The Sun.
London, England, 1863-07-18 00:00:00

THE ARMY.

A new colt, of regulations to be adopted in all
future trials of rifled ordnance h .ts been received at
!he Ordnance Department, Chatham, from the War
Department, and, under the orders of the Secretary
of State for War, is to be strictly adhered to. The
regulations hitherto in force are abolished, and in
future all rifled guns are to be proved by firing two
rounds with the service charge of powder and
cylinder, equal in weight to two service shots; and
and three rounds with a service shot, and a charge
of one-sixth the weight of the service projectile, as
at present, for those guns the service charge for
which is one-eighth, and in the same proportion
for guns having a larger charge. The following
alteration in the system of proof of brass ordnance,
which has been recently approved in India, has
been ordered to be adopted in this country :—The
piece to be proved when .08 inch below the true
calibre, and afterwards finished. This alteration
has been adopted in consequence of its having been
observed that the effect of the proof charge upon
braes ordnance, when fired with the usual windage,
is in almost all cases to leave serious indentations
near the seat of the shot. Indentations so caused
will, by this system, be removed in finishing the
gun.

The 22d company of Royal Engineers, which has
been placed unaer orders to proceed to China, being
considerably below its proper strength, a number of
Sappers and Miners have been selected from the
depot companies at Chatham to augment the com-
pany prior to its embarkation on the 23d inst.

Tne new church of St. George, erected at Alder-
shott, opposite the Centre-road Permanent Bar-
racks, will be consecrated on Thursday, the 20th
inst., by the Bishop of Winchester. The Secretary
of State for War and other high personages have
expressed their intention of being present on the
occasion. A public luncheon will be provided in the
riding-school of the 13th Hussars.
To-day commences a gala with the troops sta-
tioned at Aldershott. The annual divisional athletic
sports and foot races, under the patronage of Lieut.-
Gen. Sir J. L. Pennefather, X.C.8., commanding,
will take place on the Royal Pavilion Cricket ground.
The sports are open to both officers and men, and
nearly 500 competitors have entered their names to
contend for the various prizes. On Tuesday the
great annual military rifle match will commence at
Cae3ar's Camp, and .be continued on the two follow-
ing days. On Friday the divisional races will take
place on the ground between the North and South
Camps. Among the eight events to be decided are
the Aldershott Town Plate, the Farnborough Cup,
the Canteen Occupants' Cup, and the South-Western
Railway Plate. A commodious grand stand has
been erected, a portion of which is fitted with crim-
son cloth, in anticipation of the presence of some
distinguished visitors. At night a grand ball will
be given in the clubhouse by the officers of the divi-
sion, who are already making every arrangement
for the purpose.
The St. Lawrence and Newcastle East Indiamen
have arrived at Spittiead from the Thames to em-
bark troops for Calcutta, under the supervision of
Capt. Loch, embarkation officer to the Hon. Council
for India. The St. Lawrence will embark today a
detachment of the 2d battalion 20th Foot, a second
detachment of the same regiment embarking in the
Cot flict East Indiaman on the 24th, and the head
quarters of the regiment in the Blenheim on the 25th.

Tne Newcastle embarks a detachment of the sth
Ip.ncers (dismounted), and the head quarters will
also embark from Portsmouth in the Herefordshire
East Indiaman on the 23d inst.

The 22d C ,mpany of Royai Engineers will embark
on board the Louisa, hired transport, on the 23d or
24th inst. at Portsmouth, for conveyance to China.

