The Sun.
London, England, 1842-02-28 00:00:00

RUSSIAN ARM Y.

ST. PETERSBURG, FEB. 12.—The Minis er of War has
just pubiisbcd the following ukase upon the dissolution of the
battalion of reserve of the corps of grenadiers and the six corps
of infantry, and upon the transforming of the second army of
reserve:—

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Hod, my intention was to relieve the treasury, and at the same
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over, to diminish the time of service of the soldiers of the
active army, to enable them to return to their families
at an age when they may be useful to them. Conges,
given in this mariner, commenced in 1833, and this mea-
sure has not only succeeded, but has surpassed my expee-
thuendaerr n7.'s, ho
expec-
tations. Soldiers with unlimited leave of absence have
always eagerly returned to their duty when recalled. Be-
sides, they have always made themselves useful in the localities
chosen for their residence. Thus have they deserved our be-
nevolence under every circumstance. The Reports of the ju-
Ibeen ordain,i n t
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dicial authorities are tls, best proofs in their favors. Out of
result shows the possibility of fulfilling our intentions to the
lulins;as7tionmllconnf,ctbhoune:Slqttua6etenh,caetvhee Sapainje troops, soldiers on un-
limited leave, receive the following organization:-1. For the
Guard ; for each regiment of infantry a 4th battalion sapasnje
upon the cadres; for each regiment of cavalry, an Bth squadron
sapasnje ; for the Foot Artillery, three batteriei of reserve and
three sapasnje ; for the Horse Artillery, one battery sapasnje. 2.
Corps of Grenadiers. Infantry : —The battalions of reserve are di s •
solved, and a fourth and fifth battalion will be formed upon the
cadres for each regiment. Artillery :—'l hree batteries of re-
serve, akd three light sapasnje; one flying sapasnje. Of the
six corps of Infantry, the fifth battalions of reserve are dis-
solved, but each regiment will have a skeleton of a fifth and
sixth battalion. Cavalry of the line :--For each regiment
there will be formed two squadrons sapasnje. Artil'ery :
Nine sapasnje batteries, eighteen batteries of reserve, and
eighteen sapasnje foot batteries. These details are in part
contained in the ukase of the :oth of January (February) and
of the 23rd of December, 1841 (4th January, 1842). 2. This
order will be put in execution immediately.
(Signed) " NICHOLAS.
" St. Petersburg, 25th January." (6th February.)

The Indicateur of Bourdeaux gives the following
extract of a letter from the Sub-Prefect of Argeles to the Prefect of
the Hautes Pyrenees :—" Bareges is buried under the snow. The
military hospital is damaged, several houses are entirely destroyed,
and others much injured. The bath-house appears to have escaped.
Two children have perished, one in the arms of its mother, who
only saved herself by taking shelter in the oven, whence she was
released after being confined for two hours. The rest of the family
at the moment of the :avalanche were in a contiguous barn, which
was not touched. The amount of the damage occasioned by these
disasters has not yet been ascertained. The road from Luz to Ba-
reges is impassable, and the cantonnlers stationed upon it have
had great difficulty in making a path through the snow for them_
elves."

MELANCIIOLY SUICIDE AT CHELMSFORD.—On Mon-
day last, Mr. William Maryon, of the abo►e town, who had for fifty
years filled the office of confidential clerk to C. G. Parker, Esq., as
registrar of wills, and who had reached the advanced age of 76, was
found by his servant, suspended in his stable, lifeless. The rope was
attached to a hay-rack, and passed over one of the rafters, the end
hanging at a distance of about five feet from the ground, and it is
supposed that the deceased jumped from a heap of straw which was
found lying near the manger.

E LOPEMEN T.-011 Monday morning last the family
of Mr. —, residing in the vicinity of the Regent's Park, were
thrown into a state of consternation by the sudden disappearance
of Miss J., a young lady of great beauty and accomplishments,
and the ward of Mr. —. A letter was found on the dressing_
table of the absentee, addressed to her guardian, in which she stated
that she had adopted her present line of conduct under the full
impression that it was calculated to ensure her future happiness
in life. It was quickly ascertained that a chaise and four, con-
taining a cavalier, had been seen in the immediate ♦icinity at
an early hour in the morning, and it was suspected that the fair
fugitive had flown "on the wings of love," in company with the
gallant-looking occupier of the post-chaise, and which it was
discovered had proceeded eastward, a somewhat different route to
the one generally adopted by parties under similar circumstances.
After considerable exertion it was ascertained that the chaise had
left town by the Whitechapel_road, and a pursuit was immediately
commenced by the young lady's guardian, accompanied by his
nephew. As the runaways had the advantage of a five hours' start,
the pursuers were considerably distanced in their endeavours
to overtake the fugitive, but after journeying some fifty odd
miles, performed at an extraordinary speed, they reached the
little village of Hillingford, within IS miles of Bury St. Ed-
mund's, just as the parties they were in pursuit of were on
the point of sitting down to dinner. The pursuers, without
any ceremony, rushed into the loom and proceeded to take
possession of the lady vi ct aryls, but the disappointment of the
worthy guardian may be imagined when it was politely intimated to
him that he .might have spared himself the trouble and expense of
the journey, for that the " twain " before him had been united in
the indissoluble bonds of matrimony some six weeks previously.
After a scene of mutual recrimination between the parties, the
lady's guardian, refusing all overtures of reconciliation, returned in
doleful mood to town, accompanied by his disconsolate nephew, who,
it appears, is a disappointed suitor of the lady in question, who will,
on attaining her 21st year, become entitled to a fortune of nearly
40,0001,, there being barely three months to expire before her mino-
rity:will be completed.
The Correctional Tribunal of Clermond Ferrand, in
the Puy de Dome, has been occupied for four days with the trial
of twenty persons, implicated in the late riots in opposition to the
census. Five of them were acquitted, and discharged, The rest
were found guilty, and sentenced to imprisonment for various
terms, from six months to twenty days, with fines varying from 100
to 16f. One of the above is to be subjected to surveillance of the
Police after the expiration of his six months' confinement ; and the
trial of another has been postponed till March, on account of the
absence of witnesses.