Star.
London, England, 1820-07-14 00:00:00

Lord NUGENT, .in seconding the uintion.,ool.
served, that the prioc.ipiumf kleinsumsfremsliv4fillk 041'
account of a di ftm.a in religious blVii
way's appeared to hAn ananowliA in a free ri/Pr.
tution and an enlightened age. H hiiniiff had .4
'Petition from that respectable body, the Raman CIO
'holies of England ; and in declining to present k this
.Session, he was influenced only by a waif denulon, of
the awful and immediate importance of that Question
which now engaged the public mind. He must,
however, be permuted to say of it, that it contained
most satisfactory answer to the often-renewed chary!
of a divided allegiance.
The Petition was then biought up and read.,
Mr. W. SMITH, in moving .4 That it be prfitted,"
observed, that the question to which it referred had
not been directly discussed for the last thirty years; '
but he could not let slip the opportunity of reviving it
in the first Session of the first Parliament of anew reign.

SIR PATRICK MURRAY.
Mr. A BERCROMBY wished that it Noble Friend of hie
(Lord Archibald Hamilton) would osittodict a mistatetnent
which had got abroad, relative to what bad fallen from him in
a late debate, as to the motives of Sir Patrick Murray in accept-
ing the office of Baron of the Exchequer, in Seotisind. His
Noble Friend was supposed to have said, that his Majesty's Go-
vernMent, fearing that Sir Patrick Merril would be an incon-
venient Candidate for Perthshire, 'had therefore appointed him
to that office.

Lord ARCHIBALD HAMILTON professed the* utmost
readiness tocontradict the tnistatentent in question, and regretted
that be Lid not been applied to for this purpose at an earfier pe-
riod: His Lordship stated, that be alluded to another quarter,
in regard to the political interests in Perthshire, and did not im-
pute what had been understood to Sir Patrick Murray..
VICTUALLING OP TROOPS.

Colonel DAVIES moved, that there be laid before the House
Copies ef a Correspondence between Mr. Trevor, of the Coln-
missariat Department, and the Board of Treasure,- relative to
the Victualling of Troops, Convicts, and when, in the Colonies.
After a few words from the CHANCILLOK of the Eienimean,
the Motion was agreed to.

MARY•LA•EONNE BARRACKS.

On the second reading of the Bill being moved,
blr. CALCRAFT said, be should oppose the se-
cond reading of this Bill, but as be bad already spoken
en the subject, he should 410 t tresplass on the atten-
tion of the House for many minutes. He could assure
Gentlemen, though they did not seem willing to pay
attention to the subject, that at a time when the
saving of every thousand pounds was of importance,
this question was well deserving of attention--a Bar:-
rack for the second Regithent of Life Guards. He
bad no objection to the building of a Barrack fur this
Regiment, nor did he object wait place (the Regent's
Park), where it was to be built, but he contended, that
economy had not been considered. The Barrack
Board had considered that these troops, being lodged
in King-street, Portman-square, paid for their lodg-
ing and stabling £5400 a-year; and they . thought
they did enough if they built Barrackawhich diclacit
entail on the country a greater expense. They had
granted an annuity of £.5400 for thirty-dneyears,
which, at five per cent. was worth £84,000; at six per
cent. £70,000. He compared this expense With the
charge for Barracks for the same number of.troops
in other parts of the country, and.making every al-
lowance for difference of place, it was mulch too high.
At Leeds, the expense of Barraciarfor about the same
number of Cavalry, was £2B;ooQatt Glasgow £15,000.
He-would allow something akp fOr the appearance
of a Barrack suited tathe place. .The necessity for
building these Barracks at this thus was Stated to
have arisen from notice having been given to quit the
premises they now oceepied-The Chancellor of the
Es cnequer assented j.—He could state, however, that
the Lindlord of the premises would be glad to grant
either a lease on the present terms, or to sell the pre-
mises- The £3400 a-year could not be, as it had been
stated, the rent of the premises, but must include
also billet-money, -for the rent alone had only been
£1585. He thought that it would have been better
that the -Regiment should have continued to be ac-
commodated, wider all the circumstances, for-a time
in the same manner. But it seemed to be the idea
that the sanction of the House of Commons was a
matter 9f course, for the walls were (whilethey were
debating about the matter) already twelve feet high !
The Hon. Gentleman observed, in the course of his
speech, that £Bl,OOO had been already voted for that
service, which, with the purchase-money of the an-
nuity, would make £1.58,000, and this was done when,
within a few years, eight millions had been voted for
that part of the service.
The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER ad-
mitted that the views of the Honourable Gentleman
were brought forward in a most candid manner, and
that a saving of even £lOOO was In object not un-
worthy of-consideration in the 'present circumstances
of the country. But he maintained that the Hon.
Gentleman's observations upon the subject before the
House-were incorrect. The propriety of having the
Life Guards in London, or its immediate vicinity,.
could not be questioned, and the only question was,
as to the best or cheapest mode of providing for their
accommodation. The rent of the place upon which
it was meant to erect the new Barrack, was equal to .
£l5OO a-year, and the sum which it was proposed to
grant for the. purpose of the building was 1:5400
a-year for thirty-one years. At present and during
the war, the rent paid for the accommodation of the
Life Guards was £6OOO a-year ; and now, upon the
score of economy, the question was, whether the
Public should continue to pay this £6OOO a-year
rent, or, by allowing £5400 a-year, for thirty-one
years, to erect- a substantial building, which would
serve the purposes of the Public for a considerable
number of years, eta, comparatively low rent, while
by the same,irisaatire the expense and contingencies
of the Regiment must be also- reduced ? But the
Honourable Claskt,leman. would have . this proposition
,postponed until Oa seat year, forgetting, perhaps,
(that Abtough, tuch postpone:Rent .Parliament would
tretiAt9ol7.i44.4 ealuitarily saddle the country with
-au efßoWle.o44W The expense for building the
,4m4clc., fiat tht LefeOuardsin.Hyde Park amounted
IA aokssgukfif*/40, ...which slim, considering the
irld,l44cod.ftris4.-..af4lahour and materials, might be
r*TAtfit-4 lhe>pasatut day _at about1:70,000. Now,
onsidetjag* grouter extent .of the proposed build-
-jag in tba;llemat'aiPArk, he submitted that the vote
NI-erred tQ.iu.‘he Bill. _before the-House was an me-
tionalc arrangement. - The bargain, indeed, uponthis
spbeectwas,.he.comaived, very advantageous fot the
,Pnblic. ;With respect to thellonourables.Member's
complaint, stbat-tha building of these Barracks bid.
cararneWetl.isetote.the consent ef,Parliament was ob-
-14.40,. the fact, was, .that. the ,contract with the
builder was signed on the 30th of Jane, . but, that
contract having been agreed on some days before, the 1