The Sun.
London, England, 1810-03-15 00:00:00

that A on at the.heai of
po lrta clepartnienf; OAR
threeiiettiior te:-.t_selsi.,e pe:el.c -wi.ksehouic.-1 bel
trade, •responsib., for- every imprc;p,r aut., tet4:
mitted by thosediedet; -bier,. eeless u appeared titat
lie was acqoanited with it. It in any of these- zrem;
wells, any ieleroper ~practice , leld pr,,ail,,, let
the persori‘vho tad been goili y -be pn.,i. ,e e isel bie.)
'who bad done the wrong bear the blame. Ad
stow cane to the questionef the Marta() Towers;.
He requested. the Committee to consider under what
circuit-isle:tees:those 'rowers were ete,:ten :.- strong.
appreheesions were entertained in this country; at
that time, that , the enemy.weuld atteMpt,ateinVa-
.sion. The subjeat was repeatedly discussed in Par-:
liament, and it-naturally occupied the attention of
Ministers. The .-countiy,-,was, Certainly, in a
very daerent,state -at .present;, there Wild ' now
no danger to' .apprehepd groin -invasion; fir :..stich'
was the, disposition of -our naval , force,: that
,the
-two could not puttetw ships to sea, from. any
porte fietri-the Meoiteranean .to the, North Cape,
J?let at the time the Martelle Towers were under-
taken, the Case" was very different ; the country was
eramorous for some measure of this kind, and Mi.,
nisters were-in a mannet- forced :to uadertake them i,
an order was sent to the Ordnance for the 'erettiort
of these TOWnl'S,- It was sent about the latter cud,
of the year, and the Ordnance were told that if they
were not completed by June, they would be use-
less, as the enemy would certainly attempt their MA
invasion by that time—there was no time to be lest:,
Lord- Chatham. sent for Getural Twiss, who.Coni '
teinded on. the. Kept distriet, who gave ii as his ,
decided opinion, that these; works could. only. be
don:: by contract. AnapPlication was. in ce .s,.
quence made te Mr. Hobson (a -person hehad never
seen) 'who, had-built the Lendon Docks, lb tidet-
take this besieess 3 , but. abler
.he bad :been down
to examine the coast, he. declined it, . ore ac-
count of the very great uncertainty .of,ilie ex-
pence. An -Hon. Gentleman,.opposite to .him '
(Colonel Wardle) had last -year made a .pleasauf'
tour to exemhie those Towers, aed,was-quite. -corn-,
petent to/give, .lit opinion upon them. It was then-
hem(' 'necell,aly.lO "apply again: to. Mr. Hobson,"-to
vticie tski this'yfehk upon a per ccniage i. but even
this he .deelinelicind it, was. not until -he, (Mr. . Pole) •
. appciilei, ta'"ht,rn as :an Etiglislimened 7an said hit
country called ',Upon him to_ exert himself, that be
at lascconsentedto.uudettake the work.. , The ditii-
Cuities in the • course of this undertaking were un4
commonly great, It was found absolutely. neees- .
sary to brim the bricks from Lon4iin, Sic. .Tlitt
expense was therefore very great; amt, he .had.n6 :
reason to believe that. the expellee was;greatet than
was absolutely necessary.. He had now gotte.throug It;
lie belieVe.ci, all the points, which had been referred
to ; he was perfectly. ready to give.any•forther in-
formation that Gentlemen might- require, fOrhe, was
convinced that the, more these subjects Were'inve.sti-
gated,. and, Abe„ O itpr .they were -understood, the
moreel-49k0,,q04 ni...would be -found deserving of
the oppioPaAion of the country. '.. ~. , .• ' . .
General ti. i.E.rotsi censured . the Board' of Ord-
rptt
for the spot they had .pitched upon -fur 'the este-
,
blishrnent.df a depot. if 70: vessels had been laden
with Ordnance. Stores, as the Right Hon. Geellef!
Mari had Suited, was diffienit to conceive how the
expenses of the late Expedition could , be but
800,0001. He should have thought that branch of
,tl,i e PArt.r.rl,-liiir. :11TfArtf.. ut,A.1114 have cost the sum. '
- tie-baliCiags raised were not worth half the sums '
exencled on them. 'Martel-to Towers were only of
use where the -coast to be defended-evas not of great
extent, on stnallislands,.&-x—where ships were oblig-4
eel to pass Close. A reduction of our horse would be
beneficial to the service: Raving coMpleted the sub-
jugation of the peninsula, there could •,be.; no doubt
hut thorestiessambition of Buonaparte would cause
him to turn' his eyes to England. In case of inva-
sion, from the contiguity of Wbolwich to the.
coast, lie thought it an improper station fur tl e
greatest 'arsenal itt the country. He. would have the
principal depot of the country established.at , Not-
tingharn, or tin the river Trent, that we might he
able to convey stores to it by means of our internal
navigation, and thus'be prepared for the worst.
Sir M. Woon defended the creation of the M.ir-
tello Towers, and thought it 'was the duty of Go,
verninetit to prepare for the storm before it burst on
their heads. . .

Mr.WA ani.a observed, the Martello Towers
raised \vete intended to carry two glans; but through
a blunder in their erection they: could :mount but
one. Near, the',l4tello Towers was an opening of
tiie or six milFirituexient:•irr a partioo which would
be the: most desirallle landing place: to an• invading
.enetiv.
Mr. W.:i''oja did not speak from his own' judg-
ment as to the propriety of the situation of the Mar,
tell() 1.-Vwers. Twiss arid Moss' were of
opiniOn the places in which they were erected
.were
erected were the best that could be chosen, and he
would rather' 'place his engineering faith, -on the
:judgment of those persons than on, that of the Hon.
Gentleman opi?osite..—Originally they were intended
to Mounr but one gun ; plans were submitted to the
Board, pcpposing to mount two, or three. It was
intended at one time to mount two, but-on forther
Consideration it was thought best to mount' but one,
as bad beentiriginatlyintended. "..
Mr. PARNELt,contended,..the expenditure of the
conntry- was greater than its means. • He' did not
approve of any thing being called for under the head
of " unprovided fore" When the House w4s
so
thinly attended, it was not tigbt-to vote so' large a
gulp as that for :which they were then called upon,
he therefore thoughtthe Gentlemen opposite would
nOtbbjeCtltifthe-MatiOn he 'was about to submit
the Housi. .-,:Th611-len. Gentleman concluded :by
'irOving. as an: arnendMent, tl t the ItOUSC 'sliourd
be resumed j: that The Chairman:should repcirt
progress.
• 'Mr. W. Surr.tfobserved, that though the Agents
may Le liable to, be. called on .to account for deti-
Ciericies, still the Head of the Department is no!' zit
all. responsible fora much greater sum' he conceived
that this office should not remain so- for another
year.

- Mr. W. POLE asked the Hon. Gentleman %vb.() spoke last, i 1 he meant that the head of the U 1(:.•
Hance Department was' not responsible ? 04 being
answered in the afErkn4tive, the,Honk Member pro-
ceeded to explain; that his n earring extended.only
to that point, which would naturally exculpatethe
superior in office. trout any clttkcieney..which night
arise.through the faults of his_agents,.and.which did
:not come immediately under his own knowledze.