The Express.
London, England, 1849-01-05 00:00:00

THE EXPRESS, FRIDAY EVENING, JANUARY 5. 1849.

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maths of a tangible character, whisk ft was important the
hi" dbelden should be is flethewlaa N, the invariably gave
diroodose that sack isfemedeashenth be lately en..
reenicated pblicly, la emier thee ae meths advaatage might
be taken of It by say saw Oa teeing she of
Senor Othea he immethateig sealed • main of are
mites' to take them essideethien preview te their he-
lag stsba tilelsi le a_ paiatobiblatietheief the hmthelthee, end
the esasimina ft the siommittes elate wee, that the
=were nth sash es they @Wahl regeumeall the bent-
swept. (Hear, hear.) And *ploy thee t
obtain sem medithatian of the propositime mere •
le the bandlembeuk, they requested Seat Osma te realm a
derethloa of *dr esnaminee, *WI he eausentsd to do.
le the ensandme they had *Mimed information so to the
*and* widen of the Peruvian government, la regard
to * eagenditithe and revs..., and the amount
of Riney the gime produd. Can the 200
Nine math Seam Oms math* the deputation, when •
disemdmi reek phew, in the muss* c 4 Mich Sauer
Osesa stated this ia the mere** bed wale be had
as for as, ms el with dr hmieneeleas lee, had red
from hie resembles's, be said fee, his thee. severthans, ea
miaow points, which were net wisp mtherfal, ke might be
dhposed, with the view to oath ft to take
spa himself souse reeposability. The dam
urged upon him the length of time to whisk he preps* to
defer the Ist divideeda, via., December is the nem yeas—
sad, after mash dicamica, he armed that the first half
year's interest, of 2 per sees, should 001WIMIC• from
the Ist of April, thee making it payable on the let of
October. (Hear.) Then the deputation urged the urea.
ratableness of requiring so large a deduction mom quarter of
the arrows of interest which it was proposed to aphelia—
but, ea this point, Senor Osma was inflexible, stating
that if that part of the proposition was rejected the
whole mast be referred beck to his government, at
Peru. Another modification of some importance was,
however, obtained by the deputation, viz., that the in-
terest oa the Deferred Bonds should commence from the
let of April, 1862, instead as from 1854. The responsibility
of this alteration Senor Onna took upon himself. They
obtained also • fu-they enthiliestioa, via ' that three-fourths
of any inarplus that might remain froze the cue-half of the
proceeds of the guano after paying the Interest on the
bonds, should be applied to the pathos* of constituting •
sinking fend fog the redemption of the Active Binds, and
the other one fourth for the redemption of the Deferred
Bonds. Such were the modifications to which Senor Ossui
had after much discussion consented, and the deputation
then informed him that they would so far agree to :he pro
posals as modified as to bring them before the bondholders
for their consideration at • rural meeting, but that as a
committee they were not authorised to make any concessions
whatever. It now remained for the nee big to consider
whether under all the circumstances it was desirable that
they should close with these modified proposals of Senor
Om& or elect them. Without giving any opioiw himself
on this pant, though he was prepared to do so If called upon,
he might be allowed to point out to them that if they
moaned these proposals there was every ream to hope
and believe that the Peruvian government was in a condi
lion (unless my unforeseen circumstance should occur—as a
foreign war or intersal dissension—which, of course would
be likely to disturb any arrangement) to fulfil them, and
they w. re assured by Senor Oulu that they would be most
faithfully sad religiously fulfilled. He would not remind
them of the increased value these bonds would have if they
could once be assured that the conditions now offered would
be regular) fulfilled. They had also to consider what would
be the result of rejecting there proposals. One consequence
necessarily would be that the whole matter would be re-
ferred back to the Peruvian government, and probably •
very long time would elapse before any new proposals would
be made, while the arrears of ink rest would be going on—
no dividend would be paid, and the holders would be sub-
jected to still further delay and disappointment. Some
might 0110C4i11111 that if these proposals wore re-
jected term might be afterwards obtained so much
better as to compensate for the delay. That was
a matter for their consideration entirely: he merely adverted
to these matters in order to enable them to form an opinion
as to the course which should be now adopted. He had re-
ceived • letter that morning, in tact since he came there,
from Senor Onna, the substance of which was that since the
deputation saw him on the 29th of last month, be had
made arrangements with Messrs. Gibbs and Son for the
reception of the guano on the part of the Peruvian govern-
ment on the termination of the present contract; and • part
of that arrangement was that one half of the net proceeds
of such guano should be appropriated by Messrs. Gibbs and
Son for the payment of the dividends and carrying out the
arrangemouts with the bondholders, independent of the Pe
envies goverment. (Hear, hear.) He (the chairman)
stated to Senor Gins at the interview, the disappointment
and injustice that bad been inflicted on the Mexican bond-
holders when Lizudi and Co. declared that the money they
had received toe the payment of interest was still under the
control of the Mexican government, and might be appll-d
to any other purpose at the will of that government, and the
same with regard to the Yen. zuela bondholders, when
Reid, Irving, and Co. allowed 10,0001.t0 be withdrawn from
their hands by the government of that date after it had been
deposited with them to pay the dividends. He stated this
in eider that is this ems the mosey should be so placed that
it could not be diverted from the purpose for which it was in-
tended, and Senor Osena had agreed that it should be placed
in the hands of • commission here and applied to the put
poses adreed to inde, endent of the Peruvian government.
One other point—the committee had taken cars while they
had secured the official hvpothecation of half the proceeds of
the guano, which they found wou'd be more than suffi-
dent to pay the dividends, not to release the Peruvian
government from the obligation they were under to the
original bondholders, viz , that the whole of the go-
vernment u.s of Peru were mortgaged to
them as security for the debt. The committee
had proposed certain resolutions, embodying their views on
the subject of the propositions ; but it was for the meeting
to form their own judgment, and therefore he was anxious to
hear any opinions that might be expressed.
Mr. POWLISS, a member of the committee, then read the
propoeitioas in Arlen" and stated, in answer to • question,
that the capital ed the debt was 1,816,0001., of which a por-
tion had been redeemed in Peru.

