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HE COMMITTEE give notice that the 114,„ APPLI CATIONS for SHARES h ave b een so , eron s , and from parties so respectable, that they can 4° °i . %vith confidence make arrangements for ulterior pro p'ngs• With this view the Committee will receive ap beations for Shires until the sth of October next, after leb they Will proceed to allot the same, and fix the l'itid at which the subscribers are to be called upon to P, 1 7 the fi rst instalment of Si. per cent. upon each 1001. ' 4 4re. For inf ormation and copies of the prospectus, applica- lit, 4 \ aY be mad e at the temporary offices of the B ink, F1 :: ,e 35 1) , p i re mall.at W inchest er - street , an d N o. 11, Waterloo a_,l- on3 ented r r o , e. irred in hiP the release o f d h Prison, an the ecompavY in f ro of ake possesiv LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENIN6I, SEPTEMBER 18, 1833. (\o. 12,799.) (PRICE 7D.) BEST BEAVER HATS, TWENTY-ONE SIIIL- LINGS. 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GA E L G ROUND, BATH EASTON, SOME R jqt, SETSHIRE. % ;‘,. 4 'a PEREMPTORILY SOLD, pur n74 it "a " ta a Decree of the High Court of Chancery, ut.Pebtt. Cause TOGHILL against GRANT with the theaai n of Sir Giffin Wilson, one of the Masters es,7 Co urt, at the Limb Inn, at Bath Easton, in (3 1 ; 4 _ tn;el if Somerset, on MONDAY, the 30th day of 4 ftbE ls l 183 3, at 2 in the afternoon, several pieces of rr°Pert G ROUND at BATH EASTON, late the h tif THOMAS COWDRY, Esq. The property l'l t l ity e f o l ,. °l4 is' several lots. The land is of the best A r garden produce, and is let to respectable tenants la, tr t , en hi. t/14 ittliarB ma y be bad (gratis) at the said Mister's t hers • y.. 4 clo n . ' Southampton Buildings, Chancery Lane, New °n . ' Currie, Horne, and Woodgate, No. 3, 4 4 1 ps-NUare, Lincoln' I -of Messrs. Pocock, Lincoln's kid t elds• nn ' d and Staunton, of ,of Messrs. 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They also FASTEN LOOSE th or At 0 , 4 manner singularly efficacious, and SUPPLY t,ell'sic,` P ARTIAL SETS of TEETH formed of the ttZtes, u,.',BRODIBLE MINERAL, or of Natural Sub ;4ltout WIRE or other LIGATURES—guarPn 4ag, "'O'er every purpose for Articulating and Masti- T 4 k 1 ;1 4 '44 are respectfully invited to witness the suc ti.itilt of the Mineral Succedaneum. fet and of the above firm may be consulted Mon 41!...ttboredays, for a short period, at Mrs. Short's, tt Ai et, Great Yarmouth ; and the intermediate p• Cutchfield's Market-place, Norwich. I)() Charges as in Paris. INV ALIDS.--MR. COCKLE'S be A NTIBILIOUS PILLS if t 4 t4 of the the most efficacious remedy for derange tie . ‘ `, e Digestive Organs, and for obstructions and Ik'stiri t - r "."°n of the Liver and Bowels, which produce ZPL4 7 I / 4 ,' „,°f BILIOUS, LIVER, and STOMACH . 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PQBERT FRANKS & Co. London 140, Regent-street, ,/ 62, Redeross.street, City. TO NEWSPAPER PROPRIETORS, PRINTERS' BROKERS, AND OTHERS. TO BE SOLD BY AUCTION, By DELAHOY and LEWIS, (Printers' Appraisers and Auctioneers), On THURSDAY, September 26, 1833, at Eleven for Twelve o'clock precisely, on the Premises, White Lion-court, between No. 76 and 77, Fleet-street, by order of the Proprietors (without Reserve), declining the Printing Business, THE WHOLE of the Valuable PRINT ING MATERIALS of a DAILY MORNING PAPER, a DAILY EVENING PAPER, and a WEEKLY PAPER, consisting of Extensive Founts from Nonpareil to Long Primer, both inclusive, cast expressly for the purpose, and containing all the necessary Sorts so indispensable in Newspaper Printing; Frames,' Chases, Column Gallies, Rule, &c. &c. Also a VALUABLE PRINTING MACHINE, used fur printing the above Papk..s, nearly the size of " The Times." With the Fixtures of the House, the Fittings-up, and Desks in Counting-house, Reading-rooms, &c. To which will be added the Contents of a small JOBBING OFFICE, consisting of Type, Presses, &c. &c. the property of the sine Proprietors. May be viewed the day preceding and Morning of Sale, when Catalogues may be 13 id on the premises ; of Mr. Toovey, Press Joiner, Chichester -rents, Chancery-lane ; and of the Auctioneers, Deptford-bridge, Kent ; and 21, Finch-lane, Cornhill. MAURITIUS PAPERS. WILLIAM NICOLAY. NV. 11. In the name of his Most Excellent Majesty William IV., King of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ire land, by his Excellency Major• General Sir William Nico lay, Knight, C.B. K.C.H, Governor and Commander-in- Chief of the Island of Mauritius and its depeLdencies. The Govet nor being positively informed that magazines or depots of arms and rnunit'ons of war have been formed and still exist in several parts of the island, without his sanction or authority, and that a treat quantity of arms and warlike stores, such as soldiers' muskets, bayonets, pikes, and cannons, are distributed in several parts of the colony ; His Excellency Major-General Sir William Nicolay, Governor of the said island, in the name of his Majesty, and by virtue of the powers and authority with which he is invested, requires and commands, in consequence, by lie present proclamation, and in conformity with the tenour of his Majesty's Order in Council, dated at the Court of St. J,mes's, the 6th of November last, that all the said arms and munitions, and all other warlike stores, be de posited in the magazines of the King. And his Excellency the Governor commands all persons whatev: r, having such magazines or depots, or such war like stores, guns, bayonets, pikes, or cannons in their keeping or possession, or in their hands, or deposited in the houses or magazines belonging to or occupied by them, to deliver the said arm•, warlike stores, and munitions to the storekeeper of his Majesty's Ordnance