Star.
London, England, 1827-02-13 00:00:00

-AbaßnS OF 401100L61ICIC;

The Earl of Livapoot,; in rising 1,0 tri!StrO lbe
Address to his Majesty, Of aelligh.be bad given .nonce;
was happy to•know that it was in uctuidance with' the
general' feeling'of the country.. ti; even feared-dint k
might be deemed intrusive in to prelate Ilk motioe
by afew observatioua ; bt►thefik it a rrsilatich9ir itutfri
, and a duty imposed upon bim by recollections :Ugh
pleasing and painful, to say a few word's to beer testi-
mony to the merits of the illustrious Individual who

was now unfortunately the 'object of his motion. In
Aim the country has lost .he dist.sobject of the.tgelm.
who stood in the vtuation,-of fleir Apparent to . the
,Clown, And they ,had to approach 446.T/front with a
sense of the place which that illustrious Individual filled
in his Majesty's esteem. There was no man acquainted
with his Majesty. who did not know the affection which
be ever bore to evitry member of the Royal Fussily ;
but that for the brother whom he bad now lost was
formed under peculiar circumstances. They were nearly

of the same time of Web they'had bomb' ought up toge-
ther and educated ander the same governors and precep-
tors. It might be said that they had passed through life
side by side. Differences of opinion alight ha4revaisterf he-
tween them, and amongst whom on eartlfdid they not
prevail, but they had never interfered with their bre-
tberly affection, and their friendship had' never been
severed till sow. With respect to their.LordshipUtitef
had so contemplate the Illustrious Individual nom no
more not only as related to the -Royal' Family; but ni
related to the Public, in whose 'services he hid' filled foe
thirty ',eats the high office of Head to the Army. Het
(the Earl of Liverpool) remembered the appoints/wits of
his Royal Highness. He had even been sloirctlinstandelif
as to know the state of the Army at thartinie.' tfireir
aware it had been inide.a question Whether die toitiOnind•
Of the Army ought to be entrusted to a Prince's* nfairl
the Throne? and if the question were looked tealistrict-'
edly, it might be difficult to come to a decision as to
what might be preferable. He was willing to admit
that insufficiency in a Prince of the Blood would be fart
worse than in any .other.; bur he could say from his.
own experience, from that of the Army and of the Pub.-
lit, that the interests of the country had cleaved the'
greatest possible advantage from the administration of
the Army beingin the hands of his departed. Royal
rbigbaess. From his sitmatien be had done all the good
that others could de, and sometimes more than it .would
have been possible for another individual' to do. Let
their Lordships recollect, what was the state of the Army
when his Royal Highness became Coramander•insehiei,
and reflect, that it was that Army. so gradually formed
and -constituted, which had brought to an issue a war
which threatened the existence of • the, country, and in•
voted all Europe. That it was with tat Army that his
Noble Friend the Duke of Wellington had been enabled to
free the Peninsula, and to bring the war to a conclusion
on the plain of Waterloo. If they took a differenurfiew
of the subject, and looked at the comfort of the soldiers,
and of every person oonnected with the army, had and
man ever heard, in the administraton of any service,
of more attention being pa'd to the interests of those
who exposed their lives in defence.of their country ? If
they looked to patrodage and the distribution of pro.
motion in that army, though it was difficult that a few
cases of disappointment should not occur, had [het!'
ever been io any administration less complaint of
ante, uijusi ice, or undue partiality ?!—(Hery, hear, hear)
from all sides). Never had the great power which .hts
Royal Highness had to execute for thirty years, been
more moderately, justly, and beneficially executed to
the country. He might appeal to most of their Louts
• ships and to every individual who had transacted basis

'nem. at his Rya Highness's office, whether they had
ever found a public man more easy of access, mo•e
tail, end even simple, in all bis dealings?—H.ring slid
this with respect to the public conduct of this illustrious
Individual, it might be unnecessary to view him in any
other line. But he felt it impossible not to say that his
Lira Highness possessed the peculiar characteristic's

The SPEAKER acquainted the Home that the recognisance.
of Robert ?arrant, But. and the papers produced before the Ex-
aminers, were Upon the table of the Mouse.
Mr. CUR FITS brought in a Bill for Lighting the Town of
Wig e 4 with Gas.
Major PEEL resented a Petition from the Corporation of Nor-
wich its favour a the Norwich and Lei/eaten' Navigatioa Bill.
Mr. W. Pifatepresented a similar &Mica from Aberdeen.
Upon. thematian 4 Mr. W. Sutra, the said Bill was read a
Alationd timm
The SPEAKER acquainted the Haase that he had reedited a
lettet frost .7 Ablett, Eeq who had bees elected on a double
return ter the ilorough of Denbigh, stating that he did not mean
to defend his election. The Petition relative to the Election
was ordered to be taken into consideration on Thursday the 22d
of Merril.

Lord 6. _LENNOX presented a Petition from the Western
Division of the County of Sussex against the Importation of Fo-
reign Wool.-Laid, on the table.
Mr. MAXWELL presented several Petitions from the Emi-
grating &ocietles of Renfrewohire and from Paisley, praying that
the Raise would. assist the distressed Weavers of thistle districts
in Emigrating to our Noith American Settlements. The Moo.
Member expressed his opinion that the situation of the poorer
elan of Weavers ailed forst:ldle interference in their.beisalf.-.-Laid
es the table. , • •

The Ositbar Wateaisobs and Harbour 111111 was kn.* la by
Grebtaz odd mad elnitinwz • • ‘, • •
Sir S. CLRRIC preseembofbilder 4•41101. Avid.
oed all, and a Paid= ter4-111111:hralfia •

es °mop any.
Mr. C. C A 1.411 MT foriligelorlarp' dbe '
ewer Hamlet* Sewers. • .

