The Sun.
London, England, 1861-09-26 00:00:00

THE ARM

Major-Gen. Sir It. Dacres, commanding at Wool-
wich, yesterday continued his half-yearly inspec-
tion. He attended tO the riding establishment, under
the superintendence of Col. Henry, V.C. He also
inspected on Woolwich-common the 10th brigade
Garrison Artillery, in command of Col. Mundy.
The clean and soldierlike appearance of the men
recently arrived from Portsmouth, and their gene-
ral bearing and demeanour elicited repeated marks
of the General's approbation during the inspection.
To-morrow the half-yearly inspection will close, if
the weather
Permits, by the General holding a
grand field-day on Wooiwich.conmon, where the
whole of the troops in garrison will be reviewed
in heavy marching order. The sth Lancers, in
command of Captain Boyd, together with the riding
establishment and a detachment of the Foot Artil-
lery, will be told off to keep the ground, as a nume-
rous assembhige of spectators is expected to be pre-
-13 en t.

The Ordnance Select Committee, of which Col.
st„qeorge, C. 8., Royal Artillery, is the preside J.
h ,1g decided on making some important altera-
tions
in the equipment of the 12-pounder (81 cwt.)
Armst, .0r7,9', guns, order s have been received at
Chathain, Wool wich, and the other military stations
for the prop 'Lied alterations to be applied to all future
issues of these fiescriptions of guns. The breech
tangent sight has" been altered from steel to gun
metal, and from a rectangular to a hexagonal form,
the upper portion bei,lg at the same time completely
remodelled, including the leaf, cross-head, horizon-
tal and vertical vernie."s; elevating and deflecting
screws, &a. The ratchot sight has undergone consi-
derable improvement by. having its head adapted to
the best advantage for t be fingers when being ele-
'"a• Tha trunnion sight has also been remodelled
quid au:d
e more substantial, while at the same time
„,„ent
t tie boa ed to the gun, instead of being let through
7 °t the trunnion. Considerable improve-

ment has also been effected in the dispart sight
which has been increased in the screwed portions, I
besides which a plain part of the sight has been re-
cessed into the gun. In the elevating eye a change
has also been effected by substituting a lance-pin
with a spring catch for the washer and small pin
which were employed to retain the elevating eye pin
in its proper position. The lever and tappet pins
have been altered and so made that they may now be
inserted on either side of the holes in the levers and
tappets, while at the same time they are prevented
being shaken out by having the lower portion within
the levers and tappets opened, to act as a spring.
The cartridges are in future to be made up with
' lubricating wade inside, and the shell plugs fitted
with string loops. Two of the improved 12-pounder
Armstrongs have just been received at the Ordnance
stores, Chatham, and others will be forwarded
from Woolwich as fast as they can be supplied
from the Armstrong gun factory.

Capt. Czar), C. 8., Director of Stores, yesterday,
accompanied by Mr. Stewart, Chief Military Store-
keeper at Portsmouth, inspected the great depot
powder magazines in the Southampton waters.
The Himalaya screw troopship, Capt. John Sec-
A detachment of eligible young men from Capt.
Davies's recruiting station at Liverpool yesterday
arrived at the Woolwich division of the Royal
Marines, and were enrolled for service.

O❑ Wednesday next Gen. Dacres will inspect the
Royal Artillery at Purfleet, and on the following
Friday he will proceed to the station at Warley for
the same purpose, when the half-yearly inspection
of the General's district will be completed.
Lieut,-Col. Greenwood, C. 8., who died at Chel-
tenham on the 22d inst., in his 67th year, served in
the China expedition, for which he received a
medal. He entered the Royal Artillery in 1812.
By the death of Gen. Dennis lierbert, one of the
senior Generals in the army, a pension for distin-
guished and meritorious service is placed at the dis-
posal of his Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge.