GENERAL HISTORY. 



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counliy of a military cstablisli- 

 inciU having- umlcrgone so long a 

 discussion, tlie effect of which 

 was a general conviction that the 

 establishment was wise, fit, and 

 becoming-. 



The subsequent motion was for 

 the grant of 1,234,5061. for the 

 charge of the foices stationed in 

 France; the resolution on which 

 was agreed to. 



In the progress of discussion it 

 appcar-s, that notwithstanding tlie 

 predominant inHuence of the mi- 

 ni.^ters in parliament, it was 

 thought advisable to oHcr to the 

 public some gratuitous dciliiction.s 

 from the estimates as first pre- 

 sented ; and on April .5th the 

 order of the day stood for going 

 into a committee for taking into 

 consideration the reduced army 

 estimates. On the cpiestion tliat 

 the Speaker leave the cliair, Mr. 

 JVarre rose to make some obser- 

 vations on these estimates, and 

 the first to which he called the 

 attention of the House was the 

 charge for staff and hospital offi- 

 cers on foreign stations. This 

 article had been stated in the 

 original estimates at 163,0001. 

 and tlie proposed re(hicfrion left it 

 at 123,0001. ; and the hon. gen- 

 tleman having stated from docu- 

 ments that it was still six time.5 

 more than had been demanded 

 for the same service at the peace 

 of Amiens, argued that there 

 were no justifiable reasons for 

 such a gicat augmentation. As 

 we do not undertake to give the 

 particulars of these debates, which 

 for the most part turned upon 

 numerical (jucstions, wc have 

 noticed tlic circumstance chicfiy 

 to shew the effect which further 

 considcratioa of the subject pro- 



duced on the determinationi of 

 the ministry. 



When the House was resolved 

 into a conmiittce. Lord Pcdmer- 

 slo7i moved for a grant of 2/7 ,8851. 

 for defraying the cht'.rge of gene- 

 ral and stall' officers, and oificers 

 of the hobj)itiils, and the charge 

 of the garrisons, for 3GG dajs 

 from December 2.5th, 1815. This 

 motion, though it produced ^ari- 

 ous remarks, was agreed to. Sub- 

 scejucnt motions for grants for 

 defraying the charges of the \o- 

 lunteer corps of Great Britain and 

 Ireland in ISlo, andtlie expenses 

 of the local militia v\crc generally 

 concurred in. 



^Vhcn on April 10th the report 

 of the committee of supply on the 

 army staff was to be taken into 

 furtlier consideration. Lord Follce- 

 atone declared himself anxious in 

 this last stage to protest against 

 the adoption of the army esti- 

 mates in their present form. In 

 the staff alone, he said, had any 

 diminution been eflectcd ; and 

 although the saving wiis only 

 ^0,0001. it was sufficient to shew 

 that the estimates in gener;d had 

 been made out in a very careless 

 manner. He repeated his strong- 

 objections to the cmpk)3nient of 

 soldieis for civil purposes, and 

 aflirmed, that dining the last 25 

 vears, the number of the guards 

 doing duty in Lf)ndon had been 

 augmented from between <J and 

 700, to S and 900 men. 



The rc[)ort was agreed to with- 

 out farthci' comment. 



The navy estimates were iaid 

 before the committee of su])ply 

 by .Sir (icorge W'arrcnder on Feb- 

 ruary 14th. He began with men- 

 tioning the stations of the stpta- 

 droub uo\v cuiployedj and those 



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