The Sun.
London, England, 1860-02-25 00:00:00

THE ARMY.

The following general order, dated Horse Guards,
Feb. 23, was issued yesterday :
" 1. His Royal Highness the General Command-
ing-in-Chief having had under consideration the

present expenses necessarily incurred by officers of
cavalry, and anxious to reduce them as far as prac-
ticable, has the satisfaction of announcing to the
army that her Majesty the Queen has been pleased
to approve of a reduction of the regulation prices
for commissions in the cavalry of the line, which
will accordingly for the future be as follows, viz :

Lieutenant-Colonel
Major
Captain
Lieutenant
Cornet 450 „ 840
"The difference in value between the late and
proposed regulation price of a cavalry commission
will be paid to the retiring officer from the reserve
fund at the disposal of the Secretary of State for
War.

" The price which an officer will pay on promo-
tion by purchase to the higher ranks will be—
Major to be lieutenant-colonel £1,300 instead of £1,600
Captain to be major
Lieutenant to be captain
Cornet to be lieutenant 250 ~ 350
" 2. His Royal Highness also promulgates, in
concurrence with Secretary of State for War, the
following revised regulations regarding the pur-
chase of officers' chargers from the ranks, viz..—
" Every officer of cavalry and Horse Artillery
and of the Cape Mounted Riflemen below the rank
of regimental field officer is permitted to select two
horses as chargers from the ranks, with the excep-
tion of medical officers, veterinary surgeons, pay-
masters, and quartermasters, who may select one
each, under the following conditions, viz.:—
" First. The price to be paid will be the price
allowed by regulation for the purchase of remounts
" Second. When two or more officers are to select
at the same time, the senior is to have first choice,
but must not be permitted to choose a second
horse until his juniors have each chosen one.
Third. Officers will be required to pay the
price of their chargers into the hands of the pay-
master within one week from the date of selection.

" Fourth. In selecting officers' chargers from the
ranks, the horses of all sergeant-majors and ser-
geants, which have been regularly ridden in the
field as such, are to be exempt from choice.
"Fifth. Officers will not be permitted to use their
first chargers, when selected from the ranks or re-
mounts, for hunting or for harness; but this re-

striction is not intended to apply to second chargers

so selected.
"Sixth. Officers will not be permitted to part with
the horses selected from the ranks or from the re-
mounts to any one except an officer of the same
corps without the sanction of the Commander-in-
Chief, obtained through the commanding officer;
and when permission is given to sell such horses
they must be replaced at the officer's own cost, in
the usual manner, by private purchase.
" Seventh. Selected chargers may be exchanged be-

tween officers of the same corps with the sanction of
the commanding officer; and, after their full price
has been paid to the paymaster, may be sold to any
officer of the same corps entitled to a choice—the
purchase to stand in the place of a selection, and
the seller to be entitled to another choice.

