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but he trusted thanhoge who had brolght a
try into its present 4tatis woad be taught to
the consequences anal's- own work.
Mr. HUME complained Of the number o.
missariat clerks maintained up the Mediterranew
'and of the expense thus thrown on the country-
thought an establishment of 252 clerks in
missariat Department was most extravagant.
Mr. ARBUTHNOT- said, that many reductions
had taken place in this Department since the ?
As further reductions could be, they certainly would
be made.—The Resolution was then to.
Mr. ARBUTHNOT then pro a Resolution
for I:121,000 for the Barrack Department.
Dr. LUSHINGTON wished to know whether
works which were mentioned in the last year's Esti-
mate, as going on, were completed, or whether they
were at a stand-still?
Mr. ARBUTHNOT said, they were nearly com-
pleted ; but, at all events, no further sum would be
required beyond that already 'voted.
Mr. HUME said, it appeared we were to pay
118,000/. this year for business which admittedly ought
to be performed by the Ordnance. • We had not yet
got down to the scale of expense of 1817, notwith-
standing the boasted reductions of Ministers. Half
the barracks in the kingdom were, he believed, un-
occupied and useless; though 60,0001. was charged
for repairs. Those at Manchester and Oldham had
been built when Ministers were under alarm ; and the
alarm having been removed, the country should be
relieved from the expense. Large allowances were
made to Barrackmasters, many of whom never bail
any connection with the Army. He thought Govern•
ment ought to give the situations of Barrackmasters
to Officers of the Army on half-pay, most of whom
would be willing to accept them ; and thus the half.
pay would be saved. The Barrackmaster at Aber-
deen was paid no less than 1821. per annum, although
the barracks were empty. Then there were, he con-
ceived, considerable abuses in the manner in which
the appointments were made. The Barrack master
at Haddington carried on the business of a linen-
draper. This he (Mr. flume) had mentioned last year,
and he expected it would have been inquired into.
There was a Barrackmaster at Brecon, though it was
difficult to conceive what he could possibly have to
do. A serjeant would answer the purpose just as well.
On the whole, be should move from this pan of the
allowance a deduction of 10,0001. thOugh he believed
the reduction ought to be considerably larger. He
should not meddle with the sum of 60,0001. charged
for repairs, because he had not examined the subject
minutely ; but he trusted it would be taken up by
some other Hon. Member. He would only say, that
if a Committee were to be appointed to examine the
subject of allowances to Barrackmasters, he would
pledge himself to prove, that a considerable saving
might be effected. He concluded by moving a re-
duction of 10,0001. from the vote.
Mr. ARBUTHNOT said, that since he had been
in office he had never appointed any person to the si-
tuation of Barrack-Master who was not connected with
the Army. He apprehended that, under the present
regulations, the half-pay of the Officers would not be
saved by appointing them to these situations. It was
a mistake, however, to suppose that a Barrack-Mas-
ter had nothing to do at present; for he had the care
of the Barracks and of the stores. He had never ma2e
any appointment from political motives; indeed, he
could appeal to the Hon. Member for Shrewsbury to
bear him out in this assertion. with respect to a par.
titular case—(Nlr. Bennet assented).— In consequence
of the observation which had been made last year as
to the Barrack-Master at Haddington, he (Mr. Ar-
buthnot) had directed inquiry to be made; and the
result was, that the Honourable Member was mis.
taken; that the individual in question was not a linen-
draper, and that he regularly discharged the duties
of his situation. The lion. Member had also last
year mentioned the case of the Barrack-Master at
Berwick, who was stated by the Honourable Member
to be a farmer residing at a distance from the town.
—This case he had also had examined, and he found
that a person of the name of Thompson, had made a
complaint some time before, on the same point, against
Mr. Logan, the Barrack-Master in question ; and he
(Mr. Arbuthnot) observed, that the informant of the
Member was named Thompson, probably the
same individual. The Barrack Department reported
that Thompson was an infamous character, and alto-
gether unworthy of belief; and that Mr. Logan, who
was a retired Officer of respectability, had taken a
farm to enable him to provide for his increasing fa-
mily ; that he resided near the town for the purpose
of attending, and that he did attend, to the duties of
his situation ; and that for the many years he had
filled it not a single complaint had ever been made
against him, except by this Thompson. As to the:ob-
jection of the Hon. Member to the• Amendment for
Repairs, it was impossible to prevent the Barracks
falling to ruins, unless they were repaired—a fact so
obvious that he thought it quite unnecessary to en-
large upon it.
Colonel WOOD said, that the Barrack at Brecon,
alluded to by the Hon. Member, had formerly been
an Alms-house, but that it had been turned into a
Barrack at the instance of the innkeepers of the town,
to relieve them frost the billetting of the soldiers.—
Of the Barrack-Master he knew nothing; and he had
nothing to do with his appointment, but he believed
he had been an old serjeant of the Guards. As to the
general question of repairs, be certainly thought that
too many Barracks had been built ; but it would be
penny wise and pound foolish to pull them down, or
to suffer them to fall into decay. He did not think
many Officers in the Army on half-pay who intended
to return to the service, would accept the situation of
Barrack-Master.
Mr. HUME said, the statement of the gallant Offi•
leer was in itself a proof of the way in which the pub•
lic money was squandered. Here was an old alms-
house turned into a Barrack, in which, he would ven-'
ture to say there had not been so much as a serjeant's
guard for some time, and the Public were to pay a
person 1631. a year for the taking care of it. The
Barracks at Canterbury had cost in the last year as
much as 80001. and yet .they were but temporary
barracks. There were barracks kept also in Scotland,
at Fort St. George, Fort William, and Dumbarton,
for the purpose of giving some of his countrymen a
few of the loaves and fishes ! Ile did not blame his
own countrymen for getting what they could, but he
blamed Ministers for. gratifying them at the public
expense—(Hear, hear).
Mr. W. SMITH said, he observed a charge or

