The Sun.
London, England, 1862-05-14 00:00:00

21IE ARMY.

To-day the Ist division of the 26th Regiment
(Cameronians) are to leave Edinburgh for Alder-
shott, embarking by steamer for London, and the
rest of the regiment will follow in a few days. They
are to be replaced by the 2d battalion of the 25th
(King's Own Borderers) from Aldershott. Simul-
taneously the 29th at Aldershott are to exchange
with the 76th at Glasgow.
The 17th company of Royal Engineers will com-
plete its rifle training in the course of the present
week, after which it will be raised to its proper
strength preparatory to proceeding from Chatham
to the Curragh Camp, to take the place of one of the
companies despatched to Canada. Nearly the whole
of the Royal and Indian Engineers at head-quarters,
Brompton-barracks, have completed their field-work
instruction, with the exception of escalading, which
they are to practise, in conjunction with the troops
of the line quartered at Chatham garrison, on stated
cccasions during the summer. The first operations
of the kind for the season took place on Monday
last. The Sappers and Miners engaged on the
field-works have nearly completed the formation of
the double sap in front of St. Mary's Casemate
barracks, after which the whole of the present works
will be completely demolished, and the ground pre-
pared for a more extended series of works, which
is to be executed by the officers and men during the
summer months.

Thec'iarteredtroopshipMiddlesex,l'l9Otn
arrived in the Thames, from Calcutta, on Mondayos
Captain Cammell, belonging to Messrs. Marshall,
evening, disembarked her troops at Government-
quay, Gravesend, yesterday, when the time-expired
men and invalids were immediately forwarded to
Chatham garrison. The Royal Artillery troops
were forwarded, on landing, to Woolwich, and the
men sent home from the Indian regiments will be
discharged in London. On arriving at Chatham,
ten of the invalids were admitted into Fort Pitt
Hospital for treatment. The Middlesex brings
home a valuable cargo of rice and indigo, and nume-
rous passengers. At the date the vessel left Cal-
cutta, the Champion of the Seas was waiting to
embark the headquarters of the Ist battalion 6th
Regiment, which was ordered to return to Eng-
land.

The examination, the third this year, of candi-
dates for direct commissions, before Gen. Knollys,
Vice-President, and the other members of the Coun-
cil of Military Education, commenced on Monday
with the customary medical excmination, at the
Royal Hospital, Chelsea, and will terminate on
Saturday next.
Major-General Bloomfield, Inspector-General of
the Royal Artillery, has left Lancashire on a tour
of inspection in Scotland.
The following militia regiments have assembled :
The 3d, or Royal Westminster Light Infantry Re-
giment of Middlesex Militie, 6011 strong, at Turn-
ham-green, under the command of Colonel Viscount
Chelsea; the King's Own (First) Staffordshire Re-
giment, nearly 900 strong, on Thursday, under the
command of Col. the Hon. Wellington P. Talbot ;
the 3d Regiment of Staffordshire Rifles, at New-
castle-under-Lynne, on Thursday, under the com-
mand of Lieut.-Col. Levett, to the number of 674
men of all ranks ; the *Worcestershire Militia, at
Worcester, 950 strong, under the command of Lieut.-
Col. Commandant Webb ; the 4th York Militia
Regiment, on Thursday, for the usual period of
training, under Col. Cairnes, 700 strong ; the Dur-
ham Militia Artillery, under the command of Lieut.-
Col. Hall, on Thursday last at Hartlepool, the
muster being between 80 and 90 meu per company.
The Cardiganshire Rifles in great strength ; the
Moumouthshire Rifles in full strength; the Carman
thenshire
and Pembroke Rifles and Artillery have
been called out
in order to
for, and the two corps will be brigaded
Ist Somerset Militia
battalion for training. The
ilit
were reviewed on Monday at
Taunton by I;ol,Pipon, Inspector of Militia.

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