The Sun.
London, England, 1854-07-13 00:00:00

SECRETARY OF STATE FOR WAR.

The following Estimate of the sum required to pay the
salaries and other expenses in the department of her Ma-
jesty's Secretary of State for War, from the 12th June,
1854, to the 31st March, 1855, has just been published
in a Parliamentary paper :

Salaries of the Secretary of State and Under• £

Secretaries
Salaries of clerks and others on the establishment 4,147

Total salaries for the regular establishment 10,407
Contingencies, 2,8881.; (4) Messengers' salaries
and bills, 1,0121.

14,307
Estimated amount of postage to be defrayed from the
funds of the department in consequence of the abolition

of official franking. NEWCASTLE.
Downing-street, July 10,1554.
Note.—A portion of the clerks provided for in this
estimate will be taken from the other public offices, by
which a corresponding reduction will be effected in such
offices.

Estimate of the salaries of the establishment of the
Secretary for the War Department, from the 12th June,
1854, to 31st March, 1555:—
Secretary of State, from 12th June, 1854, to
31st March, 1855
Under Secretary of State, from Ist July, 1854,
to 31st March, 1855
Under Secretary of State, ditto
Clerks.-Ist Class :
Three senior clerks, from 6001. to 1,0001. ditto 1,350
Four assistant senior clerks, from 3501. to 5451
ditto l, 050
Four junior clerks, from 150/. to 3001. ditto
Four probationary clerks, from 1001. to 1501. do 300
Private Secretary to Secretary of State, from
12th June, 1854, to 31st March, 1855
Librarian, keeper of the papers, and clerk of
parliamentary papers, from 3001. to 5001.
from lstJuly, 1854, to 31st March, 1855
Private secretaries to Under• Secretaries of
State, ditto
First office keeper and housekeeper, increasing
after six years' service from 1501. to 2001.
First office porter, ditto from 1001. to 1201. ... 75
Second ditto, ditto from 801. to 1001.
Third ditto, ditto from 801. to 1001.

£10,397

MILITIA ESTIMATES, 1854-55.

The report of the select committee of the House of
Commons appointed to prepare the militia estimates fur
the ensuing year, ending the 31st of March, 1855, has
been printed.