The Hcarskydown Rectory 8111 was tread • wesui dam
The Croydaa Road BO was read a second slaw ea tin madam

of Mr. DeMeow. •
A Petition was presented Irma Haneich, against the Corn Laws,
and prayinj for the abolition of every restriction.
Mr. PRNOA RV RS presented a Petition fres certain Owners'
and Occupiers of Land In Cornwall, praying for the maintenance'
of an adequate duty on Con.—Ordered so be printed.
Mr. R. GRANT presented a Petition from the Banffshire
Farmers' Club, praying that no alteration be made in the Corn

Laws.—Ordered to be ;tinted.
Colossi LINDSAY presented • Petition from the Preto's),
Magistrates, and Town Council of Dundee, praying (as we udder
stood) for an alteration of the Corn Laws.—Ordered to be printed.
General DVFF presented a Petition from the Incorporated
Trades and other Inhabitants of the town of Elgin; praying for a
Aso trade in Corn. The Hoa. Member said, that be was by no
1.0116 s diePeled to go so far as those whom he bad thelicmca to
emsement...f.Ordered to be printed.
Positionwks presented against the importation a. Foreign
tillorece—Oedered to be printed.
• Petition was presented from the Farmers assembled at Anode;
.Mashet, praying that there may be no alteration in the Corn Laws.
•
Sir T. LETHBRIDGE said, he would take this op.
portunity of ,asking the Right Hon. Seeietary for the
Biome Department, whom he saw in his place, when
this impoitant question was likely to be brought for--
ward fir discussion. There was such a feverish anxiety,
and justly es he thought, existing upon the subject
throughout the country, as to make it extremely de-
sirable that something like an understanding and know.
ledge of the intentions of the Government' should be
made known to the House. Re knew the cause which
prevented the Right Hon. Secretary for Foreign Affaitc
from attending in his place, and he knew it with ex-
treme sorrow ; but if that should occasion the discus-
sion to heimi off for any considerable or indefinite time,
he thought that something like the substance of the
resolutions (if the measure was intended to be proposed in the shape
of resolutions) should be communicated to that House, in order
that the country might know what the government meant to do.
Such a course would muck tend to facilitate the discussion when-
ever it came on ; and he hoped the Right Hon. Gentleman would
have the kindness and condescension to inform them of the present
views of hie Majesty's Government.

Mr. Secretary PEEL said that he had put his name
upon the Speaker's list for the express purpose of giving
the information desited by the Hon. •Bironet. Nothing
was mere fixed than the determination of his Pilajesty's
Government to have brought forward the question on
the 19th of this month, before the indiiposition of his
Right lion. Friend had not Intervened. It was feared that Ids
Right Hon. Friend could not, without great danger to his
(Hear, hearj—p Forced to the discharge of that duty until M..oiday
the d6tb. But be had no hesitation in saying, that if the indigos'.
doss of his Right Hon. Friend should unfortunately continue, on
that day, at all events, the subject would be brought forward *Lib.
L part Obis Majesty's Government..

•I• The notice of motion was accordingly changed front the 19tb to
the ersth instant.

The MASTER of the ROLLS gave notice, thatJt was his In.
motion to move for leave to bring in a Bill to regulate theCopm. of
Chancery—( Hear, hear).
Mr. R. KING presented ten Petitions from the Roman &tho-
lie Inhabitants of .Fernioy, and other places in Ireland, in favotft of
Catholic Emandpation.—Ordered to be printed. •
Mr. C. WYNN suggested, that the lion. Baronet, the Member
for Westminster, should postpone his motion which stood for the
gild, on account of the indisposition of his Right Hon." Frleifd the
Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs. 6
Sit F. BURDETT postrined his motion to the lit of `March;
Mr. Secretary Peel having withdrawn his notice respecting.the.Con.
solidatton. of-the Criminal Liws which stood for that day. *- '

. -
Colonel-ROC H FORT presented Pet W ens from Athlonerin the
Comity of Vteumeatb, and from certain united parishes in the