at Port Louis, or to any of his Majesty's officers commanding a military post; and this within ten days from the date of the pre sent proclamation ; whereof they are not to fail at their peril. - - It is understood that the provisions of the !resent pro clamation do not apply to fowling-pieces, sabres, or other arms, which every one is free to have ordinarily in his posses,ion, either for amusement or personal defence. The people of this colony, by submitting willingly to this necessary measure, a measure which is likely to con tribute so greatly to the internal tranquillity of this colony, will furnish the best pledge of their confidence in the intentions of the Government, as well as of their loyalty and submission to the laws. God save the King. Given at the Government-house, Port Louis, Island of Mauritius, May 21, 1833. By order of his Excellency, GEORGE F. DICK, Colonial Secretary. TEIGNMOUTH RACES.—These races com menced on Tuesday, and completely disappointed the expectation, at least, of many of those who intended entering, their horses for the respective stakes. For the cup, valued at 30 sovs, Chattoms and Isabelle, we understand were entered, but both Tom Moore and Folly were rejected, o❑ what account we cannot pretend to say, so that finally no race for this prize took place, the condi tions being that not less than three should start. We, however, see no reasonable objection that could possibly be urged against either of the rejected horses. A Sweep stakes of two sovereigns each, with 10 added, was started for by three horses, who had never won, namely, Alice Grace, Folly, and a mare, the name of which is unknown to us, but she succeeded in winning the first heat. I❑ the second, Alice Gray bolted through the town, while the other two bolted nearly opposite the Marine Hotel, and dashed o❑ round the sea shore—one of them never return ed. A third race was started for by backs, but altoge ther the races may be pronounced a complete failure.— Plymouth Journal. The second day we understand, was equally unfortunate, as Mr. Hearder's gray mare bolted over the iron railings in front of the crescent, and spiked herself.— M stern Times. Loss OF BUCKHAVEN FISHING BOATS. —Two boats belonging to Buckhaven have bee❑ lost, the nets of only one of them being recovered, while fourteen children, besides other relatives, are left to lament the destiny that has deprived them of their natural protectors. On Saturday week a number of boats left the fishing sta tion at Wick, on their return home, where they had been very successful, and in crossing the Murray Frith encoun tered the dreadful gale. The Margaret, belonging to Mr. T. Bonthron, was nearly swamped by a heavy sea, which washed overboard Robert Cummins, one of the crew. The boat shortly afterwards struck on the Beacon Rock, near Fraserburgh, and soon went to pieces, but the crew were happily got safe on shore by means of the life-boat, anti were treated in such a manner as reflects credit on the sympathies of the people of Fraserburgh. Another boat, the Lady Emma Wemyss, met with a m ore disastrous fate still. She has never been heard of; and she is sup. posed to have foundered on Sunday morning about six miles from land. She belonged to Mr. James Bronthr on, brother of the owner of the Margaret, an enterprising and industrious seaman.—Caledonian Mercury. An inquisition was held on Monday evening in the Fleet Prison, before Mr. Payne and a highly respectable Jury, on view of the body of Dr. Gordon Smith, aged 41, a gentleman well known to the medical world for his w or k s on me di cal j ur i sprudence, &c., who expired in the above prison on Sunday last, after an in carceration of 15 months. It appeared from the evidence adduced that the deceased, who was a man of excellent talents, was formerly a surgeon in the 12th Lancers, who, it will be remembered, suffered so the memorable battle of Waterloo, when Colonel their leader, was most severely wounded ; it was prin cipally through the skill and unremitted attention which the deceased paid the gallant Colonel at this critical time that his life was saved. The deceased, after his return to England, was appointed librarian to the late Mar qu i s o f Stafford, in which situation he continued upwards of four years. He subsequently published his celebrated work on medical jurisprudence, and continued to lecture at the Medical Institution, Southampton-street, where he was listened to with great attention for several years. The office of coroner for the city becoming vacant on the decease of Mr. Shelton, the Doctor commenced an active, but unsuccessful, ca nvass for the situation, v,hich was filled up by the appointment of Mr. Payne, the present coroner. The deceased, it appeared, was so much morti fied by his defeat that he soon afterwards gave way to drinking and irregular habits, which greatly impaired his constitution, involved him in pecuniary difficulties, and ultimately brought him to prison, where he gradually sunk and expired. He was attended during his illness by Dr. Harrison, of Holles-street, Cavendish-square, an old friend, who evinced the utmost kindness for him to the last. The deceased was much esteemed by many members of the profession to which he belonged. Verdict, "Died by the visitation of God." ARRIVALS. Mr. Bewicke, Misses Bewicke, and Miss Bedman, at Long's Hotel; Clitlbrd-street, Bond-street, from Northamptonshire Mr. and Mrs. Duncan and' family, at ditto, from Brighton ; Mr. and Mrs. Cuff and faniily, at ditto, front ditto; Captains Host, Shewell, and Edgelli at ditto; Geo. Prescott, Esq., at ditto; Sir Wm. Strut!), Bart., at Ellis's Hotel, St. James's. street, from Cheltenham; the Misses Struth, at ditto, from the West Indies ; C. N. Bayldy, Esq., at ditto, from Hampton Court ; Major and Mrs. Davis, in