Star.
London, England, 1821-03-31 00:00:00

PARLIAMENTARY PROCEEDINGS.

HOUSE OF LORDS, MARCH SO.
iipme Eari.o4,hIOI,INT.EDOROVNIIS PreFellted Petitkil
front seviril Land Crediplara ia.tornwalt, praying relief trim.
Apieultural Distress.
But DlCHltpleaosentahatior Pedtloos fropt tbs Cosstist
of Dotoet. Ham. Olaticaster,ind • •
the !gbh
Mc, BROOM brought upfrom tiegonunens -Whi
Prins Clerks' Regulation DM, and ions PriVAte whirl

were read a lest time.
The Ilittraiheraft liepear Bill VMS sada mond tines.
The -et YORK presented.a Paidore Mon the
Arehdeadroptaf • cal !plow ihe Roston Cathode Mass.—
Laid anillwaiik.
.Lonl CALTHORPE presented a getition from the Magis-
trates, Ck`rgy;' tine Ould-oinsers in the neighboalsood of Wind-
sor Forsiti praybs for a Bahl= of the Csiminil Code.—
He premosed a Winner Paid= from the neighbourhood of
Uabeidge.
IWO IIfEfIVILLE presented a Petition from the County of
kverness against the'Malt Duties.—Ordered to lie on the table.
The Bistrop of LLANDAFF presented.* Petition from the
Clergy of the Arehdeacoury of Hereford, against the Raman
Catbolic.ClattisserLaid on the table.
Bill was rod a third
The Irish Atter:au' Fees Regulation
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dine and passed. •
The Beer Duties lilli teas tad -a second time and ordered to
be committed.—AdjialleiL • • •
HOUSE OF COPIMONS. •
Dr. DODSON presented a. Petition from the Port. of Rye,
and Mr. IL Witasaparepresented a Petition from the Town
of Rye, both against the cderindssioners of Sewers Bill. The
Petitions were ordered to be printed. The: second reading of
the BM was postponed tollitsdaY se night.
('tyre motion of Si, NIK. UT= the:Grampouad Wit-
nesses Indemnity BiU was reutasecood time, and ordered to be
eefinnittea.csillonday next. ''
Thl, Innkeepers' Bill was'read a third tine and passed.
Sir JOHN NEWPORT pawned a Perittfin from Michael
lacy, one of the prAncipai Clerks in the Court of King's. Bench
in Ireland, stating, drat half the business of the Court was tails-
acted in his Other find the chief part thereof conducted by
himself; that he ha been 'occupied in tie same for 'the' ast
twentrele years.- that the remuneration for the duties of the
011 lee had been ealeolated by the Commissioners of Inquiry at
.0000, ppoo the average ofthelatt three years, divided between
himself and his father; that the aid remuneration resulted frosts'
fees paid by the Attornies out of iheir profits; that the pending
Bill for the abolition of Fees in the Courts of Justice in Ireland
omitted all compensation to the Petitioner, and that therefore he
prayed the House *Mild direct an adeqoa:te cionspeneadon.tO he
made to him for the less of his oike.—The Petition was bed
oh the table. • • .
Sir JOHN NEWPORT presented a similar Petition from
William Stewart, one of the Clerks in the same• Establishment.

ordered to be printed.
' Mr. ELLIS presented a Petition from Joseph %reek one of •
Übe Clerks hubs Court of Exchequer, praying compensation.l-
- J. NEWPORT, bore testimony to the creditable manner
wbieli the Petitioner had always performed the dutlei-of
kis office. - •
/tie Risk Trial for Treason Bill went through a CoMmlttee.
Moe- Report was brought up and agried to, sad the Bill was
ordered to be read a third time on the eh of April
Mr. 'C. GRANT brought up the Report of . the Committee
en the Irish Courts of Justice Cmpebsatioas,.which was agreed
to; and it iwas.ordered, that Instructions should be given to the
Committee em the Irish Courts of Justice Bill to make moist=
for the same out of the Consolidated Fund.
Mn BLACKBURNE presented a Petition from the PreelA
dent, Vke‘President, and other Directors of the Chamber-of
Corr.tneree at Manchester, against any change in the mode of
sinking the Corn Averages, which, after .a few words horn Mr.
Pilirmh and Lord STANLEY was le3d. :
Mr. .P.- ROBINSON statied-his opinion, that the effect of the
Sol vrhich be had brought in would not be attended with the
effect which the Petitioners against it apprehended—(Hear, hear).
He understood that some complaints were made yesterday, that
be was not present when some discussion on a Petition similar
to this took place. In answer to those complaints be had to
state, that •he had understood that the Petition he referred to
would not be presented m soon ; and considering the early hour
at which it was brought before the House, ite thought some
allowance might have been•made for the absence of Members
who bad official duties to-perform. Indeed, be could not but look
upon those complaints as most unreasonable and unjust.
After a few words from Mr. Wasse and Mr. Amur% the
Petition was ordered to be rinted.
On the motion of Mr. F. , the second reading of the
Corp Average Bill was postponed to Monday, April P.
The Report of the Committee on. the Timber Duties Acts
was brought tip. •
Sir IL W. RIDLEY said he should feel It his duty to op.
pose these Resolotions at a future stage. •
• The Report was then ordered so bedles Imo 'briber coed-
&ration onAVednesday next. sad to primed.
Lord CASTLEREAGH laid on the table a vohnefoose
quantity of Papers, being the correspondence of the British Mi.
nister at Naples with the Duke de Gallo.
ere. GOULBURN laid on the table Papers comaining the
Corespondence en the subject .of the Colonies paying the En.
penses of their Military Defence.
Lord PALMERSTON laid on the table Papers telatlng to
the Army Estimates. •
Mr. LEN NARD said he held in his hand a motion which '
he should now move or postpone, if it was thought necessary,
so Monday nept, inul the object of it was to bring before the
House a Return of the number of applications-for admission to
the Reading-room of the British hlusenm, which were poet.
posed or got rid of. The House were not aware, perhaps. that
an applicant; according to the Rules of the Rftaittroom, must
have the reeornmendasion et a Trustee, or an Officer of the
House, in order to get access to the Libr • and in conse-
quence, many very respectable persons, net 'having the ad-
vantage of obtaining access to any of the Trustees, gave up
altogether the attempt to get admission. To such persons
this rule was a virtual denial, and he knew it to be se in see..
!al instances.
• At the suggestion of Mr. C. Lope, the Hon. Member postponed
his motion to Monday.
•