Sir-JOHN NnticrlZßYTlenicicii appeared there
no limit to the discretion of the Barrack Depareme.
He observed a sum.of 10,0001. for repairs in the las
year, though they appeared to be of a temporary.
nature, and though the particulars of the charges
were not 'given.
Mr. ARBUTHNOT said that no considerable ex-
pense was ever incurred without the approbation of
the Treasury, He was nut able to 'give the particu-
lars of the sum alluded to by the Right Hon. Baronet,
on account of the illness of Mr. Markham, the prin.'
cipal officer at the head of the Barrack Department.
Mr. R. SMITH thought the circumstance just men-
tioned by the Right Hon. Gentleman was an irre.
sistible argument in favour of the proposition of the,
Hon. Member for Aberdeen. The expenditure of the
last year was in general a guide for that of the pre-
sent ; and, as the 10,0001. an question had been laid
out for extraordinary repairs, it was not likely that a.
similar sum would be required this day.
Mr. ARBUTHNOT said, that as there certainly
appeared to be some foundation for the argument
that the repairs in question were extraordinary ; and,
as he was, for the reasons he had mentioned, not able
to give the House the particulars of it, he certainly
would not press the vote, so far as it regarded the
£lO,OOO !—(Hear).
Mr. BENNET said, that the motion of his Hen. I
Friend, the Member for Aberdeen, was intended as a
reduction of the allowances to Barrackmasters, and-
was therefore not touched by the concession whiCh
had just been made by the Right Hon. Gentleman.
He felt pleasure in answering the appeal made to him.
by the Right Hon. Gentleman, to prove that he-had
not been influenced in a particular case by political
motives. Certainly, the Right Hon. Gentleman had
acted on that occasion, fairly and handsomely. But
with regard to the present vote, he really thought as
much as 40,0001. ought to be taken off ; 10,0001. frons
the salaries, and 30,0001. from the repairs. The bar-'
racks, at Manchester and Oldham were perfectly use-
less, and were admitted to be so; and as for the bar-
rack in the Regent's Park, it was erected in a most
inconvenient situation, and was damp and unhealthy.
He objected also to he allowance of a horse and
barrack carriage for each Barrackmaster.
Mr. ARBUTHNOT said, he understood the object
of the Hun. Member for
_Aberdeen was merely to
take 10,000/. from the vote; and to that he had con-
sented ; but he could not agree to any further reduc-
tion. Several barracks had been given up; and among
them those at Manchester.