Brook-street, from Brighton ; Mr. and Mrs. Harter, at Fenton's Hotel, St. James's-street, from Manchester; Geo. Skinner, Esq., at ditto, from a tour ; J. Creighton, Esq., at ditto, from Dublin; Wm. Oswald, at ditto, from Cheltenham. '• DEPARTURES. The Marquis and Marchioness of Bristol and family, from St. James's-square, for their seat, Ickworth Park, near Bury St. Edmund's, Suffolk Baroness de Feucheres, from the Brunswick Hotel, for Hants I Hon. G. Osborne, for Sacombe Park, Herts ; Lady Carbery, from Ellis's Hotel, St. James's_ street, for Laxton Hall, Waiisford ; James Lewis, Esq , and Son, from ditto, for Clifton;, Mrs. Rice, from Fenton's Hotel, St. James's-street, for her seai, Dover ; Captain Murray, from ditto, for Cheltenham ; Mni. Leate, from Itaggett's Hotel, Dover-street, for the Continent; Captain Patterson, from ditto, for Brighton; Mr. and Mrs. C. King, from Dover-street, for their seat in Norfolk; the Hon, Major-General and Mrs. King, from Portland-place, for the Earl of Lichfield's seat in Stafford shire; Lady M`Donald, from Arlington-street, on a visit to Lady Malcolm, Warfield House, Berks ; Mr., Mrs., aria Miss Portal, from Long's Hotel, , Clifford-street, Bond-street, for Laverstock, Hants ; Mr., Mrs., and the Misses Prime, from ditto, for Sussex ; Maynard Colchester, Esq., from ditto, for Gloucestershire; F. H. Tome, Esq., from ditto, for the Conti nent ; E. Cole, Esq., from ditto, for Dover ; Samuel Worrall, Esq., from ditto, for Doncaster. In addition to the garrisons the chief branches of perma. nent emoluments to General Officers ant the (I , lonelcies of 106 regiments of Infantry and 23 of Cavalry, be sides three of Foot Guards and three of Horse Guard-, the whole of which are detailed in the following state ment, to which is also attached an estimate of the saving to he effected if the suggestions of the committee should he adopted ; Present Charge. s. d. 617 9 *6 0 01 P ARL lAMENTARY PAPER. ARMY AND NAVY APP OINTMENT S. Report of the Select Comniittee appointed to inquire into the establishment of the :Garrisons ; into every branch of pay and emolument of all General and Staff Officers in the Army, both at home,and abroad ; and into the emo luments of Naval Office'rs holding the appointments of Vice and Rear Admirals: of the United Kingdom, and of Generals and Colonels of Marines ; and to report their opinion whether any or what reduction or altera tion can be made in them, without detriment to the efficiency of the public Service, or to the just reward of professional merit, &c. The Committee, in the discharge of the duties prescribed to them, have divided the "subjects of their inquiry under the following heads : I. The Garrison Establishments at Home and Abroad. 11. The Pay and Allowances of General Officers holding the situations of Colonels a Regiments. 111. The Pay and Emqluments of other General and Staff Officers. IV. The appo'utments'bf the Vice-Admiral and Rear- Admiral of England, and of the Generals and Colonels Marines. I. Of the precise origin of the home garrisons the Com mittee have no accurate account; but the first record of the regular establishment of those in England is dated in 1683-4, and of those in Scotland in 1708, immediately after the Union, at which periods, and for some time after, the several officers borne _upon the establishment appear to have been resident in their respective garrisons, and to have had the command of certain unregimented corn pa nics, chiefly of invalids employed " to do duty there." How soon the governorships, or any other of these garri son appointments, becarne nonefficient, or at what time permanent nonresidence vas permitted, is not known, but it seem. , clear that they have long been held o❑ their pre sent footing, that their emoluments have been in general rather diminished than increased since their original for mation, and that their whole number is smaller than it was in 1792. Of the Irish garrisons, there is no detailed record pre vious to the Union with'lreland, from which period they have continued with little or no change, except the reduc tion or abolition from time to time of some of the non effective appointments connected with them. Of the governments of foreign garrisons, there are only four where permanent nonresidence is permitted, St. John's and Placentia in Newfoundland, and Quebec and Annapolis in Nova Scotia ; but the last of these is always held by the Governor of Nova Scotia, and the emolu ments form a regular Part of the salary of that officer. After fully considering the question of the nonef f ective garrison appointments, with the opinions expressed i❑ favour of their continuance by some of the most distin guished military authorities, and particularly by the Duke of Wellington, who, in a memorandum upon the military governments, which is appended to this report, brings briefly but powerfully into view the whole constitution of the British army and the circumstances of its officers, the Committee are still of opinion that upon the principle repeatedly laid down by Parliament, that all sinecure offices ought to be abolished, no garrison appointments should in future be made where no efficient military duty is per formed ; but as the officers now holding such appoint ments appear for the most part justly ottitled to the rewards of their profession by their long military services, or their distinguished merits during a period of unparalleled exertion on the pan of the army, and of unexampled glory acquired to the country by the achievements of that army, the Committee do not recommend the withdrawal of the salaries to the preiudice of the existing interests of any of those officers. It has already bees stated that the number of garrison appointments was greater in 1792 than at present, and that the pay and emoluments