Star.
London, England, 1810-03-24 00:00:00

neratnrovmrigg) ? lie was Quarter Master Gene-
ral, for which he received above £4 a day ; he had a
regiment of twcsbattalions, the 9th foot, which was
at least £l6OO per annum, and then he was put upon
the staff, 'at an expence of about £l3OO a year more.
The Adjutant General was also put upon the staff.
He conceived that both these men had sufficient ap-
pointments 'without getting their appointments on the
staff as a sinecure. He said there was a charge of
about £4 for each recruit to the recruiting staff. This
charge appeared to him unreasonable. He conceived
the estimates much higher than there was occasion for.
General HOPE stated the length of service of the
.Quarter Master General and of the Adjutant Gene-
ral ; and that there had been a promise to them of
being put on the staff if any other Generals were ad-
ded to it.

General TARLETON expressed his opinion that
no diminution ought to take place in tile cavalry,
which he thought was among our best means of de-
fence. In the Home District there was the Coni-
mander in Chief, the Duke of Cambridge, Lord Chat-
ham, Sir H. Burrard, and a number of other Gen..
rals. He thought the number might bear some r:.
duction.
Mi. P. MOORE defended the late Administra-
tion, whose system of economy went on the grand
scale of confining the expenditure of the country
'thin its inc trot, This was a principle of more
im-
portance than nicely measuring whether £l3OO or
il4OO a year Should be , given to any particular
officer. As to the try of ;evasion, which was set up
by the Administration which preceded them, he cow-
ceived it a bugbear invented to impose upon the cowl-
, try. That bugbear. however,had now lost its terrors.
He believed that of the estimates the same thing
might be said as was once said of a lawyer's bill, It
you take off a third from the beginning, and another
third from the end, what is left will be still too much."
An Amendment was moved to take off from the
estimate proposed the sum of £8686, being the ex-
pence of the two Generals en the home staff, who
were conceived to be quite unnecessary.
The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER
hoped the Committee would not suppose that the pre-
sent Administration had be,en more profuse ie this re-
spect than those who preceded them. The estimates
they now presented were, in fact, reduced estimates
on a reduced Staff. Indeed, an Honourable Gentle-
man (Mr. Wardle) on the other side, did not find
fault with his Majesty's Ministers ; but attributed
every thing he complained of to a vicious system
which had been long established. He was, however,
ready to acknowledge, that the reduction had been
very considerable in the year 1806, ender the late
Administration, and that the number of the Generals
on the Staff had been then reduced from 142 to 70.
At present there were but 59 Generals upon the Staff,
and though some districts might perhaps be over-
loaded, others might have too few Generals, yet,
upon the whole, he was persuaded that the House
would consider the present estimate fair and
reasonable. There had been a reduction of one
Lieutenant-General and one Major-General on the
Staff. He was ready to admit that Lieutenant-Gene-
rals might perform the duty as well as full Generals
upon the Home District. But Lord Heathfield had
been appointed during the Administration of the
Right Hon. Gentleman opposite ; and he would ask,
whether it would be right, when by the course of
promotion in the service, an officer attained the rank
of a full General, he should be deprived of his ap-
pointment on the staff ? As to the appointment of
the Duke of Cambridge, he could not see any reason
why one of the King's sons should not be employed
in the home district, in a situation so near his Majes-
ty's person ; and upon all these grounds he saw no
reasonable objection to the Estimate before the Come
mitte. -

Mr. WHITBREAD animadverted upon the prac-
tice of the Right Hon. Gentleman, when he could
derive no argument from his own deeds, in referring
to the deeds of his predecessors in office. But all
that the Right Hon. Gentleman had said, as to the
comparative number cif General Officers at the vari-
ous periods to which he referred, had nothing to 4o
with the question, which was simply whether two
full Generals were necessary to-be employed in the
Home District ? He was as ready as the Right Ho-
nourable Gentlernan .to agree to any thing that
might ccmtribute to 'do honour to his Majesty ;
but he must contend that it was not necessary
that the officer employed to bear the gold stick, should
be a full Genera or of high rank, or even an officer
on the sat- He was convinced too, that if the
matter werettibetepresented to his Majesty, he would
not consenter.the appointment of an officer of either
description with the additional pay. There were no
full Generals on the Staff in the year 1806. Neither
the Duke of Cambridge nor Lord Heathfield had
any duties to perform entitling, them to their resnec-
tive salaries of £4OOO per annum ; so that,
in fact,
they enjoyed sinecures to the amount of 816,000
a-year. The Hon. Gentleman also objected to the
placing of the Adjutant and Quarter-Masters-Gene-
ral upon tbe Staff, with an augmentation of pay from
£5OO to £l6OO per annum ; and upon all the grounds
he had stated, was inclined to vote for the Amend-
ment.
Sir G. WARRENDER explained.
Mr. HUSKISSON thought it better to pay the
Officers on the Gold Stick out of the public purse than
to place them.on the military establishment. He con-
cluded by making a few observations on what had
recently beep said on what had fallen from him in the
course of the present Session.
Sir THOMAS TURTON was surprised at the
Mai Mi-

Hon. Gentleman's taking part with his ijesty's
nisters on such an occasion, which he thought incon-
sistent with his late professions.
Mr. HUSKISSON, in explanation, defended his
political conduct, as perfectly consistent with his pro-
fessions.
Captain PARKER thought Government most
competent to decide on the question before the House.
He would, however, at .a future day call their atten-
tion to the situation of Officers of the Navy, who he
thought were Wily, dealt by at present.
Lord PAL RiSTONE. made an animated reply,
and refuted the,imputatioa, *gym out against him..
lifter which a division took *cep wbessttbe_
Ilvsere—For the amt 61--Agaiest it 99401etaiL
rsity 38. "
The House adjourned at Oaeo'clock (this morn'

ing.)