NEWS OF THE WEEK.

PARLIAMENT has been as idle as usual, and rather more full of gossip. The Ministry have given the Houses nothing to do, and to judge from a reply made to Lord Derby, do not intend to give anything, and private members are wait- ing till after the Easter recess. Lord Palmerston has asked and obtained an allowance for the Prince of Wales ; Mr. Vil- liers has modified his Union Relief Bill ; the bill for the further Suppression of Corrupt Practices is crawling along ; Sir George Grey wants to allow Catholic and Nonconformist chaplains some privileges in gaols ; the bill for the Abolition of Oaths as a qualification for office has passed its second reading ; Lord Raynham's measure for flogging people who assault women or little children has been lost; and Mr. Cowper has introduced his scheme for a new street from Blackfriars Bridge to the Mansion House, and there work may be said to have ended. There has, however, been an important chat in the House about an Italian treaty and com- mercial treaties in general, Mr. Layard en passant smashing Mr. Pope Hennessy's statistics ; and a dispute on the bill for regis- tering Irish births and deaths; and a talk in the Lords on Brazil. Lord Carnarvon has said his say on prison discipline, and Lord Normanby has acted once more as funnel for the opinions of the princelings of Italy. Beyond that nothing of moment has occurred, and the listlessness of the Legislature will probably not be broken till after the Royal Marriage.

The demand in Parliament for the Prince's appanage was moderate, and just to a point which reflects credit upon the Sovereign. It would not have been easy to ask more than 100,0001. a year, but it would have been easy to insist that the accumulations of the Duchy of Cornwall belonged to the Prince alone. Instead of that, Lord Palmerston threw part of the interest on accumulations in with the income, quoted the whole at 60,00C/. a year, and asked only the remaining 40,0001., and promised an Act disabling the Prince from raising money by fines. Even Mr. Williams was silenced, and the few who attempted to cavil, with one exception, confined themselves to accounts. Mr. Disraeli, with a cool foresight which rather overshot the mark, suggested that " Codlin was the friend, not Short," by a hope that the allowance might be found " adequate," and the vote passed without a division. So did an allowance of 10,000/. a year, for pin money to the Princess Alexandra, and an assign- ment of 30,000/. a. year for the widow of the Prince, if,—which the. Premier, with unusual want of gallantry, hoped might not be the case,—she should happen to survive him. Considering that 300,0001. a year may be taken as the maximum fortune of a great English noble, 100,0001. a year is not much, and that little proviso about fines cannot have been inserted without the consent of the Prince, and looks well for the future. A reply made on Saturday by the Emperor to the Address of the Legislative Body has excited some attention iu Paris. In his usual mystic way Napoleon observed that accord be- tween himself and the Chamber was more "indispensable than ever, at an epoch when on all points of the globe the truth is obscured by so many conflicting passions. France must be strong and calm in the interior, in order to be always in a position to exercise her legitimate influence on behalf of justice and progress, the triumph of which is often endan- gered by the exaggeration of extreme parties." The words are taken to promise an exertion of " influence" in Poland, but they are at least as applicable to America, or even to Italy.

In the Oxford Vice-Chancellor's Court yesterday, Mr. Pottinger, the proctor for Mr. Jewett, argued against the jurisdiction of the Court, in a case of heresy, on three grounds. First, the Vice-Chancellor's authority in spiritual cases has from the earliest timesbeen only that of an individual executive officer, and there is no trace of his judicial power. Secondly, no machinery exists for such proceedings; for example, the present citation is addressed to a beadle, and contains a prayer. Thirdly, the University has no jurisdiction over a Regius Professor, as the Crown cannot be bound by University statutes. Besides, the University has never availed itself of this Court in recent cases of heresy. Mr. Latimer, on behalf of the prosecutors, argued, on the other hand, that early instances are inapplicable to the present case; that, as the statutes expressly give authority to the Chancellor to punish heresy, especially in books, no abstract reasoning can be admitted to disprove it ; and that the deficiency of the ma- chinery does not affect the jurisdiction. He denied-the exemption of Regius Professors, arguing that once appointed, no matter by whom, they become amenable to the ordinary authority of the University. Mr. Montague Bernard, the Assessor, will deliver judgment on these points next Friday, 27th instant.

