The Sun.
London, England, 1821-10-16 00:00:00

TIII ARMY.

CIRCULAR RESPECTING THE REDUCTION OF
THE REGIMENTS OF INFANTRY.

WAR-OFFICE, AUGUST, 1821.
have the honour to acquaint you that the King has
been pleased to order the establishment of the 'legit:nuit of
Foot under your command to be reduced from the 25th instant,
inclusive, so as to consist of the nwnbers specified as follow :—.

.. _ .. .
Regiment of Foot, 8 Companies.
1 Colonel 1 Quarter-master Serjeant
1 Lieutenant. Colonel 1 ,Paymaster-Serjeant
2 Majors 1 Armourer-Serjeant
I; Captains 1 Schoolmister-Serjeant
10 Lieutenants 8 Colour-Serjeants
6 Ensigns 16 Serjtants
1 Paymaster ' 24 Corporals
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1 Adjutant 1 Drum Niajor
1 Quarter-master 11 Drummers and Fifers
1 Surgeon 552 Privates
I Assistant-Surgeon
1 Serjeant-Major 650

I am, at the same time, to convey to you the following in.

structions, viz.

ARMS, TENTS, ACCOUTREMENTS, AND CAMP NECES-
SARIES.—Ist, The supernumerary arms, and spare tents, if
any, are to be returned into the stores of Ordnance, and acquit.
tances are to be taken for the same from such persons as shall
be appointed to receive them. Complete sets of accoutrements,
equal to the number of men to be reduced, and the spare camp
necessaries, if any, are to be packed up, and sent to such place
as shall be pointed out by the agent for Commissariat Supplies
at the Treasury, to whom Inventories thereof are to be trans-
mitted.
QUARTERS, AND ACCOUNTS OF THE MEN.-2d, The
quarters of the men to be reduced are to be duly cleared, their
accounts made up, and all their just pretensions completely sa-
tisfied to the time of their being discharged.
CLOTHING OF DISCHARGED MEN.--3d. Each non-com-
missioned officer and private man, who shall be discharged, is
to be permitted to carry away with him his knapsack, and his
proper regimental clothing for the present year.
GREAT COATS OF DISCHARGED The great
coats in wear will also be allowed to be taken away by the said
non-commissioned officers and men, if the same shall have been
actually worn for the space of two years ; but, if not, they are
to be packed up and forwarded to such place as shall be pointed
out by the agent for Commissariat Supplies, to whom un inven-
tory thereof should be sent.
HALF-PAY or °Fru:Ens-4th. The Officers liable to re-
duction will be placed upon half-pay from the 25th of October
next, and you will be pleased to report their names ti? this
Office.
ESTIMATE or SUMS REQUIRED.--61.11. An Estimate of
the Sums that will be required on the present occasion, is to be
sent to the Department of Accounts at this Office, distinguish-
ing the proportion for each head of .Service. A Duplicate of
such Estimate is also to be sent to the Agents of theoltegiment.
Claims of Men.-7th. The claims of the Individuals pre-
sent with the Regiment are, of course, to be finally settled on
their reduction, but in cases of men unavoidably absent, a state-
ment of the balance due to each is to be transmitted to the
Agent, in order that the claims of such men may be settled
hereafter upon their own application to the Agent, without
difficulty or delay. A Duplicate of this Statement is to be sent
to the Department of Accounts.
DATES OF DISCHARGING THE MEN.--Btll. Care is to be
taken that the day, or days, on which the men are severally
discharged, be inserted in the Pay Uts, in the column of Re-
marks.
ALLOWANCES TO THE COLONEL, AGENT, AND CAP-
TAINs.-9th. The allowances to the Colonel, Agent, and Cap-
tains, for the reduced companies, are to be discontinued from the
25th inst. inclusive.
MARCHING MONEY, FAMILY ALLOWANCE, AND PAS-
SAGE Mos.-Er —loth. The allowances to be granted under the
heads of Marching Money, Family Allowance, and Passages
by Water, for the men, who, on being discharged,' intend to
reside in the Un.ced Kingdom, and for their families, are spe-
cified in Section 2 of the regulations issued from this Office.
DiscrialtoEs—llth. It having occurred, in many instances,
that men producing discharges at Chelsea, have alleged that the
discharges did not contain all the particulars which they would
have wished to have brought under the consideration of the
Chelsea Board, it is extremely desirable that especial care be
taken that the discharges of the men, recommended for the
Out-Pension, may shew every proper ground of claim that
each man may have on account of his services, wounds, or
other disability.
You will be pleased to acknowledge the receipt of this letter,
and to report the date when the Reduction shall have been car,
ried into effect. . 1 have the honour to be, Sir,
Your most obedient Servant,

Officer commanding the ----.
Regiment of Foot.

