The Sun.
London, England, 1860-01-21 00:00:00

THE ARMY.

Major-General Eyre, in command of the garrison
at Chatham, has decided on practisiug the entire
force under his command in field operations on a
considerably enlarged scale, in order to make the
officers and troops acquainted with the military
tactics usually performed by an attacking force.
With this view the general has issued orders for the
whole force of the garrison, which numbers several
thousand men and includes three depot battalions
of infantry, the corps of Royal and Indian Engi-
neers, the Royal Marine Light Infantry, and the
Royal Engineer train, to be held in readiness for a
sudden march_into the country for a few miles,
when the whole body will compose an army in ad-
vance on the garrison, so as to prevent the enemy
marching into or leaving the town. Pickets and
skirmishers will be thrown out, and all the roads
from the side of the Medway and across the coun-
try for several miles will be occupied by the several
corps, who will be prepared to defend them in the
event of an enemy approaching in that direction.
The line of observation will extend upwards of four
miles, when the troops will commence their march
on the garrison by the several roads leading to the
town, in order that no interference may take place
with the movements of the separate corps: The
various corps are to go out alone for practice before
the entire force is called out, the Royal Engineers
having been directed to commence operations to-day
These manoeuvres will be repeated by the General
at frequent intervals in order that the troops way
be made perfect in this part of their military duties.
Recruits for the Royal Artillery have arrived at
head-quarters, Woolwich, since Christmas, in un-
usual numbers, and, with the reinforcements which
have been created by the enrolment of a large pro-
portion of the discharged troops from India, who
have arrived from Gravesend, Blackwell, and Lon-
don, the depot Brigade has been augmented to an
extraordinary degree, the 7th and Bth batteries of
Field Artillery having attained to upwards of 400
effective men each.

The excavations for the foundation of the me-
morial which is about to be erected at the eastern
entrance to Brompton Barracks, Chatham, to the
memory of those officers and men of the
Royal Engineers who fell in the Crimea,
have been commenced by Messrs. Mansfield and
Son, Gray's-inn-lane, London, the builders ; but
in consequence of the lofty and massive character of
the proposed structure it is probable that six months
will be occupied in its erection. The site selected
by the Government is the piece of ground between
the Hut Barracks and the Brompton Barracks, to
which latter building the memorial will form an
appropriate entrance, forming, as it will, the ex-
treme boundary of the noble parade-ground. The
architect is Mr. Digby Wyatt, who has prepared
the drawings and plans, and under whose direction
the memorial will be erected. The designs, which
have received the approval of the Government,
include a large central arch between 20 and 30 feet
in height, on each side of which will be a smaller
arch, ;upwards of 12 feet in height and of pro-
tionationate width. The general form of the
structure will be that of a parallelopipedon, nearly
40 feet in height, 44 feet in width, and 10
feet in depth. The whole will be surmounted
by an elaborately built attic, the apandrils, pede-
stals, and their accessories having carvings of
various designs in relief. It will be built from
Portland stone, with white marble tablets and
facings, on which will be engraved the names of
every officer, non-commissioned officer and man of
the Royal Engineers who fell during the Russian
war. On the architrave will be engraved the
motto of the Royal Engineers, " Übique quo As et
yloria ducunt."

The large building which has been fitted up at
the Royal Marine Barracks, Chatham, under the
authority of the Lords of the Admiralty, for thea-
trical performances by the officers and men and for
other purposes of entertainment, is now completed,
and arrangements have bcen made for the opening
performance to take place on Wednesday evening
next. The stage is fitted with appropriate
scenery, mechanical contrivances, and, in fact,
every requisite, and the services of some ac-
tresses have been engaged to take the female
characters in the pieces to be played. The amateur
performance on tha opening night will consist of
the pieces " Done on Both Sides' and " Lend me
Five Shillings."
Major-Gen. Sir R. Dacres, Commandant of Wool-
wich Garrison, having been absent on leave sines
Christmas, has returned to Wollwich and resumed
his official duties.
Dillon, theMarinecondemned to death by Court-
martial at Plymouth for striking his lieutenant, has
had the sentence commuted to transportation for
life.
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FROM A WRECK.—TRAMORE.—A very
curious and ♦aluable relic of the ill-fated Sea Hors., wrecked
in Traraore Bay in 1816, has been discovered. It consists of
a musket, marked D 10, in a perfect state of preservation,
after being under water for 44 years, and belonged, no doubt,
to the gallant 59th Regiment, who, after passing the perils
of the Peninsular wars and the Battle of Waterloo, were
wrecked in Tramore Bay, when over 300 perished. The
stock is in perfect order; the lock and barrel are encrusted
with shells, sand, &c. It is a great curiosity, and is at pre-
sent in the possession of Captain Fry, of the Trainor*
Hotel. It was found at low-water mark by a man named
Kelly.
THE VOLUNTARY PARTY AND THE APPROACHING
SESSION.—The executive of the Liberation Society have
issued cards of invitation to their leading supporters to a
soiree, to take place at the London Coffee-house next Thurs-
day evening ; the object of the meeting being, as we under •
stand, to put out a rog►ramme of the society's intended
movements during the Parliamentary session► now about to
commence. From this it may be assumed that the execu-
tive have net been scared by the " Church Defiance" move-
ment which has been organised within the lastfew months ;
and but a short time will elapse before the assailants of the
society's policy will have an opportunity of ascertaining
how far they have succeeded in inducing a reactionary
feeling in the House of Commons in respect to church-
rates, endowed schools, and other pressing melesiastied
matters.