The Sun.
London, England, 1862-04-07 00:00:00

THE ARMY.

His Royal Highness the General Commanding-
n•Chief will hold a levee at one o'clock on Friday,
the 11th inst.

Instructions were on Saturday received at the
Royal Marine Division at Woolwich, directing the
following detachment of the Light Infantry to be
held in readiness, to form a portion of the corps
aboutto
Lpiireoueeteendatnots Grady and Rokeby, two ser-
geants, Isle of Ascension, namely :
-First
geants,two corporals, one drummer, and 36 privates.
It was announced on Saturday in the departments
Of Woolwich Arsenal, that the Secretary of State
for War had been induced to modify the order for-
warded on that dly Week, annulling the per-
mission to exhibit the various works of art and in-
genuity manufactured in the departments. The great
majority of the articles Will, therefore, continue
the unfinished see-
to be forwarded, excluding only

tions of the Armstrong guns, the boring and rifling
instruments, and other inventions, which it is
deemed impolitic to expose to the scientific inspec-
tion of foreign visitors. A selection of 18 guts and
other articles were consequently despatched on Sa-
turday for the Exhibition, and the remainder aro
ordered to follow without delay.
The East India screw steam troop ship, Hy-
daspes, 2,240 tons, 300 horse power, Captain
G. H. Foster, with cavalry and infantry troops
from various British and Indian regiments, arrived
at Gravesend from Calcutta, on Friday night, and
at Government-quay
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officers of the staff
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at Chatham. The HydasPes sailed from Calcutta
on the 4th of December last,
called at Madras on
the 14th of December, and sailed thence on the 21st
reached on .the 24th February. The troops em- 1
of the same month. The Only place touched at
during the voyage was Ascension, which was

barked at Calcutta and Madras numbered 90 men
of all ranks, with five women and two children, be-
, longing to the Ist Dragoon Guards, Royal Artil-
lery, 6th Regiment, 43d Light Infantry, 59th, 60th
Rifles, 68th Light Infantry, 69th, 74th Highlanders,
75th, 76th, 3d I3attalion Rifle Brigade, Madras
Artillery, and Madras Native Infantry Regiments,
the whole under the command of Capt. liym, 75th
Regiment, and Lieut. Farrar,
,Lehr Madras Native
Infantry, and in medical charge of Dr, Whylough,
75th Regiment. The mortality on board wag
very high, 10 deaths having occurred during
the voyage, including ',lent. Archdale, Madras
Native Infantry, Mr. Ladlan, of the Indian
Civil Service, Quartermaster-Sergeant Harrison
and one man of the Royal Artillery, Sergeant
Maphen and one man of the 75th, and one man of
the 60th Rifles. The voyage was protracted to 120
days by calms and contrary winds. The Hydaspes
brought home the following officers as passengers :
—Capt. Gordon, Madras Native Infantry ; Lieut.
Campbell, Royal Artillery; Lieut. Mears, 36th
Madras Native Infantry ; and Cornet Browne, Ist
Dragoon Guards.
In order to ascertain the state of education among
the non-commissioned officers and men of the army,
a code of regulations has been issued from the
Horse Guards, directing periodical examinations to
be made of the troops attached to the various
stations. In accordance with these orders, the first
of the examinations of the whole of the troops nom-
prosin,g the three battalions of infantry at Chatham
has just been madeat that garrison, under the direc-
tion of officers appointed to superintend the same.
It terminated on Saturday. The result so far as can
be at present ascertained, is rather more favourable
than was anticipated, the returns showing that out
of the large body of troops quartered at Chatham,
who, it is but reasonable to infer, may be taken as
an average specimen of the rest of the army, about
fifty per cent., or nearly one-half, possesses what
may be considered a good knowledge of reading,
writing, and the firm few rules of arithmetic. These
examinations will take place every six months, and
a tabular statement of the result will be forwarded
to the Horse Guards.

By direction of the Lords of the Admiralty, and
with the sanction of the Duke of Cambridge, Lieut.
L; Rokeby, of the Chatham division of the Royal
Mhrines Light Infantry, has undergone a complete
course of instruction in fortification, engineering,
and the scientific branches connected with that de-
partment of service, at the Royal Engineer esta-
blishment, Brompton, in order to qualify himself
for proceeding to the Island of Ascension, where ho
will be stationed for several years for the purpose
of conducting a series of scientific observations on
the part of the Government. Lieut. Rokeby pro-
coeds to Ascension on the sth proximo, and takes
out a valuable collection of scientific instruments.