attached to them have been rather diminished than augmented since 1718. The committee, therefore, taking into consideration the great increase of the army since that time, and the claitns of so many of its members on the gratitude of the country, cannot propo,e the abolition of these appointments, which for more than a. century have been at the disposal of the Crown, without suggesting some other plan of military rewards in their stead. With this view they recommend that the King should be empowered to grant " rewards for distinguished services in the army," in a manner similar to that recognized by Parliament in the vote for " good services" in the Ordnance estimate•, subject to the fel:ow ing conditions ; Ist. That the grant to be made to his Majesty for this purpose shall not exceed 15,0001. a year, and that all rents or feu duties, or any other revenues at present attach. ed to any of the garrisons, shall be added to the above 15,0001., making altogether a sum of about 18,0001. a year, and being a reduuction of about 12,0001. a year on the present amount of the home garrison appointments. 2d. Tbat as these become vacant, the King shall name a❑ officer or officers to a reward or rewards for distin guished services, not exceeding the amount of three-fifths of the emoluments of the vacant appointment, until the whole of such' grants and pensions shall have been brought within the amount of 18,0001. a year. 3d. That the name and services of every officer ap pointed to receive these rewards shall be inserted i❑ the first army estimate after his appointment, and that the distribution of them shall, during peace, be confined to officers on unattached or ball pay, with the exception of those whose pre-eminently distinguished services may, with propriety, exempt them from all rules. From a return laid before the committee it appears that several garrison appointments are held by persons altoge ther unconnected with either the military or naval service, and, in some instances, enjoying lucrative emoluments from civil employments. The committee consider this a violation of the object for which such appointments were established, and a misapplication of the public money, and and they therefore recommend that wherever garrison appointments are held by such persons, whether resident or not, the sums voted for their salaries should be omitted in all future estimates, unless any special grounds can be stated for their continuance on the score of the duties performed, or of the particular circumstances of the in dividual*holding them. The emoluments from "Tithes of Corn" in Guernsey, and those from " the King's Revenue" in Jersey, now approksated to the non-resident governors of those islands, ought, in the opinion of the committee, on future vacan cies to be applied to pay the salaries of the general officers resident and commandfng there, and to defray the whole cost of their garrison establishments; and they beg to recommend to his Majesty's Government that his Majesty may be advised to use his gracious pleasure for carryiug such an arrangement into effect. They likewise feel bound to notice, as a fit object for similar regulation hereafter, the very large income now ISt LIFE GUARDS. Pay of Colonel Allowance in lieu of emoluin Saving 2d LIFE GUARDS and HORSE GUARDS as Ist Life Guards Ist DRAGOON GUARDS. Pay of Colonel Non-effective allowances Pay of warrant men Clothing allowance, effectives Ditto, non.effeclives .... ... • Assumed cost of clothing Saving , DRAGOON GUARDS. Pay of Colonel Nen-effective allowances Pay of warrant men Clothing allowance, effectives Ditto, non-effectives Assumed cost of clothing Savin g Seventeen other Regiments of like number and charge REG , . OF CAVALRY IN INDIA. Pay of Colonel Non-effective allowances Pay of warrant It en Clothing allowance, effectives Ditto, non-effectives Extra allowance for wear and tear of accoutrements Assumed cost of clothing Saving Three other regiments of like number and charge GRENADIER GUARDS. Pay of Colonel Pay of warrant men Clothing allowance, effectives Ditto, non-effectives Ditto, drummers & hautboys Assumed cost of clothing Saving COLDSTREAM GUARDS. Pay of Colonel Pay of warrant men Clothing allowance, erfbctives Ditto, non-eflectives Ditto, drummers & hautboys Assumed cost of clothing Saving FUSILEER GUARDS as the Cold stream IST FOOT, 2 Battalions. Pay of Colonel Non-effective allowances .• Pay of warrant men Clothing allowance, effective Assumed cost of clothing Saving QD FOOT, 1 Battalion. Pay of Colonel Noneffective allowance Pay of warrant men Clothing allowance, effectives Assumed cost of clothing Saving Eighty other Battalions of like numbers and charge A REGIMENT OF FOOT IN INDIA Pay of Colonel Non-effective allowance Pay of warrant men Clothing allowance, effectives Assumed cost of clothing 1917 9 21 599 4 2 20 0 0 389 6 8 1925 12 6 244 14 0 3173 17 4 1457 7 6 1721 9 161 599 4 2 20 0 0 `. - 192 0 0 1452 12 6 183 10 6 2547 7 2 ,1097 2 6 1450 5 81 M 9 4 2 20 0 0 433 0 0 3213 16 9 331 9 3 828 1 )-E - '0 II :3 2597 0 ( 12833 11 31 667 12 11 271 21 , 8949 13 6 1182 8 6 172 4 6 1112432 4 1 7109 11 0 4133 11 41 667 12 11 166 17 1 5510 7 1 727 12 11 172 4 6 72411-4 4375 7 01 12869 7 7j 410 12 6 20 0 6 365 0 0 437.2 14 4 15168 6 101 3336 9 41 1811 17 6 410 12 6 20 0 0 182 10 0 2166 7 2 '2799 9 S 1678 4 6 Proposed Charge. 'lmme diate. Prospecl tire. 1121 5 01 410 12 6 20 0 0, 182 10 0, 2219 8 8, 4W 12 6' 161 5 0, ,1983 2 10; 2558 0 41 1477 18 101 los° I 61 410 12 6 182 10 0 . 