County of Kilkenny, weighs any further concession to the Roman
Catbolics.—Ordered to be printed.
Also a Petition from the Protestant Inhabitaate of Kinsman.%
Ireland, praying that the • House would place the Elector, of than
part of the United Kingdom beyond the Mach of induence.
—(Laughter).—Ordered to be primed.
lilt. R. M A RTI N presented Petitions from Athenry, and
the United Paishes of Arklew and Clonfert, %favour of Catholic
Emancipation.
Mr. VI t.LIERS STUART rose :trip eiTat Petitir no
from the Catholic Bishop and-Clergy of the Diocese of
Wareif,rd, and from various place% in drat County,
praying that the Liman Catholics may berelieved from
the political disabilities under ivhich they labour.--
Feeling that he was a very yokng Meenber-,of
so-
ciety and of that Home, hE shonld 'otot AIM.* to
address them at any length, but that the stance
of the oloos-ino, in which was bound rep the beat in-
terests PE those, whom he 'repressnteds • tend-reel it
his dotty to so. rite prayers contained in the Peti-
tions were in - reality the prayers of Ilia. -Irish
tuition. tn'the Oilluntf of Wateslisid titittegibttiOia of
Caddies to Rretestants were
Munster the propartsou was trill Rsaitsu 'sera in Lein•
stew anti Connaughtit coeld scarcely, be less. lite-this
numerical strength • were added the Influence' of the
landed property possessed by the Protesutntswbo sup-
ported the prayer of the Petitioners, he thought-It must
be 'admitted that no claim had ever come before the
House so strongly backed. A favourite argument,with
those who opposed Catholic Erisanci. ation • arm the
alleged apathy with-which it had been regarded by all,
except a few among the-bigher classes of that bode.—
The day was past, the hour *as gone. for ever, when
that assertion could be ventured upon. It it had not
been disproved before, the last-election in Ireland
sheaved how utterly false was this charge if akiathpi and
gave a noble refutation to the abu,e %shish bad been
heaped upon that mach-calumniate I body ofi Irish
Catholics, the 40s. freeholders. It was now proved/hat
there was but one feeling from the highest to theleweat
flass of Roman Catholics. and that was a streags.stmg
of injury and oppression. They felt themselves degraded
as a mass. They were willing to see the Protestant
Church protected and secured in its privileiee-aoLdim-
mnnities, anti they could not see why they. %me lobe
stigmatised and made to feel like men a he hods/441116r
ca te. The Hon. Member then argned.thatetheyffsent
system of exclusion gaveencouragemeat and, facility to
those who were disposed to excite itisurrectionacydis-
torbance, while a contrary one could altsie create-40m1,,
British feeling in Ireland, *and carry the thlina 'of the
two countries into real eff,cc.. As lo ig as the present
state of things continued, Ireland could not forget-that
she had-ever tound in England a t rise and a hattghty
mistress. --(The H inourahle Member 'here 'made a
Inng..paose; and relerred to a paper during which
the .Stsuoitait put the question,' " That the.. Pet-
ition be brought up." After some Inviter pause,
the Hon. Member testlined.) He thin pre ceedrd Cs
divide the charges made against the Rom n Catholic
Clergy under fide heads. and to refute them by the sub- •
stance Ts, the evideuceiiien by the 'Catholic Pi elates
themselves. He thought he *as not too sanguine in
expecting that ere long justice must be' done to the
Roman Catholics of Ireland. He entreated the House,
and particularly the Government, to r,&et the; we
were upon the eve of a war. That- war bad been de-
scribed by the Right Hon. Secretary of State for F4Pfeigtl
Affairs, as likely to be the most ttemetrilous.bi Its
character that had ever yet been kilo% nv.berease it
would be a confl.ct of opinions. He shrialdlike to
know what country was so ill prepared to meet h srur of
opinion as Great Britain, In respect to her interests In.ledland.—
The Hen. Member then alluded is the carol arauve eam..willk
which oar seventy or eighty millions of subjects were geettrned in
Asia, sad to the happiness and order which raped in out" North
American possessions, attributing those results to non-ensconce of
religious persecution and oppresuooa. If the same eensecr-were
paid to the religion of the people of Ireland., then they point be-
ovate a happy, contented. and loyal people.
The Petitions were severally read and 'ordered to beitiiiiited.
Mr. LLOYD presented a Petition from the RomanCetholice of
a parish of Limerick, praying for Catholic Emancipation,.:
Mr-. LITTLETON presented i Petition from the 'Mechanics of
Hanky end Shelton, praying fur a revision of the Corn, LS": He
thought it was a Petition peculiarly worthy of attention, from the
great temperance with which it Was drawn op.-and thestat.ements
which it contained.

Mr. VIVIAN presented a similar Petition from Lwinceston,
and also one from another town in Cornwall.
Mr. HUME presented Petitions praying fur the abolition of the
Corn Laws,froas Angus. the Weavers of Bradford. and two parishes
in the neighbourhood of that town.
• Mr. HEATHCOTE presented a Petition from Boston,praying
foie revidon of the. Corn Laws.
Sir H. PARNELL prpeented a Petitionfrom the Millers elate
Queen's Comity against the importation of Foreign Flour being
permitted. •
Sir T. LETHBRlDerpresented a Petition from North Cerro,
in Someramsbirs, in favour of the Corn Laws.
Mr. HARVEY presemod a Petition kern the Inhabitants of
Harwich, knee, praying fee- p repeal of the Corn Laws, and an
entire free trade.
Mr. G RATTA N rose to 'resent a Petition from Mr. E. H.
Soutbwcll. praying that he terglothe allowed further denote enter
the ggeesaary recognizanota wish miaow* to tae (*Wow of, lbs
Comity of Cavan. ;The Hitn. islenther.begged to want toast Souse,
that the Petition.ise held in his band was merely siipplemontary to
the one wbicb be had presentdd on a former occasion en the same
subject and.from the same pair/.
Mr. CRUX ER doubted wilethee the Petition's:mild be received.
11 It would be placing sitting Members in a very untheitaiable shoa-
-1 thin, should the House take upon itself to extend Mk time which
bad been regularly appointed for receiving such %titian; he
doubted', indeed, whether it had the power to do so. ..
My, GRATTAN remarked, that the Petition.lje theniteld la his
hand was but an explanation of it Tire-ceding one. Which bat been
presented in due tiny/.
The SPEAKER woo of opinion that no new eked*"
could be receivtd by the Houte. If the Petitioo pr. 'few Ili
reception by the Hon. Member (Mr. Grattan) was merelivi-sron-
scripg of the old one) there could bc no use in its being preseme .1 ;
and if it was not a transcript, the questiorowould be whether all the
vatiatlbns must not be considered as fresh matter? He was of
opinion that it Most. -

After tome conversation between Mr. C and Mr. GaAs-
TAN, the Ilstitiort WAS withdrawn.
Sir THOMAS LETHBRIDGE gave notice that`. d, on
Friday neat, move for leave to bring in a Bill to Apx-difiia Gee.
aerat Turnpike Act which was hat passed.
Mr. Ji 4RY EY foss to present a Petition from the Debtoto
confined in Horsham Jail, complaining of the behnnunleibf the
Jailer, and a markeifinntiention on the.pate of iI f otWer
•to their
necessary atcominotlation.
Mr. QUItII IS'llld.- tkat hE itit)scke4.4e• alas- nce
of the Hon. Memlier far Jibrabarn,..e,aut# that. .
Gentlenian anohnre able to peak far ptoie sa!2scacto-
rily knd:fully
.on be tibA than he iettigli•iit,...l.nd to
.4n•'but.he Must ill, in rtetence Of the siitt:ri smrsued
in tite*liii, and of the eetiduct of the jitter, that he

