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rest. In Gibraltar, the farce was not so large as in
1799.
bIe."ORDE seld,, that he ago armies why the
military eAtablithentats of Otis unity aboeld he dff.
(rout from what they were i 1709. The mule-
nail, it was said, was increased. Bot this would be
a reason for raising the standing army in numbers
'eery succeeding year; so that if this argument was
admitted, end this system suffered to go on, not a
Twig* of the old Constitution of England would
•onas' perceptible.—(/wear, hear !)—A greater
romp, it was Said,• was necessary to be kept in the
metropolis. True; he had forgotten that it was be-
come invest •ry to have a more splendid and crowded
parade of military on Levee days.—(llear, hear 1)—
These were novelties in the metropolis of England.
The morniege of these festivals were ushered in with
the hurried movements of the Guards, and with such
a cyanosed bustle of horses, and noise of trumpets,
as would, if they had been beard in their time, have
led our ancestors to suppose that the French were at
the dorm—(llear, hear!)—Time was, when his'
Majesty used to hold his Levees in the simple style
which Warne the first Magistrate if a free People.—
[near 1)--Ills rJaitors wont in and out, Without
passing•titrough tiles of troopers ; and their ears were
not 'moiled with. lite eternal clangor of martial tram-
pits.—[llear, hear!]—lllo was sorry to see the
oeimtry se degraded, from its high, and glorious sta.
lien. He was sorry to see such a disposition to mi.
litary pageantry ; end be defied the Gentlemen op-
posh., twproduce le the past history Of England,
'each on approach, as this was, ha time of peace, to
the military and despotic Constitutions of the Cott:
' floral. For these reasons, he should support tbe
motion —[This speech was loudly cheered.] •
Lord G. NU G ENT'congratulated tbelluese, 00011 I
hearing a speech so replete, as that of Bon. Gen.
demean, who just sat down, with sound eoesiko.
tional doctrine.—illear, hear 1)—He should not
trouble the 'House with any lengthened or intend
arguments. Ile Should only observe, that in • his'
mind, the country had strong reason to, be jealous of
the number of foreign mercenaries on our pease eats-
blishment.--Ellear !]—They consisted of Germans,
Italians, and French ; and amounted to at least two.
thirds of the number proposed to be reduced. There
was a great deal of desertion autoag these merman).
ries ; end if there was any difficulty in eirectingibe
reduction, he thought it would be done away, by'
considering, that in every view, these mercenariest
ought to be sent out of the country. In hie, opinion,
also, no army estimates should receive the support of
the House (certainly, they would not have his vote),
which provided for a British army of occupation in,
France.—[llear, hear!]—fie bad objections to the
keeping up of this army, which never coald be done
away. Ile did not like, In a constitotional point of
view, to see an English army placed in circemstaocest
and conversant with society, which would melte *me
not only forget,. bit despise the principles oral*
own free Constitution.—[Hear, herr !] - '
Mr. %VARRE said Ministers et pressed mach vo.
neration fur the principles of Mr. Pitt, and yet ;wadi
but little upon them. That illustrious Minister pre•
posed a small establishment in 1799 because 'boom
' that the finances required, and the internal State of
the country allowed it. But at present, the same.
reason for economy existed; the tranquillity of the
country was unquestioned; yet what a, difference be-
tween she establishments of 1792 and 18181—(Hear,
hear!)—A large force was said to be necessary for
the metropolis; but bow was it disposed of ? Sen-
tinels were placed to guard the Chinese Bridge, end
others, to watch a French mortar !--(Hear, hear !)
—if the Noble Lord opposite would even set about
reducing man by man, every unnecessary sentinel in
the metropolis, be would find that so large an este.
blisbment as he has proposed, was uncalled for.—
hear, hear!)
The House divided, and the numbers appeared,
Against Lord Althorpes esstios - 63
For it 42

