The Sun.
London, England, 1814-07-21 00:00:00

ISLE OF INIAN JAIL:

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Lord HoLLANn begged to he informed, whether any add
what niemlires had beetrtaken *respecting the Jail of the Isle
of Mani . .
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Lord Stnmourti replied, that orders had he6l gil;in to put
the Jail in sucka state of repair, as to be capable of:receiri;:g
Persons who might he sent into confinement. ' - _ •
VOTE OP

Lord LtArEßPoot..---In rising to propose ,t 1
dress, in answer to the Prince Regent's Message
on this snbjeet, he did not, feel it necessary to
enter into any of those obserVations bn the gene-
ral state of affairs ,which he had been in the habit
of making On occasions of this kind ; .but a Noble
Lord held asked on a former night what Was the
still) to he taken, to, which it had been answered,
that the vote,was to be for three millions, it was
'certainly unusual to take. credit .nor stic., a large
sum in time of peace; but there were circum-
stances in our present situation Which- rendered it
expedient. In 'the first place, we ere at war
With America, though he did not state that as
any particular reason
,for taking credit for so large
a sum. The situation of affairs on the Continent
was not, however, yet settled, and could not be
settled till ;the Congress took _place. All our
troops could not be brought home for some time,
as troops of -the several Allied Powers occupied
territories whose fate could not be determined till
the Congress. All our subsidiary engagements
were not yet at an end, and the whole amount-of
the subsidies had not this year been voted ; and
though four millions hall been voted on 'account,
the deficiency must be supplied from some -Auld.
As one troops were not brought home, our esta-
blislunent here could not have ‘been much re-
duced ; but the reduction in the Militia regi-
ments, &C. would take place as soon. aspossible;
and the granting of this ;slim would not in the
least prejudge the question of a peace establish-
ment: . He concluded by moving the usual 'Ad-
dress. •

Lord HOLLAND was not prepared decidedly to
object to the motion, though, tonsidering the
amount of the stun, he acceded to it. with consi-
derable reluctance. lie, however, felt the force,
of some of the circumstances Stated, by the Noble
Lord. The %val. with America he•considered as a
great 'Calamity, but it would fOrm.,no ground for
vote.of credit to this amount-, and indeed it was
• not so stated. And even as to the, state of affairs
on the Continent, there was nothing to prevent the
assembling of Parliament immediately if an emer-
gency occurred. He was happy; 'however', to
hear the Noble • Earl state; that this would not
prejudge the 'question of a Peace Establishment,
N 4 withstanding the peace of 'the Continent,
no considerable reduCtioi, „it_ appeared,- was
speedily to be expected. This mist be 'a ilk-
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appointment tit many; as official uten ; and the
I.
treasury .writqrs had .always held 'out the cireutu-
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stance-of a certain individual occupying the throne
QJ France islue great ohstaele to a very, eNtt4osive
reduction of our establishment and expenditure.
Very little iii this way, however, had as yet been
-done. lie should not oppose
•the motion, but
merely lay in his Claim to future animadversion on
the subject, in case it should appear that the cir-
cumstances were not such as called for so,large a
sum'. It was: highly objectionable, in a consti-
tutional point of view, unless really wanted, as it
enabled the Minister to go on for a certain length
of 'time Without the aid of Parliament. The Ad-
dress was then agreed to.