The Times has received this week an unusual act of homaee. We should as soon have expected to find the Pope writing to that journal to defend the dogma of his Infallibility as to read in it that defence, by Dr. Pusey, of his motives for the pro- secution of Professor Jowett, which we have discussed at length in another column. The reverend leader of the Tractarians takes the highest ground ; his appeal to the "majesty of law " against the Greek Professor is actuated by no petty feeling of animosity, still less by any distrust of the power of divine Truth, but by the wish to enforce the moral obligation of taking professions of faith in their simple and natural sense, and to keep the youth of the University from the contamination of undeclared unbelief. Dr. Pusey's letter has drawn out a most pungent reply from the Rev. F. D. Maurice; who remarks that the claim made to affix " new meanings to words, and so to subscribe the formularies in senses which they will not bear," has, no doubt, been made in the University; but it was made by Dr. Pusey's friends twenty years ago in Tract 90, and has not been put forward by Mr. Jowett. Finally, Mr. Maurice speaks of the demoralization caused to the undergraduates of the Uni- versity by agitating these miserable squabbles on the highest subjects of human faith in the very midst of them, and concludes his letter to the Times with bitter irony :—" Dr. Pusey's name will carry weight with your readers. I sign mine, because it will have none, and therefore the question will be referred to evidence, not authority." Mr. Maurice is, perhaps, right that his name will have comparatively little influence with the worshippers of this world's wisdom. But whether Dr. Pusey's will have more we doubt. If it were the Times of the middle ages, perhaps it might.

The Polish insurrection is not suppressed, though consider- able bodies of troops have been poured into the country. It would seem from the best accounts that the insurgents avoid meeting the Imperialists, and the accounts of Russian vic- tories are therefore greatly exaggerated. Official telegrams, moreover, announce that the revolt has extended throughout Lithuania, Volhynia, and Podolia, and apprehensions are expressed for the Ukraine. General Langiewitz, the second in command, has, it is admitted, captured some artillery, but arms are still very scarce, the men fighting with straightened scythes. According to the German papers, and Poles in London and Paris, the Russians commit horrible cruelties, massacring men, women, and children indiscriminately ; but there may be exaggeration in these stories. Sol- diers let loose are always brutal ; the point is their special brutality.

It is reported throughout Europe that the Prussian Government has agreed to allow Russian soldiers to traverse its territory, and to march its army into Poland on the demand of the Czar. M. Bismark-Schiinhausen, when questioned on the subject in the Chamber, distinctly refused to reply— a silence which certainly suggests the truth of the current story.

On the other hand, it is believed that the Emperor Napoleon, who at first appeared hostile to the movement, is wavering under the influence of the excited feeling in France. The French people really care for the Poles, who resemble them so closely in genius, and the papers are speaking out on behalf of the first Napoleon's staunchest allies. Prince Jerome is said, as might be expected, to be strongly on that side, and a free Poland might, it is thought. help France to secure the Rhine, while the Orleanist policy of crushing the Poles makes its opposite very acceptable to the Bonapartes. The only thing certain, however, is, that the journals are left free to stimulate public enthusiasm on the subject of Poland.

