The National Register.
London, England, 1816-03-17 00:00:00

ORDNANCE ESTIMATES.

TAlrdi PA I.MER4TON in a Committer moved, that a stint of
:;33,11921. !Is. IA. be granted for the pay and equipment of the
Dragoon Guards and the Roy al %Waggon Train.
Mr. W. Ws nae said, he objected to a cordon of troops h.•irs
kept rotund a large extent of country, to Watt It smugglers; he.
fortncrly the soldiers won only teleil in to assist the

Co' rowel' ; !fir =7 Itey amez in civil twitters of their on u
aecordi and, without application to a constable or other peace
*direr, soldiers would stop a carriage at a public place., by pre-
senting their bayonets.
Lord Usarti.utimat pia, nothing was more racy than to
make speeches arrainst flee employment or so:,;:eri; r.! itcenr,
against any tax that could be proposed. But it was more dif-
ficult to shew how the public service could go on without them.
He protes!eil against the opinion that the Cill'2l/1" ut home was
to be entployed merely for the protection of the revenue.
The resolution. voting 335,6!►0. fur defraying the expence of
the Hens' hold Troops, and the Royal Waggon Train, was then
put and carried.
On the motion of Lord PALstritsTost, 514,2801. was voted
for the infantry of the line in Great Britain and 1121 island, in
the Channel ; for the cavalry in Ireland ; and 718,1001.
for the intautty of the Niue iu Ireland.
On the motion for voting 1,539,?5ti1. 10s. dd. for defraying
the expenses uftmvalry and infantry abroad, except in France.
and our possessions in the Est
Mr. W. WYNNE wished to know, as Brionaparte was the pri-
soner of the four great Powers, whether tiny were not to bear
a part in the expellee of keeping him
Lord CASTI.EIII.IiGH said, that not nue of those Powers but
would be very glad to relieve us from the trouble of supporting
Itininapaite ; but the House would see how far that wordd he •
consistent with hi. surrender to us. Neither would it be very
politic for that person to be confined in any part of Europe.
The Re.obrton WVIS then agreed to.
Lord PAI.,IFIViTON then moved a Resolution for granting
452,76,1. fur I‘Tigtettaneons service' oa th:.: Military Lstabli.li.
silent of British Regiments. This Resolution, atter some ob-
servations front Mr. C. Wynne, Mr. Forbes, Lord Palmerston,
and Lord Castlereagh, was agreed to.
119,8561. was voted for the 'Miscellaneous Services of the Re-
gitnents of the line to be stationed in Ireland.
20,8351. for five Troops of Dragoons, to be stationed in Great
Britain.

a:,0,M01. for Militia in Great Britain and Ireland, in an em-
bolic(' stmt., and which was to continue so during the year.
1W2,7.271. for the pay of General Officer,, not being Colonels
of Regiments.
L.,. ,1 I'Al mi:us•rom said, the votes fur the Staff, and for the
Pahl c departments. might perhaps create discussion. Those
vote, h., wonid then postpone.
£313,000, for Pay of Supernumerary Officers.
4ri0,1490, fur half-pay of Officers of Land Forces.
19,677, for Reduced Officers.
916010, for Chelsea and Kilmainhain.
61,421, for Conitmssionate List.
189,100, for Irish Col ttttt Issariat.
179,000, for the Barrack Department in 'lreland.
35,000, fur British Officers attached to the Portuguese
Army.
Mr. VAhSITTART then moved a resolution for 260,0001. being
the 100th part of '4600,0001. according to the vote of last Ses-
*Mu. Agreed 10.—A djou rned.
THURSDAY, MARCH 11.

Mr. RR 4NTI presented a Petition from Hertfordshire, unani-
mously sigiied by a most respectable• number of persons. lie
regretted that none of the Ministers were present to hear the
►entiments of the petitioners; that they might know the disap•
',ointment occasioned by want of economy, and the existence of
Sinecure places, and the prayer to proportion salaries accord-
ing to the altered price of provisions. This petition had not
originated in clamour. Though moderately and respectfully
worded, it did not proceed from a less intense feeling of dis-
tress, for which there was no remedy, hut reducing salaries,
abolishing P;llertil'eS, and reforming the Civil List expenditure.
--Ordered to lie on the table.

Petitions against the Property Tax were presented from Mit-
sham, and various other places.
. .

Mr. Alderman C. SmlYrit said, that whatever opinion might
be entertained of the tax, a deaf ear ought not to be turned to
the united prayers of the people..

