Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1820-07-21
FOREIGN.
BRITISH PARLIAMENT.

SlOWh.
MIR. BroUgAam said
ln 1917 the sum OF &i30, 900 !cll TO the
crown, IN consequence OF The demise oi d
ilcii innailc-ai least, so he understood
In 1907, an individual who had no heirs
died iniesiaie; his property. 10 HE a.
mount OF t47 900 went To The Crown. In
ioi6,ihe Grown got possession of CO., 600
In the same way.
Other sums much larprr i'm amount
were supplied from different sources. In
1904, pilze money To the amount of
( 1884, eco, was received oil one occasion.
In The same year there was another sum
al SAC, 900. aud Il ihird of S.j5 $50. In
1916, those droils were augmented by
600, and a, one period there came
IN nearly the whole proceeds of The Dutch
prizes, amounting 10 i ,657 ,OO0.-(Hear,
near )-from lie Spanish condemna,ions
the sum OF tdco million twO hnndreG MoaAa,d
pounds WAS derived. Sn that large sums
were not wanting III Tie list more than
small ones. Two million two hundred
Thousand pounds mere acquired Iy 0ttock
3h9' nHdi1neG. 0cfenceieSS Dieii-(hear, hear
hear .)-meh who knew Of no reason 10,
such proceeding, except That they had
dollars on board their ships He vowed
To- God, he had never YET talked 10 a
British officer on the subirci-be had
never spoken OF il 10 gallant officer with
whom he had the honor of being con
necied, aud who had The misfortune oi
taklnga part IN the irauSaciion-but the
events OF Mai doy uere desc, ijed as Sutfcieut
to make an English seaman Aa.g has lieut.
tcith shame.
There WAS another source, too. of great
importance, though not sOprndnc,ive as
those 10 which lie had alluded, the pro
| ceeds Of which were applicable 10 HE
same purpose. lie p,eant The revenue
derivabe from the Leeward Islands, from
Gibraltar, from Scotland, &c. Which "a
mounted 10 a very large SUM. How was
II disposed OF In pensions.
When lie rec0iiecIed the case OF Sir
Home Fopiiam, lie could mol but Join IN
opinion viii those who declared that
those funds were sometimes abused AT
the end OF long war whrn a peace al
pr"porllOnaie IeHgih was supposed 10 have
beeen attained, thai gallant officer feeling
all The ardenr Ola high and generous
mind, and dISlihiUg sloih, inactivity, and
Idlemess, sought Tie field of his former
glory, The theatre of ms bold achieve
menis. EuamOured OF glory and wishing
10 gain new laurels bv exploits or lhe
ONNAh NbS9C HC Asdtl NlltduN Dttl SD sue
| cessinl, he engaged az u Smuggling HttItS
action! Cloud Laugliirr.) D'frremt men
| sought fame by different roads One IA
dlvldual looked for il in The fieltI Of bat
tie, where he would, perhaps, find dealh
| another sought Tor il through the medium
fsiaugglinS, and iorud captors, Ca laugh
| The gallant officer having procured sim
ulaied papers, aud all other instrument.
necessary Tor his purpose, proceeded OF
board his ship, which he named the Elrus.
co. lie sailed for The East Indies, where
he arrived III safety. But The best CON
| Quoted enterprises sometimes failed, par:
! ilcuariy ca an element which was as
| proVerblal Tor Ms uncertainty as IT was Ia
NOUS Tor the glorious scenes that lIad been
| acted on II. Commodore Robinson uu-
fortunately fell in with and captured Hi.
| cOhlrabahdlSi, "a laugh,) and his vesSe
| WAS condemned by competent juriSdic
| non. But low did The matt, = end Ia
Stead OF handing over The proceeds o
| the snip and cargo 10 the captOr, who has
zone las duly 10 The country, to-, 0Gt
| and The expenses OF the suil were gwen I,
| The gallant iOthcer, 10 comfort hini UudpI
lbs disappointment. Clear, lIrar.) And /
| That were not comfort sufficient, fGl
| Thousand pounds CeTe granted to inn ont o.
| th9S UGtUaJie dr0lt cfthe CrOWn. Sir HON,
Pobham, II appeared, was man of flu,
ieelngs-Indecd The man of seni,me.I
and Tie hero al ways went together. Hi
family al the ii,uc 10 which he (MT
Broug Champ alluded, was on shore, and 81
Home thought, {" have exposed mysel
To the perlis OF tie sea, 10 tie rage oi th
enemy, aud 10 the persecution of IT,,
Kings proctor aud, God forbid, when
nave an opportunity of seeing NV family
that ] may stay Oh board" lie accord
lnSly went on shore in a boat. Bal villa
became of the boat, or rather, as Mr.
Windham has said, Of The two boats 2
| That would be presently seen. 4 sol
intercourse was observed To be carried
on, during The night, between The boat
aud Sir Homes family, and iIIe sentiG,en
tai trips from The ship TO the shore con
tlnued Until morning, Caughler.) Bu
mere was another person, whose case wa
much harder ihan that of this gallant oil
cer,wbo had not supplied any the none,
necess aFy for furnishing out the advcn
lure. That individual was Nr. Charnock
OF Ostcnd, who procured Tie funds Tia
we're requisite so that the person wh,
advanced tie money lost all, while ~
who originally bad none received yer,
large sum. This was unfortunate for nlT
CharnOck; but such circumstances vol,
happen to tie best OF smugglcrs. {
laugb)
Mr.. Gaming said--ihe only other ar
gument for departing from usage on Til
subject 81 the droils, Is, that The wbol
department OF the monarchy may be re
cast, and for The sake of doing away Wiil
every vesiige of !eudsl monarchy. Tha
We could erect something new that w0ult
meul great praise, am mol prepared Il
deny. Tie new fabric might be clear
and neat as Me american Government, an
mtelhgible rs Tile Presidtm II the Unite
Sidics. But am unwilling that ever