THE RIDICULOUS WILL OF AN ECCENTRIC
ACTOR.—As quoted by Mr. Tom Taylor in the
Victoria Magazine.—l, Thomas Weston, comedian, hat-
ing all form and ceremony, shall use none in my will, but
proceed immediately to the explaining my intentions. Im-
primis : As from ell. Foote I derived all my consequence
in life, and as it is the bast thing I am in possession of, I
would, in gratitude at my decease, leave it to the said Mr.
Foote ; but I know he neither stands in need of it as an
author, actor, nor as a man; the public have fully proved
it in the two first, and his good nature and humanity have
secured it to him in the last. Item : I owe some obliga-
tions to Mr. Garrick; I therefore bequeath him all the
money I die possessed of, as there is nothing on earth
he is so very fond of. Item : Though I owe no obliga-
tions to Mr. Harris, yet his having shown a sincere re-
gard for the performers of his theatre (by assisting
them in their necessities, and yet taking no advantage
thereof, by driving a Jew bargain at their signing fresh
articles), demands from me, as an actor, some acknow-
ledgment ; I theretore leave him the entire possession of
that satisfaction which must naturally result on reflecting
that, during his management, he has never done anything
base or mean to sully his character as an honest man, or a
gentleman. Item-1 having played under the management
of Mr. Jefferson, at Richmond, and received from him every
politeness; I therefore leave him all my stock of prudence,
it being the only good quality I think he stands in need of.
Item—l give to Mr. Reddish a grain of honesty ; 'tie indeed
a small legacy, but being a rarity to him, I think he will
not refuse to accept it. Item—l leave Mr. Yates all my
spina. Item I leave Mrs. Yates my humility.
Item —UE on reflection I think it wrong to give
separate legacies to a man and his wife ; therefore I revoke
the above bequests, and leave to be enjoyed by them
jointly, peace, harmony, and good nature. Item—
Notwithstanding my illness, I think I shall outlive Ned
Shuter ; if I should not, I had thoughts of leaving him
my example how to live, but that I am afraid would
be of little use to him. I therefore leave him my examPle
how to die. Item : I leave Mr. Brereton a small portion
of modesty. Too much of one thing is good for nothing.
Item : As Mr. Jacob has been a long while eagerly
pairncet;`_l
worst I have), they being good enough in all proofcis
of un-
him. Item : Though the want of vanity friend
derstanding, yet I would recommend to raybe lad Bad-
h it cost him
deley, to make use of a little of the first,
tingt will increase
more than he would willingly pay
for
inblie, but his salary
not only his consequence with
with the managers ; but, however,thheopuld his stomach turn
against it as nauseous, he may fors a
suceedaneum a small
answer the people as well.
quantity of opinion, and it woe
d to obtain the applause
israeurteaken is a vague one • th
Item : Mr. Quick has long
of the public; the method bend
is to copy nature— E erie
his 6 ge has had some disputexs-
surest method to obtain
entia docet. Item : Miss Y°un
with
her tail, Com 1 •
s Ante requisite
the manager about dre"inegems to be an abl) aining
of the
want of fringe ; as hiali:es' tails, and I always loved to see
la
be, I leave her, theretore, the fringe
in the ornanientiag
waistcoat in which I
them as they ought to
usually played
about the flaps of ray
Jerry Steak.
pENsloivs,—The finance accounts for the past
year, which have just been issued, give, as usual, a
rather serious list o pensions charged upon the consolidated
fund, and therefore no otherwise stated than in these ac-
counts. Among the larger entries are five ex. Chancellors
of England receiving £5,000 a
year each, two ex-Chancellors
of Ireland with £3,692, four retired English judges with
£3,500, two Irish with £2,400, and five County Court judges
dividing £4,600 between them. But these are pensions
earned by personal service ; perhaps not so much can be said
of some others. The Earl of Ellenboi ()ugh has a compensa-
tion annuity 01 £7,700 as chief clerk of the Court of Queen's
Bench ; the Rev. T. Thurlow, £4,026 as clerk of the hamper,
in addition to £7,352 as patentee of bankrupts. Viscount
•
Avonmore receives £4,199 as late registrar of the Irish
Court of Chancery ; the Earl of Roden -g2,698 as late audi-
tor-general of the Irish Exchequer. But these pensions
will come to an end ; even that cannot be said of some
others. There is above £23,000 a year paid in perpetual
Pensions, payable as long at least as there shall be an Earl
Amherst or Nelson, a Lord Rodney, a Viscount Exmouth,
an heir of William Penn, or of the Duke of Schomberg, and
so forth. Of the limited number of first-class pensions of
£2,000 a year to statesmen who have been in high office,
and who claim the pensiona, only two are now payable—
Disraeli ; Sir Cit. Grey's is
viz., to Lord Glenelg and Mr.
again in office. Several pensions ceased
suspended, he being
in the course of the year--
among them that to the family
of George Canning and that to the doorkeeper of the Irish
House of Lords but the housekeeper still lives to receive her
annual compensation for loss of emoluments by the Union.