CAPITAL CHIMES.
Mr. MARTIN moved the second reading of the
Capital Crimes' Defence Bill. He went into some
arguments in support of. the Bill. The .Hottourable
Member cited several instances that had come under
his own cognizance, of Judges not only not acting
Counsel fen prisonFrs, but of their acting as Coun-
sel against there. To shew that the Court were not
Counsel for a prisOner; hewould instance the case of
Bellingham. The charge against that individual was,
that of committing one of the most atrocious mur-
ders ever heard Of.• The offence was committed on
the 12th of May, 1812. On the 14th, a Bill of In-
dictment was found against -Bellingham, and on the
Vsth he was put upon his trial. He applied to the
Court, by Affidavit, to put off his trial, on the ground
that he had witnesses resident at Liverpool, who could
give material evidence in his favour.. The evidence
le Mir. Martin) believed, was to thew the prisoner's
insaqity.. This motion the Court refused ; although
the Affidavit stated, he believed) every circumstance
rally stated in Affidavits of nature. In this
i4si6therefore, he conceived there had bten a failure
pf justice. He
,(Mr. Martin) would mention another
ciao. A countryman of his was charged ;with a bur-
glary. The fact was, that the prisoner, upon a cry of
eilltop thief rtioined a watchman in penult of the per-
• 'Fon who had actually committed the robbery, and
tailing to overtake him, returhed with the watchman.
upon this a woman put her head ant of a window, and
'sat& "I charge M 4 there Irishman with the robbery ;
no• 1)0i0Lsso tohternust know which. way the robbers
ran." The man was sent to Croxdou to trial, and
he (Mr. Martin) went down to comfort bins there.—
The first witness was a duarmy, who timid not arti-
culate any sound whatever bordering on the pronun-
ciation of an F4nglish word. lite Court, after look-

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ii at tbetfellasn. sod seeing what he was, mid.
?Ibis man mist be4giersPhyrim intalorete?r—(Load
lartghter)ri-i" I. said to tile lidge," 'emulated Mr.
Mastitis 4, that the best interpreteetire could send for
wasVsimaldir The Judge answered—., Down, Sir,
oil. sad Grimaldit--ave have our own interpreters'
here r-4 Renewed lasterkr).—Tho Judge then said,
Pl 4 We must ask this man, before we swear him about
his scoter religion, to see if he understands the nature
of an alp; An interpreter was got, and theiudge said
•1 Ask hint Übe Mows what isthe essence of Goer'
"I remarked (said Mr. Martin), that, with all due
'deferenee to his Lordship, that question might bel
rather too abstruse for the understanding of the wits,
nem." The Hon. Member then described the manner
in which die further questions were put to the wit-
ness, respecting his belief in Goo, and in the cons,.
quences of telling a lie, and the answessgiven through.
the interpreter, which were, that the witness could
swear by'GOD, that he wan, in a great passion; and
wanted to know if the Judge had any plum-pudding
'in his pocket !—(A laugh).—Notwithstanding the teas
becility of this witness, the Judge put the case to the
Jury, although it was impossible he could have done
so if the prisoner's Counsel could have addressed the
Court in his behalf: the man was, however, acquitted.
He only mentioned this circumstance to illustrate his
position, that a Judge was not of Counsel for a pri-
'toner. He concluded by moving the second reading
of his Bill, for allowing the benefit of Counsel .sia
make speeches for prisoners charged with capital
fklonies—(Hear).
The SOLICITOR-GENERAL said, he should op.
pskthe motion. His experience in Courts of In-'
ticoitinformeil him, that die Bill, if passed into a law,
Would operate gready to' the prejudice of prisoners.
He would assert, that Judge, were, in all criminal
cases, COunsel for the prisoner substantially, zea-
lously, and even astutely—(Hear, hear).—He was
satisfied that, in nine cases but of ten, the prisoner
would be benefitted by having the Judge for his
Counsel ; and if in a case where the evidence was,
very, strong against the prisoner, would, it not be
better for him to have the Judge as his Counsel?
since;:k he was represented by Counsel; the latter
must have recourse to sophisms and evasions, which
the Judge would feel it his duty to unmask, and thus
effectually become Counsel against the prisoner.—
He objected to'the second reading of the Bill.
Sir JAMES MACKINTOSH said, he could not
conceal his surprize at the course of argument em-
ployed by his Learned Friend. According to him,
Counsel were injurious to prisoners, and yet he looked
upon the assignment of Counsel to persons accused
of High Treason, as a privilege of the highest conse-
quence. -In short, the effect of his Honourable and
Learned Friend's argument was, that more guilty
persons would be convicted, and more innocent ac-
quitted in consequence of the passing of this Bill—
the very result intended.
Sir 'J. YORKE feared he should incur the charge
of presumption in addressing the House upon this
subject after the two Learned Gentlemen ; but they
bath seemed to forget that which was most material
in this-country—namely, time. Suppose Counsellor
Bore em, and Counsellor Bother'ens after him, to be,
employed' in a ease—they would occupy in their ad-
dresses two hours aviece at least ! This being the
case, and it further appearing, from the statement
of one of the Hon. Gentlemen opposite, that the num.
ber of criminal cases in a year amounted on the ave-
rage to three thousand, the consequence would be, that
12,000 hours would be wholly consumed in each year
by the speeches of the two Learned Gentlemen!
Mr. MARTIN. replied. He founded the measure
on tbe authority. f Mr.Jastice Blackstone. With re-
spect to the case of Bellingham, he would ask the
Honourable and Learned Gentlemen (the Attorney
Cperneral and Solicitor General) whether, after reading
the report of that ease, they would,act as the Judge
acted on that trial ? µ Here it is 1" said bin Marten,
throwing down a copy of the trial on the table—
(Cries of " Order, order; and laughter). All he (Mr.
Martin) contended for was to bring about a unifort
Ipity in the law. The law of Scotland and the law
of England varied in this point—that in tfie one
country the prisoner was allowed the full benefit of
CounseYs'exertidni—in the other he was not.
The ATTORNEY-OF.NERAL expressed his per-
fect cowviction that the Learned Judge who presided
on the trial of Bellingham, acted according to the
evidence and the principles of law.
The Gallery was about to be cleared for a division,
but the motion was negatived without a division..
COMMITTEE OP SUPPLY—ARMY ESTIMATES.
The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER moved the
Order of the Day for the House to resolve itself into.
a Committeessf Supply.
Mr: fIUME said that, before the motion was put,
he would wish to offer to the House a series of Re-
solutions, in order to be considered by them. The
items, he begged to observe, were copied from orb.
cial documents before the ouse. The Honourable
Member then moved a series of Resolutions' which
were in substance as follows :—That the total charge
of Staff Officers (Civil) for Great Britain and the Co-
lonies, exclusive of Ireland, was, in 1792, 1:88,794 ;
in 1821, £117,710, being an increase of £83,916.
That the charge of Public Departments, belonging
to the Military Establishment for Great Britain and
the Colonies, exclusive of Iseland, amounted, in
1792, to £45,958; and, in. 1821, including fees, to
083,177, being an increase of £87,324.
The Resolutions were negatived without a division.
The Order of the Day was then read, and on the
motion that the SPEAKER do leave the Chair,
Mr. HUME said, he had another Resolution to
propose, upon which he would take the sense of the
House. It was a Resolution by which the House
would pledge itself merely to take the subject of the
increase of public salaries since 1797 into as consi-
deration, with a view to reduce them. He then
moved a Resolution, lit substance as follows t—a, That
the progressive increase of Salaries in the different
Public Ikpartments, took place in consequence of
the great increase of business in time'of war, and the
depreciation of the currency ; and that as peace has
been established, andAlte currency brought to a me-
tallic standard, it is expedient that considerable re-
ductions should be made by a proper revision of all
Bidaries increased since the' year 1797, by. adjusting
them to the present value of currpncy." ' •
Lord I'ALMERSTON said; that this being age=
neral sweeping Resolution, bad no relation whatever
to the motion before the House. If the Resolution
was proper to be entertained by the House, certainly

