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

THE ARMY.

JAVIAaj Luc _
(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 78th at Glasgow.
The 17th company of Royal Engineers will coin-
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,havecompleted 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
occasions during the summer. The first operations
of the kind for the seabon 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. _ _ _

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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-
utu

The examination, the third this J.—,
dates for direct flinmissions, before Gen. Knollys
Vice-President, and the other mem field vf
cil of Military Education, commenced on Monday
with the customary medical examination, 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 Militia, 600 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 men per company.
The Cardiganshire Rifles in great strength ; the
Monmouthshire Rifles in full strength ; the Carmar-
thenshire and Pembroke Rifles and Artillery have
been called out, and the two corps will be brigaded
in order to form one battalion for training. The
Ist Somerset Militia were reviewed on Monday at
Taunton by Col. Pipon, Inspector of Militia.

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