Star.
London, England, 1830-04-15 00:00:00

TO THE EDITOR OF THE STAR.

Mx. Enrron,-1 have read, with some regret, your
reflections on the character and cor.duct of Mr. O'Connell, in re-
spect to the formation of a new society in Ireland, for the improve.
ment of that country, and I venture to suggest to you the following
considerations, not with a view of justifying any breach of faith in
implied engagements which be may have made with distinguished
friends of the people (for Ido not know that Mr. O'C. has made
any such engagements, although I am induced to suspect this to
be the case, from the nature of your remarks or. Saturday); but
with a view to direct your attention to the rapid developement of
those mighty and unsatisfied feelings which form the deep under.
current of society ;--and, if possible, to alarm, with manly christian
action, both Ministers and people. It is the policy of wicked,
and therefore weak Ministers, to be without forethought, and wil.
fully to blind themselves to mighty facts, while they busy them.
selves in unprincipled detaiL Sir, our country is rapidly progressing
in events which will make " the ears of every man to tingle," and
we have a Premier, who shrouds himself in mysterious silence ;
and a Home Secretary, who is delaying every thing which ought to
be urged forward, and industriously forwarding every thing which
is partial and incomplete. I will not speak of the other mcmbcr
of the Administration, but they appear to me as unfit to guide the
destinies of this mighty people as our greatest enemies can desire.
The Sovereign Is too silent for the welfare of his people ; and I
deeply fear, that he will find, too late, that they who advised
measures which his present Ministers row plume themselves in
having adopted, were worthy of better femur, than he has thought
good to shew them. It has always appeared to me,that thedismissal
of Mr. Huskisson and his friends, was analogous to the dismissal
of Mons. Necker, and that they will only be called again to power
when it shall be tou late. I am aware that Mr. H. may not be
everything:the people can desire ; but the moral character of the
people demanded that they, who laboured for years to bring about a
great measure of state duty, should have had a more distinct and in.
fluential part in carrying the measure into effect. if this had been
the case, I doubt if it would have been rendered obnoxious by the
disfranchisement of those, whose claim to enjoy the right which
they possessed, was as good as that of any Nobleman to hie
Borough, or to his Estate, or of the King to his Crown ;
but, Sir, the policy of those who refused Emancipation,
so long as it secured them place, and conceeded it when place
was to be preserved, can find no favour with uptight men
—these are not the men to preserve the rights of the weak, or
to entrust with the privileges of the strong.
These reflections bring me again to Mr. O'Couutt.t., who best
evidences his attachment to truth and the people by the course which
he now takes: he seems not to have desired emancipation for the Ca-
tholic Aristocracy, but for the good of the people; and if Mr. PEEL
and his party chose to shuffle and betray, it is no reason why Mr.
O'Comsrint. should follow in the wake of insincerity and oppres.
'ion. Mr. O'CouwEr.t. appears convinced that Ministers will grant
nothing to weakness and justice. I may doubt the immediate use-
fulness of his measures, but I am by no means surprised at them.
If I were in Ireland (though a Protestant) I should unite myself to
his society, so deeply assured am I that the people have no security
in the principles of the Government.
Sir, cast your eye over your own paper of this evening—look to
the last page but one, in which reference is made to the enlarge-
ment of the Ring's kitchen, and other matters connected with cer-
tain entertainments already given, or about to be given, at St.
James's ; and then read the statement In the next column, which
is in these words." 69 ton 9 cwt. of coal was hauled into:Frome from
Radstoke Coal Works, (a distance of eight miles) 300 trucks drawn
by 392 men, 34 women, and 294 CHILDREN, all harnessed like
cattle !" Now, Sir, I cannot command my feelings to make comment
on this statement, but this I say, that if such things cannot be pre.
vented by Government, they are too imbecile to govern this people ;
and if Government can remedy this state of things, and do not, they
are too wicked to govern this people. Be assured, Sir, that these
are the kind of facts which are sinking down into the broken hearts
of the people, and the remembrance of them will steel the people
against the laments of kings, and priests, and nobles, and mighty
men, and rich men, when calamity shall set in upon the land like a
flood, and sweep away the foundations of misapplied power. The
French revolution began with a cry for " bread." I own that the
fearful state in which our nation is placed will make me most indul-
gent to men in power ; but 'mourn that distress and privation keeps
ascending up the form of the body politic ; the head and the arms arc
occepied in adorning themselves with " more abundant honours."
I have written you a very desultory letter; but I am unable to
express to you my increasing and deep conviction, that unless Provi-
dence should raise up a standard of deliverance amongst us, the self-
sufficiency, selfishness, and ignorance of those in power, will involve
us all in one common lot of wretchedness.
AN OCCASIONAL CORRESPONDENT.
April 11, 1830.

