The Sun.
London, England, 1858-09-20 00:00:00

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for perfect accuracy is not attainable, and the fol-
lowing is the result :
I. What would the regimental officers gain or
Lose bythe alterations proposed by Sir C. Treve-
Lyon, -viz. :
a. The increase of pay.
b. The relief from the band subscription.
c. The discontinuance of the non-affective allow-
ance.
d. The discontinuance of additional pay for
length of service and brevet rank.
e. The discontinuance of rations of provisions
abroad.
f. The discontinuance of mess allowance.
g. The discontinuance of agency.
h. The discontinuance of pensions to widows and
children, except when the officer is killed in action.
i. And considering, at the same time, that the
officer would not pay for any of his commissions.
The first table shows the gain or loss which
would result to each rank of non-purchasing com-
batant officers.
It follows from this statement that the senior
ranks, from colonel to captain inclusive, will lose
from £2 to £B3 per annum, whilst the junior ranks,
except lieutenants of seven years' standing, will
gain from £6 to £5B per annum.
\\T must, however, observe that while we can
calculate with accuracy
.the advantages which each
officer will gain by the increase of pay and the dis-
continuance of band subscriptions, the loss to offi-
cers from the proposed discontinuance of pensions
to _their widows and of compassionate allowances to
their children, and the abolition of rations to offi-
cers and their civil servants abroad, and especially
to their families when in the tropics, cannot be
accurately estimated, and these allowances, there-
fore, have been necessarily thrown, for the purposes
Of calculation, into an annual average amount per
officer.
The discontinuance of rations abroad would be of
no great importance to the unmarried officer. But,
to a married officer who, from want of means to
keep a separate establishment at home, is compelled
to take his family abroad to the tropics, the loss
Will be very considerable, varying according to his
family‘ from £22 to £5B.
With respect to the abolition of pensions to the
widows of officers, not killed in action, it is scarcely
possible to calculate correctly the sum which each
married officer would have to pay to secure to his
widow a pension equal to that now granted by the
public, so much would depend upon the respective
ages of the parties, and upon the position of the
officer, at home or abroad ; nor is it more easy to
ascertain what provision he would have to make for
the loss of compassionate allowance to his children.
These would be very heavy expenses to married
officers, and the sum named in the statement before
alluded to represents rather the contribution that
would be required from every officer of the rank,
whether married or single, to make a fund whence
pensions could be granted, than the amount of loss
to individuals who had to provide deferred annui-
ties for their widows and orphans.
Sir Charles Trevelyan estimates the saving to
the public on this head at £78,401, but this saving
is no criterion of the loss to the officers. His view
that the officers will be compensated by
not purchasing their . commissions, can only
apply to those who have hitherto been purchasers
out of their own resources, or have otherwise found
the means of purchasing.
The increase of pay obtained by such purchase at
an earlier period than would otherwise have been
the case must, of course, also form an element in
the calculation, and in order to illustrate the ad-
vantage which the earlier promotion thus acquired
bears to its cost by purchase, we have endeavoured
to show, in tables (A) and (B) in the appendix, a
comparison between the prospects of non-purchas-
ing and purchasing officers, every item being re-
duced to its present value.
Table (A) represents the case of an officer in
each rank who, having previously purchased no
step, has served in his rank the average time in
which officers obtain promotion by purchase.
He is supposed to have the option of purchasing,
and the table shows the present value of his pro-
spective pay in each rank if he purchase, and if he
do not purchase, the next step ; if the sum of
these values in the case of the purchasing officer
exceeded the sum of those pertaining to the
non-purchasing officer by an amount equal to the
cost to the former of his step, it would follow that,
in purchasing such a step, an officer beneficially
employs his money. It will be seen, however, that
in each rank the loss is very considerable.
Table (B) institutes a comparison between the
prospects of a gentleman just entering the line with
the intention of purchasing all his commissions, and
those of one entering at the same time under the
determination to purchase no step. Here the pre-
sent value of the prospects of the former exceed the
