The Sun.
London, England, 1816-03-26 00:00:00

NAVY ESTIMATIS.

The Order of the Day for the ComMittee of
Supply having been read ; On the questiOn that
these 'Estimates should'be referred .to this Com-
mittee,

Mr. TIERNEY said he wished to call the at-
tention of the house to the subject. He would
now -show them what the Noble Lord and his
aollesgues meant •by ecoutonty. Bat in the first.
place be begged 'the Hoitse to hear in mind,
that the present discussion had ..othing to do.
with the naval service Its employed for the
defence of the country ; it was merely it question
its to the civil cepart uncut of the nary. He would
now compare the present Esthwates with ;hose of
last year, and if he Slimed to the Houk 'die ex
penses in the Best yaar of war had been teas than
those intended for the first year of peace, it Would
surely be agreed that' it was Cote for emery Mem-
her•of the lionse to look about hint. The first
branch of the Estimates was the Admiralty. For
the present year the,, expenses of this departnteitt
were estimated at 61,2231. From this, however,
there was to be a deduction of 13001; in ;tilaries,
being the result of a discussion a tew nights ugo.
The amount- Ot the sintilar item in the esti-
mates of last year was /1,756. ; so that prima
fated, there was in the present year a saving of"
923,0001. But the HOuse must look at the items.
Under the head of 'Stationery tOr the Hvdrogra-
•Phttr tor the present' year, there Was 20001. ; last
yediti it bait been 50001. Here was, then, a savin,r
at 30001. in the present year ; and he would
take this-as.it criterion or the prbportionhlesav-
-441 ought to be 'tnatle'under Cie" other
'heads. 'the disbursements to .oin:tie's amounted
1-this ye:Jr to only 10,0001. and `in 'lBl4 to 14,0001.
That. wits an apparent' saving; but 'it• the re-
daction- occasioned in .the narnral course tit that
branch by :a state of peace %vas taken into con-
sideration; it vrould lie seen that the :real sar.„
ing did nett' exceed 9231. He should no* com-
peoe the expeaditine of the Admiralty • ()dice
in 1804, the first yfar of the war, with that of.
181'6-, the first 'year .of pettee. Le 1804 it con-
sisted 'of .-13.,9001; and in 1810 Of 60,0001. ;-• so
that the difference between *war and Feace \va's
loss to the country, during The latter, of 17,0001.
The Navy',Offiee cost, in 1.844; 81',1091., to 181 a;
1,1691.; so that there was All'excesti in that De-..
partment in time of peace.of 30001. If the amount
of 1804 were taken, tie differente would he far
greater ; for itt that, year-the expenditure did not
exceed 53,000 F. Such was the renal orthe
sores ol.an ceommical Adminiitration ! The ex-
penditure of. the Navy Pay Office was in 1814,
44,9001. It wasrnow charged at 43,81141.. There ap-
'peered therefore to be a gain of L,0361: and adding
the savtogno.the postage of letters of 3,0001. but if
the proper deductions .wcre made in consequence
of the- decrease of business; independeot of • any,
intentional reduction, instead-- of veering-, there-
wottltlappear a Fllling.otrolahoist 1,9001. The.
expenditure of the Victualling.office in 1814 was
49,6231.• It, was now rated at 49,1951. leaving a
small balance of 9281. in favour of ectutonly,
to this were added the saving on•postage and pa-.
risk rates, the-xotal would swell to 4;4831.. but rms
deductiug the involuntary reductions' made by the
change of ci,renniptances, and causes not under the
Cunt rout oldie IsTivy'Board; it would appear that'
'menet-of.* saving; that ilepam rtent cusrtnmore`itt
theiitst year of' peace, by 4,0231, than in time.
of war. The whOle expenditure of- those de-
partments. stood thus :—its ' 1804' it amounted
to• 106,0001. 18i4I to 230,0001; and' in 1816
to,, 238`40001..; .so that the•. first result of' this
blessed peace ,was air increase of 80001. in this
branch of the public expenditure. The
Charge for the benne. yards- was in 1814; 220,0001•.;
in.481G.; 229,0001, ; that, here; there was an-
other increase of 9,0001. The expenditure of the
foreign in 180:I; 7,4691. ; 1-81.4,
5110001. and,in'l646;; 57;00a (onion- miother
increase of 4,0001.; or it, compared with' the.
amount in, 1804, of 50,0001. This, however,
Prose from the augmentation of our foreign pos-
. tieOloosi bin it sheaved that their chief effect wait
to: produce a • considerable .outgoing from • the,
country, The comparative view of the grand
total of all the heads which he had recited was
this to•-•
In lati4 • .L.i6a,937
itt 1514- • . 514,000
... . .... 53C0U1)

}'arming, in finis of peace, an increase of 4,0001. The cocci,
parative rsptnditore.of thoiditretent fAtotk-yarilywas this 1—
rail DEPTVOItp.
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In 1804 L.11,870
In 1814
In 1818 . .. 47,432