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LEICESTER SQUARE. VERY SPACIOUS PREMISES . CALCULATED FOR A LARGE FAMILY; CLUB HOUSE, BOARDING HOUSE, &e. &c. MR. BROOKS respectfully announces that be has re ceired instruction to SELL by AUCTION. On MP PREMISES, o. 21, LEICESTER-SQUARE, at Oa, o'clock, unless previously disposed of by Print. Treaty, The LEASE for 15 Years, at a low Rent of 1401. per Annum, of a capital Family Residence, very pleasantly situate. No. ill, on the East side of Leicester-square. Containing Four Stories of Three Rooms each, and in the Basement, Kitchens, and extensive Offices, behind which is a large Yard. ft is presumed that a very large income might be derived, especially during the ensuing Season, by any party taking the Premises for a Boarding House, or to let off in Apartments, for which, from its con tiguity to all the Places of Amusement, and the Club Houses, and Government Offices. it is peculiarly eligible. The' elegant Furniture aid Effects may be had at a valuation, or will be Sold by Auction on the Premises. The Proprietor would not object to letting the House famished upon Lease to a responsible Tenant, and at a low Rent. May be viewed, and Particulars had et Mr. Brooks, land-surveyor, 28, Old Bond-street. LONDON-ROAD, SOUTHWARK. Between the Obelisk and Elephant and Castle. Important FREEHOLD and LONG LEASEHOLD ESTATES, Presenting to the Capitalist, and to the Grower, and Wholesale and Retail Dealers in Fruit and Vegetables, Carcase and Cutting Butchers, as well as to the Public at large, an Investment not ex ceeded by any which for many years has been offered to their con sideration. Mlt. BROOKS has the honour to announce for SALE, by Private Treaty, the ST. GEORGE'S BUTCHER MARKET, SLAUGHTER-HOUSE, unequalled in extent, and BEAST POUNDS; The GROUND RENTS of Twenty.ooe HOUSES, AND • VALUABLE PLOT OF FREEHOLD BUILDING GROUND, Affording ample space for the Erection of a Fish, Poultry, Fruit, and Vegetable Market, Which, combined with the Butcher Market, will exceed in extent any other in the Metropolis, as in the whole it will present AN AREA OF THREE ACRES Upon which, by the Expenditure of £B,OOO, an Income of THREE THOUSAND POUNDS PER ANNUM may be realized. A reference to the Map of London, will clearly prove that the Situa tion of this Property for an extensive Market stands unrivalled, within Three-quarters of a Mile of the Bridges, between the Obelisk and the Elephant and Castle, at each of which places Six great Roads meet, and in the Triangle formed by the London, Borough, Southwark Bridge and Newington Causeway Roads, along which must pass, on their way to the London Markets, the immense supplies of Cattle, Fruit and Vegetables, from the luxuriant Counties of Kent, Sussex, and Surrey. ST. GEORGE'S BUTCHER MARKET was Established in 1788, and a considerable trade has been carried on in the same. The great improvements now making by the building of the New London Bridge, and the consequent destruction of many houses, to give room to the new approaches thereto, have already enhanced the valise of property, and it must be evident, that in a short time, the whole vacant ground lying between Southwark and the wealthy and populous Vil lages South and West thereof, must be covered with houses. It is singular, that whilst upwards of twelve great markets supply the inhabitants of London, north of the Thames, but one Vegetable, the Borough, and one Butcher, St. George's Market, should have hi therto existed with a population of 200,000 souls, in a circle of two miles ; in consequence of the loudly complained of want of public accommodation, the Proprietor of these Estates has been induced to have Plans and Estimates made, for the purpose of improving tha Butcher Market, and for erecting, on the vacant ground, a Fish and Poultry, Fruit and Vegetable Market; possessing all the indispensable facilities of accommodation, viz. EXCELLENT . INGRESS AND EGRESS. And abutting and adjoining upon the line of the London Road, and all the other principal Roads. The present Market is, and the intended Market will be, FREE FROM THE HEAVY IMPOST OF TOLL, Thereby creating a very considerable saving. as:well as securing the whole controul of the Market, to the Butchers, Growers, Heelers is Fruit and Vegetables, fee. which, in other cases, acts so prejudicial to the interests of the occupiers, as well as to the public at large ; or, should it be deemed desirable, by an aapppplication to the Legislature, It is presumed, these Estates may be a chartered Market. Further Particulars, with Lithographic Plans, may be bad of Mears. Robinson, Hine, and Robinson, Solicitors, Charter- .square; and at the office of Mr. Brooks, Architect and Laud Surveyor, us. Old Bond -street, where plans, elevations, and sections, upon a Argo scale of the intended Improvements, may be seen. NORTICDURHAM AND NORTHUMBERLAND. IMPORTANT FREEHOLD INVESTMENT. ONE THOUSAND SEVEN HUNDRED AND THIRTY FOUR ACRES, LET AT TWO THOUSAND FIVE HUNDRED AND SEVENTY-FOUR POUNDS PER ANNUM. MR. BROOKS