Northern Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1857-09-05 00:00:00

MILITARY AND NAVAL INTEi_LIGENO

The 2nd battalion of the Grenadier Guards 11
arrived at the Wellington Barracks from Dub
where they have been doing duty since July, 155:
The battalion has been relieved by the 2nd ba
tailor' of the Coldstream Guards from the WIi,
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lington Barracks, the battalion having embarked
at Liverpool, on Tuesday, for Ireland. The greate",_
portion of the Coldstream Guards arrived °I.I
Tuesday evening in Dublin to relieve the battalW
of Grenadier Guards, which will occupy its molls'
tomocl quarters in London.
Major-Gene.-al Sir W. F. Williams and staff
Thursday made the annual inspection of the Rof
Artillery batteries, %which were drawn up in re'
view order at 2'30 p.m , at the rear of the cantotr
meat on Woolwich common. On account of tha
unfavourable state of the weather the fie'
mauceuvres usually attending the yearly inspecticl"s,
were partially dispensed with. After examinini
the arms and accoutrements the General infornie
the men that he would be happy to pay attentioo
to any complaints they might wish to make. Nolle;
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however, were proffered. At the termination of t"
inspection the General expressed his satisfact3o,
at their appearance and soldierlike neatness arif,
order, and heartily congratulated the officers 0
the high discipline of the corps
On Tuesday and Wednesday a portion of the
15th Hussars arrived at Ipswich Barracks fee";
the camp at Aldershott, the Royal Horse Artilleri
having left that town for immediate embarkatiol.
for India. A troop arrived on the former day, o°,,
a squadron on the latter day, the officer in col
mand being Major Knox. The head-quarters scl,
be at Norwich, whither three troops are now„
route.

The Bth Hussars and 17th Lancers are uncle!'
orders for immediate embarkation for India, Th.;
18th and 94th Regiments are alsa under orders f°
the Cape of Good Hope, to proceed to India,
together with the 51st Regiment. All these reg
menta are on the Irish establishment.
Her Majesty's paddle-wheel transport Rhadir
!nautilus sailed from Woolwich, on Thursday, for
the west, laden with steam ma.abinery, for tx'.
90 screw steam-ship Aboukir, the 50 screw steasl.
frigate Melpomene, and other ships under 0013 r
struction at Devonport and Pembroke.
Recruiting for the various Italian regiments
proceeding satisfactorily, and already upwards v
100 recruits are joining the Indian depots at
Chatham weekly, which number, it is ealeulatear
will be more than doubled as soon as the harvest
in Ireland and England and tie hop-piekia
are concluded. On Thursday 7 a considerr
blo body of recruits, many of there very
fine young men, arrived at the Provisions)
Battalion from London and the northern diStrietS,
Great activity also prevails among the India's;
depots at Chatham in drilling the recruits to join'
the headquarters of their respective reginientg;
The following Indian depots with the Provisions'
Battalion have recruiting parties in various parts
of the kingdom :—The 7th (Fusileers), 10th, 19th,
20th, 23rd (Welsh Fusileers), 24th, 27th (Ennis`
killens), 29th, 3.211 d, 35'h, 43rd (Light Infantry)'
52nd (Light Infantry), 53rd, 61st, 64th, 70th, 75thr
80th, 81st, 82nd, 83r2., 84th, 86th, 87th (Boys*
Irish Fusileers), and 90th (Light Infantry). In
addition to the above recruiting is also pro-
ceeding for the Rifle depots removed to Col-
eliester„ and the Highland depots transferred 10
Aberdeen
Orders have been received at the head quarters
of the Royal Engineers, Bronapton Barracks, Chat'
ham, for recruiting to be opened for that branch
of the service—masons, bricklayers, carpenterSt
and smiths being much wanted.
The depots of the 27th, 37th, 34th, 54th, 66th,
and the 2nd and 3rd battalions of the Rifle Brigade
have, since Saturday, arrived at the camp at Col'
chester, to be permanently stationed there.
Her Majesty's steamer Prometheus, Commander
Hope, has arrived at Spithead from the coast of
Africa. Her dates are as follows :—St. Paul de
Loando, July 12 ; Ambriz, July 13 ; Lagos, July
21; Sierra Leone, Anguat 13 ; .Madeira, August
21. She brings no political news of any moment,
all beimig quiet along the coast. The fleet was dis
tributed as follows :—At St. Paul de Loando, her
Majesty's steamer Sappho; at Ambriz, the Alecto
and the Childers ; at Lagos, the Hecla and the
Teazer ; off Whydah, the Firefly. Her Majesty's
steanicr Vesuvius had arrived at Sierra Leone
from England, and sailed thence for Ascension.
Her Majesty's ship Scourge, Commodore Adams,
sailed frnn St. Paul de Loando for the Cane of
Good Hope to meet Admiral Grey, June the 18th,
thence to Spithead, where she may now be hourly
expected. The Antelope had taken a brigatine off
Whydah with seventy slaves on board, and in
the act of shipping more at the time of capture.
A great number of vessels fully equipped for the
slave trade are cruising off the coast evidently
waiting a chance to ship their cargoes, but under
American colours, On April 16, as the Prometheus
was on her passaete from Lagos to St. Thomas's
she fell in with and captured the Adams Gray, a
fine new brigantine, under Spanish colours, and
no papers, with specie to the amount of 4,380/'
sterling concealed on board, intended for the
puichase of slaves. She was condemned a lawful
prize to the Prometheus in the Vice-Admiralty
Court at Sierra Leone on the 18th May, and is
considered the richest prize ever brought into that
port. The Prometheus has been remarkably
healthy during the whole time of her commission.
She has brought home as passengers Lieutenant
Shaw, late of her Majesty's ship Myrmidons ; and
as invalids, Lieutenant Savory, her Majesty's ship
FAlecto ; Lieutenant James, her Majesty's ship
irefly ; and Assistant-Surgeons Turner and
O'Alalley, her Majesty's Myrmidon.

LANCIEHDRE AND CHEiJIIRE INs mune:SAL AN ;CIATIONY..
The annual examination of members in the Lancash're and
Cheshire Association of Literary and Mechanics' Institu-
, tions having been completed, Lord Brougham is to distri-
bite the prizes at Manchester oa Tuesday next, when
his lordship will be on a visit to the Art Treasures
Exhibition.
ELEcrrox EXPENSES.—Not th WHO : Mr. Granville R.-
11. Somerset, the election auditor, has certified the ex-
penses of the late eleclon as follows :—T. H. S. Sotheron,
£l3l 13
Esq., M.P., £99 Oc. 91 • Walter Long, Esq., M.P.,
7d. South Wilts:—Mr. Granville R. H.
Somerset, the eleetion auditor has certified the expenses
of the late election as follows —Right Hon. Sidney Her-
bert, M.P., £4,382 18s, 3d.; Wm. Wyndham, Esq., M.P.
£2,169 126. 2d.; Lad Henry Thynne, £5,028 17s, 6d,