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London, England, 1802-06-10 00:00:00

LORD HIGH CHANCELLOR OF IRELAND.

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Mr. CORRY nioved the Order of the Day for the
House to resolve itself. into a Committee on a pro.
position for augmenting the Salary, &c. of the
Lord High Chancellor of - Ireland,. which being
read, the House accordingly resolved itself into the
said Committee, Mr. ALEXANDER in the Chair.
Mr. CoRRY said, that he trusted no. difference
of opinion could exist as to the propriety of the
Motion he was about .to submit to the Committee,
when the peculiar nature of -it, .and the chasraaer
and merits of the Noble Personage who in the first
I. instance was to be its obien, was duly considered.

It was well known that the etrio/tiMenti .of .the
Office of Lord Chancellor of Ireland were consider.:
ably diminished. in consequence, of the Union; which
principally arose from the cessation Of . the Office•of
Sneaket of the House of Lords in that Cotintry.
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i he- late Lord Chancellor; by the compensadon
which was made r 6 him, coniiuued to enjoy- the full
emoluments, btit that compensation was to continCe
only during tl?e, life of the then Lord chancellor.
It was tioneceSsaryte expatiate on the great in por...
tance and dignity of the office; and the necessity
there Was of having the person who filled it duly
remunerated, and also to enable hiai to support the
necessary dignity of the office He entertained no
doubt of. the Committee agreeing to place the
Noble Personage who now held the office in as'
advantageous a situationis in point of emolument, at 4
his predeeessors. In consequence of an Order of
the House, an. Account had been Made Okit of the'
Salary; F,;molumetftS, and Pr.nhs of that, Oftize.__.
What he should propoSe was, that this Account be
made up a net sum of t 0,0601. Dritish, per annum.
The income of the late Lord -CLARE; while Chan;
cellor, was within a trifft. of • that stith ; arid he
trusted, that when the nature and impot tance of the
Office were considered, the-eharader and
.merit of
the Noble Lord who so dtiservedly ailed it; and the
necessity of his.frequent attendance in this Country
as a Lord of Parliament; the suni would not be
deemed too much. Under this impression; he Moved,
" That for the more effedual support of the dig
pity,. &c. of. the Offiee.of. Lord High Chancellor,
or Keeper of the Great Seal of Ireland, the Lords
Commissioners of the Treasury of that piirt of the.
United Kingdom; be authorized to issue out of the
Consckllated Fund of that Kingdorn,. stcli sutns.a,,,,
together with the Salary and Profits of such Office
may artiount to the net Sum of t0,d001.. Sterling.".
Mr. IV. B. PU.N.S..ONBY shortly expressed his
opinion, that the proplsed sum was not too much •
for the purpose,
.because, in former years, the ento
luments of Chancellor in Ireland were known to ex.
ceed that ; but he hoped it would- not. be 'made a
precedent for granting siniilarincreases, on occa-
sions wheie,such may not be necessary; and to per:.
sons less deserving than the objet of the present
motion.

Mr; LEIGH observed; that the proposed increase
was by no means more than adequate to its objeds, and
that no measure whatever could cause more plea Sure
in Ireland, than that now proposed.--he felt it Un:
necessary to, expatiate on the rank and dignity of
the Office, or the necessity of it's being filled by'a
person of talents and abilityarid he heartily-thanked
his Right Hon. Friend for bringing it forward.
Mr. ROBSON t.ated hiS objedions to the pro.:
position at some length : from what a Gentleman. of
Ireland had just stated, the etholunients of the Office_
"were moretherefore this would be a redtidion of
them ; but setting that aside, td,ooel. was a great
deal of money;`‘and so, those would think who were
to pay it besides the duties of the Office were
reduced, then why continue an equal Salary ? A
_ net to,oool. a year was a cool 'thing. He knew,
of no Office in England any thing like it. That of
our ChancellOr of the Exchequer was perhaps not
hallscr well paid—there. would-be_ no peace in the
learned profession ;after this-41,1 would grasp at
this fine cool thingits effects Would be astonish-
ing: He should hear better "reasons for the in-
crease ere he could ,Sgree to vote so much from the
pockets of the,People of this Country:
The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER ob.
served; that the Hon:. Gentleman seemed _much
disquieted on the present occasion, 'but he was at
a loss to know wiled-I,r •the propositions operated
more on his feelings of .duty or on his ambition
(a latzgh). To him; he seemed a little affetied oil
that score ;—but to speak seriously to the- point,
he was astonished that any person capable of come
paring'the manner in • which the discharge of th;
important duties of the Office in question ,were
remunerated, svith the manner in which the Lord
Chancellor of England was remunerated, could
for a moment imagine, that what was now proposed
was any other than adequate remaneration.—;
He would go" farther, and contend, that when every
part of the question was considered, and the neces.
sity which existed "of having the first talents, abi-
lities and charader to fill the officer the proposed
remuneration was money; the most economically ex::
pended.—When they considered the great adyam:
tages which would result to Ireland by a pure and
diligent administration.of justice, he was confident,
that every intelligent man, even those who were
swayed by the paltry consideration of individual
interest, must acknowledge the remuneration td
be economical; and that on such a principle
never was money more cheaply bestowed: The
question before the Commlttee was obviously to be
considered independently of the worth and merits
of the Noble Personage who .filled the Office, for
whom,no person could feel a greater regard, esteem,
or•friendship, than himself; The Office of Lord
Chancellor of Ireland was the main °hied; and
when they considered the increased expetices neces-
sarily incurred by, that, Officer since the Unions
when, as in the instance before theth, he should
come to visit thisCOuntryy and take 'hie seat in the
Upper,House of Parliament, to which his charader
and talents so justly entitled him', the necessity of
ihis having a place of residence here, the additional'
sacrifice of persdnal ease; which the present Chan-
cellor of Ireland. made merely tidal considerations
of ' public duty; no man could objed td the
proposed increase, an increase ,duei not merely
to Loid REDESDAI:Ei but to the High' Chancel-
lor of Ireland r this declaration he felt it hie
duty to roake, highly as he valued his Noble Friend,
such feelings did not operate' with iiird on the
present occasion . was urging only a just
and adequate remuneration to the Lord Chan.
cellor of Ireland, and which; when it was consider. ,
ed the talents and eharatter which would always' be
necessary to, fill that station,--he was confident no
man could controvert ;- the arduous duties and great
importance of that Office' Could not be surpassed in
any Country, and being pefstraded _ that the Office
was now filled with. as; much ability, knowledge;
and reditude, as that exhibited by any person that
ever sat on the Woolsack, or Chancellor's Chair id
'either kingdom; he Could not but express his
astonishment .atfinding the proposition considered in
the light which the Hon, Gentleman seemed-to con.
sider atF

