for her offspring; no source for obtaining instruction for them; and they are brought up in wretchedness, misery, and want.-It is by leaving these deserving objects of an Englishman's support in wretchedness and want, that disgust is created in the minds of many to the profession of arms: it is these circumstances which create continual anguish in the breast of the soldiers of fortune: it is from these that the offspring of the British officer is driven to extremities to obtain support.

Permit me further to observe to your Lordship, that if all INLISTMENTS into the MILITIA by bounty were entirely prevented, those into the line would be very materially increased. The militia should in that case be kept up solely by ballot, but the bounty for substitutes should be strictly limited, and a severe penalty inflicted in every case when it is known to exceed that laid down.

Before I conclude this address I inust beg to notice, that the military service of the British Empire would be much benefited if the SALE of COMMISSIONS, which are purchased, was prevented; unless the officers enjoying them had served the number of years that entitle officers to dispose of their commissions when obtained by merit and services, or from some other very particular causes.

I have now to offer your Lordship every apology for this address, throughout which I have been impressed with every respect for your rank and situation as Secretary of State; and I conceive that if this letter does not, in your Lordship's opinion, possess information that can materially benefit the military service of the country, it certainly is in no shape calculated to its injury.-I have the honor to be, my Lord, your most obedient Servant,

London, December 20, 1818.

THE EDITOR.

APPENDIX.

List of Regiments and Battalions in Europe into which it is proposed.

APPENDIX. (B.)

Horse-Guards, Dec. 1813.

Special Instructions for the Guidance of General Officers and others employed in carrying into effect the Volunteering of the Militia for the Regular Service.

1st. The non-commissioned officers and private men of the militia will be permitted to volunteer for any of the regiment of foot guards or infantry of the line, (with the exception of the 60th) and must be attested accordingly, and not for any particular battalion of the regiment; or

2d. They may enter generally into his Majesty's regular forces, and will be received and appointed to regiments now serving in Europe. With every hundred men, a captain, lieutenant, and ensign will be transferred from the militia to the line, and non-commissioned officers in the proportion of five serjeants, six corporals, and two drummers.

3d. The volunteers who have already been attested for general service in the line, are to be reattested for such regiments as they may make choice of, provided they are according to the regulations of the corps in which they are desirous of serving.

4th. General officers commanding districts will appoint general or field officers of the line, who are to be assisted by competent medical officers, to inspect the volunteers. They will be careful in rejecting every man who is not conforinable to the regulations according to the corps for which he is intended, or who is considered surgically unfit for active service.

5th. Volunteers for the foot guards and the line, will receive a bounty of sixteen guineas, if enlisting for an unlimited period of service, and twelve guineas, if for a limited period, one half of which is to be paid on attesting, and the remainder (after completing their regimental necessaries) on joining the regimental depôt or bead-quarters of the regiment.

6th. The age and standard for the respective corps, are fixed as follows, viz. Age not exceeding Height not under 35 35..

Foot Guards

Line

5 feet 7 inches.

5 feet 4 inches.

7th. The standard for the light infantry and rifle corps is to be the same as that for the other regiments of infantry.

8th. The royal Waggon train will also be allowed to receive volunteers from the British militia. No man under eighteen years of age is to be approved for this corps, or who exceeds five feet four inches in height, or is less than five feet two inches. Volunteers for the royal waggon train, for an unlimited period, will receive a bounty of twelve guineas, and those enlisting for limited service, a bounty of eight guineas.

9th. No militia man who may be in confinement, or under the sentence of a court-martial.-No person employed as adjutant's clerk, regimental clerk, drummer, musician in the band, armourer, or who shall have been trained as an artillery man or matross, and as such shall be attached to any artillery belonging to any regiment of militia, not exceeding twenty men in each battalion, is to volunteer without the consent of the officer commanding the regiment.

10th. In case the colonels, or officers commanding, should refuse to discharge any private who shall be desirous of volunteering into the regular service, the approving general or field officers are to require in writing the reasons for such refusal, and transmit the same for the decision of the general officer commanding the district.

11th. The approving general and field officers will take care that the volunteers are regularly discharged from the militia, and that their accounts are closed, and every just claim satisfied; they will also be careful that they are immediately re-attested for the regiment into which they have volunteered, or, for general service in the line, according to the forms of attestations prescribed by the present mutiny act.