this' was not the oßportnnity, and die Honourable'
Member ought to giveuutite of it foi a future dap?
As to the statement that we had returned to a ale.;
tallic currency, he was ignorint of any such fact.
'He knew, indeed, that preparations were making rot'
carrying into effect such a scheme.
Mr. BARING wit( surprised to hear that this waf
not a proper opportunity for the Resolution of his
Honourable Friend, to whom the country, he had no
doubt, felt itself so much indebted,. The Noble
Lord said; that he was not aware that we had re.
turned to a metallic currency. The objection seemed
to him a little too fastidious, since, in about thirty
days time, it would be io the power of any man to
call at the Bank and supply himself with gold in ex-
change for Bank-notes, at the rate of £3 I7s. 100.
per ounce. The House should particularly observe,'
that this Resolution did not bind them to make'any
reduction ; it only pledged them to take the matter
into consideration ; and be was sure, that in common
consistency, those who voted for taking away some
of the taxes, ought to agree to this Resolution. .
The CH A NC ELLO R of the EXCHEQUER would
;remind the Hbuse of the total inapplicability of this
Resolution to the subject to be brought before the
Committee of Supply. There were a series of op-
portunities for discussing the items of the expenditure'
of this department to the utmost minutia:' of detail,
of which the Hon. Member might avail himself.
Mr. BENNETr said, that the Resolution only
pledged the House to an inquiry, and by thus pledg-
log itself it would do no more than was recom-
mended to them by the Reports of several Finanie
Committees. The recommendations of those Com-
mittees were all neglected by the Government, and
his Honourable Friend, seeing them so careless, now
called upon the House to interpose.
Lord PALMERSTON would mabe one observa-
tion. The Honourable Member said. that the Go-
.Vernment were idle and careless in the reduction of
expenditure. Now, did the Honourable Member
forget that a saving of £84,000 a-year was made by
reductions in the Military Department since the war ?
Mr. BENNETT said, that nothing could be 'more
wild than to hold forth the disbanding of soldiers at
the termination of the war, as an instance of a Is-
position to retrench.
Mr. THOMAS WILSON would not vote for the
Resolution of the Honourable Member, because the
matter of it was not brought fairly before the House:
Sir M. W. RIDLEY thought that the' Members
who voted for the reduction of the Malt Tex, were

bound, as honest men, to agree to this Resolutiod..
Mr. GIPPS would have no objection to the mo-
tion, if he knew what immediate use was intended

to be made of it.

Mr. HUME said, that the use he intended to
make of it was, to lay before the Houle, if they
agreed to his Resolution, several items of increase
of salaries, the mere statement of which would ren-
der all observation unnecesary. . He would, for in-
stance' shew that the Depot? Secretary at War, who
had asalary of £89.0 yearly in 1797, now enjoyed I
salary of 0,560 per annum ; and that the Head
Clerk, who had a salary of £7OO a-year in 1797, had
a salary of £1,400 at the present time.
Colonel TRENCH was prepared to shew, by an,
arithmetical calculation; that the expense of the pre- '
sent Military Establishment was net rated higher in
proportion to the number of him, than the same bad

leen in 1792. If it was true that in that year,
47,474 men cost £8,494,000., then surely 81,000 meni
might to cost now £5,896,000. But the gross sum+
sought was £8,600,000, which was very little over
what it would be* even by the nicest calculations, eo
the rule of 1792. _

The House then divided, there appears g..-
Fir going into the Committee 4. SO
Against k -

2.--21

The House having gone into the Committee, th*
first question was upon a vote of £105,944 Ss. 10d4
for the Staff Establishments• of Great Britain, and
all other foreign parts, except India, for the year.
Mr. HUME said, that in the various brandies
this Department the greatest savings might be made.
The first item to which 'weaned the attention of the

House, was the immense pay of the Commander-in-
Chief. His Royal Highness the Duke of. York re-
ceived £l6 Bs. a-day, a salary by much too large in
the present embarrassed state of the country. He
(Mr. Hume) doubted much whether this office was at
all necessary at the present day. The pay of
Royal Highness ought to be considerably reduced.
Before the war, the Commander-in-Chief had but
nine guineas a day ; he would have this office reduce.cl
•to that standard. Ile did not mean to undervalue
she services of his Royal Highness, but in theseventh
.year of peice, it was but reasonable that the war
establishment should undergo some modification. It
'was in the Stair that this reduction could be made
• the greatest prupriety. To begin with the head,
then, he proposed that the pay of the Commander.
in-Chief should be lowered to nine guineas a day, or
about £2,000 alear. The next reduction would be
in the office of an individual who was not known at
all before the last war, and who now had the enor-
mous salary of 0,000 a-year—he meant the Secre-
tary to the Commander-in-Chief, whose office was a
mere sinecure—
Lord PALMERSTON--Ile has a great deal to do.
Mr. HUME—Thea the Noble Lord 'must have
but very little—(A laegh).--rn 1792 the business of
the Army was done at the War-Office, with the as-
sistente or a Csimniandingg Officer. The Noble Lord's
Establishment cost but £B,OOO or £10,000; he hai
but fourteen or fifteen clerks in his once; now he
has sixty or seventy, and the Establishment costs
£60,0013--(Hear),--The QuatterMager General had
no office then, though he and his Staff were effec-
tive; but now that be had little to do his-Establish-
ment cost £5,000 a-year. He would reduce the pay
Of the Secretary to she Commander-in-Chief to
£l,OOO, which, with his military pay, ',Voila be a
sufficient . remuneration to him for the chides which
he had' to perform. His next objection was. to the
Chaplains' Establishment.* In sto •department was
the plurality of effices more cOnspiciimiethan in
that plurality which every Committee condemned.
A Dr. Dacreiras at once -Chaplain-Assist* to the
Chaplain-GOrat, Chaplain to the Commander-in-
'chief, and Chaplain to the Forces. Now' the duties
of these three ofAces happenkns al) on Sundays, it
was as impossible that one individual could discharge
them, as that the same person contd. be in.. three
places at the same time. He would also strike off
one Assistant-AdjutaakGcucral--Captain Barclay,