respectfully announces for SALE, by Private Treaty, the valuable Freehold Farm called EAST and WEST NORHAM MAINS, situate on the southern bank of the river Tweed, comprising superior Farm Houses and Buildings, In corn. plete repair ; and 904 acres of fertile Land, principally arable, in the highest state of cultivation, let to responsible Tenants upon Losses, at Rents amounting to £1675 per annum. This Estate is particularly eligible for the Investment of Capital, as a considerable increase of rental may be expected upon the expiration of the present leases. Should a Purchaser be inclined to reside upon the Property, there are many Eligible Situations for Building. em bracing interesting views of the river Tweed, with its beautifully. wooded northern banks, and of the ruins of the formerly Important border fortress, Norliam Castle—so often taken and retaken during the wars between England and Scotland, and rendered interesting re• (scaly as the seat of Sir Walter Scott's poem of •• Marmion, or the iLttle of Flodden Field," from which latter place Nothant is but a few miles distant. Game la abundant, and there Is excellent salmon fishing in the Tweed. Also. the BOWSDEN-HALL and MOOR FARMS, distant five miles from Norham. in the Parish of Lowick, Northumberland ; comprising Farm Houses, Buildings, and Cottages, and Eight Hundred and ?bitty-eight Acres of Land, let to responsible Tenants, at .Cs 99 per annum. This Estate contains inexhaustible Seams of Coal and Lime Stone, and claims considerable importance a Mineral Property. Particulars and Maps may be had of Mr. Banns, Land Surveyor, Vs, Old 11.nd-street. HERTFORDHIRE, TWYENTT•SIX MILES FROM LONDON. IMPORTANT FREEHOLD INVESTMEN I', Land Tai Redeemed. Comprising an Elegant Manion, Park, and sundry fertile Farms, in tt , e whole 1551 acres, let at 02003 per annum, paid punctuallyiby a worthy and industrious Tenantry, to whom an arrear has been un. ►.i vwn even during the last two years of agricultural_ depression. Tit: present possessor parts with this Estate solely to concentrate his property in a distant County, where the bulk of his Estate happens to hr. MR. BROOKS respectfully announces for SALE by J.TIL AUCTION, at the Mart, opposite the Bank of England, on TligiDAY, the 30th of November, at Twelve, In One or. Six Lots, un less previously disposed of by Private Treaty, the handsome Mansion Lined MOOR PLACE. 'rated on an eminence in the centre of a finely timbered Park, command leg views over a fertile valley, intersected by the Trout River Ash, to wards the hills, covered with Hanging Woods belonging to the Estate. It is needless to describe the different avenues of stately Limes and Elms, or the magnificent Oaks and Wilderness, which adorn the Mine G roun d s . M oor Pl ace i s i n comp l ete repai r, the interior pre. s, nting every comfort ; combining a lofty:spacious Dining Saloon 34 feet by 22, Drawing-room 32 by 25, Library and Music-rooms, noble En trance and Inner Halls, ample Best and Servants Chambers, extensive ()dices, Coach-houses, Stabling, Pleasure (hounds, Walled Garden, Farm buildings, &c. Park and Home Farm 222 Acres, let at £450 per annum. Tlicftitv Tu x Farm 115 Acres, let as ill5O, (Tenant's family have occupied 611 years). Brands Elfili s 184 Acres, let at 1174. (occupied 40 years). Hadham a Genteel Residence, with Coach-house Stabling, Pleasure Grou nds , and Meadow on the banks of the Ash. —ln hand.—Hadhiun Mill Farm, 161 Acres, let at /202 (occupied 4 years). Ilatihum Cross Malting, let at 130. Iladham Crosi, Farm, 30 Acres, let at .148 (occupied by the present ...nem 30 years.) The Hill Farm, 192 Acres, let at .1900 (occupied 40 years). Uffords Farm, 79 Acres, let at 184. lisuelh Farm 269 Acres let at 4'210 (oecapie3•4o years). Clinton's Farm, 273 Acres, let at 1270, occupied 37 years, and sun. ry Meadows, Cottages, Windmill, 5.c. This important Estate is si , uate at Great Hadham,advan I y for Markets, three miles from Bishop Stortfotd, seven from ti tCrT,nine (ruin Hertford, Eve from Hockereil, 8 from Hoddesdon, and being half * , ir between the Metropolis, Newmarket, and Cambridge, renders it • t"' desirable acquisition to the mercantile, spotting, and literacy cha nce?, u ndulate. an euellent investment. The land Is fertile, beau tifully uulated, and intersected by capital roads, and by the nein li4,t? Ash. The valley has been surveyed for the purpose of Mr= a raj road from London to Manchester. Gains le abundant. packs of Hounds within reach. Printed particulars may be nad of Messrs. rimes and Mott &Adam, Much Hadham , and ti Mr. Brooks, Landbarveyor, 2s, Old Bood.orset. 