The Sun.
London, England, 1821-02-16 00:00:00

Courts of Admiralty. After the Lord Advocate I
had, is the Committee, proposed a resolution fol
granting certain compensations or allowances, in
lieu of fees to certain Clerks in the Court of Ad.
nairalty in Scotland,
Mr. CREEVri said, he should 'require some ex-
planation- on this subject. The Member for
Abingdon very meritoriously had it in contempla-
tion to move for the repeal of above one million
Of taxes, and yet the IHouse of Commons went.
son voting away money. as if it was found in the
streets just now. In fact,' money was the only
thin?: that could now be harl merely for asking.
(A laugh.)--Ile would oppose any such applica-
tion, if even left alone in that opposition ; and
should, through Conscientions.motives, resist giving
one farthing to any one of those ScOtch Clerks' or
any other men whatevcr,at present.—(A laugh.)

The LORD .Arvocxre said, the Bill was found-
ed on the recommendation of a Committee of In-
ciu;ry into the constitution of those Courts, which
recommended the abolition of the fees which
hitherto constituted the incomes of those clerks ;
and also recommending the substitution of regu--
hrr compensations to those clerks, as they by the
proposed abolition. would necessarily be deprived
of their vested rights in those fees of office.
illy. WILLIAM •SMITH resisted the vote of com-
pensation.
...Mr. BRIGHT insisted on the necessity general-
ly of retrenchment, in apportioning salaries to this
description of offices.
Mr. CREF.VEY said, he had never heard of such
a thing as a Court of Admiralty in Scotland.—
laugh.)--He and the House were ignorant of
what advantage these gentlemen were to the
country. He should therefore move that the
Chairman should report progress, to the House,
and ask leave to sit again. _

Mr. ROBINSON was surprised that the Hon. j
Gentleman should have stated his ignorance of
the existence of this Court, with which every one
in that House was so perfectly acquainted, that;
its constitution had been made a subject of refe-
rence to a -Committee of Inquiry. Whatever
might be the -state of ignorance in which that
lion. Gentleman's mind was enveloped, the
House had annile information on the subject, and
the Bill had now been introduced in consequence
of a vote of the House recommending its intro-
duction. He hoped the House was not in a dis-
position to agree with the proposition of the lion.
Gentleman (Mr. Creevey).
Mr. DENnAN thought the House should be
acquainted with the Report of the Commissioners
cztore they agreed to a proposition so complicate
as tig. For his part he never looked into the
Report. It was too much to call upon the house
to vote away a sum of money, without knowing
the nature of the offices in which compensation
wag to be made.

Mr. W. DuNnAs said, the Commission had been
appointed in consequence of the determination of
that House. The Report of the Commissioners,
in which they ;-,cornmended the abolition of cer-
tain offices, was already before them. -It would
.sarely be a gros's 'injustice, .if the perAons who
held thosf. offices were deprived of them with-
out giving- any compensation.
Lord FoLicsTo NE confessed himself ignorant of
the subject. The Learned Lord (the Lord Ad-
vocate of Scotland), int bringing forward the sub-
ject, should have Made some reference to the
Report, for the purpose df shewing that the
claims were founded in justice.
Sir JOHN NEWPORT objected to the mode of
proceeding proposed by the Learned Lord oppo-
site, inasmuch as it depended on.the contingency,
v,liether the Tax raised on. proceedings in the
Court would afford sufficient for compensation.
The Loan ADVOCATE said, he would have no
objection to .any more expedient mode that might
be proposed.

To a queStion from Mr. J. Smith, the Lord
d-vccate said, that the Report did not reconi.
rrz,cqui compensation.
After a: few words from Mr. Brougham, Sir H
ri!.ruelf, and -Mr. Creevey,.the House divided—
the Amend: new
Against it

• .
The Resolutions were agreed_to,- and the Re-
Fort ordered- to f:e brought up to-morrow:The
other' Orders of the Day were then disposed 'of,
and the House Adjourned soon after Eleven
o'Clock.