Star.
London, England, 1821-06-20 00:00:00

£9415 10 0

Seven Brevet Field-Officers to
retire on /950 each, is £6650 0 0
Three ditto, on £678 15s. each, 2056 5 0 66E16 5 0

Remaining at the disposal of Government
commas:me STATWIHT OW HALT PAT Kirwan.
$. a. n.
4 10 0

- A 70 5 0

Ten Brevet Field-Officers, at 9.. per diem -
Four Captains, at 7s. per diem - - £1 8 0
Six Lieutenants, at b• 6d. per diem - 1 7 0 215 0

1 15 0

Deduct the amount of the superior Allowance of 21.
for each of the ten Brevet Field-Officers, being 1 0 0
what they now have - - -

Actual Expcnse for ten. or Is. 6d. per diem for each 0 IS 0

But, as a set-off against (Ins, there is the above sum
of £729 ss. or £.72 18s. 6.1. t;ir tach of the ten. which
will ilea: ly pay the whole of the additional expense
f. r three years. The difference of the half-pay might
be seduced, by bringing in a greater proportion of
;Captains Irons :iie i,alt pay than the above scale 1 ro-
pose•. If an eq-:ai number of Companies he sold and
filled up from ti:e hall-piay, the superior allowance
may still be given to seven out of ten, an a surplus
of £291 ss. will remain at the disposal of Govern-
ment. The difference of half-pay in this case will be
I only Bs. sot ten ; m, for five hundred, the annual
sum of £11,862 10s. and for the same number, a
surplus fund of £341562 10-, at the disposal of the
Government.

Oil the same ptinciple, a scale might be formed for
such of the Guard• (Lieutenants only) and Cavalry as
are Brevet Field Officer , and wish to retire. But
the Artillery and Engineers being distinct Cot ps, and
differently consriruied front the rest of the Army, it
is presumed that n arrangement of this nature could
benefit them, if it could be made to apply. There
are, however, many detached commands, to which
the Brevet Field-Offisers belonging to them mii;ht
with advantage be alp.,inted ; and the Second Cap-
tains are themselves equal to the ordinary duties of
Battalions.

There is a peculiar hardship in the case of Brevet
Fiehi-Officers of Cavalry and Infantry ; and that is,
if the state of their health, in urgent calls of private
affairs, oblige them for a time to retire, and they aie
afterwards desirous of returning to their duty, they
must submit to the mortification of coming in Junior
Captains of a Corps. Who will attempt to deny that
this requires particular consideration? How dis-
couraging to the Navy, if a Captain, after he had been
deemed worthy of promotion, were to be called upon
to serve as Juitior, or even Senior Lieutenant, of a ship.
AN OLD SOLDIER.

Last week, in commemoration of the arrival of the
50th year of the Noble Marquis's Lord Lieutenancy
of Hertfordshire, a stupendous vase, four feet high,
of massive silver, exquisitely chased and gilt, and
supported by female cariatides, after the most classic
Grecian taste, was presented to the Noble Lord by
the Gentlemen of the County, at the Hatfield Arms.
The Marquis made an affecting speech, and particu-
larly when he alluded to the late KING and QuaEN.
" It is twenty years, on this day, since our lamented
Sovereign honoured the Yeomanry Corps by in,pect-
ing them in Hatfield Park."—The ceremony was
succeeded by a public breakfast, given in the long
gallery, to upwards of 100 persons. Present—

Earl Talbot, Sir Henry and Lady Wellesley, Lord Arthur
Hill, Earl and Countess of Bridgewater, Sir Gore and Lady
Ouseley, Earl of Clarendon, Lord and Lady Daere; Sir Culling
and Lady Smith, Dr. Wellesley, Lord and Lady Cranborne,
Mr. Giles, and Mrs. Brand.

Mr. and Mrs. BAnruty have concluded their en-
gagement at the Liverpool Theatre, and entered into,
one with the Manager of the Bury Stage for a limited
number of nights.
PENLEY has disposed of his lease of the Coventry
Theatre to Mr. ELLISTON, and intends shortly going
to Hanover, where his Company are to perform-Eng-
lish Plays.
THE LATE THEATRICAL FRACAS.—The following
are copies of the Correspondence between the respect-
able Managers of Drury-Lane and the Adelphi
Theatres, which led to the fracas:--Letter from
Mr. Rol:matt.:

" Sta—l undentand you have had the temerity to intrude your-
self behind the curtain of my Theatre. In order to spare you a
greater mortification, I have ordered the door-keepers to re-
fuse you admission, should you again present yourself.
a I am," &c. &c.

_ .
The following pithy note was forthwith returned :
Rucckutii—l have heard of a puddle in a storm, and of a
puppy in a passion ; and I can only say that I scorn the one, and'
laugh at the other. ELLIsTori."
Figs.—Between one and two o'clock yesterday morning, a
Sre broke out in the colour-manufactory belonging to Messrs.
Yatsor and Gagers, St. John-street, which burned foe some
time with great fury, owing to some oil vats taking are. By
great exertions, however, the fire was subdued in about half an
hour,:after, destroying the top part and back part of the building.