The National Register.
London, England, 1815-06-04 00:00:00

AR MY ES77.I7_4TES.

The Howe hAvine re.olved ii to a Committee of Supply.
and the Army Estimates being ordered to be relet led to such Cola-
inittee.

Lord PALmEirsToNE, rose and entered into a low* detail of the
items of those estonatts. '!'lsere was nothing no% el in the features
ard items of those estimates, nothing that required extra -di -r ot
explanation from him. In the expetices of the year, down to Chi ist.
mss last, tliet e was a considerable reduction, but since the rupture
with Fiance, a Very considerable augmentation had take 1.1.7 cc. 1.1
Ifeceiniter last, the laird forces, had been reduced host ; hoot two
hundred and thirty thousand tuen to 1c.',0,;!5• i»ati, Ily •which there
was a saving of 3:2:7,0001. Some dimitintien of the lo.useliolil troops
had ashi taken place. To reduce the. regiment+ of cavalry had
liven a primary ohject, on account of the exitance of keeping tip
that pm firm of our forces. The amomit of theierloc firm which hart
takett place at Christmas last se as 8100 men, and 3T"4,()11. Detaila
respecting the regiments in India were inineresart, as they were
paid for by the conipan v. The ;'mount of exiitnee for g:irristoi.,
&e. would he :3:/i)...A I. bet $9,01.01. part of •ticli st m, tea.: for
the fort ign staff. 'fire full pay of supernumerary of-noels Leonid
lie 67,pfi31, For the volunteers coops 11)4 ;551. anti the local
miltha :360,i)001. but daring 1814. vety considetahle savings arid
de eltictrinis had taktii place under these heads I f expellee.--
To I)eeenther last there has a lso been a saving of :367,0(;01. occa-
sioned by the disbanding of the toreign corps, to the amount of
10,taut men. The foreign e. Ilse current year was estimated
at :21,314i men, at an expellee of 823,71:1I: Under tinother head of
expeirditrite, there was-an actual ineiea.e of 801. For a -building it
Illackwater. In the charge for the Asylum there was a dee:tease of
30001 in consequence of there having bee u Ito-painting er lepairt.
The compassionate had sontew hat increased, the amount es as ')7,1621.
'There Was a considerable saving in the Barrack depat orient, 11111 Ur
lire Staff, &e. there was an atiguienta!ion. There wontil he air item
for ittiscellaireons charges. There was an altered tpt to r eiiientiii.a-
tiou. which, w heir all the arrangements were comp ie;tt u, be thought
the House would pronounce to be most proper; it was to gl'alit
efficers a daily allowance for the it expences when marching on lire
bonne station. It was ;it such a time, that the hfi a 14, like the
men, felt. incoovi uienees; and it was deemed mole rielvi•eable to
th a Mille allowance fur them when marching, thin to make a ri—
gidar coostritt isiorease to their pay. I:v this plan, tl ey would re-
ceive the bent fit when they telt the pressure. AL:chiding to the
e•timittes tin: the year, the wfude amount of men that were to he pro-
vided for was but from the total there evai to be deduct-
ed •.'9...!./3 null in the East Indies, which left the nurnber of 216,!)5e
ten he provided t..:. The expellee of such estimsted windier was set
Clown et 10,703,7: 'ii. urt account of which titre had already bee'
voted about o.00(r,( 001. He concluded with moving a aeries 0
resolutions to grant the various sums required.
Gen. GAsGosext; expressed lire intention of moving that th r p
sins granted to the widows of Lleut.-Coloncla and 34 ijois i. a
creased.

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