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London, England, 1812-02-22 00:00:00

ARMY ESTIMATES.

Lcrd PALMELCSTON, in rising, to submit to the
House these details.whieh it was his duty to lay be-
fore them, wished to. slate them as succinctly as
possible, reserving to himself the right of speaking on
any subject which might appear to require a more
ampleexpinnation than he might give in the first in-
stance. The expences might be diVided lino-two
needs ; Ist. those which, like regimental charges,
grew on fixed establishments ; 2d. those which,. like
recruiting charges, were contingent. In the formfee
every care had been lateen to compress theft within
as narrow a compass as possible; 40 the latter, the
zetualexpediture of the, last year had been taken as
the basts,of the estimate for the pres,feitn He 'would
first. take the estimate of the land forces, 'which of
course was divided isito many Smaller 'heads. In this
estimate, a considerable increase of expence would
be found, and a considerable addition in men, the
• in-
crease in the expense being tor the increase in the
`numbers.- the first instanee,- he had to hoticean
addition' of ten men to the Household: Regimenfs,
.aedea consequent increase of expence of 1,704
This increase arose from the appointments of
Ser-
jeant School-Masters. For Some years Ote schools
for 'the tristrudlon of soldiers' had been
supported by- ndesfablished fend, bet ny the zeal,
intelligence,- and liberality ot the Officers, and, by
private contributions. The ned,!ssit.Y of pt Acing
'such schools 'en a regular and perManent establish-
ment, had been strongly felt by the Commander
ie .Chief, whose attention to an welfare the
army was too well known in that House to re,
quite any. comment fi-om him.' In cons-2qtedoce of
this, a school had been in every batta-
lion in the service, and this h.d to an expeneeeof
29,0001. Out of this, the charges for the pay'of
,the Serjeant f'School-masters, for books and cofi
tingencrese were met, and he •hougi.t that this ex-
pcuce wouldceit her be theeght useless nor lavish,
when the benefit thence derived :0 the coUrttry,Was
considered, and , the' adVantages it 'afforde,t to the
army. Another increase of expence arose from an,
addition of twenty rnen, whien had two years'ago
been taken from each troop of cavalry. 'Tt'ese.troOpi,
it was at -that time thought, might be disMonnted
without detriment to the setvice„ but in conse-
quence of the nature•of the operations in t% biCh Wt
had since been engaged in theyeninsulai from tile
applications made by Lord Wellington for
.cavalry,
in order the Incee,effedually to meet the forte op-
posed to hiM by the enemy, it had heer.':ourid
pessary to remount them. - The 'Comouttee were
aware of the difficulty of seeping horse, on a distant
service, and of the various circumstances which ren-
dered it necessary to send out frequent supplies,-and
therefore he would 'not detain them on that subjea.
An increase had been made in the" regular cavalry
of 126 officers, Which caused an increasedechaige
of .2224001 e IA the regiments of the line, the re.
turns of the present year 'presented an increase of
9,522 men; of which the charge was 277,0001.
.1 tits increase was Made by the transfer or a consi-
derable portion of tee army which had been in the,
service of the East India 'Company, and which had
peen maintained by thern•innheir ferreurial acquisi-
tions. These, in consequeoce of their late conquests,
were no longer wanted by them, and were there-e
fore transferred to the Crown. ' lii this charge wa:,
also included a second battalion, which had been
raised within the year to the 12th Regiment of Foot.
The waggon-train had been alsO augmented.' A
considerable portion of this force was emploved In"
the P.eninsol.., and from the,valUe set on their ser-
vices by—Lord Wellington, two troops, Which it had
been in contemplatiott to reduce, were still retained.
Of their utility, Lord Wellington's last aispatches.
bore honourable testimony, and two troops.
been added, in consequence of the 'report which
the Noble Lord' hadnnade, of them. Adding two
troops, and thus raising their number from nine to
eleven, it was, however, io be observed, 'that they
were still short of what they formerly were' by one
troop. The Noble Lord, among other items, stated
to the 'Committee, that, in the miscellaneous ser-
vices, there was an increascolexpense amnuntingeo
25,0001. , The increase on this head would have
been larger, but for the diminution on' the 'lrish
Establishment. The increase arose froneli.irger sums
having been given to recruits than were formedygtven.
In the year 23,000. men badbeen raised, on which the
.charge was 513,0001. Last year, torthe,firsi,iinie"; a
sum was specified for the recruiting service. It had;
however, turned out that the sum named had fallen
short 70,0001. but the diminution- in the Irish esta-
blishment; arising from the appropriation of beer
_money aid contingencies, reduced the total. ncrease
• to 2540001. From the sum total 35,0001. might be
deducted as applicable to Other services. He had
another item to propose, under the head of allow-
ances for the cure of wounds, and theloss of bag-
gage of Officers in the army. It was usual in such
cases to give them a gratuity of a year's pay, and to
allow them certain other compens In the Navy,
1:ow ever, it was usual to Brant pensions in such cases,
according to the tank of the Officer at the time he
received his wounds. His Royal Highness the Prince
Regent, anxious to place the army on a better foot
ing-thrpr heretofore, had commanded him to pro-
pose-an additional vote on that head, for granting
pensions to Officers wounded in the army. It this
proposition were agered to, it was the wish of his
Royal Highness to extend the prosisiun terrospec-
tivety to all who had been wounded since the .com-
meacetnent of the war in 1793, and he was persuad,.
ett the. House would be happy, by their concurrence
in such a notion, to mark the high. sense they hail of
the service of those who it was proposed to relieve.
He then 'took a view of the number and charge of
the. forces paid out of the revenues of the .East India
Company, and proceeded to take a.survey of the I
Mate of the Militia. Ilex, he observed,. the Ho,