7 . tb No. 13,622. r ( • THURSDAY EVENING, NOV. 4, 1830. IMPORTANT ACCOMMODATION TO CAPITALISTS LAND-HOLDERS, AND SOLICITORS. MR. BROOKS tenders his respectful acknowledgments to the Nobility and Gentry for the liberal share of Favors coo ferred on his Establishment dating the last Si years, and encouraged by Capitalists who have favoured him with instructions to inveqt vs- riffles amounts in the purchase of Landed Property to an extent ex ceeding Five Millions, and by Commissions for the sale of Estates ex ceeding in value Two Millions, together with the letting of numerous Mansions, Cottages, and Farms, in all parts of the kingdom. He has adopted a plan which he ventures to hope will facilitate the objects of his employers, and remove the generally complained of want of In formation, relative to Property, which has hitherto prevented the ex peditious sale or purchase of the same. Mr. Baooxs has undertaken, at his own expense, carefully to keep a Register of all the Estates, Farms, Residences, Macon. ita an nounced to be Sold or Let throughout Great Britain and Ireland, and periodically to print an Index to the same, the Third Number of which is now publishing, and will be forwarded, Grads, to applications post free. The information contained therein is derived from the weekly extraction of all the Advertisements from 250 London and Provincial Newspapers, and front a most extensive correspondence with Capitalists, Landholders, Solicitors, and Land Agents, in all parts of the kingdom. The Particulars of Property are registered Gratis at his Oecc. Estates offered •to Bale by Auction far the usual Private Contract Commission, if sold, and the deposit lodged with the Vendors' Soli citor, Banker, or is the Bank of England. From two to ten guineas, exclusive of expenses, if bought in. Appraisements. Land Surveying, and Architecture. The demand for Town Residences daily increasing, Mr. !Suwon so licks the particulars of any to be Let or Said, and he has many Coin minions to Rent and Purchase. Estate Agency Office, tit, Old Bond Street. TT IS A KNOWN FACT, that all STUDIOUS and REFLECTIVE PERSONS are 'abject to BALDNESS of the HEAD. This has hitherto been remedied by Scalps or Wigs; the farmer were obliged to be stuck to the head with gum, which ob. Eructed perspiration, and caused a stiff, uneasy sensation; and the latter being composed of silk thread netting, with springs similar to braces, was sure to shrink when pa:virulent was produced, and thereby tightened and compressed the bead, and prevented the circa• ladon of the blood. It has leas been a desideratum that these Inca:- veniences,so detrimental to the free me of the faculties, should be got rid of; and we are happy to say that the ingenuity and perseverance of Mr. Baas, of Cheeped', has fully effected that object. The inven tion is perfectly novel, and akhough the scalp or wig firmly adheres to the head, by the assistance of a peculiarly constructed spring of very thin steel, no perceptible Inconvenience is experienced, and the form is so much improved, that it is scarcely possible to distinguish it from' the natural hair. We understand that he has taken nut a patent for it, and there can be no doubt that he will be handsomely rewarded for the utility and convenience of his Invention.—Spains, Sept. 27. THE AR.IIY. C H U.4k K. Home Guards, June RA, 1830. I have received the directions of the General Commanding in Chief to convey to you the following instructions, to be observed as a Standing Order, framed and issued for the purpose of introducing and establishing greater uniformity of system in the army with respect to the points to which it relates : 1. No soldier should unnecessarily be brought to a Court Martial, and the Commanding Officer of a regiment should be guided in his de. cision upon this point by the character of the individual, his conduct, the nature and degree of the offence, its prevalence at the time in the regiment, and the probability of conviction. 2. Just discrimination should be used by the Court in applying the quantum of punishment, whether corporal or other, to the nature and degree of the crime, so that its award may be final, and carried into effect; it being indisputable, that crimes are more effectually prevented by the certainty than the severity of punishment, and that decision in the superior, will, at all times, ensure subordination in the inferior. S. The nature and extent of punishment, particularly of solitary confinement and haul labour, must of course vary according to locality, and particulorly according to climate, as extremes of hest and cold equally prescribe caution. 4. The Court before passing sentence of solitary confinement or hard labour, or indeed any other, should ascertain positively that the sen tence can be duly executed. b. Men" sentenced to hard labour by regimental Courts Martial, must be - closely confined when not at work; and the hard labour should, where it may be practicable, consist of breaking of stones for the repair of roads or paths, or the repair and levelling of barrack yards and parade grounds, or any other under the barrack de partment, or the engineer department, not being usually allowed to soldiers as duties of fatigue, or imposed upon ordinary defaulters not so punished by courts-martiaL The ordnance department has been requested to afford the necessary facilities towanis carrying into effect a mode of punishment of which the chief object is to obviate, ea far as may be possible, the necessity of sending soldiers to public gaols, which all officers concur in considering objectionable, and which it would be very desirable to reserve, if practicable, for crimes of a disgraceful na ture. Upon the occasions of hard labour in garrisons or barracks, the commanding officers of corps will exercise their discretion with respect to allotting a portion of the period to hard labour, and the remainder to drill, thereby keeping up the habits of soldiers, and imposing upon the prisoner the necessity of cleaning his appointments ripen drilled. 