tht for•

his own
knowledge them,
and also hacinrse he thought tbdlr —stiriela ait arse would be
pegmatite. However, as the Plon. Member for Susses
had particularly noticed the subiect, he should perhaps
dt. the Petitioners an injustice, end therefore neglect
doll, it las did not Rate some torahs grievances of wlslik they
romphdaed. The prisonen stated, that tb6ugh they wen emelloed
only for civil offences. they were subiected to the same ilgorests
treatment that was Indicted on smugglers. burglars, and mho cri-
minal Wenders. That their cells were most incoaventently small
—that they were locked u early as five o'clock in the afternoon—
sod that whatever papers or property they might base, they were
'epeeist sad unprotected.
Me. CURIE'S remarked that the Petitioners the*
would seem to complain that there was a want of dal..
sification in the prison. From his own knowledge ha
eassldetete. that the eistessof clomitcatios hod been adopted to a
mow inasaveldent exist. Some pans of the prison were actually'
=its. me there happened to be no prisoners pt a pardadae
while other pans were crowded to recess.
The Petidwa was then received sad ordered to be primed.

ADlDlttait TO TUC IWIO,--Tfla LATE DUKE or TORE
„Mr. Secretary PEEL commenced by obsereleg, that
in the interval which bad elapsed between the period of
the present re-assembling .of Patliansent. and its late
sepatatioa, the country had, by death, sustained the loss
of the first Prince of the realm....a.tritiee who, if he ha
lived, ',Mid in the probable course of nature have filled
the Throne. Under such circumstances the House would
have been induced at any time, and withom'any ettra•
ordinary qualifications, to have respectfully addressed
the Throne in terms expressive of sympathy and distress,
horn those feelings which loose from, a convictionAltat
no other form of Government than that which at reseht
misted was congenial to the genius and character of thi
people. and to the preservation and continuance of their
hap?iness. He could not. however, help feeling, that
the circumstances under which he felt himself called
upon to move this address, in consequence of the death
of the Duke of York, were peculiar. This address, if
acquit:mei in by the House, would be presented to one
who bad associated with the lamented Prince in'early
life-..who had lived in constant habits of affectionate
intimacy with him, and who had watched over his dying
hours with tenderness and affection ; and he (Mr. Peel)
was convinced, that no consolation was better calculated
to assuage the affliction of his Majesty, than the as-
surance of that House that they_were sharers in .the
general respect of the country for the memory of the
Duke of York, and in the general regret for his decease.
`Mose feelings of regret which must have existed under
any citeunsuances, wee not a little increased by the re.
trospect of the past services of his late Royal Highness.
On a domestic scare they mast also be great : the bent-1
volence and kindness which characterised the late Duke
would have graced the life of a person in any situ.»
tion. but they threw a peculiar lustre en that of a
Prima jja (Mr. Peel) did not stand there to
meow a "studied eulogium upon the Duke of York.{
It had been well observed by an Honourable Geotleampl
opposite, upon a somewhat similar occasion. that Ise
bowed panegyrics es the dead were better suited m
despotic countries than to those which enjoyed the free.
don of discussion; and nothing could be more unlike
the manly character eftht Duke of York, than to ascribe
to him qualities which he did not possess. The truth,
however, he trusted that be should be permitted to es.
press-and he was convinced that be did not transgress the
truth, when he said that, as Commaader-in-Chief, his
late "mai Highness had improved the discipline and I
considerably raised the moral character of the army.—,
lie did not transgress the truth, when he said that the
Duke of York possessed qualities which eminently fitted
him for the discharge of his high duty, and that he had
lest we opportunity of turning them to advantage in the
discharge of that duty. He had been a soldier fur
46 yeast, and with the exception of a very short inter.
oal, he had held the post of Commander-in-Chief for a
space of thirty-two years. He .(hlr. Peel) very well
knew that no man was capable of appreciating what
the Duke of Tot k had effected in his capacity as Cons-
tnander-in-Chtsf, except that man had made himself
acquainted with the state, the discipline, and the con-
stitution of the army. when the Duke entered upon his
office, and was likewise acquainted with its state, when
be. through death, relinquished his command. He
could never forget the last words which be (Mr. Peel)
had from the Royal Prince only nine day, before his,
death. When be (the Duke) received the news of a
part of our trrops having landed at Lisbon. he exclaimed
JO a faint, but triumphant voice, " I with that the
country could compare the state of the brigade 1
which hag landed at Lisbon in 1817, with the state,
of the btigade which landed at Ostend in 1794:1
These were the last words which he (Mr. Peel)
heard • from the quivering lips of the Duke of
York. As he bad before observed, the Duke bad
been for many years a soldier, and be must not
forget to add, that when he came to office, be declared
that no man should for the future labour under the die.
advantages which he had bad to contend with. Pro-
fessional men, he would again say, were alone able to
understand all the beaches which the Duke bad con-
(erred upon the army. If they were muntented; it
would be necessary to go through matey details of
various regulations connected with religious duties,
with military schools, with points of discipline, and
with the security of fair hopes of promotion to every
man in the service. But it was unnecessary to Cater'
into such details. It was sufficient to recollect, that,
upon the Duke of Yelles anemias the office of rinses-i
madder in Chief, every an knew that jestics would
be dohe hins, and it was by this, gad not by the minute
regulations of discipline. that t English army had ob.
its
tanned that plastic energy wh. distiognisbed the free
soldier from another. Daring I hag period, during
the 10,000 days in whiclube Dyke of York had been
its office, he (Mr. Peel) dfil not *ilk that one of those
days bad passed without his devoting some portion of
it to datilesiness of his official *imam No letter ever
canto the office which, if it bed a signatane, was not
Ned and al tendeclto. Individtiels Might ftmeently have
_,
eneetaarn the propel quarter to which theW applications
should be addressed, but even Whew cases a civil answer
was always returned, a. compaaied by a direction to the
-efplicieettespecting the deputations which he ought to
.panty. Nibs cm Si as armoire being attached to let-
ters, 'the 'Mkt neverthefes made inquiries as to the
Is nth of their contras. and endeavoured to ascertain the
' names it the authors of them. Whenever the subject
of promotioas in the army had been brought before that
House, justice had always been dose to the strict int-

