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they told how or what shi is were to be employed
in the suppression of the slave trade. He knew that
great power had been taken away from our cruizers, but
he thought that some statement should be made of what
had been the successes of our cruizers in conjunction
with those of France. He would also wish w know
what was to be the policy of the present Board with re-
gard to the employment of the officers, because, dur,ng
the late cruize, it had been found necessary to remove
from the dock-yard, a superintendent whose express in.
structions were never to sleep out of the docklare.l
When the admirals complained of the fact, they found it
necessary to send to the Mediterranean station to rob it 01
its admiral. Did they intend to employ admirals and vice:
admirals to command their fleets, or did they or did
they not think them competent to such command? 14,e
.
wished also to know what were their intentions with
regard to the present regulations with regard to the car-
riage of specie, and was it to be allowed to continue upon
its present footing? He would proceed to call the atten-
tion of the House to the complains of the class of officers
called paymasters and pursers. The promises of extra
pay or half-pay to those officers held out had not been
realised. They were divided into three classes of 31''
45., and ss. per day. The pursers had willinglY surfi;
reniered parts of their sea emoluments for the hene
of their brother officers on half- py,
a and it was enus"
dered that, in consequence of that surrender they were
entitled to an additional shilling per day. They
dered 16,000/. annually, and the Government, so contrived
matters, that over 4,0001. per annum rernaineii baler.°
so con"
in their hands. Their arrangements were also
trived that many of the oldest officers were kept doeed
upon the lowest list of half-pay. He thought that
d
attention of the House and Government should be eau`4
to this serious grievance, for upwards of 100 officers'
surrey'
of 30 and 40 years' service, had been taken from
high class of pay, and removed entirely to the low
eir
grade, and he had no doubt that such injustice was Ice"
felt by them.
Admiral DUNDAS said what the Hon. Member had
stated should have his best consideration.
Sir G. COCKBURN explained the circumstances
under which the late Admiralty Board had acted in rel,i;
tion to the officers whose case had been stated by the
Gallant Member, and informed tne House that, 11dr,
the circumstances, they could not have acted otherwise
in the matter than they had done.
After a few words from Captain Harris, Mr. 11010'
and Lord Worsley,
Captain PECHELL asked whether the Admiralty
intended to pursue the previous policy of keepiogt
cruizers on the coast of Africa, and whether they well°.
to keep up their present compliment of ships.
Mr. WARD, in reply, was inaudible in the gallery
The vote Was then agreed to.
The following votes were then agreed to.
129,7141. for salaries of the officers of the Board °(
the Admiralty.
9,5011. for salaries of officers in the General Registry
office.

140,1151. for salatini of officers in scientific departments
in the navy.
The following votes were then agreed to, without dis:
cussion:-23,9021. to defray the expenses of naval estasi
blishments abroad; 752,427/. for the paymentof wagesth,
artificers, labourers, &c., employed in the naval es'abnsei
ments at home ; 43,720/. for the payment of the Olg
of the artificers, labourers, &c., employed in the nave
establishments abroad.
After a few words from Captain PECFIELL, the vnt:
of 436,426/., for the expense of the naval stores, &C., °is
agreed to.
126,8101. for the new works in the naval establist;
ments at home was then agreed to, after a few vvol:4
from Captain HARRIS and Captain PEcHELL, who P'es
he hoped the case of the half-pay officers, whose crta
had not been properly attended to, would be taken In
consideration by the Government.
21,273/. was then agreed to for the purpose of defrsf.
ing the expenses of the medical establishmer.ts abroalo
71,075/. for miscellaneous naval i!‘.2,-rvices vas °-
agreed to, without di=cussion.
After a few words from Captain Pechell, Sir GeorgeCockburn, Sir Charles Napier, and Admiral Dundas,
of
486,3224, for the pensions of military officers, If
agreed to.
156,5481. for civil pensions.
166,626/. for transports.
92,859/. for convicts.
544,5871., to defray the expense of the packet serVi;
was then agreed to, after a few observations 000
C. NAPIER.
the
of 6s. 104. (being the last vote) to defray the 0;-ho
of the naval expenditure over the last year, was
agreed to.
t
The House then resumed, the Chairman reP°- ied
ap
progress, and the report was ordered to be broughC
on Monday next.
COMMONS' INCLOSURE BILL. bad
Lord MORPETH brought up a clause which
been agreed to.

The-Bill was read a third time and passed.
POOR REMOVAL BILL.
This Bill was postponed until Monday next.
The other orders of the day were then dispoff— k,
and the House adjourned at a Quarter past One o'cloc

