The Express.
London, England, 1852-03-01 00:00:00

OUR PEACE ARMAMENTS.

A return of the number and description of troops
supplied with stores by each department, distinguishing
those departments which supply the navy.
Number and description of troops supplud by the Ordnance
Department.
No. of M, n. Descridtiou of Troops.
8.296 Regular Cavalry.
674 Royal Horse Artillery.
13.8(XlYeotu.sury Cava', y.
98.019 Regular Infantry.
11,317 Royal Artillery !Font).
1,870 Royal Sappers and Miner..
73 Royal Invalid Artillery (master gunners).
200 Oentlem^n Cadets, Woolwich.
200 Gentlemen Cadets, Semifluid.
6,993 Colonial Regiments.
16,124 Enrolled Pensioners.
About 10,000 Militia, Home, Channel Islands, and Colonial.
11,621 Royal Marines.
6,873 Royal Dockyard Brigades.
185,891 Total.
The royal navy is rupplied by the Ordnance Department.
Number of 11.31.'s ships and packets now in commission,
üboot 221, and 40,000 men.
N.B. Houle and foreim station* cannot be distinguished.
(By order of the Master•Gi•neral and board),
K. BYHANI, Secretary.
Office of Ordnance, July 10, 1848.
We copy this return from the Appendix No. 21 and 26 to
the Report of the Select Committee on the Ordnance Do.
pertinent.
It should be recolleeted that the lartto establishment of;
police in Ireland and England is not included in this return.

THE GREEK LOAN.-By a return to parliament,
ted on Saturday, it appears that 377,762/. 13s. 9d. have
been paid by this country on account of the Greek loan,
which sum has not been repaid by the Greek government.
ENOLVOCe FEES Cl SUE COURT 01, CHANCERY.-
On Saturday the accounts relating to the Court of Chancery
were printed by order of the Court of Chancery. The
suitors' fund account shows in cash 126,120'. 9.. AI., and in
stock 3,832,1171. Ba. Id. In the year, stock was purchased
with suitors' cash to 203,8401. 16s. The following fees in
the year ceding the 24th November last amounted to about
131,000. We give some of the items as fees:-In the
Masters' offices, the fees were 36,212 L 3s. 74. • in the Ile-
gistrar's office, 15,1861. 17s. ; in the Report office,
3,613/. 6s. 3d.; in the Affidavit Mace, 11,993/. Bs. 7d. ; in
the Examiner's cake, 985/. 6s. 4d. ; in the Subpons office,
2161. The fees by the secretary of lunatic" were 3,26'21.
ls. 2d. • by clerks to masters an lunacy, 3,084. I Is. 10,1. ;
by taxing 'softie, 29,3801. 10e. Id.; by the clerk of enrol-
-1 mend, 7,181 E le. 105. ; by record and writ clerks, 16,782/.
16s. 4L ; by die pelt/ brig office, 7171. Si. skis ; and the fees
received osier the Winding•up Acts were 2.161. Bs.
Tffiffi MmorourAy POLICE.-It appears front the
asseaats respecting the Metropolitan Police Forte (printed
in Saturday), listen Jan. 1 last, the number of persons he-
ieilasMS to the bete wee 6,49; consisting of one inspecting
at SOW. a year; 18 superintendents, from
Mwe11.11.4.1. a year; 121 inspectors, with salaries from
2001. to 811. 18s. a year. There were 587 sergeants, from
10111. 4s. to 63/. 14s. a year; end 4,819 constables, compris-
ing 1,260 in the first class at 51.. 12s. a year, 2,149 in the
second clam at 49/. Bs. a year, and 1,174 in the third class at
411. 4s. a year. The sum paid for the police last year
amounted to 422,299/. 5.. 4.1., leaving a balance of
49,9571. 14s. 6d , which were the receipts in the year. The
fees, Re., from police courts were 10,3481. 13e. Bd. The
Commissioners of the Great Exhibition paid the force
17,4261. 2e. 2d.
ROYAL COLLEGE or SUROLONS.-The following
gentlemen were admitted members of the college, on the
27th ult.:-Messrs. J. P. Julian, Little Blakenham,Suffolk ;
IL Bennett, Dorchester; J. P. Wilton, Gloucester; J. K.
Welch, Christchurch, Hants; J. Piing, Bristol; E. H.
Fits• Henry, Liverpool; 8. H. Lihky, Great Ormond.
street; R. G. OuresU, Newton Heath, Lancashire • E. J.
Miles, Gillingham, Dorset; J. Luntsdoine, lion. East; India
ICompany's Service; Walter Jessop, Cheltenham; R. Beata
Leicester and J. Norton, Kennington. At the same meet!
lag of this court Messrs. IL Gimlet and C. Roberts passed
their szamioations as naval surgeons._

ROYAL BANK OF AUSTRALIA.—OiI Saturday, before
Muter in Chancery Richards, en application was made on
the part of the Union Bank of London, to prove a claim for
41,0001. agaiost the shareholders in this bank. Mr. Rox-
burgh, with Mr. H. Ilarris, appeared for Mr. Wryghte, the
official manager, and Mr. It. Clarke and Meters. Johnson,
' Farquhar and Leech for the Union Bank.—Mr. Clarke, in
a speech of nearly five hours' duration, stated that in 1841,
a private letter was written by Mr. Benjamin Boyd, the
chairman of the Royal Bank of Australia, to Mr. Scrim-
geour, the manager of the Union Bank, requesting a loan
of 30,0001. on an emergency, the Royal Bank to open a
current account, and keep a floating balance of 6,0001., upon
which no interest was to be allowed. An account was
opened on these terms. In 184.5, another loan of 20,0001.
was made, and in 1846, a third of 17,0001., the unpaid
balances in respect of which sum, went to form the present
claim of 41,0001. Mr. Clarke said he admitted that the
decision in the case of the North British Company was
binding on him as regarded the pmmissory note., but ho
rested his case upon the fact of the loan of the money,
which he contended was an ordinary banking transactim,
and that the directors under the deed of settlement hail
power to borrow. The total money transactions pasting
between the two banks from 181. to 18:i0 was 640,0001.
The case stands adjourned to Saturday, for Mr. Roxburgh
to reply.
BIRMINGHAM AND OXFORD, AND BIRMINGHAM
auo DUIPLST RA I LWAVI. —The half-yearly meeting of both
these companies was held at Birmingham on Saturday, Mr.
F. P. Barlow in the chair. Both lines being sold to the
Great Western Company, the proceedings were quite of a
formal character. The several orders of the directors, and
the statements of accounts for the half-year were passed,
and Mr. John Aston wore-appointed auditor. The works
are progressing rapidly, the chairman remarking that he
hoped this would be regarded as Indicative of the disposi-
tion of the company to keep faith with the public.