The Sun.
London, England, 1862-03-11 00:00:00

THE A.RIIIY.

The chartered East India troopship Isabella,
Capt. Martin, belonging to Messrs. Smith and Co.,
which arrived in the Thames on Saturday from
Madras, with troops belonging to the Indian army
and British regiments, disembarked her detach-
ments at Gravesend yesterday, when the troops
were immediately forwarded to Chatham garrison.

The Isabella sailed from Madras on the sth of Nov.

last. Her passage to Gravesend was protracted to

125 days by the frequent calms met with during the

voyage. The number of troops who embarked at
Madras was 92 of all ranks, belonging to the Ist
(the King's) Dragoon Guards, 43d Light Infantry

60th Rifles, 68th Light Infantry,74th Highlanders,
Madras Horse and Foot Artillery, Ist Madras Fusi-
liers, and 2d Madras Light Infantry. The Isabella
reached the Cape of Good Hope on the 28th of Dec.,
and sailed thence on the 31st ; St. Helena was
sighted on the 10th of January. Three deserters
from the 69th Regiment was brought from the Cape.
The troops were under the command of Capt. A. J.
P. Wadman, Ist Dragoon Guards, and Lieut. F. N.
Woodall, 74th Highlanders, and in medical charge
of Dr. Smith, civil surgeon. Two soldiers and one
sailor died on board during the passage.
The inspection of the Chatham division of Royal
Marine Light Infantry by Major-Gen. A.B. Straus-
ham, which has extended over several days, was
brought to a terminatiotilesterday. In the morning
the Inspector-General had the officers and men of
the battalion marched to the Lines, when the com-

panies were put through a course of battalion drill.
At 2 o'clock the entire division, under the command
of Col. J. H. Gascoigne, C. 8., was again marched
to the Lines for the purpose of being put through
the evolutions of a brigade field day, in order to
enable the Inspector-General to test the efficiency
of officers and men in this respect. The division 3n
this occasion was formed into two battalions, the
right under the command of Col. R. J. 11/I‘Killop,

and the left commanded by Lieut.-Col. W. M
March. Major-General Stransham and staff ar
rived on the Lines shortly after 2 o'clock, when
the two battalions were put through an extended
course of manoeuvres incidental to a brigade field
day, which occupied upwards of two hours. It is
generally believed that the confidential report to
the Admiralty by the Inspector-General of the state
of the division will be very flattering.
The course of experiments with the lime light
night signals, the invention of Captain Bolton,l2th
Regiment, carried out under the immediate direc-
tion of the inventor, assisted by his staff of telegra-
phists, has just been brought to a close at Chatham.
The troops employed by Captain Bolton, although
under instruction for little more than a week, appear
to be thoroughly acquainted with the method of
making the signals, and reading of those forwarded
to them from _the other stations.
A Considerable atdition, it appears by the Army
Estimates, has been made to the cost of the new
cavalry barracks about to be erected at Colchester.
The sum originally voted was £60,000, but in the
Estimates for the present year that amount has been
increased to £BO,OOO, in consequence of an altera-
tion of the plans after the original estimate was
formed. The sum to be appropriated during the
present year is £30,000, and the amount of the con-
tract taken by Messrs. Lucas Brothers is £50,000,
irrespective of the extensive drainage which will be
necessary for the purposes of the camp. Although
an extension of time has been granted for the com-
pletion of the works, it is hardly thought that it
will be required. The contractors expect to com-
mence this week the foundations Tor the block of
officers' quarters. On Fitiday the construction of a
well was commenced for the purpose of securing a
water supply on the ground.
It is proposed to erect an earthen battery, with
brick magazine, shell room, &c., at Shotley-gate,
opposite Harwich, and another earthen battery,
with shell room, brick magazine, concrete sea wall
in front, &e., at N tower, Walton Ferry.
A further sum of £4,000 appears in the Army
Estimates for new barrack accommodation at War-
ley, Essex, The Estimate was £lO,OOO, but £5,000
had been previously granted. The sum to be ap-
propriated in 1862.3 is £3,000, £543 only having
been expended at the end of last year.
An order has been received at Chatham, from the
Horse Guards, directing a return to be prepared of
the names of pen belonging to the battalions of in-
fantry at that garrison under three years' service
whom, from their known bad character, or for other
reasons, it would be advisable to discharge from the
service. The return is to be forwarded, as soon as
prepared, to the Commander-in-Chief.
Lieut. Lay, of the 3d Lancashire Militia, has been
attached to the 9th depot battalion at Colchester for
the purpose of instruction; Brigade-Major Cooch
has resumed his duties at the camp on the expiration
of his leave of absence ; Capt. Rowland and Capt.
Stewart, of the 2d battalion Ist Fusiliers, are about
to be sent, from the service companies of the regi-
ment at Manchester, to the depots at Colchester, to
replace Capt. M'Guire and Capt. Legge, who will
join headquarters.

We hear that Major-General Townshend is'
likely to obtain the colonelcy of the 85th Foot, vacant by
the death of Lieut,-Gen. Sir Henry Somerset.--Army and
Navy Gazette.

THE VOLUNTEER GUARDS.--This corps mus-
tered at Carlton-ride on Wednesday evening to present a
subscription silver cup from them to Colour-Sergeant
Bower, of the Grenadier Guards, who has drilled this corps
since its formation. The members, supported by a
detach-
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appropriate speech, and took the opportunity to remind
the corps that the present order for one drill only in each
week had been issued by Captain Bruce with the desire to
consult their convenience; that it was their duty to attend
in sufficient numbers to perform battalion movements pro-
perly ; and that unless they did so, steadiness of companies
could not be expected. Three cheers were heartily given
to the old soldier for such excellent advice, and the pro-
ceedings terminated. On Saturday the corps marched out
with the Ist Middlesex Artillery, and proceeded to the
Regent's-park, thence down the St. John's-wood-road to
Kilburn, returning by th Edgware-road and Oxfcrd-
street to head-quarters, At Maida-hill they were joined by
the son of Sergeant liaise, of the six-foot company, a fine
boy, not five years of age, in undress uniform, and who is,
Tv() may suppose, the youngest cadet in the kingdom. The
muster of both corps was unusually good, and the band of
the Artillery attracted a large number of persons en route.
TUF ROAD APPROACHES TO THE INTERNA-
TIONAL EXHlBlTlON..—yesterday Messrs. Mowlem, Burt,
and Freeman, of Grosvenor-wharf, Westminster, set to
work a large body of men employed by them to reconstruct
the road approaches to the Exhibition building, the firm
having arranged with the commissioners to have the whole
completed by the Ist of May. The surface to be covered
is about 50,000 square yards <super.), and it will take from
12,000 to 14,000 tons of material to make the roads good,
the whole of which will have to be carted, spread, rolled,
and consolidated by the date fixed for the opqin of the