Edwardsville spectator. [volume] (Edwardsville, Ill.) 1819-1826, 1824-12-21

lowing regiments two life guards, one
morse guards, z dragon guards. AZ dra.
goens, 3 loot guards, 90 foot, making a
total Of 1913 regiments. Besides these,
are the artillery, rife brigade, Wagon
train, Eas, India forces, militia, sc. OF
the 1913 regular regiments, bat very few
are commanded by officers Of so low a
rank as major general; not one by
colonel. Major generals are often lieut..
colonies OF regim ents. receiving the pay
without doing much duty as such, how
ever. There are 233 colonies, $40 lieut..
colonies, and al majors, making grand
total OF 26lo field officers all of whom
are more or less supported by the 60
vernment.
In the navy there are Sc admirals, 81
vice admirals, 70 rear admirals, besides
80 yellow, or superannuated admirals,
who have rank and pay, but never can
eon,raend, .nal.ins aoa adx.airate. OF
these only 9 are in absolute military COM
mand; all receive half pay, and many
have government and political situa-
tons to support them.
| WY IL" vi tuC DIliloIi tlOOlblly Cu-
counter the hardships of the ocean. Oc-
casionaily younger son goes into the
service and comes in time TO the family
honors, by the death Of brother. But
The army is the favorite service of the no.
bles. A few Scotch Lords, who are ge-
morally needy, are in the navy; though
most of the navy Lords, are creations.
There are 1913 captains, 8l9 comman-
ders, S7o7 lieutenants, and 553 masters,
Probably they have 500 sail of sea wor-
thy vessels. o. these perhaps 100 sail
of good ships of the line might be en-
ployed.
| In England there are 10 dukes, 10
marquesses, los earls, 81 viscounts, and
las oarons, making total Of 3O4 peers
OF Great, Britain. To these must be ad-
ded the Is elective peers OF Scotland,
and % for ireland, and peerages which
are at present held by females, and it
pives total of 357 the whole number
of which the House Of Lords can consist,
without new creations. Not fifth Of
DIS number ordinarily attend, many
very seldom, and some never.
| In Scotland there are dukes, (all
English peers but one) marquesses,
Zone an English peer) 3s earls, Is Eng
lish peers) viscounts, q English peers)
and countesses IN their own rights, 2
OF whom are married to English peers
and have children. Total, IS Scotch
pecrages--'o these may be added or
recent restoralions.
| In Ireland, there is one duke who is
an English peer, q marquesses, g Eng
lish peers) II earls, (54 English peers
AZ vlscounts, 70 English peers) - ba.
rons, IL English) and peeresses, one
OF whom Is an English peeress, and one
the wife of an English peer. Total,
lris!, BIS. II the English peerages be
|suptracted from the Scotch and Irish,
and the remainder added to the above
humber of Sl3, il will give $50 peeragcs
IN the three Kingdoms, existing in differ
cot families or branches of families.
From this number The royal family are
excluded.
There are 645 baronets Of Great Bri-
tain, 1879 of Scotland, or, as they are cali
ed, OF Nova Scotia, and 93 OF ireland.
Telal, 877. In addition to these, a great
| aumber ut peers have baronetcies among
their other titles. The cldes, baronet is
Sir Edmund Bacon, who only dates from
May 90, 1911. The English nobility is
the least ancient of any IN Europe, though
some few families are of great antiquity
1t is entirely owing to the fact of their
mobiles blending SO easily with the com
mons Of their Empire, that the ariste.
cracy OF their government is not only tele-
rsble, but, for their purposes, admirable
The Oldest peerage in the British en-.
plre is The Earldom Of Sutherland, which
dates from the year 1866. 1t is now en-
joyed BY female, who is the wife OF the
English Marquis OF Stafford, so that af-
Ter her dTah i! will descend to her eldest
son, the present Earl Cover, and will
eventually merge in the maruuessa,e.
Our own modest bu. effective estab-
lishments presenta very striking contrast
to the expensive ones of Great Britain.
We have in the army major general,
2 brigadiers, / colonies, Ii lieut.. colo.
nels, and majors, making SO field Off
GERS, exclusive of the corps OF engineers
and the general staff. In the navy there
are no admirals, no commodores, and
only IS post captains, 80 masters and
commanders, and about 40 llcutenants.
From the Western Carolinian.
Mr.. White: | send you for insertion
in the WESTERN Carol;n;.r on