The Sun.
London, England, 1812-01-18 00:00:00

COMMITTEE OF SUPPLY.

The House having resolved itself into a Commit-
tee of Supply,
Mr. Yorrxis moved for -the usual Votes for the
Naval Service. He stated that no redu6lion had
been made in the number of seamen since the last
year, and therefore he should apply for the same
Vote exaEtly. Helhen proposed the following lie::
Solutions, which were agreed to :

That r 45,000 men should be,employed in the Sea SetTice,
together with 31,419 Marines.
That there be granted for the.payment of the

saute •
or vie.tualling
For the wear and tear of ships
tor orcinance

,C3,345,0c0
4.000,0'xi
3,675,000
649'750,

Mr. WHARTON then moved for the following
sums, among the miscellaneous estimates for the

year :

tor the relief of tho American Loyalists £20,000 0 0
For the relief of the Cor4iean Emigrants 12,000 0 o
For the St. Domingo Sufferers - ,8,000 0 0
For the Dutch Emigrants " - 3,390 o o
For the suffering Clergy and LAiry of

France
For the Protestant Dissenting Ministers in

123,0a0 0 0

Ireland . '
For the Protestant Dissenting Minister.; in

Soo 0 0

, England
Tu cletr3). the expence of the Public Office

1,700 0 0

_ .
in I3ow-street -
Ta defray the expcnce of Convias afloat
To defray the charge of Printing for the

12,e06 q o

70,500 0

Eicase"ot Lords
For Printing the Votes of the House of

21 bOOO 0 0

Commons
FOC Printing Bills and other Papers

2,nco o 0
4,46.7 5 6

Mr. TIERNEY begged leave to take this oppor-
tunity of calling the attention orthe House to what
appeared to him to he a most shameful waste of the
public money. He alluded to the extravagant twit-_
tier in which plans and Owes were printed, and par-
ticohirly to those of the bogs of Ireland, which
were executed in a manner rather calculated to adorn
a library than to tnstrua Members in the subjea
they were ictendl•d to illustrate. The expence
was become so heavy, that he was sure he would be
pardoned for troubling the Committee on the sub-
jeo..
The SPEAKER said, that the Committee
.had
every reason to be obliged to the Right Hon. Gent•
for calling their attention to the subjeCt. The laa
vas, that great extlav`ag-ince pr'evaiied in that depart-
ment at different times. He supposed the Chairman

Must have been generally imposed on. The House
had already taken notice of these expensive plans) ,
and determined as a check in .future that nothing.:
should be publisheft upon paper larger than a journal
sheet, without application to him (tpc Speaker.) lii
furtherance of this ReNlution, Ite.h:id taken care not
to give his sanction to any more expen,ive-undertak-
ings, unless when told by the Chairman that it WAs
indispensatE necessary._ As to the case to which the
Rijht non. Gentleman pat ticularly alluded respett •
ing the scale of the hogs in Ireland; it was di-A.4n in
that country, and originally upon a nitwit largt-y plan;
on his objeCting to it a smallei one was adoptect,uac-
companied at the same time by a statement that a
smaller one would not be sufficient to explain the
subject to ti,lg-l-louse. ,litidoubtedly, if_ it was ne-
cessary to mark alLtfre sub-divisions, a smaller could
not well be adapted, and the Corn-mittee might re-
collea that they were executed underthe-Pathamen-
ta.ry Commissioners appoiote4 by.the Act „for ,the
Drainage of 13ogs in Ireland.
Mr. TIER NEY said, he did not intrite any thing
to the Right 11onourable .entletuan, whose con-
duct he was certain was perfeCtly, proper on the
occasion ; but he thought it his duty to call their
attention to the *fact itself. Some means ou,ht to
be devised'by Parliament to preVent tlieT.rveurrence
of such practices. • •
Mr. Frrzomeitto said that he had heard the sub _
ject a good deal di-cussed by the ComMissioncrs;
whose opinions seemed to be, that smaller would not-
answer. the purpose.
The SPUAKbIt expressed a hope, that what* had
passed that night would make such' an impression
on the minds of Gentlemen 'who were appointed
Chairmen of Coniniittees,:as would call their atten-
tion particularly to that subject:

FO.l Printing the Bills of the &ssion . £'6,000 o o
For Stationery - • - - . 3-,coo • 6._ o
And several smaller sums to the different ~
Police Offices, and .to the Servants of .
both liduses of rarharnei.t.
To the African Societies: . - - . 10,000 o o