The Sun.
London, England, 1865-09-02 00:00:00

Naval and Military Intelligence.

A circular memorandum relative to the spread of
cholera among her Majesty's troops has been issued
for general information by command of his Royal
Highness the Field-Marshal Commander-in-Chief,
and other officers commanding at stations at home
and abroad. The following are extracts from the
official circular which has been received at Chatham
garrison :

" His Royal Highness the Field Marshal Commanding-
in-Chief desires to draw the attention of general officers in
command of districts, and commanding officers of corps in
general, to the necessity of examining into the sanitary
state of all barracks and cantonments occupied by troops.
A permanent sanitary committee should be appointed at all
camps and garrisons, consisting of a field officer, or captain
when no field officer is present, an officer of the Royal
Engineer department, if available, or an officer, of the bar-
rack department, and a medical officer,whose duty it should
be to visit periodically all barracks or cantonments at the
station, and satisfy themselves than the barracks are not
occupied to a greater extent than authorised ; that the bar-
racks are clean, and that all the ordars on the subject of
ventilation are carried out ; that the drains, cesspool; &c.,
are in good order, and that no accumulation of filth is
allowed in the barracks or cantonment; and place them
selves in communication with the civil authorities and local
boards of Health,in order that any nuisance that may exist
tending in any manner to prejudice the health of the troops
may be removed. His Royal Highness trusts that the cordial
co-operation of the civil and military authorities in this im-
portant matter may benefit the population of the towns
where troops are quartered. The sanitary committees will
make reports to the general officers commanding the dis-
tricts in which they may be serving upon any subject that
may require their immediate attention. A journal of the
proceedings of each committee will also be kept, which is
to be forwarded monthly for the perusal of the general
officers in command, who will in like manner report to the
Quartermaster-General, for the information of the Field
Marshal Commanding-in-Chief, any circumstances requir-
ing his Royal Highness's immediate attention, and make a
monthly report of the general proceeding of the various
committees under their orders."

The order is signed by Lieut.-General Sir R. Airey,
K.C.8., Quartermaster-General.

The Ist battalion Coldstream Guards, consisting
of 14 officers, 582 non-commissioned' officers and
men, 62 women, 77 children, and four horses, com-
manded by Lieut.-Col. Conolly, left the Foot Bar-
racks, Sheet-street, Windsor, shortly befor nine
o'clock yesterday morning, en route for the metro-
polis. The troops marched to the Windsor station
of the London and South-Western Railway, where
a special train of upwards of 20 carriages had been
prepared for their conveyance to London. The spe-
cial, in charge of Mr. Hill, the divisional superin-
tendent of the line, left Windsor at 9.18 a.m., and
arrived at the -Victoria Station, Pimlico, at 10.40,
whence the battalion marched to the new Chelsea
barracks. The battalion was relieved at Windsor
by the 2d battalion Grenadier Guards, which, under
the command of Col. Cure, left Aldershot camp at
an early hour yesterday morning, and marched by
way of Bagshot to Windsor, where they took up
the quarters vacated by the Ist battalion Coldstream
Guards.

The chartered troopship Beaumaris Castle, which
has been taken up by the Honourable Council of
India for the conveyance of reinforcements of
cavalry and infantry troops to India, embarked the
following detachments from Government-quay,
Gravesend, yesterday, for conveyance to Kurrachee
—viz., 34 non-commissioned officers and men, 5
women, and 9 children of the 101st Royal Bengal
Fusiliers, from Walmer ; 1 man and 1 woman
of the 21st Hussars, from the cavalry depot, Can-
terbury ; 153 non-commissioned officers and men,
10 women, and 11 children of the 90th (Light In-
fantry) Regiment, from Preston ; 2 men, 2 women,
and 6 children .of the 3d battalion Rifle Brigade,
and 1 man of the 51st King's Own Light Infantry,
from Winchester ; 80 non-commissioned officers
and men, 2 women, and 3 children, of the 42d
Royal Highlanders, and 51 men of all ranks, 8
women, and 12 children of the 79th and 2 children
of the 93d Highlanders, from Stirling Castle ; and
26 men, 10 women, and 13 children of the 95th
Regiment from Fermoy. The embarkation of the
troops WAS effected under the superintendence of
the officials of the staff from Chatham garrison,
and the Beaumaris Castle will take her departure
from the Thames to-day.
Advices have been received from St. Vincent,
Cape de Verde, of the arrival, on the 9th of Aug.,
of the screw steamer Melbourne, Hugh Wauld,
commander, to coal on her way to Bombay. This
steamer left Dublin with the left wing of the 49th
Regiment, under command of Major Fitzgerald.
The vessel had made a good passage of 12 days,
and all were well on board. There was every pro-
spect of the steamer making a fine run out.