clerk's salary we may get tham things explained. lam told
that the vestry clerk of Moryklare (who mast have four
times the work of ears), has only 6001. a year, and that he ie
• arst-rus profemional men. I think none or the writers
lora this disgraceful subject have toothed upon the un
warrantable extravammee of the vestry. If any nee will
azasafaa them amount, think he must be struck with
msay its For example in pap 63, " Feld with
Candy for building aom wall,, butments, do., in the
banueut of Trinity Church, 21611. lie. Pernaps there
is more known abut this than the parties would like to
ezpiain, lest they should expose the !gnomes of some, and
the lostion of parish money 1111 others. Yore of this
author Wu In oat plus in the mob account we find aa
item as low as Se. 6d.; in another (pegs 63) we find lumped
together, "for farther exiles at All Saints' Church, by order
of the asarnincesen, An, 1501. !" Redly we ought tortoise
the salary of the vestry clerk, to enable him to enter more
into detail; ter bow con he be *tufted to waste his valuable
time few only 6601. a year ? Had this officer been able to
give legal advice to the Teary, perhaps we 'sight not have
had so large an item as that put to the vestry soilcitor's an.
count It has been contended that the vestry, in making
their massercents, have been guided by the amesminent for the
Queen's taxes. Now, how bee this agree with their own
rate-book, in which there are two honer assessed slate to the
Queen's taxes, and yet the one pays 501 a year more than the
other he parochial rates ? But for the prurient I meat not
encroach farther upon your valuable space, than to express a
hope that the Paddington ratepayers will, in future, unite
their efforts to obtain Hobhouse's Act. It will cost noting
but the treble of going to give their votes, and it will, il
obtaintd, emancipate them, and give to the poor as fair a
chance as to the rich. I find that in St. George's, Hanover-
square, the introduction of Hobbouse's Act reduced the rates
60 per cent. the ant year, and they have so continued.—l
am, ate., G. V.—Paddington, Jan. 3,1849
PnociANgriox or Otrrutagr.— Yesterday the
following persons were called upon at the Sheriff's C.ort, to
surrender under penalty of outlawry: B. Rennie, late
OS Wceteliall.plase ; J. R. Holster, lace of Hall.street, CST-
road ; Sir W. M. Stanley, Bart.. of Strattou-street. Piocas
dtLy; T. Parka, We younger; E. Fennell; 17. W. Manias;
W. Ward ; W. Horsham, late of Proton's Hotel. Piccadilly ;
W. Gramm, of Shadwell ; T. P. L. Cross ; F. E. March,
late a clerk in the Tower of London ; J. H. Stocqueler ; T.
Desomeaut • J. Laing, of But:clew:l-terrace ; H. J. Janney ;
Lord C. immolate ; T. Button ; J. P. Breams ; C. R.
sync.; and Lord A. Chichester.
Two DATA AT THE CCSTOM
was nay misfortune to accumulate, while making a short tour
in Frame, some surplus baggage, and to purchase the skele.
tons of half a dozen chairs. Ail these were securely puked
and sent per Roulege to Havre, and thence by steamer nomi-
nally to London, but really no further than to Mireelj-
down, where I learnt they were held in pledge by her
Majesty's customs for soy duties to which they were liable.
To pay such duty, and reds. in my package, would seem a
simple transaction enough. With the tome, nee, therefore,
of a person totally unacquainted with the import trade, I
presented myself at a counter of the Long-room in Thames-
street, for the purpose of " clearing my box. The
clerk attired me that I had better employ an agent ; and
alter he bad mentioned about four of the forms which
were necessary to be written oat and attested, I began to
understand that the affair was a sort of arrow which re-
quired the knowledge of a man instructed in it as a profession.
Accordingly I engaged an agent, and he commenced ope-
rations with one of her Majesty's servants at an inside desk.
A memorandum of the cantenta of the pukes', and their
value, was made • we went to another desk, where it was
found better to tike out two orders; a sufferance or baggage
order, and another for the merchandise " ;—• generic term
with which they were pleased to dignify Nay six rudiments
of chairs. Here the complication of papers increased, and the
agent called upon his alert to assist. Presently I followed Ws,
gentlemen to two offices in another part of the custom-house,
and a fresh;quantity of papers—printed and manuscript, some
in red and some in black— was obtained. This, I was told,
ended the business—that is to say, the preliminaries—for the
real business. the formula of having the articles examined,
and paying the duty oo them, bad yet to be done ; but not
then, for the clock was consulted, and it was near four, which
is the close of every official day. By one o'clock ore the
morrow I again presented myself, and my agent having
procured—in about an hour—a new accession of docu-
ments, I was referred to Nic: olson's when Here I round
my box open in one pan co the floor, and most of its contents
strewed upon a counter, hut in very good com-
pany : amidst packets of perfumery, bottles of Eau de
Cologne, French clocks, Tuscan straw, artificial ti sewers,
and a rainy of other fancy win a, many of which I sow
materially damaged, in spite of the careful handling, weigh.
ing, measuring, and smelling, which they met with from the
bands, scales, rules, and noses of the officers. As my agent
was absent at the Custom house during nearly two Louis,
completing the clearing process for my small matter, and it
was erremel• cold, I b gen to be impatient, in spite of the
great civility of the chief of that warehouse and the sight of
the autograph of Lola Mown, which he was so Scott as to
show me, with the remark that that well-Knowu lady had
spent all day these on Saturday on business similar to my
own. At last, however, the agent appeared, and the
gratifying announcement was made that my merchandise
and burgs were " out of charge." He then p esented
me with hie little bill, as follows •
Venezuela ho Havre, 1 dam sof stance htndlagardwr t 2
Duties ca 21011. boots, :petit% sal to ohm" value Its. 4
Duty entry
Lightrrage ... 2
Wharfage 1
Commission, trueediag, and clearing 2

