The Sun.
London, England, 1836-04-12 00:00:00

LIGHTHOUSE BILL.

Mr. HUME wished to know from the Right Hon. the
President of the Board of Trade, when it was intended to
bring in the Lighthouse Bill.

Mr. P. THOMPSON said, in the course of a very few
days.

ARMY ESTIMATES.

Lord HOWICK then rose to move the Army Esti-
mates. The Noble Lord moved that a sum of 57,4751.85. 6d.
should be granted to his' Majesty, for the purpose of de-
fraying the charges and allowances to the principal officers
of the public departments, their deputies, clerks, and con-
tingent expenses, from April 1, 1836, to March 31, 1837.
Mr. HUME objected to the vote.
On a sum of 32,7641. 15s. Bd. being proposed for the
support of the Royal Military Asylum and Military School,
Mr. HUME wished to know whether they continued to
receive children still ?

Lord HOWICK was understood to reply in the affir-
mative.

Mr. HUME thought it would be much better if this
establishment were broken up. It had the effect of taking
individuals away from their natural protectors, as many of
the children were not orphans, and even if they were, in
many instances their relations would be happy to take and
keep them. He contended that the expense of keeping
up this establishment was quite disproportioned to
the amount of good done ; and he confidently hoped
that the recommendation of the Noble Lord's predecessor
would be acted upon, viz., allowing the establishment gra-
dually to fall off. If the children were sent into the
country towns and boarded, it could be done at one
half the expense, and they would moreover get rid of
the cost of the building, which could be turned to some,
other public purposes. He hoped Government would
onnoider the propriety of setting rid of this establishment.
The vote was then agreed to.

Lord HO WICK then moved that a sum not exceed-
ing 106,2111. 6s. ad., be granted for the support of the
voluntoor corps. _

Mr. 'HUME would beg to ask the Government if
they intended to keep up the volunteer corps
in this country? In the last Session he had
presented two or three petitions from Fife, complaining that
the yeomanry volunteer corps there was kept up for party
purposes, and to insult the working population. He had
divided the House for three years upon the ques-
tion, and would do so again in order to see how the ques-
tion stood.

Lord HOWICK did not believe that the volunteer
corps worn used for party purposes—it was the cheapest
force, and most useful. Last session a considerable reduc-
tion took place in the Militia staff ; and he thought it good
policy to support such a force.

The Hoti;e then divided.
Ayes
Noes
Majority in favour of the vote, .
A sum of 106,0001., for defraying the charges of general
officers not being Colonels of regiments, from the Ist of
April, 1836, to the Ist of April, 1837, was then agreed to.
71,5001. for the charge of the full pay for reduced and
retired officers of his Majesty's forces.
566,0001. for half-pay and military allowances to reduced
and retired officers of his Majesty's forces.

75,7601. for half pay and reduced allowances to officers
of disbanded foreign corps, pensions to wounded foreign
officers, and allowances to the widows and children of de-
ceased foreign officers.
148,9901. for pensions to be paid to widows of officers of
the land forces.

154,0001. for allowances on the Compassionate List, of
allowances as of his Majesty's Royal bounty, and of pen-
sions, gratuities, and allowances to officers for wounds.
1,337,0001. for the support of Chelsea and Kilmainham
Hospitals, of the in-pensioners and out-pensioners of those
establishments, and for the payment of pensions granted to
discharged negro soldiers.
47,8231. 7s. 10d. for superannuation and retired allow-
ances to persons formerly belonging to several public de-
partments connected with his Majesty's forces.
On the proposition that the sum of 25,0001. be granted
as a supplemental vote for two additional battalions raised
at the Cape of Good Hope,
General SH ARP (as we understood) wished to know
from the Noble Lord (Howick), whether the statement in
Gazette, some time in February last, with respect to the
appointment of a retired Captain of the Company's Service
to the local rank of Major-General in Asia, was correct.
If so, it was an appointment which greatly outraged the
feelingseof old officers in the service. He hoped the state-
ment was a mistake, and that it should have been Asia
Minor or Persia.

Lord HO WICK hoped, as he was not acquainted with
the circumstances of the case, that the Hon. and Gallant
Gentleman would take an opportunity of putting the ques-
tion to his Noble Friend the President of the Board of
Control.

