The Sun.
London, England, 1820-06-03 00:00:00

A FATAL AFFRAY.

CASTLEBEAR. MAY 29.—A fatal affray took
place on Friday last, at the fair of Donemona,
within five Miles of this town. As it is probable
the affair will be investigated before a civil or
military trihnnal, or perhaps both, we hesi-
tate to make any impression respecting it, le-.
yond what a mere statement of facts may
create. A party of the 39th regiment, con-
sisting of an officer, a serjeant, and ten men.
were marched hence to preserve utder at the fair.
Towards the close of the day their arms were piletl
for a while, and in charge of a sentinel, when
an altercation arose between a soldier and. a
countryman,, n the, course of which the latter
received a prod of a bayonet from the former.—..
A conflict immediately commenced, and two
soldiers were speedily knocked down and severely
wounded. A constable, named Leary, in the cm.,
ploymehLof E. H. Lynch, Esq. of Glngher-how.e,
advanceirto the protection of the wounded soldiers,
whose officer, at this time, observing an enraged
mob bearing down upon them, found it ne-
cessary to order his little parr to fire, two at a
time, as we are infm med. The first shots Hulot.
tut-safely took effect, sod the constable fell dead on
the spot, having received two hulk • in his body.
A ball afterwards passed thr0n.....11 the chest of
a young man.named Kim in, and another broke
his arm. He is in the County Hospital, and is
likely to do well. Two or three persons, we un-
derstand, were rilsO wounded, hot not dangerous-
ly. J. Burke, Esq held an Inquest on the body of
toe deceased, Leary. D. Browne, -Esq.. N. P.,
was Foreman, and several other respectable Gen-
tlemen were on the Jory. They have et.O.r--,1 the
killing of the man'to he aecidental,and the fin 4of
the shots, by the soldiers an act of selt-clefenc'e
against the mob; but they do not by any means
exculpate the soldier who first userl his bavonet.
We cannot help regretting that so small a party
of the military should have been employed on the
occasion ; if any were necessary at so large a
meeting, ten were too few ; for if turbulence were
meditated (which we hope.was not the case) ,such
a display would rather encourage than prevent it.
The serjeant's halberd, and two or three of tile
soldiers' muskets, were taken from titers), and
broken in the affray. The Officers of "the 39th
Regiment have made a Subscription for the family
of Leary.—(llloyo Constilutior 4.)

The Earl and Coolness of LONSDALE enter•
tallied a large party of distinguished personages',
yesterday, at their hpuse in Charles-street, Berke•
ley-square.

The will of LEwts ,DYMOCKE, of S rkrelsbg.
in the county of Lincoln, Esq., the Hononrable
the King's Champion, was lodged in Doctors'.
Commons yesterday. He devises his real estates,
called Scrivelsby Fen, to his nephew Henry Dy-
nmocke, the first son of testator's brother John—
and appoints John Tyrwhitt, Eq. and Sir One-
siphon's Paull, Baronet, executors. Personal.
property under 12,0001,

A lire broke nut, yesterday, in ,the second floor
of a house in Searle's-place, Carey-street, which
consumed nearlyt he whole of the interior eXcept
the ground floor, before it could he extinguished.'
Sunday an inquest was holden at the Globe Inn,
Newton-St.-Loe, by Mr. Scaddir4f, on the
mangled remains of Ann Horton, aged 35. one,,
of the domestic servants of John Eusor, EA. late
of liar-ley-house, in this city ; which were tound
in the riser Avon, near Newton-Mead, on Sa--
turd4y. The unfortunate woman left home
about 6 o'clock on the evening of Christmas-day,
and is swiposed to have fallen into the ricer On
that evening ; and although strict search was
tor several days made to fitid the body, by dr4g-•
ging the water, yet eve' y effort proved abortive.
Verdict, " Found drowned,"—(Bath Paper.)

