The Sun.
London, England, 1854-08-15 00:00:00

MILITARY.

The 4th Queen's Own Light Dragoons arrived at
Constantinople on the 31st of July, after a very pros-
perous voyage, in the steam-ship Simla ; all well on
board.

The 68th Light Infantry, which had been for some
time under orders for Turkey, left Malta on the 6th
inst., on board the Cambria.

The let division of the 51st Light Infantry leave
Chatham this morning for Manchester ; and the 2d divi-
sion on Wednesday, including headquarters, which is
to proceed to the same station.

The let division of the 18th Royal Irish will arrive in
Chatham garrison this dcy from Canterbury ; and the
2d division to-morrow. The regiment will only remain
there until the barracks at Windsor are ready to receive
them. The Essex Rifles arrive in Canterbury, from the
Tower, to replace the 18th Foot.
Mr. Keyse's invention for biting off the ends of cart-
ridges, by simply notching a portion of the outside cir-
cumference of the muzzle of the muskets in use in the
British service, having been favourably reported on by
the select committee of officers of the Ordnance at Wool-
wich, the Lieutenant-General of the Ordnance has
directed that it should be communicated to the inventor
that the plan has been submitted to the Commander•in-
Chief, with the object of having the invention fully
tested by the infantry at present under a course i,f in•
struction with the Minie musket at Hythe. Mr. Keyse
has received notice, in answer to a communication he has
had with the French Government, that his presence
will be required about the end of the present month in
Paris, to submit his invention to the Emperor Napoleon.
Captain Cleveland's company, 12th battalion Royal
Artillery, is to go through a course of Repository in-
struction previous to embarkation f)r Malta. The
company has been placed under orders for foreign ser-
vice at that station, as it is intended to form a depot
there, whence men of the Royal Artillery may be drawn
to supply any casualties that may occur during the war
in the East, instead of having to send home to Wool-
wich.

The 3d company of Royal Sappers and Miners, sta-
tioned at Corfu, under the command of Captain Edmund
Ord, Royal Engineers, and the 4th company of the
same corps, stationed at Malta, under the command of
Captain Anthony D. Craigie, having both been sent on
to the scat of war in Turkey, the sth company, at pre.
sent at Woolwich, under the command of Captain Wm.
Mason Inglis, has been ordered for foreign service, and,
when filled up to the requisite strength, will embark for
Malta.

SIEGE EXPERIMENTS AT CHATHAM.
The Royal Engineers having completed the first
parallel of their attack on the left of Chatham lines, they
commence this day erecting batteries to enfilade the
work, for which purpose the necessary instructions have
been given to Captain Jesse, RE., the officer appointed
to superintend their erection, having under his orders
the greater portion of the junior officers attending this
establishment. The day on which the siege is to take
place is not yet decided.

MILITIA.
The Marquis of Londonderry, as Lieutenant of the
eounty of Down, has received a letter from Lord Pal-
merston, informing him that her Majesty has been gra-
ciously pleased to approve of the North Down Regiment
of Militia, of which his lordship is colonel, being formed
into a rifle corps ; and that her Majesty's
pleanure, in
this respect,
has been signified to his excellency the
Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland.
The Royal Lancashire Rer,iment of Militia has been
quartered at the barracks at Preston for instruction and
drill.
The 4t.li Middlesex Blilitia, Lintenaut,-Colonel Bagot,
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