The vote was then agreed to, and the House resumed.
STAMP DUTIES.
On the proposition for the second reading of the Bill to
alter and amend the laws relating to stamp duties,
Mr. HUME said that it had been suggested to him,
by a person whom he believed to be wall loforraed on that
subject, that the present moastiro would be more oppressive
th9n that of Mr, Cioulburn, and would only aggravate the
evils of the system. He hoped time would be given to as-
certain whether these apprehensions were well founded.
The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER was
anxious to have the Bill read a second time then, but
would be willing to postpone its consideration in Committee

m

fro,.
until the 29th. It cartainly was easy to sho v that _
the operation of particular parts of the Bill there would
an an increase of some special duties, but this was a ncce.orent
consequence of adopting the principle of an ad
rinciple it
I
scale. In equalizing the duties upon such a
p some
roust be obvious that there must be an increase of
duties. The proper way to act with this question .Was nor:.
to discuss whether the ad valorem principle was The 9w.;
and if that were agreed to, then to act upon it. The object
of the present measure was to remedy the unequal presst
of stamp duties, and in doing so it was impossible that
to
an
increase should not take place in some. He was
it anxioius
it
remove all inequalities, but he could not do so w Liot.te
making duties which were too light somewhat heavier.
House would have to discuss the point, whether the system
of imposing duties upon small transactions was not one that
ought to be corrected. He should give the House the
earliest information of any changes that it might be thou.!:
necessary to make in the Bill. His principal object was'
consolidate and simplify the whole system.
Mr. W. S. ►O'BRIEN begged leave to ask the
Hon. Gentleman, as he thought that a favourable oPe:
tunity, to declare his intention on the subject of the I Ise
newspaper stamp duty. The owners of news7aper
perty in Ireland had been throWn into a state of the utinosat
ferment in consequence of the contemplated assimilation.!l4
case of a reduction, of the stamp duty on Irish and Engisb
newspapers. He suggested that the stamp duty on
Eughsn•
newspapers should be but half of that imposed on
The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER depre-
cated further discussion until the Bill was in Committee.
The question to which his Hon. Friend had adverted
one which would be discussed at a future period. Hew WI
ItiOt
then say, however, that the arguments brought forward it
the part of the Irish Press were quite untenable, tvbenad.
was considered that Irish newspapers were to be co
eau
by post free, as English newspapers were. He would To
that
thehhae
ttaoitftt
aetlnhtreicorpeneaolf
oughtoh of
thetl lootnn
newspaper
wFasrpi
deainpffdee,rr who was aoist
htrbariteshsepgreuPeetastrioilin.c.
to t,_.
newspapers of the two countries, what would become oft"
argument in case there were to be no duty at all on ne%
papers ? that. event, in order to follow up the princif"
la advocated on the part of the Irish Press, it would be al");
Irish
y necessary to pay a bounty upon the distribution.
on
rish newspapers.—(A laugh.) When the proper t'ecasi°o
arrived he would show that the Irish Press would suffer
lossthat
by what he proposed, and above all, he would point:oat
said,s u abjte iettthwwa aths
s grossha d propositioni
bnej
eu been
t irceesai asmtneodrmisrepresentation
o whichne
boen asts
thteo
sheei dsn
ich
resisting on a former occasion, for increasing the talc, wherent
his proposition was for reducing the tax one-half its Pre°
amount. to I,Je
The Bill was then read a second time,' and ordered
committed on Friday, the 29th.

