The Sun.
London, England, 1861-01-07 00:00:00

THE ARMY.

The following circular memorandum, addressed
to the cavalry, has been promulgated from the
Horse Guards by the Adjutant-General the Hon.
Sir James Yorke Scarlett, by command :-
1. The General Commanding-in-Chiefhas observed
from the returns recently forwarded that compara-
tively few cornets on joining have availed them-
selves of the regulation by which they are permitted
to select horses from the regiment.
2. His Royal Highness intended this regulation
to secure to young officers efficient chargers at mo-
derate prices.
3. Ho can only attribute its failure up to the
present time to the class of horses purchased not
being sufficiently good for officers' chargers, or to
the young officers not having received encourage-
ment to avail themselves of the privilege.
4. With a view to securing to them the benefit
of the regulation, his Royal Highness directs that
when a cornet joins his regiment the commanding
officer shall in every case order the dealers who
supplies the regiment with troop horses to provide
two in addition as officers' chargers, for which he
will receive .£5O each from the paymaster, to be
repaid by the officer when they have been passed
sound by the veterinary surgeon, and approved by
the commanding officer, who will be held as respon-
sible for the proper selection of those horses as he
is for that of the troop horses.
5. These horses are not to be under four years
old or exceed five, and they are to be subjected to
the approval of the Inspecting General of Cavalry,
with other remounts, at the half-yearly inspections.
6. They are to be considered the private property
of the officers, but are not to be sold without the
approval of the commanding officer, and the horse
selected as first charger is not to be used for hunt-
hag or for harness.
7. Should either or both of these horses become
unfit from disease or accident on duty, they may
be returned to the ranks, and the officer be per-
mitted to select others to replace them from the
next remounts, at troop price.
8. If within two Years either or both shall be
found, from want of action or from vice, unfit for
an officer's charger, they may be returned to the
ranks, and others selected from the remounts to
replace them, with the consent and approval of the
commanding officer.
9. Any other officers, under the rank of field
officer, in want of chargers, will be permitted to
select two from the remount horses, with the ex■
ception of medical officers, veterinary surgeons,
paymasters, and quartermasters, who may select
one each, paying the sum of £5O for each horse ;
and the rules laid down for officers joining will be
applicable to them also.
10. Officers raised from the ranks will be permit-
ted to select from the ordinary remounts, under the
foregoing rules, at the troop price.
11. If these orders are strictly attended to, and
commanding officers will also take upon themselves
to furnish the parents or guardians with a list of
articles absolutely necessary for their equipment,
his Royal Highness feels no doubt that the expense
of fitting out a cornet, now so much complained of,
will be reduced to a moderate and reasonable sum.
12. His Royal Highness has convinced himself
by very minute inquiry that the chief expense of
the cavalry does not consist in what is necessary for
an officer's equipment and sustenance, lint in the ex-
pensive habits independent of the profession, in
which a young officer is not only not called upon
to indulge, but which are highly injurious to him.
13. All previous orders on this subject are
hereby cancelled.—By command,
JAMES Y. SCARLETT, Adjutant-General.

The Dep.•Adjt.-Gen., Sir A. H. Horsford, has
issued a general order announcing her Majesty's ap-
proval of the appointment of Brevet-Major the Hon.
H. F. Fane, of the lioyal Engineers, to be Assist.-

Adjt -General of the corps, vice Brevet-Lieut.-Col.
Stanton, C. 8., Royal Engineers, who has resigned
that appointment.

