The Sun.
London, England, 1867-09-03 00:00:00

Naval and Military Intelligence.

The following Royal Warrant, dated the Ist inst.,
was promulgated yesterday :
" Victoria R.—Whereas it has been represented
to us that it is expedient to amend the regulations
under which furlough and money in lieu of furlough
are granted to soldiers on re-engagement, our will
and pleasure is that articles 563, 564, and 565 of
our Royal Warrant of the 3d of February, 1866,
be cancelled, and that from and after the date
hereof the following revised articles be the sole and
standing authority on the subject :-563. Soldiers
who shall re-engage for a second term of service
while serving at home shall be entitled to a furlough
for two months, the furlough commencing from the
date of their re-engagement. 564. Soldiers re-
engaging at home after their corps has been placed
under orders for foreign service shall be allowed a
gratuity of £2, in lieu of furlough, subject to a de-
duction of Bd. a day for any furlough which may
have been granted to them between the dates of the
re-engagement and embarcation. But should a
soldier so receiving a gratuity be prevented from
embarking through circumstances under his own
control, our Secretary of State shall be empowered
to cause such gratituity to be refunded by the soldier.
565. European soldiers re-engaging for a second
term of service while serving at the undermentioned
foreign stations, and not under orders to proceed
elsewhere, shall be allowed the following gratituties
in lieu of furlough :—lndia, China, Japan, Ceylon,
the Mauritius, the Straits settlement, Australia, or
New Zealand, £5 ; the West Indies, West Coast of
Africa, Bermuda, Honduras, St. Helena, the Cape
of Good Hope, and the Canadian Provinces, £3 ;
Gibraltar and Malta, £2. These gratuities shall
not, however, be granted to soldiers re-engaging
after the receipt at the station of the order for their
regiments or corps to return home ; in such cases
furlough will be granted as soon after the arrival of
the regiment in the United kingdom as circum-
stances will permit. 565 a. European soldiers re-
engaging at a foreign station while under orders to
proceed to another foreign station shall be allowed
the gratituity of £2 in lieu of furlough.
" Given at our Court at St. James's, this 9th day
of August, 1867, in the 31st year of our reign.
"By her Majesty's command,
"JOHN S. PAKINGTON."

A Royal Warrant has been received at the head-
quarters of the Royal Engineer establishment, Chat-
ham, revising the rates of working pay granted to
non-commissioned officers and men of the Royal
Engineers, the following being the amended scale of
pay :-Ist rate, 2sl per day ; 2d rate, Is. 6d. ; 3d
rate, ls. ; 4th rate, 9d ; and sth rate, 6d per day.
The change of the Guards doing duty at Windsor
Castle is made to-day, when the Ist battalion of
Scots Fusilier Guards, under the command of Col.
Gipps, will leave the Sheet-street barracks and pro-
ceed by the South Western Railway to Vauxhall,
and march thence to Chelsea barracks. In their
place the Ist battalion Grenadier Guards from the
Tower will take the Castle duty until March next.
Yesterday 143 men left Windsor, under the com-
mand of Capt. Walker, to take possession of the
Chelsea barracks; shortly titer 4 o'clock 100 rank