The Express.
London, England, 1856-10-14 00:00:00

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LONDON. TUESDAY, OCTOBBR 14.

Oxi great source of military expenditure mast
always be the non-effeative, or dead weight, charge.
At present it betrayer, hemilyon thenatimal finance.
Lest session's estimate and vote for it reached
in round numbers the greet ram of 2,200,0004 ;
and as the present reductioca and the forthcoming
expiration of the first period of the tea years' enlist-
ment will, in souse measure, Maumee the halfpsy
and pension lists, it may be presumed that we can
hardly hope for any large redaction next session.
Nevertheless, it is earnestly to be hoped that the War
Minister will very steadily fix his attention, if not on
its immediate, at all events on its progressive Moo-
tics. For it is impossible to emotion a yearly
sum so large as 2,200,0004 as a permanent
item of non-effective military expenditure. The
conclusion of • war necessarily adds to the dead
weight of army estimates and votes. Diminished
establishments can only be accomplished by sending
large numbers of officers on half-pay, by retiring
allowances, and by pensions. And the country an
filch the pecuniary blessings of peace by any die.
regard of good faith to those who have served it in
war. Still it may be possible to lay down each rules
at mice is will at no distant date—nay, as will
annually—adios this heavy pull as the national
resources.

And here it is that the utility of our present
military system, in separating the command and
discipline of the army from its policy and political
control, is made apparent. That separation at
ones creates a machinery of check and counter-
check. For example, the Minister of War having
nothing to do with the patronage of the army, except
in its highest broaches, is in a position to control
that patronage in the hands of the Gess& Co..

maoding•in.Chief, and to take oars that it is exer-
cised with a proper regard to public economy;
while the General Commanding-in-Chief, not being
directly responsible to Parliament for military
expenditure, is io a position to pay fall attention to
the jest requirements and expectatioas of the w-
eirs Thus, let as trust, Lord Puntuan, duly
estimating the pressure of the non-effective charge,
will require the Duke of CAIUMIDOS to take back
again into active service, utast se opportunities fairly
offer, at lent the subalterns who are now being forced
en ball-pay. It is not, of mune, to be expected
that all promotions in ease of death vacancies
shall cease until all the radioed lieutenants
are re-absorbed into mare►ing regiments; for that
would create a spirit of dissatisfaction and a reason-
able disappointment, and in the case of regiments
which were not engaged in the late war, would operate
unjustly; bat that some proportion of death vacan-
cies should be appropriated to the relief of the charge
for dead weight, and to the restoration of the younger
half pay officers to active service, is an arrangement
alike due to public moony sad fairness to indi-
viduals. Generally speaking, the reduced ekes
will be all very young men, almost as good lives as
assigns allowed to purchase on death vasancies and
promotions would he, and to Pees them at their
average age on half-pay would be to In a serious
animal charge for many years to come on the palls.
Hem, therefore, is one way by which the charge for
noneffective service may be kept down; for if Olken
decline, on being appointed, to rejoin, of coarse they
have no farther claim for half pay.
But, after all, neither the charge for general
officers, over plentiful though they are in the British
army, nor for half pay, constitutes the serious part
of the army dead weight. About one-foerth et the
whole will meet the cost of those heads; whereas,
quite on►half of the 2,200,0001. is required to dis-
charge the pensions, in and oat, of old soldiers. This
is en expenditure which the country does not grudge,
and if it did it would act very unreasonably. For,
rightly considered, these pensions are ally deferred
pay. If they had no existence, if on discharge after
full service soldiers were to be turned on the world,
it is very obvious that it would require a meek
higher rate of daily pay, as well as of bounty,
to fill the ranks of oar regiments. It is
the pension that attracts quits se much an
the bounty; and se no soldier can possibly sue
out of his pay, the pension may be described as the
sassy the State practises for him during active
service, to be enjoyed when he leaves the service.
There are, however, two modes by which this item is
the dead weight can be kept down; first, by so in.
messing the efficiency of the army as to be able to do
with the smallest possible numerical force; and
secondly, by making the regimental service so arras
tire and by so improving the condition of the soldier,
that the State may get out of him the largest and
longest possible amount of service. It is now nearly
tan years ago that Mr. Fox Hems diminished the
period of enlistment to ten years. During that period
the condition of the soldier has undergone most Bub.
staollal improvements; and we shall shortly see
what effect those improvements will have on re-
enlistment, and consequently on economy.
But what we desire to impress on those who de•
claim without much serious consideration against the
dead weight is, that the readies mode of keeping it
down to the lowest practicable point consists la in-
sussing the efficiency of the army, in oaring for and
ameliorating the position of the soldier, in providing
him, not with luxurious, but with clean and comfort-
able barracks, in treating him with Christian kind.
seas, and opening up to him higher ranks of merit-
Then the man will be proud of his preemies, be
satisfied with his position, and will remain
in it until the State has had its full value out
of him. Do not, therefore, let our someemisal
friends suppose that in advocating military improve.
meets we are advocating Increased szpsaditers
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best scones; in the bog rue'

It is said that 100,000 peasesters were enveri
by railway fns et. Petersburg le Keeley between the
slats of Anion of the matins al leperaber.

gbt Court.