SO 1 & I

From this memorandum you will waive, sir, that for
the honour of swelling the statement of the
_quarter's re-
venue (which I supp tse you will publish next Frida)) with
the sum of four shillings and one penny, I am the loser of
the most valuable portion of two days in time, and of eleven
shillings in cash; namely, 7s. 61. agent's lots, Is. 64.
wharfage, and 2i. lighterage. Now, the transit of my box
from He.,. to Hoeselydown c tat ss. ; while from the latter
place to the outside of Nichiilson's.whart, I paid exactly
three titan that sum !—l.simply give you the true history of
my two dais at the Custom-house, and forbear to make a
single comment. I leave that for your readers. The least
intelligent of them will et once reveries the monstrous absur-
dity of a system which has furnishei this little sp_teimen of
"protection."—Ax INVOLUNTARY LANDING WILITRR.—
JAN. 3, 1549.
ASSAF OF CALIFORNIAN GOLD.—The following is
an official statement of the quality of the gold newly dis-
covered in New M. sin :

Mr. .1. CA's'. thought, after the explanation which had
been given, that the bondholders coal not do better than
accept the terms proposed. If they rejected them a year
might elapse before any new proposition would be made.
There was also this consideration—if they accepted this
agreement they would henceforth be freed from dependence
on the political position of Peru for their dividends.
It would always be for the interest of the republic to
send the guano here, which was the chief nd almost the
only market for it, getting back 21. for ttet selves for every
21. paid to the holders. Though not a member of the
committee, he had been one of the depntat. t who waited an
Senor Ouse ; and, at the request of the Chairman, he
begged to propose • resolution " that the w maim, be re-
quested to conclude the agreement for the adjustment of the
debt, on terms not lees favourable than those now submitted
to the meeting—it being understood that the whole revenue
of Peru is pledged to us tor the said debt." (Hear.)
The resolution having been seconded by Mr. Snipes,
was, after a brief conversation, carried unanimously. The
Chairman having promised, in reply to observations made by
various bondholders, that the committee would endeavour to
obtain still better terms if possible, said that they would urge
on Senor Oa the propriety of giving them the additional
security of having one agent, for the reception of their share
of the guano proceed*, for themedves.
Another resolution, " that on the issue of the deterred
bonds two-and-a-half per cent should be placed at the dia-
pered of the committee to defray necessary expences, sod to
pies some remuneration to the agents at Lima," was then
Mlby the chairmen, who said that Messrs. Maclean
Co., of Lima, had undertaken the agency with.
out say promise of payment beyond what the bona-
holders might think fit to give them. It was
true they had failed in their endeavour!' to obtain
reasonable proposals from the government of Peru ;
but it was not for want of zeal or energy in advocating the
caused the bondholders ; indeed, he believed they had in-
curred the displeasure of that government in consequence of
the Wen representations they made on the subject, and it
was impeedble to say whether it was net in acme degree
owing to those representations that the present proposal had
owing

Mint of the United States, Philadelphia, Dee. 11, 1848.—Sir.-0n
the Bth last. we remind, as I have already had the honour to Worm
you, the first deposit of gold from Cal fornia. It wan deposited by
Mr. David Carter, who brought It fres Erna Francisco by the Isthmus
route. It weighed 180444 omen troy, of which 142.1.94 wee from
the lower curlew seines, and 380.19 from those at Feather river. On
the 9th inn. another delimit was end by the Secretary of War, which
weighed Ma ounces The gold woe of two eons la extents' ehisracter,
though apparently not ddlerent es to quality. The grid, from We
o dry dream^ wes to grains, which avenged hoot me
to two pennyweights; the mho variety, from the swamps or
matures of the streams, being in mall flat maples or
which co an average It would take six or seven to weigh one
gram. Of melted far the larger pert af the deposits was composed.
The gold win six tercels, and the km by melting, doe to
the earthy and oxidabie matter, white disappears Is this operatics,
averaged about 21 per wet of the original weight. The lose thus re-
ported is moderate, and Moire that the gold hid bees carefully
washed. Mays of the netted gold were made wl h great are, sad
the nada elbowed a Tarladm la Aeneas tram fige to 897 thousandths
—the avenge of the whole Wog 894. This Is slightly below the
standard game% which is 900. The avenge vales per wawa of the
bullion, Wrote maltiag, is 111 dole. bje ; that tithe woe la ben, after
melting, le does. Ms. The whole vaise of We gold ia the two de-
posits was 89.491 dohs., besides a few ounces reeerved In the native
state for the Seaelary_orW. sr, at his requeet.—Very
faithful serves; M. Fermate, Direater.—Hen.
8/serettay algae Treanuy.