2953 15 6 3546 18 0 2'266 9 2 luso s 4W 12 6 20 0 0 146 0 0 363 0 0 s. JBOO 0 01 1800 0 0 I 17 9 34 18 4' 1100 c o; 1925 - 12 6 2532 I I 2 1717 17 0, Saving Nineteen other Regiments India of like numbers and charge IST WEST INDIA REGIMENT. Pay of Colonel Pay of warrant men Clothing allowance Assumed cost of clothing Saving 2n WEST INDIA REGIMENT. Pay of Colonel Pay of warrant men Clothing allowance Assumed cost of clothing Saving CEYLON CORPS. Pay of Colonel Non-effective allowance Pay of warrant men Allow. in lieu of clothing enrol, Saving MALTA FENCIBLES. ?'ay of Colonel Non-effective allowance Pay of warrant men Allow. in lieu of clothing enrol , Saving . Total Saving.., 1114 14 21 941 12 61 410 12 6 20 0 0 1:5 0 ai 0 911 12 61 485 7 61 850 7 61 365 0 01 9-1 1 12 6 559 7 ti 850 7 6 H 25,321 3 2 3025 12 6 1457 7 6 1568 5 01 153 4 10i woo 0 o! 14521:2 61 2.153 12 6 1097 2 0 1355 10 0 94 14 8 1610 9 iOOO o of 13213 - 16 91 4213 16 9 2597 0 0 1616 16 9 1216 14 6, 13650 3 6j 6x712 11 271 210 8949 13 6 1182 8 172 4 6 1124:3 2 4 1109 11 0 413311 41 1 000 0 0 5510 7 1 6510 7 1' 4375 7 0 X 133 0 1 734 7 6 734 7 0 600 0 01 14372 - 14 4 4972 14 4 335(1 9 1616 5 0 195 12 6 600 0 ( 12186 7 21 2786 7 5 1678 4 S 108 2 6 13 2 6 1030 0 01 600 0 01 219 - 8 81 2819 8 8' 1717 17 0 101 11 13 '2 6 `-'49 7 61 574 17 61 1953 2 101 12558 0 4 1 1477 18 10 1080 1 593 2 61 ..... , '953 15 C 3546 15 0 2.266 9 1280 8 101 576 12 61 365 - 0 01 £. s. d. ISO) 0 0 19767 14 4, Oa the clothing of the army the Committee . into a long and minute examination, with the v certaining whether it can be plated on any more economical footing. It is shown by documents and evidence before them that the present system has existed ever since the forma tion of a regular army in this ccuntry ; that it has been the subject of frequent inquiries by Committees of this House and Parliamentary commissions, and that the Co , lends of the Regiments have regularly drawn from it, for the last century, nearly the same proportion of their emo luments as at present. In the report of a Committee of this House which sat in the year 1746, the amount of off reckonings for a regiment of Infantry, on an average of ten years to 1740, is stated to be 2,1731. ; in the present year the amount is 2,186/. ; the colonel's profit at both periods, o n an average, between 500/. and 6001. It further appears that the wholesome cautions and cheeks by which the supply of clothing by the colonels has been accompanied have invariably secured the comfort and satisfaction of the soldier, and the complete efficiency o f this branch of the public service. The Committee are not therefore prepared to suggest any change In this long-established system, which, al though it may at first appear anomalous, and to involve the objectionable principle of giving profit to the colonels out of monies ostensibly voted for another purpose, secures the responsibility of those officers for the just and punctual distribution of the clothing to the different regiments, dis persed as they are throughout various and distant colonies, and which at the same time protects the public from the losses to which they would be exposed by the accumulation of stores of this description, supplied under the manage ment of public boards, from extensive establishments, su peranuation allowances to those who conduct them, and from that multiplicity of accounts which a transfer of the charge of this supply from those in whom it is now vested into other hands must inevitably produce. As however it seems that an additional cost is imposed on the colonels of regiments in their contracts with their clothiers, owing to the money not being paid to colonels for clothing till after it is delivered to the soldiers on dis- lave gone env of as ►etter and tant stations, the Committee recommend to the consider,. 'ion of Government some arrangement by which the off reckonings might be issued at an earlier period, so as to reduce the rate of interest now charged by the clothier, and thereby effect a corresponding reduction in theamount of the allowance made by the public to the colonel. The Committee are of opinion that all profits under the head of non-effective allowances for warrant men ought henceforth to cease; but as the effect of abolishing these allowances in the infantry would be to reduce the annual profits of the colonels by about 200/. a year, they recom mend that the regimental pay (which is no greater now than it was in the reign of Queen Anne) should be raised to 6001. a year to all existing colonels (which, added to the profits from off-reckonings on the effective force, would leave their whole emoluments at nearly their present amount); but that the pay should be reduced to 500/. to those who shall hereafter succeed them, making the whole pay and allowances of a regiment of infantry of the line not less than 1,000/. a year. The pay and off-reckonings for warrant men and haut boys, which were abolished in the line by Act of 1783 and the warrant of 1828, having been retained in the Foot Guards and in the cavalry, the application of the same rule to those corps will effect a much greater reduction in the emoluments of their colonels, viz. in the Ist Foot Guards about 1,600/., in the Coldstream and Thirds about 1,060/. in the Ist Dragoon Guards about 650/., and in all other regiments of cavalry about 470/. The Committee there fore recommend that time pay of the several colonels should be increased as follows : In the Ist Regiment of Guards to 1,2001. In the Coldstream and 3d Guards to 1,000/, In the Ist Dragoon Guards to 1,1001. for the present colonel, and to 1,000/. for those who may succeed him ; and in all other cavalry regiments to 1,0001. for the present, and to 9001. for future colonels; snaking the whole pay and emoluments of the colonel of the Ist Guards not less than 3,0001. a-year ; of those of the Coldstream arid 3d Guards not less than 2,000/. ; of the Ist Dragoon Guards about 1,560/. and other regiments of cavalry about 1,350/. each ; and effecting a saving to the public of about 1,090/., on the Ist, and of about 730/. on