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hourable Muse would be quite surprised 16 fled
, .
. .
teat there was a diminution in number.amounting
to .14000, %virile there appeared an increased charge
Of 4001. At the ti ee the estimate were frenied last
year, the numbers of the Militia considerably excee:l-
- its regular establishment; but as it was then in
the eonsidereiion of Government to propose two
meesures toParliament on t he subject (the interchange
of the militias, and the permitting them to volunteer
intot he line), they were not called upon then to mastic
a proviSion suitable to the number then embodied,
while a deduction was made of one hundred arid fifty
thousand pounds for non-effeetivev— On the Fo-
reign Staff,
.Home Staff, and I-rise S!eff, there ap-
' peered an increase Of 75,0001. This he explained,
as :eesing in a great measure from that charge being
transferred, to the Army Estimates, which bed been ,
.formerly included in the grant for foreign cot
and from an increase in the'ForeieneStali. This in-
crease was, principally on the Foreign Staff ie the
Peninsula. The additional charge -was incurred in
consequence of the promotion of the General Ole
ficers, and through an augmentation of the nernbi'!r
of Medical Men ere tlee
.S:aff. The utility of this'
arrangement was sufficiently obvionS, from the im-
proved state of the army in point of heelth.—
, The Staff in our Colonies was included in this
statement, and in the Mauritius, which was
entirely pew to the estimate. • Under the head, of
Full-pay of Retired Officers, there was a diminution
of 5631,. in consequence of the death of certain-Of-
ficers. Under the head of Half-pay and Allowances,:
there was a. diminution of 34811. In the estimate
for thelnepensioners of Chelsea and, ‘Kihnainhath,-
compared with the estimate of last year, there was a
diminution/of 6401. This, however, was not a sev-.
ing uor a.diminution to be reckoned on as perma-
nent, In those establishments, the pensioners were
only cloathed once in two years ; and this being the
alternate year in which t hey were' not to receive
cloathing, the diminution was at once necOmeted for,
While the sum was to be expected again et the esti-,
.mate of next year. The esernaie for ,the.Outepen-
simmers of Chelsea and Kilmain ham, exceeded that of
last year by 47.7051. The principal increiSe ii,
head arose Jrom.theincreaseof then ember of Peosion-
ers.: The Paymaster-Generel, iewould rememieered,
had two or ihree years bark recovered 200,0001. from
ceeain prize agents. Of' that sum 100,0e01.
1810, had been. appliedeo the public service, apd
the further sum
-of 25,0001. in the lest year. The
remaining balance it was • thoeght" proper to lieep
for tee service of the establishment. 'From this it
will be seen that 25,0.901, ,of• the seas named was
not adually an increase. On the Widows' Pen-.
stuns there was ,an increase of 825,0001. which
arose. from the increase:of their ntirnbere. For the
Volunteer corps,, there was a diminution of 34,8501.
Itr, the foreign corps there was an increase of men-to
the fUll amount 01.5,503, and the charge consequent
.an this increase was 180,0001. These were so el-,
feeliee, that .one corps consisting of 2000 men
•xceedechits establishment by thirty or forty,' and out
of whale number in our service amounting to'
27,000 men, there were more than 1500non-afec-
, In the estimate for--the Royal Military Cvl
leg,e there was a reduetion of 7,e 71. This did not
arise from any charges of the.establishment, but was
.cansed by the -balance of a former vote remaining in
hande applicable to the service of the--current year.
In paint of- fad there was an increase of • 1,2001. ;
but this, set against the total amount of the balance
in hand, made a diminution in the estimate, as he
had- stated before, of 75171. For the building of
Sandhurst College, the .sum, in the estimate, was
100,0001. The original estimate was 175,000. Of
this sum 40,0001. lead-been voted lisle to; 30,0601•
in I 811 ; ifetherefore, as the budding was expel ed
AO be completed in the course of the present
year, they resolved on voting the sum necessary
for :its completion, they could not grant less
thee one hundred thousand pounds. In the charges
for the support of the Royal Military Asylum, there
was an increase of I ,e 641. and on the Com-
eraSSicinate Fund an increase of .1,9131. On the
Irish Barrack Department, there was a diminution of
49,3201. and there was one in time Cornmissariat De-
partment of 16,1131. ; and under the head of Super-
einnuated Allowances, there was to be seen a dimi-
nution of 3,5681. The Noble Lord here summed •
up his statements, and took -a general view of the
subject, and of the measures adopted in:the last year
for recruiting the. regular army. The-additional
charge on the increasedetumbers in our army,. he
stated to 576,1661. In .the last year there had
been raised for the regular army ••

