The Sun.
London, England, 1848-02-17 00:00:00

ARMY ESTIMATES for 1848 49.

The estimates of the effective and noneffective army
services from April 1, 1848, to March 31, 1849, v‘ ere
issued yesterday from the office of the Parliamentary
printer. The gross total amount to be provided by the
House of Commons for the tffective" service for the
ensuing financial year is estimated at 4,201,1781, and
the amount for the " non effective" service at 2,117,5081.,
snaking together & grand total amount of 6,318,6861.,
exhibiting an increase, es compared with the charge for
the year 1847.48, of 43,612/. Of the amount required
for the " effective" service, the sum of 3,836,880/. will
be appropriated to the hind forces throughout the world,
168,2371, to the staff eflicers, 96.5911. to public depart-
ments, 19,161/. to the Royal Military Asylum and
Hibernian School, and 80,308/. to tlicevolunteer cerps.
The effective force of the r.'gular army—as it is to be
organized for the ensuing ear—may thus be atoll) zed,
viz , 6,700 horses (. xelusive ' 3,50 G for the Rift Indies,
the exi ense of which is defrayed by the Company),
4,862 officers, 8,3C8 non-commissioned ()Meets, trum-
peters, and &wren. rs, and 100 677 rank and file-, mslcing
a grand total (all ranks) of 113,847 men. Of the
2,117.508/. re quired fer the non-tactive service the sum
of 15 507/. will be appropriated to rewards for military
service; 76 000/. to the army pay of genera effieers;
57,000/. to the full pay I.f retired officers; 406,000/. to
half pay and military allowar.ces ; 47,3861. to foreign
half-pay ; 129,5311. to widows' pcnsiups ; 98,000/. to
compassionate allowances, bounty warrants, aid pen-
sions for wouna,,; 26,774/. to the
.in pensioners of the
Chelsea and Kilmainham Hospitals; 1,223,8101. to out-
pensions; and 37,500/. to :Isperannuetion alloe awes.
The sum of SO 305/. rc eplired fur the charge of the voltm-
te r corps is thus subdivided i—viz , 4,8181. for the pay
and forage allowance for 28 adjutants, viz , 1 at
.10s., 24 at Bs., and 3 at se. 2d. per diem each; 13/. 10s.
for the clothing of 9 sergeant-majors, at 30s. each per
annum; and 39,8001. fur the contingent and clothing al-
lowance of 13,600 men, at 3/. each per annum, making a
total for ordinary pay and clothing allowance of 44 631/,
to which the sum cif 35,677/. is added as the probable
expense of the corps when assembled for exercise or
for permanent duty, or when employed in and o' the
civil power, and expense of inspecting field officers for
1848-49; also allowances to clerks of lieutenancy, under
tee provisions of the Yeomanry Act, founded upon the
actual expenditure of 1847. Ihe increase of 111-1 regular
military force this 3 ear, as compared with last, amounts
to 5,449 men, and the extra expense to 43,612/. It
should be understood by our uninitiated readers, that
the votes of men and money for the regular army and
the royal navy are annually taken in what is called " a
Committee of Supply," whereas any organization of a
national militia force will have to be provided for by a
apeeial Act of Parliament. The tld Militia Act of the
reign of George 111. is still nominally in force, hut has
hitherto alwapi been suspended from year to year by
an annual Act of Parliament.

ACCIDENTS ON THE NORTH-WESTERN RAILWAY.
—Yesterday two accidents, both of which, though not
attended with any fatal consequences, were of a very
serious nature, and caused the greatest alarm to the
passengers, occurred on this line. The first happened
to the train which left London at six A.M. from Euston-
square, which travelled with the usual spevi uetil it ar-
rived at Hampton (between Rugby and Birmingham),
when some passengers discovered that one of the car-
riages was on tire. An alarm was instantly raised, but
before the train could be stopped, the fire had got a firm
hold of the carriage, which was completely filled with
smoke. Upon the train being brought to a stand, it Wits
found that owing to the axle- box;:s not having been pro-
perly examined and greased, the friction from the
wheels had caused the fire. Water from a pond was
quickly procured, and the fire extinguished, without
doing much damage. The second accident occurred to
the express train from Manchester, which left that town
at five o'clock P.N., when, upon arriving near Rugby,
after leaving the Trent Valley line, a singular jumping
motion was felt by the engineer ; he immediately stop-
ped the engine, and, upon examining the train, it was
found that a carriage had got off the line, much to the
terror of the passengers, who had been thrown from one
side of the carriage to the other with great velocity.
The carriage being nearly the middle of the train, the
only reason which can be assigned for the accident is,
that the coupling iron had not been properly secured.
The carriage was found to be so much injured that it
was necessary to take it from the train, which afterwards
proceeded on its journey to London.
THE TITHE REDEMPTION TRUST.—Yesterday a
meeting of the members of this society was held at their
office, in Abingdon street, Westminster. Lord John
Manners presided. There were also present Lord Robert
Grosvenor, M.P., the Rev. Dr. Spranger, the Rey.
Messrs. J. T. Russell, Swan, Denne, Mallet, &c., Mr.
G. H. Drew, and other supporters of the socitty. rho
secretary stated that he had sent copies of the j rospe tus
to the Archbishops of Canterbury and York. and to
all
the Bishops, most of whom concurred in thei
number of
He had received communications from a greafnum
persons, some o
tors for a fair conside-
of whom were willing to give up the
tithes they held as lay impropria
ration. Several new subscribers had been added to their
list since the last meeting, and many app icat:ons had
been made for advice how toast where there were chances
for getting tithes restored. fie the read a.long list of
suggestions which he had received for carrying out the
object they supported. A discussion then ensued, in
which
Lord Robert Grosvenor, Lord John Manners, the
Rev. Mr. Mallet, Mr. Dingw(ll, and the Rev. Mr. Scott
took parls;
after which is committee was appointed, and
the meeting
adjourned till a future day.
z•Guildhall was in some danger of being destroyed
by tire on Sunday moraing, fa nn the close oximitv of
other buildings. Abonq (•ne o'clock is the morning
woad, one of the patrol,, was cro7,s,ing, over tie,' roof of
whin he found a fire had broken Out in the
upper floor n?3Sr.i. Gregory and Cubi;t's, straw
bonnet manufacturers, No. 15, Aldermanbnry. The
back of these premises ore within two feet of ono portion
of Guildhall. Through the early discovery of the time
the mischief was contim d to the upper part of the house,
but the damage from fire and water amounts to nearly
2,0001.

COLLISION OF THE TYNE.---A verdict of " Man-
slaughter" has been returned by the coroner's jury
against the captain and crew of the Alice steam-tug, of
North Shields, for having run down a boat containing
seven men, and °cc:twinning- the death cl four.