ROUSE OF CONI \IONS.
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ARMY ESTIMATES RESUMED.
Lord PacteleasToti then lose to resume the sub-
ject of the /limy Estimates, and co emenced by
describing the charge of the I,Var-Office in the
present year, compared with the year 1814, the
last of the war. lo ih,st year the charge of the
current part of the War-Office was so-1 ething
*hoar lily-six thousand [-woods ; the charge on the
same *memoir for the year 1820, was about 36,0001.
of the temeitiing sum, 9,3351: was altogether
saved awl discontinued, and ten thotiSand pounds
etas transferred to the department of cite arrear
loisiness. of Which there had been a great accumit•
Itoon when he entered on Ft Om t hat time,
the year 1811, till the present, the tootle of the
accounts in the office amounted to 1,339, of which
only 36 remained unsettled.--(Eleat !)—The effect
of the addition made to the arrear departin'ent
motte than repaid annually the whole expence of
.the War Oilier. Under the head of hospital ex-
Fetters e was an increase this year, coin-
Tared with the last, of 9 7661. of whirl) 6,0001.
was to quired for medicines ; the remaining
3 7661. for various iecideutal expeoces. Under
the latter head the ophtliablik hospital was
the chnige for which was 2,1001.—
There were 100 patients treated itt it, and the
whole expertce of each annually was but 211.
With regaid ot tie effects of that establish-
ni,ot, he should only say, that experience had
fully confirmed the opinion he had before express.
ed on Hie subject, and that it had been attended
with every benefit expected from it. The total
amount (It the, voluoteer corps in England for the
present year was 2,0(;0 infantry and 4000
eaval►y. 'The whole force in Ireland was in-
fantry, and amounted at present to about 20,000.
In the Military College there was a dimi-
outioo of the charge of about 3,0001. The,
senior dt•pirtutent at Fill/01.ml was shortly to he
removed to Sandhurst, which woold cause a
great saving, and the officers allowed to ran-
dy at the College were in tutor e to under-
go a more strict. examination. It, the army
pay Of General Officers, there was an increase of'
3.1111. iii consequeuce of the redact ion (if regi-
ments. .the +'ride of garrisons there was an
_increase of 9791.. in consequence of transferring
the charge of certain garrisons in North America
from the Ordnance to the -Artny Estimates.
the half-pay there was an inctease of 49,8071.—
After describing the variations in o•her depart.
mews, the Noble Lord stated that of the out-
peosioners of Chelsea and Kilmainhatn, when
-tontooned to attend in consequence of the late
changes in the army., I ,862 only absented
themselves. A great number. bad sent ex-
cuses which had been found to he sufficient.
The whole number of those from England
and Ireland deemed 'fit for service, upon
examination, was 12,305, of which 3314 'we're
excused on a second exatnioation, leaving 8991
men proper for service, who expressed theinselves•
very thatiktul for the additional advautages of
being pieced on service. UPoti it.general compu-
tation there was ail actual increase of about
11,000 men, the actual increase of charge being
:only 224.0001. And %vete it not that those events
bad occurred which had caused the organization
of the veteran battalions., as a necessary measure
'of security, there would hive' been a.savilig of
'68,0001. as compared with theyear before. After
_some further rematks, the Noble Lord moved the
first Resolution for maintaining 9'2,224 men,
rank and file, for set vice at home and abroad
(excepting the regiments employed in the terri-
torial possessions of the East !mile Company),
'from the 25th of December, 1819, to the 24th
of December, 1820, both inclusive.
Lord NUGENT denied that any notoriety existed
for increasing the military establisloneut. if pub-
lic distress called for an increase of the military
establishment, the result would inevitably be, a
total military despotism. He wished to learn to
"vrhat extent the ballots for the Militia wcie to go,
and what was to be the increase of the Yeomanry
• Cavalry. Upon a future day he should record his
opinions on the Journals of the finuse.
Mr. F PALT4Ii.II wishedto learn Om amount of
the Dtivets Corps; be thought the new Military
College unnecessary.
Mr. Honda thought a Committee should be ap-
pointed, to inquire into the number and discipline
of 'he troops. The nuMber of the Guards had been
increased, and the expeuce of each man was equal
to 140 j. yearly. The expeuce of building
the new Military College could hive supported
that at Marlow. By the Eatimate it appeared
that the ex?ience of the Colonial Establishinents
was nearly equal to that of Great Britain ; though
much of it might and might to be defrayed by
themselves. Up to 1814; the pay of Coninfaitder-
in.CLief had been only 91. per day, but it was
now 181.8 i 9d. The reason then given for the
"increase, viz. the increase of duty, called at the-
present (lose for a diminutittn. The expence of
the Staff at head-quarters was 30,0331. and a
'reduction ought to commence there. The salary
of the Judge Advocate had been raised, on
amino* of the increase of duty, from 2 0-101.
to 5,000:. As the additional duty had ceased,
the salary should be reduced to its former amount.
Out of 14,2031. charged for Malta and the lonian
,lslatols, only 2,6501. teas paid by the Islands them-
selves; thoOL;li Great Britain was only hound to
pay the troops if they exceeded 3000.-14,0001.
Was also paid for the expenses of the Civil
Government of the Islands. He did not wish
the College at Sandhurst to be abolished, but
the expeuce to be reduced. In the course of
_four years only seventy-six Cadets had received
commissions, and taking the expense for three
years to be 78,0001. the education of each
Cadet Made available for the service of the coun•
try was 10401. The ex,2ence of the Military
Asylum should also be retraced in time of peace ;
and if Officers on the half-pay were placed ott
full pay when commissions fall vacant, the half-
pay would be saved to the Public. If the Noble
Lord was sincere in his professions of economy,
tt.,e Estithares for next year might be reduced
smite hundred thousand pounds.
COlonel Davies stated that the medicines for
the Artily, which bed been supplied by a Patentee,
uow dead, bad cost 50 per cent. taure than those