Dr. LUSHINGTON thought there was a consi-
derable omission in the Estimates with respect to the
dates of the various expenses ; but at all events, he
thought the same sum ‘vhich was required last year
for extraordinary repairs, could not be necessary this
year. He thought that further information should
be given, before the House could be called upon to.
pass the preient vote.
Mr. A RBUTHNOT said, the last account was for
works actually done: the present was merely an Es-
timate. He had-already stated, that it was not in his
power to give such full particulars as he could wish,
on account of the illness of Mr. Markham.

Mr. HUME said, he had last year opposed the
granting of money for the barracks at Manchester,
and his arguments had failed in convincing the House.
Now it appeared that the barracks were given up,
and the money was lost to the Public:
Mr. AR BUTHNOT said, it was only the temporary
barracks at Manchester to which he. had alluded.
Those of a permanent nature were retained.
Mr. HUME said, that had a Return, for which be
had some time since moved, been laid before the
House, much of the present difficulty would be
avoided. He had moved for an account of the num-
ber of Barracks retained in Great Britain, by how
many they were occupied, and for other necessary
particulars. He certaialy thought the vote ought to
be postponed until the House should have received
further and more satisfactory inform.ition.
Mr. R. WARD hoped the Committee would not
hamper his Majesty's Government as to the amount
of the vote. The application of it was left to their
discretion ; and if at the end of the year there was any
sum remaining on hand, it would be accounted for.—
The vote was then agreed to.
The CHANCELLOR of the EXCIIEQUER pro-
posed a Resolution for £1,200,000 for defraying the
Interest of Exchequer Bills for the year 1822.
Mr. RICARDO complained that they were always
called upon to vote for arrears of interest on these'
Bills, although the full amount had been provided
for in the first instance.
The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said,
the present vote was to cover the interest for the pre-
sent year, together with all outstanding arrears.—
They were frequently called upon to pay arrears, in
consequence of the Bank retaining the Bills in hand
for a considerable time.—Resolution agreed to.
The following Resolutions were then agreed to, viz.-2290,000
to the Commissioners of Management in respect of Exchequer
Hllb; £lO,OOO, the last instalment for carrying on works at the
Royal College of Edinburgh ; £lB,OOO for the Penitentiary at
Mlllhank. —Upon the last vote,
Mr. HUME asked, if this was the last instalment, and which
amount had already been voted for this building.
Mr. HOLFORD said, it was the last instalment, and with
the former sums, made £458,000.
Sir J. NEWPORT said, that there was mach ground for
somplaint in the Government not having accepted Mr. lientham's
plan. That Gentleman proposed building a prison equally con.
modious as the one in question, and at a mock cheaper rate.
Mr. POLFORD said, Mr. Bentham itarVolrered to build
what they bad done for upwards of £400,00b, for .€20,000, and
be left the Committee to judge whether justice could have been
done to the object of the building.
After a few observations from Mr. W. Sham, Mr. Buirox,
Sir C. Loxo, Mr. STILLS, Mr. WILI/MAIIAIMI, and Mr. Pess, the
vote was agreed to.
The next vote was for £40,000 for the repairs attendant on
public buildings.
In answer to a question from Mr. Hume, the CIIANCILLOS of
the Excnscuss stated, that the Hon. Member of that House

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the ytar, 1828, the sum of 81,362/.
For the Penitentiary, at Milbank, 23,6661.
en the motion Far granting '5,i1861., to defray the expense of
she Nadeau' Vaccinolistablisbnumt,
Mr. iiU propoie4.to reduce the vote, 1,5001. The Hon.
leTember took'objection to the employment of Mr. Murray, of
Hridge-street notoriety, as Secretary to the Board. He coed.
dared-the salary bneewed upon the person, a waste of,tlse pub.
lic money. The medical men of the Institation also received
salaries, which it would be to their honour to refuse.
Mr. DAWSON observed, that 'the indivirhAl to whom the
Hon. Member had alluded (Mr. Murray), did nut receive salary
without the performance of sere*. lie attended to all the
,papers of the Institution—(Here Mr. Hume mie_laimed," there
`ate none"). Mr. Dawson assured the lion. Member he was
under a mistake. The Hoard had papers which occupied the at-
tendon of the individual. The Institution was really of mere
importance than the Hon. Member was disposed to allow.
Mr. P. MOORE supported the amendment.
Mr. W. SMITH was inclined to consider the taking 'darks
at this institution, rather disgraceful to eminent medical men,
because almost every public medical e u•oent was attended
• men of the first talent - •uitousb