r of Ike bailee( Todulla *ere had. bon wiry
m on. At:
dm part tite kieniGentlemn *Trait'
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or she late Com 111,11 be (Mr. Peel 4
could not give a bet'
of this than by reading a
statemept which he hel4 in his band.. Oathen ognsen.
tation of the army in the only Lieutenants who
were promoted were senicir Lieutenants ; no interest was
allowed to interfere is ;his, and the only reception to
the rule which the Dube here laid di:mamas one which
relactsti any thing bit dishonour. It was is the. cme
of a Lieutenant of the year 1814, who was proutotid on
account of-his conduct at the battle of Waterloo,,4shere
the command of his regiment; devolved upop him, all
the other Officers of the regiment having beet disabled
or slain. In INS, twentrprao Captains were promoted
to the rank of Majors without purchase. The power
of conferring promotion, without purchase, was cer-
tainly a means of conferring frivolo ; but the average
swim °tithes; cwentrtwo Captains, who had thus ots-
minrainajosities without purchase. was 26 years. Six-
Majors were also raised to the rank of Lieutenant
.Coliiels, and the average service of these was IS years.
During the whole of the time in which the Duke of
York was in office, there bad never been an instance of
an Officer being raised by machete over the bead of
another, without the offer being previously made to
that Officer, or unless he had for Some reason forfeited
his claimers promotion. Three-fourths of the commis-
siens *high had been givessawayin the year 1825. vritb-
out porelase, were restsfersed.upoti the tons or relatives
of aM Officers.TheDgke of Yerk possessed extraordinary
advoistages from having been in the army for 46 fears.
and having filled the office of Cob nsander in Chief for
SS years; aid he (Mr. Peel) must he allowed to add,
that it was no slight encouragement to a oldie; to
litiow that an experienced eye observed amil Oat
knew of no greater advantage in a Commander hi
thalohat he knesr.who'had: seen service. He
*oaths HOuse,wdbld feel no difficulty is repeeshellog
to his tiajeley • their •satisfaction for the military stir.
vices oMe,Holle of YoNc, which they had more thee
Ace et knotiltdged. He did not know if it were-ail-
eatiaty,tuaiay anything moronism the Address, bet 60
thought that no man could read the history of the'
monaiehy of this rosistry without observing the iodise/Ace
of royalty upon morals, and be thought that it would
be difficult to end an instance of a more ready
don to charitp,' and the it ornorion of the object of
charitable institutions, chard that of the Disko of York,
a; well as of every other breech, of the Royal •Finnily;
aid Isere he thought that the_ I might allied an example
worthy of:imitation. Elroy-Hon. Gem4knew. when be
bad been occupied all ilky in business; how unpins's* it
was to attend public Meetings of the nature to 'Waite
had alluded; but whe#ver there was sitgoodPurc:ea
to be effected, the Pike of York:l4llr neve!
known to refuse the applicatiob of 'nor one to .ton-
tribute by his presents to forward it. He vgpedd
here close the few observations which he bed tl4 t
_ _

it necessary to make. He trusted that he
adhered to his intention of conaning himself to
and of abstaining from all exaggeration. He Is
diously abstained from any point that could p
excite angry feelings from every topic tbat cdt
dace reluctance to an acquiescence. He was collagen-
' that every U.N. Geaderme. whalers,' aide be bill paiiiiiii avid-
' amts, woad be @seises to joist is this Address, which seedy ea.
pressed deep arrow fee the that* et as illestrisso Priem, who bad
@escalade high dice, and feliliol an laspestast trust ',daimon*
aiity sod great talesa.mhe had raised the mobiles ad the chilli
wr of the way, sollibese masa wield be associated with that of
the army for over. tile was caseload that every was Weed Glynis"
pais@ wish hls Mijsaty fee the lea of a Prince, who squid es&
sole hinted( a his desdried with the rellectiou. that lie had mat
abandoned a hated, es* sever ssosted as lejary: '!be Milk
Hes. Gesdesua thus width, Address, MOW loot cheers frees
both sides of the mom
Mr. BROUGHAM rose, and. in a voice scarcely'
audible, seconded the motion. He agreed entirely with
the opinion which the Right Honourable Gentleman
had expressed upon the sentiment wbicb bad, beets ut.
tared by an Hon. Member on that side!of the .Honsi at
ki,4l
'*lamer occasion—namely. that laboured panegyrics
iiiiir the dead were better suited to despotic countries
sban to those which enjoyed the freedom of discus.
aim. He considered it as no small praise to the Duke
of York. that baring for so long a time bad the
Glee of Cooseadsoisi-Cldet, he had aver .mewed his wildest
riscipke-41 which he (sr' re) meat
wgsany psiscipleso—
so imatforo is the do stage et Voles of site. The best
testisesety eel the elsocity . with which the late Da.
caurtained tbasosocag pelffleill adtiateins which he was
to hold eau setae weirjeets„wes that be estertaised theft free •
all asperity toward@ the penal*. who differed from hise. iz : *,*
Sir It. WILSON said,,that the Right Hon. GaAs'
omitted, to obeerpe,Ahist the improvement which
Duke of Yoac hid effected in the discipline of the Artily
was maintained without any exaggerated severity:tibia I
hie Royal Highness came into Ace, corporal punish-
ment, which had been carried to so great an extent that
it was become a matter of opprobrium in the eyes of
foreigners, was considerably reduced by him, and be
(Sir R. Wilson) called upon the House to complete that
which the late Commander.in.Chief had begun. The
bindles% the bow oleos, and the Impartiality of the MU of York,
were well IMMO ; sad althessliparties, epee whose eases he judged,
might some Sato think has decisions harsh, yet is se case had any
see impeselted the mode's spa which be arl &trauma.
The Address eras then @greed to, sod ordered to be gaissbed by
such Mosabers of the Hems se are et the Privy Came.
SUPPLY—WAVY WrlmATlts.