CITY. TwELvv. o'CLoca.

The French Bente* having come higher, Consols are at 921 / for
the Account ; but they arc down to 931, and at present may be
quoted se:11 and for next time 93 1.
We understand that in the Foreign Market there has been a
failure of some importance—a //dal It is said his deficiency
amounts to about 20,0001.
No material speculations with the Foreign Market has this morn.
lag been effected.
Accounts from Lisbon state, that it was deemed necessary totted
troops into the Alentejo; and the sth regiment of cavalry has been
cantoned at Estremes. Although the promised which thealiPeli'cs
have made of the future moderation o their Government, it is know&
that within these few days, that two vessels have sailed for the Ta.
gus, with three hundred persons on board, condemned for
tyinlont.
It appeals that the naval arrangements against Algiers will con.
sist of 119 ships of war. Admiral Dupene has published an order
of the day to stimulate the zeal of the officers in forwarding the ex.
pedi tient .
Sir John Campbell, who has arrived at Lisbon, thinking to have
a command in the Portuguese army, has been disappointed--Dor.
Miguel re fu•ing to employ any Englishman, until he is recognised
by the Britit It Government ! ! !
Marseilles papers have been received at the North and South Arne.
dean Coffee-house tap the 20th Dzceniber. They contain an Order
of Council fur extending for twee years the registering of the slaves.
Information from the island of Jersey brings accounts of the un.
pleasant disputes between ;he oyster-boats and French cutters.
These have been this year unf..rteinately renewed. Scarcely had the
fishing season commenced, when five or six smacks were seized by
the French cutter'', for having transgressed the regulated limits. a:ad
laid up in the harbour of Grimvill..

ONE O'CLOCK.

Consols have been fluctuating during the morning from h:Cfl
to 1.131 for the Account; at present they are 93 buyers.-
Ihe decline is attributed to the near approach of settling thy.
which takes place to-morrow in the Consol Market, and which is
supposed to be a Bull Account. Up to the present hour we do
not hear of any political information. Since writing our
twelve o'clock account we have made further inquiry in re.
gard to the failure in the fureigo house, and we understand that
it is not of that magnitude as we first stated, the difference being
only to the amount of 1,5001. or 2.0001. and there are some hopes
that the affair will be privately adjusted.
It is settling day in the above Market, and the heaviest account
to wind up is that of (heck Bonds. We do not hear of any failure*
Greek Bonds have lowered; in other Foreign Securities little doing.
LIVERPOOL. A pats. 13.—The Loyale Sam Nicholi was totally
lost between Bohai and Macero ; had on board eight hundred bags
of cotton.

PROFUSION OF VIE PUBLIC EXPENDITURE.

TO THE EDITOR OF THE STAR.
O. 1.--ARMY MILDICAL DEPARTME\T.

