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of beiig relieved from their engagements ; and such
lank and file as wilt not volunteer to the other corps.

5. Commanding officers . will take care not to dis
charge youths, the sons of soldiers, born in the army.
or brought up at titi Royal Military Asylum or Hiber.
than School, and enlisted by special authority, without
first ascertaining that their friends are willing, and have
the means of providing for them.
6. Such supernumerary non-commissioned officers as
may remain after these arrangements are carried into
effect, will, for the present, be borne on the strength of
their respective regiments, with a view to their being
ultimately absorbed ; but officers commanding service
companies will be careful not to make any fresh promo.
tions or appointments until the whole of the supernu
ineraries at the depot shall have been disposed of.
7. Non-commissioned officers and men discharged
under these regulations will be entitled to carry with
them the whole of their clothing now in wear.
8. It is desirable to retain as many medallists as pos
sible, and hie Royal Highness trusts t• the discretion of
commanding officers in this respect.—By command.
G. A. WETHERALL, Adjutant General.

MR. ROEBUCK AND THE FOURTH DRAGOONS

The anniversary of the fall of Sebastopol was celebrated
on Monday, at Sheffield, by a festival at the Vaux-
hall-gardens. In the evening a number of beautife;
knives were presented (the gift of Mr. T. Jordan, of Shef-
field) to those members of the 4th Regiment of Dragoon
Guards (at present stationed at Sheffield) who were pre•
sent throughout the war in the Crimea. Many pf the
leading gentlemen of the neighbourhoods weyc present.
The presentation was made by Mr. Wilson Overeud
(Deputy-Lieutenant for the West Riding).
Captain M'Cusecat (Knight of the Legion of Honour)
returned thanks on behalf of the officers and men who
had received the gift.
Mr. ROEBUCK, M.P., then delivered the following ad
dress—Soldiers I I have been asked to address you in
order that I may express on behalf of the town which I
represent the sympathy which they all feel for you, not '
only in the position which you now hold, but that which
you have held. And difficult as the task is, it is one
from which I have no right to shrink when I reflect on
the task which you have performed on our behalf. (Hear,
hear.) Great indeed have been the sufferings of the
British army. Hereafter they will understand that
great as may have been their sufferings, the people of
this country are alive to everything that happens to our
army ; that we consider you our brethren ; that we re-
vere the institution to which you belong ; and that we
will direct all our efforts to render that institution bene
fieial to our country and glorious to yourselves. (Cheers.)
It gives me pleasure to behold you now again in times
of peace. Not that lam one of those who hail the peac
that has come with very great pleasure. (Haar, hear.)
But still you are here amongst your fellow•countrymen.
They have received you with that cordial sympathy
which I know will cheer the British army in times t,
come, when the difficulties may arise, and when the)
will have again to face the enemies of this country in
the field. When that time comes you will be ready.
(Hear.) When that time coral swe will support you.
(" Hear, hear," and cheers.) When that time comes
Sou will do your duty, and we shall appreciate
you for having done it. Be you assured that this
is but a slight token of the feeling of the people of this
country. (Cheers.) It is the straw which shows you
which way the wind blows. (Cheers.) The men of
England respond to you. They are with you. They
know the difficulties that you overcome ; and they wel-
come your return from them. (Cheers.) Men of peace
we are. We know full well the blessings of peace, and
it is because we do so know them we appreciate you,
who are men of war ; for Lc your eff nes those blessings
are maintained. (Applause.) It is a great mistake to
suppose that the English army is in any way opposed to
Englishmen. They are the protectors of England. They
are the protectors of our glory. They are the protectors
of our freedom. (Hear, hear.) And here now is one
striking instance that your institution affords of the
thorough confidence we have in you, and in the institu-
tion to which you belong. We are not afraid of soldiers.
We love you as brethren, and we know that you will
protect us as such. (Applause.) Gentlemen, I have
very imperfectly performed the dpty imposed upon me.
I beg heartily to return you the thanks of this town
—of England, aye, and I may say of the whole world—
for the deeds—the great deeds you have done—the gal-
lantry you have shown, and the thorough devotion you
have always manifested to England and all that belongs
to her. (Loud cheers.)

