leave to build a new bridge,
there was a request made fur permission to remove the
water-works; iu tact that power was already possessed.
Motion agreed to.
Lord LONDONDERRY said, his right lion. friend
(the Chancellor of the Exchequer) was utterly incapable
of bringing forward his motion on the subject of Super-
annuation!'; he thereto' e postponed his motion till Thurs-
day.
Lord LONDONDERRY requested, that the lion. mem-
ber for Aberdeen would postpone lois motion on the sob-
ject of the National Debt Office.—Put off accordingly.
Mr. DENISON moved for leave to bring in a bill to
amend the 57th Geo. 111. fur the suppression of riots and
seditious assemblies. The object of the bill was to amend
the law respecting the proceedings to recover damages
from hundreds, for injsuies done by riotous proceedings.
At Kingston eleven actions were brought, amounting to
691.; the colts were 1,1001.;—there were tone actions
ti ied at Croydon, to recover 71. odd, the costs were up-
wards of 5001.—The damages in one being 12s. and the
costs were 1121.—(Heat, hear.)—The remedy lie pro-
posed was, that the party aggrieved should give notice
to the overseers after wards to the magistrates, who should
assess the damages ; and such assessment to be confirmed
or amended at the Quarter Sessions. He moved for leave
to bring in a bill to amend such act..... Motion agreed to.
Mr. KENNEDY moved for leave to introduce his bill
again, to alter the mode of striking the panne' in criminal
cases in Scotland.
Sir M. W. RIDLEY withdrew his motion MI the sub•
jest of the Lords of the Admiralty, which stood for
Thursday, the tote of a former night having rendered it
unnecessary.
Mr. COURTENAY moved for the revival of the com-
mittee to inquire into the state and operation of the law
regarding prison discipline.
51r.W MIRE called the particular attention of the house
to the local jurisdictions of magistrates in prisons, hoping
that some regulation would be introduced to amend the
law on such point.—Motion agreed to, and a committee
appointed.
Mr. PEEL gave notice, that on the I ith inst. he shotild
more for a committee to inquire into the state of the pe-

I.ce.
The report of the committee of supply on the Army
Estimates was presented. On the reading of the first
resolution, granting the quantity of men,
Mr. HUME re-urged the necessity of further reduction.
He had proposed a further reduction that would save halt
a million—a sum that had been treated as a petty paltry
saving. He hoped the house would not deem it such.—
There were upwards of 40011111 men in England and Ire-
land, and notwithstanding the state of Ireland, he thosight
there were troops enough. He moved as an amendment
that the number of men should be 58,111C0 instead of 615,040
men.
Mr. WILMOT denied that be had called the saving
paltry and petty, but lie had called us the house to reject
the hon. anembei's proposition.
Mr. HUME was glad that the lion. member disowned
the words. lle still II ght the saving might be effected.
Motion :weed to without a division, on the amendment
being pressed. The other resolutions were agreed to.
The house then went into a committee on the AMlllid
Malt 'lax Act.
Mr. LUSHINOTON said this duty expired Feb. 25th,

1822.
Mr. MONCK asked about the allowances on malt in
hand.
Mr. LUSHINGTON said, the arrangements had been
explaired last night—the allowances were
first resolution
o be made on
the malt in hand, not on the beer. The fi
the second
was, that the duty do cease and determine;
regarded allowances on stock in hand, the returns to be
made y our eqal payents. There we re other regu-
lationsb tof cattildu the likem advantages to lielaud.—Agred

to.
Mr. LUSIIINGTON word a roulutiou for allowaucco