The Express.
London, England, 1868-09-01 00:00:00

11{ANCE.

lott-rEa.s Lerner.)
PARIS, Barr. 1.
lfortito.r rArm'e of to-day publishes
ie n•trtintr the assertion of one of the
rresp•rii, !Its of the Nord, who stated
~i.,rs been given that special
t„ t„• used by the troops in
i *or ..1.0n1,1 be made. The Moni-
ta- rout radiets other assertions of the
dine orresp oed.•nt. and says :—" There were
,ever more sod lien absent from their regiments
n lea%r than at prosent, and the only military
cerus..e. now taking place are those at the camp
• el:l'.,•us and Lnuncmazan."

, 1; L PEEL 01 IVREAS.p aiurr BI-
PAN DI TURA

t; .neral Peel replies in the Times to the recent re-
.. -ks of Mr. Gladstone on the increased expenditure of
••servatire administrations. his letter haring special
, • moos to the army department, of which he was for
, •• time the heed. After taunting Mr. Gladstone for
• I,,risir questioned conservative ministers, and if not
. • with the answers given moved to reduce the
• „rat of the votes, the gallant general enters
. • :01 elaborate comparison between the army es.
and expenditure of Lord Palmerston's go-
, -.Tv. et, beginning with 1143:0, when it succeeded the
▪ . -et;.;tit of Lord Derby, and those for which the latter
a• The total military expenditure," he
„.. •• for the year ending March 31, 18,9, for which
• Pcrhy's government was responsible, was
•
.w. The expenditure rose in the next year under
whig government to 15,312.67 M, in 1861 to

'0;04 , and in 1862 to 16,060,3604 A pOrtion of thisin-
: • !. is owing to the Chinese war, but it also included the
• •: sums for the purchase and manufacture of war-
, sun miscellaneous stores—in 1860-1, 2,83016264 ; and
:-.1-2, 3,006,0491.—a great portion of which was for
• ..0-pounder Armstrong guns which had been adopted
, the service without any sufficient trial of them."
• :• in the expenditure of 1862,- General Peel adds,
• •-e was a gradual decrease, arising from three causes,
thetekinination of the Chinese war; secondly, that
.• : the failure of the Armstrong guns no pattern had
decided upon to replace them ; and, thirdly, that the
,-rs was gradually reducing itself, and at the end
year it was found that the number of men
• r,quired bad not been raised by several thousands."
-,:vrds the expenditure of 1866-6, on which the gene-
,. on Lord Harlington appear to pride himself, the
• estimates bssng 14,348,4474, it is remarked that
tuber of men in the army in tbkt
.year was 1,900
f that proVided for; guns, guns-carnages, and war-
, ware not provided in the year in which they
, to have been, and the expense of them was thrown
, 'he following year's estimates, the actual expendi-
• - the year 1866-6 being thus reduced to 14,114,7334
being appointed Secretary of State for War in July,
• . •idde General Peel, "I immediately obtained a sup-
; atal vote to the amount of 245,0001. for the purpose
, . • ,iding 200.000 breechloaders and ammunition in-
f the 40,000 provided for by Lord Harlington."
••.r alluding to the expense of carrying out the Conts-
, Noosed Bill, and the necessity which ht was under of
.ing for 32,600 recruits, instead of the 18,100 of the
• • - -13 year, the
igeneral says:—" I write this letter for
• .rty objects, or I belong to no party, and am not
I. late for a seat in the next parliament. Still les do
t- 3as a defence or apology for my conduct as Minister
• sr, for Ido not consider it requires either the one or
~ther, and I shall always look back with pleasure to
7%" supplied the army in the shortest possible time
hreecliloaders, and having recommended an addition
e pay of the soldier."