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who bad a salary of £l6O far filling this-office, v,
Itho Secretary to the Military College: It was itn,
possible he could discharge the dirties of those two
offices. He would also reduce one Deputy-Assist-
ant-Adjutant-General. lie would do the same by
the. De uty-Quartermaster-General, 'whose eft.,
• ass £l5;1190,- alum lonsidered very ex.
travagant by military men who bad been consulted on
it. Irtlefisarlidiopels Britainought to be seduced oae.,
third, at least, of its present expense.. He was aware
• that, Within. the last year, four Major-Generals, four
Aides-de-Camp, and four Majors of Brie, had
been reduced ; but be thought his Majesty s Govern.
meat oughfto carry the reduction much further. He
objected to five permanent District-Assistants to the
Quarter-Master General as quite unnecessary. These
were Officers which grew up since 1792, and he would
abolish them altogether. It was wantonness to have
two Inspectors of Army Clothing, with an expense
of 1:699 yearly. One would be quite enough, for
all the tininess was done in London, and, if neces;.
sary, he could have the assistance of a Committee of
the, Officers to inspect the clothing of their regiments.
He would dispense entirely with the C.baplain-Gene-
ral. It Was a new and unnecessary office, and the
salary of the Chaplain-General had been unaccoinit.
ably raised within some years. When the office was
created the' pay was only 5.36.5; it was then raised
.£lOO-More ; then. £150; and now- it is so high as
£BOO e-year. Surely if...£16.5 was sufficient for this
office when the amount of troops was treble what it
now is, there was no pretence for raising it since?...
There were also four Chaplains
_to the Forces, but
what- they did,. or where tkeflived,, he was' unable
to determine. When, ever": -regiment had its own
Chaplain, who -was paid for doing the Clerical func-
tions, be saw no necessityfer these supemOokaary
gentlemen: • With regard to the. Staff of. Nord; Bri-
tain, it was not large ; but. he could not say exactly
hOw-nitich it exceeded' the-same in 1792. seg.
gene(' striking off,_ 'the.
,itaggage-Master irt Scotland,
for where there WaS4lO marching there was no occa-
sion for an officer-of that description. The principal
alteratiousv'thi4fdre, 'which he meant to propo#o
Were. in the Meg ;departnient, beginning withtbe
head c& it.. He might be.told that these offices were
necessary,. bur he-reel:fed- tire' Henze to the reeom-
inendations of the COmMitiee, lying-on their table.
whiCh iitopdaed that they Should 'be reduced. Hu
,would nett call the 'attention. of 'the Noblelord to
the great disproportion • which existed in die Staff'
expenses.siElthis country and of Ireland. The Staff
of that countryity the present estimate, cost 20;000/.
whereas; hr 1792,.the same cost bur a few thousands..
He obseried there was; list of seven Adjutant-bon.
rals,tritcl eight Quarter Masters and Deputy-Woo;
Masters. Now one Deputy Quarter-Mastet Weald
be sufficient to do all the business; and he though
the whole might be reduced at least one half. He.
next came era the Medical Staff in Ireland. This esta-
blishment-was Of a larger eitent than even that in
England; ilia was of a peculiar nature. The Atilt'
of this MedicA Staff was created in 1796, and was
from the beginnidg ititended only for temporary put.
poses. Of the Officeri who composed it not a man
had been abroad, or seen any service. Surclj if such
places were.to be kept open, they ought to be give!'
to those amongst the half-pay who had'alitiths sport
their country ? The officer called the Deputy Inspec-
tor in Irelstod, never removed from D; and, aft
fact, drove a good trade there in Ids private practice,.
It would lie.nngreat hardship, therefore, on him, to
deprive UM of his sinecure place. He wonldnor
mention the particular charges of the Staff in eulli
Isisinds but Would only observe, that this depose.,
in 1792,: cost but 17,0001. which now cost 60,008L'
In 1702 the whole charge for thn.Windwanl
Leeward Islands was but 5,4421- the same vas noir
99,0001. He asked where was the 'locality. for the
Generals and-others on the Staff in these idands,
when no- danger* Was to be apprehendell—sthea their
was not. a ship at sea from which theicOuldt
surprize? As to Malta and the lonian-Ideas,
cost of these was 11,7661. two-thirds more than was
negenari: But it was said this expense was defraysil
the liinianlifands. This -was' a delOsiod; far
though she expense was defrayed; in thifiriiiirtared •
by the lonian Islands, yet it should not be farts
120,0001. or 180,0001. was voted by Par Millar pot ►
to make good the deficiencies its these Bland:. The
overnor of, Malta had 5,0001. theagb be
never 'peat any of his time there.- .lis the Cared
':Good Hopi, the Mauritius, and.Ceylo,olbellem;_
'had grown to Such an Immoderate size ..dmiltwi
. war, thatthey might be greatly reduced.' ne.Resi
Member. concluded by moving, that the int Of
X 105,945 ss. 10d, for defraying the expenses of de
Staff in Great Britain and abiped :(sclusive of 104
land and India) be reduced to .1.:65,000. , •
The Cisosa meet; having put tbe•Amendratint
hbe
the chair,. . . . • .
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Lord PALMERSTON said, that the quo"'
Amin which he was at issue with the Hen. Regibe.rr,
*is rather a question of printiple thine ines6DoPl.
'detail ; for unlesi he Coirldihew that _the oiiittilges
upon which the Military Establishinentsof*Cat
try was conducted in 1792, were 'applicable to tpre
present times, it was futile to compare the dettat!
the present expenditurnwith those' of 110. 1"
he . (Lord Palmerston) contended, that d*
System of 1792, instead Of being a guide to Artfl,
their course, was rather a beacon winch they 00r_,
to avoid: It was-extremely unfit, even for the peat
nt which it existed ; still less Was it applicable to.f.!
present • state of our Military Establishnlent:
Army, in 1792, taking it in the aggregate, aod
out -reference of course to the courage and
'of the Officers and.men, was..one of the etrgrlP
pointed Armies -in • Europe. Great impro
since that time had taken place in every Pr1_.!..;70
Military System ; and 'unless 'we were ptrty
forego all the ildvaotages whichwellah
Pt
those improvements, he kneel net upset what
ciple the proposition of the Hon. Member, r"
I .a.
Iturtiing to the eicious,and ineffectiresySlent
leould be defended. The Hon. Gentleman lead t
comr
plained of the amount of the salary of the —#
!der-in-Chief, but. it Should' be recollected, tow.
'salary was raised to its preseot amiiont,!?/t0
tion assigning that rate of ,pay to Pica :10
'When employed, So that this *mites aPt emi 0
to the present Coinmander-in-Chie£ The
the Militaiy Seireiary. to the Coniln
were of the most labonotis nature, and bid':
been much increased by the reduction of
(Laughtcr).-llonourable Gendarme:l might

