The Sun.
London, England, 1858-09-15 00:00:00

THE ARMY.

Orders have been issued from the Horse Guards
directing the commanding officers of the three bat-
talions of infantry at Chatham garrison to hold in
readiness the following reinforcements for India,
viz:;-22 men of the Ist battalion Bth (the King's)
Regiment ; Ensign G. F. Vesey and 20 men of the
Ist battalion 19th Regiment ; 22 men of the 20th
Regiment ; one Ensign and 13 men of the 23d Royal
Welsh Fusiliers ; 22 men of the 29th Regiment ;
12 men of the 35th (Royal Sussex) Regiment ; and
28 men of the 75th Regiment. The above detach-
ments proceed to Calcutta. The following embark
for Kurrachee—Ensign William H Warren and
25 men of the 81st Regiment, and 20 men of the
94th .Regiment.
The order recently issued from the Horse Guards
prohibiting the discharge of men sent home from
their regiments on account of wounds or loss of
limbs, was acted on on Monday, at the invalid
depot at Chatham, by which a large number of
men were sent by railway to Scotland, to join the
depot battalion. The 71st proceeded to Stirling,
and the 72d, 74th, 78th, and 93d to Aberdeen. The
number was 60, the whole of them having recently
returned from India.

Major• General Peel, subsequent to his recent
inspection of Woolwich Garrison, issued an order
for. an accurate measurement to be taken of the
barrack accommodation granted to each staff ser-
geant, and, where available, to reduce the space
allotted for that purpose, so as to accommodate a
greater number within the barrack range. All
those hitherto in the receipt of lodging-money were
accordingly ordered to forward an application to
the Quartermaster-General's department for admis-
sion to barracks, as the lodging allowance was to
be. retrenched. The majority of these staff sergeants
are the men who carry out the entire duties of
clerks in the various departments of the barracks,
and whose services are of the most valuable and
important kind. The weekly allowance of 4s. 3d.
under the head of lodging and fuel money, of which
they have been in constant receipt, was yesterday
ordered to cease, in lieu of which it is proposed to
furnish them with two rooms, provided with one
fireplace and one common entrance only, for the
use of two entire families. Similar regulations
have been issued affecting the married officers.
Large detachments, amounting to 500 men, from
the following corps—the 18th, 57th, 68th, 69th,
and 95th Regiments, arrived at Cork Barracks on
Monday, for embarkation for India in the ships
Walter Morrice and Sardinia. These ships are
expected very early next week in Cork Harbour.
THE SCOTS GREYS.—A paragraph, which origi-
nated. in the United Service Gazette, has been going
the rounds of the papers. Colonel Darby Griffith is
the officer alluded to, and the inquiry mentioned
has been held before three officers of distinction
at present quartered in Dublin. The report has
been forwarded to the Horse Guards, but until

officially made known, it is not possible to state
accurately the nature of the decision to which the
gallant officers have arrived ; but from what we
know of Colonel Griffith, we have every reason to
beheve that his character has come unsullied out
of the investigation ; indeed, some of the charges
preferred against him are of so paltry a nature that
one can scarcely believe they were brought forward
seriously. Only imagine a playful remark of this
kind being tortured into an act of tyranny—" Pro-
mise to send me some grouse, or your application
_for leave shall not be forwarded.' If every idle
word of this kind spoken in jest is to be made the
subject of inquiry by the Horse Guards, the sooner
the British army is handed over exclusively to the
care of the cotton lords the better !—Evening Mail.