The Sun.
London, England, 1855-07-16 00:00:00

MILITARY.

Invalids from India, consisting of 19 men of the 12th
Lancers, 1 sergeant, and 2 privates, with 1 woman and
2 children, 25th Regiment, and 2 sergeants, 3 corporals,
and 11 privates, with 2 women and 8 children, 74th
Highlanders, in charge of Lieutenant F. C. Kennedy,
25th, came into Fort Pitt, Chatham, from Gravesend,
on Friday, having disembarked from the ship Trafalgar.
After medical inspection, one of the Lancers and three
of the 74th were taken into the hospital. With the
troops were the wives and children belonging to the 12th
Lancers, 30 women and 72 children. The regiment left
Bangalore in January last for the Crimea. The Trafalgar
sailed from Madras on the Bth of March, and arrived in
the Thames on the 12th July. Private Walsh, of the
12th Lancers, was killed on board by the breaking of
the capstan, and Private William Stewart, 74th, died at
sea, also 11 children belonging to the 12th Lancers, and
there were 12 children born on board.

About 1,000 men are to leave Chatham garrison for
India. The first embarkation will be to-morrow, which
will take place in Gravesend in the followin2. order :-
9th Lancers, Lieutenant H. IL Steward with 30 men
and one woman ; 10th Foot, Captain C. D. Patterson ;
27th (Enniskillens), Lieutenant Gresson and Ensign
Geddes and 183 men with 40 women, and 22 children; and
35 men of the 52d Regiment, with two women and 2
children ; the whole of them embarked on board the ship
Norwood for conveyance to Kurrachee, and on the same
day v ill embark on board the ship Zemindar, 10th
Foot, Captain Stephen Annesley, with 100 men, 8
women, and 4 children; 60th Rifles, Captain Andrews,
Ensigns Ashburnham, Ainslie, Morgan, Curtis, and
Phillips, with 96 men, 3 women, and 3 children ; and on
Saturday next the followinc, troops from Chatham will
embark on board the India ship Bussorah Merchant ;
53d, Captain Sutherland, with 24 men and 2 women ;
75th Regiment, Lieutenant Drew and 142 men, with 7
women and 7 children ; Blst Regiment, Lieut. Wilkin-
son, Ensign Weir, and Ensign O'Dell, and 59 men, with
1 woman; and on the same day will embark on board
the freight-ship Mary Ann, Lieut. Davis and Ensign
Stafford, with 36 men, of the 27th Regiment, and 45
men of the 24th Regiment, with 5 women and 4 chil-
dren ; 326 Foot, Captain Edward Lowe and Lieut. Har-
mer and 49 men, with 1 woman and 2 children ; 61st,
Captain Robert Greig and 45 men, with 7 women and 7
children ; and 44 men, 7 women, and 3 children of the
70th Regiment. The whole of the above troops are for
Kurrachee—thus making a grand total of 21 officers and
914 non-commissioned officers and privates, and 84
women, with 54 children.

The 25th Regiment g's Own Borderers), now on
their passage home to England, are expected to arrive at
the end of the month. The first division embarked at
Cannonore on the 18th of April last on board the ship
Cheapside, consisting of 1 field officer, 2 captains, 3 lieu-
tenants, 1 ensign, 1 surgeon, 15 serjeants, 6 drummers,
and 207 rank and file ; the second division, consisting
of 3 captains, 3 lieutenants, 1 ensign, 1 surgeon, 16 ser-
jeants, 8 drummers, and 237 rank and file, embarked
on board the ship Mobile on the 27th of April, and the
remainder of the regiment and head-quarters on the 10th
of May. The regiment went out to the Cape of Good
Hope in 1842, thence they proceeded to India. Tie
depot at Chatham belonging to the regiment now con-
sists of 247 men. _ _

A large order for chain cables has been give❑ by the
Admiralty to a firm at Gateshead. There are 155 chain
fires at work at the Gateshead-park works.

Messrs. Losh, Wilson, and Bell, of the Walker Iron-
works, have completed an order of 35,000 shells for the
Ottoman Government.

During the past week 500 men of the India Company's
service left Great Warley for India. 250 embarked at
Tilbury on Tuesday, on board the Marchioness of Lon-
donderry, and a similar number on Friday in the Robert
Seppings transport.
Captain Cecil Lennox Peel, 52d Light Infantry, is
withdrawn from embarkation to India for the purpose
of proceeding with the Turkish Contingent ; and Major
James Ramsay, 22d, at Chatham, has leave of absence
to the 6th of January next, in consequence of ill-health.
General Lord Seaton, accompanied by his staff, with
the Commander of the Garrison, Colonel Gordon Hig-
gins, commanding the Royal Artillery, Colonel Cooper
Rose, Royal Engineers, and a large military party, left
Dublin on Friday to inspect the camp forming at the
Curragh.
Captain Eden, aide-de-camp to his uncle, General
Eden, left Kilkenny on Friday to join his regiment, the
56th, about to embark from Dublin for the Crimea.
The following troops have embarked at Cork for con-
veyance to the seat of war :-1,437 rank and file, 30
drummers, 55 sergeants, 64 subalterns, and 17 officers,
making a total, exclusive of those about to embark on
board the Royal Charlie, of 1,603.