Oa the weeks of Sir G. CLERK, that tie HMSO le naive Itself
iatea Cseassnitseeef Supply ea the Navy Estimates,
Mr.-MUMS said. he wished to ask what were our
resources t.r meet the mineral expenditure of the year.
He observed that them Estimates were abowrie.COCl.
of the Estimates of last year; bat he wished to be in.
fixated if ear resources were equal to this expenditure;
and if not, was it kneaded to increase the amount of
debt under which the country groaned, or to redoce the
expendituee? -He thought, helots they proceeded, it
would be better to have the whole at one view.
The CUANCELLOtt of the EKCHEQUER said,
if he were to answer the Hen. Member satisfat:orily, he
must enter into a full explanation of that which tit no
distant pet iod he intended to lay Wore them. This he.
was not now prepared for.
Colonel DAVIS said. he would take this opportunity.
of withdrawing a motion, of which he ital given aoticer,
the object of which was to lifer the Estimates to as
,Committee up stairs. This was dose that no impedi.
menu might be offered to the noble course pursued by
Mmisiers, for the effecting of a free tit te.
Fa J. YORKE said, Ministers must have considered their re-'
sources when contemplative: their espeaditure.
Mr. NIABERLY etlieeN.S.
Mr. CALCN AFT was oppored to any seduction of!
the Navy at this period. He iecommended the adv.
dos of anew means by which pearnotion In all the racks of the
Navy aught be effected. as well as in the Army.
The House then went Into a Committee.
Sir tiEORGE CLERK to e, and said that he did
, sot think it necessary to dwell at much length urn the

Estimates be had to offer to the approbetioti of
Committee. as they differed bat little from demo( k
year. He would cenfiae his attention to the him h.
whiet some alteration had talons place. The futhelek
eldienesee between the Evinsates this year and of The
.lests amount d only to 10.0901. The number of sea.
4mtri was the same, and-sts to the civil branches of the
*ante they had upon former oecai;ons been reduced
tti the lowest possible ;mown. From the altered situ
anon of affairs in India, and the paci:c state of South
Amanita, it had been anticipated that some Fedi:reties
of the number of seamen would have beets practicable.
bin Ilse aspect which European polities had recently
issimed rendered it indispensible that at least as
great 'II number should be kept up. The contest be-.
tween Turkey and Greece required us to maintain
* considerable force in the Levant. If he amid.
Lk:any obection, therefore, it was rather that the
intended to be kept up was too little than too
Misch. But, all things considered, it had been deter-
, mined to maintain the same force as that of last year.
As the number.of men was the same, the estimate or
wages would of course be the tame also. The expenses
of the Victualling Office had experienced a diminution
in consequence of the system which bad been adopted of
sending out supplies of provisions to South America in
Government transports; but from the same cause an in-
crease had taken place in the expenditure of the Trans-
port Board. To oppose to this diminution in. the ex-
peesns of the Victualling Office, there was an increase
Ins the 'amount of 5,0001. on account elf increased sala-
ries to Clerks who, from length
_cal service, were
entitled to claim additional remuneration. In the Dock
Yards there was an increase or micsbousaad pounds
upon an outlay of 158,0001. Bin. the state of timber
and of other naval stores were to be increased in an ac-
celerated ratio. On Half-pay and Pensions there was a
'mined°. of 15,0001. but in the charge for Widows'
iiirririontabese was an increase on account of an addi.
I number of claimants The new works which it
bad bees thought expedient to undertake at Woolwich
bock-yard, had occasioned an augmentation in the
estimate. The wall, and basin were found to be is a
tutees. and dilapidhted condition, and it bad bees
thought superheat toenlarge the basin, in other to ree-
k a coavenient receptacle for the steam vessels of
• ' meat. It had also been determined to erect
*Sir mills and to grind hour for the use of the navy,
is that supplied by contractors had been found to be
greatly adulterated. There was a charge of 7,0001.
for the erection of a Naval Hospital and Marine
iftimary at Chatham. This would supersede the
eseessity for an hospital ship, which was attended
sill as expense, of 4,0001. per annum, part of which
visidd of move-be saved. The Officers kept on board,
die Medical etai, and the wear and tear, constituted
items of cheese which would now be avoided, so that
he ht or years the whole expense of establish-
wield be meesismod. The aidideeal upside of the,
was takes et ifillepeo a year. Aire further him.
Md. be Aldred epee amp of the bens, he wash.
A
....bet be set dclii k necessary touter alio.
edit MO dbMil. He shield ands& by moving. diet
1111.0011 he megioyed in the Naval Serviee of the eawitri, fee
demo Mem meMbs, from the 1/1 of Smeary, I eiri, Wed*
14 11111111smd
Mr. HUM
ME ika
was as sensible as any man of the value
of-this branch of the public service; but everything had
:its limits; for in the present situation of the country, he
thought they ought to palie before they sanctioned so
large an expenditure. It was true, if they were to un-
dertake to be the arbiter of nations, to redress all wrongs.
to build up and to put down Constitutions at their
pleasure, that 60.000 men, instead of 80,000, would
not be enough. However, as they were committed to
sire assistance of Portugal he would not resist the vote.—
He was desirous that the naval service of the country
should be placed upon a respectable footing. But he
should always be opposed to the maintenance of a great
military establishment during peace, as calculated to
lead to uaneasssary interference bs their part and afford-
ing encouragement to war. The whole world united
could not bring forward sncb a navy as they possessed,
and draining their pecuniary resources was the most
effectual method of disabling them from carrying es
war. The additional expense ou account of the Victual.
ling Department was to be commended rather this
objected to. They had formerly been tali that 1000 mere men
were required, on account of lathe and South America; but new
these causes had ceased to operate. and yet so sedeedas was is.
tended. He =sedated this in order to thew how much cadet it was
to get establishments up than to get them down again.
Aber a few weeds from Mr .1: You; the melon was agreed is.
Oa the media that £955,500 be vend, at the rate of Xi 911,
per nue pee
lft.H UZl:Sete& to the Bogging and impreessneut of seamen.
air O. COC URN said, this was too vital a "testiest to be
et this time.
i'lletarl. TORKEthought the impressment ought to be abashed,
Sir E. OWEN contended that efficient discipline was
unattainable without some such punishment t and, p•
neurally speaking, it was as little used as, he was happy
to say, little needed; still it was necessary in lama&
llp wished charges sadism the Navy discipline would be sultmeni
dated by facts.
Mt. HUME stated a case of one Officer (afterwards
-dismissed) who togged 86 men in one month. lie
manly kept back facts from delicacy to individuals ; be never man
a sharp without eiddal eserttheladve proofe--(No, no.)
The Resoludon ',odes .1055,500 for paying the wages of 50,08111
*men for IS lunar m00d.% to his Majesty, war then wed se. . .
Sir 43. CLERK then moved that a sum of .9694,000 he mini
.m. his Majesty for victualling the Navy, tar the year 1527. - '
Mr. HUMS asked whether, and to what extent, It was goopewd,
to have the Navy Sour ground by its actual consumers?
air O. CLERK replied that a mill was now being erected st
which would preclude the necessity of purchasing dour
Die lirsiteswhich
—The Resolution was then agreed to.
The nest liaatilies was for .C 184,107 fa 7d. for the magi.MA eimibbnit apexes of the Oicers elate Vienialhagfioude:.
,Agtato.
Resolution, printing 41511,733 for defraying the salaries tad
usualesat expenses of the Officers of his Majesty'. Dock-yards at
Mfer the year 1827. was also agreed to.
neat Resolution was for granting £5l 000 to his Majesty,
be Naval budding *epees!s for the year 1827.
Mr. HUME wished to knot, whether any means hat'
bum adopted in the first place, of lessening the fin-
armee number (509) of the sail of the line, actually
equipped for service; and in the next place, of ad-
aiming pari passe with other nations, particularly the
United States, in their attempts to build vessels of im-
isense dimensions ?
• arr G. CLERK replied in the din...rive. •
Sir .1. YORi(E thought much misrepresentation and
erseseqoent tnisconceptioa, prevailed codterning these
.inizenie wooden leviathans—which he supposed were
(manned by Patagonians of eight feet high—(Laughter).
These vessels were cut down in their courses from 20
to 60 feet, and lessened in their complement 'ot men
from 10045 1501
Sir G. COCK BURN contended. that tie experiment
frigate, the Indefatigable was the finest frigate in ,the
world. though she was but a cut-down 74, and thin
ship fell under the animad vet sions'of Nis O all mit Fiiench
The Admiralty eras most anxiously engaged is ship-
building laspeotements, and were so far successful as