By the ordinary mode of enlistment - 11,472,
By allowing the Militia to volnitti:er irito the
F'
Line • - 11,716
For the Foreign Corps • • - 4495
These, added to the Greek infantry, would make a
total of not ,less than 28 or 29,000 men.. These
were more than enough to-cover all the casualties
of the
(year; and while in numbers, it was seen
more had been raised than was sufficient to Cover
those 'casualties that might occur, it was most satis-
^faCtorV",to find the casualties were less than. they :had
been in the preceding year.. In 1810, *
the Casual-
• s amounted to between 24 and 25,000 ; in The
last .year t hey did not exceed 21,000 ; and liette it
would he found; that the aggregate int:rease . in our
, army ;was not less thin iBrgl, Not only had
.our military force thus increased in the 'last 'year,
but if u e calculated as. we.outht to calcnlate, on
the probability of our".be.ing slid called, on, to per-
severe in the contest in vL hid) We were engaged, it
WR satisfattory'to find, that,what. he. might call the
,
recruitable capacity 'of the country was still, such,
that it would abundand:'.supply the means. Of
the number raised in the last year, there were more
English subjects .than tit ere sulficieril to cover all
the casualties of the Army.. They 'exceeded the
casualties by 2000 ; as while the latter did not ex-
ceed 21,000; the fotzwer amounted to. v 3,188,
leaving a clear surplus to the amount before stated.
It m
might be said that this statement was tun high,
and that an allowance 'should be made for the
number of the Militir that had volunteered, over
the number WhiCh it hid' twen proposed to draw
thence:to recruit the regular army. this mightptr,
haps be said, as more than 11,000 had so volunteered,.
when but 10,000 were called for ; making, ho!.vevcr,
the necessary deludion on this account,
,still would
it be Ittund that the number properly raised within
the year, 'would cover the casualties, as deducting
the surplus he had alluded to, 21,286 would remain.
Notwithstanding we had been fighting battles in al-
mostevery part of the world-=notwithstantling we
have ben incessantly cniagedin destru?;tivx,sieps,

