The Sun.
London, England, 1867-11-09 00:00:00

HAY.

SMITHFIELD.—Meadow hay, 55s Od to 85s ; clover, 60s to
105 s ; and straw, 32s to 3Gs per load. A good supply.
CUMBERLAND. —Meadow hay, 60s Od to 85s ; clover, 60a
to 1058; and straw, 32s to 36s per load. Demand moderate.
WIIITECIIAPEL.—Meadow hay, 55s to 85s Od ; clover, 60s
to 1108 Od and straw, 328 to 368 per load. A fair trade.

Yesterday the chartered troopship Dilbhur, which
has been taken up by the Hon. Council of India for
the cony eyance,of detachments of Royal Artillery and
Infantry troops to India, embarked atGravesend the
following reinforcements for Kurrachee—viz., 145
non-commissioned officers and men, nine soldieN
wives, and four children, of the Royal Horse Artil-
lery, from Maidstone, and the F, 19th, and 24th
Brigades of Royal Horse Artillery, from Woolwich!
Sheerness, and other stations ; 165 non-commis-
sioned officers and men, 16 soldiers' wives, and
eight children of the Ist battalion of the sth (North-
umberland Fusiliers) Regiment, from Shorncliffe ;
eight non-commissioned officers and men, five sol-
diers' wives, and six children of the 38th Regiment,
from Gosport ; 80 non-commissioned officers and
men, seven soldiers' wives and ten children of the
109th (Bombaylufantryßegiment), from Chatham,
and two men and one army schoolmaster of the
Rifle Brigade, from Winchester, giving a total of
401 non-commissioned officers and men, 37 soldiers'
wives, and 28 children. The following officers em-
barked on board the Dilbhur with the detachments

—viz., Lieut.-Col. F. Wells, 2d battalion of the
Royals, in command; Capt. G. Sullivan, 109th
Regiment; Capt. D'A. Mackinlay, Ist battalion of
the sth Fusiliers ; Lieut. M. H. Hayes, Royal Ar"
tillery ; Lieut. R. T. Mayne, 109th Regiment
Lieut. J. B. Kemeys-Tynte, Ist battalion of the sth
Fusiliers, and Ensign J. C. Hutton, 109th Regi-
ment, the whole in medical charge of Staff Assist.-
Surg. G. C. Turcell. Major-Gen. F. Murray, com-
manding the Chatham district, who had previously
inspected the Dilbhur, was present on board yester-
day during the embarkation of the troops, which
was effected under the superintendence of Brigado-
Major W. W. Lynch, and the officers of the staff
from Chatham garrison. The Dilbhur will leave
the Thames to-day.
Detachments of non-commissioned officers and
gunners of the R val Artillery have joined the head-
quarters of the Ist Division of the Depot Brigade,

Royal Artillery, from the following stations, pre-
viously to embarking for India —viz., Dublin, Shoe'
buryness, Clonmel, Kilkenny, Athlone, Aldershott,
Woolwich, Plymouth, Gosport, and the Isle of
Wight.
A code of new regulations has been issued at
Chatham Dockyard for the more effectual securing
of the various buildings at the establishment from
injury by fire, a series of rules being at the saute
time laid down for the guidance of the police and
workmen employed in the yard on a fire occurring.
Under the new regulations the keys of all store-
houses and oilsheds are no longer to be retained io
the custody of the storekeeper, as has hitherto been
the practice, but they will in future be handed over
to the police on the workmen leaving the yard ill the
evening.
An order has been received at Chatham from the
Admiralty directing the discharge to-day of 200 of
the mechanics, labourers, and other workmen em-
ployed on the Government extension works at the
dockyard, the reason assigned being the intention
to discontine a considerable portion of the works
which have hitherto been carried out by the Adini-
ralty. This order does not apply to the workmen
engaged by Mr. Gabrielli, the contractor for 013
construction of the new docks and basins, the vilVB
of the hands, auaounting'Ato several hundreds, em-
ployed on the works at St. Mary's Island being
retained.