The Sun.
London, England, 1863-09-17 00:00:00

THE ARMY.

On Friday, the 25th inst., the 21 battalion of
Coldstream Guards, now stationed at the Sheet-
street Barracks for garrison duty it Windsor, will
leave for the new barracks, Pimlico. This battalion
will be relieved by the 3d battalion of Grenadiers,
from St. George's Barracks, Charing-cross. The
change of the troops being earlier than usual is in
consequence of the lease of the Portman-street Bar-
racks having expired, and the building being about
to be pulled down.
The undermentioned draughts are ordered to be
held in readiness to embark for New Zealand, to
complete the strength of the service companies of
their respective corps—viz., 2 officers and 119 men
of all ranks, 70th Foot, 27 men of the Royal Horse
Artillery, and 15 men of the Royal Engineers, with
one Medical Staff surgeon. They are to embark at
Gravesend. The following draughts embark at
Cork :-1 officer and 144 men of all ranks, 21 bat-
talion 18th Foot, from Buttivant ; 2 officers and 30
rank and file, 40th Regiment; 5 officers and 36 all
rauks, 65th Foot, from Bin ; and 2 officers and 41
men, 57th, from the 20th depot battalion at Cork—
making a total of 13 officers and 412 non-commis-
sioned officers and privates.

Lieut. C. S. Beauchamp, with Lieut. G. W. Gif-
ford and three other officers of the Royal Engineers,
arrived at Gravesend yesterday in charge of 75 non-
commissioned officers and privates, to go through
the annual course of ball firing at the rifle ranges
below Gravesend, under the instructor of musketry,
Capt. C. R. Lempriere, Royal Engineers.
During the present week the whole of the officers
and men belonging to the first division Depot Bri-
gade Royal Artillery (Lieut,-Col. R. Talbot com-
manding) have undergone their usual half-yearly
inspection at headquarters,. Sheerness, by Col. W.
R. Nathan], 8.A., commanding the garrison at that
place and staff. At the conclusion of the inspection
the troops received the warmest praise of the gal-
lant colonel for their martial appearance and gene-
ral efficient state.

Preparations are now being made by the contrac-
tors for commencing the construction of the large
semi-circular casemated fort at the entrance of the
Medway, which is intended to guard the passage
to Chatham harbour, the foundations having been
completed some time since and a sufficient period
allowed to elapse to allow for their consolidation.
The position of the fort will enable it to effectually
ships attempting to ap-
bar the passage of any
proach either Sheerness or Chatham dockyards.
It is intended, on the completion of this and
the other forts which command the approaches
to the Medway, to arm them with the most
powerful description of guns, throwing the heaviest
projectiles, recent events at Charleston proving
that forts are only superior to ships in exact pro-
portion to the description of armament used. The
position which the work occupies in relation to the
adjacent defences which command the main chan-
nel of approach will enable its armament to be
worked with decisive effect against shipping at a
comparatively short range, white its formation will
allow of a concentration of fire at any given point.
The passage of the rivers Thames and Medway will
also be guarded by the extensive fortifications, now
rapidly approaching completion, erected on the Isle
of Grain, the guns mounted upon which will have
entire control of the mid-channels of both streams.
Both sides of the estuary of the Medway will, on
the completion of the works now in progress, possess
a line of powerful batteries.

A BODY FOUND IN A GLACIER.—The body of a
man, a native of Pasay, near Chamounix, who had
been missing for the last 19 years, has just been discovered
in the crevice of a glacier de 13ruet, near Mont Blanc. He
left his home on 14th Sept., Sept. 1844, on a pilgrimage to
the Great St. Bernard, and had not been since heard of
until a few days back, when a pedestrian, exploring the
glacier, came upon the body, which wra in a perfect state
of preservation. After being identified, the body was
strapped to a plank, and conveyed on the back of a commis-
sionaire over the mountains to Passy, where he was buried
—after "laying in state" for 24 hours,—Gat'gnani.