SALE OF CHURCH PEWS.—The English Churchman
of yesterday says : " We know a pariah church, in • place
of fashionable resort—end we &here it is not a solitary in.
stance—in which the greater part of the ares of the sacred
build/1g is farmed, or rather leased, to individuals. Various
eras of money, from twenty pounds to several thousands,
have been paid by these persons, on the prairie of receiving
10 per cent. interest from the pew rents Money has actually
been drawn frem the savings bank, to invest in this manner
at • higher rate of interest. This, we do not hesitate to say,
is a art no Christian practice, and altogetker illegal. We
surer the opinion of an eminent lawyer on the subject,
which, we trust, will serve r • warning to persons who
might be disposed to engage In this =al tragic, that
the mentrity et pew mitts is ialspithor
(minks of —r the sat eet steels rf pews In rarehes.—lt is
quite dos thst • Meeker e
ar resew; tricker resist liarczwpower
=tiers is lie park ank wed WM (the he
of mewl am eseerier rear pews) Ss no lifetime
sow we Soo Sea mimed by /4 Es moan
of se • ram kr thseh owl we debt to deal with
then, ithweigial to
or emir. fry • stria beaky • pew nay be
nalimm=llowst le • her o the meek hat sea newt be
tbopezwillbo oborolneorder have the power to
rip wag.' So gat auntie% oil pan sot 'ppm.
taml. The pestowled ty ids ewe , Mat of alteration
owl ealereirewe sr thssiersin hes wetidag 'Slew to do with the
pew& It Ws mere &ere to woke the eitereska la the church I
ow
Wog: slain tbot I sea MOW b 416 from A the moon
yid* I Wade lw Sid mildpil :itis Is
paid without
• ssmillsrses• •prohros Crdreatieed No the partaiwo-
el pew midi alert hew eay whet pesos hoe right to
I Nls Ikepegs isidloot Foondlite h to Meg aa swim is debtor
sompitairiest Ym, alwmlrg the ammo is mossy had and m-
eshed. IMO, ha, ood sassy paid to ids acs, Maas wows he Inn
tenet,
mown& aid es ow uses st doled. I have so doubt the mosey will he
_ _ _

'AY resseadea was aim carried emilmouly, as was
refer osaysylas the thanks of the meths to Lord
Palominos Who aid in nudism immeshing to oar minister
at Peru to Weed his stippottto the claims of the bondholders.
After a seggentism made ►y Mr. HOWNINS, that the new
bends should be lesesd kr smaller ems, a order •o render
than more available for the payment of datioa in Peru; and
another by Mr. J. Carat., that they should bear the ague-
tars el soots responsible house in London,
A Tote of thanks and conlidentie was, on the motion of the
last named gentleman, mooed, which terminated the pro-
ceedings.

MASTLIBONII PROVIDENT DISPKNEIART. The
fifteenth annual meeting of this useful society wee held
yesterday at the institution, in Charlotte-street, Portland.
place, Capt. Holland, B N., in the chair. Its object is to
afford medical relief to small tradesmen, sensate, end me-
chanics in the vicinity, on the payment by the meaner' of
4d. a month, the house expenses being met by the aontribu-
tions of the honorary members. Prom the report read by
the hos. secretary it appeared that the number of ordinary
neemben had increased -since the last +name meeting ono
fourth, the total number being now 790 The cams adminis
toed to during the year have been 2,407, being an increase
of 475 upon those of the previous year. The entire expense
of the honorary members has been under 1001. The report
having bean unanisions:y adopted, and thanks given to the
chairman for his model* in the chair. the meeting separated.
ST. MAIN% LAMBSIII.-At a Meting tir the rate-
payers ofthis perish, held yesterday, the report of the commit-
tee on the de il et Mr.T. Woodward, theists ..Lester,
was reed. The deficiency on the poor's rate amounted to
1,1471. its. 9d., of which 7501. had been tee teed by the
sureties. The deficiency on the church balding rase was
7501., of which only about 4501. would be recovered. The
deficiency on the highway rate was covered by securities.
The total defalcations of Woodward (who amended some
months dace) were 1,9471. 14s. 9d. The committee recom-
mended certain checks on the oolleettee he the Were, end
advised that the security of the Gunnies &misty be takes
in all new appointments. The report wee agreed to
PADDINGTON ban for some
time been in daily expectation elteseing in indepeadeat
journal some roomer to via
"
question relative ts the of the=
subscriptions towards the banding af T
Surely so large sum aught to appear in the sash menu
I think this a pr per question for the Irshap to inquire into
for I • spect people 4111 not be very wady to subscribe to the
building of cLurche- if they are never to know what become,
of their money. P. rh .ps, it the small rAte-payers can be
screwed up to was it,utw another 501, or 1001. to the veilly-

