The Sun.
London, England, 1864-05-17 00:00:00

THE SUI, LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING, MAY 17, 1864.

THE NAVY.

By order of his Royal Mgt:mess the General-Command-
ing-in-Chief, Cul. Guy, commandant of camp at Colches-
ter, commenced on Thursday the official half-yearly inspec-
tion of the troops at that camp. The Colonel first reviewed
the 4th Depot Battalion, and examined their kits, huts. &c.
On Saturday the inspection of the 9th and 10th Depot Bat-
talion commenced, and will be continued this week. On
Thursday and Friday Major-Gen. Hay, Inspector-General
of Musketry, accompanied by Capt. M'Kay, deputy-assis-
tant-adjutant-general of the School of Musketry, paid an
official visit to the camp for the purpose of inspecting the
company musketry returns and registers, and examining
the troops in musketry instruction. The inspection ex-
tended, of course, to each of the three depot battalions at
the camp.
In accordance with instructions received from the War-
office, recommending the employment of soldiers in culti-
vating gardens in which vegetables may be grown for their
own consumption, the military authorities at Colchester
have granted a piece of land, 9 acres in extent, to the three
depot battalions at the camp, each battalion taking three
acres, The land selected is situated near the new infant
school at Monkwich, and is to to fenced and cultivated at
the solo expense of the troops under certain conditions ex-
pressed in the War-office letter.
The Aijutant General, Sir J. Yorke Searlett, has ad-
dressed by command a circular memorandum addressed to
the army at hems and abroad, wherein the Field• Marshal
Commanding-in-Chief desires that officers commanding re-
giments and depots will transmit punctually on the Ist of
January, the Ist of April, the Ist of July, and the Ist of
October of es,h year a:return of men whose limited services
has expired during the quarter ending on the preceding
day,—viz., the 31st of December, the 31st of March, the
36th of June, and the 30th of September respectively, show-
ing how they have been disposed of. Officers commanding
depot battalions are requested to supervise the return from
each depot before transmission to insure its cot rectness.
The examination of candidates for admissiou to the Royal
Military Academy, Woolwich, before Major-Gen. Hamil-
ton, C. 8., the vico•president, and other members of the
Council of Military Education, will commence on the 4th
proximo, at the Royal Hospital, Chelsea. The days allotted
to the different subjects of extudnation will terminate on
Wednesday, June 20.
The next examination of candidates for admission to the
Royal Military College, Sandhurst, will be held at the
Royal Hospital, Chelsea, before the vice-president and
members of the Council of Military Education, on the 16th
of next month, and will occupy six days, ending Wednes-
day, the 22d.

Inspection of the Third City of London
Volunteers.

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The annual inspection of this regiment by Col. Morris;
C. 8., Assistant-Inspector of Volunteers, took place yester-
day residence of Mr. Donald
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they were accompanied the occasion appeared to afford un-
mixed gratification. Scarlet in line always presents an im-
posing aspect, and from the outset of the movement " the
Working Men's Corps" adopted the colour understood to be
viewed with most favour by the military authorities. Ori-
ginally their caps and tunics, it is true, were suggestive
rather of Garibaldian than British uniform, but latterly they
have chosen an exceedingly neat shako and closely fitting
tunic,
and when assembled in any numbers their bearing
closely resembles that of a smart and well set-up regiment
of the line. Their movements yesterday were of the cha-
racter usual on such occasions, and were performed with
great steadiness and solidity, rather than with any attempt
at dash or display. The opening volleys were scarcely as
connected as might have been desired, but towards the close
of the proceedings a marked improvement was visible. At
the termination of the movements Colonel Morris, whose
habit it is never to praise unleia the men passing before
him have thoroughly entitled themselves to commendation
at his hands,
to express his satisfaction both with the numbers in
said he was glad to have it in his power
which they had attended and the manner in which they
had gone through their evolutions. He was well aware
that 99 out of every 100 men in the ranks forfeited a day's
earnings in order to be present; but it must be some
compensation to them to know that by this substantial
sacrifice they were not only promoting the interests of their
corps, but in a material degree rendering service to their
country as well. Colonel Morris pointed out a few details
in which the men themselves would acknowledge that atten-
tion to drill was calculated still further to promote
their efficiency, and intimated his intention of report.
ing in favourable terms to the War office. In the
to the regiment, were
entertained at dinner by
evening those members of the corps who had attended the
inspection, and the cadets belonging
Major Richards and the other
officers of the regiment, at the new hotel, situate in the Vale
of Health, Hampstead, heath. For purposes of this kind the
hotel is charmingly situated, and will no doubt become a
favourite place of resort. In one point of view it was, per-
haps unfortunate that, owing to considerations of space, the
officers and men should have been separated; but no un-
pleasant feeling could have arisen on this score, as the men
themselves were distributed in different departments. More-
over, the liberality of the officers provided not only a sub-
stantial repast, but one chosen in very good taste for the
men, and which seemed to command their entire approval!
The officers, of course, remained to see that the wants of
their subordinates were duly supplied before sitting down to
their own dinner, and, as a necessary consequence, the latter
was thrown back to a late hour. The only accident occur-
ring to mar the proceedings of the day was one which befell
Private Lodge. Having loaded his rifle, he incautiously
placed his left hand on the muzzle and brought the butt
smartly to the ground. The hammer falling with the shock,
the middle finger of the unfortunate man's left hand war
so shattered that ampuiatiop had to be resorted to. This was
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to the nearest cab, in which he was duly forwarded to his
1 spot by Mr Nicholay, the Quartermaster of the regiment.

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