The Sun.
London, England, 1822-02-19 00:00:00

MR. HUNT.

Mr. Alderman WOOD asked, if any objection would be
made-to the production of the correspondence which had
taken place with the Secretary of State for the Home Depart-
ment, relative to the treatment of Mr': Hunt, in Ilabester
Gaol.

Air. PEEL said, that upon general principles he should not
consent to ►he correspondence , bat if the Hon. Alderman
wished for information, he must give notice of a motion.

COMMITTEE OF SUPPLY.

The Order of the May for the House going into a Commit-
tee of SOpply having been read,
The CHANCELLOR. of the EXCHEQUER moved, that
the .9ccounts of Exchequer and Treasury Bills
.be referred to
the Committee.

Sir J-.-NEWPORT ingl►ired if the Estimates 'were not to he
on the table before the Supplies. were granted?
The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said, that he
was only going to move fur Supplies, which were considered
matters of course.

Sir. GEORGE %VARRENDER (as was understood), stated
that the Estimates for the Navy were in the.course of pre-
paration.
Lord PALMERSTON also stated, that the Army Estimates
would soon be before the House.

Mr. HUME said, it was his intention to oppose all grants
of public motley, until sufficient Estimates were before the
House. With reference to a vote for the support of seamen,
there were many items to which he wished to call the atten-
tion of the House : but, if the sums were voted in a lump, it
was impossible to know where and when to apply the obser-
vations he had to make. When he wished to oppose- the
amount of expen;liture for the Recruiting Department of the
Army in the latter end of last Session, he was told by the Se-
cretary at' War, that it was out of time to make any such ob-
servations, because the money for that purpose had been
granted on.the first day of the Session. True it was that two
millions and a half had been voted at one in the morning, but
fur what precise purpose nobody knew. The Hot). Member
adverted to the appointment of Sir Alexander Cochrane,.who
received 40001. a-year for commanding three ships, t wo frigates,
and a sloop. For that important command too, he believed, he
• had no less than .three Secretat ics. These were things the
House should know when they were called upon to vote away
large sums of money. He should not oppose the House go-
ing into a Committee, merely to vote supplies for the Exche-
quer Bills, and lie would move for the returns he wanted af-
terwards. But the House, he was sure, would see the reason-
ableness of the cause he had pointed out.---(Hear.)—Again,
with regard to the Ordnance of the Navy, last year there was
a suns of 95,0001. for powder and shot alone. .It was impossi-
ble to conceive so large a quantity used in the seventh year of
peace, unless by supposing that the officers .threw the balls
overboard and destroyed the powder. These facts he sta►ed
to chew how requisite it was that this House should have the
particulars.
Sir G.-COCKBURN said, that if the Hon.. Member would
wait, he had no doubt be would find all these things explain-
ed to his satisfaction, when the Hon. Gentlemen at the head
of the different public departments made their statements to
the Housa.

After a tew words from Sir I. COFFIN, Mr. HONe, and Mr.
WARD, the House went into a Committee of SUPply, and the
following votes were agreed
£.263,153, for paying off Exchequer Bills issued since the
last Session of Parliament. .

X. 29,000,000, to pay off and discharge the Exchequer Bills
issued for the years 1818, 1819, 1820, 1821, and 1822.
X 105,181, 19s. 4d. to pay off and discharge Irish Treasury
Bills issued. to the Governor and Company of the Bank of
July, 1821, to assist the manufacturers of Ireland.
X. 1,000,000 for Irish Treasury Bills, outstanding in the
year 1824.—Upon this vote,
Mr. HUME asked what reason there was for paying four
per cent. interest upon Irish Exchequer Bills, when money
could he borrowed in this country for three per cent? He
should object to the vote if it was for the purpose of replacing
these Exchequer Bills at four per cent.
The CHANCELLOR of The EXCHEQUER said that the
Hon. Memher bad anticipated him in the conimunicatiAn be
had made. It was not his intention to issue at four per cent.
X 4,000,000 was' next voted in supply for the year 1821 for
the like purpose.
The House resumed, and the Report was ordered to be re-
ceived to-morrow.