The Sun.
London, England, 1861-09-28 00:00:00

711_E ARMI

The following circular, addressed to general offi-
cers, and offirlers commanding regiments and depots
at home and in the colonies, has just been issued
from the Horse Guards :
" With reference to the circular memoranduM from this
department, dated the 28th of August, 1861, his Itoal
Highness the General Commanding-in-Chief desires that it
may be understood that recruits joining in the first half of
the military year being provided with clothing and neces-
saries complete, will not be entitled to the extra issue o
boots or fatigue trousers until the commencement of the
first military year after their enlistment; and that recruits
joining in the latter half, being provided with compensa-
tion articles, will not be entitled to the extra articles until
the commencement of the second military year after their
enlistment. All reqttisitions for the additional articles,
authorized by the circular memorandum above quoted, will
accordingly_be prepared conformity :10?.thesejtastruc-
tions. - '

By command,
" JAMES YORKE SCARLETT, Adjutant-General."
The annexed circular memorandum has been

issued by the Adjutant•G}eneral Sir James Yorke

.•
Scarlett, by command of his Royal Highness the
Duke of Cambridge, addressed to general officers
commanding troops, and officers commaq,ding Royal
Artillery and Royal Engineers :

" Cupolas for melting iron, for Martin's shells being now
in course of supply to the several stations at home and
abroad, where 10-inch, 68-pounders, or 8- inch guns form part
of the defences, his Royal Highness the General-Command-
ing-in-Chief directs that joint reports be furnished by officers
commanding Royal Artillery and Royal Engineers, through
general officers commanding, on the positions in which they
would propose to place them with respect to the several
batteries they are intended to serve, with a view to provid-
ing the requisite cover for them as soon as funds are avail-
able for the purpose. The nature of cover proposed, whether
bombproof or otherwise, should be stated.
" Drawings of a cupola are now in course of issue to offi-
cers commanding Royal Artillery at those stations which
will be supplied with cupolas, the numbers of which ordered
for each station have been communicated to those officers.
The cupolas may be worked by steam at any station where
that power is available, and it should be stated in the re-
pirts above called for whether it is proposed to work by
hand or steam."

The volunteers for the 36th Regiment, which is
I under orders to embark for Canada, from the various
British and Indian depots at Chatham, proceeded
from that garrison yesterday to Dublin, where the
36th is stationed. Volunteering for the 64th Regi-
ment, just arrived from India,' has also been allo wed
at Chatham, the depots at which garrison have given
upwards of 80. The volunteers will leave for Dover
on Monday morning next. The sum of 21s. is paid
to each man on his joining his new corps.
The appropriation by Government of the barrack
and other military establishments at Warley, for-
merly the depot of the Hon. East India Company's
troops, where a subdivision of the Royal Artillery
is now formed, will necessitate alterations and addi-
tions to be made for the better accommodation of
the officers and men of the Royal Artillery. The
sum of .E 6,000 is already ordered to be expended in
making the intended additions and improvements,
£l,OOO of which is to be appropriated exclusively to
the erection of a gymnasium. The improvements at
Warley have been ordered at thi suggestion of Col.
Bingham, deputy-adjutant-general, and Col. Hay.
The erection of additional buildings at the Hut
barracks, Gravesend, is to be immediately com-
menced by Mr. J. G. Naylor, the Government
contractor, Rochester, whose tender was ac-
cepted. The additional buildings include a
range of buildings for officers' quarters, offices, an
hospital, commissariat, and other stores, besides
shops for carrying on various trades. The whole
are to be completed within six months.
Col. Dixon, C. 8., commanding the 9th depot bat-
talion Colchester Camp has been attacked with
partial paralysis, and fears are entertained that he
will not again be able to resume his duties as Com-
mandant of the battalion, which is temporarily
placed under the charge of Brevet Lieut.-Colonel
Laye. Strangely enough, Col. Strut, C. 8., the Com-
mandant of the other battalion, has been attacked
with serious illness at Dover. The command of the
10th battalion has been entrusted to Major West..
During the present week a draught of men from
the Indian depots at Colchester, invalided as unfit
for further service, has proceeded to Chatham,
under the charge of Assist.- Sorg. Skues, prepara-
tory to their discharge. The present strength of the
.;.amp; is 62 officers and 1,810 men, the greater por-
tion of whom are fit for immediate service. Re-
cruiting for most of the depots has been suspended,
the regiments having their full complement of men.

