The Sun.
London, England, 1810-03-20 00:00:00

plpw. of COMMONS.

MONDAY, MARCH 19. •
is kiting the last 'day for receiving Private Bills,
a gre4t I;buiber were brought in.
On the motion of Sir J. GRAHAM, the Liver-
' pool W..ter BO was read a first titbe, and 6ldered to
Lead a secOnd ti;PV;

,The second raiding, of .thilloOlerlaitha wai
postponed
to Thursday nest.. . •
CURTIS brought in the Thames Naviga-
gation Bill, which was 'read a first 'time, and. ordered
to be read a second. . • .

On the motion Of the same, the Blackfriars-bridge
Toll Bill, and the St. George's-fields Iniprovement
811, were read a first time, and ordered to be read a
second time.

Mr. MANNIkIG brought up the Report oft the
Comniittee on the London Dock.—Ordered to lie
on the table..

General TARLETDN moved the first reading of the
Qdmmetcial Duck ;Bill—Ordered to be read a
se-
cond time.

On theanotion of Mr. BYNG, a Sianding Or-
der was created, which was, that notices should
be given of the introdtidion of Bills relative to
the Maintenance ;and the Employment df the Poor.

A, message came dowh frorn tfie.Lnrds, announc-
ing their Loi-dships' assent to the Mutiny Bill.

NEW THEATRE.

Sir JAMES S,HAWE brought up the Report of the
Committee on the Petition 'of Mr. Cumberland,
Mr. Curwood, and otners, stating that the petition-
eri had subscribed 1r500,0001. by transferable shares,
for the erection of a New Theatre, and the business
was now before the Privy Council ; ,as the parties
had petitioned for a license to ereet 'the same,, and as
the time had expired for the.presentiris Private:Bills,
he moved that -the petitioners have until this-day
three. weeks to ;prepare their Bill.
Mr. Sntarci-Atvobserved, that the parties had ne-
glected tier time to make out their case, and he con-
.side-ed the present the most extraordinary applica-
tion that had ever been 41:ade to the-Houe of-Com,
Mons., They had"rTOw porn% at the last hour of the,
. last. day for'reZ:e.iving Private Bills, to have the tithe
enlarged for Prep Ting their •Bill,‘Without giving any
nonce to himselt or any other person having an op-
p'osite interest, which he 'considered an -unfair -and
unjustifiable proceediog. The petition was present-
ed on the Bth day of Fob•u ;Ty, and they had sine
that time to bring for Ward theil Bib, if they thought.
fix to tally intb-ellect what he conceived 'to be art
a6tof flagrant injustice; What Was.'stated in the
Report was- untrue.. The Privy Council was not ap-
plied io-for a lieense ; "it was an appeal AO it' from,
the petitioners against the: report of the Attorney
And Solicitor:General,- who stated that it would he
an adtof .high injustice to grant the prayer of the
petite u. The parties; -in fact,' wished to have two
stringtctOtheii.bow, and annealed at the'saine time-
to the Privy Council and the House of Commons—.•l
He-wished the par-ties had acjed with a more gentle-1
' manly Sincerity, and not have introduced the Lord
Mayor and Corporation ofthe,City:of London into
the business ;—they were, not interested in the con- _
tern by any means"; as -there was no intention of
erecting a'Theatre in the City. ' If such a' line of
conduct as they wished to pursue were sanctioned by
the Legislature; the Chatter_of the. City of London
itself might be shaken. The petitioners, in tac-t,,
' wanted to be incorporated; to' the injury of chow,
who had suffered by the conflagration of Drily-lane
Theatce., It v.,as stated by them that the stage was
immoral, 314 they wished to reform ' it. 41r,0-um.-
berland wished the theatre no longer to be a place of
,-idieatuusementhe.wished to make it a sort of. a'
substitute for a church or chapel. A charge of im-
morality came rather aWkWardly from Mr. C,.rn- .
berland. How far the stage, had profited by his
p_......u.......,;.4.—, a..,......401:-. ---i,i„-i......i,r,.. , .
Sir J. Sti A '0; E said, With" respeCt to his using finesse'
he . assmed the Right Hot. Gentleman that he
thought it his duty to,bririg -forward the petition.,
. but he had no share or interest whatever in the pro-
posed Theatre.l '
Mr. SHEkDAN said, he did not attribdte any
thing of finesse to the 'Honourable Baronet*.
'.. Mr. A. 13Rowila, . vindicated" the measure from
the seventy Of. the Right Hon. Gentlethan''S remark,
and described it as one of public-expediency; es-
sential 'under the existing circumstances of the
- theatre. • It was, not to -be expected from the Right
lion. Gentleman's mind, whatever might be his
'grounds of objet'' ion to the original propoSition, that
be should charatierise a-mOsure, supported by the
, great respeatahility of the present Petitioners, as an
att of injustice and oppressiOn..
Mr. SHERIDAN' explained. • , .
_The question was then 'put and agreed to. •
• . Sil3. ANSTRUTHER moved -that a copy of a letter
frorn-Sir Home Popham' to Lord Chatham, dated,
the loth. of March, 18 lb, and relative to the Aal-
cheren ComMittee be laid before the House,
After some observations from the Speaker; and
•the-Chancellor of the Exchequer, the House went
1 into-a Committc'e to receive the letter.
I LOCAL. MILITIA.