THE BUDGET. ~Tfat gave
The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEwti—r,e29th*
notice that he would make his financial statement 0°
ROMAN CATHOLIC MARRIAq''' voted
On the suggestion of Mr. Wood, Mr. LYnc.l
to postpone the second reading of the Ronan
a
Marriage Bill until to-morrow (this day).
METROPOLITAN POLICE• e rare'fo Mr. HUME would to-morrow (ttlis day) ni°v-
turn of the state of the Metropolitan Police. d to, and
The other Orders of the Day were then agree-
the House adjourned at Seven o'Clock. thoß

SHIPPING INTELLIGEr4tI"-.
VESSELS ENTERED INWARDS AT T.ag CO'
--
TOM-HOUSE, APRIL 11. &Wen
The Europe, Cook, from Persground ; Cuortbs,
California; Maria, Burn, Gottenburgh; Meta Maw-COlia'
Santa, Gottenburgh ; Liverpool, Hepburn, Gibraltar' Jobs
and Lisbon ; Navarino, Lowther, Guernsey and JeTTileYl;ool,!
Bull, Corbin, Harnburgh ; Astrea, Goddard, "I OP"
Duke of Lancaster, Hargroom, Canton ; Grnalata kilen
Sunnesand ; Jean, Goldie, Singapore ; Johannes !obis'
Anderson, Christiania; Jane, Digby, Odessa • 1;00
Ware, Odessa; London Merchant, Strannack;
Mozambique, Crouk, St. John's New Brunswick; flarßosocr;
Middleton, Boulogne; Oster Rusoer, Larsen, Oster Galli-
Providentia, Paterson, Oster Rusoer; Anna, Mil°r°%rfaer'
poli; Nerelde, Faillant, Calais ; Frederick
Valpartiso ; Botley Wood, Watson, St. AlLeharsliostork,.!
Prott, Randers ; Eliza, Field, Lisbon ; Fanny, v oss' • tisow '
Ferdinand, Hoff, Rostock ; Christiania, Larsens, Chrlavrede
Rod,
Sceblemsten, Cook, Christiania; Extraordinary, bode"
rickstadt; George, Linnal, Persground; Drie "ems goal
Muys, Antwerp ; Devotion, Kersney, Dantzic • Petr eon °
Sannesund ; Bugne, Richardson, Bombay and the,orictucler
Good Hope ; Fair Arcadian, Rogers, Belize; r
Stewart, Havre ; Nora, Fayen, Borregard. n A an'
ENTERED OUTWARDS FOR LOADIN--,, --ligdow
The Royal George, Wilson, for Bombay ; 110,, Bay
Banks, Norwood, Rotterdam; Dandy, Maybnw,
Edward, \Vessels, Bremen; William, Peter Tenerime'ol,ll'
CLEARED OUTWARDS WITH CARGO. Ar VS;
The Red Port, Gibbons, for Oporto; Sultana, Se!.'"; so°
Huth, so'
bon; Planter, Adcock, Batavia and Lintin ;
Sarah, Bloom, Genoa ; Greyhound, Knill, Lisbon; Toth
Kuper, Brussels; Caroline, Williams, New York; d Da-
Otlard, New York ; Eliza Jane, Mollet, Singapore ail
tavia.
aDli.
CLEARED OUTWARDS IN BALLAST,-- A Que-
The Hannah, Clough, for Quebec ; Pyrenees, Aitt"„r`n:"
bee; Martha, Wills, Quebec.

ARRIVED AT LIVERPOOL, AralL 9ibirgere4
The City of Limerick, Beasley, from Belftut; clow°'
Bragg, Isle of Man; Nithsdale, Lockup, Duulfrii,,e",i,,
Marshall, and John Peat, M‘Millan, Glasgow; 1"°- Berl°.
mode, Isle of Man ; Tweedside, Moffatt, Berwiekitranget,
Erroll, Dunlop, Elizabeth, Cotter, and Friendshilhe tg,
Westport ; Eagle, Man, Glasgow; Elizabeth,
John's New Brunswick.

