Star.
London, England, 1810-02-27 00:00:00

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121t1dVetlifIllOtIstZtenie, ititd• IA-a r• Ills: .o'4!
find that the-pepers.he had !neve& tor 1 ee •ie ,
respecting that iiteinuhrance,
.were net yr,-. elee. .-
fore the House. Upon . the subject of f eeeen'ree •
the Honourable Member pressed the ctie.ngest ee-
jections to the toleration of sech a body in tilts tee .-
[ try,—lint the appointment of t reign Comitereee : •
to high stations, -was ce)e.ilated excete at once
astonishment and indignation. in the cone,
Elisex there was .at •present mie of tlrise Fereie 11-1
commanding with four or five Generils teeer
him, The very idea of sitch a thi' ' was galling—there
was a day, indeed, Ashen no .11inisier Jiirst 'avow
such a thing in Ilea House. Reverting to eccauene,
the Honourable Member stated, the prodigal cxpence
which still took *piece in the clothing arid accoutre-
ments of an arny. In consequence of a melon cf
his two years ago, the price- of great emits was r..-
aimed from les. to 9s. each. But, to this 9s. an ad-
dition had been made of, lei'.f-a-crown for rrekieg
each co it water proof—which process he 'gas
pared to sliew, might be done as well for sixpence.
All these impositions, however, proceeded from the
manner in which the doe:11;11g was obtained. In-
stead of :Applying the army by public centrect, every
1
t nag was managed by favooritism. Mr. Pearce was
prairred to Mr. Courtney, not because the articles
required could be had cheaper froth the former. Nn,
the fact was otherwise. But all these things slimild
he yet brought before the public. The Honourable
Member remarked upon the expence iacurred for
recruiting the Foreign Corps, and asked whence they
were to be recruited ? Seven hundred recruits had:
no doubt, been obtained from among the prisoner,.
of Dupont's army in Spain ; but where were mere
recruits to be looked for ? Was it possible, as he un-
derstood, that recruiting money had been g:rcn to the
Duke of Brunswick's corps ? If so, he must consider
it as a most extraordinary proceeding. But the ex-
pence of the recruiting depot for these foreign corps
was quite unaccountable. In fact, the expence for this
corps of 30,000 men was no less than 4'20,009, while
that of the recruiting depot for the whole British ar-
my amounted to only £i3,000. This difference
surely celled for explanation, as did also the extraor-
dinary estimate of 5e:350,000 for building new Bar-
racks in Ireland, while it was notorious that there
were several of the old barracks in that country quite
unoccupied, butethe building jobs must still go on.
After some observations upon the setting dawn in the
Estimates of all regiments as complete, and the pay
of each soldier at Is. .1 day, while there were so many
boys who received but 91. the Honourable Member
concluded with expressing his intention to bring for-
. ward a distinct motion upon this subject.
Sir JAMES PULTENEY stated, that every pos-
sible etrurt was made in the War Office to accelerate
the settlement of Regimental Accounts, andexpresE-
ed his surprize at the Honourable Member's state-
ment as to the cloathihg of the army, which he could
not couceive to be correct.
Mr. HUSKISSON said, that he still eetned all
the sentiments he expressed last Session, vith regard
to the proposition of the Honourable Gentleman (Mr.
Wardle) with which sentiments he had **this might
uttered a word in any degree inconsiste4
Mr. PARNELL considered the coonuitacte of the
Waggon Train in Ireland as a most sword-end un-
necessary expence. He complained, that-in bringing
forward the.present Army Estimates, no attention Ap
peered to be paid to the valuable advice imatained
the Report of the Commissioners of Military. inquiry
Lord MAHON contended that no practical Brie
vance accrued froin the employment of foteigie troops
It was a theoretic complaint, and calculated ..to;prer
duce al much delusion as another question:. txpo
which much el .mour was excited-4e meant Psflia
mentary Reform. Much was • said .about 'good oh
times, apd of our ancestors ; but when .such appeal
were made fur such purposes, he.was almost inclin:
to wish that we had no ancestors at all. (ifiatigh.)
Lord-PALMERSTON briefly replied to the /fit
ferent objections of the preceding speekers.
stated that the Foreign Troops under the Duke .o
Brunswick did receive a bounty of four guineas, ACV
17s. to be expended in necessaries.
After some observations from Mr BANTUS an.
Lord TEMPLE, who gave notice of 11 s intentio
to move; on Thursday next, for the establishthent o
the New Medical Board,- the different Reselution,
were agreed to.
Sir TupmAs TURTON professed his deterrtina
tion to oppose the Report whenever it was brought up
The House resumed, and. Report ordered to le
brought up this day.—Adjourued at Hall past Two