'to convert nnve,sairsbk, fail ill aei slow *ailing (th
Harlequin for example) first-sisal large vessels into
most excellent and efficient seciond.sited yr, el,.
an. TOMER denied that the Indefatigable was as "specimen;
or that she was so surpassing a vsusel.
Sle S. MARTIN thought every Meer wise saw the indefatt.
gable, moat admit her to is the finest frigate in the world
Mr. CURTBIG agreed with the DONK flarooet aa to the cha. s
racer of the Indefatigaiiim Ali she wasted was a full
mast of men.
Sir G. COCKBURN talk eedire midhome by Ad.
tarsi Fleming fee these ohs, If nonemery.—brtitessintioe war
*then agreed to.
The next Rgeoletion eras far .111.2040 for Timber and ether
materials for the year Int
Mr. WARBURTON sed, the !lodinate might be lemeueti '
more tbss hill, by groouries the mess front de Baltic instead id
Canada. It mask a diNerence of Is a lead.
After a few words from less G. Cum& and Mr. Home, the Re,
aided= was greed to.
The next Resolution was oce granting 4.0,000/. 14
defraying Pilotage expenses for the current year, which
was agreed to, after a floe words from Mr. Hunt, of
were the sums 0f—
.Ck5,137 sr. l Id. for the Mare `Juice and otter &pm"
of Foreign Dock-ardor.
E 6,513 fur the of the Naval Collezr.
4110,000 for she tiaeasit Expenses of Nava) Architecture,
it 0,030 for the Salaries of Navy °Kars in Ortmary.
i 54.315 for the Equeses of Vessels by °Meaty.
Zso,osso for the &pone of the Medical Deputes= of tbeimps
Ar3/,510 for the Ramose of the Hire of Nakao.
eteso,ooll ler Ships being bah at Bombay, for the year ter.
Mr. HUME complained, that notwithstand;nrthe
Loan contracted in 1822, the half-pay expenses were
every year swelling in amount.
Sir. G. COCKBURN replied that the majority of
Half.pay Navy Officers were men verging on 60 years
of age ; and was the House now, after SO years service
for their country, to turn round and cut down tEe re.
coMpence of their valuable services?
Sir J. WROTTRIILET wished the Ado Salty system as* he
Acmy were so a dealer footing; the latter was far peellwable.
Mr. HUME midahat was MN Often were promoted lb tort
Mary, there were conga 75 le ihkllerbee.
The liseledrame Ike Waal 816
The asellembilas Imam amelideg IMAM' shrSeponems;
Aless and PesibmietWldeinabil Mad Relatives for tan.
lir. HU Miseked es what grimed she WI of Carbampton was
gendewed noir this estimate? •
Sir J. Cizax and Mr. Canasta explained, that long
services entitled the Noble -Earl to 14s. 6d. a day as
Captain's half-pay, but he was put os the Superannuated
List, as be was not on the list of promotions, for coset-
oience sake, by a special Order in Council.
Alderman WAITHMAN said,h vastest, a cloak for a pilau.
The Resolutiou was agreed to, after slew weeds from Ea
Um* and Sir G. Coccaule.
.e 1,500 was voted for aisphies in the Navy.
.es,ooo, for Widows and Orphans on the Penske U.
seliss,ooo, far making good the deficiescy in Pensions to Naval
Mere Widow,, and Relatives.
Mr. HUME asked why this estimate hadleartand so =gaited
whether this was a limitaties to it? •
Sir G. CLERK and Mr. CROKAR replied, that the
late permission of continuing the pensions to widows,
after their marriage had swollen the amount of that
astimate s and that permission, in the teeth of the Go-
vernment limitations, emanated from the Opposition
aide of the Howe.
The lesidatiee wellness(' to.
4111,400 was voted for the Nodose of Widows of Olken ef
Ifiarinse.
d 550,00. ter mates( geed the dellekney of °emceed/mg POS.
skews et Greenwich flopital, was voted ;as were the sums of
5itt14,11.13 7a. ferdefrayinn the Superannuation, end Salaries of
Cemeteries omd Wipe Civil Gfileges in the Navy for the pm 1167.
Ar1e7,90, heft in the Naval Deck Tied of
alrerawiehgethe maw Feed a• Gerdsam ml
Omaha
stiKkimeiritilbe Sateisis.
The Cnewisaw thaw wisiebull mows. lad asked lam to it
scan en Wesbesdaysees.
sosiaas Dtretlifi •fiNtL.
Mr. BERRIES rose on the order for going into a
Committee on the Postage Duties Bill, and stated that
the measure was to remove irregularity in the payment
of piaster for letters in Ireland. For instance, a !tiler
to Limerick, which was 285 miles, was two shilling and ,
a penny. The same distance in England would only
be charged at the rate of one shilling and a penny..-
His hope was, that the time would shortly come when
them would not be two Post-offices, but one for bulb
countries. The Government bad thought it advisa-
ble not to adopt any general regulation whilst the
subject was under the consideration of a Committee
appointed to examine that particular head of ser-
vice. There was, however, one inconvenience which was%
to be remedied. A tax on invoices transmitted upon
a single sheet was felt as a hardship by merchants—
Something on that head would be done. It was also
right to put the postage of letters in Ireland upon the
same footing as postage in England. Letter* in Ireland
paid less for postage than in England. There was no
other reason for the difference, except the difference in
the value of currency. It bad hot been deemed ex-
pedient to make a sodden change, thereby placing tie postage If
heti countries int the same feethig. It was, however, proposed in
the Blifbefore the House, to iceman the sate of postage of Weal
Is Ireland's' a small degree. The Hon. Geoilenun concladeibts
ebsereatioes by proposing resehtdces which placed the postage of
Muere in Woad seen a footing with the postage in Ragland.
Mr. HUME wished some reguladon for the ready and kin ceo-
vsyance of Newspapers to the Colonies, would have beets intro-
duced. The Use. lfe.aber was about to propose a Reed atioo to
that ant, when be was told by -
Mr. BERRIES that he Wended to introduce a cheap to that
Whet in his MIL . .
The Hesse resumed, and the Report was ordered to he tees&
op tomorrow.
Lard PALMERSTON brought up the Amy Ifytiniatet
Ordered to be printed.—To be taken into consideration before a
Committee of Supply en Monday next.
A Person from the Resognizance Ohm brought op a copy of
the affidavit of Recognisance in the case of the Wootton Bare
Eketion.—Laid on the table.
hle. Beau postponed his motion relative to thv Barrackpoil
Mutiny is the MI instant.
The House 'dimmed at a Quarter to Twelve o'clock.