by , gratuitously.
Mr. ELLICE said, it was net worth the while of the House
to sacrifice for 21,500 what might be of great benefit to the
country. He begged his Hon. Friend would abstain from di-
♦iding the House, and guard cautiously against the slur thrown
on this Institution.

Mr. HUME did not mean to slur the Institution, but it was
a slur on those who took salaries from the I'ublic. His object
was to remove the slur from these individuals. He withdrew
his amendment.

Mr. WILLIAMS said, that a more useful establishment did
not exist.

Mr. BENNET supported the objections of his lion. Friend.
The sum was then voted.

The sum of £33,567, for d-fraying the expenses of the Public
Office, Bow-street, including the Horse Patrol, &c. was granted.
The sum of £lOO,OOO, for defraying Bills drawn from New
South Wales, Was voted.

1.1 then reported pmgress, and the Report was
ordered to be received on Monday.—Adjourned at Half-past
Twelve, to Monday.

The SECRETARY at WAR, in answer to a remark
made by Mr. HumE in the House of Commons, on
the subject of Army Half-pay, on Friday se'nnight,
observed, that ell 'Half-pay to Army Officers was to be
considered as a reward for past services, and as a re-
taining fee for future services. If this be the fact, how
happens it that many Half-pay Officers have been
appointed to various military situations, in Garrisons
and Institutions, both abroad and in this country,
with Military Pay and Allowances attached to such
situations, and have, moreover, continued to draw
Half and Retired-pay in addition, and this from al-
most time immemorial ; and that there are still, at
this very moment, persons in the receipt of double pay
even in this country ?—So much for Retrenchment !

Seventeen Capital Prizes were drawn on Thursday
last (being the Third day of Drawing), Of which Nine were
shared and sold by Bent,. who also sold Fourteen in the two
first days; making Twenty-three Capitals in the present Lottery.
One day of Drawing more will decide ALI. the remaining Capi-
tals, of which there are still Tw•enty.two, inchiding Two of
£20.000, &c. etc. which must be drawn on TUESDAY, 23c1 April,
when the Lottery finishes.— Undrawn Tickets and Shares ate
on Sale at DWI'S Offices, 4, Cernbil, and 9, Charing-cross.

The Literary Gazette of this diy (No. 271), con-
tains—A:views of, Wordsworth's New Poems, entitled, Eccle-
siastical Sketches, Etc.—lreland's Last Seven Years in France—
Burchell's Travels in Southern Africa—Walpole's Memoirs, se-
cond volume—Ducas, by Charles Mills--Euler's Algebra—
Maxwell's Plurality of Worlds, and a portion of the Itenegat, a
Romance, abridged from the French of M. D'Arlincourt.—ln