Since the day when Sir Robert Walpole's Government were defeated in Parliament, in their attempt to partly appro- priate prize-money to the expenses of the war, few questions of the kind have engaged a larger share of public interest than the division of the Banda and Kirwee booty, which has now been under the consideration of the authorities for several years. The troops under Sir George Whitlock have certainly some reason to complain of the long delay which has occurred, as they have not as yet realized a shilling of prize money. The force from the Western Presidency, commanded at first by Brigadier Stuart, and afterwards by Sir Hugh Rose, has been more fortunate. The prize of Dhar has been distributed a few months back to those troops only which were present at the capture. The treasure of Thansi oozed away before division. The booty of Banda and Kirwee has not been divided, because the Bombay troops have claimed to share in this, in addition to their own captures. They urge that their division, and that which Sir George Whitlock commanded, were in some sense, either in fact or in intention, associated, that no single division could have achieved its successes single-handed, and that these victories had some effect in intimidating and causing the surrender of the Chief of Kirwee. On the other hand, the Madras troops contend that the plea of association is disproved, that Whitlock held an independent command, that the advance upon Kirwee was made under the personal orders of Lord Canning, that the operations of the two columns were not only in distant ter- ritories, but essentially distinct, and that the Madras column was not leaning on the Bombay force in any sense of the term. These points, however, have all, we believe, been submitted for the judgment of the law officers of the Crown, and we have reason to expect that the Government will soon pro- nounce in accordance with their opinion.

The American news is still dull, the general movement of affairs being lost amidst crowds of details. The most impor- tant incident has been a momentary raising of the blockade of Charleston by a Confederate squadron. Two iron-clads and three steamers sallied out on the 31st January, sunk the Mercedita, of eleven guns, and another vessel, burnt four Federal vessels, and drove off a fifth. The Confederates assert that in law a blockade cannot be renewed without sixty days' notice, but there seems little reason for the assumption, and the claim has dropped to the ground. On land, the Federals are still preparing for the siege of Vicks- burg, and the bombardment of Savannah and Charleston, while General Hooker tries to reorganize the army of the Potomac, and the Confederates have proposed to extend their conscription to all Government employe's between eighteen and forty-five, filling up their places with men too old for mili- tary duty. The Governors of Georgia and North Carolina Lave, moreover, warned all men that evasions of the con- scription will be severely punished ; facts which look very much like an approaching exhaustion of men.

The Tories have kept the seat for Devizes, Mr. Addington, a descendant of Lord Sidmouth, beating Mr. Probyn by 170 to 88. Mr. Israel Abrahams retired, after polling six votes. He seems to be rather a remarkable person, and entered on the hustings into odd details about his personal affairs, stating, for example, that he had a sister who attended a fancy fair, and was so much prettier than any person present that she col- lected most money—a quaint reason for electing her brother to represent Devizes.

Intelligence has been received from Mexico up to the 28th January. On that day General Forey was still at Orizaba, and demanding another reinforcement from France of 10,000 men. The story of French defeats is denied from Vera Cruz, but it is admitted that no advance has been made on Puebla,. and that Tampico and Jalapa have been evacuated—measures. which would hardly have been taken, except on compulsion. Eleven Mexicans, accused of poisoning a well, have been exec cuted in Vera Cruz, and the Moniteur finds nothing favourable to publish. The slow progress of the affair seems to indicate either unexpected obstacles on some want of energy in the French commanders.

The latest news represents Prince Alfred as very ill, with feverish symptoms.

On Monday night Sir George Grey brought in a bill to extend the religious instruction of prisoners not belonging to- the Church of England in the county and borough prisons of England and Scotland. At present, the paid chaplains to such prisons are members of the Church of England only,— but prisoners of any other persuasion may, if they choose,. ask for the attendance of a priest or minister of their own persuasion, permission for which is then given. But, as a rule, prisoners are not eager for religious instruction, and the difference of their nominal creed furnishes them with an excuse for not attending to what is offered, while they do not ask for any other. This bill empowers justices in English counties, visiting justices in borough prisons, and those in Scotland who have the control of prisons, to appoint whom they deem fit, and according to the number of prisoners- of any particular faith—Roman Catholic or Dissenting— to appoint a minister whose special duty it shall be to attend prisoners of that faith, and to pay him any reasonable sum for his services, the Chaplain of the Established Church. being thereafter excused from attending to prisoners of such denomination. In Kirkdale Prison, where there are 141 Roman Catholic prisoners, and in Wandsworth Prison, where there are 124, or Liverpool, where there are 485 (more than, half the prisoners), it is clear that a Roman Catholic Chaplain ought to be appointed. This bill does not apply to convict• prisons, in which these arrangements have already been made. Of course the principle of the bill met with general approval, and, of course, Mr. Whalley said that every Roman Catholic criminal ought to be free to keep out of a priest's- way, the more as the priest's office was to teach crime.