value of those of the latter by £1,071, but for that
he will have prospectively to invest sums of which
the total present value is £2,487, so that in reality
he will be a loser of an amount equal to a present
sum of £1,416. We would here remark that in
1856 there were in the line but 24 lieutenant-co-
lonels who had purchased all their commissions, so
that the circumstance of this loss is a very excep-
tional one. It appears also from the same authority,
viz., a return submitted by Sir C.Yorko to the Pur-
chase Commission, that the total amount which had
been paid by all the purchasing officers in the in-
fantry of the line was £3,089,840, and the sum paid
on an average by each purchasing officer £942 ;
whence the proportion of the present value of
average loss to each purchasing officer probably
does not exceed £297.
These calculations are founded upon the ordi-
nary rate of pay at home and in the colonies (ex-
cept Ceylon, Hong Kong, and Mauritius). But in
those stations and the East Indies higher rates are
received, which, of course, would materially add to
the advantage of the purchasing officer. The effect
of this may be supposed from the following scale of
pay and allowances for all regimental ranks at
those stations above the rank of subaltern :
Bast Indies. Mauritius
Full Ceylon,
Batta Station. Half Batta. or China.*
Lieut.-Colonel command-
ing a corps £1,717 £1,472 £B4O
Ditto not in command .. 1,237 992 7780
Major
945 768 600
Captain
*Exclusive of tentage or field allowance. There are also
"some similar allowances in Victoria, though the precise ex-
tent is not known, being paid from colonial funds.
The tables (A) and (B) have been computed at
the_ regulated prices of commissions. Had the
prices notoriously current been taken into calcula-
tion, the loss to purchasing officers would have
been proportionately greater. On the other hand
it must be remarked that there are many incidental
advantages accruing to the purchasing officer which
do not admit of computation ; such as higher rank
at a comparatively early age ; the greater chance of
receiving honorary distinctions ; increased pension
to the widow ; and the prospective share of prize
money, whatever it may be, which is of course pro-
portioned to the rank of the officer.
11. What are the relative advantages, in a pro-
fessional point of view, and in a pecuniary. sense, of
the present and proposed systems, taking into con-
sideration the following points, viz.:—
a. The result of the foregoing inquiry:as to
the loss or gain of regimental officers.
b- The officer's prospect of promotion under
Sir C. Trevelyan's proposed scheme of
voluntary and compulsory retirements as
compared with his prospects under the
existing system.
c. The estimated number of general officers.
d. The establishment of a staff corps with new
rates of pay and allowances in lieu of the
• present staff system.
e. The proposed scale of full pay retirements.
a. The result of the foregoing inquiry as to the
loss or gain of regimental officers upon pay and
allowances is, as has been already pointed out, vari-
ous upon different ranks and positions of officers,
and upon the two classes of officers who do and
who do not purchase.
b. From-the calculation we have made, and which
we believe to be as accurate as possible, we find
that, if the purchase system be abolished, and Sir
C. Trevelyan's plan substituted, the prospect of
promotion would, up to the rank of colonel, be con-
siderably slower than it is under the existing sys-
tem, but that an officer would arrive at the rank
of major-general nearly one year earlier than at
polsent.
Ti:e average periods of obtaining the several
ranks, under Sir C. Trevelyan's system, we have
calculated to be as follows :
At tho age of
Rank ati:ined• Years. Years.
Lieutenant. ...
. present average.
Captain
Lieut.-Col. (no; _Major) 45 10-12, or 8 5-12
/9 ~
Col. (now Lieut.-0.)1.) 5O 11-12, or 8 7-12
Major-General
The plan sub:kiittecl by Sir C. Trevelyan ex-
cludes one source ca.' advancement—that caused-by
exchange—whence .officers, both purchasing and
non-purchasing, now benefit to an extent probably
double that which they obtain from death vacancies;
purchasing officers being. thus enabled to effect ex-
changes into corps 'where few are before them foi
purchase, or to avoid colonial service. On the other
hand, non-purchasing officers, by remaining steadily
in their corps, rise, by exchanges of senior officers
of the same rank to the head of the list, and arc ul-
timately in a position to profit by the first vacancy
arising in the corps. from death or augmentation.
We must atthe sl ame time record our dissent from
his view, that resigi lotions under thetho: p proposedportio sys-
n
tem would equal, or even app
of the present retin 'meats by the sale of commis-
sions.
roach, •ro
ken
The periods of p; om.otion lave necessarily