The House.liaving.'beeeli resumed,
Mr.-seCretery RypEe:moved, that the 48th and
49th of the: King, relating to the Local Militia,
shonld be read, which were accordingly read pro,
forma, by the Clerk.
Mr.,Seeretary RYDER said, he rose in pursuance
of the notice he had given, to Move for leave to
bring in a Bill.to.amend the Local Militia Ads:—
His objed,- he said, . was to remedy, as far as lie
could, the errors in these Ads, and to makp such al-
terations as he thought would be of advantage to the
country. His first objed -.was to, diminish the number
of non-commissioned officers to one,fuuritt, and to
reduce the number of dayktor training iNe men from.
28 days to 22, by which there would be s saving to
the country of about 346,00e1.
.This number of
note-Colfunia,ioned officers would be ample and Ea.:
ficient, and serjeants may be got to drill the men at
One shillir;g a day,instead of one shilling and sixpence,
which was the sum they .received at 'present. Ano-
ther object of his-Bill,was to permit Colitis Martial
w sit, after the training, to. try those; who were
-guilty of offences during the time they were called
out, and reduce the number of days for calling out
'the volunteers 'from 24 days to 18;: and to make it
compulsory, in 'future on.all constables to make, a
return of the'deficieneies in each parish in the Au-
tumn. He concluded by moving for leaeptot.bring
:in his Bill. '‘•
Mr. Gil:Rs and-MieWHITB:IIEAD expressed a wish
that the Local Militia Acts should be consolidated,
and that more atteution should bp.P.l'id to the quali-
fications of the Officers.,
' Mr. WINDI:AISI was of opinion that the meas.=
was not only useless but iMpractu,:able.
Mr. Gmes rose merely to recienoielid as a pre-
ferblu measure tui;oeselidate ail the Acts into oue.

He concluded by advertind several errors in tiii
Jaws as they now exist.
Mr. AbBINGTOI4I rose to support the suggestion of
the Hon. Member, and after. an observation •from .
-Mr. Whitbread, relative, to The facility by which
the .qualificatlons of Local Milita Officers .
evaded,
Mr—Secretary RYDER though. it, would .be more
advisable. to postpone the consolidation of the Acts
to another Session. . - .

The qnestion being put,-leave Was granted,

Mr. WHITBREAD requested Mr. Sheridan to
postpone his motion relative to the conduct of Mi-•
piste's.