'THE intelligence. from the West Indies, „respea-
ing an Ir:SutreClion in the Island of Dominica, turns
c,nt pretty nearly as we had conjeaured. A Barba.
4ce:4 Alt:rcury of the 24th. April, which reached
Town yesterday, contains a Letter from- Roseau,
10 the Llctnd. of Dominica, of the 14th of April,

giving some amount of this Mutiny. On th 9th,
the Bth West India 'Regiment, composed of Blacks,
mutinied, and in a most barbarous manner put to
death Captain CAMERON, Lieut. MAcx.ky„ Lieut.
WASTNAYS, Commissary LAING, and Quarter and
Barrack-Master-Serjeant M'ICAy. • Clerk of the
Cheque BARRON, and alarter-MaSter-Serjeallr
YOUNG, were both wounded, the former danger-
ously. His Excellency the Hon. A. COCHRANE
JoHNsioNE, who is Colonel of the Bth West India
Regiment, and Governor of the Island of Damin;ca,
immediately colleaed all the Troops, Militia and
other European Force he could muster, and embarked
for Prince Rupert's, where the Black Regiment was
stationed, and where they had committed the atro-
cities above. recited. Fortunately some Ships of
War were in the Bay, the Marines of which were
landed, and assisted in the reduelion of the Mu-
tineers. The Governor found them drawn up
in their usual place of parade, with two of their
Officers, whom they had spared, in their front.
They refused to obey the Governor's order to
ground their arms, and were immediately fired
upon with such effefl, that those who did not
fall, attempted to save themselves by flying to
the The excellent disposition, however,
made by the Governor of his force, frustrated their
designs, and the whole were exterminated, except-
ing about 130, who were secured and sent as pri-
soners on board the Ships of War.
The People of Dominica were at a loss to account
for the commission of so horrid an outrage. We
can suppose it might have originated in the appre-
hension of being disarmed, disbanded, and returned
to a state of labour.

OUR Readers will perceive from the Proceedings
in the House of Commons, that the Estimates for
the Army and Navy, up to Christmas next, were
last night voted. The Establishment of the for-
mer is to be 70,299 Men for the United Kingdom,
and of the latter 70,000 Seamen, including 14,000
Marines. The proposed arrangement will make
a saving, between the War and Peace Establish-
ment, of 7,578,4001. in the Annual Expenditure
of the Country.

WE this morning received Paris journals of the
4th instant, which are however barren of all inte.
resting intelligence. The French Five per Cents.
were on the sth, 55. 30.

Lord GARDNER arrived yesterday at Portsmouth
in the Dryad Frigate, from Ccrk.
On the 3lst ult. the Mayor, Sheriff's, and Com.
mon Council of Cork, voted a handsome and re_
spelful Address to Admiral Lord GARDNER, to
which his Lordship made a suitable reply.
Lord WHrrwoRTH will now probably very soon
set off, for Paris, an Ambassador having been ap-
pointed to our Court.

- Lord WH ITWORTH and the Dutchess of DORSET
left town on Monday last for Knowle.

Mr. Ross, the King's Messenger, is for the
future to continue as Resident Messenger between
Paris and Calais, great delay having been occasioned
by the want of such an establishment in forwarding
dispatches to and fro.

Mr. NloßvHEw has been appointed Inspector of
Aliens at Dover.

The Troops in Garrison at Dublin are to be re-
viewed by the LORD LIEUTENANT on the 16th

Instant.

Sir HENRY PEYTON has declined standing for
Cambridgeshire at the General Eledion, on account
of the heavy expence.
Yesterday a Court of Directors was held at the
East India House, which-adjourned at 5 o'clock till
Wednesday next.

Yesterday advice was received at the India_
House, of the safe arrival in the Downs of the Ship
We/Ledo', Captain PETER GORDON, from the Pre_
sidency of Bengal, which place she left so late as the
mo►►th of December. The Wellesley sailed from the
Island of St. Helena in the beginning of April last.