The Sun.
London, England, 1850-02-14 00:00:00

THE REDUCTION OF THE ARMY.

The following is a copy of the circular memoran-
dum relative to the reduction in the army :
Horse Guards, February 6.
"Her Majesty having been pleased to approve of a
further reduction in the infantry from the 31st of March
next, the following are the arrangements under which it
is to be carried into effect, ♦iz:—

"First—The sth, 20th, 36th, 42d, 44th, 45th, 56th,
67th, 69th, 76th, and 2d battalion Rifle Brigade, to b•
respectively reduced from 1,200 to 1,000 rank and file,
and consolidated into one battalion.

" The supernumerary officers of these regiments will
be retained on the strength of their respective corps en
second, with the exception of the surgeons and quarter-
masters, who will be placed on half-pay.
" The second adjutants will remain in their ranks of
lieutenant or ensign, as the case may be.
" The commanding officers will proceed at once, under
the superintendence and direction of the general officer
commanding on the station, to carry out the proposed
reduction, as far as may be necessary and practicable,
after deducting invalids, by the immediate discharge of
such supernumerary non-commissioned officers and men
as may be do,irous to quit the service for the purpose of
settling in the colonies, or who can procure the means
of providing for their removal to England without sub-
jecting the public to expense.
" Those regiments will henceforth have only nominal
depots, such as those maintained by regiments in India,
consisting of a captain, who will, as heretofore, have
charge of the regimental records (assisted, when neces-
sary, by one or two lieutenants), and five sergeants and
five corporals, detached from the regiment.
" Secondly—The 6th Regiment will be reduced from
1,200 to 750 rank and file, tie reserved battalion being
formed into au ordinary four-company depOt of 216 rank
and file, with sack additional nnmber as may be required
to make up the establishment of the regiment; and the
.‘ hole of the supernumerary officers placed on half-pay,
and such of the non-commissioned officers and men as
are not inclined to transfer their services to other corps
will be discharged.
" Thirdly—The 11th, 58th, and 65th Regiments will
be reduced from 1,000 to 750 rank and file, and in like
manner formed into six service and four depOt cons-

pante'.
The reduction of these regiments to 540 rank and
file each :(tho establishment of the service companies),
will, as far as practicable .be effected by the discharge,
on the spot, of such non-commissioned officers and men
as may be desirous of being released from the service
with a view to becoming settlers, or who have the means
of providing their own passage to England, sending
home the proper establishment of officers and non-com-
missioned officers to form and organise the regimental
depot.

;‘ Lastly—The depiits of the Ist Battalion Royals,
7th, 16,1, 19th, 34th ,38th,54th, 66th, 72d, 73d, 79th, 88th,
95th, and Ist Battalion Rifle Brigade, will respectively
be reducel from 230 to 210 rank and tile, which will
readily be effected by di.continuing recruiting until the
new establishment shall be attained.

" The men to be voluntarily discharged, as above di-
rected, will, o course, receive al the advantages they
may be entitled to claim under the provisions of her
Majesty's warrant, according to the length and nature
f their service; but care must be taken to select those
for discharge, in preference, who have been found gene -
rally the least efficient soldiers, and whom, therefore, it
way be deemed the least desirable to retain.
" By command,
`JOHN MACDONALD, Adjutant-General."
The reduction will thus amount to 3,680 rank and

In Cumberland 3,640 persons are employed in
mines, o lwhom 825 arc under 21 years of age; 3,836
in the cotton manufacture (bleachers, dyers, and
printers included), of whom 1,065 are under 20 years
of age; 388 in the flax and linen manufacture, of whom
153 are under 20 years of age.— Cumberland Puqugt,