Orders have been issued for the service small arm
ammunition for Enfield rifles to be marked in future
according to the place of manufacture, distinguish-
ing Woolwich, Devonport, and Gosport, by the
initial letters of those places.
Major D. Grahame, who died at Edinburgh on the
21st inst. in his 86th year, had been in the following
engagements :—Roleia, Vimiera, Corunna, Busaco,
Fuentes d'Onor, and Badajoz, for which he had re-
ceived the Peninsular war medal and six clasps,

LARGE EMPLOYERS AND WORKMEN. -- The
Northern Union of Mechanics' Institutions has held its
annual conference in North Shields this week, undbr the
presidency of Mr. Hugh Taylor, of Backworth-house, one
of the largest coalowners in Northumberland. The reports
made to the conference of the progress of- education, more
especially in the pit districts, were of the most cheering
kind, and the pit village societies were represented liy dele-
gates, working pitmen, who took a most intelligent part in
the discussions. Mr. Taylor, in bringing the proceedings
of the conference to a conclusion, observed that he consi-
ehreectorinkseisdetrheedy
had
d to
hiso
consi-
dered it his duty, as a colliery proprietor, to d, all in his
anthet"fi
power for the education of those who were intrusted some-
whatinterest to educate.and do everything he possibly could for
difficulty
lttoyhthisecyahread, and, more
the labouring classes of the district in which he was con-
cerned ; because he had seen, from his own experience, that
the more they educated the pitmen's children, ani induced
a better system among the pitmen in their houses, the less
endure, the fewer annoyances to suffer; and he thoroughly
believed that the feeling had now become more reasonable.
between the employer and the employed. In the colliery
districts it had been too long the custom for the coalowner
to maintain himself in a distant way from the men. Every-
thing went through the viewer, but he made it a point in
every matter which he conceived to be of moment to make
personal inquiry by going to the colliery himself. If a dif-
ference of opinion arose, the best plan was for the colliery
proprietor himself to go and carefully inquire into the whole
matter, and, if reasonable and proper concessions and mu-
tual explanations would answer the purpose—and he
thought they generally would—he said it was his interest
and it was his policy to adopt that course. With respect to
their new collieries in Durham and Northumberland, he
might say that they employed perhaps 4,000 or 5,000 men,
and he thought they would agree with him thatahe took an
active part and had rather a heavy responsibility, as a part"
ner in the concern; but ho was sure he was consultiholf
at
own interests, the interests of his partners, the interests
by
the men themselves, and the interests of society large,
doing all he possibly could to promote institutions like the
one they had met that day to celebrate and
carryto out.
endeavour
urged coalowners and masters of all ki
kinds
with the
to obtain more intimate and closedto
talk to them on
connection
workmen, to know their names,
"
matters relating to the concern, because he was sure it was
the interest of both to do so. The next meetba g 0f
the
Union will be held in the heart of the Durham coal-field, at
when Mr. Nicholas Wood,Easington-lane, another large
employer of pitmen, is expected to preside.
The Homeward-bound off Deal signal their number to the
shore, and from thence a magnet carries the glad news to the
owners. The same inscrutable force is employed by Mr.
Herring in his magnetic brushes,tw r.
e. Dr. Hassall states
. regard them as the most perfect brushes hitherto made,
as respects their mechanical .constructiom, and their mag-
netieal action." They are the remedy for grey hair, neuralgia,
rheumatism, &c. N.B. -
Counterfeits are being made. Offices,
32, Babingoall-street, London.

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