The Sun.
London, England, 1862-10-18 00:00:00

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A circular memorandum, signed by Major-Gel.- -4-(ip3scr774 Affi
Sir J. Y. Scarlett, K.C.8., Adjutant-General, hag(...1,.,
been received at Chatham garrison from the Horse
Guards, announcing that his Royal Highness the a s
Duke of Cambridge has made arrangements to pro-
vide a regular supply of diagrams and magic lan-
tern slides to illustrate lectures which may be given.
to the troops at the several military stations in the
United Kingdom during the ensuing winter. He
desires the co-operation of commanding officers in
carrying
out the regulations for the circulation of.
the articles so provided with that regularity upon
which the success of the measure will mainly de-
pend. No box nor set of diagrams is to be kept at
any station longer than three weeks, at the end oe
which time it is to be forwarded to the station IleXt
itz order. The following are the stations to which
the s; is of slides for magic lanterns and-the diagrams
for lectures are to be sent, order ir. which
they are to eirenlatt:—Aiden4Litt, .s'4kneliffe,
Dover, Walt
Waer, Canter hu6., (Math inn„
Woolwich, Shoe'ouryness, Warley,
Norwich, Royal Military. Hospital, Grcat Yar-
mouth, Wellington Barracks, HounsloW; of indoor,
Royal Military Asylum, Winchester, Chichester,
Portsmouth, Parkhurst, Devonport, Pembroke,
Cork, Ballincollig, Fermoy, Battevant, Limerick,
Templemore, Parsonstown, Curragh, Athlone,
Dublin, Royal Hibernian Schools, Belfast, Stirling,
Aberdeen, Edinburgh, York, Preston, Manchester,
and Sheffield. His Royal Highness impresses on
lecturers the following points :-1. Lectures should
not exceed one hour in delivery. 2. They should
be made as interesting as possible, statistical at-td
dry details being omitted, unless the lecturer con-
siders it absolutely necessary that such should be
mentioned; for the sake of illustration or comparison.
3. Ail explanations should be in clear and simple
language, and where technical and scientific terms
are necessary they should be explained and ren-
dered as intelligible as possible, having reference to
thi, class the lecturer is addressing. 4. No slide
.I.ll..s'allowed to remain in the lantern more
than 10 minutes. An account of the lectures de-
livered is to be transmitted to the Adjt.-Gen. to
the Forces in the month of April next.
The 26th (Capt. G. Smith's) company of Royal
Engineers has received orders to proceed from
head-quarters, Chatham, to Aldershott, to relieve
the 24th company, which is under orders to move
from the camp to Portsmouth. Both companies
have been raised to their full complement.

The light infantry divisions of the Royal Marines
being considerably in excess of their proper esta-
blishment, it is intended to augment the Royal
Marine Artillery from the Light Infantry com-
panies. In accordance with directions to that effect
received from the Admiralty, volunteering for the
Marine Artillery has been opened at the head-
quarters of the Chatham division, the shore strength
of which is now upwards of 1,200 men of all ranks.
A limited number only of volunteers are required,
and as it is necessary that they should possess a
fair amount of intelligence, no man will be accepted
who is not able to read and write with facility; in
addition to which each is required to give proof
that he possesses a tolerable knowledge of arithmetic.
Volunteers must also possess a good character, be at
least 5 feet 8 inches in height, and not under 34
inches in circumference round the chest.
Serg. George Cole, pay sergeant 9th company
Royal Engineers, was yesterday presented with a
silver tea service on his leaving the 9th company
R.E.

7HE BOMBAY AND MAURITIUS MAILS.

The Peninsular and Oriental Company's steam-
ship Delta, Captain J. Weeks, bringing the heavy
portion of these mails, in charge of Mr. A. Douglas,
of the General Post-office, arrived at Southampton
at 2.30 p.m. yesterday. She left Alexandria on, the
sth inst., Malta on the Bth, and Gibraltar on the
12th. The first part of the voyage the Delta had
fine weather and light breezes, a heavy north-wes-
terly swell across the Bay of Biscay, and a heavy
south-westerly gale in the Channel.
The Delta brought 32 passengers (19 first class
and 13 second) including Sir H. and Lady Johnston
and family, Major Hogge, and Ensign Hitchcock,
from Mauritius ; Captain Thomas, Lieut. Lewis,
Captain Callen, and Ensign Coussemaker_ from
Bombay, &c. Her cargo comprised £1,456 in specie,
3,909 bales of silk, and 136 packages of general
merchandise.

