The Sun.
London, England, 1861-06-21 00:00:00

TILE ARMY.

His Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge,
the General Commanding-in-Chief, held a levee
yesterday at the Horse Guards, Whitehall. There
was a very large attendance of officers.

The reconstruction of the Military Store Depart-
ment, for some time past a subject of discussion,
was on Wednesday announced at Woolwich by the
issue of a Royal Warrant bearing the signature of
Lord Herbert, No. 689. It lays down, inter alia,
the following rules :
" The duties of the Military Store Department
shall be directed and superintended by the
Director of Stores, acting under orders from
the Secretary of State for War. The age
of admission of officers, as a general rule, 6lidll
be between 18 and 23 years, subject to passing an
examination by the Civil Service Commissioners, in
such subjects as the Secretary of State for -War for
the time being shall think expedient. Nevertheless
the Secretary of State for War may, with the con-
currence of the General Commanding-in-Chief of
the army, recommend for commission in the said
department, any officers now serving_ in _ the army,
or other persons who shall have passed tiarolighthe
usual course of study in the Military Coge of
Sandhurst, such officers and others not being above
25 years of age. The officers of the Military Store
Department shall bear the designation and hold
relative rank in the army as follows :--The Princi-
pal Superintendent of Stores, as Col.; Superinten-
dent of Stores as Lieut.-Col., and after five years'
service on full pay in that rank as Col.; Deputy
Superintendent of Stores as Major ; Assist, ditto as
Capt., and Deputy-Assist. as Lieut. Such relative
rank shall carry with it all precedence and advan-
tages attaching to the rank with which it corres-
ponds. In promoting from one rank to another due
weight is to be given to the claim of officers on the
score of long and faithful service, but the primary
ground of advancement in the service will be per-
sonal merit. The rates of pay of the different ranks
of officers shall be regulated accordinc, to the
following form :—Principal Superintendent and
Superintendent of Stores, on attaining the ranks,
£2 4s. and 1 10s. per day each, £1 2s. and los.
half-pay, and £1 13s. and £1 23. 6d. retired pay;
charge pay to the latter is. Gd. per day ; Deputy-
Superintendent, Assistant-Superintendent, and De-
puty-Assistant-Superintendent of Stores, £1 13s.
Gd., and ss. 6.-1. on attaining the respective ranks,
and after five years' full service on full pay in those
ranks £1 45., 16s: Gd., and Bs. After 10 years'
service on full pay in that rank the latter officer
will be entitled to 10s. Gd. per day, and the three
abovenamed will be entitled to charge pay per day
at the rate of 55., 3s. Gd., and 2s. 6d.; half-pay
125., Bs. 3d., and ss. 3d. ; and retired pay 18s., 12s.
3d., and i s. Gd. The length of service on full pay to
give a claim to retirement is limited to 30 yearls,aoseso,
the age at which, in the absence of exceptional
the
retirement shall be compulsory is 65
principal superintendent and 60 year_sy,feeorarsrtshseelo.vtihne,r
four. The senior military store officers a special
pinraievern,
tt
with an army in the field shallthe
rate of pay proportionate to thei udjo'als't of
charge. Officers serving oniffitni
ary pay while at
Africa shall receive dolibi-eci to reckon every two
the station, ant' al °w
-ice as three, for in , ' crease of pay and
re-
tirement. Officers upon whom may devolve the
charge of a station,
in consequence of the absence
of their superior, shall be permitted to draw the
allowances of the rank next above their own, and
receive the charge pay of such rank from the date
of receiving responsible charge, until the retransfer
be effected. Any officer removed from full pay, in
consequence of a reduction of the establishment, or
from any other cause (except misconduct), shall be
entitled to the rate of half pay prescribed for his
rank in the above schedule ; but after 30 Tears' full
pay service he shall, in lieu of superannuation allow-
ance, be granted a retired pay, according to the rate
also prescribed in the schedule referred
to. In the
absence of exceptional circumstances retirement
shall be compulsory at the age of 65 years for prin-
cipal superintendents of stores, and 60 years for

