Star.
London, England, 1815-04-11 00:00:00

thin. stirbral persons 01 chlidnetion on board the
Milford, during the command in the Adriatic ; and
that of 4600 far conveying Marshal Blucher and
many other foreigners of great distinction from Dover
to Calais, and compared them with the retintneration
offered to Captain Usher, for conveying Bonaparte
to Elba, which was so small that he-had not thought'
proper to accept of it t the sum paid for the value
of slaves taken and conveyed to one of the British
Colonies, for the service of the British Government.
On this subject he wishes( for an answer, not on ac-
count of the sum paid, but on account of the manner
in which the item was worded. He desired to know
why the sum of £lOO to Mr. l3urgman, for fees paid
on his receiving the honour of Knighthood, had not
been paid by that Gentleman, who he understood
had been employed in the Commissariat; supposed
him to have made large sums, and concluded him to
be able to pay all the expenses attendant on the ho-
nour he had received. He did not wish to say any
thing against the expenses incurred at Vienna, but he
could see no reason for objecting to the items being
submitted to a Committee. He wished to know why
it was thought necessary to have so many Ambassa.
dors at Vie:rna Four Bt itish Ambassadors had
signed the declaration recently pest forth. He had
supposed they were there in consequence of their re-
spective Courts being there assembled, but from their
having signed that paper it should seem they were
all Ambassadors to the Congress.
Lord CASTLEREAGH said, the Ambassadors
being assembled at Vienna, the country had a claim
to any services they could perform. Lord Cathc art
was the Ambassador to Russia, Lord Aberdeen to
Austria, Lord Wellington to the Congress, and Lord
Clancarty (having performed the high mission cia
which he was sent out with great honour to himself
and advantage to the public service) was the only
Ambassador who was not there in the regular dis-
charge of his duty. He could assure the Hon. Gen-
tleman, that there had not been one too many there,
while he (Lord Castlereagh) was at Vienna. Their
presence had afforded him much assistance while the
negociations of the Congress were going on, and had
been found of much importance in the diccussion,
which had taken place on the numerous topics which
were there to be taken into consideration.

Mi..CROKE R. in answer to the questions respect-
ing the sums paid to naval officers in the instances
which had been referred to, said these matters *ere
..egulated by a scale which it had been thought wise
Ito adopt in 1812, which had been iirinted, and which
was in the hands of every naval offic-r. In this scale,
in one column, the regulations were set forth, strew-
ing the remuneration to be made_ to the Officer ac-
cording to the length of the voyages and in the other
the sum to be paid on account of the rank of the
party to be conveyed. This scale, if any thing, he
was inclined to think was fixed at too low a rate, but
it was understood the officers were to have no profit ;
all that was to be secured to them was, that they
should not be ruined. From looking at this, every
Commander so employed could tell as well what he
was to receive, A the Board of Admiralty could, by
whom it was to be paid. Tue sum paid to Rear-
Admiral freemantle had not been paid till after the
minutest investigation. The £2o(e) he had received
was less than he ought to have been paid, and had
he not had that sum advanced to him, he would have
Inst by the service 2 or £.3040 of his own private
prop_rzy. In the case of Captain Usher, who, for
conveying Bonaparte to Elba, was said to have been
offered so small a sum that he had not thought pro.
per to accept of it, the proceedings of the Admiralty
!tad been regulated by the scale of which he had
4.oken. That scale did not provide for a case like
that wiiich had occurred (he did not expect for this
it would he censured for improvidence), but by that
it was settled that for the conVeyance of a Crowned
Head, where the voyage was performed within a
meek, seloo should be paid to the Captain. The
title of Banaparte having been recognised in the
l'reaty of Fontainbleer, Captain Usher had been
directed to receive him as a crowned head. He
(Captain Usher) had, %hen he came home, been di-
ected to make what charge he thought proper, but
had declined making any, and under such circum-
stances the Admiralty could do no more than give
directions for him to be remunerated according to
the scale of regulations which had been adopted.—
With respect to a charge which had been preferred
against the Admiralty for not suffering sailors who
had returned from a long voyage to have sufficient
time on shore to spend their money, he admitted,
that in some instances this might have occurred, but
the established rule was, when a ship returned froin
three years' service, to pay the men a third of the
money due to them, and allow them from a fortnight
to a month's leave of absence to see their friends.—
This practice, which it was feared would promote
desertion, he was happy to say, had produced a con-
trary effect. It had greatly tended to prevent that
onot mous desertion which was formerly common.—
The men almost always returned whea their leave of
absence expired, to claim the remainder of their m 0..!
ney, and after they c true hack, they were generally
ailnwed some days to be on shore hefore the: sailed
again.
Mr. WHITBREAD considered the case of Cap-
tain Usher to. be one of great hardship. Cruizing in
the Mediterranean, he was called upon to take a
crowned head on board. He was obliged to keep
seven tables on board, to give up the ward room, and
to expose both himself and his officers to many incon-
veaiences for six or seven days. On arriving at Elba,
Bonaparte sent an officer to Captain Usher, to pay
the whole of the expences of the passage. Captain
Usher thought his. Government did not stand. in need
of this, and as he (Mr.Whitbread) thought be ought
to have done, civilly-declined the proffered remuner-
ation. It was proper to state that when Napoleon
landed in Elba he was destitute of mines and stores ;
Captain Usher supplied him with what he had on
band his ship, and when he returned and applied to
the Admiralty for the expences, he received for an-
swer that it was supposed that Napoleon had pod
fir himself and his whole suite. Indignant at this, as
it seemed to accuse him of endeavouring to obtain
mf)ney on false pretences, Captain Usher enquire3
whence this information was obtained, which was
finally traced to a memorandum written by the Right
Hon. Gentleman (Mc. Croker), and proved to be al
mere supposition of his founded on some h arsay or
newspaper report. The Captain was then teld to make
,out an account of his expenses. replied he could
Jot, sad kit the can to the consKteratiou of the Ad-