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Majority against the erotitia
When the nanibers were declared, there were load
cheering on the Opposition benches, on account of
the smallness of the majority.
The Mutiny 011, after some observations from
Mr. GURNEY, which we could not distinctly beer,
was committed, and ordered to be read a third time
on Monday nest.
The Madder Duty Mil, and West India Indem-
nity Bill, wars also ordered to be read a third time
on Monday. t,
The Marine Mutiny Bill was committed, and 'or.
&red to he reported on Monday.
The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER
gave notice, tbst,on Monday, he should more for
leave to bring iu a Bill to amend this Saving-Beaks
Act.
Mr. CALCRAFT moved for an aerostat of iho
number of troops serving in
,great Britain, sad on
Foreign Stations, op to the first of March, 1818;
distinguishing the cavalry sod artillery, with the
*ember of horses.—Ordered.
ROYAL BURGHS OF SCOTLAND.
• Lord CASTLEREAGH wished to inforns *a No-
ble Lord, whom he am in his place, that his
Learned Friend, the Lord Advocate of Scotland,
should postpone, until after the holidayi, the motion
' he had given notice of his intention to make, for
leave to bring in a Bill on this subject ; because be
did not wish to presents measure of each importance
to Parliament, without first consulting the law an-
thoritles in Scotland.
Sir JOHN NEWPORT said, it was the first time
be bad beard a statement made in the Holub of
Commons, that a Bill intended to be brought in,
mast first undergo the initiatory inspection of Jedps,
whose duty it would afterwards be to see its orovi-
*loss carried into effect. It was a- monstrous pro.
seeding, and he should set Ms face against. it.
Loyd CASTLEREAGH assered the Hon, Ba-
ronet, that bis Learned Friend had no other object
in view, than to obtain such information as shoeld
satisfy Mm as to the correctness of the meant.* he,
was about to intredeet ,• and he was surprised at the'
objection made by the Hon. Baronet. 'The Bill was
intended to give the Law Authorities in Scotland a
certain jurisdiction over the pecuniary concerns 61
the Royal Burgh; and it was reasonable to sop.
pose, that his Learned Friend should wish to be
consistent its the wisere he meant to present to the
House.
Lord A. HAMILTON thought, that after what

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BANK TOKESq.
The native having resolved itself lute a Coomiatee
on the Bank Tokens Bill. .
General THORNTON ingested the propriety of

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into Sating Banks, as 'well as to the Collectors of
Tales. This would be an inducement, to the wait-
ing people, who might bave.Tokens in their posses.
sion, to deposit money in these banks; besides, the
lower orders of people bad nothing to do with direct