6. District eourts-martial should observe the rules la down for re gimental courts, with respect to solitary confinement, and confinement with hard labo ur—the periods being, however, unlimited, or rather, more extended, according to the nature and degree of the crime. But it is very desirable that these punishments should not be so extended as they have been : six weeks solitary confinement should be considered sufficient in almost any case; and three, or, at most, four months' confinement, with hard labour, equally so. During all hard labour in barracks or elsewhere, the men should, while at work, be kept separate as much as possible, to prevent conversation, and all communication with them, not absolutely necessary, should be strictly forbidden. 7. Submission, quiet and orderly conduct, and proof of con trition while undergoing punishment, should, unless the crime had been of a very aggravated character, be favorably considered, and obtain foe the prisoner a partial remission of the punishment, at the discretion of the commanding officer. In the case of district courts martial, the commanding officer may, if he should see reason, recorn. mend a partial remission of the punishment, but he cannot order it himself, the sentence having been approved by a superior power. 8. The pay:of all men under sentence of court-mania should be drawn according to the regulation of the War Office, namely, Id. a day, and applied to the sustenance of the prisoner. 9. Instances having occurred in which commanding officers of regi ments have applied to the general officer commanding the brigade dis trict or garrison, for authority to try deserters by regimental courts martial, and have been authorised so to proceed, they are hereby in. formed that it was not intended to include the c rime of desertion in de. militia of offences, which, in certain cases, may K admit of lees serious notice," and " which it may be advisable so try by regimental 'anti-mm*6l " Lod Hill does not amnion it tiscowary or advisable to rest►ict the rower or discretion of the commanding officer, by precise or detailed instruction or regulation, with lewd to the name sad posishatat of sash offences and irregularities an it may not be nedesseey to beisi to PRicr. 7 1). the cognizance of courts-martial ; but in order to promote that unifor mity of system, which i s the main object of this instruction. it is deemed expedient to lay down the following general vales to be applied by commanding officers at their discretion, according to the nature and degree of the offence, and with due regard to the character and previous conduct of the individual, which should always he home in mind; to be applied also according to circumstances, such as the general conduct of the regiment intrusted to them, the description of the quarters it matt be occupying, the more or less temptation to which the men may he exposed, and other general considerations which must guide the judgment aool good sense of the commanding officer, in his choir • of the twriod'when the reins of discipline should be tightened, or may with propriety and safety be relaxed. 1. In all first offences not of an aggravated character, or committed by young inexperienced soldiers, mild reproof and admonition should be tried ; nor should punishment be resorted to, until a repetition of the offence shall have shewn that the milder treatment has produced no effect. Soldiers should not be harassed, hut should be treated with kindness : they should know that it is wished to avoid punishment, if discipline can be maintained without it. 2. No punishment should be awarded, except with the knowledge and approval of the commanding officer, that is to say, officers com manding regiments may, at their option, delegate to officers cont. mending troops or companies, and to the adjutant, die power of order. log punishments for the minor OffelICTP, not exceeding three day's drill, with confinement to barracks. These should be ordered at morning or evening parades, and on the parade, and immediately any pa rade, reported to the commanding officer at the onlerfy room for his approval or of ; or in cases where such immediate report cannot be made, at latest, on the following day. For all offences re quiring more serious notice, the punishment should be ordered by the commanding-officer only, upon the report made to him through the officer commanding the troop or company, or the adjutant. The corn mending officer should immediately