The Sun.
London, England, 1860-11-06 00:00:00

MB ARMY.

Brevet Lieut.-Col. Henry Wylie Norman, C. 8.,
Bengal Army, with the concurrence of the Secre-
tary of State for India, has been appointed Assist-
ant Military Secretary to his Royal Highness the
General Commanding•in-Chief.
His Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge, as
General Commanding-in-Chief, has been pleased to
direct that, hereafter, all subaltern officers, previ-
ous to assuming any staff appointment, must pass
the examination for the rank next above that which
they hold.
The following circular memorandum has been
addressed to the army at home, exclusive of the
Militia :

" Horse Guards, Oct. 31.

" Officers commanding depot battalions and cavalry de-
pots, and battalions not having depots, are desired to pre-
pare:a return, made up, according to the latest informa-
tion, to the 31st inst., and to transmit the same to the Ad-
jutant-General as soon as possible. Both service and
depot companies or troops are to be included, and one regi-
ment only in each return. "By command,
" JAMES YORKE SCARLET; Adjutant-General."
The annexed circular memorandum, dated the
26th ult,, has been addressed to the cavalry :
" Numnahs being now supplied to cavalry regiments by
Government, and being no longer articles of necessaries
kept up at the expense of the dragoon, the General Com-
manding-in-Chief has been pleased, in concurrence with
the Secretary of State for War, to decide that for the fu-
ture numnahs shall be issued in the proportion of one for
each horse only, and officers commanding regiments of
cavalry and cavalry depots are accordingly requested to
transmit to the War-office returns showing the number of
numnahs thus rendered surplus, and what portion thereof
will be required to meet the annual demands for the com-
ing year."

A letter received at Plymouth from an officer
on board a Government transport, dated off the
Peiho, August 27, states—" The forts having been
taken, rumour says that the war here is ended.
The 44th Regiment of infantry and other troops
are to be sent down immediately to Chusan and
Shanghai, where the rebels have broken out."

The whole of the unemployed troops belonging
to the Royal Artillery at Woolwich assembled yes-
terday morning on parade in heavy marching order
for the purpose of commencing the winter exer-
cises ordered to be substituted in lieu Of field drills

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they marched through the adjacent high roads and
villages, making a circle of about 10 miles, and re-
turned to barracks shortly after 12. The above
regulations are ordered to be carried out on every
Monday, weather permitting, until further orders.
The Royal standard floated from various quar-
ters of the garrison during (the day in commemo-
ration of Inkerrnann, and at one o'clock a
salute of 100 rounds of artillery was fired
from the Greenhill battery, in honour of the subju-
gation and capture of the Chinese forts, a telegram
from the War Department conveying instructions
to that effect having been received at half-past 12
by the commandant.
Sir Benjamin Hawes, K.G.8., Under-Secretary
of State for War, yesterday paid an official visit to
Woolwich Arsenal, and traasacted important busi-