The Sun.
London, England, 1844-04-18 00:00:00

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THE ARii TY.
RETIRING ALLOWANCE TO PAYMASTERS.
We have been anxiously looking for the appearance or
new warrant respecting the retiring allowance to the eldlr.
d
faithful paymasters of the army—indeM we ought Prq„e,fir4
to designate them " the old and gallant veterans"---as ••
of them hare in times past, and before they: filled their la._ r
sent situations, often fought and bled in the service of UT_ •
country. We say we have been looking anxiously for ti"
warrant, as we are fully aware that the present Secret3.rf
at-War has one in contemplation ; and his only difficult, osi
we believe, is to arrive at the conclusion of its being a „d
measure, so as to give satisfaction to the service at large,•tr
prevent any further demands on the part • of the present
future officers who may fill this responsible situation.
As we have, from time to time, received ntunerous en
munications, both personal and by letter,,from nearly *1
the old officers who now fill the situation of
can vouch for their being perfectly satisfied with the
.Presei,
system of full pay, and that what they now only requirew,
to be put on a par with all the other branches of the _sell f
as to being permitted to retire on full-pay after great length I°F;
service—namely, not less than thirty-tive yearactuallYon
pay (twenty-live of which as paymaster), and then only by d
paymaster, ot
having the option of doing so yearly ; and which is al,litrea
to the old efticers in the Artillery, Marines, and Line, 811'.$
service of thirty years. This is the boon they ask for As
final measure.
It should be considered that paymasters are not 11",f-ms' y
formerly, civilians, and that upon appointment their.
is stopped altogether (this being the only staff situat'°t}ilit
the whole service where such a stoppage takes place); that
they thrfeit all prospect of future rank in the army
the price of their former commission is for ever lost to th for,
and that they have no other prospect in the world to foul' hot
ward to, but being allowed, after an extremely long lob'
old
service (most probably in all climates) to retire; in theirheir
t age, on a sufficient competency to keep themselves and she
families from actual want? Arid what is the amottat,° the
said retirement? Merely an advance of 3s. per diem,'" .0
short periodso old a veteran may have to live, and,
average, he would at least have completed sixty yea,rs of agy,
To prove this we shall mention that the full-paY• (31: isitc•
master of thirty-five years' service is 1,. 2s. : 6d.; ""
censor would only receive 12s. 6d ; and ifwe count the 3'11.1,
of half-pay of a captain 75., and Making . together 199';
the cost in reality would only be 35., leaving out altoge'o
the consideration of the very large-sum already saved Wore
public by the stoppage of the half-pay for twenty-five to
of the old paymaster whilst with his regiment. It is a-ejlei
be borne in mind that the o:d officers in the other urilirti
of the service being allowed to retire on full-pay, after t
to
years' service, is entirely' a dead weight, as their phtees,r4to
be filled up by others with equal rank and pay. nor is
any saving. whatever of half pay ; consequentiy, the Op,
ments we have used on this subject, as regarda parna:
ought to have a ten-fold effect in inducing.,the Presen..."
mane and benevolent Secretary at War to at once folio,.
his excellent intentions, which would be most gratefullf,;'lo.
ceived by the army at large, and applauded by the W!'de,
country, as a,measure administering impartial justice tot 0
serving old soldiers, and thereby giving encouragement
officers of higher ranks to accept of paymastersl4'the
which greater saving would accrue to-the public filo
half-pay list than at present exists.—Nuval and 31"
Gazette.

PRIZE MONEY FOR THE C2O #

TURE OF SLAVERS. -
TIIE FORESTER BRIGANTINE.—This little vessel, one?f oa
old class, and this quarter omitted from the nsYY
account of being condemned for sale, proved of some get,o
of
in her last term of commission. She captured on the
.tbe
May, 1839, the slave vessel Raynha dos Anjos, tong,and °ri
;
23d of November, 1840, the slaver Recurso for the 7
bounties and proceeds of which there are for the formerifter
and the latter 375/. 145., which will be paid on 0- or
Thursday, the 25th inst., at No. 34, Soho-square, to the „a
officer of the station (for the first only) and the office.re:lo/-
crew who were present, in the following proportions' 15e, ;
the Raynha dos Anjos— Flag, 10/. ; commander, 181•
second class, 7/. 6S. 9d. ; third, 31.135. 4d. ; fourth, 21.1°1', ~'OlO
fifth, 11. 14s. sd. ; sixth, 16s. 3d. ; seventh, Bs. ld.
R ecurso—Comman der, 451.145. 3d. ; second class, 251. I 's'
third, 12/. 15s. 11d.; fourth, 8/. 109. 7d.; fifth, 4L 56.
sigth, 10d. ; seventh, 1/. Bs. sd. iSfir
THE Aconx Stoor.—Accounts of the prize Anna, S he 6•
captured by the Acorn on the 17th August, 1841, wiu
gistered on the 22d inst.
THE GRECIAN SLOOP.—Accounts of the slave and 0-6,/s.
bounties granted for the capture of the slave-vessel J 6116 101
seized on the 24th April, 1842 ; and of the Minerva,,_„—
28th April of that year by the Grecian, will shortly 7) the
nounced for distribution, as they have been deposited
Admiralty registry.
THE WATERWITCH.—The followin- mints res,—A