lazes.
The .11111 wag ordered to be reported on Monday
next.
Mr. CRORER loved for leave to bring in a Bill
to consolidate the various Acts for granting lte'words
for the Discovery of the Longitude. The legislation
on that head was perfktly anomalous, and had,. in
some instances, prOduced consequences that never
could be in the contemplation of the Legislature.—
The lion. Member entered into an historic and scien-
tific view of the question from the reign of Elisabeth
to the present period, and showed that by the don.
ble operation of the chronometer and the lunar ta-
bles, the longitode might be almoit said to be actual-
:iy discovered. Still, however, it was desiiable to
'obtain, if possible, a closer approximation to that
'desideratum. It was his intention to propose a
'chimp in the Board of Longitude, or rather to re-
store it to its original constitution, by the addi.
tion of six scientific Members, resident in Lon-
don or the neighbourhood. Three of these,. be
,proposed, should have a salary of 1001. each. The
idoneerable Gentleman, in the coarse of his Meter.
'aliens, adverted lo the Nautical Aimatiack, which,
deriug the time that it was conducted by its projec-
tor, the learwd Dr. Maskelvee, was a most accurate
and useful publication. lie was sorry to say, how-
ever, that the monger for the presetst year contained
nineteen grave errors, and the number f0r..1819 (for
it was published-in anticipation) no less than forty—
& circemstance highly unbecoming to the country in
its scientific character, and pregnant with-the most
dangerous coosequences to navigators. This was'the
fault. of the individual called the Comparer, to whom
the various calculations made by the Computers on
the observations of the Astronomer Royal were sub.
mitttd ; at present a person not responsible, but
whom it would be one object of his Bill to make re-
sponsible, by paying him a moderate but adequate
salary for his superintendence of that work. Another
object of his Bill would be to reconcile the contradic-
tion existing between two Acts of Parlthment, the
one • offering • a reward to Coptaios of Whalers of
10,0001. for en_approach within one degree to the
North Pole (with a sires to facilitate the discovery of
a North-west passage from fbe Atlintic to the Pacific
Oceans, and the other compelling the Captain of a
Whaler to swear that in biwireYage he had not bees
sweated by any motive of profit, except that result-
ing from catching whales. Ills object was to alter
this oath by introducing au exception. with respect to
the Parliamentary reward. lie proposed that the
present rewards for Aiscoverieg the longitude of
5,0001. 7,5001. and 10,4/001. should stand as they
were, bet that the limits‘should no longer be spe-
cified by Parliament, but determined by the report
from time to time of the Board'of Longitude to his
Majesty's Council. The Hon. Gentleman concluded
by moving for leave to bring in a Bill for the more
effectual Discovery of the Longitude, for the encou-
ragement of the manufacture of Time-keepers, and
for the discovery of a N. W. passage from the Allan•
tic to the Pacific Ocean.
Mr. D. GILBERT seconded the motion, and'
dwelt at considerable length on the idverniages that
would result from the proposed measure. In the
course of his observations be bestowed a high
Moiler,' on the Rev. Mr. Ilitchint, who was the
Comparer of the Nautical Alumina& fur 40 years,
when it was under the superintendence of Dr. Mos-
kelyee ; and also on the late Rev. Mr. Edwards, who
was one of the Computers employed on that publica-
tion.
Mr. BROUGHAM, while be acknowled Nowise•
nefits that the Bill stetted calculated to confer es
navigation, wished to know whether there was any
difference of opinion smell the present Members of
the Board of Longitude on the subject of the pro:
posed change;
. and advorted to itre increase of pa.
trousge which would be occasioned by the proposed
salaries of 1001. each of three nuts of science to be
added to the Board.
Mr. CROK ER replied, that not much di Werence of
opinion could be suffered to 'list in a Board, that
from the nature of its present constitution, met mai,
two or three times in' the year, and then sat bat fie
a very few hours. It was his earliest wish to pro.
vent any abuse in the new appointments. They
would be the resell of annual Aviaries by the Ad-
miralty, and Om salaries would be introduced into
the Navy &thrives, so as to admit of their being
canvassed by the llouse of Commons. The three
first individuals to whom it was intended to offer
these new allow Weil_ were Dr. .'%V enlist ill, Di.
Young, and Captain Taylor • thee whom three-meO
of greater science could not be found in the country.
After some further observations from Mr. SMITH,
Mr. WILBEUTORM Mr. Fonaes, Mr. Ceolia, and
be Cu* mcvn.c.ps of the LictiEgumeN in the coarse of
which Mr. Croker elated that it was intended to re.
Mae the Nautical Almanack, front the duty, leave
was given to bring in the Bill.—Adjourned.

LimonAsc.: CALtsraoeux.—The following dig.
tressiog accident happened et Tewkesbury. on &ter-
day afternoon :—As lAeut. R.,Brydges' R.N., with
his brother Thomas, a Midshipman, end his youngest
brother, Diaries, (all sons of Mr. Brydges, of that
borough) accompanied by Lieut. Belcher, R. N.,
were sailing in a plessure.boat upon the river Severn,
about midway between the Upper and Lower Lade,
a sadden gait of wind upset the boat ; and, melan-
choly to Islets, the whole of them oere drowned,
with the exception of Mr. Thomas Brydges, who,
with very great (nasally (owing to the strength of the
cerreut occasioned by the flood) tot to the shore in
the most exhausted state. Mr.. Brydges had sailed
down the river from Teokesbery with a party, but
got on shore at the Upper Lode, to await their re.
turn sedge refreshments prosiddfor them ; and thus
probably he escaped the dreadful fate which, in a few
hudnutes, overtook his unfortunate children cud their
friend. Lieut. Brydges wu in his Vith year.