1d notwithc;amlinl. we had made important con-
quests, still it would hence. be Seen thdt all tie ca-
sualties of the t, cat', including f ire ravages tit4de, in
our ranks by the various Om rtes tai which ot,r 'ro •-ps.
• had been exposed, as well as those occasioned -by.
the sword, were more thin covered by the extent of
oar pdpulation, and that without • severeh• preSSing,
thecivil part clthat population. While this cheering;
view was presented the state ofour resources at
home, ahJ while we' were still 'waging suceetVul
war against the enemy in various parts Of th • 'cot-!t%
it was itf•tin •s mail (I:tgre,:. (2,rAtifyiria to see our toe.
Illy himsetertonishhig us ,sift the means of
tul resist nice to h•s unpriti .aggrds,oni. It
was seen, that whet ever found his way, allit
dragged the relutdant inhabi:ants to his stand ird, to
be at once the vi6ims and the instruments of hiss.
diAborl6l and unjust oppression, that no Loaner were
they converted intO stddiers‘in his set vice, than at "
the first ()pp; tunny they quitted his detested tanks,
and c,nne over to the English. With these•obser.
cations he should now conctutle, reservi, g to Um-
s tlf the right:of r9lying to any rena3rl:s that might
be made on the statements lie had had the honour
to m'ake. The' 'Nobk... Lord 'then conclu Jed by
moving his first Resolution.
_ _

Mr. BAN as then spoke nearly to the following ef-
fect :—" Mr-.'Speaker,-The, Estimates which hive
been presented by,the Noble Secretary are in them- .
Selves so clear and sieisfaceoCy., as to render any
coMmendatiOn of -mine unnecessary. He hat fail-
: idWed the natural course-of statement, and pro liked
accounts Mare satisfactory than we have been ac-
customed to, in fortner years. I 'cannot, indeed,'
help laMenting the continual Change of system
a hick tias for a long period rirodticed such tirAeried -
inconveniences, and I. hope that the experience "of
the past will prevent such an evil from occur:big
in future. Upon the head of Military Asylum I
would just observe, that I trust we shall not see
any inkanceSof foolish magnificence, as hostile' to
taste as, to. economy. Oae part Of` th&Estainatesi
ohere is, not Withstatiding the great ,merit T tmist
lew•to it generally; upon which I fed it incumbent
,oii' me not only'tii Stte. my obje6tions, but also to
take flee sense of the C.'oaimittee. lallude to that _
pert of it, in page 3i of the-pouted papers,. which
refers ro ohe Paymaster of Virie'ows' Peasioos. It
was with extreme surprise and regret thar l first
heard of the appointment of the Hon. Colonel
(Col. I),1 `Msboo). to that office, not from any feel-
ing with respect to him, but ircm an, opieirio that
sad) an office should not , have been filled up.
feel 443a-spit, called upon to o'rjeCl to that part of the
void, and ili-"e4ore When I.i-tat coizie to that 'part Of
the estimate,: I shall move far the redu6tion of that
specific sum. It I should fail this night-, which I
can scarcely contemplate 'as will on the
Report again appeal to the consistency of those:who,
voted for the Resolution I have already quoted in
opposition roarhe grant: , .
Colonel M‘ManoN immediately rose, and spoke
nearly as follows ?--" Mr. Speaker, I must in:reat
the indulgence of the House for a few •motneats, on
a subjed which of lafe has so frequently been
brinlsihrtiercire its corisideratiop. I mean,-Sir; the-
office of Receiver and Paymaster to the Widows'
Pensions. At, the time, Sir, when the Prince Re-
gent was graciously pleased to confer upon me this
()Mee, his- Royal Higlines, as ha's been already -
stated-by, the Right honourable the Chancellor of
the Exchequer, certainly gave it to me subject to the
will and
,pleasure of this House. -On such condi-
tionS, Sir, most certainly I accepted•k, and to that
will aod pleasure I now most implicitly bow. Sir,
I must beg to observe, that this goodness on the
part of his _Royal Highness, was entirely spontane-
ous ; 'for I never had the presumption'to supeOse
that any humble services I could give to the Illustri-
ous Personage whom, I have the pride and happiness
to serve, -could entitle me to claim any public re-
mueeration ; and I do readily agree with an Hon.
Gotleman, who, on a former nigh:, with more
-justice than perhaps kindness, observed, that the
-situation I possessed in his Royal Highness's family
was perfectly sufficient for any services I could ren-
der. Indeed, Sir, 'I will go -farther than that Hon.
Gentleman, by declaring my reward to be more
than sufficient, and owning that free at this moment
seems to promise ffieebtit top short a span to ever
requite, by any services, the abundant ever-payment
which the generous and noble hearrot my Royal
Master has heaped upon me for sixteen years past,
in, acts of kindness and affection3Cts which have
been of so delicate and peculiar a nature, as to bind,
my life, • heart, and'soul, in. eternal love and attach-
ment towards him, It stems, -Sir, to have erro-
neously gone :abroad, that this office was not a civil,
but a military one, troth my predecessor having
been for many years, and at the timeeof his death;
a General Officer; but I beg to observe, in proof
of its being a civil, and not a military office, that
' if my information be corred, General Fox did enjoy
this office.before, and when he'wai a Lieuteeant of
Dragoons. :If so, 'Sir, I ant not called upon to make
out any case .of military services,,fot this distinerione
But, Sir, were such a case to be' necessary, I flatter
myself that I could hat e the good 'fort one, without
any ostentation, or without any departure from be-
comitag Modesty, by•ao appeal to the testimonies of
Commanders eminently high in the profession, and
deservedly so in the estimation of their coantry, un-
der whom I had the honour to serve, that few met."
bad undergone, in the same space of time, male
real and aetual service, and with mere individual
credit
‘to himself, than I had the good fortune to do
in the several gradations of rank, from Ensign to
Colc;nel,•.fOr 21 years, from'i77s to 1796 ; when,
from ill health, that chiefly acquired in:the ser-
vice, having served the entire seven years of the
Ainerieen
,I was compelled to fetire iron') the
army; in which, however, had it been my lot to
have continued until this time, equally fortunate
rand'iminie etched in my conduct, I should hope that
I might now have the honour to be a Lieutenant-
General in his Majesty's seta ice. I have now, Sir,
only one or Iwoobservationsmoreto tresiass oil the
House. I beg leave, Sir, to submit to its feeling,
that. Lime by the acceptance of this office altea,!y
"vacated my seat in Parliamato, and' since undergone
-the inconveniences and difficulties of a re-election
for it; and although I am quite satisfied•that the
office of Receiver and Paymaster to the Widows'
uteasions'i4 of a most efficient and impel-tarn ttattaro'
in its duties, having nearly 1600 widows to-keep a
regular account with, by three several payments its
every year, to wri.:einethe course a-if each paa meat
as many let ens to therit, and to take an equal num-
.ber .of affidevus oa t use different occasions, and.

