Star.
London, England, 1810-04-26 00:00:00

TO THE EDTIVR OF THE STAR.

stn---Observing that his Majesty has been pleased
to alter aAd revise the &stinctions of dress in the Offi-
cers of the Army, it suggests (or rather induces me
to commit to paper what has long been my opinion)
the necessity there is to arrange some more conspi-
cuous distinguishing marks in another branch of his
Majesty's servants, of at least equal value to the wel-
fare of the Throne and the safety of the Kingdom.—
The body whom I wish to bring to the notice of his
Majesty, and his Ministers, (more particularly the
First Lord of the Admiralty) are the Officers of the
Navy, and the object to which I wish to call atten-
tion is their present dress, as compared with their
companions in war, the army. Without making any
ambiguous comparisons between the two professions,
I think it will readily be admitted that the merits and
intrinsic worth of the one for which I now plead, is
nowise inferior to the other ; and that the nature of
their services and the various parts of the globe they
are constantly employed in, call as loudly for those
outward marks of dress which beget and confirm re-
spect, as the more gaily decorated Officers of the army.
—lt is a fact universally known to both services, that
the comparative respect on foreign service is widely
different; whilst the Army Officers, from their dress,
receive every military atttention, so essential to gcod
discipline, they are bestowed on Officers of the Navy,
(if at all) as if doubtful whether they are entitled to
them or not.

ROYAL MILITARY' COLLZGE.
trritcr FROM THE TENTH REPORT OF THR
COMMISSIONERS.

Of the comparative uniforms of Post Captains and
Colonels I shall say little : the latter are now to be
distinguished by the honourable badge of a Crown on
each shoulder, and I see no reason why the equal
supporters of the Crown should not be the equal par-
takers of its honorary tokens.
Commanders of the Navy (who rank with Majors)
are entitled to one epaulet only, and that on the left
shoulder, whereas a Captain of Infantry has one on
the right, thereby bestowing, in outward appearance,
a superiority to the inferior Officer.
All Field Officers have two epaulets.—Now al-
though there are no Field Officers in the Navy, (nor
Field of any kind but that of Glory) why are not its
Officers who hold equal rank with them-to have equal
And the same distinctions of dress ? The uniform of
a Naval Lieutenant should equal that of an Army
Captain's, because his rank does.
It is particularly stated in the new army arrange-
ment of dress, that Lieutenants of the Guards shall
bear the same token, because they hold the same rank
with Captains of Infantry. Why then should not
the same cause produce the same effect with Lieute-
nants of the Navy ?—But no !—this meritorious class
of Officers, on which the existence and conduct of the
Navy so materially depends, must go with bare
shoulders, a uniform scarce deserving the name, not
only neglected, from this dficiency, amidst foreign na-
tions, but slighted by British sentinels even on their
native land, whilst the stripling who has just entered
the Armv, in a subordinate situation, receives every
due mark of respect ! To what can this fact be attri-
buted, but to that barrenness of dress which pervades
the naval service ?—but possibly the opposers of any
alteration in naval uniform, may urge the insufficiency
of pay to support the expcnce of a more splendid dress.
is argument is but too just, and I should
their opinion, did I not conceive that
:eri is as necessary to the preservation of
ledifnce to the Laws is to the welfare of
Ind that Officers of all deruminations had
r .n du it purse, than in the respectability
)11 and rank whiZl they fill. MINDS.