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calculated upon a system of seniority, but if the
system of selection advocated by. Sir C. Trevelyan
were carried into effect, it would of course cause
the promotion of a certain number of officers to the
higher grades in considerably less time'than that
stated in the table ; but such acceleration of promo-
tion, which is not susceptible of calculation, would
occasion a corresponding retardation in that of the
remaining officers.
c. and d. These circumstances would but very
slightly affect the prospects"of an officer upon his
entrance into the service.
e. With regard to the system of retirement pro-
posed by Sir C. Trevelyan, it may -be doubted
whether the majority of the officers would derive
the benefit anticipated by the change.
For instance, table C, in the appendix, represents
the cases of officers of the several ranks of captain,
major, and lieut.-colonel, of the aR,.5.,0f.45, 50, 55,
60, and 65 years respectively, who may desire to
quit active service, and from this table, it appears
that although the actual retired full-pay in the pro-
posed system exceeds that in the present, yet the loss
of pension to the widow generally more than coan-
terbalances the gain, and in almost every case an
officer could at present obtain for his commission
a sum which would purchase an annuity greater
than the retirement under the present or proposed

OD HI

'ORS'ES- FOR
'AN ARMY.

from that description of mare until the Arab
blood becomes absorbed in many successive-gene-
rations. By paying a little more attention to
the feedinc4 of their horse stock generally the
breeders will find a ready market and remunera-
tion, unsurpassed by any other speculation that this
colony is capable of."
Mr. Hope, in another paper, hopes that the ques-
tion of the capability of the Cape colony to supply
the Indian army with horses to a very large extent
may now be regarded as settled for ever. He
adds •
" It is to be hoped, also, that the Governments of
India and England will permanently establish a
remount agency at the Cape, leaving the agent to
make his purchases in the manner he finds most
advantageous as circumstances may change, with-
out binding him to one prescribed course. If such
an agency be established, the farmers will breed
up to the demand, and the description of horse re-
quired, and the supply for the amy could be in a
great measure kept up without the risk of being
disturbed by war with Persia. It is to be antici-
pated, also, that the breeders. in the colony will
exert themselves to supply the demand, and to
enable the colony to fulfil the expectations thus held
out in a manner that should give no cause of regret
to the Government for having.looked to the colony
to supply the wants of her army in India."
Tho blue-book before us contains a variety of
other papers, principally descriptive (in detail) of
the proceedings adopted by the Government at the
Cape of Good Hope for the procuring of horses for
the Indian service. Captain Gall, already referred
to, concludes as the result of a deliberate and studi-
ous inquiry-Ist. That the Cape colony is able to
furnish an unlimited supply of horses, fit for all
military purposes ; 2d. That while the horses will
be procurable at a price not exceeding. that 'given
for our present remounts, a great economy will be
effected from their being equal to draw or carry
heavier weights; with an activity second only to
that of very select English horses ; 3d. That all
the evidence we have only warrants a conviction
that the decisive experiment, founded on better
knowledge, remains yet to be made, -as shown by
our partial success when excellent horses were sup-
plied to the Hussars in Bombay, but at an exor-
bitant price ; and by our partial failure at Madras,
where the price was moderate, but the horses were
condemned ; 4th. That the intervention of con:-
tractors, brokers, and stablekeepers must be for-
bidden.
He says that very superior horses fit for the Ar-
tillery and Dragoons, might be landed at any of the
ports of India for 400 to 430 rupees. At the Cape
they would average (inclusive of all charges) £2B
each, and from £l2 to £l5 for freight, feed,
and attendance to India. This would be the
maximum for. the first year, after which
Captain Gall thinks that the price would
descend, and range from 385 to 415 rupees, for
reasons assigned. Lieutenant-Colonel Richard-
son is quoted as giving strong evidence of the fit-
ness of Cape horses for military purposes.
" Let the Cape horse," concludes Capt. Gall, " be
introduced (and it is my conscientious belief that if
the experiment be fairly tried it must succeed), you
may then boast of a cavalry in this portion of the
Queen's dominions not only averagely' well
mounted with the cavalry at home, but as superior
in horses, as we confessedly are in equipments, to
any army that could possibly be brought against us
.hrough adjacent countries:"

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.

SALE OF LORD DERBY'S_ HORSES.

In accordance, with the advertised announcement
the " entire stud of a nobleman!' was put up to
public auction by the Messrs. Tattersall at Doncas-
ter on Saturday last. The sale excited much cu-
riosity, and induced many of the race visitors to
prolong their stay in the town. The catalogue com-
prised 22- lots, the stallion Longbow, brood mares,
and this year's foals being omitted. The proceed-
ings commenced in front of the "Salutation" soon
after 11 o'clock, when a large ring was formed, con-
sisting of persons merely clrawn together by curio-
sity and many intending purchasers and breeders
of blood stock. Among the training fraternity were
John Scott, Joseph Dawson, W. Stebbing, H. Lis-
ter, John Dawson, Mat Dawson, W. I'Anson, John
Day, C. Peck, John Osborne, . Alec Taylor,. and
nearly all the jockeys attached to the northern
stables. Among others we noticed Lord Glaggow,
Captain Archdall, Mr. G. 'Payne, Mr. H. Hill, Mr,
Robinson, Mr. J. Dixon, Mr. R. Ten Broeck, Mr.
J. Fisher (an exporter of horses -to Australia),-and

