MISCELLANEOUS
... -t o - ?? -1- , - ,, .. 1nd A letter from St. Petersburg, of the 26th ult., in the Cologne Gazette, says :- Promotion in the army takes place at present so rapidly that there are many lieutenants I who have been only 18 months in the service. In times r of peace a man remains usually three years in the sameV grade, so that it requires twelve years to become a staff officer. A passenger by ...