The Sussex regiment of Militia having completed its term of
training, was disembodied on Wednesday last, by the Colonel,
his Grace the Duke of ItichmOnd, in the Broyle Barrack-yard,
and the men returned to their respective homes. The high state
of discipline which they attained in this short period, and their
uniform good conduct when off duty, are themes of general
notice and commendation.
We understand that retrenchment, to a considerable extent,
will be carried into effect in the Medical Department on the
Irish Establishment. The House of Industry, the Infirmary,
at the Plicenix Park, and such other public Institutions as de-
rive their support direct from the Public Funds, will be placed
upon a reduced scale; and the offices of Physician and Surgeon
General abolished altogether.—(Dublin Paper.)
Yesterday, the Ravensworth Cavalry, under the command
of the Hon. Captain Liddell, enter on duty at Gateshead for
eight days.

NEWPORT, OCT. 13.—The depot at this place consists, at
present, of detachments from the following corps :—The Ist,
4th, 6th, Bth, 11th, 12th, 14th, 16th, 18th, 24th, 3.2 d, 37th,
43d, 45th, 51st, 71st, 72d, and .93d Regiments of Foot, making
in the whole a force of 2000 men, or thereabouts; all of whom
are quartered in Albany Barracks, and are under the imme-
diate command of Colonel Ross, who, since the reduction of the
6tatf on the home station, in pursuance of Ministers' late rigid
plans of economy, has been the Commandant of this sarrison.
—The above detachments will be dispatched to their respec-
tive corps, from time to time, in men of war and transports,
as fast as casualties shall render it necessary, and opportunities
occur.

LIMERICK, OCT. 6.—Major Stewart, late of the Donegal
Militia, is appointed to the superintendence of the Police in the
County of Limerick, under the Peace Preservation Act, and is
arrived at Rathkeale, to take the command of the establishment.
—(Limerick Chronicle.)
Yesterday morning the Tower Hamlets Militia, having com-
pleted their usual number of days in training, &c. pursuant to
Act of Parliament, mustered on Cambridge Heath, Hackney,
and were disembodied; previous to which they received the
thanks of their Commanding Officer fbr strict attention to mili-
tary duty and good conduct in their respective quarters.

TAXING REFORMERS.-At the time the cele-
brated Mr. IlEmty Rum. was instructing the
weavers in Blanchester and its neighbourhood, in
the mode of procuring a Radical Reform in the
Government of their country, a tollection profes-
sedly to defray the expense of this object was en-
tered into, and upon the following principle :
Every master weaver, who had looms of his own,
paid, in respect of each of his looms, one penny a
week. It is supposed that in Manchester and its
vicinity there are at least one hundred thousand
looms ; the sum collected, therefore, in regard of
looms only, every week, was upwards of four hun-
dred pounds ! The second tax levied by the Re-
formers on those who wished for Reformation, was
twopence a week from every working weaver be-
longing to the Reforming Clubs—and of such
working weavers, it is supposed there were at least
twenty-five thous,and—which, at the rate of two-,
pence a week, would amount to the sum of more

than two hundred pounds weekly. The first sutn,
therefore, 9.00/. made together the sum of 6001.
a-week ! This taxation of the Reformers con-
tinued for between six and nine months. If it con—

Untied for six months, it would amount to
the sum of 15,6001.; but if for nine months,
it would amount to 2.32-100/. Unfortunately
it has not yet been known who it was that
eventually received either of the sums above
stated. So much for taxation levied on the vvork-
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ins Reformers by the master Refortners,(lPest-
rnojeland Gazette.)