The Statesman.
London, England, 1821-06-09 00:00:00

eiest pt indeed be raised epos Ai arrears, but not
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stiosway the House in rejecting that part of
tbslebk berd's proposition. As to. the justice of
04r-felon, could any one doubt that his Royal
14160 bad been put to considerable Arnie fir
magglogs ?—Since his marrige. his Royal Highniss
la conducted himself in a most exemplary manner.
FORBES said, he could not support the motion,
sow some provision were made for the Duke of Cum-
a/. He thought that upon occasions of this do-
offfiOn it was not proper for the House to launch less
heessioes on the merits or demerits of the individual
bissches of the Royal Family.
.ser,l. YORKE said that if he were to pledge biniielf
N rate for the arrears, he would not support the motion
brkeethe House. He had beard an old saying,
• He that will not when he may,
Wbea he will, shall have nay.
010 itoyal Highness would be sorry to have that maxim
led to his case, but he thought he might be content-
a it they refused him the arrears.
He. HARBORD did not feel inclined to reduce the
out 0/600/. alear, but he certainly could not bring
moans vote the arrears. It was a delicate question,
and therefore the less that was said about it the better.
ge should, therefore, move another amendment, that the
pot be 6,009/. only, without the arrears.
BROODEN observed, that they must first dispose
oldie money grant, and then the Hon. Member might
Ors pose the idesntruction of any word tending .to shape
the vote as hre
14,4 buLTON declared his intention to vote for the
H( the Noble Lord opposite (the Marquess of
1071—d;1„ktry), bet he should also give his support to
the ineesiimeet about to be moved by his lion. Friend
bawl hi.. He was sure another Parliament would not
Fssa sway without some proposition being made for the
the reduction of the salaries of the public Olbcets Of the
Slats.
Sir R. WILSON said, he could not bring himself to
think that it would bee dignified course in the House to
duos the arrears now claimed for the Doke of Cla-
rence, because he had thought proper to refuse the
mot when first offered to hitn. It appeared to him
Audit would be lil:r taking his Royal Highness at his
weed. He certainly had lived two years of the subse-
item period abroad, but to deduct that front the sum for
the remaining year, to which he was entitled, would, in
his opinion, be splitting trifles unworthy of the House.
Sir F. BLAKE supported the caution.—(Cries of
Question).
MIL BROUGHAM said, that having voted for the
,rant of titioo/. a year to the Duke of Clarence three
Tears art, he was compelled in consistency to his former
rote to argee to this. Ile wished to advert to an error
shich had crept into the debate that evening, that his
Royal Highness's provision was less than that of all the
other branches of the Royal Fausily. Ile wished in re-
ply to this to point out the Duke of Sussex, who hail no
emoluments front naval or military appointments of any
description which some of his Royal Brothers enjoyed.
With respect to the arrears, he could not bring himself
to think that because they had voted three years ago
that his Royal Highness hail refused to accept, now
three years having elapsed before he changed his mind,
they were bound to make up the sum which his Royal
Highness *night have hail, had he taken it front the be-
rini.ingt. Ile thought if they were willing to place his
Ills:sal Highness in the same situation as when lie refused
tic enough. Ile thought the House WA cause
esotsplatin that no commoniration had made front
the Crown upon this occasion. The !louse was not even
aware that the application hail been the sanction of the
Crown, and felt the absence of that knowledge the mon
acntely as they had received sto Message from the Crows
that Session.
The Mbrquess of Lasnosnzaav and Mr. Ilanctaram
mutually explained.
Mr. iiumE begged to withdraw Isis amendment, as
lir found the sense of lite lismse to be against it.
The Rouse then divisletVon Mr. Ilarlmard's amend-
ment :
For the Amendment, 4:l—Against it, 119—Majority
for the original Motion, Pi. •
CRIMINAL L %WS.

On the motion of Sir .1. 111ACKINT0411, after a few
trunk from the AvvoaN av -6 avast At., which were inaudi-
ble in the liallery. the Dwelling 'louse Robbery and
Navi2abte Rivers Robbery Bills were read a third time
anti passel.
MASSACRE AT CONSTANTINOPLE.

Mr. BERN AL alluded to some unpleasant rumours
relative to outrages and massacres committed on Bri-
tish *objects in Constantinople, and begged to be in-
formed by the Noble Lord opposite, whether any steps
list been taken glider Giese circumstances for the pro-
tection of the British in that quarter of the globe, and
uhether these rumours were exaggerated.
The Marquess of LONDONDERRY said, that it
was undoubted that great excesses were committed at
Constantinople as well as other parts of the Turkish
Empire. At present every effort was made by the
Minister there, in conjunction with the Con-
stituted Authorities, for the protection of British sub
jects. lint notwithstanding all that had been done.
he Seared that some excesses of a painful nature had
takes place. In these circumstances, the Admiralty
.Lail taken steps to prevent any interruption of the
-commerce of this country in the Archipelago.
The Bonse then went into a Committee of Supply.
Mr. IRVING, in the Committee, proposed the fol-
lowing resolution —"That it is the pleasure of this
Committee that 20,0116/. Hs. 641. be granted to his
Majesty, to be paid to General Desfunrnaux, as a coin-
per‘mation for services performed, and losses incurred
on the capture and during the occupation of the island
of Guadeloupe, in the year 1794. The Hon. Gentle-
man who had been Chairman of a Committee to in-
vestigate th? General's claims, shortly stated the
grounds on which they rested. Tiny had been ad•
milted by Sir A. Cochrane immediately after the ser-
vices were rendered, and repeatedly brought forward
and examined since. A long conversation ensued, in
which Mr. W. Smith, Sir .1. Newport, Mr. Warre, Mr.
Grenfell, and Sir Joseph Yorke opposed the grant, or
demanded farther explanations concerning it; and
the Chancellor of the Exchequer, Mr. Irving, and
Mr. Wilson, supported it. At last, on the suggestion
of Mr. Rankes, the resolution was withdrawn by Mr.
on the understanding that it would be brought
forward on the first day of a Committee of Sapply.
After one or two other items of the report were
agreed to, Mr. Arbuthnot moved that the Chairs'*
should report progress. •
The Eonse then resumed, and the report was ordered
to be received on Wednesday next.
Upon the order of the day for the third reading of
the coals drawbacks bill being read, Mr. F. PALM'S
moved tb at House be counted; and there Dot being
40 blendiers present, an adjournment took place to
Wednesday.
(Ybr Proceedings fit the Lords, set last pep.) •