The Sun.
London, England, 1851-04-15 00:00:00

SUPPLY.-THE ARMY ESTIMATES.

The House then resolved itself into a Committee of
Supply on the army estimates, Mr. BERNAL in the chair.
A vote of 14,606/. was passed for the charge of re-
ward for distinguished services of officers and sergeants.
A vote of 52,0001. for the pay of general officers was
agreed to.
A vote of 52,5001. for the full pay of reduced and re-
tired officers was also adopted.
A vote of 377,0001. having bee❑ proposed for tho half-
pay of reduced and retired officers,
Mr. HUNIE said be wished to know how many of
those officers ware capable of returning to the service?
Mr. F. MAULE :aid he believed that the proportion
of those officers fit fJr service was very small indeed.
But considerable reductions had of late years taken place
in that vote. Since the year 1835 the number of the
men had been reduced from 5,671 to 3,130, and the cost
had been reduced from 583,000/. to 377,000/.

After a few words from Mr. W. WILLIAMS, the
vote was agreed to.
38,9931. for foreign half-pay and pensions.
Mr. 11UNIE said the longevity of these officers was ap-
parently so great that some doubt arose as to their ac-
tual existence.

Mr. P. MAULE said every precaution was taken to
identity these officers, the greatest part of whom lived in
Hanover.

Mr. HUME was suspicious of all foreign pensions
since, in 1834, he had seen a pension payable from the
period of the edict of Nantes.
Mr. F. IIAULE said, that since 1835 half of the list
had been removed by death.
122,717/, for widows' pensions.
88,500/., for the Compas3ionata Fund, for allowances
to offie-rs' widows.

35,4131., fa. Chelsea and Kilmainham Hospitals.
Mr. HUME said there was a difficulty in computing
the number of persons in these hospitals, while an im-
mense staff was maintained in each. He thought the
time was come when they could be dispensed with, and
the men get their out...pensions.
In reply to Lord NAAS,
Mr. F. MAULE said he certainly had not issued the
same order in respect to Chelsea Hospital which he had
issued with respect to Kilmainham Hospital.
Mr. W. WILLIAMS said the cost of the officers of
the hospital at Chelsea was 9,0001., while the vote for
the hospital was only 26,0001.
Atter a few words from Colonel DUNNE, the vote
was agreed to.
1,233,0501. for the charge of the out pensioners of
Chelsea Hospital, discharged negro soldiers, and Hano-
verian soldiers.

Mr. WAIILEY asked how many of the Hanoverian
pensioners were alive?
Mr. F. MAULE could not tell, but there were not
many.
Tee vote was agreed to.
37.5001. for retired allowances, compensations, stvr-
annua.tions, &e.
Colonel CHATTERTON complained that justice was
not done to the cavalry officers in command of regiments
as regarded allowance for forage. Ho thought small
tenements for married soldiers inside the walls of bar-
racks would be more satisfactory than model lodging-
houses, such as were proposed by the Right Hon. Secre-
tary-at-War, inasmuch as though they would pay ls. 2d.
per week for them they would have the advantage of
coals and candles.
Mr. J. A. SMITH suggested that there should be day
rooms established in the barracks for the soldiers, as
they were already in every other service in Europe. The
want of them drove the soldier to the public-house. The
ventilation of the soldiers' sleeping rooms should also be
attended to.
Mr. F. MAULE did not think the pay of cavalry offi-
cers was lower in proportion than that of other officers.
It was desirable to separate married from single soldiers
iu respect of barrack accommodation, but he could not
recognise the claim of marriage except in a certain
number of instances, otherwise the whole army would
get married. As respects day rooms, there were day
rooms already in the barracks. but they were certainly
too small, and any extension of the accommodation that
could be afforded on that point would be willingly
adopted.
Colonel DUNNE considered that military men were
by no means highly rewarded.
Mr. HENLEY begged to ask the Right Hon. Gentle-
man, whether he would have any objection to furnish a
return of the comparative cost of the cavalry and artil-
lery horses, for though each individual horse for the
cavalry was purchased at a cost of 261., while the cost of
each artillery horse was 311., still the whole artillery
service stood at a much less sum than the cavalry service?
Mr. F. biIAULE said he should be happy to furnish
any information on the subject which the lion. Member
desired.
The vote was then agreed to, and the House resumed.

EXPENSES OF-PROSECUTIONS BILL.

This Bill was read a third time,

On the motion that the Bill do pass,
Mr. BANKES suggested a postponement of the stage,
for the purpose of including conspiracy, in cases of mis-
demeanour within the scope of tho Bill. He had known
conspiracies in his own district for the purpose of raising
the price of bread to the poor.
Mr. WAKLEY reminded the Hon. Gentleman that
this had also been the object of a powerful party, with
whom it might not be so easy to deal.
Sir G. GREY observed that conspiracy in cases of
felony was included in the Bill.
Mr. HUME urged the necessity of appointing a pub-
lic prosecutor, and contrasted the state of England with
Scotland, observing that three criminals escaped in the
former country for one in the latter.
The Bill then passed.
The Stamp Duties Assimilation Bill then passed
through Committee.
The Exchequer-bills (17,756,6000 Bill passed through
Committee.
On the motion of 3fr. W. WILLIAMS, certain re-
turns were ordered of the public income and expendi-
ture of the United Kingdom for the years 1849, 1850,
and 1851.
THE ORGAN NUISANCE.

Colonel SIBTLIORF moved fora copy of the instruc-
tions given by the Commissioners of the Police to the
police officers relative to the preventing obstructions and
other nuisances caused by the large traveling barrel.
organs and advertising vans in and about the metropolis.
The Right lionourable Baronet the Secretary of State
for the Home Department on the 21st of March had in-
formed him that an order had been issued by the Com-
missioners of Police to stop all music in the streets
which caused an obstruction of the public thorough-
fares. He had since that time received a letter from
a gentleman, who informed him that he had been in
correspondence with the chief office, ant; had been in-
formed by
the au!lorities there that no such orders