The Sun.
London, England, 1805-10-11 00:00:00

BREVET RANK OF THE GUARDS.

[Extrld froth cap:. ~:m.!.s's Regimental Companion.]
The BreVet Rank of the 'Guards has often • been
detrimentfil on real service, is always a cause of dis-
heartening: jealousy , to, the line, and has never...in
our luimbleopiniOn, afforded one solid advantage. 7*
These are truths which were exemplified during the
whole of 'the American contest; and. may be traced
tinpugh all our military Records from that period to
the present hour.
In addition to these general remarks, it might be
proved, that the Brevet Rank alluded to is not only
produelive of the evils.which have.been partially de-
tfiiled, but that the most elii6ient'Oriicers belonging
to the Guards may themselves be injured by it on
brigade service: We will content ourselves by sup-
posing, that what happened in America is to happen
in Europe during the present war
.; that a large body
of British frciops, with the battalions of Guards on
their right, should be distributed. along a line of
posts with detached piquets' on the right, • left, and
centre. The right would, neces3arly be given to the
Guards. If 'it' be a Captain's piquet, the Brevet
Rank of. the individual will•of course prevent'every
Major in the. line from visiting. that quarter, as the
person who commands it is his Superior Officer. To
be therefore in rule :according to tile Adjutant Ge-
neral's roster, that piquet must be entrusted-to. a
Lieutenant of the Guards,4ho would have the Bre-
vet Ratilt of captain:, whilst the &her piquets would
be wider the Command of Captainsin the line. The
only ‘Vay 'to'-remedy this awkward clashing between
the Tield Officer of the day belonging to thdine
and the Brevet Officer Commanding- the. piquet=
the right, is to leave the latter to the subalterns of
the Guards, oh whom of course much duty must
unavoidably fall. This will account for Serjeants of
the Guards frequently relieving'Captains of the line,
and for a, variety of other irregular duties— Werewe
disposed to be hmnourons, we, might point out a
method hoer; in a'few years, every Major in the line
could be. stepped over by means of a Brevet, by
every Lieutenant in the Guards. But we are far
from wishing to add any thing AU ludicrous to what
we conceive to be a real detriment to the service. I-
ThesWng of the diErent battalions, particularly
in the line, for we almostdesNir of ever seeing
this ,o*it accomplished in the militia, is an object
of too much importance to remain long unnoticed.
It is, indeed, confidently said, that His Royal
nesS the COmMander 'in Chief has an ;Arrangement
in contemplation, by which the British Army will
be divided into such prOportions as may not only
give the meats of shaping every component part,
NA of furnishing likewise proviSional• battalions to
serve as -nurseries for the several brigades. The Ist
Regiment, or the Royals, for instance, might be
formed into three or four battalions ; :each battaliOn
to consist lif ;ioo or even 1200 men, which would
be a disposable qUota for any service. The three ISt
battalions would make a brigade of 2400 or- 8800
men, and the fourth, or youngest, battalion might
remain conitatitly at home to. supply the casualties
of: the others. Some persons, we know, are,adve.
cakes for decimals, but we humbly conceive, that
eights Or t*elves would be 'mere rnanageghle. Ey
thus equalizing and augmenting the different Regi
Ments,,two essential obTeas must be obtained.. The
first would produce an aptitude for every species of
service, land the second would afford opeuiie for
the half-Pay, and eventually bring about that Sys.
tem of economy with regard to.Otficers, which is so
stuaiouslyatte.nded to on the Continent. A conipa-
ny, for instance, ought never to Consist of less than
or Ou.,inen ; each flank, particularly the light
one, standing as high as 1 t;0 etteCtive, .
• 'Except toilie individuals WO compose that Corps.
Well:pie been told, ilia we hope With truth, that it is
His Maje Sty's intention to let the Windsor duty KO in regular.
rotation through the line. 'This may probably lead to a fur-
ther extension, and gradually bring about a general roster
throughout the Regular, Forces -of ,the Empire: The only.
difficulty in the Brevet 8.41111. Of til“;twlt.ii. Every march-
ing ilegimeht would thus be pcimitted to do duty, over its
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- Sovereign.

On Wedlitsday noon,a man of decent appearance
called at the house ofa widow I Ady,, in Do6toes Com-
mons, with a letter direaed to her, and: purporting.
to come from a Merchant in the 'City, reeonitnend-:
lag him its. a fit person. to be recomn*ndE.,d to -a
situation in a publie,office, 13e was Aesireo: to wait,
in the parlour, and the Lady would speak to
.biru,.,
but hi the course of a. short time, 'being left alone,
he robbed the parlour of plate to the amount -of QC
with. wbichhedecamped.- The letter was a forgety.
A few days ago Mr,Locker,. of Tillington, near
Stafford, was attacked by a bull, which he kept in a
field his house, and not being able to escape,
was knOcked down, and bruised in. a terrible man-
ner. in, this alarming situation, he had no other
alternative than to lie flat on his fax; if he had not
,adopted'this eXpedient; and the bull's horns had not
cursed so, 4s3tonearlr meet, he' must,.iu all human
pr Ual?Flity, have lost his life. .When:thesaYage
atti-
rYyal had butted and trodden on him for Sot-ne
,he retired. Mr: L. iSnearlY re.covered:

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