investigate the complaint in the presence of the officer commanding the troop or company, the adjutant, serjeant-major, and the non-commissioned officer of the squad, in the presence also of the prisoner; and having satisfied himself from the evi. dence adduced, of the nature and degree of the offence, should award at once such punishment as he shall think fit, or reserve the case for a Court Martial; and upon these, and all occasions, the commanding officer should write his own orders, and not coafide that duty to others. S. Officers on detachment should be strictly enjoined not to introduce OT adopt any system or practice of punishment for minor offences which may be in any respect at variance with those established at hesd-quar quarters under the sanction of the commanding officer. 4. All men confined for drunkenness should, if possible, be confined by themselves, and in the Black Hole, until sober, and not in the Guard room, where they are often teased and provoked to acts of vio lence and insubordination. 5. Nothing can be mote essential than to uphold the station and re spectability of non-commissioned officers. Serjeants should, therefore, in no case. be sent to the Ouard.room, and mixed with the privates, during confinement, but be considered as placed under arrest. G. Officers should be cautious of reproving non-commissioned offi. errs for any irregularity, reglect of duty, or awkwardness, tire. in the presence or hearing of the privates, lest they should thereby weaken their authority and respectability in the eyes of their inferiors ; indeed, ad monition, conveyed in mild terms, and without exposure of the indivi dual, whatever may be his rank, will, in general, be found to have a much better erect than that which tends to humiliate him in the eyes of his inferiors or his comrades, or to lower him in his own estimation, un less, indeed, it should be far the benefit of example, that the reproof should be public, or that t shall have been provoked by repe. titian of the neglect or irregularity. 7. Ifs soldier refuses to obey an order distinctly given, or resists the authority of a non-commissioned o ffi cer, he should be confined without altercation, and immediately reported to the troop or company officer, or the adjutant. Many cases of what is called mutinous conduct, arise from the improper way in which non-commissioned officers speak, or give orders to tbe men. & Irregularities, comparatively trifling, and of a minor character, al. though noticed in the troop or company defaulter books should not , cause the eglinders to be placed on the general or regimental defaulter list. With the same view of promoting uniformity of system and prac tice, the form of a defaulter book is annexed, which Lord Hill desires may be adopted. The defaulter book being a record of convictions, and having been made evidence before a court-martial, in cases of drunkenness (see ar. tick 51 dam articles of war), the rate of pension which a soldier is to receive on discharge being determined, in great measure by his charaa ter and general conduct during his Den ice and certain offences, after being repeatedly committed, being, under the articles of war, to be visited by increased penalties, it is absolutely necessary that this reword should be framed on one uniform principle; nor, indeed, can real jus tice be awarded to the soldier unless it be kept on a recognised and in. telligible system, and periodically examined by officers. The pre scribed form is simple, and its utility, with referenee to the objects pointed out, will, as in all cases, depend upon the accuracy with which it may be kept, and the correctness with which the remarks are in serted in the columns allotted to them. Lord Bill considers it very desirable that the transfer of a soldier's name from the troop or company's to the regimental defaulter book, should he viewed by him as a disgrace of an aggravated character, and as en tailing the more permanent record of the offence, which, from its nature and degree, has called, or, from the repetition thereof, may call, for such notice. Oblivion of former irregularities, if they shall not have amount ed to any thing disgraceful, ought to be held out as the reward of real reformation. But it is essentially necessary that those crimes which permanently affect a man's character, and are disgraceful to the soldier, should be stigmatised as they deserve : because a high sense of cha racter is inseparably connected with that honourable spirit which is the main spring of good conduct, and the source of the reputation of regiments. In order to establish the distinction, and to draw the line pointed out In these observations, an alphabetical list should be made at the end of every year, of such men as shall be considered to have so disgraced themselves, by the nature and degree of their crimes, or the repetition thereof, as to have justly incurred the penalty of such speci a l record ; and this list should refer to the page of the defaulter book containing the detail of the individual's