Star.
London, England, 1816-03-26 00:00:00

'now six ?noodle at Weaee. h. ie. sore trouble than
when we had above one hundred thousand seamen to
pay; At present we had only 33,000 seamen to pay,
and yet the salaries of this office were augmented.--
The same question might be pat with respect to the
Victualling Office and the Dock Yards. Some in-
crease of business might he looked fot in the Dock-
yards of Woolwich and Deptford for a short times in
consequence of the shipping to be paid off; but no in-
crease of trouble couhrl take place elsewhere—('fear).
But the most extraordinary part of the Honourable
Secretary's speech, in which he endeavoured to make
an ingenious run out of a bad case, and in which he
was followed sometimes by a shout, was in the asser-
tion, that an increase had uniformly taken place in
the Otdinary of the Navy, upon the conclusion of
peace, since the Treaty of Utrecht. This assertion
he (Mr. Tierney) maintained to be quite absurd, and
that no precedent could be found for the extraordi
nary propasition which those Estimates contained,
for increasing the salaries of public officers at the vet y
moment when their lieinrss was materially dimi-
nished, and the prices of all articles materially reduced.
Mr. CROKER remarked, that the Right Hnnottr.
able Gentleman had s.ti,i, that he (Mr. Crokei ) had
retreated behind his own tire ; but he would s iy, that
the Right Honourable Gentleman had contrived to
retreat behind his owo smoke ! (Hear, hear, hear.)—
The Right Honoural.le Gentleman had been so good
as to compliment him ( Mr. Croker) for ingenuity,
while in the same breath lie charged him with folly,
by amity:6'lg to him a statement which he had never
made. He would take no notice of the Right H:-
nourable Gentleman's (Mr. Tierney) motion for a.l.
journment, because it seemed to him only a device
to get the House into a Committee—(Hear, hear.)—
Tne Right Hon. Gentleman, in the second speech
which this motion afforded him an opportunity of
making, took occasion ,o challenge him (Mr. Croker)
to go into an examination of the items of the Esti-
mates, and that challenge he was ready to accept.
For that purpose he desired a Committee, which was
the proper place for such an examination, and if upon
that examination any item should appear objectiona-
ble, he had shown in his own case the disposition to
bow with becoming respect to the judgment of any
great body of that House.—(Hear, hear, au the Mini'.
istial Bruhn.)
Mr. TIIIIINEY and Mr. CROICEI briefly explained;
:titer which the question for adjournment was nega-
tived without a division, and the Committee was
postponed till Wednesday.
Sir JOHN NEWPORT obtained leave to with-
, draw his motion for a C4ll of the House on the 3d
of April. The Right Hon. Barenet afterwards asked
when the Report of the Irish Committee of Finance
was likely to be presented, as if 'postponed till a late
period, it was not likely to have the benefit of a full
consideration ?

The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER
replied, that lie could not at present name any paiti-
cular d:iy, but it would be produced as soon as the
convenience of the House would allow.
Mr. TIERNEY moved tnr xn Account of the Ex-
penses under the head of Contingent Charges of the
Lords of the Treasury. Ordered.
Mr. PCNSONBY be7ged to ask the Noble Lord
how soon he would proceed with the Army and Ord-
nance Estimates

Lord CASTLEREAGH saki, he expected to be
able to give the Papers tesp-cting the Army -Est:-
mates tn-trortow. The discussion of them would
probably come on op Friday, and that of the Ord-
nance Estimates on'Monday.
Mr. ROBINSON moved that the House should
on Wednesday resolve into a Committee to consider
the Butter Trade.—Ordered.

The other Orders of the Day were disposed of, and
the House adkurned at One o'Clock this morning.