23 JULY 1859, Page 16

THE BRITISH ARMY IN THE STOCKS.

London, July 20, 1859. SIR,—When narrating, in last Spectator, the fatalities that had happened during the week from sun-strokes, you give to the Commander-in- Chief more credit for sensible reforms than is his due. You allude to the stiff stock as having been abolished from the military service whilst retained in the Police. Many thousands of poor soldiers could groaningly correct this error. The leather stock, in all its horrors, is still retained in the Army ; and woe betide the unlucky fellow who appears on parade without

this instrument of torture. Your obedient Servant, A SoLonni.