ig accu.
captures made by this brig, when under the cola° itr
Commander (then Lieutenant) Watson, have been detle,
in the Admiralty registry :—Proceeds of refund of
and Treasury fees fur the Spanish felucca Si; seized x'o for
May, 1839 ; of excess of expenses and tonnage belliTesie
the Triumfe, seized 22d July, 1842 ; for-the Feliz
seized 31st December, 1841; and for the Daquesa de lu
seized 23d September, 1842 ; of refund of exPensetiA
and tonnage bounties for a launch, name unknown,
slaves, seized Bth of February, 1842 ; a. ;galley, 115,,-
known, with nine slaves, seized Bth of February,,,,lsr-!, 05.7
ladnch, name unknown, seized 9th of Febtuary, 11640'190'
refund of expenses for a boat, name unknown,_seizea:
January, 1842 (restored).
At
SECOND DISTRIBUTION OF THE BURMESE PRIZE
—The payment of the unclaimed shareS of prize-m,-,%f0
account of her Majesty's troops of the Madras establis,;6lP
who served under lINor-General Sir A. Campbell,
51-110
at the captures in the Burmese territory,
.be
and after this day, at the Secretary's Office, Chelsea Hop
The Ist, 41st, 45th, and 89th Regiments of Foot sr.
claimants.

MARKET NEWS—YESTERP—,A
••
c OP.N-EXCEA NOE . • • .et P,7,
The supply of English Wheat was but moderate,
tIIF or,
demand fur it was in a depressed state, at,barely 31°/:
quotations. So little was doing in Foreign 'WhCiie r,
prices were almost nominal. Malting Barley was q—.„ldrOr
dear; but grinding and distilling sorts were a. mere .
Malt, and all other grain were unaltered.
ARRIVALS.
I Wheat. 15. 11 y. 3,:320 qrs. ,vo qr. . I
WO 9,750
j
alt, qrs.
lIITHITECHAPEL.

„..
tti
Oats. ,lO
:3,230 qts. •
13,0g0
•

English
Irish .

Foreign

the dr

We had only a moderate supply of meat, while Vfror
mand was somewhat . inactive, at late rates :—l3e! 50 1
2s 2d to 3s 4d; Mutton, 2s 6d to 3s 8d; Lanu"iii 5
6s 4d; Veal, 3s 4d to 4s 6d; and Pork, 2s 4iF N
..
per 81bs. •

