The Sun.
London, England, 1858-01-22 00:00:00

SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY NING, JANUARY 21
2, 1858.

NAVAL AND MILITARY INTELLIGENCE.

The following circular h%s been issued from the
Recruiting Department :
" Horse Guards, Jan. IS.

"The standard of recruits for all regiments of infantry
serving in India is reduced to 5 feet 3 inches until further
orders, the age remaining as at presunt—viz., from 18
to 30 yearn.

" By command of his Royal Highness the General
Commanding-in-Ch;of.
" G. A. WETHERALL, Adjutant-General."
Yesterday and the previous day a large number
of Volunteers from various militia regiments sta-
tioned at Aldershot arrived at Chatham for the
purpose of joining the various Indian depots at
that garrison ; and as soon as they have undergone
a course of instruction in the use of the Enfield
rifle they will be sent to India. The number of re-
inforcements now under orders to embark is 650
men of all ranks.

The authorities at the War-office having decided
on preparing hospital accommodation at Yarmouth
fur the reception of the large number of sick and
wounded troops who are now on their passage home
from India, the Director-General of the Medical
Department has issued orders for several staff sur-
geons to proceed at onoe to Yarmouth in order to
make the necessary preparations for the reception
of the invalid troops.
The transport York, Capt. Redpath, which sailed
from Plymouth on Tuesday for Madras, had a
cargo of shot, shell, gulls, and various stores. She
embarked at Gravesend Captain Mute, in military
command, and eight rank and file of the 43d Regi-
ment ; Ensign Heane, and 37 of the 44th ; Dr.
Ethott, 95th, in medic +l charge; Captain Arbuckle
(and wife), Bengal Artillery ; Mr. Wickham, and
50 men let Madras Fusiliers ; Mr. Crawford, Hon.
East India C impany's service ; 13 men of the 60th
Rifleq, 32 of ►he 66th Foot, and 12 of the 7th ; and
at Plymouth one sergeant and 10 men of the 69th,
in charge of the residue of the baggage belonging to
that regiment.
Within the last 10 days 350 of the Staffordshire
Militia stationed at Devonport, have volunteered
into varims regiments of the line.

Her Majesty's state yacht Victoria and Albert,
Capt. the Hon. J. Denman, is nearly ready to re-
ceive her crow, who wiq turn over to her next Tues-
day. It is net expected that the It,iyal marriage
flotilla will leave Portsmouth for Gravesend before
the end of the month. Every "available" vessel that
cm be spared will be sent to the rendzvous of
Gravesend, so as to make the Royal embarkation
as imposing a spectacle as may be under the cir-
euntstAnoes.

The Caragoa, 31, Capt. T. M. Mason, went out
of Portsmouth Harbour yes'erday and 'aluted the
Port-Admiral. She afterwards ran a course along
the measured mile at S oke's B ty, and ultimately
a►►chored at Spithead, to remain until ordered to
the fharnes.

The Caesar, 91, screw, is fitting out for the steam
reserve at Portsmouth by the crew of the steam
depot ship Blenheim, one of whose men, named
John Kent, fell from the maintop of the Caesar to
the deck on Wednesday aft ..rnoon, and was killed.
The following military movements have taken
place, or been ordered to take place, at Portsmouth :
The newly built and spacious infantry barracks at
the top of the High-street, named after the Duke
of Cambridge, were taken possession of on Wednes-
day, and occupied by the 47th Light Infantry. The
47th now musters 850 serviceable bayonets, and is
under tie command of a most energetic officer, Col.
Wm. O'Grady Haly, C. B. The company of this re-
giment, lately quartered at Tipner, joined the head-
quarters on being relieved by a company of the
Royal North Lincoln Militia. Two companies of
the Royal Lancashire Militia moved from Gosport
to the Isle of Wight on the 25th inst. to occupy
the forts at Yarmouth, Cliff-end, Victoria,
and Freshwater. A detachment of the 92,1
Highlanders (volunteers from various corps in
Ireland) arrived at Portsmouth yesterday for
embarkation to join the service companies at
Gibraltar preparatory to their proceeding thence
to Alexandria and overland to India. The remainder
of the 68th Light Infantry, comprising about 150
rank and file, embark from the dockyard in the
Irish steam vessel Preusscheradler, this day; to join
the depot at Fermoy.
On Monday morning last volunteering com-
menced from the Royal North Lincoln and the 2d
West York Regiments of Light Infantry Militia
for the line. There were many wiltinL, but few
chosen, owing to the difficulty of " passing the
doctor." The following is the result :—Royal North
Lincoln—For the let Dragoon Guar la, 1 ; 4th
Foot, 1 ; 60th Rifle, 33 ; R:fle Brigade, 20; Royal
M-trinek 8 ; Coldstream Guards, 5 ; Royal Engi-
neers, 5 ; Royal Artillery, 2. 2d West York—For
the sth Dragoon Guards, 2; 60th Rifles, 11; Royal
Engineer., 1. Totals—north Lincoln, 64; West
York, 14.
Our correspondent at Plymouth has received
from an officer of the 68th Regt. satisfactory con-
Brmatiim rieryeint of the Utigtaliii
gates passage to St. Vincent wmcn app
our impression of Wednesday. The letter says the
time occupied was eight days and six hours, average
speed 11 6-10 knots. She is appointed to coal
again at the Cape of Good Hope. The steamship
Argo, with the left wing of the 68th, which arriv.-d
at St. Vincent's on Ist Jan., a drty before the Aus-
tralasian, would probably be detained four or five
days coaling ; she does not touch anywhere from
the island to Madras. The race to India between
full power an auxiliary is exciting great interest
among the troops on board both ships.
Surgeon Superintendent John Bower has been ap
pointed to the Lord Raglan convict ship.
The good service pension vacant by the death of
Admiral Downman has been given to Vice-Admiral
Sharp.

Story, 62, Fleet-Street, praying for an inquiry re-
speciinr4 the nirnlg.,rnent 4* Br idowel I H.JspitA, nn
the gr..und of non-aopropriation of the ittuds to
the purpoi,es for which they were originally in-
tended. The petition lira:l ordered o lie on the table.

casion in the cause of morality and justice. Mr.
WOlans can eluded su e!0t41,-,nt wt j!ev, e;-ful speech
l.y as;;ing the tueetilw, t fi3-4. faith . t-he.&ifd'e-
spect. arid loy-dty of the wotking (Clic?rs.)
A. resolution was also passed asserting the cl,.itn
of the borough of fluddet glad to return two mem-
bers instead of one, on account of very I.lrgo in-
crease of its population of late years. The appoint-
ment of a deputation to carry the petition to Lord
Goderich terminated the proceedings.

legal authorities, it appears, draw a distinction be-
tween a tax upon :he lice Lino upon the plofitg of
it, to enable .he Government to diminish-the swan
sums that the Anglo-Belgian companies contrive to
divide as interest and dividend.