BALMORAL. Oar. 12.

The Qum, with tbe Prises Cresort sad tbs
Primer Alin, drove to the Beliesli-bistie, which was
drives foe deer.

Tlte Primus Boyd drove oat, atteadad b the Hoe.
Mary Seymour.

Despatches were teethed at the Wenlal-elles pesterlep.
frees the GOMSOf of the Cspo of Geed Repo sad the Cle-
verest of Bermuda.

We (Herald) are happy to be enabled to announce
that her Majesty, epos leeiralap the straitesed elms-
souses In which the two anosersied dasighten of the late
Mr. Bale, formerly her Majesty's nailed lastraster, have
been left by his deems, after a leagthesed Maass, which
iscepacitated him for essay years from the enrols of his
profession, has in the seat hind meaner treated them a
passion of 601. a pear oat of his privy pane.

Viscount Wkisaley has grind at the Clarendon
Iron t b. meth.

Lord and Lady Brougham hays bum recairing a
neeession of %sitars at Brougham Hall during the past
month. The poste hare taataded the Countess of West-
moreland sad Lady Boss Pass, the Countess of Jersey and
Lady Clementine Villiers, the Lad and Meatus of Cla-
rendon, Lo-d and Lady William Powlett and Kiss Doyle,
Kr. and Kra. Militant Osborne, Has. Mrs. A. Villien, the
Dean of Carlisle. Kr. Elwyn, Captain laglideld, Admiral
Eden, La.

Tlie Right Hon. IL Vernon Smith and Mr..
Vernon Swish Re 'kiting Viseount sad Viscountess Psi-
aura= It Broadlands.

Sir W. Somerville, M.P. tor Canterbury, arrived
in that sity on Bitnelsy, on • visit to his oesatituats.

The Piarquie of Dalhousie and family an at pneest
midisa at eink's Hotel, Wasps Bay. _ . .

Lord Listowell and party erriverl at the Royal
Hotel, Aberdeso, es flatarday, 6.111 Gerdes Cantle.

The Right lies. the Lord Bishop of Oxford arrived
at the Royal Hotel, Absidses, as !delay eight, is hfa vsy
to Haddo HOW.

Min Mentor& poised through Aberdeen on
Friday (Nye the Abadan Hararl) es her way south. She
left by the 10.45 train, and although the had takes every
pee:mhos to provost the knowledge of her prassee, a era-
eiderable slumber of people wore promise, anxious to i.e her,
sad, it oppertualty awed, to pay her some nark of the
homage dee to exalted virtue sad phlleathropy. She how-
ever, Awed oteervades, and speedily tog her place, sad
sat bask ja the earthy that was to seam her elf. The
parties who had the eadefeetles of meta/ has des albs her
as a very kaadsens, geoLlealeg young lady, et ea evi-
dently relit* diqueltles.

Li; atoosta•Colosol Maude, ILA., has returned to
head gunny, Woolwiob, from lie attoadam at the cora
auks of the Emperor of Ruda.

Colonel Bardiey Wiboot, ILA., end Mr. Abel, of
the Laberateey upartateat of the Royal Armed at Weal-
, wish. have Maned hem their =bales to wade, is Wast-
ers Pirtle, satlertakett with a view of laspeettays the Wu
(Nimble' of that eeistly, sad lavestigatles the node of
smelting by seam apt.

Tbeitio saw Military Yaighta of Windsor, ban
bees appobsted—Qautermater 8. Goddard is neseesioa to
the late Sit delta Milky Doyle, H.C.B. ; mad Major Sophia&
to Um yummy stewed by the death et Lest. Plesaisg.
. . .

A Paris letter is tin Nordstatsa that Lards-Lyad-
hantsad Brougham amps* bees nosing by the lm-
paw at ISt. Cloud.

- Lord Ward and Captain 8. Pereeval Robbins left
Motoorr as Oa lit last/tat for Warsaw sad Berlin. His
lordship l■tsads proooodlai to Carlsbad provioto to Mara-
is( to =upload._

Th. R.. Mama Ciiidart CUlightly, A.M., hu
b... fortibeted to t►. rectory of Ithiptea Moira*, to the
musty of Gkeeeeter, moat by the Meth ef the 8.,. E. W.
&tome, es tle puestatiom 40 T. eethoui Sum% In,
M.P., the patron.