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' the Secretary Secretary of the Admiralty, and the Ills Sligobw hand
aretrwidos
on this occasion several instances of dollar 111111
cases where superamesedea was Improperly He OSA
the attention of his Majesty's Tdialsters to ease of a ade?
Clerk in the Tower, who in 1796 received 400 i. a-year. In lasi
be was reduced to half-pay, and riceited SOOL s-year. Looking
at the pensions to widows of Olken. lit had posed to *ippon
some were allowed remises which their libations did not war-
rant. A Lady, whose use he did sot wish to magnums, was
put down as the orphan sista of an 011icer who died, and be was
told she expected to log is possmlllifill of 10,0901. yet she received
a pension of 100 i. per rinser Ail those eases ought to be revised,
in order that the deserving akma might receive benefit. A saving
might be made by striking or those cases which did not appear
worthy the allowance of pensions.
Mr. WARD said, if the facts stated by the Hon. Gentleman
were correct, and dee was • Lady who was in the receipt of
ten thousand pounds—(Here Mr. Hume exclaimed— No!
no ! I said she expected to been possession of that sum"). The
Hon. Gentleman, in continua/lea, observed, that they could sot
leave the Lady to starve on expectancy. When the fact was
made out that she received the sum mentioted, she would no
doubt voluntarily relinquish the pension. He knew nothing of
the fact stated by the Ilion. Gentleman. Many of the objes-
lions of the Hon. Member were founded upon
_old stodge. He
was not to answer for the sine of former boards.
In one in-
stance they bad been charged with the offences of Lord Towns-
end, of twenty years standing. James Bachelor, who was the
object of the Hon. Member's observations, had been a clerk at
Sheerness, and was put on half-pay to be restored to full pay,
w hen • his services were again required in that Yard. He was
prepared to answer all charges against the present Beard, but
could not be expected to account for what the Hon. Gentleman
might consider the sins and jobs of old Boards.
Mr. MABERLY complained that new officers had been
appointed to the amount of £60,000 per annum. In case his
Majesty's Government had turned to the Superannuation List,
they would have found persons glad to fill the appointments for
the purpose of getting full pay.
Mr. WA RD said, the general rule was to look over the half-
pay
list whenever a new appointment was to be made.
After some further conversation between Mr. blast's's, Mr.
Wawa, Mr. W. Swim and Mr. Hens, respecting the number
of new appointments, the Estimate was voted.
The sum of six thousand pounds was also voted for a similar
object in Ireland.
The House then resumed, the Caen-sum reported progress,
and the Report was ordered to be received to-morrow.
Dr. PIIILLIMOItE brought in his Bill to amend certain
provldons of the ~6th of Geo. IL for the purpose of preventing
Clandestine Marriages.
The Bill was read the fust time, and ordered to be read a se-
ford time on Wednesday.
The Ordets of the Day were disposed of, and the House Ad-
journed at Half past Twelve o'Clock.

E EVENING STA R.

LONDON.

THURSDAY, MARCH 28, 1522.
TIIE FUNDS.

STOCK EXCHANGE, TWELVE O'CLOCK.

The whole of this morning there has been but little business
doing, and Money remains very• scarce. Consols are 801 i for
the Account, a►.d for Money 801.
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FOREIGN MARKET-ROYAL EXCHANGE.

The Spanish Bonds are lower In price this morning, owing to
the Alley Jobbers who crowd the Royal Exchange, and take a
quarter per cent. profit, which does material injury to the buns
pe holders u. Foreign Securities. Neat Saturday being Ac-
cot:Et day for Old Spanish Bonds, it is understood that a very
I.,:ze nunibur are to be delivered at .18 and .59, which makes a
ditikrence of 10 per cent. on each Bond of 100 dollars. This
nn.y account for this day's depression on the above Stock; and
It is expected that after the Account they will rise again.
Spamth, Old - - - 68
New - - - - 68
Prussian - - - 91
Mil:ft - - -86 e
Neapolitan - - 71*
French - - -89 f. 90c.
noCES OF STOCKS AT ONE O'CLOCK.
5 pee Cent. Consols 801/4 Y 4 BO A
5 per Cent. Navy Anni. 1.113% V, 5/8
imp. ri pet Cts. WA—lndia this. 4.05. 375.3135. pr.
Ir:%chewier Rills of L:1,000, 3s. Is. pie.
D;tto Saudi, 2... Gs. pre.—llank fur Acct. 2511/4
Loii:ols tot Acct. 80% % 1/2.

By the proceedings at the India House yesterday,
t 't‘ ill be seen that the Court of Directors have ap-
pointed the Bight. Hon. GEORGE CANNING Gover-
nor General of India. The appointment awaits the
sanction of the lino, which it will no doubt receive ;
since, if report is true, his MAJESTY had rather ba-
nish him, as Governor General of India, than retain
him as a Privy Councillor at home.

We regret that our limits compel us to give so
brief an account of the Public Meeting of the county
of Salop, which will be found in this day's Paper.
Although there was nothing in the slightest degree
objectionable in the Requisition for calling the Meet-
ing, yet the High Sheriff refused to accede to it ; and
it was held under the sanction of the Chief Magis-
trate. An attempt was made to acli.,urn the Meet-
ing, because, forsooth, certain Noblemen and Gentle-
men of the county had not obeyed the call to attend it,
—The Meeting, the first of the kind, we believe, held
in Shropshire for many years, was most numerous
and respectable, and the proceedings were such as
did them infinite credit. Leaving all speculative
points out of the question, they call on Ministers for
economy and retrenchment in every branch of the'
public expenditure. To what extent this would afford
relief is not the question, since it is one of the first
steps towards it that ought to be taken.

The French Papers of Monday have been received.
The following are extracts:

PARIS, MARCH 25.

Yesterday the King, after hearing Mass in his
apartments, received the compliments of the Princes,
the great Officers of State, of all the Ministers, and
several Marshals. Among the persons present were,
the Chancellor, Prince Talleyrand, the Prince of Cas-
telcicala, Ambassador from the King of Naples, the
Papal Nuncio, the Duke de Cazes, and the Duke de
ltichelieu.

It is expected that the School of Cavalry at San-
slur is broken up, and that General Gentil St. Al-
phonse, who commanded it, retires.
A letter from Bayonne says, a report is in circula-
tion'there that a new troop of insurgents has bees