Si R,

The present crisis calls so loudly for retrenchment in
every branch of national expenditure, that 1 am induced,
through the medium of your Paper, to direct the atten-
tion of the public to the extraordinary increase that has,
of late years, been made to the patronage, and consc-
' quently to the expense, of several departments, that seem
hitherto either to have escaped the scrutiny of political
economists, or to have been but imperfectly investigated.
An inquiry into the relative cost of the Army Medical
Department in the years 1792 andlB3o, and particularls
in the interval, between the peace of 1815 anti the present
time, would lead to the developement of some curious and
most important facts. It would be well worth while to
compare the state of the medical staff on foreign stations
at the two periods, and in so doing to look to the Fifth
Re} ort of the Commissioners of Military Inquiry, and
contrast the opinions then given by the present DI lt
TOR-GEN Etta I. of the Army Medical Ijcpartment (ml,O
was at that time a subordinate Officer,) t•. ith his Direr
of the Department at the present day.
We now find that the retired officers of that depart-
ment are a Physician-general and an Inspector-general
of hospitals. The latter of these held, with the Inspector-
ship, a distinct full pay appointment, as Comptroller of
accounts of army hospitals—neither more nor less than
comptroller of his own accounts; and also the situation
of Staff-surgeon to his late Royal Highness the Duke of
YORK, with extra pay for length of service; and has re •
tired on a double pension as Inspector of hospitals and
Comptroller of his own accounts, " as aforesaid." These
two officers—the Physician-general, and Inspector-ge-
neral—belonged to the former Army Medical Board;
the third officer, the Surgeon-general, died since his re-
tirement, and his retired allowance is therefore saved to
the public.
In 1810 a New Army Medical Board was appointed,
at about double the pay of the former : one member of
which, who had been appointed fiont half pay allowan:
of 2651. per annum, retired Upon a !.:tlf pay of 6001. For
annum, after a few months' trial of his services, on
the plea of having lost the sigl.t of an eve, as if one ,yo
were not sufficient for the discharge of his dutiesl..hich
consisted chiefly of writing and reading reports. San
afterwards, the first Dtit£cTon-Gcxt:RAl.waspermite:d
to retire on an allowance of 1,00.0/. per annum, on ac-
count of age, haying been about eighty years of age when
he was selected for the appointment; and ho was succeeded
by the present Di RECTOR-GEN ERA L. This latter ap-
Ipointatent gave umbrage to the second member of thu
Board, who had expected the promotion • and he en-
deavoured to effect his retiretnoat on 1,0001. per anuam ;
but his application was refused, until the SEC It ETA RV-
AT-WAR notified in Parliament his inteutim of reducing.
one of the three members of the Board ; and an yEer
was then made to the second member to retire on t.O/.
per annum, which he accepted ; and instantly, in thu
face of the SIX KETA It Y-AT-WAR's notice of reduction,
and in direct contravention of the Kt N Wm rant for
the establishment of the Army Mcdici,l Board, the va-
cancy thus occasioned was titled by an Officer from the
half-pay list of 12s. 6d. per diem. This junior Officer
was soon afterwards reduced, and placed on the half-pay
allowance of 6001. per nonam I —the full pay of the re-
spective Officers being, Di ist:crud-GEN ERA 1., 2,0001
per annum—two PuiNciral.-Issenc 1 o RS, 1,2001. per
annum each. _

There were thus, at one time, six Superior Officers of
the Army Medical Departiacut on retired a11u,% ances,
viz.:—

One Physician-General
One Surgeon-Gcneral
One Inspector-Gencral
Ditto, as Comptroller of his own Accounts MO f
One Director-General
One Principal lnmpector WI
One ditto ditto • • 6OIP
.......-..
4.20(1

Of these two are since dead, viz.
One Surgeon-Gtneral
,450
One Director. General
Leaving Retired Allowances
One Director-General on full pay
One Principal Inspector
1 20U

X-5,95:t
In addition to which we now have a long list of In-
spectors, Deputy Inspectors, and ether Medical Sof
Officers, all newly appointed since the peace ; while, in
fact, there were numbers of experienced officers on halt=
pay who would have rejoiced in being placed on full-pay
and sent upon any foreign service. Mr. Hu M E and Col.
DA V is should look to this.
I am Sir, your obedient Servant,
London, April 15, 1830. INVESTIGATOR.
We have reason to believe that the failure of a certain
Jew- - although posted up—is not so serious as the
Citizens imagine. The deficiency is not so much as
twenty thousand.