Saturday evening, about half-past five o'clock, I,lhe
boiler belonging to an engine erected at the United
Hills Mines burst with a tremendous explosion. At
the time there were two engine men, one of the cap-
tains, and some sump-men near the place, but happily
they escaped without minus injury, though the boiler,
composed of tbe thickest plate iron, was rent in pieces;
the roof and walls of the boiler-house were blown to
an amazing distance, and the boiling water, Ile. show-
ered into the valley in a manner that for some seconds
exhibited the picture of a drnse cloud, which hid the
objects over which it rested, from the eye of those
who saw it from a distance. It being a general
settling day, the persons at work in the mine had but
just left when the explosion took place. We under-
stand the damage will be repaired by Sunday nexr, as
the neighbouring mines have generously lent assistance
t.) eff•ct this desirable object, by which upwards of
100 Miners will be enabled to resume their labour,
which has been suspended by the accident. The cause
of the accident has not been ascertained, though eves,
possible inquiry has been made.— West 131 itom.

ibikaosi wows Opportunities of obsirring both. sod both
appeared t• hint to be ere hellevad that
few, ir say prism., were 11111.1ined ; atth/roat what aer.
roe khowledge be had attar be &sold twaphlok that be
• owned of
A VILY sola thatt bad purposelt refitted
from ehteriag into the pattiesdar charges ligisght for.
- ward in the Petition, because he could Mat of his own
knowledge pretend either to Coofirtio or to deny them,