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fil

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ei l'.i la '
but this was a fact which easily adnutt o exp na-1
do; foe, as it was the duty oi the Semen; p&tarTy
on dm oprespoodence for the Commiridef-in;Chinf,
his Wirers were. lunch inere as& in consequence of
Member of appffesiions on the -part of` OffiCeis
„iced to half-pay. As to the Inspector's of, Army .
clothiers, he was net-sure that he understood. the
Hao. Gentleman's peopoeitioe for substituting, Otie
tector, with a Committee of Officers belongtng,to
"u;al regiment. If the regiatenis were on foreign
secrire, such a plan would be impracticable,' and at
A events, the expense of sending a detachment of
pricers from each regiment, would more than coon-
nubalance the reduction of one Inspector. With re-
gard to the salary of the Chaplain-General, the Cle-
rical arrangements of the Army had been so much
improved since the appointment of a Gentleman of
,character and'respectability to officiate in that capa-
city, that he was surprised to hear the Hon. Gentle-
man object to the amount of it. The Hon. Member.
combined that the Staff in Ireland was much
greater in proportion than the Staff he England ; but
the Army in Ireland was much more dispersed
time in England, and as that circumstance involved
mare frequent marches of different detachments, and
'we frequent inspections, it was necessary to keep
up a Staff to a greater amount. After some other
observations, the Noble Lord concluded by opposing
the Amendment. ,
C,olond DAVIES bore testimony to the obligations
of the Army, and of the Country in general, to the
services d the Illustrious Person at the head of the
?Sitar? Establishment. He was, hOwever, cos-
i:wed, that a considerable saving might be made in
oar Military Establishment, and, if not to the ex-
tent stated by his Honourable Friend, yet still' a
saving which was highly important to the country,
~
might be carried into effect. - He -thee proceeded
to shew how that saving might be effected. The
Commander-in-Chief and Stalin Ireland, he thought,
should be reduced, which would save the Public
about £4OOO a-year. The Staff of the Leeward
Islands also was excessive, amounting to £21,000
annually. This would give room fur some reduc--
tion. He did not see any necessity for a Quarter-
Master-General in those small Islands which had.
Fort Adjutants and Brigade Majors. He then oh-
erred upon the force kept up at St. Helena, and
said, that even allowing it was necessarylo sta
tau two battalions there, yet he did not see why
there should be both a Lieutenant and Brigadier-
General. The whole amount of saving which would
arise from the Staff reductions which he proposed,
including that of the Irish Staff, would be about
£13,000 a-year, exclusive of the Medical ,tiff- Ile
could move a Resolution to that effect when the
imendm tit befbre the House was disposed of; but
pailful as it was to his feelings to dissect from his
lion. Friend (Mr. Hume), he could not support the
fall extent of his Amendment.

Mr. BENNETT said, that when he considered the
station and duties of the Commander-in-Chief, he did
Kt believe him to be overpaid. He remarked upon
the extraordinary statement of the Noble Lord (Pal-
merston), relative to the Secretary of War, whose
&ties he had asserted were increased since the ter-
mination of the war. This he professed himself not
well able to comprehend. He complained also of
the great expense of the Foreign Staff, which he be.
Serial to be far beyond what the public service re-
tie thought his Hon. Friend (Mr. Hume)
tight in referring to the Military Establishment of
1192, as the standard tor a time tf peace; but Gen-
teel:en on the oppotite side of the House deprecated
as allusion, and did not hesitate to say, that the
sited' the Atropin 1792, was the worst possible.—
SI& Gentlemen, he (Mr. Bennett) believed, would
have beets exceedingly indignant in the year 1792, if
tedvaa imputation had been cast upon the Minister
of that pestod by any of those who were called the
Opposition; but the Gentlenen_appositoseemed not
le be aware that his Honourable Friend had only
bested the words of the Report of the Financial Com-
mitment 1817, which Report urged the necessity of
yawning to the Establishment of 1792. The Coru-
ndum also was appointed by his Majesty's Govern-
ment, buk Ministers seemed to have forgotten it. He
concluded, by say's& that he had as desist the time
?mid cams when great revolutions blest be made its
Cease lidithitet; aged licrWever they might be voted
that year, he believed the Rouse would utter see the
fike•agant.-(iieinisiteer).
Wa43ll.agreed with *has had WOG from
Hemotrible Member (Colossi Davies) with &t-
-win to the Commander-in-Ohief, whose charaCter
and conduct could not be too highly eulogised. Iledefended the Staff in Ireland; and the Foreign Staff,
es net costing the nation more than public duty made
requisite; and said,, that there oughrto be no saving
made in the Army Estimates at the espouse of the
comforts of the &kith soldier.
Mr. J. SMITHSaid, that the arguments urg -0 in
answer to his Honourable Friend (Mr. Humel were
more with respect to the discipline of the Army than
to,the necessity of supporting the present public ex
penditure.- He, for, one, was anxious to support the
credit and character of the country, but he was also
anions to maintain faith with the public creditor.
Indeed, hefelt -our situation to be such, that iht-s
single, shilling ought to be granteff which was not
Aumary to
.the security ef the country—( Keer,
lear). The Honourable Member, after some further
&striations, concluded by stating, that he would
',Orley support a reduction in the Stag Depart.
Meet, though not to the amount proposed by his HO-
seeable Friend (Mr. Hume).
After a few words from Lord PALMICIST9N and
.11r, Bale t
/tr. HUME *consented to withdraw his motion,
and to propose that the sum grained to the support
af the Staff Department should be £90,000.
- • -
Upon this motion the House divided—
Eat the Amendment . - 61
'Against -it - - 116