Cambridgeshire has elected Lord George Manners.

The Government are inclined to do the Roman Catholie priests not only justice, but a little more than justice. On Thursday Sir Robert Peel confessed very frankly that he was- afraid to ask for the registration of marriages in Ireland, and had therefore omitted marriages from his Irish Registration Bill. "He dared," he said, "do all that might become a man"; but if he had tried to introduce a registration of marriages, he should only have been defeated. Lord Naas nevertheless moved an instruction to the committee to provide a registration of marriages, which was lost by a majority of 23,-89 to 66. Mr. Hennessy is instructed by his master:, the Roman Catholic priests, to disavow all objection to the registration of marriages, and even to insist on the improvement of the bill in this respect ; but other Irish members, while they profess to wish for the registration of marriages, think the machinery of this bill inadequate to it. It is obvious that the Govern- ment do not gain any additional respect from the Irish mem- bers by abdicating their function of governing.

On Tuesday night Mr. Seymour Fitzgerald raised a debate on the treaty of commerce between England and Italy, which did not show the commercial activity of Her Majesty's Ministers in any very energetic light. It was evident that the visit of the Italian emissary, Signor Mariani, to this country, sent on purpose to communicate with the Govern- ment on this subject, had not been turned to much account, and that no one of the Ministers had any idea of the substance of the Franco-Italian treaty, which Sir James Hudson might easily have obtained at Turin. The allegation is that, as free-trading England has nothing more to give in return for any concessions, we are obliged to wait till the bargains of France are made, and then can only claim what France has got ; but the truth seems to be, that the Foreign Office is not accustomed to think of yarns and piece-goods as in any way proteges of theirs, and that, as Mr. W. E. Forster asserted, between the Board of Trade and the Foreign Office a great gulf is fixed which it requires a strong effort on either side to bridge. The Board of Trade cannot be so rude as to jog the memory of the Foreign Office,—the Foreign Office cannot recollect to ask comment of the Board of Trade. There should be, as Mr. Forster says, some natural official relation be, tween the two,—a member of the Board of Trade incorporated with the Foreign Office expressly to watch foreign commerce,— for nothing can be more discreditable than our present languor in relation to all these treaties. Mr. Layard, of course, sees vast and insuperable obstacles to such an arrangement, for none of which he can find articulate utterance.

Several " emancipation " meetings have taken place this week, all of them crowded and enthusiastic,—but at which "not many wise men after the flesh, not many mighty, not many noble," have spoken. The most eloquent and thought- ful speaker was Professor Newman, at the crowded meeting at St. James's Hall, on Wednesday night. He discriminated between the " base party " in the North and the North, but, on the whole, defended not merely the policy

of emancipation but the policy of Union. Mr. Lin- coln's "honoured name" excited, as usual, a burst of strong enthusiasm which proves how easily every blunder is pardoned by the masses which is not a blunder of the heart. On Thursday another such demonstration took place in Lam- beth Baths, presided over by Mr. Williams, M.P. Meet- ings at Stockport and Oldham were remarkable for the pre- sence of many friends of the South, and consequently con- siderable uproar. The Southerners tried to condemn the proclamation as an attack on property, but failed in every case, the nearest approach to success being, strange to say, at Oldham, where, if a pauper were treated like a field slave for only half an hour, the town would be in revolt. Another vast Anti-Slavery Meeting assembled on Thursday at Liver- pool, when ministers of all the religious bodies, from the Church to the Unitarians, spoke earnestly in favour of the policy of emancipation. The only opposition was offered by Professor Anderson, " the great Wizard of the North," who, appropriately enough for a conjuror, declared for the South.

