The Statesman.
London, England, 1819-06-03 00:00:00

NAVY I snmArrs.

Sr G. WAR ft Eif toseto ley before the
Goes* to.. Er,,o jr •Pa for the Novel &Mee ef the year.
H. should rmroent hiniueif far the prcevnt, ulth
a.,iet ll.e lino•►, that tor •tsvy never had b•en, with
r►fapn.p to its patent, ir* a vale of grtst►r efficiency
►hin if th.s totimetst. Up tors-tl Ail the VIM of
2.453,3131. lg.. 61. he waled fei the Ordinary Este.
41tei.m•nt -1 the ::ary.
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Mr. CA I.CRA F roishrd to draw the attention of

the Home on this oc•esinrr to the subject of the I
Pill al Asylum, for suppressing which. in conformity
to the secommendstions of the C,•mmirtee, be could
nor conceive soy r • hie . There was no
mention made •.t gisit.g up oar military colleges or
asylums, but all the erotism) of his Majesty's Mini.
step lisp remised for ore, navel establishment. The
• nornher of men r•osined for manning our beets
was 20,000, of whom 6000 were m• tines. If they
looked bark to former periods, it would he seen
that there never bad been such • disproportion be-
tween oar military and naval form. We had at
present an army compos►d of 100.000 men, and
a navy of 11,000. It seemed Ps if w• had adopted
a new priwciple of national polio—as if oar de.
Noes wee In future in be introatrd to our land
farces. and the wooden walla were no longer to
be looked spun as our best bulwark. Ile would
not now touch upon another point, list of the
number of Lords of the Admiralty, as he en.
denoted that would be brneght ander consideration
by on lion. Friend of his (Sir M. W. Ridley). Bet
the naives and amount of them estimates derived •
additional importance as they were connected with
that subject, and with the new isles which it was
understood stare soon to be brought forward. It
could not be overlooked, that there had been no re-
daction of places held by Members of Parliament.
It use their duty, in the present embarrassed situa-
tion of the cometry, to spare, in point of principle
as well as of amount, the feelings and prekets of the
People. Eamoining the relative sanottgrs of the
two services, it could not be de•ied that an equal de-
gree of encooragemeat sod support had not been
Wended to the naval branch. With ramrod to
the imposition of fresh burdens, be knew of nn
ground no which they could be justified, till it
was made evident that every useless place hail been
abolished, and every possible reduction mad.. He for
ono should
fully ascertained till some eaquiry was made into the
means of diminishing the expeller of collecting the
revenue. Ile had been informed that a plat' for this
purpose had been submitted to the Right lion. G►n.
Orman, end that it was a plan which would g.eatly
reduce the charges of collection both in the Ktei.e
and Ceylon's. In the former, *Leto charges amount.
ert to 51. Ig.. 94. per cent.; end in the borer, to
111. 13s. 9d. This nes a most important considers-
tinn ; into the details of %Ain't ho wag prepared to
enter who it should be breeght misled> Wore
the House.
Sur G WARRI7NDER mss surprised that. Ow
the full and etahorste Report of the Committee, he
should have been 'sprinted to lay before the Sinew
details which won be already familiar to it. Upon