The Statesman.
London, England, 1820-06-17 00:00:00

Ihe ne• t motion was, that the sum of 150,010.
shtnln be ranted, pursuant to awards made by Com
sigieners for considering the claims sade by the
terriers of ..ertain Portuguese and Sparials vessels esp.:
as an indetunlty to Net
mod by British ships, and
said owners.
pr. LI-rtINGTON declared that this heavy expense
0 the (wintry arose out of the gross ignorance of the
Noble ho-d at the head of the Admiralty Board.
The instructions with which the British cruisers had
been charged were acted upon as they should have
been, but the consequence was, that several vessels
were captured and condemned in violation of these
..principles, the support of which was as essential in his
eyes as the destruction of the slave trade. Such, in-
deed, was the unequivocal injury which these orders
had jetted, that the Noble Secretary of State t as
oblged to send out instructions to totliend the orders.
The con.equence was, a treaty was entered into, be
which we were pledged to make good the losses sus-
-%
Valued by the Spaniards in consequence of the cap-
'tures. Hut the House would hear kith surprise, that
up to this day not a farthing of the captured goods was
put in the C ossession of Government. It was the duty
of Ministers to take care that the proceeds of the cap-
vue, %hood be made available to the carryimg into
yawl the evavention, and to prevent the addition to
our public burdens which their negligence necessarily
brought about.
Mr. ARBUTHNOT stated, that part of the proceeds
were recovered in the Court of Admiralty, and part
was in the haads of the captors.
The resolution was then agreed to.

The following resolution WM% then proposed :—That
41,1 S 7/. be granted to defray the charges and expences
of repairs of temporary public buildings.
Mr. Ht ms complained that the preparations for the
. Corondtion appeared to him so have been built upon too
Pnbgantial a scale. They were calculated rather for a
duration of 40 or 30 years than for temporary accom-
modation.

The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQCFR Said, it was
intended to submit to the House an r‘timate of the ex-
pence' of the Coronation at some early time, when an
opportunity would be given to the Hun. Member to ob-
serve upon the expenditure.
Mr. Cannes's uished to know when the estimates
would be submitted. _

The l'itaxeaLLott of the EXCIIaQrt:a said, as ?loon
as the Privy Council had detertniued the extent of the
expenditure.
Mr. Cam .YST.—But they will be submitted before
the Coronation?

The Cii.txceLLoß of the EXCHIQUER.--Surely.

The resolution was agreed to.
The following resolution was then agreed to
21,68N1. for the expenees of the Houses of Lords and
Commons.
The following grants were also agreed to :-
6,b159/. to pay up the deficiencies of the estimates
of the expellees voted last year for the two Houses of
Parliament.
21,6041. for the Salaries and Allowances to the Of-
6cers of the two Houses of Parliament.

The following resolution was then proposed:-
614110 U for t*i_ foreign and other secret services of
Ids Majesty.
Mr. Hums stated, that there remained 33,0001. of
the sum voted for this service last year unemployed,
and it was quite surprising to him that the exigencies
of that department for this year should require such a
sum. He regretted very much the extent of it, and
Loped that none of it was employed in home ger% ice,
except perhaps in secret commissions to Naples and
Milan.
Lord CASTLKIKAGH said a few words which we could
sot hear.

Mr. H.►aveT believed it would be found that this item
of public expense was always larger in the year of u
general election.
Mr. HURAISRON was surprised at the character of
the remark which he had just heart', when it must be
known to the House that there was an Act of Parlia-
ment in existence commonly called Mr. Burke's Act,
which required that every item of this grant should
be accounted for, and that three Secretaries of State
should declare upon oath that it was expended in
foreign service.--(Hear !)
The resolution was agreed to.
The sum of 25,4061. was granted for civil con-
tingenciet.
The following resolution was then proposed :--
That 6,0001. be granted to the Institution of the Refuge
for the Destitute.

Mr. Huge objected to the principle of Government
interfering in public charities.
Mr. BENNET and Dr. LIISIIINGTOM showed, that

as this institution was open to the reception of these
young offenders, who, if they were not provided fur in
this manner, would become a great expense to the
country; therefore, is point of fact, the partial main-
tenance of it was a considerable saving. The latter
4 Hon. Gentleman took that opportunity of calling the
attention of Government to the rapid strides of juvenile
delinquency id the metropolis, and he would take the
liberty of submitting to the House the propriety of
creating an establishment to be under their immediate
inspection, with a view to the pr:vention of offences
• amongst the juvenile classes.

reeeletion was then agreed to.
A suns of 25,0001. wu then proposed to be granted
to the Knights of tlalta and the French Emigrants.
Mr. Munn thought, that as the revenues of Malta
Wert La a flourishing condition, the charge of main-
Wein the Knights should be transferred to that
island, from a country whose resources were by no
means in that happy state.
Mr. ARBUTHNOT stated, that the pensions of the
Fcench Emigrants were made for life, as the reward of
iterates performed in Toulon and Corsica.
The resolution was argued to.
A sum of 12,0001. was voted for defraying the
supplemental charge of printing for the House of
Commons.
21,000!. was voted to the Commissioners far the
Kuimression of the Slave Trade.
3,3011. was proposed as an addition to the mo/In-
temanee of the Civil Establishment of the Bihasna

Islands. t
In answer to a question put by Mr. BIMIVIIT,
Mr.tiocusraw stated, that the Forted* or • the'*-
venues of these islands were insufficient to defray tie
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