12th. Men volunteering for regiments stationed in the same garrison, or in the immediate neighbourhood, are to be delivered over as soon as attested, and the officers commanding regiments of militia will be responsible that the attestations are duly forwarded.

13th. The general officers commanding districts will take the necessary steps for forwarding the men who may volunteer for particular regiments, and will transmit to the adjutant-general, returns of the numbers from each corps. Returns of the number of men which volunteer from the respective regiments of militia for general service in the line, are also to be transmitted without delay to the adjutant-general, and the men are to remain with the militia until the orders shall be received for their transfer to the regular service.

14th. The general officers commanding districts will communicate with the quarter-master-general, with respect to marching the volunteers to their destination.

15th. The volunteers are to take with them the clothing of the present year, and are to leave with the militia their great coats, and other regimental appointments.

16th. The subdivision officers and parties employed on the recruiting service are not to be called on to assist in this duty, as the volunteering must not be permitted to interfere with the regular recruiting.

17th. Furloughs are not to be granted to the volunteers previous to their joining the head-quarters of their corps, or the regimental depôt,-after which, the officers commanding will be at liberty to apply to the general officer of the district for short furloughs, provided the service will admit of this indulgence.

18th. An allowance will be made to the officers appointed to take charge of the volunteers: viz. 6d. per mile, when proceeding from the quarters of their regiment, and 9d. per mile when returning, and they will further receive a daily allowance during the time they are so employed, according to their rank, as follows: viz. Captains, 10s.-Subalterns, 5s.

19th. The general officers commanding districts will carry into effect the volunteering of the militia for the regular service. The colonels or officers commanding regiments of militia will act under the instructions of the secretary of state with respect to the volunteering of their corps for extended service in Europe.-By order of His Royal Highness the Commander-inChief, (Signed) HARRY CALVERT, Adjt.-Gen.

APPENDIX (C.)

Extract of a circular letter from the Secretary of State for the Home Department, to the officers commanding corps of Militia, dated Whitehall, Nov 25, 1813.

"The men enlisting into His Majesty's regular forces, under the provisions of the 12th section of the act 54 Geo. III, cap. 1, dated 24th November, 1813, will be entitled to a bounty of two guineas, either for limited or unlimited service, in addition to the regulated bounty allowed to militia men enlisting into the line for limited or unlimited service respectively."*

Extract of a circular letter addressed by the Secretary at War to officers commanding regiments and corps of British and Irish Militia serving in Great Britain, dated War-Office, Nov. 29, 1813.

"The bounty, pay, &c. of the non-commissioned officers, drummers and private men, who shall volunteer for service in any of the corps specified in the list enclosed in Lord Sidmouth's letter of the 25th instant, are to be issued and accounted for according to the rules established in regard to the volunteering from the militia into the line, dated 29th March, 1813."

The half bounty to be paid on arrival at the head-quarters of the regiments or regimental depôts, will therefore be, six guineas for volunteers who enter for seven years, and eight guineas for volunteers for an unlimited period.

Extracts from Army Regulations, General Orders, and Courts-Martial.

COURT-MARTIAL

ON DEPUTY ASSISTANT-COMMISSARY-GENERAL M‘NAUGHTON. (Concluded from page 278.)

Let the conduct of my Prosecutor and mine be contrasted, and you will see which of the two has behaved the most unbecoming the character of the officer and the gentleman. In his absence I made preparations to receive him, or any other officer or stranger, according to the laws of hospitality; and he took the advantage of my 'absence, and committed such an outrage, as would make the savage Indian blush. Driven, therefore, Gentlemen, as I have been into the present peril, by the most unjust and oppressive act of my Prosecutor-an act so unbecoming the character of the British nation, much less the officers and gentlemen of that nation, with the combination of other evils (serious in their consequence), which have resulted from it, but which I have (thank my God) got over. However, I feel it, in justice to the merits of the two medical gentlemen that attended me, to state, that I think it is owing to their skill and attention, (under Divine Providence) I am now enabled to stand before you, to vindicate myself from such a false and calumnions charge, so injurious to my character as an officer and a gentleman.

Finally, Gentlemen, let me impress upon your minds, that it is by your decision, this day, we are to look for the safety and protection of our property--the safety of