The Sun.
London, England, 1855-02-08 00:00:00

MILITARY.

Capt. Smyth's and Capt. Ward's Companies of the
Royal Artillery, the two Companies attached to the 32-
pounder field-battery for service in the Crimea, bad that
battery•out yesterday morning for the first time for exer-
cise on Woolwich Common. Twelve horses were at-
tached to each gun and eight horses to each ammunition
waggon. .
Capt. Congden and Lieut. Inglis, two sergeants, three
corporals, one drummer, and 92 privates of the 'Wool-
wich division of Royal Marines, will embark at Wool-
wich Dockyard at 10 a.m. to-day for Sheerness for ser-
vice in the Russell. screw steam-ship.
Messrs. Moses, Soo, and Davis have received from
Government another large contract for India-rubber
cloaks for the troops in the Crimea.

MILITIA.
The first of the militia regiments for foreign service will
embark for Gibraltar and the Piraeus about thelSti inst.
In consequence of its being intended to augment the
strength of the Royal Artillery in the Crimea by several
batteries of field and horse artillery, it is in eontempla-
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tion to reorganise the corps of Royal Artillery drivers,
in order that every available disciplined man, both ix
the horse and foot artillery and Rocket Brigade, may do
duty as gunners only, whereas at present a large num-
ber of efficient artillerymen are taken from the guns for
the purpose of driving.
The regiment of Monmouthshire Light Infantry,
hitherto stationed at the barracks at Newport, have left
for the dockyard at Pembroke in order to do duty at the
fortified barracks there, and to take the place of the 31st
Regiment, which has proceeded to the East. The militia,
with head-quarters, will be upwards of 750 strong. They
will be replaced in the Newport barracks by the let Re-
giment of Devon Militia. The Monmouth corps is in a
high state of efficiency, and will ultimately be one of the
regiments for the Mediterranean station. They have
given 300 men to the line.
The Royal Wiltshire Militia, Lieutenant-Colonel Lord
Methuen commanding, now at Portsmouth, received, on
the 6th, the order from the Horse Guards to hold them-
selves in readiness for embarkation for Corfu, as soon e
tonnage can be provided. The men have undergone a
strict medical examination by the surgeon .of the regi-
ment, and the total strength embarking will be 660. The
vessel is n,,t, yet named fur the conveyance of the regi-
ment, nor the date of embarkation, but it will probably
take place at the end of the month.
The Aberdeenshire Militia are t) be embodied on the
20th inst.
The following gentlemen have been promoted and ap-
pointed in the Renfrew Militia.:—Mr. W. F. Hamilton
to be Captain, Mr. A. S. G. Jauncey to be Captain,
Lieutenant F. R. Reid to be Captain, Mr. D. M. La-
tham to be Lieutenant, Mr. C. W. Motherwell to he
Lieutenant, Mr. J. Simons to be Lieutenant, Mr. R.
W. Barber to be Lieutenant, and Mr. R. W. Young to
be Ensign.
Lieutenant J. Broughton has been promoted to a Cap-
taincy in the 2d Regiment of Staffordshire Militia, vice
Lane, appointed to the Coldstream Guards ; and Second
Lieutenant F. Vere to be Lieutenant, vice Broughton,
promoted as above.
The North Durham Regiment, which is commanded
by Earl Vane, having received notice that they would
be embodied for permanent duty, mustered on Thursday
last in the city of Durham, their head-quarters. The
weather was most inclement and the notice somewhat
short ; however, about 150 appeared wean the roll was
called, and since then they have increased to 220. Earl
Vane has not yet assumed the command. Meantime the
men are drilled under the Captain and Adjutant. The
full quota of the regiment is 500.
The 3d Royal Middlesex Light Infantry Militia asserc•
bled yesterday at Turnhara.green for permanent duty.
The following officers were present :—Colonel Viscount
Chelsea, Lieutenant-Colonel Glossop, Major Penton,
Captains Ralfs, Cork, Piper, Murray, Baynes, Wood-
head, Burgess, and Parsons ; Lieutenants Italie, M'Ewen,
Swan, Hough, Gifford, Dundee, and Chapman ; En-
signs M'Ewen, Bulkelly, and Walker, Captain and Ad-
jataat M'Ewen, Sargeen M'Caun, and Assistant-Sur-
geen Hurman.
The permanent' staff of this regiment are old non-corn-
missionel officers from the Guards and line. The regi-
ment mustered at the first parade 410 strong, with every
probability of soon reaching their full cemplement, al-
though they have given a great number of volunteers to
the regiments of the regular army.
The Government have directed the immediate embo-
diment and organisation of a new corps of militia for
the county of Glamorgan, and, in consequence, active
exertions are being made for the immediate formation if
the force, which is to be an artillery regiment, and to be
styled the " Royal Glamorgan Artillery Militia." The
enlistment will be immediately carried cut. This new
body will be entirely distinct from the regular county
militia, which is a light infantry regiment, sod the
authorities have ordered the enrolment of this artillery
corps with a special view to the protection and defence of
some of the more exposed points and harbours along the
South Wales coast of the Bristol Channel ; indeed, the
whole line of coast at present is nearly defenceless, and
an efficient artillery corps is much needed. The strength
of this new regiment will be 400, and the headquarters
at Swansea, those of the county being at Cardiff. Capt.
Morgan, of St. Helen's, is to be the Lieut.-Colonel. The
exposed ports and harbours on the coast will be imme-
diately fortified and otherwise strengthened.
On Monday 50 Commissariat drivers arrived in Cork
from Dublin for the Crimea. They proceeded to Eliza-
beth Fort, where they will remain until the arrival of
the transport Severn, which was expected hourly.

RAILWAY INTELLIGENCE.

METROPOLITAN.

We stated a few days since that the termination of this
railway at the Central Post Office in St. Martin's-le-
Grand will prove highly beneficial to the Manchester
trade, inasmuch as it will enable the manufacturers to
send their goods almost into the midst of the City ware-
housemen. We now find that one of the most eminent
of the Manchester warehousemen, Mr. Sampson Cope-
stake, of Cheapside, has, seeing the importance of the
line to the trade, taken a considerable money interest in
the concern, and called upon the whole of the trade to
support it. We take the following extracts from the
circular which Mr. Copestaku has issued :
" It seemed to me that a line to connect the City with
the great railways leading to Manchester and the manu-
facturing din-bias in the north would afford the facilities
which the City of London ought to possess, and was de-
serving of every encouragement, and might, moreover, be
made conducive to the interests of the wholesale trade
which wo are more hninediately connected ; in that belief
I took 500 shares, and in that beHef I venture to bring it
before your notice.
- The undertaking appears now to be placed in bands
and upon a footing which afiOrd every reasonable hssurance
that it will prove a profitable investment, and be efficiently
and independently carried out, and bo made fairly av«ilable
for the common interests of the different railways with
which it will be in communication."

INTR. MA CG REG on, 1N1.P.--Wc (C.llasgaig Mail) have
seen a note from this gentleman to a friend, in which he
says that he has ja,t returned from Paris, where he
has been for some time past in the discharge of public
business, with reference to a more free system of com-
merce between Great Britain and France. The hon.
gentleman was detained in Paris for ten days beyond his
intended period, in consequence of a slight indisposition,