The French war steamer Perdrix, the Viceroy's
yacht Faid Gehaad, and the usual Egyptian fleet
were at Alexandria. _ _

Her Majesty's ships Hibernia, Icarus, Alacrity,
and the Boxer were at Malta, and the Malacca, Pro-
cris, and Redpole, at Gibraltar. The Royal yacht
Osborne, Master Commander George K. Bowyer,
arrived from Portsmouth at 10 a.m., on the 10th,
on her way to the Mediterranean, to be at the ser-
vice of the Crown Prince and Princess of Prussia
and suite during the forthcoming sojourn of their
Royal Highnesses in the Mediterranean. The Os-
borne proceeded at 5.30 p.m. the same day.
Lord Londesborough's yacht Albertine left Gib-
raltar on the 12th inst., at 6 p.m., for the eastward.
Advices received at Gibraltar from the Barbary
ports report that European trade with the coast is
likely to be greatly diminished in consequence of a
decree of the Emperor prohibiting the exportation
of wool and cereals from and after the 10th inst.
At Mogador the British Vice-Consul assembled her
Majesty's subjects on the Ist inst., and officially
acquainted them with the decree. Some advices
mention the probability that the decree would
not be rigorously enforced to the day, but that a
reasonable time would be allowed for the embarka-
tion of the stocks accumulated at the ports, which
were purchased on the faith of the export trade
being open.
Letters from Tangier announce the return to his
post of Senor Merry, the Spanish Charge d'Affaires.
M. Beclard, French Charge d'Affaires in Wallachia,
is said to have bean appointed Minister Resident at
the Court of Morocco. Hadj Dris, one of the Sul-
tan's Secretaries, and late Envoy to the Tuileries,
will, it is said, proceed on a mission to Spain, to
compliment the Queen on her visit to Andalusia.
Latest quotations of exchange at Gibraltar were
as follows :—London, 90 days' date, 507 to SOD
Paris, do., sf. 27e. ; Marseilles, do., sf. 28c.; Genoa,
sf. 28c. ; Madrid, 8 days' sight, par ; Cadiz, do.,
die. ; Seville, do., -} dis. ; Malaga, do., par ; Barce-
lona, do., 4 pm. ; Almeria, do., dis. ; Valencia, do.,
par ; Alicant, do., it die. Premium on Mexican
dollars, 2 per cent.; do. Carolus pillared dollars, G
do. sf. pieces, per cent.
pe,rrhceent. ;
master and crew (four in number) of the late
British schooner Fairy Queen, J. Carver, arrived at

Gibraltar on the 9th inst. The schooner was bound

from Lowestoft to Marseilles, with railway iron, and
was abandoned at 1.30 a.m. on the 4th inst., off
Cape Finisterre, in a sinking state. The boat with
the crew was picked up.by the ship City of Nankin,
of and from Glasgow, bound to Calcutta, and at 8
a.m. the same day they were transhipped to the
schooner Theodosis, of Brixham, from Swansea to
Valencia, with coals, which vessel took them to the
entrance of Gibraltar Bay, and then proceeded on
her voyage.
The barque Boneta, from Liverpool, 10 days out,
bound to Pernambuco, was spoken on Sept. 28, in
lat. 39.39 N., long. 9.49 W., by the schooner Sophia
Margaret, arrived at Gibraltar.
The following British merchant steamers had ar-
rived at Gibraltar—Oct. 5, the Bceotia, Captain J.
Byrne, seven days from Liverpool, for Genoa. 9th,
the Pera, Capt. T. Jamieson, 111 days from South-
ampton, and proceeded up the Mediterranean ; the
Peninsula, Capt. J. Harris, seven days from Lon-
don ; the Juno, Capt. B. Beaumont, seven days from
Newcastle, for Alexandria. 10th, the Sidney Hall,
Capt. J. Warne, seven days from London and two
from Lisbon, for Mazagan ; and the Maaander,
Capt. G. Middleton, 51 days from Liverpool, for
Genoa.

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A new church is about to be erected on the
Boulevard Prince Eugene, on the place where stood the
ancient church of St. Ambroise, built in 1659. A handsome
presbytery is to be erected close to the church. The prin.
cipal facade of the new monument will front the Boulevard
Prince Eugene. A space will be reserved round the church
46 yards broad and 36 yards deep, so that an easy access
to
it will be soured.