Mr. Villiers has assented to the suggestion of Lord Stanley and Mr. Cobden, and the general wish of the manufacturing districts, to continue the Relief Aid Act only for six months, so as to revise its provisions once more before Parliament separates for the long vacation. Mr. Cobden, in his speech on the subject on Thursday night, pressed very strongly, and with much force, to have some of the limitations in the bor- rowing power of the unions removed. He said the distressed unions did not wish to come at all upon the rate-in-aid, and would not, if only they could borrow on the security of their large property what would get them through the hour of difficulty. Rochdale, for instance, said Mr. Cobden, has pro- perty whose rateable annual value is 225,000/., or which is worth 3,000,0001. at least. How should Rochdale act ? " How would an individual act, because that was always the best test in such circumstances ? Having 3,000,0001. unen- cumbered, and wanting 100,000/. for the next twelvemonths to meet an emergency, he would strive to borrow money ; it would be a legitimate transaction, and he would get the money on easy terms." The Legislature, however, will not allow them to borrow till a rate of 3s. in the pound has been paid. " Before you can borrow 5,000/. you must have paid in poor rates 9,000/." The House ought to repeal this absurd restriction, said Mr. Cobden. They might, if they liked, restrict the borrowing power absolutely to 50 per cent. of the annual rateable value; but the borrowing power should be otherwise free. Mr. Villiers has extended the time over which the repa3 ment of these loans may be extended from seven to fourteen years.

The Qualification for Office Oaths Abolition Bill, which has Passed the House of Commons in four successive sessions and been defeated in the Lords, passed its second reading on WednIlity by the very narrow majority of 11, but not in a

full House. The numbers were--for the second reading, 73 ; against it, 64. It will, we suppose, again be thrown out by the stupid obstinacy of the Peers.

The Earl of Carnarvon, on Thursday, called attention to the state of prison discipline. Prison statistics were always in arrear, but he found that in 1860-61 there were 130,000 per- sons committed to gaol for short terms, and the 148 gaols con- tained a daily average of 16,000 to 17,000 persons. In that year the committals had increased by 13,000, and recom- mittals by 3,400, while every variety of crime showed an increase—murder, for instance—having increased by 30 per cent. ; attempts at murder, 26 per cent. ; rape, 23 per cent. ; assaults on constables, 24 per cent.; burglary, 40 per cent. ; housebreaking, 56 per cent. ; robbery by armed men, 23 per cent. This was a most serious state of affairs, and was, he thought, due to the fact of imprisonment having lost its de- terrent power. Hard labour had become nominal, and the diet was better than that of the workhouse, or even that of the labourer. Lord Wodehouse supported this statement, saying that in one prison he visited only one man complained, and he said he was too much watched, and did not get the best bits. Earl Granville replied that it was a very difficult subject, and a committee was granted to examine into the matter.

Minghetti, the Italian Minister of Finance, brought forward his budget on 14th Feb. Like all Continental budgets, it is partially unintelligible, but the deficit for 1862 amounted to no less than 15,620,0001. The deficit for 1863 will be even more, and the Minister, therefore, demanded authority to raise a loan of 28,000,000/. One great cause of the deficit is the multitude of useless officials inherited from six petty govern- ments, and increased by political claims, and the Minister pro- poses to reduce this amount by four millions, and raise taxa- tion by nearly five, when Italy will be just half as much taxed as France. The sales of national property are expected to produce 17,600,0001., which will, we may presume, be de- ducted from the amount of the loan to be thrown into the market, and the Minister hoped that 1867 would show an equilibrium. Minghetti's proposals strike us as somewhat weak, but the truth seems to be this—Italy, with the taxation of a weak State, is compelled to keep up the army of a first- class power, and she cannot, for political reasons, reduce her official machinery to a bare working strength. The place- hunters eat up her strength, and must in too many instances be left to die out.

