The Sun.
London, England, 1867-08-20 00:00:00

A special circular, signed by the Earl of Longford,
K.C.8., Under Secretary of State, has been received
at Chatham garrison from the War-office, in' which
are promulgated an amended code of regulations
respecting the quarters, allowances, and fixed estab-
lishment of married non-commissioned officers and
nien of the army serving at home and abroad, India
excepted. In future the married establishment.-of
the non-commissioned officers and men will not be
permitted to exceed the following proportions—viz.,
three out of four or five, four out of six or seven,
five out of eight or nine, and six out of ten or up-
wards of the sergeants of each troop, battery, or
company, and 7 per cent. of trumpeters, drummers,
and rank and file. No soldier will have his name
placed on the marriage roll or be entitled to any of
the advantages of the regulations until he has com-
pleted seven years' service, is in possession of at least
one good-conduct badge, and has obtained the con-
sent of his commanding officer to his marriage before
it takes:place. A separate room will, when the
construction of the barracks permits, be allowed to
each married soldier and his family, in addition to
which, fuel, light, and provisions will be issued to
the wife and family at the public expense.
Yesterday the troops at Aldershot had a divisional
field-day. The division, under the command of
Lieut.-Gen. the Hon. Sir J. Yorke Scarlett, K.C.8.,
formed up on Eelmoor hill in line of contiguous
columns, facing east, shortly before 11 o'clock, the
infantry regiments furnished with ten rounds of
blank ammunition per man. The lieutenant-general,
accompanied by his staff, arrived soon after the for-
mation was complete, and after making a minute
inspection of the ranks he proceeded to the saluting
base, in front of which the bands of the cavalry were
massed. The division then marched past, the artillery
and cavalry in open columns of batteries and squad-
rons at a walk, and the infantry in open column of
grand divisions in quick time, and in the following
order :—Staff of Cavalry, Major-Gen. E. C. Hodge,
C.B. ; Col. Hammond, Royal Horse Artillery ;
Capt. Watson and C Battery ; Capt. Timbrell
and D Battery ; Col. Pattle, C. 8., and Ist (King's)
Dragoon Guards ; Major Chapman and 4th (Royal
Irish) Dragoon Guards; Col. FitzWygram and 15th
(the King's) Hussars ; Capt. Elton and 0. Battery,
9th Brigade, Royal Artillery ; Major Fitz Hugh and
11. Battery; pioneers, bands, drains, and pipes of
Ist Infantry Brigade; Staff and Major-Gen. H.
penny ; Major Deacon and 54th (West Norfolk)
Regiment ; Major Rice and 72d Highlanders ; Col.
Harrison and 80th Regiment ; Col. Lacy and 56th
Regiment ; pioneers, bands, drums, and bugles of
the 3d Brigade; Staff and Col. Greer, 68th Regi-
ment, Acting Brigadier ; Col. Synge and 43d Light
Infantry. ; Col. Cooper and 70th (Surrey) Regi-
ment; pioneers, bands, and drums of the 2d Bri-
gade; Staff and Major-Gen. G. Campbell, C.B. ;
Major Geddes and 44th Regiment ; Col. Wyatt,
C. 8., and 65th Regiment. The artillery and cavalry
then repassed at a trot, and the infantry from the
reverse flank by brigades in line of contiguous
columns from the reverse flank. The troops then
took ground to the right, and, after a short consul-
tation between the General and staff, dispositions
were made to check the advance of an enemy sup-
posed to be marching from Farnham upon Guild-
'ord, and occupying a strong position extending
'rom Comer's-hill, on the right, to Beacon-hill, on
he left. A series of brilliant manoeuvres followed,

in which each branch of the service displayed com-
mendable efficiency ; but on the heights the enemy
was supposed to prove invulnerable, and ultimately
the division was obliged to retire. The retreat was
covered by the fire of the artillery and protected by
cavalry. The troops returned to quarters about two
o'clock. The weather was intensely hot, and the men
manoeuvred without their knapsacks—a circum-
stance at one time rare and exceptional, but of fre-
quent occurrence at Aldershot since the privilege
was humanely accorded by General Scarlett.

The Ist battalion 18th (the Royal Irish) Regi-
ment, under the command of Col. Call, left Alder-
shot Camp yesterday morning. The head-quarters
and four companies proceeded to Chester, two com-
panies to Liverpool,twocompanies to Bradford, and
two companiestoWeedon. All, except the companies
detailed for Weedon, marched from barracks at
4 45 a.m. to the North Camp station (South-Eastern
Railway), and proceeded on their way by special
train at 6 o'clock. The companies for Weedon
marched at 7 o'clock, and left the same railway sta-
tion by the 8 27 a.m. train, via Reading, for their
destination.

The vacancies created by the recent commissions
to the Royal Artillery and Engineers at the Royal
Military Academy at Woolwich were on Wednes-
day filled up by the admission of 140 cadets to the
classes. The pupils returned to the establishment
from the half-year's vacation on Sunday, the 11th
inst., and resumed the general business of the Aca-
demy on the following day.
The A battery B brigade Royal Horse Artillery,
under the command of Col. Mitchell, on Friday
last took their departure from the Dorchester bar-,
racks, where they have been quartered for the last
12 months. Their conduct during the time they
remained there has been most exemplary, insomuch
that a memorial, influentially signed, has been for-
warded to the Horse Guards, testifying the appre-
ciation by the inhabitants of their excellent demea-
nour while in that town. They were succeeded on
Friday by the A battery C brigade Royal Horse
Artillery, under the command of Major Sladen,
who arrived from Aldershot.
Yesterday No. 2 battery, 3d brigade Royal Field
Artillery, arrived at Gravesend from Liverpool, in
readiness for embarkation on board the chartered
troopship Coldstream for conveyance to Singapore.
The strength of the battery is G 3 non-commissioned
officers and gunners, 10 soldiers' wives, and 15 chil-
dren, with 4 officers. The remainder of the battery
will proceed from the head quarters of the first divi-
sion of the depot brigade Royal Artillery as soon a 3
intelligence has been received at Chartdetachments.
ham that the
Coldstream is ready to receive he
The troops will probably embark on Friday next.
A convincing and must satisfactory proof of the
superiority of steel tubes for guns over those of
wrought iron has—been afforded by the bursting at
Shoeburyness, on the 13th inst., of the well known
10 inch 181 ton gun, made at the Royal Gun Fac-
tOries, Woolwich, in 1863, to the order of Mr. Lynall
Thomas, and which subsequently became the pro-
perty of Government. The gu Andersone up, under
the superintendence of Mr. in the coil
fashion, composed of the most expensive and highly-
tested wrought iron then in u6e. Finding that a
' preponderance of weight at the breech affected the
free handling of the weapon, and at the same time
having in view the object of introducing the new
system of rifling called the " Woolwich plan," the
gun was bored out, a cad iron tube vim Snorted,