Safp-----vrascx.—A Cornish paper in 20911134141 the lino
of the ship Palinurus, 600 tons, Cept. Frederick Genre,
homeward bound from Demerara, with a full cargo of ram
and sugar. She was wrecked during the very strong gale of
the 28th alt., off Scilly Islands; and there is reams to be.
lien that the captain end the whole of his crew have perished
FIRS AT SIR EDWARD ECOTT'll.—Litat night be-
swam sight end nine o'clock a Eire broke out in the 11111A1i011
bettering to kir R Scott, No. 45, Drtrtone-square. St.
Marylebtss. The discovery was made a female living In
the house thrinigh hearing • strange no pomading from
the upper part of the building. Thinking that thieve had
entered the place, .he went to the front door end gave the
alarm; and, on the neighboun entering, they brand the
doming of the drawing-room in • blaze, and the Games had
burned away • great punkin of the flooring, and having
desteaded into the parkin they were travelling to the upper
part of the mansion with great rapidity. When the engines
' =rent, of water having been obtained, the firemen
in getting the masts over the fin, bat it was apt
extinguished until very conddereble *sage was done by
lire and water.

KR W. NAPIER AND THE FINANCIAL

, that imeedaties eau be which thus, knowing the truth, pub-
Ilibes the false; or what its tine to guide and instruct the
nation, if in ignorance, ark's; from want of due Inquiry, it
ample, not to vilify and insult oaken having the honour-
able claim of keg and arduous services to the respect of the
people."
However desirous of avoiding pasesal ergutrat the area
elation may be (and that they are so their &slit is.
prated misrepresestation Is a proof), they smog atow a
charge of publishing that which is " false," or Of pabliales
any mateams without " dee inquiry," to be auk is auk a
hem as is the rinses of the 29th Dec , and pme nacestra-
MOS, being ere aware that any title which they may poe-
mate intik sefidecoe must rest altogether upon strict ea
sag amielleldel adherence to facts on their part; whil% ea
die ease bask k is evident that in minor details, com Mer.,
be 1111 the dillesities of obtaining pprreecaiss information upon
some petbake, more may eaeaoionally creep into their
asteisseas; but the main facts being derived from authentic
parliasseatary doessairste, are correct, or, if otherwise, the
fault deo set rest with the emanation.
That pot et the tract which Major• General Napkr quotes
is a eantanielllee of what he does not quote, and to be
dearly umbestmed should be read in coneezion with its pew
melinicesperepaphe. The subject is the clothing of the army.
The ass taken from parliamentary documents, and
steed le the army sitinesee, and thus in the tract which
le possessed to be take
MSIMe e allawattaaa la colonels Lw ilf•Vidiss
m aa actabliasseat
lipoid allowance to err aoloaal tto Oransetia7
Outdo. as
moborne co satabillsbacat
Sheramme oods for prates dolbleg for an
modealcus
__al4
Allegaataa to cattalo cavalry mimesis to arm cleft
flotsam is Oa snowmen for providing clotalocks IAN 0 0
Oast stpallgarao, marking great costa ne.