Mr. SHERIDAN agreed; and gave notice that he
would on Friday next bring forward his Motion, re=
lative to the Betichers of Lincoln's-.stns
TheComMittee on, the Embezzlement Bill was-
postponed to Thursday next.
Mr. H. THOhNTON moved, that the account of the
Scotch Pension Lists, from Jan. 1808 to' Jan-1809
be laid before the House:—Ordered-. •

Mr. W.-POLE moved, ".that the &Porton' the
petititiun of Mr. Wm. Oakley; relative to Ardglass
Harbour, should be referred to the Committee ,of
Supply."
- Sir JOHN NEWPORT approved of. ere&ing a pier
at Ardglass, but coMplained of-somesMisappliaation
of public money, voted for a similar- building at-
Dundrum. • .

Mr. WELLESLEY :POLE said, that the Iliinourable
Baronet had relieved him 'from the nec,:ssity ofsay-
ing any thing
.in .defence--.of the work at Ardglass;
by expressing his appruhition of that measure.
With resped to the work undertaken at Newcastle;
in bundram• Bay, for which a sum had ben voted
two years ago, he begged so state, that he had had_
nothing.to do with the expenditure of that money.,
The "sum granted was 70001. whkh was to be ex-.
pended under the direMion of. the Lord tieutenant,
and an agreement had been entered into with the
,proprietor of that place (Lord Atinesley). to- corn,
plete the pier within a given time, (the 26th of this
month):under- a penalty .of -12;0001. The Hon.
Baronet, he supposed, would be satisfied when he
was informed, that•he (Mr. Pole) had this morning
written to Ireland to giye dirediou that au inquiry.
itiouid be made, whether the works were Cninplated
or not, and if they mere not, and no .sufficient rea-
son given /for the delay, that the penalty shOuld be
be levied. .

. -Pots's motion was agreed to., ,
_ The Royal Mutiny, and. Salt Duty_ Bills, _were
read a third time, and passed.

RESosLUTIONS OF FINANCE.

. Fr. MARTIN moved that the Reports of the
.nanee. Committeeshould be entered as read, and that
the House should resolve itself into a Committee

thereon.

-The Motion being put and carried, the House re-.
solved its 4 into a Committee of the whole House
aceordinety.. • -
Mt. MARTIN then • rose to submit to the Muse
the resolutions of which he had given •notice. He,
apefehended \ there would, be no oppositiOn to the'
principle'-Of the motion; as every Gentleman Must'
feel and admit the necessity of "adopting an economi-
cal line of conduct. The present- hoht.ical 'Cireum.:
stances of the country, the operations of the enemy
being :so stedfasily directed again,t our financial
prosperity, and the prayers and Wkee:s 'of
_*an-
over-burdened people for same amelioration of
their sufferings, had no address been. presented to
the King,. and bad no recommendation been re-
ceived from the CrOwn on the subjed, were suf-
ficient to'inipre,s on Gentlen-ien's minds the neces-
sity of curtailing the eipences of the country, and of
abolishing sinecures as fat- its might be. -The atuoiarit
of the sums expended annually on sinecures he be-
lieved amounted t 0.1,522,0001, '• That a Many of the
items of that rthmense account, the greater part of
• them indeed were such as could not beobjeded to
he acknowledged, but,,tixat, very .argunient which
_proved that the greater part 01 them were not:- to be
objea-ted to, and consequently not to be done away
furnished an additional argument in favour of eco
nomy, from the expence which Was-absolutely neces-
sary being so very great. In tile report nothing-bad
been said of the Duchy df Lancaster, which though
reckoned to be worth. but 40001: annually in reve-
. nue, was worth 40,00'31. in patronage'; the whole of
.whiCh the Committee must see was raised by dired_
taxes on the Public, or by tees which were. in them-
selves taxes. The examination of the estimates laid
before that House was, he owned, much tore sis
than formerly. He wished to call 'the attention of
Gentlemen. to two 'officei, the one that off-Treasurer
of the Ordnance, the 'other that' of Paymaster of the,
Marines. Had 'due attention bein paid to the report.
of the Committee in 1796, Whi,ch, stated those offit.,,sea
to be ndlonier necessary, the inconveniences arising
from the laic,, defalcation iu the last mentioned Office
might never have been known. Though 'he did net
expect the principle of his motion would be opposed
ileapprelienJed the forma of his resolutions would
be likely to cause some dvbate, as they differed in
some instances materially from those of the Right.
Honourable Gentleman opppOsite, and he, under-
stood an 'Honourable Gentleman below him intend-
ed to move an amendment upon both; His, how-
ever, were so generaly'ivorded, that he thought he
Shohld be able to support the sUggestions of the Hon.
Member for inaking them more etfcctive. Happy he
Was that that Hon. Gentleman took an 06ti've part
in the business, as the country had already derived
en much benefit from his exertions. He doubted
not but most of his resolutions would meet with his
(Mr.. Martin's) most • hearty *concurrence.--Much,
as he had stated on a former occasion, had.been done,
but be regretted 'that • the report's of former Cotur
• mittees. had not -been- acted upon. That of 1796
called their attention to the abolition of sinecures