On Saturday a Beard of field-offi ers, consisting
of Lieut.-Col. R. J. M‘Killop, Royal Marines, pre-
sident; Lieut.-Col. W. L. Stewart, 2d depot bat-
talion, and Major A. A. Douglas, Royal Marines,
assembled at the Military Prison, Fort Clarence,
Rochester, by direction of Major-General Eyre, to
investigate a serious charge preferred against Pri-
vate Francis Brady, Ist battalion, 19th Regiment,
the same prisoner who was tried a few days pre-
viously for attempting to murder Cockaday, one of
the warders of the prison—for inflicting a violent
assault upon Dr. S. M. V. Lloyd, one of the officers
of the establishment. On the occasion of his receiv-
ing corporal punishment, after 25 lashes had been
administered the prisoner swooned, and on being
examined by Dr Lloyd, the surgeon in attendance,
he was found to be pulseless and altogether in a
very critical state. He was instantly released
and placed in bed, when the usual restoratives hay-
ing been administered, he recovered. On being
able to leave the infirmary, after he had recovered
I from the effects of his punishment, he was again
placed in the prison cells, when he seized the first
opportunity to make an unprovoked assault on Dr.
Lloyd, the medical officer who attended him and or-
dered his release from the triangles, the prisoner,
without having received the slightest provocation,
inflicting a fearful blow upon that gentleman which
felled him to the ground. Dr. Lloyd, not being a
commissioned army surgeon, but only one of the
private officers of the establishment, the prisoner
could not be tried by court-martial for the offence.
He was, however, brought to trial before a court of
inquiry for his breach of prison discipline, when,
after hearing the evidence, the Court found him
guilty, but the sentence has to be confirmed by
Major-General Eyre before it is carried into effect.
During the investigation of the case the prisoner
behaved with the greatest insolence, and openly
expressed his wish that he had seriously injured the
doctor, his object being to be sentenced to transpor-
tation, and thus get out of the army.
It is stated that the construction of the proposed
new cavalry barracks at Colchester will be com-
menced in April, and that in the course of the year
the camp will cease to be a station for depot com-
panies, but will be converted into a station for full
regiments of the line.

Brevet-Major Meara is about to proceed to Land-
guard Fort, Harwich,lto relieve Brevet-Col. Heaton,
of the 37th Regiment, at present stationed in com-
mand of the troops at the fort. Ensign Ennis, of
the 37th Regiment, at present acting as Quarter-
master and Adjutant at the fort, will be relieved by
Lieut. Brown, of the same regiment, and will join
his depot at Colchester.

The following is a list of the officers in the army
whose deaths have taken place during the last
three months :—General the Hon. E. P. Lygon ;
Lieut.-Generals Sir Harry G. W. Smith and J. I.
Willes ; Major-Generals W. F. Williams and S. B.
Boileau ; Cols. T. W, E. Holdsworth, M. G. Sparks,
H. Anderson, R. F. M. Browne, C. F. R. Lascelles,
R. Sanders, and the Duke of Richmond; Lieuts.-
Cols. J. Horton, E. M'Pherson, E. Rocker, J. May.
cock, R. Macdonald, J. Spence, T. Wedgwood, and
the Marquis G. de Piro; Majors H. D. Nevill, C.
Miller, and H. Owen ; Capts. W. W. Martin, W.
T. Bartley, A. Cary, A. E. M'Gregor, J. Owens, J.
L. Byrne, G. Gonder, Sir W. Crosbie, J. Emer-
son, J. Ginger, W.T. Mitchell, F. Loftus, J. Ouse-
ley, G. K. Pemberton, and E. Wilson ; Lieutenants
H. M. Hockin, J. M. Traill, G. M. Dew, J. R.
Palliser, H. A. A. Breedon, F. J. Foster, T. M.
James, C. W. Quin, M. J. Macnamara, C. B. Cra-
dock, W. H. M'Coy, D. Grueber, J. F. Hearn, P.
Poe, J. Pringle, J. H. Taylor, S. Whimster, R.
Couche, and C. L. Kennett; Paymasters, G. B.
Belcher, H. Finlay, J. A. Pope, G. A. Durnford,
and J. Wright ; Quartermaster R. France. In
the Commissariat Department Commissary-Gen.
W. Hewetson, and Assist. Commissaries-Gen. K.
Osborn, W. Tinling, and P. Roberts. In the
Medical Department Inspector-Gen. W. Henry,
and Deputy-Inspectors-Gen. J. W. Halahan and C.
Dempay ; Surgeons J. S. Grant, J. Hoffman, F.
M. Tweddell, and T. J. Atkinson; Assist.-Surgeons
C. Bagot, W. D. Carbery, T. C. Beale, W. M.
Trestrail, and C. D. Campbell; and in the Chap-
lains' Department the Rev. J. T. Twining.
The mutilated remains of Master Gunner Pat-
terson, killed on Friday, as stated in The Sun, by
the accident on the London and Chatham Railway,
were on Saturday brought to his late residence in
Coleman-street, 'Woolwich. The unfortunate man
was attached as a warrant officer to the steam
reserve department of Woolwich dockyard, under
Mr. Hall, R.N., instructor of novices, and was
highly and justly esteemed for the uniform zeal
and attention which he invariably displayed in the
performance of his dutics. The many hundred lads
who have been registered in the Fisgard's books
since the organisation of the department in 1859
were all entered under his supervision, and pre-
pared for passing the medical attestation, 350 of
whom are at present berthed on board the flagship
under instruction, to which he was accustomed to
attend and assist. Mr. Hall yesterday visited the
body, and entered into arrangements for the inter-
ment, which will take place during the week. The
procession will, it is stated, be composed of the
entire number of officers and warrant officers in
port, and will be joined by the 350 lads above
named.