clothing
t7e3,643 13 f

'lntel for clothing ele,ne 4 4
It hums winery at this point to explain is the treat
that this sum was not the" total foe clothing • " that greet
mete (whilst' are certainly a pert of the 41011166 ale soldier,
is the Commie', if not in the military sense of the word) ere
charged kg not in the army estimates, theegh wed by the
sissy, bat In the ordnance estimates. It wee oleo necessary
to remark at this mint that while the rthlis miOt 'mimes
the sum of 315,4861.45. 4d. to be expended clothing the
army, as the common-sense reading of the estimate would
lead them to believe, such was not the ease. The following
words were used : " The colonels by whom the clothing is
provided are in most instances general officers, who obtain the
head colonelcies of regiments to provide the chthing es a
matter of trade and profit. They an in the most literal
sense of the expression, dealers in clothes. When a regiment
goes abroad, becomes sickly, and is thinned by death, the
clothing colonel to whom it belongs, sad who remains at
home, receives the money not required fir dead or sick men,
as his own emolument."
Is this that which is " false" ? Is this the insult ? If it
be false, it is worn then en insult. If it be true, those who
profit by the system must bear its odium. It is true. Let
us look at it more closely.
Major General Napier signs himself " Colonel of the
27th regiment." A reference to Hart's Army Hi giater shows
that he • obtained his regiment " on the 6th of February,
1848. Consequently, he his not yet had it one
year, end may not know how much " emolument " (the
military word), or profit (the trade word), he will receive.
Circumstances, however, will guide him to torts an estimate,
or any one else caring to know. la the 27th regiment guy-
ing in an unhealthy climate ? And is its numerical strength
being reduced by death ? If reduced, how far is the number
short of the full complement for which he has drawn clothing
money ? The latest official returns published are those of
" Public Bsleries," 1848, referring to the previous year.
Tu.ning to these, it is seen that the officer a lieutenant-
general, who was then colonel of the 27th, had his pay and
emoluments, returned by the War eflioe, at 1,2141. 4s. ; the
pay as colonel b-iog, for such a regiment, about 6001. ; the
amount of emolument, or profit, out of the money voted by
parliament, under the head of clothieg, se quoted in Tract
No. 4, would be 7141. 4s.
This regiment was evidently not at its full 'tuned' then,
else the emolument would have been only about 6001 ,whicts,
with the pay of 6001., would have given the minimum in- I
come from this source of 1,0001. lied the regiment been se
much reduced es the 22nd was in 1843 (Sir Charles Junes
Napier's regiment), the profit would have been es high as
94/1 9s. Id. The pay of 5001, added to that SOW, gave the
clothing colonel, who then held it, the amount, according to
the parliamentary document, of 1,4421.95. Id.
It i. to be remarked that most of these general officers
have other official incomes then the pay sod emoluments of
the clothing department. Several made "no returns," but
as aeorly es an ge can be calculated, the emoluments
from clothing are 75,0001. The estimate, es voted by par-
liament, is, therefore, this much more than necessary. And
the pay of the clothing colonels is 86,8601. 7a. 6d. varying
from 1,8001. in the household cavalry, to 6001. in the infantry
of the line. This experience is likewise uneecemary ; it Sir
William Napier describes the duties of the colonels truly,
they seldom see, may possibly neve have seen, their real
mutt; they have no control ever the quality, pattern, or
issue of the clothing ; in short they do eotheno—they ere
permitted to do nothing.
Yet, probably, in respect of them, es of the board of
general officers who inspect the clothing, mad protect the
regiments from having an interior article imposed on them,
the major-general proves too much. No imputation is PM
upon that board of officers in the Fiueneiel Reform Tracts;
they are not hinted et. But es the major-general chooses to
appeal to their existence es a proof that a chid[
apes the Muir of clothing is established it is set
unproper to point to the iset in return that eleven out of
nineteen of the members of that board are in receipt of pro-
fits from clothing besides their pay as colonels, of sums vary-
ing from 6501 to 8781. each.
General Napier's mullion, that the clothing in the British
army is better than in other services, proves nothing. Be it
what it may, it is worse by 75,0001. a year or thereabouts,
than the country pays for. Its baling been the same irom
time immemorial only Leads to show the necessity for im-
provement.
Another part of that statement which Sr William Napier
pronosuces in the Times to be " false," was, that in cases
where no profib arise to the colonels, because of the superior