Majotity
The nest Resolution was, th at a sum net ences4-
imr- 125482 13s. 10d. be granted for the general
or lteland.
rIL PARNELL opposed this grant as. extra's-
Vkit :he thought,that the Irish Staff ought to be
ansiderablf reduced.
Lord PALMERISI7ON made son observitiono in
...Vert of the proposed grant.
110;HUMS 'contended that the Irish Staff was by
far too nnmetour, and ought to be reduced.
Lord PALMERSTON maintained, that the situ a•,

tku of Ireland required more Staff Officers in const4
tinencmd. the dilttibution of thq troops in that coun-
try, The duty 'ar.tlfe Medical Officer, was also more
:important than•the Honourable Gentlean appeared
~to think ; for they had to make tours of inspection'
„to see how the Regimental Surgeons attended •to
their duties, tend ,it was a mistake to suppose that the
Irish Establishment was exempted from foreign ser-
vice any more than that of England.
• Mr. WARRE said a few words in support of the
Amendment.
Sir EL PARNELL thought that the arguments of
the Noble Lord seemed to assume, that Ireland was
in a state of war instead of peace ; but the fact was,
that the. Commander of the Forces was an unneces•
sary office, as all the business could be as well done
by a Deputy Adjutant and a Deputy Quartermas-
ter-Genes al.
Sir G. HILL contended that the state of Ireland
required the establishment of a Military Staff, as ap-
peared from the expefience of the last year.
Mr. O'GRADY said, he should vote in favour of
the numerical force of the Army, because be consi-
dered it necessary; but not for the unnecessary ex-
pense. It was not the effective force of the Army
that was objected to, but the existence of those places,
almost amounting to sinecures, which were attached
to it in every direction, and among which he was
sure he might.include
,that of the Commander-in-
Chief, and that of the Adjutant-General, with his
Assistants.

Mr. C.GRANT observed,that if they were resolved
to have a Court in Ireland they must countenance
the appointment of high offices in order to support
its dignity. The Honourable Baronet had suggested
last year that the office of Lord Lieutenant might be
abolished, but he could state that the suggestion had
excited considerable alarm in Ireland, and particu-
larly In Dublin.

• Colonel DAVIES supported the Amendment.
Mr. BENNETT thought that the Offices of Adju.-
tant and Quartermaster-General might be efficient at
the Levees and Drawing-rooms of the Castle; but
the question after all was this, that Ireland was poor,
and could not' pay for those splendid Offices. They I
heard nothing from that country but the voice of dis-
tress, and it WAS a mockery to talk of Courts and
'Establishments 'which they had not the means of
swporting.
Mr. GOB DOls.l asked, what neces,ity was there for
the Commander in Chief of Ireland to give dinners ?
The splendour of the Court could, he thought, be
kept up as well by the presence of a Lieutenant-Ge-
neral
as'of a Commander in Chief.
The Committee then divided on the Amendment :
For the Amendment . - - 53
Against k • 140
Majority
•

On re-admisSion to the Gallery, Mr. Hume was
objecting to the vote of £14,474. 15s. sd. for th-e
allowances to the Commander in Chief, his per-
sonal Staff, Secretary, Assistants, Clerks, and contin-
gent expenses. After contrasting the present expense
with the expenses of the years 1793 and 1807, he
moved that the sum should be reduced to 1:12,256.

After a few observations from Lord PALMERSTON
and Colonel DAVIES, the Gallery was cleared, but no
division took place. On re-admission,
Mr. HUME was objecting to the office of Paymas-
ter-General of the Forces, as unnecessary. The sums
that passed through his hands amounted to from six
to ten millions annually, and the duties of the office,
which cost the country £25,000 a-year, might be as
well performed by the Bank, without any expense
whatever. In 1792 the amount was £18,344;and even
then it was considered too much. What he wished to
do was simply to bring back the amount of the expense
to what it was in 1792. He hoped, however, that in
the course or another year the country might be able
to do without the office altogether. The total amount
of the expense of die office, including a sum of £5OOO
pensions, amounted to £28,000; instead of which
sum be moved, as an Amendment, that the sum. of
£23,728 should be voted for the expense of the Pay-
master-General's Office.
Sir C. LONG contended that the duties of the office
were extremely heavy, and were performed with a
degree of the utmost regularity and attention. He
contended that the duties of the office could not be
performed by the Bank. He was willing, and even
anxious, to make every possible reduction in the an-
nual expense of the establishment, and he had no
doubt but that he would be able to reduce it consi-
derably. Various accounts were now before the office,
which it would be very necessary to have arranged.
As soon as those accounts should be gone through,
a considerable number of Clerks would be dismissed;
but he submitted to the House, that it would be the
very worst species of economy to dismiss the Clerks
at present, as that step would necessarily leave the
accounts unexamined.

Sir HENRY PARNELL said, when hehad held an
official situation in Ireland, connected with the Mili-
uuy Department, there was an Army in that country
amounting, to 60,000 men; that Army was regularly'
paid without a Paymaster-General's Office—Oar,
simple process was, that an order was
issued by the Treasury, signed by the. Secretary at
War, and paid at the Bank. He never knew of any
complain or dissatisfaction at the manner in which
the pay meat of the Army was made at that period
in Ireland.
Mr. HUME said, that the whole duty of the office
was to register the checks that issued from the Trea-
Miry, He appealed to the. House, whether the Hon.
Baronet's statement, with respect to the manner in
which the Army, of Ireland was paid, when he held
'an official situation in the country, should not be con-
clusive upon the subject ? For *himself, be had no
other view than to reduce the present enormous sala-
ries—(Hear, hear)-which existed almost in every
Department. Itie was convinced, that the duties of
the Paymastsir-Ginerars Office, instead of £23,000,
might be conducted at an expense not exceeding
L'3ooa.a year !--(llser, hear).
Mr. BEltNAL.said, that with respect to the Wi-
dow; Pensions, he saw, by. an account which he held
in his hand, that the widow of an Entry Clerk had
r a pension of £125 kyear ; the widow of an, Account:
ant 000; whilst the widow of. a Genial Officer
had but COO-a-year— (Mir, hear).
Sir C. LONG. said, that the Accountant we a.
wan `rho retired from office • after forty !two yens
serrice; Accountants were then in the habil pf re-.
ceiving from £4,000 to 1:5,000 a-year. The other

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'was the widow of an ()Meer, who retired after forty'
years service.
Mr. BERNAL observed; that a peron hiving Stf
enormcks a salary as £5,006 should have matiesprO4'
visionfor his widoW: the Public were not bournd to
pay her an enormous pension, after having paid her
husband an enormous salgy.
After some further obsezvations from Mr. Frinigr
Colonel I:lAvie4, Sir C. Lose, Mr. T. COUR:V*IOIAT,
Mr. GORDON, Me. BENNI64,' and Sir 3. BoOcturt,
the Gallery was cleared, but the Committee was not
divided, -and the original motion was agreed to..
The House then resumed, when •
Mr. BItOGDEN moved, that the Report 6f the
Committee be received on Monday. • •
Mr. BENNETT objected to the iterioit being
brought up on a day when it could not be discassed.
The House then divided--
Fur the Merlon - - 2.5
Against it 20 •
_ _ _

Majority - —5
Dr. LUSHINGTON brought in Ids .IliN for exeJudhg Per-
sons holding Judicial Offices in Ireland from Seats in Parlia-
ment.—lt was read a first dine.
The ether Orders of the Day were disposed of, and the House
adjourned at Half-past One.
•
DRURY-LANE THEAThICAL FUND.

