The Sun.
London, England, 1860-06-02 00:00:00

THE ARMY.

Yesterday, at Portsmouth, the Ist battalion of
the 11th (North Devon) Regiment was presented
with new colours by Major-General Lord W. Paulet,
C. 8., commanding the south-west district, and the
tattered relics of the banners which had so long
been the regiment's guide, and represented its
honour, and bore the names of Salamanca, PyreneeoP
Nivelle, Orthes, Toulouse, and the Peninsula, were
formally laid by for ever, and for the future v6ll
be suspended beneath the arches of Exeter
Cathedral.

Major-General Wesley, Deputy-Adjutant-General
of the Royal Marine forces, yesterday went through
the first day of his annual visitation by inspecting
the Woolwich division throughout. The Adjutant-
General arrived at the barracks at 11 a.m., and
was received at the entrance by the Colonel Com.
mandant, Colonel Stranshan, the entire body of
officers belonging to the division, and 600 men in
heavy marching order under arms. The 4th, or
Woolwich division, consists at the present moment
of 1,100 men, 500 of whom are registered as sick,
prisoners, absent on recruiting service and on com-
mand, on furlough, garrison duty, &c., and form
the full list of absentees from inspection muster
yesterday morning. After the usual compliments
the General passed slowly down the front and rear
of the line, and then ordered the necessaries to be
got ready for examination. Each man's kit Was
promptly laid before him, and each pack was care-
fully looked over by the General, who remarked,
as he proceeded, that "nothing convinced him more
satisfactorily of the bearing and character of a man
' than the examination of his wallet." The inspec-
tion occupied an hour and a quarter, after which
the men were dismissed for dinner, and were or-
dered to fall in as they were at a quarter past 2.
The General then repaired to the heavy gun drill
battery, where the Artillery Corps of the division
went through the exercise of mounting and die'
mounting, clearing away, loading, and preparing
for action, &c. The troops having again assembled
on parade, the General, after partaking of a hasty
luncheon in the mess-room, accompanied the divi"
~ion to Woolwich-common, where they were sub-
jected to the usual course of infantry movements,
firing blank cartridge, marching past, and manoeu-
vres incident to the occasion. Before retiring from
the ground the General informed the Commandant
that he had never inspected a body of men with
greater satisfaction than he had done that day ;
and, after passing a further encomium on the
pearance of the men and their proficiency in the
field, he stated his intention, the weather permit-
ting, to return to Woolwich to-day and witness a
course of rifle firing in the Marsh.

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