The National Register.
London, England, 1822-03-25 00:00:00

THE NATIONAL REGISTER

Mr. BROGDRN resettled the Report of the Committee of
Supply, containing the resolution for granting 2,300.000 L to
Pie oldie Five per Cent. Dissentients, &c. Read and agreed
to•
CUSTOMS BENEVOLENT FUND.
Col. DAVIS brought forward his motion on this subject.--
The fund arose from deductions horn Clerks' salaries, certain
entries, &c. ; its object was to beacflt windows, and portion off
oephants. He moved for accounts of the receipts for this fund
by the Secretary to the Customs, by poundage on officers'
salaries. &c.
The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER should not
give any opposition to the fund; the receipts were applied to
benevolent purposes ; and the whole would bear investigation.
Motion agreed to.
The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHE4unn moved that
the Report of the Committee of Supply of the Ist of March be
presented.
Mr. BROGDEN presented it. It was for grants on account
of the naval service. Bead.
On the resolution for a grant for the Dock Yards,
Mr. HUME complained of the enormous expence of those
dock yards. and of the disproportionate increase of the Civil
departments in the navy. They were enormously etiereasecl
since Mg ; they amounted for the last year to go4;0001.; and
in the seventh year of peace, the expence was within Oil. of
what it was in war, when he had a thousand pendants flying.
In some of the dock yards there were trilling reductions ; but
he must protest against the present expenditure. As he under-
stood that very great reductions were about to take place on a
revision of those establishments, he should content himself with
thus expressing his disapprobation ; he trusted that hereafter
there would be no occasion for its repetition. Olean.
Resolution agreed to.
On the resolution respecting the pay for foreign yards.
Mr. HUME asked whether there was any intention to reduce
the salaries of the Commissioners in foreign yards
Sir R. MARTIN answered m the negative...the pay was
considered small enough.
Sir I COFFIN spoke of the advantage that resulted to our
service from having these Commissioners.
Resolution agreed to.
Mr. HUME. spoke of the expence of the instructors. Go.
vapor. &c, of the Royal Academy. He hoped hereafter to
beboid some reduction in them.
On the resolution respecting the victualling of the Navy:
Mr. HUME said, the £BO.OOO expenditure on account of
the coast blockade was merged in the Navy estimates. As it
was for Revenue purposes. the expences ought to be kept cepa-
rate. Ile wished that the charges for the marines should be
I kept distinct from those for the navy; and he also complained
of the placing at the head of the marines naval oflicere• He
also Lamented that the marines should be se much neglected.
There was want of encouragetneut and promotion in the corps;
the officers rarely gained advancement. Ile regretted that ho
had not the opportunity of taking the sense of the House on the
Sinecures in the Marine Department.
Sir G. COCKBURN defended die system of establishment,
particularly at Portsmouth, as well as the corps of Marines. As
to what were called sinecures," they were no such things; and
he was sure superior Commissions in the marines were far more
valuable than pensions. He for instance prided himself on hie
Major Generalship of Marines far more than if he lied the highest
pension.
Resolutions agreed to, as were the remaining resolutions.
Mr. HUMP, moved for a continuation of the return of the
Convicts sent out of the Kingdom. Ordered.
The other basinves being disposed of, the Rouse adjourned.
Fitinntr, MAncil 2.
Mr. M ASON presented the annual accounts respecting
the officers in the East Jodie company's pay, &e.
Mr. ItYN el moved the second reading ut the Somers-town
Improvement Bill. Read a second time, and ordered to be
committed.
?dr. BEDFORD presented from the Exchequer nn ac-
count of the progress made in tire redemption of the public
debt.
The Clerk handed to the Speaker an account of all peti-
tions presented within the last two )ears, of
agricultural distre-s. 0. tiered to lie on the tittle.
The House went into it committee on the motion of Mr.
F. Let%is,on the Turnpike Laws Amendment Bill. Report
presented, nod ordered to he re•co tttttt
Lord J. RUSSELL presented a petition complaining of
agricultural distress, and of the isisoffieiency of the plans of
relief hitherto suggested by the rs. Unless some more
efficient means of relief were devised, the petitioners said
that they should lw unable to maintain their families. The
petition was from Noisome Cross, Cambridgeshire. Ordered
to lie on the table.
Mr. Hoar.--Mr. LAMRTON presented a petition from
Newcastle-nailer-line, signed by 4,1350 persous in the course
of three days, prasing for the adoption of measures to pro-
mote the liberatiou of Mr. Hunt. Ile (moldered the treat-
ment of Mr. H. most oujustifiable ; the sentence was
and certainly it reflected tin great credit on the magistrates
their should have been such treatmeat air 'insulter for
a political coerce.
Sir. M. %Y. RI D LEy said, that the petition was not the
result army public meeting and lie aas not favourable to
petitions privately dot up.
Mr. DICK ENSON complained of harsh insinuations
aiminst persons alto acre nut before the Douse.
The petition having been read, it speaking of the nnto.
rims. and atvoaeil timeworn bind hail crept into the
honourable House," and of evil councillors Ii is itie
the King to thank petsuits fur the Inurdi,r of his
uoti subjects."
Mr. FREI:NI A NTLE objected to the petition on account
of the lenguage just quoted,
Mr. LUSH INGTON objected to it on recount of ;another
seutiment, a kith the petition contiiitted, settiti. fro th that
Mr. Hunt's great cdence was," his endeavours tu make y our
honourable House more huniturathle:'
Sir It. WILSON defended the langunge of the petition.
He deemed it justly to apply to a portion of that Home
If it were rejected, it 'timid be adding ridicule to the other
faults with w hich they Were charged. It was really being
very fastidious, utter ohm hail passed, to complain of tile
language of env petition I fur had nut a minister of the Crott
lately defended useless place., as requAte to maintain the
influence of the Croon in that House f And hod not ',II ri,las
places hero recently gii co, In accuse the sinister suppott of
a noble Lord in ;mother Saari..
Mr. J AMES said, that a late Speaker had spoken of the
cons uptien lathe House brief: as nutin tom as the sun at noon
day. (Hear,)
Mr. W YNN observed, that the late Speaker KO not so
spoken of the Itow.e (Hear, hem !) 105:alt d the petitiuu
heeaMe its llhj• et sues lu 1/110),
Mr. G. Hl NB ET remimied the Hume that the late
Speaker spoke of traffic in seats a- a hat would hate mode
our ancestors startle with indignation t and Mr.
said, that it was a teatte that are. ;is icnis its the sou ut
mom day. (Hear.) As to th • petition. it c. is for it Irdeess of
grievances; except they *ere to detrrm.ne that they ame
last to receive any but latelatory petittaus, hues, Lot how
they goeid reject this peritiers.