The Sun.
London, England, 1858-08-18 00:00:00

THE ARMY.

Yesterday Major-General J. Peel, the Secretary of State
for War, accompanied by General Sir John F. Burgoyne,
G.C.8., Royal Engineers, and his aide-de-camp Captain
the Hon. G. Wrottesley, RoYal Engineers, arrived at Chat-
ham, from the Horse Guards; for the purpose of inspecting
the troops and the various public establishments connected
with that garrison. General Peel was received on his ar-
rival at Chatham by Colonel 11. Eyre, the Commandant of
the garrison ; Colonel H. Sandham, Director of the Royal.
Engineer establishment; Colonel J. W. Gordon, C. 8., De-
puty-Adjutant-General Royal Engineers, and all the pall.
cipal officers of the staff at Chatham. The first establish-
ment inspected was the Brompton Barracks, occupiedly
the Royal aad East India Company's Engineers, and a-por-
tion of the troops of the line. Major-General Peel was
shown over the barracks by Colonel H. Sandham, and was
accompanied by Major Buckley, the Barrack-master, the
principal establishments visited being the officers' halls of
study, the photographic and lithographic rooms, model-
room, libraries, school-room, non-commissioned etticers'
library, &c., and also the hospital, in the inspection of
which General Peel was occupied a considerable time. At
2 o'clock, the Royal Engineers and the East India Com-
pany's Sappers and Miners were drawn up on their parade
ground, iu review order, under the command of Lieutenant-
Colonel A. P. G. Ross, when General Peel made a minute
inspection of the men, with whose appearance he expressed
himself -to be very well satisfied. The entire corps were
afterwards marched to the Great Lines, headed by their
band, and were there joined by the battalion of Royal
Marine Light Infantry and baud, when the troops were put
through a variety of evolutions and -field-day manceuvres,
all ef which were performed in a remarkably correct man-
ner. In the afternoon General Peel, accompanied by
General Sir John Burgoyne and Colonel Sandliam, visited
the fieldworks of the Royal Engineers, and inspected he
preparations which are being made by tre troops belonging
to the Royal and East India Company's Sappers and Miners
for the grand review and siege opera ions which are expected
shortly to take place, and for which extensive arrangemetrs
are in progress, the fieldworks extending over several acres.
General Peel likewise inspected the invalid establishment,
St. Mary's Barracks, which is filled with sick and wounded
and convalescent troops who have arrived from India and
the colonies, and are now awaiting their discharge from the
service. The inspection of the barracks and the several
establishments at Chatham occupied General Peel until an
advanced hour yesterday afternoon, and the inspection of
the remaining portions of the garrison will be resumed this
morning._ _ _

Major-General the Earl of Cardigan, Inspecting General
of Cavalry, made his first inspection of the s:h Royal Irish
Lancers on Friday and Saturday last at Newbridge. Three
squadrons were reviewed on the Curragh on Friday inornioe,
and performed the parade movements to the noble earl's en-
tire satisfaction. On Saturday the regiment paraded in the
barrack-yard on f,ot, in full diets, GOO strong, in four
squadrons, and both front their appeirance and tile preci-
sion with. which any pertained their parade movements,
they elicited the most marked approbation of the Inspecting
General.