eutict would well require. not only the con,
z t •), .tzenchnt'e of one chief anti two or three as-
a clerks, nesides the proper personal superin-
tenrl., cc of the Receiver and Paymaster to fte
Pc.nsiotis hibisell; and also that the item of
hr! poundage_ is also greatly over-rated in the Army
by the events of deaths, marriages, and
fl !her casualties,' which .considerably diminish it.
Stilt, S r, I.l.ave too wish for any tenure of this ap-
letruent bevr.nd the decided sense and pleasure of
T.l,is House, and ir:ttrely submit it with the inmost
r to .tberc tat n.,-hhle construaion and judg-
i,t ; for the recollection of the rnotkind, tirrou-
-o.ne and liberal beyond any merit, tribtites which
;re b. en
,pai-d to my chara6ter, private and rr-
zilnli, by so many honourable and highly respeet-
.l6le Gentlemr-n in the course of the several discus-
sions which subject has already undergone, I
shall ever be most grateftil for, and it will be a re-
ward ,0 my feelings of greater value' than any otligr
could receive upon earth."

'Mr. BENNE.T, though he objeat-d to the grant,
justice to the merits of Colonel rMahon.
The CHANCELLOR .of the EXcHEQUER answered
Bank aril also a, few observations made" by
Mr. Whitbread ,ri Mr. Tierney.
Mr G. JOHNSTON aud Mr..ELLror. opposed the
appoint ment.
General FERGUSON stated, that a regiment in
Gnernsey had been recruited by 147 persOns from
tize hulk.s.

Mr. RYDER admitted, that at the recommenda-
tion of Mr. Graham, some persons condemned for
small offences o the hulks, and who had conducted
themselves with propriety since, had been taken
into the military seplice -with a view- to render
them useful to the country. The step had met the
c:incurrence of the ir:ostexperienced persons.
After a fe. obser%a:ions from Mr. Wynne, Lord
Temple," Lord Pahnerstone, Mr. Martin, and Mr.
Long, most of the Resolutions '.vere agreed to.
On the Resoiution for granting 61,0001. for
'Widows' Pensions, Mr.,BANics moved as an Amend-
ment, to omit the 20001. to Colonel AP.Mahon for
the Paymastership, and thus to make the sum
59,0001. A div;,lon ensued—

For the•original Motion,
For the Arriendment,
Majority,

Si
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The remaining Resolutions were then agreed to,
Old the Deport ordered to be received on Monday,
to which cay, after disposing. of a few Orders of
course, the Hutise adjourned:

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51TUI:1) IY, FEBRUARY 22, 1812.

