The Sun.
London, England, 1869-03-17 00:00:00

THE 4MINISTEB OF WAR AND THE
COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF.

An answer has been published to an address of the
House of Commons for a copy "of any documents now in
force upon the subject of the respective duties and autho-
rity of the Secretary of State for War and the Commander-
in-Chief." This document, which is dated Balmoral,
October 11,1561, states that " our will and pleasure is, that
the military command and discipline of our army and
land forces, as likewise the appointments to and promotions
in the same, together with all powers relating to the mili-
tary command and discipline of our army, which, under
and by any patent or commission from us, shall have
been, or shall from time to time be, committed to, vested
in, or regulated by the Commander-in-chief of
our forces, or the General Commanding our Forces in
Chief for -the time being, shall be excepted from the
department of the Secretary of State for War." It is
further added that all business relating to these matters
shall bp transacted by the Commander-in-Chief, "subject
always to general control over the government of the
army, and to the responsibility of the Secretary of State
for the exercise of our royal prerogative in that behalf,
and subject to any powers formerly exercised by the
Secretary at War."

Mr. Cecil Guinness has issued his address
to the electors of Dublin. Besides promising to support Con-
servatisra he states that, 'le will defend the interests of the
Church.

According to an official account_ on Friday pub-
lished, the receipts of the Duchy of Cornwall during the
past year were £87,082, and the disbursements £74,883, in-
chiding £55,?52 paid tes the Prince of Wales.

The grand jut y of the county Kerry have adopted
a petition to Parliament in favour of the purchase of the
Irish railways by the State. Sir Rowland Blennerhassett,
who brought the subject torward, stated that he did not
believe Mr. Glaastone was averse to carrying out the ang-
crested reform.

THE MANUFACTURE OF WATC RES AND CLOCKS.--
A most interesting and instructive little work, describing briefly
but with great clearness, the rise and progress of watch and
clock makin , has just been published by Mr J. W. Benson, of
25, Old Bond-street, 99, Westbourne-grove, and the City Steam
Factory, 58 and 60, Ludgate-hill. The book, which is profusely
Illustrated, gives a full description of the various kinds of watches
and clocks, with their prices, and no one should make a purchase
without visiting the above establishments or consulting this truly
valuable work. By its aid persons residing in any part of the
United Kingdom, India, or the Colonies,'are enabled to select for
themselves the watch best adapted for their use, and have it sent
to them with perfect safety. Mr. Benson, who hwds the appoint-
ment to the Prince of 'Wales, sends this pamphlet to any address
on receipt of two postage stamps, and we cannot too strongly
recommend it to the notice of the intending purchaser
General Butler, who has nominated Grant for
President in 1872, received a visit from General and Mrs.
Grant at Washing-ton. A Washington correspondent of
the New York Times says of the visit, "I learn from good
authority that overtures for a social peace and recognition
have been persistently made by Butler for some weeks
past, and so importunately that General and Mrs. Grant
have been compelled, for the sake of etiquette, to respond,
and hence the visit."

Professor Goldwin Smith of the Cornell Univer-
sity of New York was elected a member of the Execu-
tive Committee of the Prison Association. This distin-
guished gentleman, it was stated, very cordially accepts a
position in the Board of Managers, and will render per-
sonal service in the visitation of prisons in the State.
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