The Sun.
London, England, 1855-09-20 00:00:00

MILITARY,

On Tuesday a grand inspection of the 15th (King's)
Hussars by the Earl of Cardigan took place at Manches-
ter. Shortly after 10 o'clock in the morning the gallant
Earl entered the cavalry barracks, Hulme, when he was
received by the commanding officer of the regiment,
Colonel Key. He then proceeded to inspect the men of
the regiment in review order, dismounted. The regi-
ment marched past the inspecting General in slow and
quick time. After seeing the officers and men in the
riding school, his lordship inspected a number of horses
in the course of training, by the 15th, for the 11th, in
the Crimea. The noble Earl made a minute inspection
of the stables, the library, the hospital, the regimental
books, and other matters connected with the health and
comfort of the troops. He then inspected the rooms of
the non-commissioned officers aed privates while they
were at dinner. The troops left the barracks about 3
o'clock for the exercising ground at Old Trafford. By
this time it had become known that there would be an
inspection of the regiment in the afternoon, by the Earl
of Cardigan, and the result was that there was a very
large concourse of spectators on the ground. Shortly
after the 15th Hussars had taken up a position in the
field the Earl of Cardigan, dressed in the full uniform
of the 11th Hussars, and attended by his aide-de-
camp, Brevet-Major Maxse (of the Coldstream Guardi),
Major Bond (in command of the local body of pen-
sioners), and one or two officers of the 15th, entered
the ground. The inspecting General was received
with a general salute. He then rode round the regi-
ment, in single file, inspecting each soldier as he went
along. The regiment then marched past the General,
first in slow and then in quick time. They then marched
past him by threes, and after galloping round the
field, passed before the General in single files. They then
first trotted and afterwards galloped by troops past the
inspecting officer. They then advanced in line, and
performed the sword exercise at a gallop at opened in-
tervals. After performing the sword exercise they closed
their ranks, and at a gallop performed several interesting
manoeuvres. The gallant inspecting officer then called
the officers of the regiment in rotation to put the men
through manoeuvres, which they did. The manoeuvres
included wheeling, charging, skirmishing, advancing,
retreating, and again charging and retreating, &c. The
movements artthde
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A body of 300 of the Land Transport Corps has just
left the barracks at Horfield, near Bristol, for immediate
embarkation to the East. They are a portion of the
body of " drivers " now being raised, and for whom
Bristol is head and training quarters. The enrolled
pensioners for the Bristol district are now in course of
training, under the command of Major Whitmore, and
will be reviewed on Saturday next.
The pensioners of Liverpool and the district have been
up on a seven days' drill, which terminates t?-day. They
muster about 800 bayonets, and are an efficient body of
men.

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MILITIA.
The Cambridgeshire Regiment of Militia, stationed at
Dublin, were on Monday regaled by their colonel, the
lion. Octavius Duncombe, M.P., with an excellent
dinner of roast beef and plum-pudding, in commemora-
tion of the fall of Sebastopol. The colonel, accompanied
by his officers, visited the men during their dinner and
was loudly cheered. The regiment then proceeded to
the Barrack-square, and the gallant colonel called upon
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the men to rejoice with him at the downfall of the
brave soldiers, together with their gallant allies, bad
endured during a long and desperate struggle.
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neither the trenches, sickness, nor the lu But
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hordes of the enemy, which by turns ass.i numerable
i ed them at
Alma, Inkerman, Balaklava, and the Tch
move these heroic soldiers from their ornaya, could
fixed determina-
tion to conquer the much-prized Sebastopol,
great event they had now achiev cl • side by side with the
and that
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undaunted soldiers of France. g
cheers for the Queen, the baud e then called for three
of
the National Anthem ; next,the regiment playing
three
fall of Sebastopol, the band cheers for the down-
ing hero comes." playing " See the conquer-
in the Crimea, the b Three cheers followed for our army
and
playing "Auld Lang Syne."
He then called for three cheers for the Emperor of the
French and the
together with our
glorious French army in the Crimea,
allies the Sardinians—(loud cheers)—
the baud playi
ug ,ePartant pour la Syrie." The men
then gave three cheers for Colonel Duncombe. All
seemed greatly gratified with the treat the colonel had
given_ them. The regiment is now very weak-- b a ou
435 of all ranks—owing to have lost 400 men,en-
listed who
under the act of 1852, but nothing
can be more
efficient than those who remain.

A LINK BETWEEN 1745 AND 1855.—Died at Hallows
bill Gate, Cannobie, on the 16th ult., Jeanie Bell, aged
85 years. Deceased was born, lived through her long
life, and died, in the little cottage where her father and
mother took up house upwards of 100 years ago. It was
in her grandfather's house at Ridding that the Pretender
slept in his march southward in '45, and it was Jeanie's
mother that baked the bread for his supper and waited
on him. Jeanie possessed some souvenirs of that inte-
resting supper, and would sometimes descant with great
warmth on the merits of the poor Prince Charlie, who
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was her grandfather's guest two generations ago.--North,