An eloquent reply has been drawn up on behalf of the women of England to Mrs. Stowe's letter of reproach —in some measure apologetic, but, on the whole, plead- ing guilty. It is printed at the " Victoria Press," by Miss Emily Faithful), but we are not told how many Englishwomen adopt the language of the reply.

The Prince of Wales has avowed himself, we suppose, a " broad" Churchman, by choosing for his chaplains Rev. Dr. Stanley, the Canon of Christ Church, Oxford; the Rev. Charles Kingsley, the Rev. H. M. Birch, and the Rev. C. J. Tarver. For his physicians in ordinary he has chosen Dr. Jenner and Dr. E. Sieve King ; for his surgeons, Mr. Paget and Mr. Pollock, and Mr. Mintner for his surgeon extraordi- nary ; for his honorary physicians, Dr. Chambers, Dr. Adana, and Dr. Armstrong,

The Greek throne is still unoccupied, and, for a marvel, no new candidate has appeared during the week. The report of the National Assembly, indeed, received on Monday, is not very favourable to any, for it shows an almost unanimous vote in fitvour of Mince Alfred. lie bad 230;016 votes, and his nearest. competitor, the Due de Leuchtenberg, 2,400, or about one per cent. on that number. Other members of the Russian family had some 4,500 votesaraong them, Prince Napoleon, 345 ; a Republic, 93; Prince Ypsilanti, 6; the Due d'Aumale, 3; and the late King Otho only one—let. us hope his valet. The Assembly accordingly solemnly decreed Prince Alfred King, and directed the Provisional Government to invite his Royal Highness to take possession of the throne, The Prince, mean- while, to whom all this must be not a little exciting, is sick of fever at Malta.

The Navy Estimates for the year show a net reduction of 1,058;273/. on the vote of last year. The great reduction is in the right place—on vote 10, for naval stores. Turning to this vote, we find that the reduction in the vote for timber is from 560,713/. last year, to 266,663/. this year ; tvhile the vote for iron has increased from 406,9471. last year, to 408,8221. this year. Ansritsc-r.

Required to be voted for the Service of the Year 1863-64 Last Vote for the Financial Year 1862-63 No.

1839 64 of Increase Decrease Vote.

4. 4.

1.

Wages to Seamen and Marines 2,921,951 3,078,121

156,170 1 Victuals and Clothing for ditto 1,416,986 1,362,003 51:693

Admiralty Office 165,322 170,832

1,510 3 Coast Guard Service, Royal

Naval Coast Volunteers, and

Royal Naval Reserve.. .. 269,695 297,602 2,093

4 Scientific Branch .. 71,961 68,045 3,916

5 Her Majesty's Establishments at Home 183,316

' •. Establishments

Abroad Majesty s E stabli s men Abroad .. 36,370 176,624 33,610 6,692 2,760

0

7

Wages to Artificers, dec., em.

played in Her Majesty's Es- tablishments at Home .. 1,112,878 1,147,678

31,800 8 Wages to Artificers. &a., em- ployed in Her Majesty's Es- tablishments Abroad .. 69,957 66,801 • • 3,156

9

Naval Stores for the Building,

Repair, and Outfit of the

Fleet ; Steam Machinery; and Ships built by Contract-

Section I. Storekeeper-

General of the Navy .. 1,334,C51 Section IL Controller of 1,741,181

410,133 1.