STATE OF NAPLES.

A Naples letter, in the -c iecle, says :—"Accounts
from Caprera state that General Turr met, in that
island,General Mieroslawski and 12 superior officers
of volunteers, and it appears that on that occasion
important resolutions were come to. No mention
is made of their nature, but au idea may be formed
from a letter sent by Garibaldi to the son of the
illustrious Manila. This young man has had both
his wounds break out afresh. Garibaldi, who
addresses him as his dear son, tells him not to be
guilty of any imprudence, but to get cured as
quickly as passible, and to hold himself in readiness
for the Ist Feb. Everything here is also for war,
both Government and private individuals. The
Lieutenancy has just had posted up on the walls of
Naples the proclamation in which Garibaldi said
that, on the Ist March next, Victor Emmanuel
must find himself at the head of 600,000 suldiers.
The officers of the French legion, who are about to
revisit their own country, before entering on a fresh
campaign, gave on Christeaas-eve, at the Hotel dela Grande Bretagne, a dinner to such of their com-
rades as intended to remain in Naples to await
events. The object of the meeting was more parti-
cularly to come to au understanding as to the pro-
per line of conduct to be pursued under existing cir-
cumstances. Regret was expressed at the absence of
the brave Major ex-officer of the French army,
and decorated with the Cross of the Legion of
Honour and with the Crimean and Italian medals.
Among those present were M. Arthur Fresnau, a
pupil of the school of pharmacy of Paris, who at
the age of 19 abandoned his career to come and
fight under the banners of Garibaldi ; H. Maison,
an amateur volunteer, MM. Ulric de Fonvielle,
Blouet, jun., Jules Ripert, Montagnet, Servoni.
Franquoville, d'Ortal, and Captain Braznowich, a
cousin of General Mieroslawski, and his represen-
tative at the banquet. Ie
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vited at this military fet
the Italian
asked their colonel,s hoewntepirreeesmideetda,eweehsa,tthey ought
to ,do under pre
showing a greater tendency to grant
Government
than to accept resignations. M.
leave of absence,
Cinserot, in a
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of democratical sentiments,
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explained to his comrades, that, a
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positions which they had already acquired, than to
have to present themselves at a future day as new
corners. The colonel afterwards, in order to show
how much France took part in their noble efforts
in favour of the independence of nations, quoted
some passages from. letters 'written by French
Generals, which contained praises for the past and
encouragement for the future."
Another letter, from Naples, in the Constitution-
ncl, has the following :—" On the morning of Christ-
mas day a deputation of the Neapolitan municipa-
lity presented to Victor Emmanuel, according to
custom, the annual gift which the city offers to the
sovereign. To fruits of various kinds was added a
magnificent album, bound in tortoiseshell and coral,
containing views of the neighbourhood of Naples,
executed in water colours by the most d;stinguished
artists. Some rare articles in tortoiseshell, beauti-
fully worked, deservedly attracted the attention of
his Majesty, who received the valuable gift with his
habitual courtesy. He particularly admired a beau-
tiful statuette in white marble on a pedestal with,