The Statesman.
London, England, 1818-03-03 00:00:00

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THE. STATESMAN.

LONDON:
SVIODAY. MARCIE 3, 1818 '

*hilst the public attention is turned in •an inte-
testing degree to the attempt about to be made to
open a navigation across the Polar Seas, we believe
we shall perform an acceptible office to Science, and
the Nautical part of our countrymen, by laying be-
fore the Public the account, which wlll be found in
.another part of our Paper, of a voyage from Port
Jackson,in New South Wales, to Ceylon, by ti new,
and it would appear a safer tract than the one usually
perused to the East Indies. This important article
we copy from the Hobart Gazette, published
at Ilobart's Town, Van Dieroan's Land, which,
with the explanatory letter annexed, has, been
obligingly transmitted to us by the Correspondent
who signs it. The Government of Sidney having
suppressed Lieut. JEFFRIEeII narrative in Februa►y,
1816, it was published the following May in the
Cazette of the Hobart Colony, with engraved charts
of reference fruni the Captain's drawings : it will
be matter of surprize that any effort of au-
thority should have been made to suppress this
discovery ; and, it cats only be accounted for
by supposing, that it might bay, been conceived
that Government sanction would have been im.
plied by its publication in the manner in•
tended, and for which it was so auziously looked.
But sorely such objections, if no more private rea•
son prevailed, would stand iu the way of many
useful disclosures.

Lest night, in the House of Commons, the Army
Estimates were moved by Lord PALMERSTON, and
were agreed to by the House in a Committee of
Supply. The flambee of troops, intended to be
enaintaitied is England, appears by the Army Esti-
mates to be '25,000; that in Ireland 22,(X)0; the
latter apportionment seems to be excessive, for Ireland
is even more tranquil than England. Mr. CALCRArT
gave notice, that he would this day propose a reduc-
tion in the numerical force of 8 or 9000 men. If
the country be so happy and tranquil as Ministers
have lately discovered it to be, this tweeter may be
very well spared from the military establishments.—
The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER In the Commit-
tee gave some information on the subject of the
Finance Committee's deliberations, 'which is not
easily reconciled with the statements in the Com-
mittee's Report, which has also been made.—
Thi. Report mentions only the reduction in the pre-
posed espenditure at home and in the garrisons,
without regard to the armies in France and India,
while Mr. V A NSITTA RT stated that the diminution
would be in every department. The reduction
in expellee, according to the Report, amounts mily
to 1138,0271. 19s. 3d. ; areordiug to the CHAN-
VELLOK of the EXCHEQUER'S speech it will be
something more than 418,0001. In the Committee
some (locations were put to the CHANCELLOR of the
.Exculau ell relative to the application of the con-
tribution money from France, the replies to which
will show with what wisdom these sums are laid
out. it was stated that independent of the
suet of 125 millions of francs appropriated by the
Treaty of Paris to building and repairing forti-
fications •in the Netherlands, this country had also
engaged to pay an additional sum of two millions of
pounds sterling, to be expended, with an equal sum
from the Court of the Netherlands, in forming a
barrier for that Power against the possible encrout:h.
anent: of France. • Of this sum, one million was to
be advanced this year, which, with the exception
of some counter claims that we have against the
Netherlands, will be moved for, to - morrow in
the Rouse of Commons. if this suit be voted by the
Mouse, it will absorb whatever part of the French
contributions might otherwise have been available,
this year to the service of Great Britain. What an
absorbing quality these Net/edam!, posseis ! The
French will care little about these expensive barri-
ers, when they again direct their arms spinet the
power of his Netherland Majesty.
Mr. BENNETT last night moved, in the House of
Commons, for leave to bring in a Bill for altering the
present system of rewarding Police-officer% by pre-
miums on the conviction of offenders. This is a
most necessary alteration in the system of Police
Lew, for it has been seen by lamentable movies,
how much the laws of the country, and the practices
of those who ars appointed to execate them,
have been set in array against, each other.—
It is difficult to account for the protection and
rewards afforded to the Wanton; wretches Si hose
.criminal conduct has excited loch a sensation
of indignation and disgust in the public mind.
It is known that the artful and execrable Vaughan
now enjoys an appointment at the New Penitentiary
House, Westminster, of 2001. a year; sad we be-
lieve ilia no less trim, that he actually eallted from the