On the 28th inst. a return rifle match came off at
Barton, Moss, near Manchester, between three
officers and nine sergeants, 64th Foot, and one
officer and 11 sergeants of the permanent staff sth
West York Militia ; distances, 200, 400, and 500
yards, 5 shots at each ; Hythe position and targets.
The Militia won by seven points, the sth West
York having scored a total of 418, and the 64th
Regiment a total of 411. On the following day a
cricket match between the same corps, which was
agreed to be decided in one innings, should time
not admit of two, was played on the Broughton
ground, kindly lent for the purpose by the members
of that dab to the officers of the 64th Regiment.
The line were again unfortunate, " the old con-
stitutional force" (the Militia) making a score of
103, making their opponents' 74, thus winning by
29. Nothing could exceed the kindly reception
of the sth West York by the 64th, and the hospit-
able manner in which they entertained them during
their stay at Manchester.

The screw steam-sloop Icarus, 11, 580 tons, 150-
horse power, attached to the third-class steam reserve
in the Medway, is being brought forward for com-
mission in the steam basin at Sheerness. This vessel
has been in the shipwrights' hands for several months
past, during which she has been almost rebuilt. She
has had a topgallant forecastle constructed, in ad-
dition to which her upper deck will be strengthened
by means of additional knees and standards, in order
to enable her to carry the heavy G -ton guns she is
intended to mount.

It was yesterday stated at Woolwich that instruc-
tions have been received in the garrison from the
War Department, announcing the intention of the
Government to limit the term of office of the various
officers superintending the manufacturing branches
of the arsenal to a period of five years, and not to
have it indefinite, as formerly. These regulations
will be put into effect, commencing on the Ist of
July next. Col. Clerk, R.A., superintendent of the
carriage department, will then be superseded by
Col. Shaw, the present assistant and acting super-
intendent, by whose energy and zeal the system of
wooden carriages has been abolished in favour of
wrought-iron for battery guns. Col. Shaw likewise
introduced the method, now under consideration, of
removing the trunnions so as to enable the gunners
to carry out the defences of a garrison from the
battlements without the necessity of having exposed
portholes. Col. Boxer, now superintendent of the
Laboratory, will retain his post for a renewed term
of five years. The superintendents of the Royal
Gun Factories and the other branches have been
recently appointed, and will not be affected by the
new regulations for the present.
A large number of Capt. Rodgers's patent in-
dented small palmed anchors, intended for the ships
of the squadron, have been received:at Woolwich
within the past few days from the manufacturers at
the North Field Ironworks at Rotherham, in York-
shire. The average weight of the anchors is 70cwt.
each. Thirteen of the number have been proved
under hydraulic pressure, according to Captain
Rodgers' desire, at 50 per cent. above the Admiralty
test—namely, up to a tensile strain of 80 tons.
After undergoing the severe trial, to which no other
manufacturer or inventor has hitherto consented, it
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nent deflection. This was pronounced to be a most
triumphant success for the gallant captain, who has
for so many years made the study of anchors the
chief object of his life. The manufacturers have
likewise their share of credit, as in each of the va-
rious tests not the slightest flaw has been disco-
vered. Four of these anchors are to be supplied to
the Pallas, two as bower anchors and two as sheet
anchors, and:the remainder to the Bellerophon, the
Lord Warden, and the Lord Clyde.
The deaths of the following officers hare been