The Sun.
London, England, 1854-12-08 00:00:00

THE REI NFORCEMENTS.

Yesterday, another d raught, consisting of about 86 men,
principally from the no nufacturing districts, arrived at the
Horse Guards, havini volunteered for service with the
Household Brigade in I he Crimea. So rapidly are the three
regiments of the Guam s obtaining volunteers that they aro
already in a position to send out another strong reinforce-
ment.
The Hampshire Mi Regiment, stationed at Anglesea
barracks, Portssa, has -up to yesterday furnished 162 volun-
teers to the Royal Mai -Mos, Royal Artillery, Rifleßrigade,
and regiments of the li no. Of these 60 volunteered into the
Royal Marines, and th a remainder as follows :-Ist botta:
lion Rifle Brigade, 4;7)-- -19th Regt., 32-42 d Highlanders,
7-41st Foot, 10-Ist; Royals, 3-23 d Royal Welsh Fusi-
liers, 1--Royal Artillery, G. The number of volunteers
enabling the colonel f..c• recommend two officers for commis-
sions in the army? Lieu t. Le Febvre and Lieut. Swift have
been recommended for ensigns (without purchase) in the
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Royal Marines, 41.
Ist battalion Rifle Brigade, .10.

Royal Artillery, 15.
Scots Fusilier Guards, 14.
51st Light Infantry, 22•
23d Royal Welsh Fusiliers, 7.
93th Regiment, 3.
89th Regiment, 1.
3Gth Foot, 4.
And from the disembodied portion of the regiment to the
Bth Hussars, 1; 2a (or Queen's), 1--total, 126.
The strength of this corps is not equal to that of the
Hampshire. They were ordered off with only 500 men. A
recruiting party is at presant in Lancashire, and is meeting
with considerable success. Lieut. Saunders, of this regi-
ment, has been recommended for an diasigney in the line,
without purchase.
The Royal Wiltshire Militia, stationed at Clarence bar-
racks, Portsmouth, had up to yesterday (Thursday) fur-
nished 156 volunteers, disposed of as follows :

Coldstream Guards, 8.
Scots Fusiliers, 3.
23d Royal Welsh Fusiliers, 13.
42d Highlanders, 1.
Royal Marines, 63.
62d Regiment, 23.
Royal Artillery, 2.
Ist battalion Rifle Brigade, 38.
A recruiting party is at presort in Salisbury, and up to
the present time 88 recruits have been secured. The pre-
sent strength of the regiment is 625. Ensign Thomas
Reader Clarkson and Ensign Norton Knatchbull have been
recommended for ensigncies in the line, without purchase.
to the effect that the Royal Wiltshire ttill bo one of the
Private information was received at Portsmouth yesterday
first militia regiments ordered to the Mediter:ancan•

Yesterday the arrivals of volunteers from the ir)::11,
Scotch, and Devon Militia Regiments were exceedingly
numerous, and the officers and surgical staff of the Recruit-
ing Department wore most actively engaged during the
whole of the afternOon in inspecting and having them
attested for the several corps they had entered.

The Charity, screw transport (No. 140), hating 700 men
of various regiments on board, sailed yesterday for Bala-
klava.

The Admiralty will receive tenders on the 11th instant
for the hire of one or more steam-rs (screw preferred) of
about 500 tons, n.m., for the conveyance of stores to the
Black Sea.

The Firefly, screw steam transport, having taken on
board 2,000 of the usual barrels of Minie rifle ball cart-
ridges and shot and shell, is expected to embark Captain
Child's company, sth battalion Royal Artillery for a pas-
sage to the Crimea, and she will leave her moorings off the
Royal Arsenal this afternoon. The company assembled
on the Guard Mounting Parade of Woolwich Barracks
yesterday afternoon, and were inspected in heavy march-
ing order by Major-General E. C. Whinyates, G. 8.,
K,11., commandant of the garrison.
Tho Royal West India mail steamer Magdalena left
Southampton yesterday for Portsmouth, to take on board
the 18th, or Royal Irish Regiment, and convey it to the
Crimea. The Magdalena had on board when she left
Southampton, 3,050 kegs and 351 boxes of rifle ball car-
tridge, and 420 kegs and 260 boxes of smooth ball cartridge,
and six weeks provisions for troops and crew. The ball
cartridges she had on board were not less than 24 millions
in number. The Magdalena should reach the Crimea in
about 14 days. The screw steamer Hetton left Southamp-
ton yesterday with SO wooden houses complete, including
stoves and galvanised felt covering for the roofs of the
houses. The screw steamer Sir Joh❑ E:sthopo arrived at
Southampton yesterday for the purple of taking in a
cargo of wooden houses for the Crimea.

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