The Sun.
London, England, 1863-01-19 00:00:00

THE ARMY.

During the past week, the weather having been
dry and favourable for the movements of troops, the
division at Aldershot has marched out on different
days under its respective Generals of Brigades. On
Friday the Royal Horse Artillery, commanded by
Col. Gambier, C.B. ; the Cavalry Brigade, under
Brigadier-Gen. Hodge, C. 8.; the First Infantry
Brigade, under Major-Gen. Brook Taylor, C. 8.;
and the Second Infantry Brigade, under the com-
mand of Col. Wodehouse, of the 24;11 Regiment,
Acting Brigadier, took various directions into the
country, returning to camp after a march of about
three hours. On Thursday the Third Infantry Bri-
gade, under the command of Lieut.-Col. Sargent,
C.B. (3d Buffs), performed a similar march.
The 3d West India Regiment expect to leave
Jamaica about the middle of January for Sierra
Leone Gambia.
The
new and
cavalry
barracks erected on the Abbey-
farm,
Colchester,
are making considerable progress,
Messrs. Lucas Brothers having applied themselves
energetically to the execution of their contract. The
qoilivacderras'ng
equartersforming
nagre comprised in an extensive
the letter E. The mess room
is 50ft long by 24ft wide, and 16ft high, The vari-
ous offices will be of a very complete description,
and the ground floor is devoted to officers' servants,
20 rooms being provided for as many men, and
each being IGft Gin m length by 14ft in width. The
officers' sitting rooms will beupon the first floor, each
being 171 t by 14ft, and adjoinin,; are bedrooms loft
by Bft. The field officers and surgeons will be placed
upon the left of the mess room, and the commanding
officers upon the right. The soldiers' quarters, which
consist of four blocks of two -storied buildings on the
northern side of the officers' quarters, will accom-
modate 72 men in each (or 288 in the whole), and
16- Lon-commissioned officers. Each black corn-
prises f. ur barrack rooms, 531 t by 2011, tend lift
high, the space thus secured enabling each man to
have a separate bed. The ventilation has been nlc Et
carefully attended to, and at the end of each room is
a lavatory, consisting of foothaths, latrines, &c. Ise
the centre of each block is a corridor, into which
leading right and left into
four rooms, each to be used
tehheerbeaarrroactkhr=m,s
bp a sergeant, are so arranged as to give him a com-
plete v sui ey, through the small w indow, over the
whole
general apartment of which will have the
control. The walls have been built hollow, so as to.
avoid damp, and the staircases and lauding" are of
r solid titoue, Each block is 134 ft long by 2aft wide.

RoyAL ENGLISH OPERA, CO VENT-
GARDEN.
Under the Management of Miss Louisa Pyne and Mr. W.
Harrison, Sole Lessees.
THIS EVENING, to commence with RUT BLAS : Miss
Louisa Pyne, Miss Susan Pyne, Miss Thir and Madame
Laura Baxter ; Messrs. Santley, Patey, Lyall, AynaleyCooke,
E. Dussek, and W. Harrison.
Conductor—Mr. A. Mellon.
After which, the Grand Comic Christmas Pantomime, en-
titled HARLEQUIN BEAUTY AND THE BEAST.
Doors open at hall-past B—Commence at 7.

TREAT RE-R YA L, DRURY-LANE.-
Lessee and Manager, Mr. Edmund Falconer.
THIS EVENING, the Comio Drama of THE NEXT OF
KIN.
After which, the Grand Pantomime of LITTLE GOODY
TWO SHOES.