quality of the clothing, allowances are made to them accord-
ingly. The official returns bear out this statement to the
very letter. Tee clothing is more costly in the Life Guards
than in the Ist Dragoon Guards of the line; and the pay of
the clothing colonels is 1,8001. each. It is more costly in the
Ist Dragoon Guards than in the 'tad Dragoon Guards, and
their pay is, in the former 1,1001, while in the latter it is
1,0001. The clothing is more costly in the cavalry than in
the infantry, and so 1,0001. and 9001 of ray is allowed in the
former instead of 6001., and large profits in the latter.
Moreover some regiments, as the Grenadier Guards, in-
steed of allowing a profit on their clothing, require, as in the
estimate, special allowance to the colonels, as bones on the
establishment, 1,0931. Bs. 10d. And es the 11th Hussars,
whose scarlet troweers are extras, require, and obtain in the
estimates, such au item es the following: " Allowances to
.ertain cavalry regiments to cover deficiencies in the allow-
tuxes for providing clothing, fro., 1,8501."
It was such items as these that formed the pro ceding para-
graphs, which Sir William Napier did not quote, but which
he referred to, and would have the public believe to be
" false."
The paragraph which he did quote, ceased to have its full
meaning end force when detached, to do duty by itself. It
became neural, to explain (and in doing so that paragraph
was written) that though a certain sum or money was voted
for clothing the army, that clothing only formed a part of
what the soldier required ; that ell linen, hosiery, flannels,
forage ups, bags, breeches, gloves, stocks, brushes, &c.,
were provided cant of the soldier's pay.
There is nothing " false" in that :itis a feet. The
major general goes into proofs to show that captains of com-
panies have no pecuniary interest in the issue of those things
to their men. The tracts of the association, which he re-
ferred to as film, did not my they had, nor allude to them in
any respect.
But ft mentioned quarter-masters of regiments as having
pecuniary interest in serving the seldien wi.h thou articles.
It might have mentioned others acting between the quarter-
nesters and the privates, but did not. It stated that the
clothing colonels of cavalry regiments at. also horse dealers;
that they have • profit on cola end fillies .
purchased young,
end fed at the niimental charge. The expression horse
dealer" may be unpalatable; but it is true.
Those portions or the major gator'''. letter stating how
the soldier es encouraged to complain to the inspecting ge-
neral, and, if he heeds not, to the comminder-in-chief, of
the conduct of his regimental superiors, or to his conumend-
leg officers of any other officer, do not come within the range
of Montag berme the Finance. Reform Association. lint if
any soldier In the ranks be asked his opinion on those points
it will differ altogether from that of Sir William Napier.
A soldier who reports his non-commissioned efficen to their
superiors, or any of the regimental officers to their superiors,
is a " marked man." lie makes to himself a bed of them,
on which he must lie so long es he is la the regiment—ge le
is said.
Sir William F. P. Napier concludes thus: " Such, sir, is
the eve em established for the protection et the soldier, who
has also the guarantee (no slight one in the British army)
of his officer's honour es a gentleman. Will those pumas
who hove so wantonly and so recklesslyneededthat system
end that honour, make public their system to suds the poor
labouring men, women, sad children, true whose ceaseless
oil they derive their own riches ? Will they publish a true
detailed account of their truck system ? Will they state
whet care, what money, whet help, whet protection, they
bestow on their sick labouring people when profits are tel '
lac r
This paragraph might be left to be answered by its own
irrelevance and abserffity, were it not that there may be re-
sibly somebody to reed it es ignorant of the questioss in-
volved in it as Its writer seems to be. Therefore it shall he
answered.
1. " Such is the system established for the protection of
the soldier." [Protection against whom "Who has also
the guarantee, no slight one in the British army, of his
officer's honour."
The Financial Rehm Association mode no reflection on
the Meow of the regimental Masers. The elaborate expla-
nation of " that system" which protects the soldier from
them does reflect on their honour.
2. "Will those persons who have so wantonly sad so reck-
less* treaded that system," &c.
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Providiog dahlia for the army, part of which gamey is
afterwards divided, se emoluments, among general officers,
some of whom sit an parliament and vote these very tams
(7141. 4s, of which is Sir William Napier's share, besides his