the Original Correspondence, an interesting Paper of Etymological
Gleanings.— In Arts and Sciences, a new method of making Salt-
petre without ire; a notice of the Dugong, or Merman of the
Indian Seas. 'Me usual heads of Fine Arts, Original Poetry,
Sketches of Society, Dramatic Criticisms, and varieties in Anec-
dotes, Jen: d'lisprit, &c. This Numbet concludes the first
Quarter for 1829, which contains 618 Columns of information,
closely and handsomely printed, on the Literature, Arts, and
Sciences of the period, so as to form a very full compendium
of the novelties and progress in each. The Reviews embrace--
eight Quartos, .7,3 Octavos, and 22 Duodecimos—in all 65 Vo-
lumes, with complete Analyses, and copious Extracts, to enable
every reader to form a correct opinion of the Works. Every dis-
covery in Science,&c. is immediately recorded; and noEthibition
or remarkable production of Art is passed without due notice.
Among the Miscellaneous matter will be found, the .Corres-
pondence and Communications of many of the must distinguished
Men of the Age ; for besides Poetry, Criticism, Essay, and
Humorous Pieces, this Quarter may be instanced as pre-
senting an admirable and entertaining series of Papers, under
the head of Etymological Gleanings, Letters descriptive of
Paris, Original Letters and Anecdotes of Sir Joshua Reynolds
(with a Print of his last Picture), Synopsis of Dr. ltoget►s Phi-
losophical Lectures, Unknown Poems of the Age of Elizabeth,
Ample Details of the Quarrels between Dibdin the Bibliomaniac
and the French Printers, &c. a complete View of the Dispute
between Byron and Southey, the Shews of London, in Weekly
Articles, on the most prominent Novelties, Sketches of Society,
Biography, &c. together with other short Notices far too nu-
merous for specification, on every topic connected with the
branches of Knowledge and Amusement above-mentioned.—
literary qa„sette (dice, 362, Strand.

ADJOURNED INQUEST.—Yesterday the Inquest on the body of
Mr. Geonse Mute was resunwel.—.l.tnies Parsms deposed,
that about nine o'clock, on the 221 instant, he was coming up
Well-street, near the Royalty Theatre, and there saw the de-
ceased in the middle of the coachway, tumbli:•g over and over,
striving, as witness thoUght, to get up. Ile appeared much in-
toxicated at the time there was no person immediately rie..r
him, but a little way off was a young man standing on the foo!..
way, who said that somebody had been robbing the deceased.
Witness addressed the deceased thus :—" Friend, where& you
live?" lie hesitated a good deal before he could speak, but ~t
length he gave his residence, at the same time remarking, " My.
• friend, I've nothing to pay you fur your attention, fur I've been
robbed of I fts.'"l'he patrol by this time came up, and witness,
assisted by him, took up the deceased, and placed him against
the wall, but he instantly dropped down, exclaiming, " Oh, my
leg is broke!" Ile was then taken to the Star public-house.—
David Henderson stated, that about nine o'clock on Friday
night, he saw the deceased at some distance; there were
four men surrounding hint' seemingly helping hint along.
They had not gone far before they parted in different directicns,
and the deceased at that instant fell into the street. After the
deceased fell, be attempted to rise, but tumbled down again • at
that time the last witness came up.—Mr. l'. (hellion said he
attended the deceased ; there was a compound fractute of his left
lag, near the ancle, and the bone protruM through the skin.
The discolourations on the heattlnd body *ere, most }probably,
-caused by putrefaction, owing to the situation in Which he lay
wheat first discovered. The dolitawatold witness be had received
these injuries by falling off the cob, in endeavouring to evade
some pickpockets. The deceased died. on-Sunday morning of the
injuty of the leg.--The Curoner, in recapitulating the evidence,
and, there was not the sntaUest doubt that the deceased was
robbed. but still there was not the slightest evidence to skew that
be was struck by anybody, al:hough suspicious persons were seen
about him.—The Jirry, after some deliberation, retneo-A -
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termites% charges. The tqhafer of the batracit duty to thel . Par the Amendment _- •
ntry. He Ordnance departmearbught, fie thongbt,to hate been,
the Com- made before, as it was confessedly practicable. • r ~. ........42
astir* Witnef 4:35,000 to defray the
It. Mr. A RRUTHNOTsaid, the charge rahreadoueitt. '
shams fox bounds,- mature of
reductions and forage, was allowed in the Army Estimates, :m ii aaavalthail dehiethiltar fitelt:M=l =lira . Liam,.
I last year. was introduced tilt() the present Estimates merely to -Mr. Aitemetwohiend Dr. SAlMiliillsoloift litteeedle.
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d to. suiting the Estimates, would find that it was not dis- the Mut and Gold
For defraying thew.-"lesprnree liroirendons for eounttrfeiting
Resolution tinctly charged. The•transfer of ditty had been long -the-tom, awl
under consideration, Init the accomplishing of such, Foul** Mrsin in Mgr 4111;000. i
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