the present year, in the paper delivered to the How
of Commons, at upwards of five thousand four hun-
dred pounds ; a considerable part, however, of this
expense is incurred on account of the allowances
made to.the students of lodging-money, of ccials and
From the view which we had taken of what was candles, and of forage money, most of which, as the
actually done by the Agent and Paymaster of the Lieutenant Governor says, would be'equally made
College, it occurred to us, that the whole might pro- to the students were they with their regiments.
bably be executed by one person, and a saving be The military branch of the establishment of the ju-
thereby made of the expence of one of these officers, nior department of the college consists of a comman-
or of £3OO per annum. The Agent, it apears, makes dant, a major, three captains, and an adjutant, with
bur very few payments, except for what is drawn three serjeants, and three drummers. The number
on him by the Paymaster ; and the accounts of pay- of gentlemen cadets to whom this establishment is
ments, which he lays before the Supreme Board, and attached exceeds three hundred. They are admitted
the Commissioners of Audit, are more properly those between the ages of 13 and 1.5, and arc clothed, lodg-
ot the Paymaster than his own. His chief employ- 1 ed, and fed out of a general fund, constituted as we
ment consequently seemed to be, to collect the sub- ! have before described. They are instructed in lan-
scriptions of the Students and Cadets. Under this , guages, and in several branches of science having re-
impression we therefore thought, that if the subscrip- : lotion to the military profession ; and they are
tions could be received by the Paymaster at the Cols ! taught the whole erercise and discipline of a bat-
lege, or could be paid into his banker in London , talion of infantry. The course of these studies is
(which might st,ell be done if a certificate or receipt : said to require a residence at the College, of from
of the payment at either place were required, before ' three and a half to four years.
the students of the departments were permitted to! It is obvious, how continual and minute ought
join their respective classes) the office of Agent might . to be the attention of those to whom the superin-
cease, and we proposed a question to the Governor, tendance over such various duties is intrusted. The
Earl Harcourt, to this effect. His Lordship's opinion • Committee of the Board who visited Marlow, had
does not coincide with ours. He thinks it essential, an- opportunity of observing many of the arrange-
that there should be a person of responsibility in Lon- ments by which the system is conducted ; and they
don, for the purpose of conducting with more facility bear the fullest testimony to the order, regularity,
the pecuniary concerns of the College, and who, and merit, visible in every branch of it. We son.
being on the spot, and conversant with military elude, therefore, on the whole, that this part of the
agency, might assist in passing the College accounts, Establishment at Marlow is not greater than is res
in the office of Audit. We must observe on this an- quisite for the controul over the instruction, con-
swer of Earl Harcourt, that so far as pecuniary re,- duct, and expellee, of so numerous a body of young
ponsibility is requisite, a like security may be taken . cadets.
of the Paymaster, as is now taken of the Agent, and ; The Professors are nominated and appointed by
that the Commissioners of Audit will not probably the Supreme Board, after an examination of the can-
require much explanation on accounts which are so didates, in the presence of the Collegiate Board, by
strictly examined as those of the Royal Military Col- the Senior Master of the Branch for which they are
lege are stated to be, by the Collegiate and Supreme Candidates : thirty-two are attached to the junior
Boards. But if it were considered as in any degree department. This number is said to be proportioned
necessary that there should be a person residing in : by some rule to the number of the cadets.
London, in whose name the money issued or paid on ' We learn from the Commandant, Colonel Btu-
account of the College might stand at the Bank, and ler, that although by the engagements of the Proles-
who might accept the bills drawn by the authority sons, there is no limitation to the duration or mon-
d the two Boards, and who might be at the same , ber of their attendances during the day, yet that
time the nominal accountant at the office of Audit,': none of them, except those of mathematics and fo.
it seems to us, that this additional service might well ' reign languages, (who attend twice, two hours each
be executed by the Secretary to the Supreme Board, time) attend more than once a-day ;it may be in
who is resident in London, and that his present salary,; ferred, therefore, we think, that this part of the Es-
although greater than we conceive it ought to be, for tablishment is greater than is requisite. The sortie
executing iha duties of that office alone, would not be inference may be drawn also front an observation
more than sufficient for the execution of both services. made in one of Earl of Harcourt's answers, viz.—
It must be understood, however, that when we make That by an arrangement lately made, it was hoped
this suggestion, we consider that the subscriptions that the same number of Professors would answer
may be collected at the College, or be regularly paid the purpose, when the Establishment of the Junior
to a banker in London, in the way we have men- Department was completed to four companies, or
timed, and that the accounts are also made up at the to 400 Cadets. This event cannot take place, we
College, and examined in the same way as at present. imagine, till the buildings at Sandhurst (the founda-
Even if the additional responsibility of collecting the tions of which are scarcely yet laid) are capable of
subscriptions were thrown on the Paymaster, we do receiving so largo a body, with the necessary Staff,
not think that there ought to be any additional in- instructors, and servants, and may probably, there-
crease to his salary on this account, or on account of , fore, be distant. It• should be considered, conse-
the security which may be required of him. ' quently, whether it be expedient that a greater nuns-
We shall not notice any other of the General Staff , ber of Professors than are wanted should be retained
in this place, because such observations as may be' in the mean time? It must 1)e observed, that the
applicable to them, may be more conveniently intro- I Professors are not permitted to employ their vacant
duced in another part of the report. I time in the private instnictlon either of the cadets or
The military part of the establishment of the Senior j of others ; and that some of the French teachers (who