REFORM Assoctsrithi.
other pail which was smailed.
Sir,—h the Times, of Dec. 29, there is a letter 8.. Wiil they publish a rue detailed seem" of their
signed "W. Napier, Major-General, Colonel of the 27tn truck system ?"
Regiment," in which a quo•ation is made from Tract No. 4 They have no track system: nor does payment by truck
.Ai the Financial Reform Association, followed by there cult in Liverpool inl the business of c3mmerze et minutia
words:—" In oppo-ition to this statement I offer th. folly w. turn. ll it A sits at all, now that laws have b,en enacted to
log lams, and call upon the public to my, what the honerar of suppress it, it is wheu " tailing" wheat is given to labourer,

as wages iet the rate of 121. • load, while good wheat sells at
101. a load, as explained in the Timer of ILo. 30, as are
certain properties about Xi:lmq and Tipperary, probably
not unknown to Bir William Napier, where the field la-
boom is paid by letting sues-acres to pleat potatoes at 81.,
101, 121., or 141. per acre, or la paying the daily wages in
•wu meals of potato', and batter:Kith, and one of yellow
meal.
4. Will they state what are, what stoney, what help,
what protection, they bestow on their sick labouring people
when proBs are falling ?"
Yes, they not only support et all times and under all dr-
constant,'" their public hospitals for the sick po r, but (as
well as their labouring men, women, and children) are taxed
to pay for the medical establishment for the sick military
officer; they pay for the miasmal hospitals and all their
expeuees, except that portion of them paid by the stoppages
R attan&
on the pay of the private soldier patient% whom otters otte pay
Tno prominence you have given to Sir William F. P. Na-
pier's letter, charging the Financial Reform Amodetiou with
publishing falsehoods, and charging them with other sins,
which are here replied to, lead them to expect the same
favour to this communication.—l am, de Ruiner GLAD.
awn' President of the Financial Reform Association.—
Jaa. 4, 1849.