case ; and, after being carefully extracted, should be recorded, as pointed out in the annexed form. In cases of drunkenness, the name of the non-commissioned officer who was witness to the offence, should be entered, with the date, (the men having, of course, been seen, when so reported, by the officer in command of the troop, or company, or the adjutant,) and the crime should be inserted in red ink, in order that the list may be readily re ferred to, on trial for habitual drunkenness, and a separate index to t h e drunken list should be made. It is conceived that the best plan will be to enter the names by troops, or companies in the general defaulter book, as prescribed in the form. Thus, all the serious offences of one troop, or company, during the year, will appear together in the regi. mental book. To find a particular man's name, there will be the gene. ral index for the year, alphabetically arranged. There will thus be the double means of finding the entry by the company, and by the Index of names, with the additional advantage of a comparative view of the good or bad conduct of the different companies. As a part of the same system, another list should be kept, to re cord the names of those men, who, from particularly pod and re gular conduct, may be remarked as having, in the course of the year, few or no reports against them. This will distinguish the best men from those, who, though not guilty of crimes to be specially recorded, may nevertheless have been frequently reported for minor irregularities, or inattention. The introduction of an uniform form of defaulter book must afford greater facilities towards ascertaining the extent of crime, and the ju dicious use of preventive means. And his lordship desires, that at the periodical inspections, the guard reports and morning states may be produced, to enable the inspecting general officer to compare them with the entries in the defaulter book. These guard reports and morning Plata may, after such comparative inspection, be destroyed by his authority. I have the honour to inclose three copies of the form of defaulter book—one fur your use and guidance, another fur the adjutant, and a third for the orderly room. Commanding officers must recollect that they are not authorized to place a soldier in close confinement, unless it be preparatory to • court-martial, for a longer period than forty-eight hours of their own authority. A soldier, ordered to remain in a defaulter's room, will take his duty, drilla, &c. and the period of such order must not exceed seven days. Crimes deserving of longer punishment, of this nature, must be referred to a anirt.martial. ----- This, of course, does not apply to confinement to banseks, which may be extended, at the discretion of the commanding officer, to pe. Hods not exceeding two months; the oeawsry mantra being, of, course, taken to prevent the soldier so restricted IYom paining the sem trim or baying saws so the canteen t sad nine and lOW being , at the discretion of the commanding officer, stopped, on stations where such WO issued. The commanding °Seer will equally exercise his discretion as to the nature of the confinement to barracks, according to the degree of the offence. namely. whether the ithlivolual shall or shall not be required to fall in with the inlying piquet, attend all drills and all parades, and be called upon for all duties of fatigue. Solitary co - .finement, or colt fint•ment to the black hole, which in no case can exceed 48 hours. unless award ed by sentence of court-martial, should, as meir as possible. lie !e-rvcd tfor cases of drunkenness, riot, violence, or insolence to superi••r•, ittif in aggravated cases should precede the further puntshment tat roMieentent to barracks, extra drills, and duties of fatigue er drudgery ke. A list of men who had been placed on the regimental delaulter hit for drunkenness should he suspended in the gua.d.roout, tot a st..tr•A against the repetition of the offence entailing trial I,r tiabituai ',rank. at nets. and a penalty attached to the conviction th.matf. When apart of the forteiture of pay for habitual drunkenness is r minted. (vide the Se cretary at War's circular of the tith March, 111.1.1,) the cot !!!!! attriii.„; officer should notify it in regimental orders, as so • n teuragetvene the soldier to abstain from excessive thinking. As connected with the pre vention of drunkenness, the lodgings of married seetiters, which ace re sorted to by men for the purpose of gaming, elr.t•kme. and other trregu levities, should be visited at uncertain hours, by serjeants of cove. pieties and even by officers. The penalties inflicted by the new articles of war for habitual chunk. entitilli, sre generally admitted to be tint best cheek which has yet been devised for that offence, but much may be effected in aid of it hy the manner in which commanding officers 2,1)44 take ativantaee of them. Lord Hill is satisfied that a vice., unfortunately us prevalent iu ii British army, may be prevented and ctieclasi by due attention on the part of the commanding officer. and by the zealous and cordial to• operation and example of thighs• subordinate to him; and his Lon'sh;i: expects that commatuling officers will exercise their authority over the officer in this respect, as well as over the soldier, and that they will tee stiffer a vice to pass unnoticed in the officer, which is sn seriously rens.