The letter-carriers and sorters, the Octal: of 1. •'
grievances in the Tintes,some two years back n.
a considerable sensation ip.,,Pro:publie mind, app
to have done rfary lit fln ..;nce then towards obtain-
ing redress. Last night they called a public meet-
ing at Exeter-hall for the purpose of again attract-
ing the notice of the Post-office authorities and the
Legislature. The meeting was crowded with letter-
carriers and others connected with the establishment
at St. Martin's-le-Grand—Sir George Bowyer,
M.P., taking the chair. The report of the com-
mittee appointed by the men to wait on the authori-
ties and state their case showed that for more than
a year past the men had been memorialising and
sending deputations, but with scarcely any result
beyond official acknowledgments, or vague answers
that their complaints were under consideration.
The report of the Commissioners appointed to
examine into the system of pay, promotion, working
hours, &e., at the Post office, was supposed to be in
favour of the men's requests; but it was not, and
has not yet been, laid before Parliament, as the
Chancellor of the Exchequer stated that " The re-
port had been referred to Sir Rowland Hill, who
was the life and mainspring of the establishment,
and who had given his views upon the matter in
the shape of a minute which had raised a desire on
the part of the Commissioners to sustain their
statements, and therefore until their supple-
mentary report was produced the Government
eould not act upon it." This answer, of course, ex-
cited increased murmurs and distrust throughout
the service, which were not lessened by a return to
the absurd system of promotion by seniority with-
out promotion from classes. The report stated that
the secretary of the committee, having, at the re-
quest of the men, written to the public journals
contradicting two paragraphs put forward to the
effect that the men were perfectly satisfied with
what had been done for them, was for this offence
suspended till he wrote an apology, though his sus-
pension certainly only lasted four days. After this
there was longer delay till April last, when up-
wards of 1,200 men signed an address to the Post-
master-General, again praying for a speedy con-
sideration of their case, to which an answer was
returned that his lordship's recommendations had
already been sent to the Treasury, with a request
that as early answer might be returned. Nothing
further having been heard, the men decided that it
was useless to wait, and accordingly met last even-
ing to pass a simple resolution, in the form of a
petition, praying for an examination into their
grievances by the members of the House of Commons.
The authorities at the Post-office were, of course,
most strongly opposed to the men attempting to hold
any public meeting, and to endeavour to check it to
the utmost the following notice was posted in the
chief and all large district offices in the metropolis:—

"APPLICATION.
" Any application from a sorter, letter-carrier, or other
officer, in i eference to his duties or pay, or any communica-
tion he may desire to make relating to official matters, must
be addressed to the Controller of the Circulation Depart-
ment ; and if the applicant be dissatisfied with the result,
he may appeal direct to the Postmaster-General. But
every officer is strictly forbidden to make any such applica-
tion or other communication through the public, or in any
way except in the manner just described ; and should any
irregular application be received, the officer in whose behalf
it is made will be subject to a censure or other punishment
proportionate to the extent of his participation in the viola-
tion of the rule."

The proceedings last night were brief and almost
formal. Sir G. Bowyer made a few observations
to the effect that the men had been driven to ap-
pealing to the public to obtain redress of their
wrongs. This was a right which belonged to all.
Englishmen, and to stigmatize it as insubordina-
tion was both unjust and cruel. He hoped, how-
ever, and in the very few remarks which some of
the speakers would have to make that night they
would be guarded, temperate, and patient in their
statements, and do nothing which might even seem
to justify the dislike of the authorities to public
appeals of that kind. In the very short speeches
which were then made by various of the letter-
carriers, the Rev. Hugh Allen, the Rev. Mr.
Keedey, and others, it was urgently stated that
the men's claims were just and reasonable, and
such as, under a more liberal administration
of the great revenue the Government derived
from the Post-office, would have been conceded
long ago. Since the announcement of that
meeting' the pay had been slightly,- raised,
but the increase was so small as to ~^ almost
ridiculous, as it only gave them 265. and gOs. a-
week when they were old men. A slightly dif-
ferent system was adopted among the sorters ; yet
as far as real amelioration was concerned, it was
almost as bad with them. One speaker stated that
under the new system, though he had then been
more than six years in the Post-office, yet upwards
of 400 men above him must die or leave the service
before he would be entitled to 265. a week. The
proposed measures, instead of calming would in-
crease the agitation which prevailed throughout all
branches of the Post-office.
Eventually a resolution was carried, amid tre-
mendous cheers, praying for a Parliamentary in-
quiry into these Post-office grievances, especially
with reference to the system of work and scale of
wages and promotion.
The pro&eedings closed with an enthusiastic vote
of thanks to the chair.

THE LATE FIGHT FOR THE CHAMPIONSHIP.--
The injuries sustained by Hurst in the recent pugilistic en-
counter with Mace, of Norwich, are, we learn, of so very
serious a character as to occasion considerable
"'fibre
apprehen-
sions as to the result. The violence of the brosvreecdeib
Hurst in the early part of the fight may be judged by
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