The Sun.
London, England, 1822-03-22 00:00:00

CUSTOMS BENEVOLENT FUND.

colonel iIAYIE§-i-nWeii for an Account of Money received
'by the Secretary of the Customs Annuity and Benevolent Fund,
for Poundage on Officers' Salaries, for Assurance of Officers'
Lives, for Copies of Bills of Entry, for Copies of the Reports
-of Ships cleared inwards and outwards, and from all other sources
applicable to the same fund.
After a few words from the CHANCELLOR of the EX-
• CHEQUER, the motion was agreed to.
NAVY ESTIMATES.
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The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER moved the
-Order of the Day for bringing up the Report of the Committee
of Supply of the Ifit of March, on the Navy. Estimates.
The Report was brought up, and after a few words from the
Chancellor of the Exchequer, Mr. Croker, and Mr. Hume,
•-several of the Resolutions were agreed to.
Upon the Resolution for granting a sum not exceding
212. C/11. 13s. 9d. fur the expence of the Dock-yards and salaries
of vhcers,

Mr. H EiME said he had on a former evening called the atten-
tion of the House to this head of expenditure, and had shewn
the increased expenditure which had taken place compared with
the years 1792 and 1813. Upon that occasion he found that he
had fallen into a mistake of 138,0001., the expence of the Naval
Academy. having been included in the accounts of one year and
not in the other. The expences of the different dock-yards
►ere as follow :

1792.

1813.

1821.

1622.

Difference
between
1821 &1822.

Deptford
Woolwich
(latham
Sheerness
Portxmouth
Plymouth

£3,588
4,058,
4,200
2,434
6,126
4,946,

26,710
30,411
33,241
23,870
45,265
43,660

28,732
22,802
35,438
24,078
45,183
43,512

25,269 6 2
29,005 10 0
34,760 19 5
22,890 10 6
48,003 8 2
42,741 19 6

Half-pay paid to those Officers, and to be paid up to Decem-
ber,

_ ,
Officers Amount of Half-pay Amount of Half-pay to
promoted. in one year. December, 1822.
:n 11116 142 £16,169 10 0 for 6'.- years £105,101 15 0
1817 72 8,818 10 0 5 -- 54,001 15 0
1818 103 12,473 17 6 41 -- 56,132 8 9
1819 167 49,986 15 0 3; -- 174,954 2 6
1820 77 8,413 5 0 2; -- 21,033 2 6
1821 236 46,537 10 0 -1: 6),806 5 0
2

Total... 7 7 ) , 1 making,sincei
,- P4Bl 029 8 9
in 1 year.-14.
j- £143,399 7
" I the Peace. ) ' '
Here was an expence of near half a million incurred to the
country. Ile thought that when the Marines looked to the pa-
tronage extended to the Army, they had good reason to coin-
plain. Be said, without meaning to give offence in any quar-
ter, that if the appoinrmmts of the seven Generals of Marines
must be continued, it would be better to leave them open to the
Officers of Marines.

Sir G. COCKBURN thought, that after all the protection
which the navy afforded to the commerce of the country, it
would be too much to say that the persons who performed that
service should be totally thrown aside in time of peace. Of more
than 200 Admirals and Vice-admirals, &c. now on the list, not
more were employed. than when we had only 30 or 40, and they
had no less than 190 vessels of different descriptions. The Gal-
lant Officer proceeded to defend several of the other points which
had been attacked by the Honourable Member for Aberdeen.
It had pleased his Majesty to appoint him Major-General of the
Marines, a situation in which lie felt proud ; he had served for
20 years with those brave men ; he had fought with them—he
saw them, in:moments of difficulty and of danger, act in a way to
draw down the applause of the regular army. Ile felt pleasure
now, after their toils were over, to mix amongst them, to recog-
nise his old comrades, and to be hailed by them as their Gene-
ral. The feelings which existed among them were those which
he highly prized, and which* were very different from those
which the Honourable Gentleman would. inspire. Ile thought
it would be most unwise to do any thing that might tend to
weaken that cordiality which existed between the Navy and
Marines. It was right to observe, that Marine Officers came
in without purchaSe, but when any officer .does any act to dis-
tinguish him in a particular manner, an application is always
made to the King to get him a brevet promotion, which entitles
him to something about half-a-crown a-day. He could assure
the Honourable Gentlentan that though he was not constantly
with the Marines, he still attended to
his duty, and he trusted
he performed it with effect ; his duty was at least as arduous
as that of Colonel of the Army, with the exception that he did
not purchase clothing for the men ; but though he did not pur-
chase clothing, he had spent no small portion of time in select-
ing it, and in seeing that it was of a superior kind.
Sir ISAAC CO} FIN said, that he had always considered
the Marine as the salvation of the Navy.
The Resolution was then agreed to.
On the grant of 100,0051. to make good the fund for the
Relief of Widows and Orphans,
Mr. HUME took occasion to say that it struck him -as re-
markable, that Doctor Clarke should have retired on full-pay,
whilst other persons, who had served a much greater period,
received but half-pay; however, after the explanation that had
been made, he would make no further observations on that
subject, more than to hope that the case of Dr. Clarke would
not be considered a precedent.
After a few words from Mr. CROKER, the several other
Resolutions were read and agreed to.
On the motion of Mr. 11U31E, an Account of the different
Ships which cleared out for North America and New South
Wales, with the number of Passengers and convicts from the
United Kingdom, for the last year, and distinguishing the
number from each country, was ordered to be laid on the table
of the House.—The house then adjourned.

COURT OF COMMON COUNCEL.