The Sun.
London, England, 1856-10-30 00:00:00

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Ti,e half-yearly inepectioe of toe corps of Royal Ells
gineers, with the troops rof the I,',,st Indies Compa
Sap;iers and Miners, took place at Chathaaryeste
by General Sir John Burgoyne, G.C.8., R.E., the •
spector-General of Fortifications, who was acoampaniia •
by his Aide-de-Camp, Captain the•Hoan.G.aWprt.:3lt nßa
teslet,:,•l
r On the arrival of General Burgoyne at Ero.r
racks he proceeded to inspect the large range of b arracke 1.1 Q
now in course of erection at the rear of Brompto n Bar-
racks. After spending some time in the inspection of
' the buildings he returned to Brompton Barracks, ;where
the corps of Royal Ehee'iniers and the East Indic
Company's Sappers and Miners, to • the nurnß3er of
about 1,200 men, were drawn up. The appearan ne pre-
sented by this corps was extremely striking. Eactli man
having been supplied with several rounds of blanik car-
tridge, the troops were marched to Chatham Great: Lines
for the purpose of being inspected and going the °ugh
the manoeuvres of a field-day before General Sir ; John
Burgoyne, who was attended by Col. Eden, the Com-
mandant of Chatham garrison, and a numerous scat r of
officers. The troops were then practised in blank ;car-
tridge firing and various military movements, the whole
of which were executed in a manner which gave eviiie nt
satisfaction to the gallant general.
Notwithstanding the unfavourable state of the mo en-
ing, the pensioners, forming six companies of the Wo sl-
wich division, assembled yesterday morning at 9 o'clock,
accordin to orders previmisly issued, and were mu s-
tered on the parade-ground fronting the Royal Artiller y
Barracks, at Woolwich. Having answered the muster
roll, they were inspected by the commanding officer,*
Colonel Forbes, who rode down the ranks and examined.
the arms and accoutrements.
The following gunboats, lying in ordinary at Wool 4
wich, have been ordered to coal and proceed down the,
river on a trial of their machinery :—The Pheasant,,
Ripple, Quail, Prompt, Parthian, Porpoise, Handy,
Hunter, Growler, and Primrose.
Mr. Monsell and another official from the Board of
Ordnance paid a visit to Woolwich Arsenal yesterday,
and inspected the war and laboratory departments.
DEYONPORT, WEDNESDAY.—THE NIAS
The investigation into the charges brought against
Captain Nias, superintendent of the victualling yard
at this port, by the storekeeper, was concluded on Satur-
day last. The ca,c,.it was supposed, would have been
here brought to an end, but the Admiralty appear de-
termined to sift the complaints to the utmost. On Sun- - -
day last Mr. Grant, comptroller general of victualling,
arrived here, and on-Monday morning the incitilr3-7 was..
resumed. " Tile policemen were examined, and Ma ',laid
the clerks of the establishment are also called upon to
give evidence. •
The following military Changes are taking place in
Scotland :—A detachment of the sth Dragoon Guards,.
of which the head-quarters are in Edinburg-7,i, are on
the march from Hamilton to Pe'rth. They number 5
officers and 150 men, of whom two-thirds are dis-
mounted. The cavalry are relieved at Hamilton by a
battery of Royal Artillery of about 180 men, who
have marched thence to Woolwich, The depot of the
second battalion Ist Royals joins the depot of the
first battalion, and of the 21st and 25th Regiments, at
Glasgow. At Stirling a Highland depot battalion will be
formed of the 42d and 79th under Lient.-Colonel Muller;
and at Fort George another Highland depot bOttalioll
will be constituted of the 71st, 72J, 91st, and 92d, Under
Lieut.-Colonel Taylor.

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CRUISE OF MAGICIENNE.
The following is an extract of a private letter :
" Magicienne, Bnyukdere, Oct. 3.
"We arrived yesterday from a most delightful
cruise in the Black Sea. It being calm we steamed
along the Circassian coast, round the whole of the
Crimea, at a distance of from one to two miles from the
shore, going close to, and remaining off fora few
hours, Soujak, Anapa, Kertcb, Theodosia, Sebastopol,
Eupatoria, Kinburn, OdeSsa, Serpents' -Island, and
Sezopoli. We got a good-view of the imperial palace
at Yalta, and also of that of Prince Woronzoff. At
Anapa about 500 Russian troops were encamped, throw-
ing up fortifications to guard themselves from surprise.
We observed a large amount of forage stacked, also fas-
eines, stores loading, and everything necessary for win-.
tering and guarding against, we presume, an attack of
,the Circassians: We steamed into Sebastopol between
the sunken ships; they appear to have done nothing
towards raising the vessels, nor have they commenced •
refortifying the town."

HONG KONG, &CPT._ 12.

Admiral Sir Michael Seymour, on the 20th ult.;
was at Port Bruce, Sea of Japan, with the Winchester,
Pique, and Barracouta. This report was taken by the
Hornet, with his Excellency's despatches, to Shanghae.
The day that the Sybille arrived in Hong Kong from
the north, the 26th ult., the Nankin left for Shanghae.The Sybille still flies the broad pendant of Commodore
Brydone Elliott, though it was not saluted by the Cal-
cutta, 80, on 'her arrival here on the Bth instant. The
Bittern, sloop, is moored at the head of the Macao Pas-
sage,' above the,Factories, Canton. It is said that she
will be sold out of the service when the Winchester goes
home and can take her crew. The Comus is on the
coast convoying. The Encounter is at Shanghae. The
Racehorse, at Foo-chow-foo, was run foul of by the
steamer Confucius, on a recent occasion, and had her
bowsprit torn out.

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