TELEGRAPHED. Asi• itisd
Off Holyhead, outward bound, No. 1,523. --14
d A.M. ; No. 1,291, Charlotte, 8.8., 7 A.M. s
Off Great Ormshead, outward bound, No. , IP-47'
4 P.M.
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MARINE/INSURANCES.—WhiIe our lore 0, reve-
increased about double within the' last fifteen years, the
nue raised during the same period from the stamp' 100,00
rine insurances has been reduced from 300,0001. to
pet
The following return is extracted from the Antwerp PGar..c,ool.
Marine insurance effected at Antwerp, 1821, 17,92 eura4
1827, 42,099,000 f. • 1835, 312,000,0001. Similar
from Hamburgh, and some other ports, would give
results.
The devastation occasioned by the late stormed'
placed the town of Cromer, on the Norfolk coast, la 0
i.a
lous a condition, that unless some effectual defence. 01°
the further inroads of the sea can be speedily pease,
town itself, together with the church, a beautiful oro re:
it is seriously feared, be entirely swept away. Theawod a subs
quisite for future security are estimated at 3001"
scription has been opened.—Essex Standard.
in"
ao lds
(ADVERTISEMENT.)—T. COX SAVORY, - oge 9
ry
&c., 47, Cornhill, London, informs the Public, that
lain
DESSERT FRUIT KNIVES and FORKS, witchh,iee Ou'etl
handles, silver ferrules, plated on steel blades, at '"" 'hos an
per dozen pair, or with solid silver blades, at Eight Ott
Half per dozen pair.
rto ea r
N.B. Carved ivory handles at 13s. 6d. extra pe

On the Bth inst., at Edinburgh, the•lady of
BIRTHS ~., PP
illolv
of Rossio, of a son.
On the 9th inst , Mrs. J. R. Houghton, of Earl9ll°6
pokelai
friars, of a son. •
On the 11th inst., in Harley-street,the lad of CaPtain
y nick-
Maxwell, R.N., ofa dau hter
On the 11th inst., at 'l%tt • .11the lady of S'•
en am-green,
Polrbia,
man, Esq., of a daughter. J.
On the 9th ' inst., at Southrepps, the lady of the Rev'
of a daughter. _
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MARRIED. gr. liter 0'
On the 7th inst., at Trinity Church, Claphan,ti. datig
William Dean, of Hans-place-, to Mary Anne, eiti.-
vi/ Doyen,
Mr. Spencer Lambert, of Acre-lane, Clapham. Roach '7054.4
On the Ilth inst., at St. James's Church, John Joe, ..-•
Esq., of Demerara, to Sarah Louisa, daughter of R. AL
of the same colony. oe OW
_,. Geor, ..
On the 9th inst., at St. John's, Westminster, sun _kw os '
ber, late of St. Martin's-lane, to Charlotte, second della" .
~, Nirio°2,
Watling, of the Strand. . ..aar-, ‘,
On the 11th inst.. at St. • Mary's, Bryanstone 54
„t, to ...„„g-
Huntlez Campbell, Esq., Captain in the 20th Reg of Trurer-
Maria Sophia, only daughter of Colonel Pemberton,
f ftottr"
ton, Cambridgeshire. nis, n
lone'
On the 4th imt., at Dunkirk, Mr. F. Mounten
bourg, to Miss C. Springthorp, of Hammersmith• f the Greco° lone'
On the sth inst., at Rushbrooke, Captain Eyre' a tenant—
uuards, to Louisa Elizabeth, eldest daughter of Lieu
Rushbrooke, M.P.
Cal'
jt.
DIED. ~ nark,
On the 10th inst., in York-terrace, Regen"'--` ty ,
Gordon Duff, late of the 14th Light Dragoons. DraldllWa
On the 10th inst., in Eaton-place, aged 61' - 11'
14'
relict of Captain Branthwayt, 2d Dragoon Guards. . ~,,, Rev.
on of
On the 7th inst., at Salisbury, Eleanor, relict ot t.'
Good. Rector of Stockton, Wilts. I,_ eldest sa-
• On the 10th inst. at Lewisham, aged 18, Jose P.., or
the late Mr. C. Stoalieg, of Fencht:rch-street. ichin, Esq.'
On the Bth in , Catoline, the wife of Richard Ba
Godalming. . her,
i‘iouric
On the Bth inst., at Camberwell, the wife of J.
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R.ONn. the Bth inst., at Belsize-park, HamPstead' aged 2°'
'oll,
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second daughter of J. Wright, Esq. Richar
On the Bth inst., in Weymouth-street, Lawndey
eloot,
mnuOmnpAltwheysB,rtheliionst
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On the Bth inst., aged 44, Elizabeth, wife of Air.
of Bexley-heath, Kont.
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On the Bth inst., in the Cathedral Close, Lie" i
Henry White, M. A., aged 75, Sacrist of
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of Middlesex.