Mr. T. Mason,
Mr. Tattersall commenced his address by stating
that the conditions of the sale would be found in
the catalogue, and that he need 'hardly tell the in-
tending purchasers, that for any of the forfeits in-
curred prior to the sale buyers would not be liable,
but of course any incurred respecting engagements
mentioned in the catalogue would have to be paid
up. Mr. Tattersall as.° stated that should any
of the engagements be inadvertently omitted from
the catalogue purChasers would -.not be liable for
them. Reserved prices were Placed on nearly all
the animals, and this caused several of them to be
returned to their noble owner:
The yearlings were first disposed of.
Lot 1 was a smart chesnut filly, by West Austra-
lian, out of Caricature. After a little time she was
put in at 30 guineas, and some brisk bidding then
ensued between Mr. Clarke and Mr. James Fisher,
to whose offer of 100 guineas the hammer fell; The
filly by Stockwell, out of Meanee,larKe boned, and
with much of the appearance.or her sire about the
head, rose rapidly from 105 guineas to 150, at which
price she was knocked down to - Mr. Clarke. She
accompanied the Caricature filly into the ring,
whom she topped considerably, and was altogether
of much larger size. Stockade, whose engagements
are very heavy, was run up from 150 guineas to
-300,. Mr. S. Hawke having the last bid, and the filly
returns to John Scott. 290 guineas were offered
for a sister to Toxophilite, who has several heavy
• engagements, but it did not come up to the re-
served price, and she will go back to Whitewall.
- A colt by The Flying Dutchman out of Canezou
was much admired ; he seemed strong and .muscu-
lar, and almost as furnished as a two-yr-old. His
engagements are also heavy. Some spirited bid-
ding took place for him ; he was put in :at 350
guineas, and the offers rapidly reached 470. Here
the bidders stopped and the hammer fell,•but the
colt was bought in. When Tom Bowline entered
the circle his superb appearance eXeited'a murmur
of admiration—he was decidedly the handsomest
colt of the lot. The first offer for him was 400
guineas, and after some-warm • competition he was
knocked down to Lord Glasgow for 700 guineas.
This colt has many valuable engagements, and,
should he train on, Lord Glasgow will possess what
,he has long been striving to obtain, a really good
horse. The fate of Voivode, Greenfinch, Lord of
the Hills, Rotherham, and..other high-priced year-
lings renders it hazardous to prognosticate the
future of unbroken animals. The last year-
ling, not a bad-looking colt, but one that turned
in the " toes" of his near forefoot, was knocked
down to the first bidder, who ventured 300 guineas.
Perhaps, taking them altogether, a finer lot of
yearlings was never brought to the hammer. Then
came the horses in training. BooMerang, a 2-yr-
old, with heavy engagements, and who ran very
badly on the previous Wednesday, was vainly
walked round the ring. The auctioneer could not
obtain a bid. The next lot, a chesnut colt by Ted-
dington, out of Young Thalia, was also about to be
sent back, when an offer of 20 guineas was made.
He is-small and pretty, with a handsome mane and
tail, and would make .a beautiful ladies' or park
hack. Mr. Fisher, the Australian dealer, obtained
him for 4G guineas. The Mceanee colt with nothing
particular about him, and with only one engage-
ment, was sold for 50 guineas. Birdbolt, a mean
and not over-sound looking grey, was sent back, no
one being inclined to render himself- liable for the
colt's heavy engagements. Mr. Hodgman obtained
Mutineer for 450 guineas ; and the hammer fell to
Mr. Saxon's offer of 250 guineas for Target. No
one would look at Woodnymph, and, after she had
quitted the ring, the "lion" of the sale, Toxophi-
lite, was introduced ; his coat shone like satin, and
he seemed. full of muscle. Mr. Payne made the
first offer, and bid 1,000 guineas for him ; from this
he was run up t0'2,500, when the hammer fell. Mr.
Payne, however, was merely acting for Lord
Derby, and the horse was bought in.
a The res e
ery
price fixed upon him was 3,000 guineas,
siderinc, the value of his engagements, which, with
nd, con-
health7he; seems certain to. win, too high a price
was not Set upon him. Streamer was more iv-
garded for-his great size, but no one would make
the auctioneer an offer for so notorious a roarer.
Antiquary, whom a tout correctly descrui ib
neea d
s, as " d
a
three-cornered brute," was sold for 22 gan
an uglier shaped horse never looked through a
bridle. We believe that he
was purchased when a
2-yr-old by Lord Derby for- £BOO.
The stallions were magnificent animals, but the
money offered for them did not come up to the re-
serve prices. Only 250 guineas were offered
for Paletot. 800 guineas were bid fOr De Clare,
who seems to possess immense power, but is rather
'heavy-shouldered. Mr... timid bid 1,300 'guineas
for Fazzoletto, which excited much admiration.-- He
is low on the leg, strong and muscular, and is,
perhaps, one of the handsomest stud horses; in Eng-
land; he was bought in for 1,500 guineas. Mr.
Bond offered to take him at that price 2,000
guineas, however, are placed upon Fazzoletto--
quitei enough.money for an untried
home,
how-
ever "fashionable" he may ultimately become. The
beautiful condition in which the animals
were seat