Among the current reports of the day, we hear it
rumoured that several changes connected with the Army are in contemplation by the existing Government, from which they expect not only to conciliate in a great degree the Radicals and Economists, but also serve their own purposes, by adding to the patronage and power they already possess. To effect the objects above stated, it is mentioned that the following will be the means employed-1. A reduction of 5,000 men in the strength of the Army, which it is asserted can be accomplished in con- sequence of the assumed tranquillity of Ireland. 2. The removal of reputed Tories from the command of the Army, and the Secretaryship at the horse Guards, replacing them by others professing Whig or Radical opinions. 3. The introduction of a measure by Lord Howick, founded on the report made by a Commission composed of Whig civilians, recommending the transfer of offices connected with the military to the War-office, thereby giving to the Secretary at War a con- trol which it was never intended by either the Sovereign or the Consti- tution that official should possess.— Times. [Too good to be true.]
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