The Sun.
London, England, 1817-09-23 00:00:00

THE ARMY.

The following is an extract of a letter addressed
from the Horse Guards, some time since. to 'he
Colonels of the Army, and wild), ali hough niared
" Confic,ential," we eats see no imnropriity in
giving to the Public, recnimnentLing,• as it .does,
a tine of conduct so agreeable to humanity and
jitilt: men t

" The Commander-in Chief is confident that the Officers of
the Army are universally actuated by a spirit of justice, and
iniatiressed with those sentiments of kindness and regard to.
*arils their men, which they on so many occasions hare
'roved themselves to deserve : but his Royal Highness has
s'eason to appreheod, that in ina•iy instan-es sufficient mien..
'Lion has not 'lre!), paid to the PIif.VENFLOY OF Cit If ES. The
timely interference of the Officer, his personal intercourse
and accivaintanclewitli Gls men (which attentions are sure to
lac repaid by the soldier's confidence and attachment,', and
shove all his personal example, arc the only efficacious means
of preventing military offences; and the Commander-in-
Chief has no hesitation in declaring, that the maintenance of
strict discipline 'lit I,cnct severity of punie 'mune • and the sup.
Port and encouragement of an ardent military spirit in a
corps, without licentiousness, are the criteria by which his
Royal ilighneSs will he very much guided in forming an opi,
tr:oit of, the talents, abilities, and merit of the Officers to
):vharn the command of the different regiments and corps of
the army are couftdecf.
(Signed)

" H. CALVERT."

LRP.DS YECMANRY CAVALRY.—On Monday last,
Major Lord GRANTHAM, of the Northern Regi-
suent of West Riding Yeomanry Cavalry, attended
(accompanied by Captain Naylor, of the King's
bragootiGuards, Captain William Beckett, Lieut.
Leonard Lee, and Cornet Richard Brooke, all of
whom will- hold commissions in the Leeds Yeo-
manry Cavalry)" at the Coloured Cloth Hall here,
for the .purpOse of inspecting the two troops of
eomanry Cavalry now nearly completed in Leeds
after his Lordship had attentively observed their
Thanceuvres, and performance of the sword exer-
cise, he addressed them in an elegant and appro-
priate speech, of some length, to the following
effect :—His Lordship began by stating, that he
could not in adequate terms express the satisfac-
tion be felt, occasioned by his observation of their
correctness in their evolutions, and highly creidi-
table appearance—he could not have conceived it
possible for any body of men, within so short a
period, to have obtained that proficiency in their
exercise and movements whith he had with Mo.
nishitient and p'easure witnessed that afternoon.
it reflected' upon them and those under whole
directions they had made such rapid progress, the
greatest credit, and led him confidently to antici-
pate that they would prove a most .efficient squa-
dron of Yeomanry Cavalry, and he could assure
them they would be attached to, and form part of,
as gallant and creditable a regiment as any in the
country. His Lordship added, that his Royal
Highness the Prince Regent had been pleased to
accept their ser%ices, and to express his approba-
tion of their bring attached to the Northern Re-
piment of West Riding Yeomanry Cavalry. His
Lordship then proceeded to enumerate some of
the nrivilet:es and exemptions to which effective
members would be entitled, and to state what duty
was required by Act of Parliament to make them
effective members, and concluded by expressing
his conviction that they would he an honour and
security to the town, and when completed, and
the few vacancies filled up (which was likely im-
mediately to take place), he would, with the
greatest pleasure, visit thew again.—(Lee's In-
telligencer, Sept. 22.)