The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1858-07-13 00:00:00

Sr= anti Nabg.

The Eastern Monarch, 1,600 tons burden, Commander
H. Morris, with upward. of 700 reinforoements on
board, took her departure for India from Gravesend on
Tuesday evening.

A circular hiui been issued from the Florae Guarde
placing chaplains of the Presbyterian and Roman
Catholio Churches on the same footing, as roger& pay
and allowances, as those of the established churon. ft
also announoes the Secretary of State's intention of ap•
pointing five Presbyterian and nineteen Roman Catholic
Aasittant Chaplains to the Forces.

The Recruit, 938 tons, Commander J. Rook, hu been
taken up by the Hon. Rut India Company for the con-
veyance of reinforoemente to India. She will tate out
reinforeements for the 71st Highland Light Infantry,
72nd Highlanders, and 92nd Highlanders, from the
depots of flume regiments at Stirling and Aberdeen.
The Recruit embarked her troops at Gravesend on Wed-
nesday.

It appears that one of the largest army contractors
contracted to supply soldiers' kits at £2 Ile. 3d. each,
and his contract being accepted, several thousand kits
were sent into the clothing stores at Weedon, when it
was discovered that the articles supplied were of an
inferior description, and not worth the sum paid for
them by the Government. On this discovery being
made, the kits were returned to the contractor, who has
since supplied the same kits to the troops at Chatham
for £3 84. 94. each. It thus appears that articles which
were rejected by the Government as not being worth
£2 lie. 3d. at Weedon, are considered to be worth
£3 Bs. 9d. at Chatham, and are purchased by the
Government for the troops at that price. Since the
authorities have agreed to present each recruit with a
free kit, the whole expense of the soldiers' necessaries is
borne by the Government instead of being charged to
the recruit as heretofore.

The following reinforcements have embarked on
board the Recruit, 936 tons burden, at Gravesend, for
Bombay— vii., 40 non.commissioned officers and men of
the 14th (the King's) Light. Dragoons, from Maidstone ;
65 men of the 71st Highlanders (Light Infantry), from
Stirling; 41 men from the 72nd Highlanders, from
Aberdeen ; 36 men of the 83 Regiment, from Widmer;
and 62 men of the 92nd Highlanders, from Stirling ;
total, 218 men of all ranks, together with the following
officers :—Captain William Cecil G. Pery, 89th Rep.
went; Lieutenant G. Bulwer, 71. t. Highlanders ;
Lieutenant Adam C. Rattrap, 99nd Highlanders ;
Cornet Henry Bradley and Cornet Percy Dodson, 14th
Light Dragoone ; and Ensign A. R. A. Boyd, 9211,1
Highlanders. The Annie Roydon, 1 170 tons, which
has been taken up by the Hon. Rut India Company for
the conveyance of reinforcements to India, was to be in.
upected at Gravesend on Friday by the Staff officers
from Chathiun Garrison, and the draughts were to embark
on Saturday from Maidstone, Chatham, Canterbury,
Colchester, and the other depOt battalions,

•
New colours were presented on Thursday to the Ports-
mouth division of Royal Marine Light Infantry, in the
Head-quarter Barrack-square, Porton. The Artillery
and Light Infantry womanise, amounting to upwards of
500 limn, formed a square, of which one contain, two
subolterna, four sergeants, and 100 rank and She of the
Artillery ootnpanies formed the guard for the new
colours. Capta'n Membey and Seoond-Lientananta
Bother and Futhergill were the °Moors in oommand of
this guard. The troops looked am no troops but the
Mariam can look. At a quarter to 12 the old colours
were for the lest time borne to the front of the
battalion, and plastid in the hands of Seeond-Lieutenanta
Youngltuaband and Hort, immediately after which the
new set were conveyed under escort and placed on the
pile of limns in front of the colour guard. At a few
inomente before noon Admiral Sir George Seymour,
(MI B„ Major-General the Hon. Sir J. Yorke Seariett,
K.C.B. , and Major-General Wesley, Deputy Adjutant.
General of the Royal Marine Foram, attended by a
brilliant:staff, entered the square with the usual honours,
shortly after which the ceremony of the day coin.
monad. The band of the Corp. "trooped" in animating
strains up and down the square i the old colour, were
advanced ten pease, countermarched, and then *sorted
to the annutendiat's house, receiving a parting grand
mita*, the band playing, "Should sold acquaintance be
forgot." The Rev. H. A. Yeah, Chaplain to the Royal 1
Marine Light Infantry at Porton, then proceeded to I
consecrate the new colours, after which they were
planed in the hands of the gallant Admiral, Sir George
Seymour, by two Sold ofilatra. In presenting these
colours to thia diatingulaheil old oorpo, illr George spoke
to the following effect 1—" °Moen and man of the
Royal Marines, I have been °commanded by the Lords of
the Admiralty, RI the senior naval officer in command
at Ibis port, to perform the agreeable duty of prosenting
you with a new set of ooloure, lam sufficiently proud
and happy to think that, owing to maiden, I have been
honoured with this gratifying took. and I shall ever
esteem it aa one of the coat pleaeing duties I had to
perform. I have been 80 years in the aerates (continued
the gallant Admiral), and I bays witnessed innumerable
Materna' of your daring, devoted valour, in battle, tihd
correct soldierly conduct in MM. I can safely Bay that
every *Meer in the navy cannot but entertain the eon-
viotion that you are *remarkably useful body ef :nen,
ineeloulably so when fitting out ships short handed of inen,
ever forentoot in danger, ever willing and minable of
working with your utmost energy, and ever to be relied
on for your stanch, unswerving Wyalty. With confident
solicitations of the oorpe ever being able to uphold its
ancient renown, I now present you with these new
emblems to lead you to -future glory." The Admiral
then delivered the colours into the hands of First
Lieutenant Campbell and Second Lieutenant Silver, who
wave* them to the front under escort, where they
were received with a genial salute.

Tin WI WlAlDN.—Cornsillee in tho Lifs Onords
us al a dissount. Thus IN, we believe, oh tw liven
@omits' somulosions for silo, and no one will purolows
liitho regiment. Ifithor tho oapsnolso nyu nt liftoff
;probes m 6 bin to Ilto ainbltion of poor loon, or It is
fill that, In the dreary round of date Iron Windsor to
London And Mob, varied with a llohluluy at WNW wood
&rube or Hounslow, thus la not IMMO soup, for military
enterprise.