FIVE HUNDRED POUNDS —OST.—r. Ge4o;
Horlick, of Cranham, in this county, lost from his ponsfr
Thursday last, as he believes, in Cheltenham fair, tne•Gloll:
sum of five hundred pounds, 3001. of which was the vAs'
cestershire Banking Company's 101. notes, 1001. iincse,
of England paper, and 1001. in sovereigns. He' ha" „4
the amount out of the Gloucestershire Bank in this
same morning, and imprudently carried it about. his 10'7-
Gloucester Journal.
DEATH UNDER CIRCUMSTANCES OF DEsTlT,,kitiori., -6,- pp-
On Tuesday evening llfr. Payne held an inquest inqleo,,*
tholomew's Hospital, on the body of Christophefigee;
aged 74,' formerly a master jeweller of Berkele?..i?
Clerkenwell. It appeared in evidence, that afe"4.
since deceased was a tradesman of respectability if
business, but through a falling off in'his line of tTauf'diefirl;
become exceedingly indigent, and latterly his averskoAcll;o4
ings did not exceed 2d. a day. In consequence,' ke,ef i 4
wife were involved in great privation, 'and their 00 crit
was a scanty portion of dry bread and potatoes. 011,1100
last the only nourishment they could procure Yol'„.,00„11
halfpenny worth of rice and. a 'little bread. .In COnl`ajolo
of this state of privation, he became subject to'fits, 0174i0t
he was urged to apply for parochial relief he- wouluop
so, having a strong antipathy to be succoured in-thto
On Saturday evening he left home to dispose:Of e'er
aof
portion of gold cuttings, in order to purchase SOX 0114
saries. To do so he entered the shop of Mr. Tirrep,
of 54, Barbican, and whilst waiting he fell on the pit
through exhaustion. He was picked up in a statae .00
sibility, and conveyed to the above hospital, but ile:s
arrival was pronounced dead by Mr. Shaw, the 6fivt'o
surgeon, who attributed death to natural causes, arising
exhaustion consequent on the want of things nee 1
,
sustain " Natural death." leer
THE GUANO TRADE.--A sailor coming from
pool to Preston, who has been with a vessel for gulife
at to be a most lucrative speculation. He said thaL•b tettw,
sel was ten weeks on its passage to Africa, nine weesl.
ing, and' seven lading altogether a few weeks o:ce. obit;
year. The afticle itself, he states, costs pot a: 13ci
The vessel carried 500 tons, which at 84 a ton, Nr9l•P
js ,
';(11
4,000/. The expenses, he thought, would not excel
but if we call them 1,000/., the importation of'gtiv-•,
A 1 :
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bad speculation.--Lancaster Guardian.
1301
[ADVERTISEMENT.]—THE ISLAND OF
AND 'HOLLOWAY'S OINTMENT AND PILLS "-^l";,.' Pf'd
December, 1843, William Grasett,,of Bridgete"c•Tiffe
badoes, solemnly declares that fur two- years he 'oo3frof
with fearful ulcerations, which no.medicine or trtfice
in that island could cure. That he was in the seibir
Mrs. M`Caskey, who caused him to be attended ill:, tof
John R. Bryant, who, failing to cure him,
ease. "He, as a last resource, used Holloway S toa,
and Pills, which completely cured him; to the lictee:,..
merit of all ; the cure being so astonishing and r/
ordinary, that J. Young Edghill,.Esq.,.eaused,:joe,J
ticulars to be advertised in the papers of Barurstlrjl
Sold et Professor Holloway's Establishmept, 24'7,00-
(where advice may be had gratis); and 11:orla.
respectable Chemists throughout the civilized
' BIRH • : coii9
1.41
On the 10th inst., at Makia-ill
the lady of S. .
Esq., of a daughter.
On the 11th inst., at Alderholt-park, Rents, I°. ore
Key, of a daughter. woe.
On the 13th inst., in Curzon-street, Mrs. W. )IP
bsOn nt, of a son. ifoQf
the 13th inst., in Blackfriars-road, the 1° 010
Robert Tebbit, sus oft -irle

Irgeon, -wins—girls r
On the 13th inst , at Ipswich, the lady of lksive
M. N. Sturt, Bengal army, of a son. r:orwr
On the 13th inst., at N'ottingham, the wife of
Esq., Enniskillen Dragoons, of a son.
.101.14
On the 13th inst., in Devonshire-street, Pe'L4 r'
the wife of A. B,Chisholm, Esq., of a daughter. foe .
Oa the 13th inst., at Nonsuch-park, Surrey,
F. Gamul Farmer, Esq., of a daughter.
On the 14th inst., Mrs. Henry T. Wright, Ham:
race, St. John's-wood, of a daughter, Still-born. ,
Willis Or;
MARRIED. s ~f 0-
On the 10th inst., at Danbury, the Rev.er
Vicar of Little Baddow, to Emilia, youngest daog
..
Rev. Henry Brooke Bridges, Rector of DanburyJol)ll/
On the 11th inst., at the Episcopal Chapel
Edinburgh, Fretcheville Lawson Ballantine
Dovenby Hall, Cumberland, to Ann Eliza, elaescooliti(at'
of the late Joseph. Gunson, Esq., of Ingwell, saine,qlbutepcs•A
On the 13th inst., at oreham, Essex, 11,Ir. "„,erP 10"
thews; of Knightsbridge, to Miss Oram, o the fe.7oooiste
On the 13th inst., at Wandsworth, the BC% of the
Welldon M.A.-, of Tunbridge, to Elinor, daughter
Michael 'Turner, Esq , of Putney.
DIED. f the ot.
On the 30th ult., Charles Chatfield, Esq.,
litefolt
Camberwell. tchiniver
On the 4th inst., at Strasburg, Eleanor,. eldest rtirs
the late Alexander Begbie, Esq., Corehiesar. •• opr
Bahamas. of
On the 7th inst., Carter Draper, Esq., solicitor,
PP
ton On
London', aged 69. of
the Bth inst., the Rev. Roger Bass, v..— ddb.
Warwickshire. tle'
On the 11th inst., at Hastings, Horatio. 3- • ~..011(
of the Rev. John Kirby, of Mayfield, Sussex.
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BEdillenzi, Thursday; AprinS, 1844.
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