- hended and punished in the soldier. It appears to be the rule in some cer;ee, and it is rested to have b,..Te successfully applied, to hold troops, companies, and sqteeds gerierrilly responsible for the regular conduct of the individuals taking care that :he consequence of this responsibility shall not involve the porishment o f individuals whose conduct shall have been uniformly regular and good. In others a troop, company, or squad police has beer, ihrrotiiiceil under the responsibility of steady serjeants. These are expedients, of which the application most left to the discretion of commanding officers, as must also the proper a s, of such facilities as local contingencies may afford, for encouraging mallt and exercises. provide- these shall not tend to excess in drinking. 111 that has been stated, will show the extreme importance Lortt Hill attaches to the prevention of crime, and greater derail is not entered into, as it is not the object to limit or interfere with the disteretior. e: commanding officers, but merely to obtain the application of it en gat. neral principles. It is, however, indispensable to observe, that the reports receive.! from different regiments, of their scales of punishment or the system observed in the notice and punishment of offences not generally Inuegi t to the cognisance of courts martial, have exposed the continuance of va rious objectionable practices, many of which had been animadverte•l upon, and reprobated on former occasions, by his late Royal 11 igi - ness the Duke of York, and by his Grace the Duke of Wellinette . The log, for instance, is a punishment indicted at the discretion of the commanding officer, which cannot be sanctioned, and is henceforin strictly forbidden. Drill in heavy marching order appears to be h.- dieted for periods varying from two to eight hours per diem. and :tom three to twenty-one days, or more; this immoderate punirnment was strongly censured by the Duke of IVellingion, and should ii, no ea• exceed three, or, at most, four hours per diem, and he inflicted at propel intervals. This, however, applies to it as a punishmeet, independently of the usual parades and drills in marching order, which are deeirabl.. as is exercise in general with knapsacks. which should become part or a soldier on duty or parade the moment that he is dismissed the drill. ti Standing under arms is altogether forbidden. It appears to be tile realm in some regiments to confine a man to the black-hole forty-eight hours, and so on ; nay. in some regiments, men are confined in the black.hole at the discretion of the commanding officer for periods not only executing forty-eight hours, but amounting to seven days. These practices are in the greatest degree reprehensible, and are strictly forbidden. In some corps, commanding officers have taken upon them:wives to commute a corporal punishment, sentenced by a regimental cuurt martial to confinement, and possibly vice verse. They must clearly; understand that the power of eommutirir is vested in the King only. They may confirm, remit, or midget:, they cannot commute the punishment awarded by a regimental tour.- martial, nor, indeed, can any general, or superior officer. niters again have been in this practice of allowing to an off'eneler the roptitte of such punishment as the y could inflict at their own discretion, or of standing a court-martial. This also is irregular. The commanding officer not having any intention of bringing the offender to a court-martial, should order such reasonabie punishment as is within his competence to award, and with regard to this, it would be inconsistent with subordination that he should admit of the right of option of appeal, although he may, if he thinks proper,vineiseete the jus.. decor his first order, by resorting to the altemativlof a couri.martial. It has also been the practice in some corps to allow a serjeant to escape trial by court-martial, by resigning his situation. This practice is extremely objectionable, has never been sanctioned by any compe. tent authority, and must be discontinued. In conclusion, the attention of commanding officers is called to the importance of inculcating upon the soldier, by every means in their power and by the example and precept of his superiors the property of civility and courtesy in his intercourse with all ranks superior, clans a. and in his demeanour in quarters in the streets, etc. This applies eapteially to the conduct of soldiers on Sundays, when drunkenness, irregularity. and disorder, should be particularly noticed and checked. They should also be admonished to pay the greatest deterence and respect to ma gistracy and to civil authority, nor should, upon