The Sun.
London, England, 1863-04-23 00:00:00

THE ARMY.

His Royal Highness the Dake of Cambridge, as
Field Marshal Commanding in Chief, held a levee
yesterday afternoon at the Horse Guards,
The Adjustant- General, Sir James Yorke Scarlett,
has issued a circular memorandum addressed to
regiments of infanty, with the exception of those in
India, dated the Horse Guards, April 11, of which
the subjoined is a copy :

46 In
consequence of the difficulty experienced by com-
manding officers in finding good men to fill the situation of
master tailor to their regiments under the recent warrant,
the Secretary of State for War has, on the recommendation
of his Royal Highness the Field Marshal Commanding in
Chief, consented to the instruction in tailoring of a certain
number of men at the Government clothing establishment
at Pimlico. Commanding officers are accordingly desired to
send to this department the names of volunteers who may
wish to avail themselves of this privilege, taking care that
they are industrious men, of good character, tailors by
former trade, and having a capacity and desire for the
business. During the period of instructi, n a sum of extra
pay not exceeding Is. per diem will be allowed,
and beyond
the actual expense of proceeding to and from their Quarters
t' regi-
ments they will bo entitled to no other allowane,
will be provided for them in the Wellington Barracks, and
they, of course, will be subjected in all respects' to military
discipline. As the clothing factory is not calculated to
accommodate above 30 men at one time, in the first instance
men will be selected from regiments serving at home. On
receiving a certificate of qualification it will be optional with
the men to volunteer to any corps in want of a master tailor,
or, should they prefer it, they may await in their own regi-
ments a similar appointment"
A
detachment of the Ist battalion 2d (Queen's)

Major General Stransham, Inspector-General cf
Royal Marines, yes,erciay went down to Wools:, ich
and brigaded the division on Woolwich-common.
They formed in three battalions and went through
a series of exercises under the command of Colonels
Gasco;gne, Suther, and Marriott, their movements
being minutely inspected by the Major-General.
The annual course of rifle practice recently com-
menced in Woolwich marsh, under the direction of
Captain Bunce, musketry instructor to the division
of the Royal Marine Light Infantry, has been unex-
pectedly interrupted and is ordered to be suspended
for two months during the agricultural season in
consequence of the unprotected state of the targets.
It is much to be regretted that in a garrison locality
quartering upwards of 1,000 troops, the importance
of securing a rifle range available at all seasons of
the year, and especially at the present, when most
in request, should have been hitherto overlooked.
The battalions of Royal Marines, numbering 1,600
men, who commenced their rifle course on April 1,
are in consequence unable to continue the most im-
portant part of their summer drill, viz., that of mus-
ketry. The rifle party, in command of Capt. Bunce,
musketry instructor to the division, assembled in
small numbers in the chalk quarry at Charlton, by
the permission of Capt. G. H. Graham, and went
through a course of musket firing over the short
range, in consequence of the long range being closed.
Col. Paradis, accompanied by a party of officers
belonging to the Imperial Austrian Engineers, yes-
terday went down to Woolwich to ascertain finally
the capabilities and result of the quarterly report
of Bray's traction engine employed in the dockyard.
His object was to close the negotiations for the pur-
chase of a number of the engines for use in the
Austrian service. The report states that the engine
at Woolwich has been doing the work of the yard
over four months, during which time it has been
in daily use without accident or delay of any kind,
and frequently working till 9 o'clock at night. Car-
goes of foreign timber constantly arriving at Wool-
wich are now landed and stacked by steam; ships
are masted and rigged by the same system, and the
teams of horses and gangs of labourers are in con-
sequence reduced upon the principle of expedition
and economy in the labour.