Star.
London, England, 1814-07-18 00:00:00

WAR t4INIsTRY.

With regard to the ex, endittire of this department
we can only present an approximation. 1 hie WA,
the root of the evil: hence oriviiiat,d the disordei
wl.ich extended to all the other brani heti ; and the
disasters of the tiller last campaign:: have pimiged
this depArtment, Already so complicated, into .1 coin.
plete chaos.
On the Ist of May laq the land forces of France
amounted to more than 520,000 men, including
gendarmerie, veiesans, invalids, and cannoiners,
guarding the coasts. Ikbidt:ll this toter, there Are

122,597 military of all ranks enjoying half-pny....
One hundred and sixty thousand prisoners are re.
turning to us from Prussia, Austria, England, and i
Russia. The Staff of the Army, including Engi-
neers, Inspectors, Commissaries, &c. amounts to
1874 individuals.
The pay, &c. of men in active service for 1814,
amounts to - ----804,000,00 c
Half-pay, &c. to 34,1810,000

Total -

.23 ti,000,0(X)

The war of 1812 and 1813 destroyed in artillery
and ammunition, a capital of 250 millions; and the
fortified places in the countries ceded by France had,
since 1804, cost her 115 millions. The Budget of
the War Ministry, properly so cane:, had Teen fixed
under all heads, for 1814, at 360 millions. But in
consequence of a division which had existed some
years, there was, besides the department of the Mid
stry at War, that of the War Administration. 'rile-
expenses of this last were, in 181'2, 2.;8,000,0,10
&Aires; in 1813, 374,000,000 ; and in 181 t they
will be 350,000,0'.X); valid, last slim will, for 1814,
occasion an expense, in these two branches, of 740
millions.

The arrear also of these tar) branches is enormous
—that of thin ministry at war .41,1011 ACCurl‘iitig to
prestAt statements, to 101..000,000 ; and that of the
war administration to 157,000,0 A), maki.pg a total
arrear of '261 millions.

But these statements are not yet complete: t!ie
Arrears of the armies, during the years 1811, I'2, LI,
and 11., are still unknown. Neither do they include
a sum of 100 millions, Griot:wined by the twn
~tries, which they no longer reckon their debts, hut
which the Tre.tsury has not been able to pay. We
must add, aLo, to the. expenses occatiow ti by the
war, the requisitions of wh;,:it we have already srokyu,
the expetisa ot' the guard. of 11,;nour, aunt of the
off;:rs of niounted and egnipped hotscmen. The ex-
pense of the two latter for the tiepartnietits of
01. t I.*:...nce, may be ...•!itnated ~t 1:";,(.11,00 11.11. CE.

All .1S:'::1' OF M 11:1..!-:.
The Navy has for if ve us 1n..0n A eak.med by the
-cry means which have b:en u:-rd LA give it tn,.: ap.
pearance of strength.
Ti make upon all the coasts a pan:pons display of
factitious power ; to appear to rn.:,!itate gigail:ic pro.
jec:s, while the means cvalt aii:l.64 thk:ir exavyrra.
Lion were insufficient ; t:s regard seam.o as only
eventual recruits for the land army—such wa, tie
system constantly followed by the depar.ed glve.a.
ment ; and which brought with it the eitstrueii-,a of
our maritime population, and the entire exiaustion
of our arsenals. The remonstrances o: the most en-
lightened men, and of the most cxperi..-nced mariners,
and the evidence of facts, were incapable of checking
those foolish enterprises, those violent nieasutes
which belonged to a plan of donsinstiun oppressive
•ti all its parts.
li WAS thus in 1814 the projected invasion of Eng.
land was pompusly announced. Ports which had
n,:v..r yet been entered, except by fishing-boats and
packet., were immediately converted into vast marl.
time :ascot's; immense works were commenced on
a beach which the winds and tides were incess.intly
covering with sand : forts, batteries, magazines,
workshops, were erected ; thousands of vessels were
built and bought up on all the coasts of the ocean,
and in the interior of the rivers, without considering
how they should get to the place of rendezvous:—
Paris itself saw a dock-yard tormed within its walls;
and the most valuable materials were employed in
the construction of these vusses, which were not even
fit (or their destination. And what now remains of
all these armaments 1 The wrecks of some ef the
vessels, and accounts, which prove that for the suc-
cessive creation and detruction of this monstrous
and usel:ss flotilla, upwards of 150 million; have been
sacrificed since 1803.

Here the report makes some observations on ele
Scheldt, on which the treasure of France w.;.; o.e.
lossly lavished to render it a great iIaVAI deia)!. 1 is
remarked that it would have saved tor A triALial.:

tker, but a severe wititcr in;.glir. have aq,..red flit
of its b.tnks, and si.ut up the c,','..-4tael;
vesscis lii ;he bust ,it N otil• I 113 v: u.t.l tO p .ss.
Besides, :al teat the tt ,rnvti t t uay.,l tactiks
in !..n ;Jultr, 01,1 fothot smut up io 1:le L. la
represtaitattuns to tLes Lot..
cv.r, in vain.

The grand works executed at CherTloto:;'l, the tine
squadron of 'foulon, alo.A. presented mr,ttt results ;
every where else were to bw sera bl.oldcrs and
follies.

All our arsenals are completely dilapi.!
immense naval stores collided by :ANL a 4
squaudered—;And eluting the last ti:tven years 1ir.,i5..42
has lost in ill-judged expeditions, ci wiips el the la.e,
82 frigates, 76 corvettes, And 62 transii S :1:1Li
packets, which could not be rvphiced at an epeoze
of 200 millions.

The port of Brest, the finest, the best perhaps in
Europe, where immense fleets can be cinkcLed in
safety, where there exist vast and magnificent esta-
blishments, has been entirely neglected.
As the arsenals were neglected, so the ships also
were stripped of real seamen, whose places were sup-
plied with conscripts, while they themselves receiv,d
the organiartion of regiments of the tine, and 'ost in
camps their professional habits and attachments.—
Many id tiiew ships' crews were seen ttaversing the
plains of Germany and the muuntairs of the Astu-
rias: commanded by brave chiefs, they contributed
to support the renown of :he french arms, though
they became totally unlit for seamen.
The total debt of the Navy amounts to sixty-one
million three hundred thousand francs.

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