The Sun.
London, England, 1864-01-25 00:00:00

REFORM IN THE RUSSIAN ARMY,

The InvaUde Busse publishes the subjoined infor-
mation :
The Minister of War is occupied at this moment in exe-
cuting two important reforms :-Ist, the new organisation
of the army ; and 21, the new system of military adminis-
tration. The first relates to the formation of active corps
from the rescue, and to the formation of regiments and
battalions for the defence of the fortresses, &0., also to the
training of recruits for theactive corps by means of special
detachments. We have, as every one knows, besides the
guards, the grenadiers, and the army of the Caucasus, only
72 regiments of active infantry forming six infantry corps.
France possesses at this tine 100 regiments of infantry, with-
counting the guard ; Austria 91 and Prussia 71; and more-
over the regiments of the guard and the landwehr. How -
ever, this organisation of our army was sufficient ; for in
time of war we were able to form for each active regiment
a reserve regiment, and also two battalions in depot. In
reckoning the regiment et three battalions of 1,000 men,
our active forco in infantry was 226,000 men, and a reserve
of 350 battalions, or about 330,000 men, The fortresses,
even in time of peace, cannot be without sufficientgarri-
sons, furnished up to the present time by troops that might
be more usefully employed on the field of battle—these gar-
risons have, therefore, weakened our active force—besides
it was necessary to keep for those troops everything that
composes the train of Batt dials of an army in activity.
In future the garrisons will be formed of men lees capable
of field service, and whom it will not be necessary to fur-
nish with the train of equipage belonging to active
battalions, which atiangentents will effect a con-
siderable economy. As the troops in garrison are
not subject to perpetual marching, they will have
plenty of time to be trained to the use of cannon. They w;11
c ,nscquently turaish a gcod number of artillerymen in re-
serve, and reinforcements for the active army, at the same
time that they fulfil all the conditions of efficient defence of

the places coufidel to them. Up to this time, the care of
training recruits belonged to the divisions, and this incon-
venience existed, that for one regiment ten recruits had to
be trained ; for another, a hundred ; :or a third, a thousand,
and there were not always sufficient expert drillmasters.
Now, this case is entrusted only to a certain number of
battalions, distributed in the fortresses, in the Government
towns, and in some district towns, Experience proves that
100 drillmasters are sufficient to prepare in a short time
1,000 recruits, consequently we must have a reserve body
of 10,000 or 12,000 good masters, in order to drill in the
course or a year, not only the double, but in case of need the
triple of our contingent for the year, viz., 315,000 men.
This system is already in the course of execution, and the
reserve divisions of the first five corps of infantry are
already changed into active troops."

ART WATER CASES.—" In Benson's great case are some
fine specimens of engraved watch cases, designed by the
pupils of the Schools of Design. They are, perhaps, on the
whole, the best specimens of engraved watch cases in the
Exhibition."—Clerkenwell News, October 27, 1802. Chrono-
meter, duplex, lever, horizontal, repeaters, centre seconds,
keyless, split seconds, and every description of watch adapted
to all climates. Benson's illustrated pamphlet on watches,
free by post for two stamps, contains a short history of
watchmaking, with prices, from 3 to 200 guineas each. It
acts as a guide in the purchase of a watch, and enables those
who live in any part of the world to select a watch, and have
it sent free and sate by post. Prize medal and honourable
mention, classes 33 and 15. J. W. Benson, 33 and 34, Lud-
gate-hill, London. Established 1749. Watch and clock
maker, by speJial warrant of appointment, to the
Prince of Wales.

The Tribunal of Correctional Police on Friday
heard a complaint of assault and false imprison-
ment made by an agent Taffaires, named Letailleur, against
a Mme. Dhubert, a woman 72 years of age, and very in-
firm. A man named Chenneviere and wife ware also
charged as accomplices. The complainant who demanded
10,000 fr. damages, deposed as follows :—" Some time since
I summoned Mme. Dhubert before the jugs de paix for a
debt of 424 fr. I was aware that the amount exceeded the
jarisdiction of that magistrate. I thought, however, we
might perhaps come to en amicable arrangement; but the
person who attended for Mine. Dhubert protested against
my demand as extravagant. I according determined to see
Mme. Dhubert herself, and having ascertained from the
concierge that she was at home, and willing to receive me,
I went up to her apartment. I had no sooner• entered,
however, than she locked the door, and commenced an as-
sault on my person. She struck mo three times on the breast
and pulled my beard, at the same time calling nao a thief,
an assassin, and accused me of having been the cause
of her losing a suit which I had managed for her. At last
I got out of the room, and was assailed on the landing by
Chenneviere and his wife, the former of whom struck me
repeatedly, but the latter only abused me with her tongue."
The complainant called several witnesses, but their evidence
did not support his et ttement. M. Lachaud, for the de-
fence, stated that the jute de paix had reduced the
complainant's claim of 421 f. to 30F., and was proceeding to
speak of the assault when the President of the Tribunal
said that he had heard enough, dismissed the charge against
all three defendants, and condemned the plaintiff to pay all
expenses.
The Tribunal of Cm Notional Police on Friday also
tried a woman named Vasse, who had occasionally
assumed the titles of Baroness or Countess de St. "Marie, on
numerous charges of obtaining goods and money under false
pretences. A furniture dealer deposed that the prisoner
entered his shop and bought a pair of carved oak stools,
which she ordered to be sent to Mine. Ste.-Marie, wife of the
Governor of Algeria, nue Garanciere. As, while bargaining
for the stools, the prisoner remarked that she had seen a
pair exactly like them in the apartment of M. Chaix d'Est-
Ange, he supposed her to be a friend of that gentleman,
who was a customer of his, and therefore sent the goods
without hesitation, but had never been able to get his
money. Other tradesmen &posed that the prisoner had
obtained goods of them in a similar manner, and had even
burrowed money of them under the pretext that she had
accidentally left her purse at home. The prisoner, in her
defence, d.-Blared that she had never had any fraudulent
intention, and that most of the complainants had since
been paid. She added that her husband held a situation
under Gevernment in Algeria, and that she had a right to
use the titles she had assumed. With respect to M.
Chaix d'Est-Ange, she admitted that she was not an
acquaintance of his, but that her daughter was his house-
keeper. The Tribunal, considering that the prisoner had
obtained credit by false representations of her position, de-
clared the charges proved, and sentenced her to three
months' imprisonment.