each of the other regiments of Guards; and in the cavalry an immediate saving of about 1501. on the Ist Dragoon Guards, and of about 90/. on all other regiments, with a further prospective saving of 100/. a-year on each. The committee are of opinion, that in consideration of the great and glorious military services of the Duke of Wellington, an exemption should take place in his person from the operation of this rule, and that no change should be made in the emoluments of the Ist Guards so long as his Grace shall continue to boll the colonelcy of that regiment. In the regiments of Horse Guards and Life Guards where the off•reckonings and other allowances have been commuted, the committee recommend that the colonels should receive an annual sum of 1,8001. (being a sma!l diminution of their present regimental income) in lieu of pay and all other emoluments. The committee are also of opinion that the extra allowance of about 8001. to colonels of cavalry in India for wear and tear of accoutrements ought to be discon tinued. In the amount of the pay and emoluments of the colonels of the two West India regiments and of the Ceylon Corps and Malta Fencibles, the committee do not recommend any immediate alteration, but that the two former should hereafter undergo a similar reduction to the infantry of the line, and that as the two latter corps are not clothed by their colonels, and are from their con. stitution and the nature of their service wholly indepen dent of any connection with these officers, the colonelcies of them should be abolished on future vacancies. Should the reductions above recommended take place, they will produce an immediate saving on the allowances of colonels of regiments of about 9,7001. a-year, and of about 15,5001. more as vacancies of regiments occur. The staff pay of general officers has undergone no change since 1685, and it is a fact worthy of notice, that those who fought at Waterloo received just the same rate of pay as those at Minden and Blenheim. The Committee, therefore, certainly cannot propose any re duction on this head, nor are they prepared to suggest any in the number of the staff employed at home or abroad, which appears already to have undergone a consi derable reform, as it is stated in evidence that 103 persons at a charge of above 27,0001. were reduced between the years 1828 and 1830. With respect to the allowances of general officers serving as Governors of Colonies, the evidence which the Committee have heard leads them to doubt whether, in some instances, reduction has not been carried too far, which must assuredly be the case if the officers so employed cannot suitab►y maintain the dignity of their stations without injury to their private fortunes, and if the Government are thereby limited in their means of selecting the fittest persons for the discharge of those important trusts. In connection with three colonial appointments the Committee desire to notice the heavy fees attached to some of them, and indeed to other military appointments also ; and as it appeals that all the fees formerly payable on appointments and promotions in the navy have been recently abolished, they beg strongly to urge the propriety of placing both services in this respect on the same footing. In the staff at head quarters (comprising six officers with the rank of general, five of whom are colonels of regiments), though the Committee do not feel competent to lay down any specific plan of reduction, and though it would appear from the evidence of those who have hail considerable experience of its duties, that the existing establishment is not more than sufficient for their execu tion, they cannot avoid adverting to the opinions of the two last Secretaries at War on that head, and calling on the Government to consider whether a diminution may not be effected without detriment to the public service in the rank, numbers, and emoluments of this large and ex• pensive portion of the home staff. They are also of opinion that if these, and indeed all other staff situations at home and abroad, except that of the Commander in Chief and his personal staff, were generally subjected to a change of holders every four or five years, whilst the honours and emoluments of the army would thereby be more widely diffused, and meritorious services more amply rewarded, the country would, at the same time, gain a greater number of officers thus better qualified by experience for situations of trust and command. It appears that by the King's warrant of the Bth of August, 1814, large additions were authorized to be mode to the pay of general officers, and that owing to a mistaken liberality this warrant was indiscriminately applied to those who had been reduced, or had tetired on halfpay before the last war, and who would not have been enabl d to establish a claim to the increased rate of halfpay granted by warrant of the same date to officers of other ranks reduced at the close of the war in 1814, or placed on halfpay owing to wounds or infirmities acquired in service ; that if this warrant had not been cancelled in 1818, a further charge to the public would have been incurred of about 300,000/., and that 39 of those officers are now receiving such addition to their pay, at an access of no less than 15,6221. beyond what they received previously to the issue of that warrant, and beyond what they would have been entitled to if their services had been subjected to the same test as those of other officers of the army, to whom the increase of pay was given, on the special ground of meritorious services in the war immediately preceding the date of the warrant. The Committee are of opinion that this increase of pay to those officers, though it seems to have been sanctioned at the time by the general concurrence of the House of