The Anniversary Festival in aid of tlfe Dmry.lane
Theatrical Fund was celebrated yesterday, at the
Freemasons Tavern.

At half-past six o'clock his Royal Highness the
Duke of YORK entered the room, acdompanied by the
Marlris of ANGLESEY, the Earl of BLESINTON, the
.Earl of Flea, Sir SAMUEL SIIEFIIERDSir WILLIAM
CONGREVE, Mr. CALCRAFT, M.P. anJmany other
persons of distinction.
The cloth being removed, 64 The Kingkwas given
with three times three, and with shouts of applause.
The next toasts given were, 66 The Royal Family,"
" The Army," and " The Navy."
The Earl of BLESINTON said, the pleasing task
devolved upon bins, of proposing a toast, which, he
was sure, all present would drink with enthusiasm.
To enlarge on the merits of their Royal Chairman
was unnecessary, and would be injudicious, as they
I were already engraven on the hearts of the People.
Among all the virtues which distihguished his Royal
Highness, none more endeared him to his country
than his anxiety to promote the interests of the
ral benevolent Institutions of this Metropolis, and
of these none were considered by his Royal Highness'
more entitled to patronage than the charitable funds
of the sister Theatres. He then begged to purpose—
" The health °t his Royal Highness the Duke of York."
This toast was drank with three times three, and
with loud acclamations.
The Duke of Yona, in returning thanks, expressed
I the high satisfaction he felt at meeting a company so
numerous and so respectable on the present occasion.,
Ile thought -none of the charitable Institutions of this
i\letropolis better entitled to support than those estab-
lished for the relief of decayed Performers of the sis-
ter Theatres. None afforded a fitter opportunity for
the display of generosity and gratitude, than those
which enabled the lovers of the Drama to do some-
thing
towards making the declining years comfort-1
able of those who had contributed so largely to the
enjoyment of their benefactors. In return for the
honour he had received, he begged to drink
, 4 To the health of all present"—(Great applause).
The next toast was,
" Prosperity to the Drury-Lane Theatrical Foul"
The toast having been drank with great applause,
Mr. ELLISTON addressed the Meeting. This was
the fourth Anniversary in which the interests of
Drury-Lane Theatre had been promoted by Meetings
like the present, which numbered among the visitors
some of the first characters of the age ; and this was
the fourth Anniversary on which his Royal Highness
the Duke of York had done them the honour to take
the Chair. The patronage of his Royal Highness
was the more important, as it seemed to confirm his
Majesty's gracious disposition towards the. concern,
without whose munificent aid Drury-Lane Theatre
would, perhaps, never have been extricated from the
difficulties with which it had to contend. To him it
was perhaps owing that they could meet this day—
that the Institution had not sunk with the Establish-
ment which it was destined to support. The import-
ance and value of this Charity were such, that he
could not but wonder that the whole of his brethren
had not come forward in its support. The Actor's
profession was one which,, of all others, required the
greatest corporeal and mental powers combined, and
these in the slightest degree impaired by 4f the.thou-
sand natural shocks that flesh is heir to," the,greatest
favourites became exposed to the most afflicting vicis-
situdes. That this was felt strongly -in some cases,
he might instance in his own person. He, though at
the head of a similar Institution-in another place, had
recently become a Member of the Dray-Lane Fund,
as lie did not know that even the situation in which
he at present stood would save him from 'standing in
need of its assistance it some future period. They
had acted on the principle of increasing the stock of
the Institution with the contributions latterly received.
He declined going into details, but might beAllewed
to state, that at present they had two claimants on
the Fund, who had been relieved from it ever since
the days of Garrick, a period of nearly forty years,
and three persons had been put on the list since the
last Festival.. The highest income granted for the
support of life, to the highest class of.clatmkttts, wa;
CO per annum, the lowest £3O. What hi had said
was sufficient to make it felt how desirable it was to
augment the funds of the Institution. To say more
would be superfluous. On the.presesst occasion, he
stood in need of no studied phrase; a 66 plain nnvar-
nished tale" would best answer his purpose. He re-
gretted that on the present occasion the cause had
not the benefit of his energy and eloquence who had
heretofore been its advocate. The recollection of

that eloquence would, he hoped, still survive, and
assist his own imperfect efforts. lle hoped he should
nut be thought to digress unwarrantably, when he
added, that he hoped in a few months to hive the
satisfaction to hail Mr. Kean 's return to England,
4-id of seeing him, after visiting the United States of
America, restored in health and wealth to the bosom
of his family, and the scene of his best fame—the
presence of the Piffilic.—The next toast was,
“'Oar aobli sad liberal Wee-Pm-Metes."
The Maiquis of Anockinsv, in the absence of she
lilicgrious Prince, who had acted as one of the Vice-
Presidents on Former occasions, begged to return his
thanks for the tonour which they had received, and