in the Law, but not one step had ever been taken in
'consequence of that recornmendation. Every sinecure
office, in Law ox Equity,•had-since :that tine been
'again and again filled' up and granted in revers_ ion.
The salaries of Judges bad since been increased, and
'pensions had been granted to.retiring Judges. "Ihis,
he did not say was improper; but while their wel-'
fare was thus.consulted, that of the country ought
not to have been overlOoked.. Ministers-tnight IXobi
time to time have stipulated with the persons thus
provlded for for apart of their patronage. And thus,
attending to -the suggestions of the Committee of
t796,:a fund rnightliavebeen raised fuily adequate to
pay the pensions-of retiringJudgeS, &c. The place
of Chief -Cierk of the King's Bench was so held- by.
-the Judges, that froa the iteitoration at Charles 149

Second,, th6ro
.114ei been buf five via,ancies.,

, . . .
Offiee wai a sort of -lOtt4' ticket for. the bz!nefii of
the 3ndgei. He was Of. , oi,ininp that piitToilaii '
Might be used to form aiielir lurid Oat of which,Pen-
sions of retiring Judges, 'and the new saris girVi
to persons hBlding the bakes, might be paid Viiitn-
out imposing, arty additional burden 'oh' tii6 plik)Li
Anolher part of the public Expenditure to tiviiidi he •

would cell the-atte'ntioil of the COntmil tee; was that

conneCtedli the influ'ence_pf the Cr iwn: He kne*

that an Hon. Gentlernatt opposite (air. Ro-e) had en-
deivi;ored to pr ove hv flaenee Of the CI o‘Vir va3hot
.
greater than at that trternorable period; wlie,ri Mt Dun-

rues Resolutions were brought ftm'waidt; ~at he (Mr:
Martin) would prove, that the influence of the

Crown bad most enbrwously increased since that
Lane. Look at. the diffetent cStabli,hments; and

- , -
take them .colleklivety. or iduatiy-, it, Inuit ,he
seen-that the influence of the Crown had gre•aq in

.
creased. At the-period to which he'lind alls“ted, the
whole of the public debt amounted to] 44)(43,4 141:
.the annual interest of . Tr
was hardly necessary for him to. state;; that the'

amount of the National. Debt was stated-to be,
..or

he Mh of -January, 784,552,0001. the interest of

which was 29,992,,561. haVing increSsed,fo 4 or 5

ilhei the amount of whiit it was-Whea_ Mr.,buil

resolutions. Were agreed to. • Our •artny_esta-
blishment qt that time, whert• we were engaged in a

WA/ w,itn France, Spain, Holland, and America, bad.

8,57 Officers on the Staff.

Now.cheir nutbber had