Commons, was not justified by any good grounds of pub lic expediency, and that it ought now to be discontinued. They, therefore, recommend that those officers should revert again to their former rates of half-pay, subject to such exceptions as the Government, with the assistance of the Commander-in-Chief, may think it Just to make, on a due examination and liberal consideration of the circum stances of the parties whose income may be so reduced, or of the efficient services of any of the generals included in this list ; but that they shall have the option of selling out of the army at the regulation price of their unattached full-pay commissions, wherever, in the opinion of the Secretary-at-War, such sale shall not, from the age or health of the parties, be injurious to the public interest. In suggesting the above reductions in the pay and emoluments of general officers, the Committee cannot for bear noticing the scanty provision of those unattach e d major-gener a ls who, under the present regulations, receive only the pay of their last regimental rank. Considering the great pecuniary sacrifices in the purchase of commis sions as well as the length of service to which officers are sublemctiibeforeteeare of opinion theypcainun that attain The em bemolunaor-genez pfral , the cothat rank ought not to be leas than 4001. a year, and as it could be made up to that amount at an annual charge of somewhat under 7,0001., they venture to recommend that it should be so increased immediately to all those who re( 'ye no other i grablic emoluments, subject to such excep_ tions this respect as may appear justified by distinguished service. Bat tha must desire, at the same time, to call the attention of the Government to the large number of general officela Troy. , on the list, and to express their anxious hope that no addition will he made to it except upon very strong grounds of public necessity. ing T ui he ry c u o r m iih m o i ti tt t ee s c ta a t n i n n o clse g t ti, o eL t v h o e u cn a i b li f t c ar i y inp b r r e a s n i c io h n of w t h h i e - c i l e i they have deriv.d from it as to the general economy and managarient of the army. They would have been happy if, in the performance of the duty intrusted to theta, they could have effected any greater saving to the public; but taking into view the peculiar circumstances of our snititary service, as pointed out in various parts of the evidence, and particularly by the Duke of Wellington in tit, meinorn• dum already referred to; and taking also into view the fact, that whilst tlic salaries and emoluments of most branches of the civil service have considerably increased since 1792. those of the superior officers of the army arc, with few exceptions, the same as they were a century ago. They hope, that in the alterations which they have re• commended, they will be found on the whole to have carried the principle of reduction as far as they could, " without detriment to the efficiency of the public service, or to the just reward of professional merit." Of the appointments in the navy which have been referred to the committee, those of Vice Admiral and Rear Admiral of England, and Lieutenant General and Major General of Marines, are held by flag officers, and Cheer of Colonels of Marines by post captains. Thiir salaries amount altogether to 6,9101. 16s. Sd., subject, however, except the two first, to a deduction of the half-pay of the officers holding them, whereby the net receipt is reduced to 4,565/. 14s. There being no naval appointments analogous to the governorships of garrisons or colonelcies of regiments, these are the only professional honouts or ennolumsnts„ unconnected with active duties, at the disposal of the Crown for the reward of distinguished merit in the naval service. The two first are venerable from their antiquity, and still more so from the names of those who have held them. They are distinctions immediately connected with the naval service, and have always been reckoned among the highest professional honours to which a naval officer could. aspire. The committee therefore recommend that the situations of Vice Admiral and Rear Admiral of England should remain on their present footing, the whole emoluments of both being together less than 500/. a year. They do not however consider that the satue reasons exist for keeping up the generals and colonels of marines, but that they may with propriety be abolished as they severally become vacant. In recommending this, however, they feel bound in justice to propose, that a sum equal ill amount to the salaries of these appointments should be continued at the disposal of the Ciown, fur the reward of distinguished naval and marine services, subject to the same condition as the grant proposed to be made for the like purpose to the army, and that all pensions so granted should be tenable with the hslfpay of the officer boking them. The Committee beg leave, in conclusion, to express their anxious hope that no addition to the number of flag officers in the navy, any more than to that of general office; s in the army, will in future he made, except upon very strong grounds of public necessity. August 12, 1833. 1800 0 0 17 9 2 34 18 4 woo 0 0 1925 - 12 6 19•25 12 6 ,1457 7 t 1468 5 0 253 4 10 900 0 0 1452 12 6 2352 12 6 1097 '2 6 1255 10 0 194 14 8 3310 9 4 900 0 0 13213 - 1 G 9 4113 16 9 2597 0 0 1516 16 6 1316 14 6 3950 3 6 1200 0 0 8939 13 6 10149 13 6 7109 11 0 3010 9. 6 1093 810 1000 0 0 15510 - 7 6510 7 1 9375 7 0 2135 0 1 1 734 7 6 734 7 6 500 0 0 1437:14 4 414872 14 4 1 3356 9 4 1516 5 0 295 12 6 500 0 0 12186 7 2 12686 7 2 1678 4 8 1908 0 6 113 2 6 11)03o 0 0 50) 0 0 1'2219 - 8 8 2719 8 8 1717 17 0 1001 11 8 113 2 6 12149 7 6 500 0 0 I 983 - 2 10 12483 2 10 14177 18 10 'lods 4 0 74 17 6 500 e o I: 6 '3453 15 6 2266 9 1187 6 4 93 '2 6 PURCHASE AND SALE OF COMMISSIONS AND HALF PAY. COMMUNICATION FROM THE DUKE OF WEL. LINGTON TO LORD HILL. MEMORANDUM UPON THE MILITARY GOVERNMENTS. [From the Appendix to the Commons' Report on Army and Navy Appointments.] STRATIIFIF.LDSAY, MARCO! 