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

THE _ARME

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 Comman ding-in -Chi ef.
His Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge, as
General Comman ding-in-Chief, has been pleased to
direct that, here:after, 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's, return, made up, according to the latest informa-
tion, to I:he 31st inst., and to transnait the same to the Ad-
jutant-Ueneral as soon as possible. Both service and
depot cc ,mpanies or troops are to be bucluded, and one regi-
ment 0] sly in each return. "By command,
" JAMES YORKE SCARLET; Adjutant-General."
Th( ) annexed circular memorandum, dated the
26th alt,, has been addressed to the cavalry :

" N umnahs being now supplied to cavalry regiments by
Government, and being no longer articles of necessaries
lc( Tot i ip at the expense of the dragoon, the General Com-
m and ing-in-Chief has been pleased., in concurrence with
the Si scretary of State for War, to decide that for the fu-
ture i iumnahs shall be issued in the proportion of one for
.ach horse only, and officers commanding regiments of
cavalry and cavalry depots are accordingly requested to
trans mit to the War-office returns showing the number of
numi iahs thus rendered surplus, and what portion thereof
will 1 be required to meet the annual demands for the com-
ing y var."

A letter received at Plymouth from an officer
on 'ooard a Government transport, dated off the
Pe iho, 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 par ude in heavy marching order
for the purpose of con mencing the winter exer-
cises ordered to be subs tituted in lieu of field drills
—namely, "marching out." Having been in-
spected, General Sir Ric :hard Dacres commanding,
and Staff, took the lead, and, headed by the band,
they marched through ti 'le 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 permitt i-ng, until further orders.
The Royal standard floa led from various quar-
ters of the garrison Burin, ;the day in commemo-
ration of Inkermann, a rid at one o'clock a
salute of 100 rounds ocf artillery was fired
from the Greenhill battery, in honour of the subju-
gation and capture of the ( Ihinese 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 Under-Secretary
of State for War, yesterday
.paid an official visit to
Woolwich Arsenal, and tran siicted important bnsi•