INSOLVENT DEBTORS' ACT.
Mr. LOCAIIART addressed the House at sonic length on the
Pubjvct of this Act, and on the many evils which he contended
It had produced, by holding out inducement to fraud on the
part of the debtor; he described the various modes by which
the uct contributed to these frauds, and said that the tradesmen
fsf the kingdom declared it was impossible to carry on their busi-
ness while the Act continued in force. The lion. Ckutleman
4 aid, it was not his intention to offer any amendment to the law ;
he had nevertheless anxiously considered it, but hail found it
fob of extreme difficulty. He therefore suggested merely, that
it woe better to get rid of it for the present, and lease the sub-
ject to the future consideration of the Legislature. With that
view he moved for leave to bring in a Bill to suspend the ope•
rations of the Insolvent Debtors' Act. . _

Sir SAMUEL RoIILLY said, there could be no doubt that
great frauds bad been col 1111 l itted, and the Legislature was
leudly called upon to interpose ; but it would nut be wise for
the House precipitately to repeal this act without considerable
inquiry, and availing themselves of all the information they
could procure on the subject, in order to frame some more
effectual mea'ares. He moved, that a Cumniittee be appointed
to inquire into the execution and results of the Act.

. .
. Ou a ill rvgon this amendment was carried by 132 against 71.
•Mr. Lociihart's Bill was therefore
• AIARRIAGE OF THE PIUNCESS CHARLOTTE.

Lord CAST LEKFAGII bt13111:11t down a hlcssage from the
Prince Regent, relative to the proposed marriage between
their Royal and Serene Highnesses, the Princess Charlotte of
Wales, and Prince Leopold, George Frederick, of Saxe Co-
bhurg.—( Fur which ire the Lards.)
The Noble Lord then said. i.e slionld take the earliest oppor-
tunity of moving to refer the Prince Regent's most litiltloll,
message fur eomideration.—At present he should only call
upon the House to express their gratitude for the gracious
communication, and the dei p impression it had made. It would
not he necessary, in an event so auspicious and gratifying to
tit,' Prince, to awaken io the minds of the House tits it was
ainaiiy auspicious to the interests of the empue in general.
Tie hied, therefore, to cmigramlute 11w cemitry upon it. In
respect to the person who MI, the object of the attachinctit of
the Prince*. Charlotte, there was but one opinion expressed
throughout Europe, either as to his principles, his manners, of
his domestic habits. was in 1:0113CillI,Ilt every reason
to expect, that the union would Ise productive of the greatest
domestic enjoyment. It wunad be, therefioe, for the Com-
niitttec to whom the message vronld 1w referred, to consider
the amount of the sum necessary for their efitahlisliment, Sc,
gat. io, mokaog provision, they should smite liberality with
tbeir.arrangentents.---Thero was only cue principle in respect
to the ariaOgement, an. tilat w..s to provide, u. their thst set-
tlement to life, that such an income should be grauted, as not
intltsce them to entrench utwu it in future. The Noble
arithre R qmor4 an deli ess,ffr Thanks to the Prince Regent,
& • ag;-i•ed to AA. eeti.

TIM NATIONAL REGISTER.

BANK PROFITS.

.I%lr. GRFNIFELL, after a lariety of observations on the im-
mense profits accruing to the Batik of England from the
of the public nomey, and contending that in these times of dis-
tress the public had a right to look to the Bank for assistance
to the amount of many millions, not by wad of luau, Hit As a
matter of right, niovirl for a Committee to take into consider-
ation his first kesolution, viz.

" That it appears that there was paid by the public to the Bank of
England. for managing the national debt, including Ow charge for
contributions on loans and lotteries, in the year crelmg stir of July.
1752, the sum of n 9,8031. Us. ad. and that then- was paid file the like
service, in the year ending April 5, 1815. the aunt of 2h1,56xL 6s ltd.
being an increase of 181.764. 14s. rid. In azidition to which, the Bank
of England have charged at the rate of 1,Y501. per million, on tho
amount of prop,. ny-duty received at the Bank, on profits arising from
professions, trades, and offices."
Aftt r a long con w.rsation, in which the Chancellor of the
Exchequer, Mr. S. Thornton, Lord Castl' cagli, and Mr. Elam-
nictsley took a part against the motion, and Mr. Tierney, Sir
J. Nr•wport, Mr. Marryatt, and others, in support of it, the
Home on the motion of the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pro-
ceeded to the other ortlera of the day.—Adjourned.