Department of the College consists of i Commandant ; are emigrants) receive some allowances from Go.
and of an Adjutant. The Office of Inspector-Genes i vernment beyond those which they receive from the
ral of Instruction, although included in the list of the : institution.
General Staff, seems to be attached also to this Dc- I The house-keeper and purveyor of this department
partment, but this office is now vacant, and Lieute- ! are appointed by she Governor. The duties of the
nant-Colonel Sir Howard Douglas executes the du- , last officer, and of the Quarter Master, relate to the re-
ties of it, as well as those of Command;u t, with much : ceipt and distribution of the provisions sent in for the
advantage, as Earl Harcourt states, to the Establish- , use of tfie cadets ; and these duties, as described by
ment. His Lordship is however of opinion, that i Colonel Butler, appear to be an effectual check On the
these offices are in some respects so totally distinct , tradesmen who supply the articles, and severally en
from each other, that it would be necessary that both those officers who distribute them.
should be continued. We had conceived, that if the The appointment of the domestic servants of this
office of Inspector-General was properly filled, the Department is also in the Governor, but he delegates
office of Commandant would be unnecessary ; but • that authority to Colonel Butler, the Commandant,
whether the one office or the other be discontinued, it , who, being constantly resident at the station, is no
is clear that both are now well executed by the same I doubt hest enabled to judge of their qualifications
person, and therefore we cannot but think that our . and conduct. The number is said to be fixed by re
suggestion is deserving of consideration, especially I gelation, and that although they are occasionally em-
when it is known that theme are only thirty studentslployed in the private se vice of some of the rams
belonging to this department, who must be twenty-; of the College, it does not interfere with the public du-
one years of age, and must have been accustomed for ; ties of the servants, and that a smaller number would
some years to military discipline and subordination ; , not be sufficient, even if they were not so occasionally
and it may be added, that the Lieutenant-Governor ! employed. None of the officers or servants of the Col-
is resident at the station of the Senior Departmeno; lege are permitted to take any fee or emolument be-
and that it is a part of his duty to see that the orders ; yond their pay and regulated allowances.
and regulations applicable to this department are 1 it is proper to meotion in this place, that there are I
strictly observed. both garden and pasture land belonging to the Col- I
Earl Harcourt describes the duties of the Adjutant lege at Marlow, that the officers of !the College feed I
cif the senior department to have been hitherto con- their cows in the exercising ground, consisting co
fined to the conveying of the Lieutenant-Governor's ! about four acres and a half ; that the Commandare 1
orders, and to acting as an amanuensis to him. His I occupies another piece of pasture of about one acre
Lords/tip does not give any opinion upon the neces- i and a half, and about a quarter of an acre of garden
sky of such an appointment, at the expense, induct- I ground ; that one or two other officers occupy other
ing pay, lodging money, coals and candles, of up- ; pieces of garden ground, and that these gardens are
wards of two hundred and fifty pounds per annum, ' cultivated by the college gardener. There is a bar-
and therefore we think that nearly the whole of this den also at Wycombe belonging to the College which
expense might be saved to the public, by the discon- the Lieutenant-Governor occupies, but the public is
.tinuance of this office; for the duty of amanuensis at no expence in the cultivation of it.
might be performed, we imagine, by the clerk of this The privileges which we have just enumerated are
department. Our suggestion is founded, of course, not allowed by the authority of the Supreme Board,
on the description which Earl Harcourt gives of the but by the permission of the Governor alone, who ad-
duties of the Adjutant : but if there are any other : mits that he is himself responsible for the measure.
duties to execute, for which such an appointment is ' These 1 ands certainly could not be made of much
wanted, our view of it might be different ; and it has ' value to the public ; but when we consider how apt
been intimated, that the duties of the Commandant indulgences of this kind are to increase, and at length
are at present of a nature to require such assistance, to grow into rights, which may eventually be corn-
The civil part of the Senior Department consists pensated for, if afterwards taken away, we think that
of five Professors, and one Assistant Draftsman.— there is an impropriety in allowing them. It may,
..
This number is calculated for thirty Students, and be added, too, that such indulgences often give occa-
is
said to be necessary ; fol. as the instruction at High sion to reflections and reports, which, however, tiaa
Wycombe consists partly in theory, and partly in the merited, may lead to inconvenience ; and we have
exemplification of that theory, on the ground, the. reason to know that such have been propagated in
Lieutenant-Governor considers that one or other of the present case.
these objects would be impeded, if the establishment of ' We have now submitted such observations yes-
Professors were less. It was scarcely possible. for us to pecting the individual Officers of the two Dcpai t-
ascertain this point. But we must observe, if it were in- ments, as we thought the circumstances called for;
tended that the subscriptions of the students should co- but two or three other observations may be stated,
ver the expense of their instructors, that the calculation which are equally applicable to both departments.
has not been accurately made; for the expense-of the , The first which we shaft make is, that all of the
civil instructors, including their salaries and locking ! Military Staff of the College, with the exception of
money exceeds £14.00 per annum, without inclutplig Captain Wright, whose Lieutaantcy on the Irish
the coals and candles allowed to them ; and the suk- Establishment was only recently filled up, (April
scriptions of thirty guineas for each student amount 1809) and of the Adjutant of the JuniorDepartmenr,
only to £945, leaving a deficiency, therefore,
.of "be- appear to receive, in addition to their College salary,
tween five and six hundred pounds. 'Die whole ex- the full or half-pay of certain ranks in the arnsy, al-
pence of this branch of the College is estimated, for though, with the exception of the Gbrernor, they are