" Eighth. Except in the case of sale to an officer
of the same corps, as provided for in clause 7, no
officer will be allowed to replace a charger taken
from the ranks or remounts by a fresh selection,
unless the charger previously selected has died,
been killed in action, been captured or lost, or been
shot at the recommendation of a board for infec-
tious disease, or is reported unfit for further ser-
vice through age, vice, disease, permanent unsound-
ness, or any other cause which may, in the opinion
of an inspecting general officer, justify the rejec-
tion of sash horse as a charger, in which case he
will be returned to the ranks to be cast and sold.
" Ninth. Officers who select chargers from the
ranks or from the remounts must in all cases pay
the usual fee for the breaking of horses to the rid-
ing-master.
" It is to be clearly understood, that in the se-
lection of chargers, officers are. not restricted in
their choice to the remounts—i.e , young horses
not yet fit for the ranks ; but are free to choose,
subject to the conditions and exceptions above spe-
cified, from all the horses on the effective strength
of the regiment; and his Royal Highness the Ge-
neral Commanding-in-Chief desires that eemmand-
leg officers of cavalry regiments will faithfully and
thoroughly carry out the liberal intentions of this
order, by giving every facility to officers for making
a free and proper selection.
"3. The General Commanding-in- Chief is further
pleased to approve of each officer of a regiment of
cavalry being allowed two soldiers to attend him
and groom his horses, employed for regimental
purposes, when present in quarters, or absent on
duty.
" One of these batmen is to be held available for
mounted parades, when, owing to the absence or
want of men, there may be unappropriated horses.
"By order of his Royal Highness the General
Commanding-in-Chief.
" G. A. WETHERALL, Adjutant-General."
The authorities at the Horse Guards, having
takeninto consideration the frequent cases of de-
sertion in the army, and the repeated offence
of re-enlistment induced by the temptation of
the Government bounty, have resolved on
the following regulations, which were made known
last night in garrison orders at Woolwich, namely :
—That the practice of conferring a sum of money
on enlistment by way of Royal bounty shall be abo-
lished ; that the recruit shall be provided with a
thorough outfit, as heretofore, and shall be entered
as of the first class on joining the reserves. If at
the termination of the first period of three years
they are returned as "of good behaviour," they
will be rewarded with a badge entitling them to an
addition of ld. per day above the ordinary pay, and,
as a further inducement, at the expiration of each
succeeding three years the same rewards will be
conferred, so that during a service of 21 years a
well-behaved man will be entitled to seven badges
and a pay of 2s. 21d. per day.

AN EARLY SUFFERER.—On Monday a
child
only one day old was taken to the hospital at Lincoln to
have an arm set that was accidentally broken at the birth.
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"I trust, after the lapse of a sufficient time for
realising the effects of such a change, we shall
witness a large extension of commerce betweeu
these two great neighbouring nations, which will
not only increase their material prosperity, but
greatly ameliorate their political and moral
relations.
"Pray be the medium for conveying to the
directors the assurance of my high sense of their
kindness, and I remain, my dear sir, very sincerely
yours,

"
Rtcrronfutph
eCoIBaDnE. N.
"Edmund Potter, Esq., President
chester Chamber of Commerce."

THE LATR TERRIB LE ACCIDENT ON
THE EASTERN COUNTIES RAILWAY.

LATEST PARTICULARS.

Yesterday afternoon, upon making inquiry at
Tottenham, the reporter was informed that the two
unfortunate gentlemen, named Mansell, who are
lying at the White Hart Inn, are progressing
favourably. The elder brother, Mr. Walter Man-
sell, a malster of Hoddesdon, who had his left leg;
amputated, is the most injured, but, hopes are en-
tertainell of his ultimate recovery.
Mr. Wiliam Casband, a gentleman who is lying
at Seyd's Hotel, Finsbury, is also going on well
under the care of Dr. Godfrey. His injuries are
very complicated, but he is not in imminent danger.
A telegraphic message was received last evening
from Cambridge, to the effect that Professor Elli-
cott, of King's College, was going on as well as
could be expected.
There are several other cases of persons being
injured, but the chief portion of them have been
removed to their respective homes.
At the close of the inquest on Wednesday night,
the coroner (Mr. John Humphreys) gave instruc-
tions to Mr. Fowler, the summoning officer, to have
the defective wheellbcked up in a place of security
until the next meeting of the jury, when a scientific
gentleman would be in attendance to make a pro-
per examination of it.

- Mr. Sergeant Ballantine has been retained on
the part of the Eastern Counties Railway Company
to watch the case, and a number of witnesses have
been summoned for the adjourned inquest on Thurs-
day morning next.
A large number of persons have been down to
the scene of the calamity to inspect the spot, and
various rumours are in circulation respecting the
cause of the unfortunate accident, but the facts will
be elicited at the adjourned inquest.
The whole of the wreck of the carriages and the
engine has been removed from the side of the line,
and the traffic is going on as usual.