The statement made by Mr. GALLATIN to Con-
gress, respecting the state of the American Finances,
must, we should think, proclUce a strong effe& in
America. The violent French Party, %vita, are"
so anxious to force on a war with Great Britain, in
opposition to justice as well as policy, will not, we
know, be indoCed to abandon their..objea ; the in-
jundions of BbNAPARTE will be obeyed 13Y—the-in;
even at the expense of American honour and'Ame-
rican interests. But the people of America, in ge-
neral, we should think, would patine before they
plunged into a contest,- to, v.liek_Oey are so un-
equal, and whiCh must subjea them to so 'Many
privations, and such heavy burthens. Mr. GALLATIN
confesses, that their revenues are by no means equal
to their pace establishment; and that therefore, even
it a war should not take place, a large loan will
be necessary. In the- event, however, of a war,
a. loan of not less than 40,000,000 of dollars will be

necessary. The money to pay the. interest of this
loan must .also be borrowed,. for the Reventfe,
dequate as., it is at present, Would be almost
annihilated in the event of a war. The cor-
respondence; however, between Mr. FOSTER
and Mr. MuNnon, seems t') prove, unequiVocally
that theA.mericau Government is .determined to re-
jea all friendly explanation with Great Britain ; in-
deed, the PRESIDENT and Mr. MUNROE seem to lose
their tempets, because they have the worst of the
argument, and their dispoiition to quarrel: with
'Great Britain seems to increase exa6lly in propor-
tion to the proof that is offered to them that they
have no cause of complaint.

Since we wrote the above, we find that Govern-
ment ha%;e received dispatches from America, which
indicate a more host it tendency than there was rea-
son to expect, on other grounds.

• We are happy to say that the appieherlsions
*bleb were entertained for the safety of the Surveil-
..
lante frigate are unfounded; that vessel arrived on
Thursday evening at Plymouth.

The Public, we are sure, will peruse with idea-
sure the report of the Proceeclings.in ihe House of
Coinmons last ni,ht upon the PRINCE REGRNT'B
Message respecting Lord WELLINGTON: Gentle*-
men on both sides of the House, and of the most
o;:pOsite politkt.il sentiments, concurred is bear-
lestirtiony to the transceridant merits ot
I!h cnmirnander. Sir FRANCIS Bun-

DIZTT stood alone in his .opposition to the pro-
posed grant ; but •we regret his hostility to the
',notion the less, as it led to the eloquent reply
of Mr. CANNING, to which we beg to call the at-
tention of our Readers. It appeared from that
Right Hon. Gentleman's statement that Lard WEL-
LINGTON'S magnanimity and disinterestedness are
equal to his • military talents. The gratitude of
our Allies in the Peninsula induced them to offer to
his Lordship income of not less than 15,0001. a
year, which he nobly declined, saying, that he had
merely performed his duty, and that be looked only
to his own country for any reward to which his ser-
vices might be entitled.

WINDSOR, FEB, 1 .—Yestrday the children_ of
the QUEEN'S school walked in procession froat the
school-house io Peascod-street,ir. their new clothes,
to Mi3S HEN LEY'i, is Park-hill," their Sub-Go.
verness. • The QUEEN, Princesses ELIZA RETII,
MARY, and S,,PI-11A, walked trout the Castle- to
the house, where they were received by Miss.HEN-.
LEY. The children afterwards partook ol a dinner
of roast beef, plumb-pudding, and ale, The Royal:
Party were attended by the Marchioness of BATH,'
Lady 3. TIIYNNE, Lady G. MURRAY, and Major
Puce:

'Yesterday she Duke of YORK and Mr. PERcEWAL
had audiences of the YEINCE REGENT at Carlwti

Yesteiday afternoon 'Lord MULGRAVE and Mr:
RYDER had interviews with Mr. PERCBVAL, at his
house in Downing-street.
Yesterday the Duke of Yort'K held a Military
Levee at his Office in the Horse Guards, which
was attended by,,the Marquis of Hu NTLY; Sir Gan
PREY WaBSTER, and a number of others.

