The Sun.
London, England, 1859-10-14 00:00:00

THE ARMY.

The following circular memorandum has been
issued from the Horse Guards by order of the Duke
of Cambridge and forwarded to all the Command-
ing officers of regiments and battalions :
" thein consequence
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of
therein of the staff of the battalion aide-flags, the General
Commanding-in-Chief has had an aide-flag prepared which
is provided with a socket for the purpose of fitting over the
muzzle of the rifle ; and his Royal Highness desires that
commanding officers will furnish themselves with the arti-
cles in question, in strict conformity to the pattern lodged
in the AdjutantlG eneral's department for the inspection of
regimental tradesmen and for general information and guid-
ance. The cost of each socket ought not to exceed Is. or
Is. 6d., and they ought to be made so as to yield readily to
any accidental blow, and thus avoid injury to the barrel.
" By command.
" G. A. WETHERALL, Adjutant-General."

In consequence of the crowded state of the camp
at Aldershot and its environs, two companies of the
Ist battalion of the 9th Regiment have been re-
moved to Chatham for the purpose of joining the
2d battalion of infantry at that garrison. The
companies number 150 non-commissioned officers
and men, together with the following officers, viz. :
—Capt. Wm. P. Terry, in command; Lieut. Henry
M. Thompson and Lieut. R. Roberts. The remain-
ing companies of the regiment proceed to various
stations, namely—six companies to Shorncliffe, two
to Woolwich, and two to Limerick to join the depot
of the 9th Regiment at that station.

JOURNEYMEN BAKERS' TWELVE
HOURS' MOVEMENT.

Last evening a public meeting of the journeymen
bakers of Greenwich, Deptford, and the surround-
ing district, was held at the Railway Tavern,
Church-fields, Greenwich, for the purpose of form-
ing a branch association in connexion with the
Operative Bakers' Reform Association, which has
for its object the abolition of night-work in the
baking trade, and reducing the hours of labour to
12 hours per day. There was a numerous attend-
ance, and the meeting was presided over by Mr.
Brown.

The CHAIRMAN, in opening the proceedings, con-
gratulated those present on the success which was
at tending their efforts in obtaining the much-needed
reduction in the hours of labour. Their cause had
justice on its side, and was therefore entitled to the
sympathy of the public. He hoped the time was
not far distant when they would gain the wished-
for object. (Cheers.)
Mr. .T. BENNET next addressed the meeting.
That night work could be done away with there
could be no doubt, and that without affording any
inconvenience to the public or the employers ; for
in Scotland that system had been done away for
the last 13 years, and there were actually 400 mas-
ter bakers in London working only 12 hours per
day, and many of these were first-class shops.
(Cheers.) Some said to them, " Why don't you
strike ?" but those who said so were no friends to
their cause, for were they to strike under
present circumstances they would assuredly fail,
and their movement -would be driven back to
such an extent that the youngest man present
would not see it attain the position which it at
present occupied. (Hear, hear.) Let them only
be united and act cordially and harmoniously one
with another and they would assuredly gain their
object without a strike. (Cheers.)
Mr. HARRis followed, and pointed out the evils
of the present system of night work. He had
himself during the last five years worked on an
average 18 hours out of the 24 for six days in the
week, and he could say with truth that he could
not find that time which was necessary for attend-
ing to those duties attaching to him as a moral and
responsible being. (Hear, hear.)
Mr. ELLIOTT referred to that portion of Lord
Brougham's speech at the Social Science Confe-
rence, where the noble lord pointed out the neces-
sity for legislation to regulate the hours of labour
in some trades, and especially alluded to the opera-
tive bakers as being the class much in want of such
legislative interference.
After some further discussion on the principles
of the movement, a resolution, pledging the meet-
ing to forward to the best of their power the
interests of the association, was cordially agreed
to.

Mr. BENNET stated that he had attended a meet-
ing of the trade at Hampstead on that day week,
and that all the journeymen bakers there were
members of the association, and all the masters,
ith one exception, had adopted the twelve hours'
system.