It appears from the statement thus prepared that the
total strength of the militia for the year 18545 is to be
124,074 officers and men, including the Irish and Scotch
militias, both of which forces are to be called out The
charge for the year 1854-5 to defray the cost of raising
the additional numbers and the maintenance of this body
will be 928,000/. The strength of the militia during the
year 1853-4 was 91,812 men, and the charge 478,7401.
The total amount of 998,000/, is distributed under the
nine following distinct charges :-I. For regiments to
be embodied, 360,000. 11. For raising and training
the militia in England and Wales, 89,176 strong, in-
cluding the pay and allowances of the permanent staff,
430,000/. The corresponding vote for the year 1853-54
was 400,090/. for 88,958 officers and men. 111. For
raising and training the militia in Scotland, 10,800
strong, including the pay and allowances of the
permanent staff, 35,0001. There was a charge of
3,800/. for the permanent staff only, 76 in number,
in 1853-54. IV. For raising and training the
militia in Ireland, 21,600 strong, including the pay
and allowances of the permanent staff, 60,2001.
There was a charge of 9,2001. for the permanent staff
only, 170 in number, in the year 1853.54. V. For dis-
embodied allowances for 236 subalterns, 11,8001. The
corresponding charge in 1853-54 was 13,0001. for 314
subalterns. VI. Reduced allowances to officers, 53 in
number, 3,900/. The charge under this head is the same
as last year. VII. Retired allowances to officers, 256
in number, 16,3001. This charge was also the same last
year. VIII. Retired allowances to local militia adju-
tants, 48 in number, 3,3001. This charge in 1853-54
was 3,8001. for 54 retired adjutants. IX. For the out-
pensioners of militia and local militia, 1,855 in number,
27,5001. This charge in 1853.54 was 28,6001. Total
force of the militia of the United Kingdom for the year
1854-5, including retired officers and out-pensioners,
124,074 ; charge, 998,000/.
With respect to the first charge, for regiments to be
embodied, no particulars are given ; but under the second
charge, for raising and training the militia in England
and Wales, the bounty to be paid is estimated at
115,000/., against 106,0001. in the previous year. The
training expenses, including the estimate for the extra
training of certain regiments, is set down at 128,0001.,
and the allowances at 147,0001. ; total for raising and
training 390,0001., making, with 90,0001. for the pay
and allowances of the permanent staff, 480,0001. for the
active force of militia in England and Wales during the
year 1854-55. For the Scotch and Irish militias the
sums stated as above are described for the pay, allow-
ances, clothing, &c., on account, without any further
particulars being given.
It also appears that in the militia for England and Wales
there are 50 colonels, each receiving ii. 2s. 6d. per diem,
92 lieutenant-colonels, each receiving 15s. Ild. per diem;
111 majors, each receiving 14s. Id. per diem ; 803 cap-
tains, each receiving 10s. Gd. per diem ; 805 lieutenants,
each receiving 6s. 6d. per diem ; 801 ensigns, each re-
ceiving ss. 3d. per diem ; 86 adjutants, who receive 6d.
per diem each when called out, in addition to their pay
of Bs. per diem, charged to the expenses of the perma-
nent staff ; 12 adjutants of artillery, who receive ls. per
diem when called out, in addition to 9s. per diem charged
to the expenses of the permanent staff ; 99 surgeons, at
lls. 4d. each per diem ; 78 assistant-surgeons, at 7s. Gd.
per diem each ; 87 sergeant-majors, at 2d. each per
diem when called out, in addition to ls. 10d. as belong.
ing to the permanent staff ; 12 artillery sergeant majors,
at 6d. per diem when called out, in addition to Os. per
diem on the permanent staff ; 1,512 sergeants, at O'id.
per diem when called out, in addition to ls. Gd. perma-
nent pay ; 160 sergeants, at 411 d. when called out, in
addition to ls. Bd. permanent pay; 94 artillery sergeants,
at 4d. per diem, and 2s, 2d. permanent pay ; 17 artillery
sergeants, at 4d. per diem, and 2s. Gd. permanent pay ;
829 sergeants, at ls. 6:1,d. per diem ; 36 artillery ser-
geants, at 2s. Gd. per diem ; 2,501 corporals, at is. 24d.
per diem; 147 artillery corporals, at ls. 44d. per diem ;
756 drummers, at ld. per diem when called out, in addi
tion to ls. permanent pay; 77,509 privates, at ls. each
per diem ; and 4,491 artillery privates, at is. 2d. per
diem. This makes a total charge per diem, exclu-
sive of the permanent pay, of 5,482/. Bs. Bd., which, for
28 days' training, gives 153,5081. 2s. Bd., to which
15,0001. is added for the extra training of certain regi-
ments ; but an allowance of 40,5081. is to be deducted
for vacant pay of officers and men absent or not enrolled,
which leaves the total charge for the pay at 123,0001.,
exclusive of the regular pay of the permanent staff.
The allowances include the following sums :-Ex-
penses on enrolling and attesting volunteers, 5,000/. ; to
commanding officers, 2501. ; contingent allowances to
captains of companies, 2,2501. ; to adjutants, as acting
pay and quarter masters, 1,000/. ; beer money to 86,198
non-commissionedofficers and men, 10,000/. ; marching
money for/ ditto, at 3s. each, 13,0001. ; innkeepers' al-
lowance for ditto at a halfpenny each, for twenty-eight
days, 5,000/. ; conveyance of officers, including baggage,
3,0001. ; forage allowance to field officers and surgeons,
1,0001. ; for medicines, 11. ls. for every 100 rank and
file, 8501. ; mess allowance, is. a day for each officer,
4,000/. ; hire of hospital accommodation, expenses of
men left sick, &c., 5,0001. ; rewards and expenses at-
tending apprehension of deserters, 1,0001. ; purchase of
books and evening schools, 5001. ; for officers and men
under instruction, 9,000/. ; allowances to sergeants of
the line and out-pensioners employed as drill instructors
during training, 1,0001. ; to clerks of general meetings
of lieutenancy, 5,0001. ; new clothing, including great
coats, knapsacks, &c., 75,0001. ; contingent expenses,
4,1501. Total for allowances, 147,0001.

ACCIDENT AT THE -ULSTER RAILWAY.—On Saturday
last a porter in the employment of the Ulster Railway
Company was severely injured by being squeezed be-
tween the buffer of a lorry and a heap of spare wheels,
while the loaded lorry was being shunted to a spare
line. The poor fellow had several of his ribs broken.
CRIMINAL JUSTICE (METROPOLIS).—A bill, prepared
by Mr. Stuart Wortley and Mr. Masterman, has been
introduced into the House of Commons for the purpose
of facilitating the administration of justice at the Central
Criminal Court, and at the various courts of session of
the peace in and near the metropolis. By the provisions
of the bill, which has just been printed, it is proposed to
enact, that, in lieu of a bill of indictment to the grand
jury, on the committal of prisoners for trial at any of
the above courts, an information shall be put on the
files of the court by the clerk or other proper
officer. Toe form of the information is given in a
schedule. The filing of this information is to have
the effect of an indictment, as to trial or otherwise.
It is also proposed that no information shall be
quashed, or acquittal taken, by reason of the offence
charged in the information differing in its legal
definition from the offence specified in the commitment
or detainer, &c., provided the offence can be reasonably
inferred from the depositions taken before the commit.
ting magistrate. No objection, also, is to be taken after
filing information, except such as may be made to indict-
ments, and there is to be no necessity to set out the pro-
ceedings before the magistrates in making up the record.
It is also to be held unnecessary to summon the grand
jury every session, or more than four times a year, or at
the London or Southwark sessions, unless the judges or
justices of the court, or any two of them, may think
necessary, in the latter cases not less than 16 days pre-
viously. The act is to take effect on the 2d of Novem-
ber next.

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