these occasions, the stations in life of the individuals be considered ; the character repre sented, and the authority with which that character is invested, b ing the proper subjects of attention. Nothing will tend more effectually to the establishment of discipline and subonlituation, and even to the absence of irre gularity, producing exposure, than habits of general cour tesy, and a conviction constantly operating upon the mind of the soldier, that in proportion as he is marked by his dress anti his bearing, so will any disorderly or rude act committed out of barracks become the subject of particular notice. It may be almost un to add that there are no occasions in which the good or bad diseip ine of regiments becomes more con spicuous than upon marches and embarkations, nor any in which the attention and vigilance of every officer towards preventing inregularities are_more called tor. The admirable rules laid down for the troops serving in the Perin. sula, and particularly for the light brigade, may be considered by oaken as applicable in many respects to home service; and many must be sensible from experience of the importance of prc.erving the compact order of a column of march, by not allowing irregular intervals and straggling, nor falling out except during periodical halts, which should be frequent, aad if possible be made beyond the reach of public houses. Lord Hill orders me to repeat upon this occasion, what has been urged heretofore by the late Duke of York and by the Duke of Wel lington, that the criterion by which the state of discipline of a regiment, and the merit of its commanding officer, will be estimated, is the ab. 'pence of crime, not the number of courts martial and the amount of p u nishments. This cannot be too strongly impressed upon the minds of those who are plated in the command of regiments, and they may rest assured that no pains will be spared by the superintending authorities to ascertain that such are the rule and principle which guide their conduct. —I have the honour to be, Sir, your obedient humble streak, HERBERT TAYLOR, Adjutant General. INSTRUCTIONS. The names to be entered in the general regimental defaulter book by troops or companies. Crimes of drunkenness to be entered in red-ink, with the name of the non-commissioned officers wbo witnessed the crime. One page for each man, and from twenty.ke to fifty spare pages to be left. A general alphabetical list to be made with reference to the pages. In cases of desertion or misconduct of such character as to entail tor feiture of service, it must be noticed in the column of remarks, with a reference to the page of the regimental record, form R. No punishment to be ordered except with the knowledge of the cora. mantling officer, who may, however, at his option, delegate to officers commanding troops or companies, and to the adjutant, the power of or. dering punishment for minor offences, not exceeding three days drill, with confinement to barracks. These must be ordered on parade, and immediately reported to the commanding officer at the orderly room, for his approval or miserable, and his sanction must be obtained far their being entered in the troop or company's defaulter book. The morning states and guard reports of the preceding six months. must be produced to the oeneral officer at the periodical inspection, for comparison with the entries in the troop or company's and regimental defaulters books, and after such comparative inspection, they may be destroyed by the authority of the general officer. As it may be very inconvenient when a man is about to be discharged after twenty.one or more years service, to refer to the regimen ta l d e . faulter books, kept during the whole of that series of years, the cons. manding officer will, during the first quarter of every year, review the regimental defaulter book of the past year, and mark the names of these ' men, who, from the nature of their crimes, or their frequency desetvr to have their offences permanently recorded. This permanent defaulter book should be in foe= similar to the mi. mental defaulter book, and should be the book to be laid before the re gimental board of inquiry, drawing oat the soldiers discharge;shordil be thus enabled to refer easily so direct written evidence as to the soldiers character sad service. Another book should be kept of the aunts of mew who have never been pnokitsd or tried during In years, and in which should be 00. during the Int quarter of every yeer, the ammo of Ogee re marksido for very good misdeal, for sobriety, and ply, whisk could be referred to in the selection for gratuities sad other Nen* ill discharge. This book should be permanent, ani the hombre et a man's name in it, might be adverted to in regimental mien se ea a. COVltikrlnelll to persevere. H. TAYLOR, Adj-tleaseaL ....... yr. , ~ NI y.t. . \ A I< :,, •.. __,.. v,-..,__• ._ _ all ___.„. ••_ . . ~_,_._ ---,,--. , ,---. .„ • _ ~*. II C FACTS OA . . 1 „'r ‘to l eji • ' THE LAVEMENT. 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