'curnisheCl to other ll:hit-relies of tie serttke, tip
wishe,l to kuow how the Army was in future to
be supplied, and also if there was any Militia in
the lonian Ishitts.
Lord Niturort called the Attention 'of the noose
to the sthliiion that had beets made to the Mili-
tary Establishment. No notice had !weft taken
of it in the Preamble to the Mutiny Bill .; ;Alai no
altusion had been made to the subject in the pre-
sent Estimates.

COI. FR n NCFI defended the establishment at
Sandhurst', as being well calculated for the object
it had in view ; a, d 1 eidogked the conduct of the
Commander-in-Chief, who was by
,no dirrittS
paid for,his arr;rions duties. The fact Was, that
this Country public men were not adequately
remunerated. The establishment was a debt of
honour to tho,v personi who had 'hied and fallen
for their Country. From 900 ro 1000 young men
had been edocated there, who had no otter re-
source.

- -
Mr. KENNET adverted to the Opthalmic Esta-
blishment, and to the charges that had been made
against Sir W. Adams, which he thought had been
made good. in diseases of the eve be thought
the sin h trite of Drs. Franklin and Macgregor
better than that Of the Noble Lord. 13y the
olwrations that hail been performed many had
been rendered :blind. Many had deserted the
Establshinent, and it was not to be wondered at,
if two Ow of fifteen lost their eyes.
Mr GounrsußN slid, there was -a Militia in the
lonian Islands, though be could not Shy if they
were embodied at present. it wtts said (by Mr
Hume), that no attempt had been made to compel
the Colonies to pay a share of their Military Est a-
blishittent ; but in _the present year 11,0001. of
expellee had been diminished..
Mr. 13.‘auANI asserted that the Opthalmic Esta-
blishment was not only one of the most beneficial,
but also the most economic in the country Many
who hail been disehatged as Mc:m.ll)le by Army
Surgeons, had been cured in the Opthahnic Hos-
pital.
Mr.•PtrCE had seen some men cured•in the
Opthalmic Hospital, who bad been dismissed by
four /limy Surgeons as incur able. H e
tbfttepeosions should, not be granted for blindness
till the parties bad been examined at the 01)11)41-
mic Hospital.
Mr. C.4HUTCHINSON thought -that great injus-
tice had been dune to Sir W. Adams, by the
Member for Shrewsbury. Many, who had been
blind for several years; ban uecocered their sight
in the' Opthalmie Hospital. He trusted no 'ob-
jection would be made to that item in the Esti-
MateS.

iNir.lißtartrr. read an extract from the Report
of some menical men, in justification of his opi-
nion.

Lord I'ALMERSTON replied to the questions that
had been !Mt to him. With tespect to the salary
of the Commander-in-Met, it was not given to
him in that eapaci:y, but in that of Field-Marshal,
tend amounted to about 6NOI. a year. That was
the. salary of r Secretat y of btate, an&had it been
given to the Commautter•in-Chief as the remune-
ration for. his services, at the bead of the army,
he was Confident no man could think it too is;n.clr
when he reflected ou the' arduous duties that rte.
volved on that illustrious. Person Ag e •The Noble
Lord proceeded to defend. the Est aliliihments of
the Military College and Agylum. and, to reply to
the argum-nts used by the several Gentlemen who
preceded him.
Mr. Hums said a few words in explanation.
In his opinion, if the College wag kept up, all
educated there should have commissions, and not
be sent adrift into the world.
Lord NUGRNT said a few words against the
manner in which the veteran battalions had been
levied, as unconstitutional, that force having been
raised without consent of Parliament. The num-
ber of 12,000 were voted on condition of being
reduced within a limited time. The reduction
took place, but between the prorogation and the
Meeting of Parliament, 11,000 of the veteran
battalion were levir.d. which was conrrary to the
provisions of the, Bill of Rights.
The CHANCELLOR of the Exonsnutts Observed,
that Proclamation had been made in October, anti
the eallii:st application possible had been made to
Parliament on its .meeting.
Lord PALMERSTON said, that the argument of
the Noble Lord would go to deprive the Crown
of the power to raise a single soldier without con-
sent of Parliament in case of insurrection or in-
vasion.

Lord .NuoeNT Observed, ►hat even in such a case
G4veranieni3Ould require a Bill of lotlenmil y.—
The several Resol►itions were ►hen agreed to.

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