The Sun.
London, England, 1834-07-23 00:00:00

BATTLE OF NAVARINO.

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Mr. LABOUCHERE hoped he might be allowed to
bring up the report of this bill, in order that the poor men
who were to obtain the grant might receive their shares im-
mediately.
Mr. G. F. YOUNG objected to the grant being treated on
the principle of the Proclamation Act. There was no analogy
between it and capture or prize-money ; it was an act of
bounty, to which former precedents would not apply, and
ought to be distributed so as to afford larger shares to the poor
men who took part in the battle.
Mr. H. HUGHES objected to the proposed distribution.
Out of 60,000/. the Commander was to get upwards 7,0001.,
the sailor but 41. 10s%, and the boys only 11. 10s.
Mr. Secretary RICE said that the grant was made by the
House in consideration of there not having been any prize-
money ; the House stepped in and supplied that deficiency,
and he thought that the money ought to be distributed in the
same proportions in which it would have been had it been dis-
tributed as prize-money immediately after the battle.
Mr. SHE IL considered this a mere act of honesty on the
part of the House ; and, under all the circumstances, the
grant ought not to be subject to the Prize Act.
• Mr. LABOUCHERE said that a considerable part of the
sum of 7,000/. would go to Greenwich Hospital.
Mr. HUGHES, to afford his Majesty's Ministers the op-
portunity of considering a more just distribution, begged to
move as an amendment, " That the 'further consideration of
the report be postponed till next Monday."
Mr. LABOUCHERE said all that was asked was that it
should be left to the Crown to distribute the money in the
manner that it might consider most advisable. He ought to
add, however, that the Crown would most likely act on the
recommendation of the Lords of the Admiralty, who had given
their attention to the subject, and who were of opinion that
the money ought to be distributed in the proportions in which
the prize-money was distributed after the battle of Algiers.

Between that battle and the battle of Navarino, there was a
great resemblance, and the distribution in the former case gave
perfect satisfaction.

Mr. Secretary RICE would remind the Hon. Gentleman
that the object of his amendment was to give time to his Ma-
jesty's Government to consider the matter, but it was proposed
by the Hon. Gentleman to give only until Monday next for
that purpose, whereas if the Bill were passed, inasmuch as it
left the distribution entirely to his Majesty's Government, they
would have as much time for consideration as could be de-
sirable, and a much longer period than the Hon. Gentleman
himself contemplated.
Mr. H. HUGHES was much obliged to the Right Hon.
Gentleman for his instruction, which he was always very ready
to afford to Gentlemen sitting on that (the Opposition) side
of the House ; but he (Mr. Hughes) begged to inform the
Right Hon. Gentleman that he moved the amendment he pro-
posed to instruct his Majesty's Government to reconsider the
subject between now and Monday, and then to report the re-
sult of their re-consideration to the House. He would press
his amendment to a division.
The House then divided on the amendment :
Ayes
Noes
Majority against the amendment... —l6
The Bill was then reported, and the Resolutions agreed to
Mr. BARING brought up the Report of the Newspaper
Postage Bill.
The Highways Bill was read a third and passed.
Mr. Secretary RICE presented an Election Petition from
Wexford.

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The other Orders of the Day were then disposed of, and
the House adjourned at Three o' Clock.

FROM LAST NIGHTS GAZETTE.

At the Court of St. James's, the 19th day of July 1834,
PRESENT,
The King's Most Excellent Majesty in Council.
His Majesty having been pleased to appoint the Right lion. Lord
Duncannon to be one of his Majesty's Principal Secretaries of State,
his Lordship was this day, by his Majesty's command, sworn one
of his Majesty's Principal Secretaries of State accordingly.

WHITEHALL, JULY 22.
The King has been pleased to direct letters patent to be passed
under the Great Seal of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and
Ireland, constituting and appointing the Right Hon. Sir John Cam
Hobhouse, Bart., William Dacres Adams, and Sir Benjamin Charles
Stephenson, to be Commissioners of his Majesty's Woods, Forests,
Land Revenues, Works, and Buildings..

WHITEHALL, JULY 14.
The Lord Chancellor has appointed Arthur Hare Palmer, of the
city of Bristol, Gent., to be a Master Extraordinary in the High
Court of Chancery.