DUBLIN, TUESD.
THE DUBLIN CRIMEAN B.
Without the slightest exagger
stated that the meeting yesterday ,
house to make the necessary prep,a`.
banquet to the soldiers of the late wear ,
respects a decided success. The attenda„
easily hay.) been more numerous, but what was
wanting in numbers was more than balanced by the
influential position of most of the parties who took
part in the proceedings. The Lord Mayor, of
course, presided, and the leading speakers were
Lord Gough, Lord Talbot de Malahido, the High-
Sheriff of the county, Mr. Butt, Q.C., Mr. William
Dargan, (Ire. Communications from his Excel-
lency the Lord-Lieutenant,enclosing a subscription
of 501., and from a very considerable number of
noblemen, members of Parliament, and others
were acknowledged. One of the speakers esti-
mated the number of troops to be entertained at
3,000 out of the 4,000 men on the Irish establodi-
ment who are decorated with the Crimean medal,
but no exertion is to be spared to bring togetb.er,
if at all practicable, every man who can be spr.red
from duty on the day appointed for the banquet.
The locality for the display is not yet de aided
upon. The Rotunda Gardens were suggeste,i, but
it was thought that the available space there would
be too circumscribed. Mr. Dargan, with his ac-
customed liberality, has promised to cover in the
ground to be hereafter selected by the man aging
committee, and, as the latter have :received pro-
mises of pecuniary support from all quarters of the
country, nothing, it may be said, now remains but
the naming of the time and place for what is fairly
expected to he a thoroughly national demonstra-
tion. There was not, of course, anything of novelty
in the oratory of yesterday, but a passage or so
from the spirited address of the veteran Lord
Gough may not be without interest. "I recently,"
said his Lordship,
" Witnessed the scene of those operations to com-
memorate which. and to show oar gratitude for-whieit, - -
this meeting is convened, as well as do honour to those
noble men who so gloriously, who so creditably, who so
fearlessly, threw themselves into the way of danger, and
sacrificed life and everything else connected with man in
:his world in the cause of their country. (Applause.)
I was a close examiner of the difficulties our noble army
ind that of our noble allies had to overcome. As a sol-
dier, and an old one too—(hear, hear)—long in the service
,f my country, I may be permitted to say that I can in
some measure form a tolerable estimate of the difficulties
of military operations, and I will say that the diffictilties
of the army in the Crimea, especially at the close of the
:iampaign, were much greater than I had anticipated ;
and I can well a'sure this meeting that that noble army
well merits their warmest approval, their warmest admi-
ration, and their warmest hospitality ; and I now appeal
to the hearts of Irishmen, who are noted for that great
quality of hospitality. (Hear, hear.) Long may they
show it, and may it resound from one portion of Ireland
to the other, and may it be a national feeling that we
ought to show our gratitude to our noble soldiers—those
inen who sacrificed not only comfort and health, but were
ready to sacrifice life—and that we justly estimate their
noble bearing. (Applause.) I feel a species of frater.
fifty, I would almost say paternity, towards the army at
large. (Applause.) As one of the oldest soldiers, I say
I feel for them as I do for my own family, and as far as
my own influence and cordial co-operation can go it
shall be willingly and anxiously given to further the ob-
jects for which we are met here to-day. (Applause.)"
Later in the day his Lordship again briefly ad-
dressed the meeting, with a view of making the
following allusion to a promise given by Marshal
Pelissier to pay a visit to Ireland, an announce-
ment which elicited a perfect tempest of ap-
plause :

"I shall mention a matter that may be gratifying to the
meeting, with reference to the suggestion of Alderman
Reynolds, that we should invite some of our gallant allies.
(Cheers.) Now, my lords, it so happened that yesterday I
received a letter from Marshal Duke de Malakhoff, whom
you lately knew as Marshal Pelissier—(cheers)--and
among other things, he stated that he proposed to fulfil
a promise he made to me when in the Crimea, that he
would come to ♦isit me in Ireland. (Loud cheers.) I
thought it would be gratifying to you to hear this.
(lean) I sincerely hope that be will come, and I am
convinced my warm-hearted countrymen will give him
a truly cordial welcome on his arrival in this country.
(Loud cheers.)
"Colonel Browne—We must ask him to the dinner."

It should be mentioned as a commendable feature
of the proceedings, that it was unanimously resolved
that the invitations to the dinner should not be
limited to soldiers natives of Ireland, but should
include all Scotch and English soldiers at present
serving in this country.

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