The Sun.
London, England, 1840-10-10 00:00:00

WOOLWICH, OCT. 9.

ROYAL ARTILLEM.Y.—GeneraI Order, Oct. 2, 1840.
—The Master-General having had under his considera-
tion the highly irregular and insubordinate conduct of
drummer and trumpeter L. Alarson, sth battalion of the
Royal Artillery, has been pleased to direct that he be
discharged, as unworthy to be retained in the regiment ;
and the Master-General desires it may be fully under-
stood that similar measures will be pursued with regard
to all other drummers and trumpeters who do not afford
the promise of becoming good soldiers.
(Signed) H. D. ROSS, Colonel,
Deputy Adjutant-General.
General Order, Oct. 5, 1840.—The Master-General
has been pleased to approve of the officers of the Royal
Artillery wearing a shell jacket at all undress parades,
drills, and stable duties, instead of the blue frock coat,
(luring the time they may be attached to the field bat-
teries. (Signed) H. D. ROSS, Colonel,
Deputy Adjutant-General.
On account of the few Royal Marines at present in
the garrison, a party of the Royal Artillery have been
under the necessity of mounting guard on the dockyard,
the usual duty of the former corps.
Royal. ARSINAL.—The Joanna, Admiralty sloop,
arrived on Tuesday from Chatham with old stores, and
will sail again in a few days for that military station
with a cargo of 32-pound shot. Amongst the articles
brought by this vessel were four beautiful brass guns
(24-pounders) raised during the course of the summer
from the Royal George. These guns bear evidence
that they were cast by Mr. Schaich, master founder in
this arsenal in 1743, and are nine feet three inches
long, weighing fifty-one hundred one quarter each. On
examination they have been found as perfect as the day
they were made, and appear to have been but little used.
Orders have been issued that the slight surface of oxi-
dation be removed, and when cleaned, which they will
be in a few days, they will be forwarded for service on
board the Howe, 120-gun ship, recently commissioned at
Chatham. Several lots of old iron have been set aside, on
part of the grounds, for sale ; and, amongst other articles,
there are a number of the iron breastplates used by the
cuirassiers of the French army, taken from prisoners
during the last war. Formerly the recruits of the Royal
Artillery were mustered once a month to exercise the
fire-engines connected with this establishment. The
engines are of the most powerful construction—the one
named the Globe being capable of throwing one tun
' of water per minute. The recruits are now employed
once a week at this work. On Thursday evening 160
men, besides the non-commissioned officers directing
them, were engaged, and the excellent and systematic
manner in which they worked the engines had an ad-
mirable effect. The strictest injunctions have been is-
sued to the workmen in the various departments of the
arsenal to be sure that all the shavings, chips of wood,
and every article of a combustible nature, not absolutely
necessary for working with, are removed every day out
of the workshops and store-rooms, and every place must
be carefully swept and examined minutely before the
men leave work in the evening. Yesterday seventeen
fine young horses for the Royal Artillery were landed
here from Ireland. They were conveyed in a steamer.
DOCKTARD.—Yesterday morning, about eight o'clock,
during a heavy fog, one of the convicts employed near
the wall of the dockyard bounded by the road to Green-
wich, pulled out one of the palings and effected his
escape, though the sentry, a private of the 61st Regi-
ment, was within a few yards of him at the time, and
fired his gun, loaded with ball, the moment he discovered
his intention. The number of the convict was 604, as
shown by his jacket, which he left, along with his hat
and shoes. At the time I write the convicts are ordered
to the vessel for muster, to ascertain the name and de-
scription of the one who has escaped. It is said be is
an old man. The soldier in whose charge he was has
been placed in custody.