7. In order to elucidate the question of the military Go vernments, it is necessary to consider the constitution of the British army, the establishments and mode of promo tion of its officers, particularly to the higher ranks, and the amount of their pay. I should wish to compare the real pay and establishments of the officers of the British army with the pay and establishments of the officers of other armies, and with the pay and establishments of the British navy ; but I have not by me the means of stating accurately the amount of either of the latter. The British army is one of which the officers obtain their commissions by purchase, up to the rank of lieute nant-colonel inclusive. This practice is so general as to be almost universal. It extends to at least three-fourths of all the officers appointed to fill commissions; and it would he universal if the King did not claim the right to dispose of the commission of an officer who is promoted without purchase, or who dies or is killed in his service ; which commissions such officers, in three-fourths of the instances, had previously purchased. The detailed effect of this purchase of commissions upon the payment of all officers for their service will be shown presently. It is obvious that in calculating the remune ration which any officer receives for his service, the amount of the interest which he loses upon the sum paid as the price of his commission must be taken into the account; it is a direct deduction from the pay of the officer. This fact must never be lost sight of; and it will be of great importance in the comparison between the amount of the pay and allowances of the officers of the British army and those of foreign armies, and those of the corre sponding ranks of the British navy. The promotion of an officer by purchase cannot be made after the rank of lieutenant-colonel; after having attained that rank, officers of the British army are usually promoted by brevet, or by being made aide•de-camp to the King, to the rank, but not to the pay, of colonel, major-general, lieutenant-general, general, field-marshal. No pay is attached to any of these ranks, according to the ordinary regulations of the service, unless the officer holdin4 such rank should be appointed by his Mij esty to be colonel of a regiment. In that case he has the pay of a colonel, and the advantages derived from the contract to clothe and equip the regiment of which the colonel holds the command. At the close of the late war there was a deviation from the ordinary regulations, and in June, 1814, it was settled that generals were to have a pay as such, amounting— Per diem, to £l 18 0 Lieutenant-Generals Major-Generals But in February, 1818, this rate of pay was restricted to 120 general officers, at 1/. is. each per diem. The general officers removed from regimental commis sions in the Foot Guards were to be allowed as follows From being regimental lieut—col. per annum £BOO First major, It Regiment UOO First major, Coldstream, and 3d Regiment BOO _ - .. . Other majors 7OO Senior captains of battalions 550 Other captains ___ . 500 This was altered by a subsequent wat rant : and general officers promoted from commissions in the Foot Guards now reevive— Regimental lieutenant-colonel, per annum £6OO Regimental major Regimental captains and lieutenant-colonels 4OO If colonels or general officers of the army are specially employed on the staff, they are paid the staff allowances of such employment so long as they are so employed. Excepting the colonels of regiments and the 120 general officers who receive each 4561. per annum, and certun general officers removed from their regimental commis sions in the Foot Guards, there is no officer of the rank of colonel, or of the different grades of general officers, who receives any allowance, excepting the half-pay or foil-pay of the regimental commission of lieutenant. colonel, or of the last regimental commission which he held previous to his promotion ; which commission of lieutenant-colonel or other he purchased in three instances out of four. It must not be supposed that promotion of the officers of the army by purchase is merely an abuse unauthorized and unknown to authority. It has prevailed, it is be lieved since the ware of the revolution.* The prices of commissions have been repeatedly regulated by his Ma jesty's orders ; the last regulati'n was issued in the year 1821. p b o y i n p t u o r c f h f a a s c e t, i t s h a e s p a r v o i m n g o t of o f n e x o p f e 0 %1 e i e c t i a ffi c t e h r e s p o u f b l t i li c e , arm ln y and highly beneficial to the service, although it falls severely upon individuals. It is not the practice of the officers at the bead of the army to refuse to those desiring it the permission to sell purchase-money their commissions which they have purchased ; Lind many King's . service, d au . d retire and are satisfied to live upon the interest of . the of their commissions or urn an annuity, b us av ti . being no longer able to render the ac t t h r e vean energetic w in i g am p u a t ss o ib tb ly er laf p us i t iv s i ph si ee o ri n mr ihboseiraoinrthewtofsdea il f e o t r h t t er e r o m In i services, i services required from an officer of British army in all climates and situation!. Neither is it the prsctic e . of the officers at the head of the army to re those under the rank of colonels of regiments who had Tins is not accurate. Purchase commenced in the reign of Charles 11., and has continued ever since. The price was at first very small,—Beport.