6 MARCH 1936, Page 14

A Hundred Years Ago

" THE SPECTATOR," MARCH 5m, 1830. NAVY ESTIMATES.

Last night, the House being in a Committee of Supply, Mr. enmities Wool) brough forward the Navy Estimates. It. appeared from his statement, that the excess of the proposed expenditure this year over the last was 254,0001. ; which was rendered necessary by the addition of 5000 mon to the Navy. Mr. Wood entered into a number of de- tails of a very dry description, and gave several reasons for the pro- posed increase of the naval force ; the chief of which seemed to be, that the fleets of France and Russia had recently been considerably

strengthened.