The Sun.
London, England, 1859-06-13 00:00:00

THE AR1111;

During the past week a largo number of intelli-
gent young men have arrived at the bead-quarters
of the Royal Engineers, Chatham, for the purpose
of joining that branch of the service. Most of them
are either skilled mechanics, or surveyors, clerks,
&c. Recruiting for the corps of Royal arines
is also proceeding very briskly, the high bounty
now given to recruits joining that corps having
raised the average number of recruits to upwards
of 100 men per week. The depots of the East
India Regiments stationed at Chatham garrison are
all very strong, and each of the three battalions can
furnish nearly 500 reinforcements.
Notwithstanding that the establishment of Wool-
wich Arsenal engaged in the various departments
of war has for some time exceeded that of any
former period, large additions have been made
every day during the past week, consisting princi-
pally of men required for preparing guns, shot,
shell, and cartridges for use and for exportation,
removing stocks of obsolete or doubtful stores to be
examined and recast, and cleaning and burnishing
arms and materials of every description which may
possibly be brought into sudden requisition. The
number of men, women, and lads who daily as-
semble within the arsenal at the various working
hours, including the contractors' labourers, are
calculated at about 12,000 persons. The Royal
carriage department and the laboratoryinaim.
mana-
gers, masters, foremen, artificers,
em-
ploy 6,718 military and civil
*
others ; the gun factories, the military storekeepers,
and the inspectors of machinery,oonate number,
and the contractors aboutt
the terminus of the new a
3, about 2,000; the
olffiabcoerusr,ers, and
other departments each p
is in course of erection
aarsenal to be used as a store
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railway junction inoroool3rti. A large building
reception room. T
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recently built the p
The new branch of Sir W.
stated to be 272 feet, and the breadth 72 feet.
,r's rifled ordnance department, under
Armstrong's
Lucas, Brothers, •
contract by Messrs. is progress-
idly ;the tall chimney, intended to serve
lug rap
and the exterior walls of the factory
the machinery, and be 100 feet high, is far
advanced, and
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are ready to receive the iron girders to lay down
the first floor. The old Lancaster shell factory,
adjoining the building now in progress, is employ-
ing 180 smiths, hammermen, and others, and on
Saturday commenced forging the coils to carry out
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MIDDLESEX SESSIONS.—On Saturday, John
Brown, a legal gentleman, was indicted for having as-
saulted Harriet Holland, by striking her with a cricket bat.
It was contended by Mr. Sleigh, for the defendant, that
the blow was accidental, and that the defendant had since
had every
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possible care taken of her by a medical attendant,
and had even her compensation for the injury. Under
these circumstances no evidence was offered for the pr_OSO-
"
tion, and the defendant was discharged after a caution from
the assistant-judge about the careless handling of such a
formidable weapon as a cricket bat.