10

the Navy.. 857,349 1,153,561

596,212

New Works, Improvements and

Repairs iu the Yards, &c. 433,298 464,170

30,572 11 Medicines and Medical Stores .. 66,000 66,000

.. 12 Miscellaneous Services 99,370 98,708 662 .. 13 Total for the Effective Service £9,068,504 10,228,029 74,172 1,233,697

Half Pay, Reserved Half Pay,and

Retired Pay to Officers of the

Navy and Royal Marines .. 719,311 702,303 17,033

14 Military Pensions and Allow- ances . 483,105 441,036 2,069

15 Civil Pensions and Allowances 194,932 194,282 650

16 Total for the Naval Service..410,465,882 11,605,655 93,921 1,233,697

FOR THE SERVICE OF OTHER

- DEPARTMENTS OF GOVERN-

MENT :-

Army Department (Conveyance of Troops) 270,150 188,650 81,500

17 Grand Total.. 10,736.032 11,794,305 175,491 1,233,697

Net Decrease .. £1,058,273

The Army Estimates for the year show a slightly smaller decrease, namely, of 1,000,1131. on the Estimates of last year. The vote for the Royal Laboratory, Devonport, alone is decreased from 456,6081. last year, to 195,7431. this year-one political result of which has been the election of Mr. Ferrand. The votes are as follows :-

I.-REOUI AR FORCES.

General Staff and Regimental Pay,

Votes. 1863-64

1862-63 Increase Decrease.

Allowances, and Charges 1 5,709,733 5,454377 955,156

Commissariat Establishment, Services, and If evement of Troops .. .. 2 1,223,936 1,234,363

60,432 Clothing Establishments, Services, and Supplies ..

3

030,385 666,764

36,379 Barrack Establishment, Services, and

Supplies 4

635,637

661,010

25,373 Divine Service 5 46.097 42.893

3,2.01

Martial Law .. 6 43,012 62,468

19,156 Medical Establishment, Services, and

Supplies

235,993 327,311

71,318

IL-AUXILIARY FORCES.

Disembodied Militia ..

Yeomanry 8 751,084 94,162 715,500 95,280 95,584

1,118

Volunteers .. 10 321,884 122,888 108,996

Enrolled Pensioners and Army Re- serve Force .. 11 55,817 49,517 6,33)

1I1.-STORES.

Manufacturing Departments .. .. 12 956,365 1.391.439

485,074 Warlike Stores .. 13 838,369 1,537,129

698,760

1V.-WO ELKS AND BUILDINGS.

Superintending Establishment of,

and Expenditure for, Works, Build- ings, and Repairs, at Home and

Abroad .. 14 810,911 995,192

184,251

V.-Oxitga. SERVICES.

Military Education 15 172,201 172,358

157 Surveys of the United Kingdom, and

Topographical Department 16 85,441 72,809 12,632

Miscellaneous Services.. .. 17 88,135 75,174 12,961

Administration of the Army .. 18 213,177 213,335

158 Total Effective Services ..

12,932,399 19,940,012 521,863 1,532,478

VI-NON-EFFECTIVE SERVICES.

Hewer& for Military Service.. .. ID 25,983 24,360 1,573

Pay of General Officers .. .. 20 77,782 77,603 182

Pay of Reduced and Retired Officers 21 464,895 479,722

14,827 Widows Pensions and Compassionate

Allowances.. .. ..

172,157 179,876

7,7119 Pensions and Allowances to Wounded

/23

Officers.. .. .. .. ..

23

32,843 35,633

2,790 1n-Pension .. .. .. .. 21 33,776 33,923

147 Out-Pension .. .. .. .. 25 1,142,702 1,110,380

32;3.22

Superannuation Allowances, &c. .. 26 144,964 143,364 1,600

Disembodied Militia .. .. .. 27 32,786 35,480

2,694 Total Non-Effective Services ..

2,127,898 2,120,338 35,677 28,177

RECAPITULATION.

Effective Services

• •

12,932,399 13,940,012 524,863 1,532,476 Non effective Services

• •

2,127,838 2,120,898 35,677 28,177

a-w•

Total Effective and Non-effective

Services

15,060,237 16,060,350 560,540 1 560 653

Net Decrease- £1,000,113

"

Notwithstanding this great reduction of expenditure the numbers of the men whose pay comes out of the (home) Army grants are only reduced from 152,403 last year, to 148,242 this year. The British force in India is reduced only from 75,899 to 72,676.