The Sun. — 1822-03-12 (London, England)

BRITISH PRESS.]  The Chancellor of the Exchequer made hispromised exposition last night respecting the extent and character of the system of retrenchment upon which the Ministers of the Crown acted during the last recess of Parliament, in pursuance of the votes of both Houses. The principal part of the Right Honourable Gentleman's speech referred to the superannuation scheme, by which a certain graduated proportion is 'to be taken from the salaries of all Civil Officers under the Crown, for the purpose of forming a fund to be applied to the support of retired and superannuated Officers. The most interesiing portion, however, was that which spoke of the reductions that have been effected in the several departments of the State. The public will be pleased to learn that from the Civil List a reduction has been made to the amount of no less than 75,0001. a year. In this his Majesty has granted 30,0001. a year from that portion of the Civil List which relates more inimedialely to his own personal expences ; 20,00(i1. have been conceded from the salaries of the principal Officers of State, and 25,0001. from the appointments of the Officers of the Household. The reduction in the Public Offices of State is estimated at 12,0001., and in the department of the revenue at 66,0001.; and a further gradual reduction, estimated for the present year, at 15,000/. is to be accomplished by a diminution of the salaries of office as the present incumbents retire, and new officers succeed to the situation:-. The result of the labours of retrenchment in Ile, land present only the sum of 31,0001.; so that the total amount of the present reductions eAtends no farther than 189,0001. a year. mises, in the mean time, are largely made of fitture reductions ; but the utmost exertions of the Ministers of the Crown, not sparing even the Civil List of the Crown or their own salaries, could etTect.no greater retrenchments in the immense establishments of the Government. This extraordinary result of such disinterested labours is the more remarkable, as the Nliiiisters thetaselves at the close of the last Sessbn of Parliament voluntarily adopted the estimates of I.7ti`2; as the scale by which they proposed to regulate future expellees of the empire. The ChancolloT of the Exchequer's speech is fraught with very minute details, which of course we shell not repeat. It will be seen that he concluded his exposition by moving certain resolutions relating to the establishment of the Superannuation fund, and that those resolutions were agreed to by the House.  Accounts from Glasgow, dated the 7th, mpi.. tion a most violent hurricane which occurred there on tot noon of Tuesday,accompanied by showers of sleet al:d . aiderabledamage was done in many parts of the city, and vs y great apprehensions were entertained for the safety ot the a; ipping in the Channel. Tl.e vessels at the Bank drove col a derably, and it is feared were damaged. A vek.scl frtm D. merara arrived at the Clyde , name then unknown, with L sails and rigging much damaged.  Mr. TOWERS, surgeon, of Kendal, whose murder of his wife was noticed in THE SUN about two months ago, has been just tried at the 'Westmorland Assizes. The trial lasted nine hours, and the Jury being convinced of the mental derangement of the prisoner, acquitted him of the charge but he will be confined for life as a lunatic.  .h