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"•
tt the same time to express the IffEran •
in the welfare of the Institutioxi. , ~,t!
" The health ofthe 5614iimkiei4O drink
With three times three. . , . • . •
Mr. CAI;CRAFT returzied titinki. ,
4, The heilth of the Lessee" being drink,
. . „..
. Mr. Mamma ;Tressed his gratitude for the ho-
' nour he had received. He had a duty to perform-
Unbiassed by personal feelings. liseatl}sol% he bad hr.
therm dottb VO'f and be hadshe .cin to SUMS
chat the situation ef.thi - ' was such, that he:
had no reason to doubt tlve
.. of the Theatre
wiled be paid elf by the time - ich the Committee
17113
bed 'tamed as that at Which the Proprietors might '
hope to nee the Theatre out of debt. In the petfortn"--
intee'df his duty he was tot disposed to be alarsized
it tediporary losses, nor should be be elevated br
temporary prosperity. This he could venture to say'r.
that the Theatre bad never been so free from embar-
rassment—had never owed so little meaty is it (rived.
'under the present lessee—(Applairse): • • .
" Success totbe Covent-Garden Thesarteal Vu 4i"
was among the toasts that smote:le& • • - '
Mr. YATES, as the only metnbee of the Covent*:
Garden Company present, returned thinks for this
toast which had been drank, andexpressedhis, Ton&
dent hope, that the feelings of the members o f
.13e
two Theatres, would ever unite in iaiiseof Chatitly:
The healths of Mr. Kemal.; Mrs. Sinnons, and
Mr. KEAN, were drank with three acres three. '
The Earl of BLESINTON returned thanks for iiii
friend Mr. Keztibk, and was confident nothing could
have *afforded that Gentleman more pleasure than to
•• present on this occasion. '
:Mr. P.LISTOW read over• the List of Subscriptiqrisi
which amounted to a much larger,sum than had ever
been contributed on any formeffestival; to the Drury.;
Lane Fund; •He announced 100 guiteit front-the
King, accompanied by a letter.from.,Sr•Benjamin
Bloomfield, in which his Majesty; in the kindest and
most. ocaulestending maimer, expressed the wart
interest he took in the'affairl of. the Theatre(Gretd
applause). He announced • LSO front the Duke' of
York, and closed an unusually long •list, with -whit
he. called a bonne &niche—the subscription Of. two
Ladies; R2O from Mrs. Garrick, the relict of tbeet-
cellent founder of the Institution.; and £5O trent
11Irs:Cputit. The total. amount of the subscriptions,
he added, *is a prodigious!" It eiceeded (including
the collection at the tables) £1,900 ' ' • 4

Mr.-D: Kiss*inn had to announce a subscription
which, though smalli would not be the least accept..
able. It waathe first fruits. of what Mr. Kean bad
remitted from•Amcrica to previde, for. his family:l—
could stale that Mr. Kearihad left this country
with the most poignant feelings 'of He had
only quitted it with a view oUeitahrlierientg the inde•
pendence of his family, and Mrstean had thought
the first fivis guineas--the produce of what be had
remitted to this country, could not be better ap-
plied than in sending it to. the -Theatrical Fund—.
(Loud applause): •
The evening was spent in the utmost harmony. A•
new song, written for the occasion, was sung by Mr.
HARLEM, and this, with a mock Italian song by Mr.
T. Comm, was rapturously encored. Mr. YATEa
gave some excellent imitations. A variety of other
songs and glees were sung, and the company were
agreeably surprised by the Echo Song, front the gdl-
- by Miss Poor:, which called forth loud plaudits.
No entertainment could be• better conducted. The
Duke of Yona retired at half-past eleven. The Chair
by desire of the company, was immediately occu-
pied by Lord Btasirrron, who conducted the festi-
vities till a Late hour.

We announce sixteen new Books (see Asit•erthe.
mend), which we may confidently recommend tp,the
attention of the thousands, who, having acquired the
art of reading in public Schools, siint Books on in-
teresting subjects at a moderate price. Such a Seder
never befote was presented to••the world. Each of
them recommends kself; by its quantity of matter,
by thit popularity ofjts subject, or by the uneqpiled
variety of its embellishments.
Miss RAprohrs.the.young Lady who arcidentall7
receited a pistol-ball in the eye, as we have 'already
mentioned, it expected to recover; the eye behind
which the ball lodges is entirely lost. The ball ran
never he extracted:. . . •

bletanestoti Carentserns....-Wednesdar.aftmnoon, emote;
distressing accident °centred off Georg
c-stairs, Horsleydown
The ship Salina* front Londonderry, arrived Ihit morning ha
theliver, having several.passengere on board, me of whom, a
fine young woman about 17 mesa. age, who had come to Lont.
dust, in order *to procure **situation, whiling to be 'lent on shore;
got.lnto the,boat for that purpose, accompanied: by • one •of the
sailors. They had not proceeded far from the vessel, when the
boat, by some means, wisuptit, and both of them were Staab` into
the water. They straggled for. somptinse,.e.odsavouring to .re.
gain the boat, but before assistance could be rendered to them,
they sunk, to rise no nt*e. Thef were lot' pitied up until next
day, when, at low water,, they were found tying in the mod,
folded in each others arms. The names of,thennfoetunatetufr
ferers were Althur-Cdokstind 'Ann 2il•QUlre: Invites were
held yesterd#Ysin the bodirni—VerdictstAccWeinal Deaths,
Coannek's INQUlLM—Yesterday„ an Inquest wps haillavhe
Marquis of Granby, in Richmond, on the body of Rabe. ht.
who was shot by a watchman, On the morning of Wettish inst.
near Petersham. Tice deceased Was house. carpenter to Lord
'Derby, and CO Wednesda night list was aecompanying a young
woman from Loodon to Rtehtootd, for the purpose of visiting
her friends; -when proceeding along. the road, they met a man
In a cart driving in that 'direction, and be offered them a con.
veynnee. which they aceijited of; be drove on at a quick pace till
their arrival as Petersham-bille about one mile from Richmond,
when they were challenged-by the watchman on that beat, Rind
• • red to stop, whielithe driver refused, swearing at the same
time, that he would be d—d if he would. The watchman fol.
leived them, repeating his orders, and finding that no attention
*as paid to him, be discharged his llandeHmas at -the tart. The
pleetwas crammed with balls and slugs, and every intlivAima
the cart was struck by one of them. Thedeceased fell in the
`cart after the *ht. The drieerdrove on, however, tilt their
rival hs Itigtigtottll, where they. made the cirefermennephows
to the °Were, who proceeded immediately to appri=otte
watchman, whose name is Wigiey, and who ts irtiont
acknowledged the circumstance of his baring brrti at the potion;
in the cart, but not with the intention to do them any, initri,
his object being merely to alarm them.- He refuted tote con-
veyed to the watch-honse, and 'offered some rmistangerodie
Officers, who were obliged at length to use forte, and are 14ta
there against his will. 'The owner of the • cart wet struifilby'a
dug in the shotdderi.and the young. woman was also war y,
but not seriously. On their arrival at Richond, surgical arise.
once wits preemlea lolikeverellbet this* isse of to recbieti tf
deceased, bit lodictvally .—s4lll watchman attempted tojettity
his conduct, eat_ that be was obeying instructions
whirl he hid rtelohtialiperaotts of saeleftious
• mice travellittg at unsearnsable boors.—Ti, JarY sit %Mims
o'clock in the morning until four in the afternoon • a a
labotlems. iniestfgatb Stud tbr wrest matured re.
turned a verdict of “ Wilful Murder against Richard Wigki,!
who was immediately ceuuulued for trial at the iiingstuaAssiaes.