attached to rio regiments; a* LI perform no duties._
If the salaries of these c,fficers on the est.iblishrnent
of the college, are inadequate to their stations in it,
(hut which we have no reason to suppose), an adtl;-
tion should be made to them ; but these Officers
ought not, we think, to receive the salaries or p iy of
tiro situations, whilst they do the duties only of one.
The inconvenicnce of a contrary practice is obvious,
for, unless on inquiries 1 ke these, which it is our duty
Ito institute, it will not appear, in any estimate or ac-
,
count of the expenditure of tly; Royal Military C6l—
'eve, that such an addition is to be made to the ex-
pense of it, as arises from tile pay or ;,:ilaries of
Officers who hold oth 'r situations.

Our next observation is, that the Lieleenant Ce.
vernor has forage for lour lairses, the two Comm.ir.
:hints for three herses each, and the Major of the
‘,ev inquirednec
necessary
1.17.1.ayr
towardslr Harcourt, r
tti,leNVei lxoei
execution
t,1111:.•:t;
Juniot Department, a similar allowance for tv:e
haimncNeVse
the duties of these several officers? It
L seems, trim
his Lordship's answer, that they were fixed by the Se
preuee Board, not with a reference to the duties of the
Officers of the College, but with regard to their rael'
in the army, and their situation in the institution._
'We doubt inucli whether these allowances should be.
justified on such a principle. Whilst Ziff-kers of tie:
rank alluded to are actually serving in the
trmv.
Ithey are required to Lep the number of horses tr
which the forage is dl*.i NVII ; bat there arpears to le
to be no necessity of this sort in the Cliege, at 1
.easi
to the extent for which the allow ance is made; anc
although the pay of the Officers of the L'olleze
to be adequate to their station and n spensitetite
i tis particularly expedient, in an iiistitution ( f
kind, to give no allowance in addition, which ma,
have the appeal ance of being an unnecessary expil.
dietv-e of the public money ; for economy and a
application of the public money, are as uecessarr to
be inculcated into the students of the two departmeete
its a knowledge of the military profession itself.
lelstly, we may note the separation e t the two de•
partments of an institution, w lir se general object, am
much of whose system of instruction, are the same
It was occasioned, originally. it appears, from tl
want of accommodateai at High Wycombe, whee
:he Senior Dena: meet, which was first tot tried, we
; and Mei icily wes selected for the denier 1).
partment, as being the nearest place affording tn,
requisite conveuiences.
It cannot be
doubted.
we enrpose,.that this sc a.
ration has produced a considet able additional expeec,
to the Institution, in the establishment of Officers an
Professors ; for the same general supetintenclar
might have served fur both Departments, and man,
of the Professors also might have attended to the to
struction of beth. Under this impression, we pin-
posed for Earl Harcourt's opinion, whether tf tl.ti
two Departments were stationed in one place, the sa
prior management of the College might not be cat
ried on, under the orders of the Seprenie Board, bi
one Governor or Director, one Military Commai
dant, and an Inspector-General of Instruction, a
sisted by a smaller number of Professors than a;
deemed necessary, under the existing separation I
the two Departments ? Earl Harcourt does not cot
cur with us in the impression we had on this point..
But as it has keen resolved to elect buildings
S tndhurst, for the accommodation of the Junior Di
partment, and it would be necessary to erect offset
also for the Senior Depertment, at the same place,
the two Departments were to be united, we agrt
with his Lordship, that the very great additional el
pense of such erections, may be a reason fur the r,
solution of the Supreme Board not to unite Lhern.•
Nevertheless, it the two Departments ate to renal
separated, and a Gi;yo; nor and Lieutenant-Geyern(
are still to be borne en the establishment of the Co
lege, it seems that the stations of these etlicersshoul
also be separated, and that one of them should tesei
at the Senior, and the Wile: at the Junior Depart
rent ; but, by the al VaIIgCMCM which has bo:.
made of the intended buildings at Sandhurst, hous,.
are to be provided for both of these offices at the
nior Department, thereby causing a double expel),
of houses, if one is to be provided also. at the state
of the Senior Depat tment for one of these officers.

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MARRIED.
April 25, Statecille Isaacson, Esq. tsf Mi!den Fall, St. 11;,
Miss St. Qucnztn, of Flans Place, prompton.
On Tuesd.x, tip! 2411 instant, at Ri,.:!inionci, Surrey,
Taylor'Rober:on, Esq. Major h the sth or Ko.Za ite3hte: ;
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Mary, sixth daughter of the late Vice Admiral Sty W Il
Parker, Bart.

DIED.
Oh the 19th instant, Frederic William Brisco, third son of
late Sir John Brisco, of Crofton Hall, Cumberland.
On the 6th instant, at the Masse of itlenkilic, litlen, dat.
ter of the Rev. Robert Paterson, late Moist, t‘v Sin
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