Yesterday their Royal Highnesses the Duke and
Duchess of-YORK entertained at a dinner party .his
Royal Highness the PRINCE REGENT, the Princess
CHARLOTTE of WALES, and the Duke of CAM.
BRIDGE. Among the company present were—
Lady DE CLIFFORD, . Earl of YARMOUTH, Mr.
SHERIDAN, Mr. and Lady ANN CULLKN SMITH,
with the Misses FITZROYS ; Colonel BLOOMFIELD,
Cal.t. UPTON,. Earl-of TYRCONNEL, and-Mr. Chan-
cellor ADAM. In the evening their -Royal Higti-
nesses had a ratbical party, at which various remem-
bers of their respeeiive families weie invited.

Music.—The VOCAL CONCERT, under the
.di-
rectton of Messrs. 'HARRISON, BARTLEMAN, and
GREATOREX • conmienced for 'the season last night,

.4 the Hanover-square Rooms. • From,. the com-
bined efforts of cacti able performers, and tie musi-
cal corps, vocal and instrumental, which they have,
engaged, a fine harmonic repast as, of course, to
be expected, and the expectation of the company
tt as abundantly gratified. The compositions were
selected frcm the best Mastera of a former day, as.
W:11 as from contemporary 'musicians, and the whole
was arranged with an agreeable diversity of ,effect.
The Band was led by WEICHSELL, and the
Orchestra. was amply supplied by the best per_
formers on their respective instruments. " The
Soldier's Dream," arr interesting song, written
by Mr. CAMPBELL, Author, of The Pleasqres of
Rope, and other works of distinguished merit, and
set with appropriate skill by ATwooD, afforded full
scope for that elegant and interesting expression
whith invariably characterises the vocal exertions of
HARRISON. BARTLEM'AN; who has long been pre-
vented by severe indisposition from appearing in
public, last night resumed his station. He bore
marks of his illness in his looks, ,but his voice was
in full .perfectiOn, and we never- heard him sing
with more energy, and in' a more masterly style,
than - he gave to " Ye twice ten hundred Deities,"
trom PURCELL. It was very gratifying to notice
the cordial manner in which this able Musician and_
very respectable man was received on his entrance,
and on his departure, which his exertions rendered
necessary some time before the conclusion of the
Concert., CATALANI was evidently much indis-
posed, but she exerted herself very ably ; she was,
however, unable to sing " The Horse and his.
Rider," - which was given with good effect by Mrs.
BIANCHI LACY. Miss DARBY, a very promising
young Performer, acquitted herself very well in' an
Air of CIMAROSA. The only encore of the.evening
was ". Hari: ! my Daridcar," froth " rl'yrannic
Love," composed by PuttcELL ; but the excellent
manner in. which all the pieces were given nearly
produced the same effect. The Duke of CUMBER.!
LAND, and a very numerous and_elegant company
were present.

Tug- ORATORIO.--A grand selenion 9f sacred
music was given last night at Covent Garden,
Theatre. Nothing could be more suitably express-,
ed. than " Gentle Airs" by ,BaanAst, and the ac-
coriti)animent"of CRARLES ASHLEY'S violoncello;
gieatly heightened the treat. CATALAst, who had
a double duty to perform, at HARRISON'S Concert,
and in this entertainment, was so much fatigued,
that, an apOlogy wos deemed necessary ; Mrs.
ntcs.oNs, Mrs. BLAND, and indeed all the vocal
corps acquitted themselves ably. We ought to have
noticed belore, Master BOYLE, who, on Wednes-
day sung—" 0 magnify the Lord,"—and who re-
peated I-hat air last night. He has a powerful voice,
and &egg with judgment unusual at his'early period.
He is likely to makea,distinkuished figure in the
musical world. The whole went off with great
eclat, and the warm applause of a numerous au-
dience.

The illness which detained Mrs. SIDDONstat
was not of so serious a nature as has been represent-
ed. It was a-cold and hoarseness, which fora day
or two prevented her performing,, but was not 'ac-
companied by any alai ming symptoms. •
The report that Mr. KEMBLE is going to Anie-
pica, is without foundation. He has aCtually bitti
otfered, as we stated, very . flattering terms, such.
indeed as would enable him to obtain. as many
thousandS in the course of a twelvemonth as he is
likely to receive bundreds•during the same period
at Covent-garden Theatre ; but lie is wise:; content
with moderate adventageg, and the cornfortal4 se-
curity of Old England. •