LORD BROUGHAM AND A CH
NESE WITNESS. es it
in
In the vast round of Lord Brougham's attsininee
row
Chi turnnese heos out that he is practically and deeply tlogy ; and as knowledge is bit
af
lse ha o!ddi
voovrecreo one
c ofh
power, this acconapliNhment gave him, last week, a °3-s
creansii(timrknahs The ee.
Chinesehis
sore House of Lot*?
sitting on appeals. The individuals Who came under Lord.
Brougham's pastoral chargesKowhan, a fewale ser-
vant, and a witness in th asewl.l and the immediate sub'
th flock.
ject of his hortatiotts was an oath, which the witln
declined to take. The occurrence
twas highly *nteresill
, Lof „
as iliustrating. not only tne extent
Broughatn's attainments, but also the- workieg the
the oath in judicial forms. No sooner W 55 d
witness produced, than Lord Brougham exhibited
laudable anxiety that the solemn ceremony rtber
be observed in all its integrity ; he "inquired wßefors
it was not required of her to break her saucer bough
she gave her evidence ?" Of course it was. Altb° ors
the British public, especially one's maid-servants, ns
too forgetful of the awful fact, the breaking of ellar
and saucers is, in Chinese, nothing else but swearts:
and that wholesale crash which is so terrible to 11°:ss,
wifely ears, is in truth a volley of oaths. The wit:
however, raised a question anterior to the details
cne n the oath ; she was reluctant to be sworn a o°ll
time, on the plea that her gods would be very anii"tc,
with her ! The Noble Lordproved qua'
quite e en'
difficulty this new '•
•
oculty ; proclaiming, by-the-br n
sad
allegiance for British peers 1 " Tell her,' he ads-d
to the interpreter, " that her gods will punish 115,
not her, if anything wrong is done ;" and he afterive'sho
added, " Tell her that no calamity can befit! her if les
will consent to he sworn." At length, her setup
were appropriately vanquished by the threat thl/"'to
she persisted in refusing, she should be committed
prison. The recourse to that hint discloses a relliersi
able similarity in the religious opinions of Chins6r-
England; for in this country also it is customary to Ore f
come religious scruples to taking the oath by threateli°,
imprisonment. Kowhan was duly qualified to give °en
deuce by overcoming the attraction of cohesion betwo
the particles of the saucer—we hope it was orthod „,
" China"—and the next day she was brought before l'l4
peers, Lord Brougham desired the interpreter to tell e;
" that now she has been sworn, if she does nut speah,,es
truth her gods will punish her." The interpreter tlicrs
made her acquainted with the Noble and Learned Lorsre
retuurk.—Lord Brougham—Now ask her, " Wb° r,
her gods ?" In reply, she said, through the interprets ,
that the chief was Buddah.—Lord Brougham—Tell he
that 13uddah will punish her most severely if she cl°e,
not speak the truth ; and that she will be punished a's.
in this world if she does not speak the truth. Thl4
being explained, she replied in Chinese, " I will speak
the truth." Lord Brougham had fully gain -d his poi 0"
in forcing the witness to give a satisfactory gage as t°
the truth of her evidence.—Spectator.

THE MEMOIRS OF THE REIGN OF GEORGE TBs
09
SECOND, EY HORACE WALPOLE—Edited by the.
o.
Lord Holland, just published for the first time in the ne,l
v`l• 00
fOrm, in three volumes, will be a most acceptable acquisn:be
to all libraries. Known as the son of the ablest Minister f "big
age produded (Sir Robert Walpole), and having manY_°_icoh,
nearest friends and relatives members at different Pe' ~ase-
ither of the Government or of the Opposition, it is incri• eJ
sible to imagine an individual more favourably circumsts",et
than Horace Walpole to record the stirring scenes and g-
events which made the reign of George the Second 9 '
re lent
markable. But to these advantages must be added a!aend
in pourtraying the characteristics of his contemporarie',a so
a vivacity in describing the scenes in which they figurer,tber
conspicuously, in which he is without a rival. In no
red
work can the reader hope to become so thoroughly acV.tole,
with the features of such statesmen as Sir Robert IVs Ljor
Bolingbroke, Pulteney, John Duke of Bedford, the ith°
the Townshends, the Grenvilles, Chatham, Fox, an`"„te.,
other great names that adorned the Cabinet and the Sell°'„"eerr
or of Chesterfield, George Selwyn, &c.—politicians, 13°111;eits
who seemed to care much more for the reputation 0' .00
than the fame of senators, though they possessed consider:l
pretensions to both characters.
f Sit
On the 15th of next month the inau uration
Walter Scott's statue in Edinburgh is to takeg place, dill
much splendour, to which a procession of Freemasolis
contribute not a little.

BIRTH
On the'lBth inst at Dublin, thS
elady of A. Peebles, 944
Ca
On ptain
the in th2lste 59thinst., . Regiment
the lad,y of
of th e Rev. G. F. tX3 a daughter. !abet,
Minlster of St. Mark's, Horselydown, of a daughter. 0
.„.00
On the 22d inst., at Chipping Ongar, Essex, Mrs. NY
Baker, of a son. grS•
On the 23d inst., at Bowden Hall, Gloucestershire,
Hutchinson Swinny, of a son, still-born. of
On the 234 inst., at Cardiff, South Wales, the lady
Major 37th Regiment, f a dauhter. Bed'
On the 24th inst, Mrs. Walford,o of Charglotte-street,
ford-square, of a son.

MARRIE. ,i;
ub f94',
At St. George's, Ramsgate, Cons D
tantine George Bi ;lter
of Upper Clapton, to Susanna Elizabeth, Youngest da
of the late J. P. Leigh, Esq., of Clapton.
On the 21st inst., at Brighton, the Rev. Morton
S urn-
M. A., of Arley Chapel, Cheshire, to Margaret Maria 11.6 car
mond, Youngest daughter of the Rev. Philip Le GeYt'
of I.‘laraen, Kent.

DIED.
On the 19th inst., at Southampton, the Rev. John el. Ill'
Gooch, Rector of Binegar, SomersetAire. n.
On the 20th inst., at Kingstown, Rear-Admiral 3.39,d31.
On the 21st inst., at Gravesend, R. Moss, Esq.. 3111'
On the 22d inst., at Beaumont-street, Portland-Ins"
George Foreman. et
l
On the 22d. inst., at Stoke-Newington, Mr. Robert
Evans.
On the 23d inst., at Brixton, Mrs. Biggs, relict of the Into
Mr. R. Biggs.

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