The Sun.
London, England, 1867-11-06 00:00:00

up his appointment as assist.-surg. of the Royal
Naval Hospital at this island. The Empress (No. 14)
hired screw transport, which conveyed mules from
Spain to Alexandria for the Abyssinian expedition,
repassed Malta to the westward on the 25th inst.
A telegram from Alexandria of Oct. 29 states that
the Bolivar (No. 17) hired screw transport, left that
port the day previous, and would call off Malta, to
land muleteers. Telegraphic orders were received
yesterday from the Admiralty for a ship of war to
proceed to Leghorn to embark and bring to Malta
the brother of the Tycoon of Japan. Rear-Admiral
Kellett immediately ordered the Endymion on this
service; and in spite of it blowing a gale from the
north-west, with heavy squalls accompanied by hail
and rain, she put to sea, in command of Captain
Charles Wake. I am happy to state that the cholera
bulletins were discontinued on the 25th inst., and
on the 28th the Government resumed the issue of
clean bills of health. The quarantine on Sicily has
been reduced from 30 to 15 days from infected ports,
and vessels from all ports issuing clean bills of health
aro admitted to pratique. The 14th Regiment,
which was removed to Goze, on account of the
cholera breaking out among the men, has resumed
its former quarters at Pembroke Camp. The health
of the garrison and the population is now every-
thing that can be desired. The despatch-vessel
Psyche arrived last night front Naples. She left
the Admiral there on the 28th on board his flagship
the Caledonia. The Psyche arrived on the 23(1 at
Naples with the mails from Ville Franche. The
Commander-in-Chief intended to remain at Naples
for a day or two longer, and may be expected in
Malta about Saturday or Sunday. Her Majesty's
ships in port are the llibernia, receiving-ship (bear-
ing the flag of Rear-Admiral Kellett, C. 8.), the
Cruiser, the Racer, the Pysche, and the Tyrian.
Yesterday the force of Royal Engineers selected
for service in Abyssinia, including the parties of
surveyors, photographers, telegraphists, well-borers,
and signallers, with the 10th company of the corps,
left headivarters, Chatham, and proceeded by rail-
way to Woolwich, where they will embark on board
the chartered screw steamer Mendoza, 900 tons bur-
den,which conveys them to Massowah. Shortly after
9 o'clock the officers and men formed up on the pa-
rade ground at Brompton-barracks, the whole of
the officers and men not on duty turning out to wit-
ness their departure. On Saturday evening Major
G. D. Pritchard and the other officers proceeding
with the expedition were entertained at a farewell
nner by the officers of the Royal Engineers, in the
officers' mess room, Col. J. L. A. Simmons, C. 8.,
presiding. In proposing the healths of the officers
who were about to proceed to Abyssinia, Colonel
Simmons spoke in the highest terms of their fitness
for the duties they would be called on to discharge.
Yesterday morning, after inspecting the officers and
men prior to their departure, Colonel Simmons de-
livered a farewell address, in which, after giving
them some suitable advice on the nature of the ser-
vice on which they would be likely to be engaged,
he exhorted them, by their discipline and conduct,
to maintain, in a new and unknown country, the
high character always borne by the corps of Royal
Engineers. A round of cheering followed the con-
cluding observations of Col. Simmons, and imme-
diately afterwards Dr. J.B. Cockburn, the principal
surgeon of the corps, who came to the parade ground
to witness the departure of the expedition, was also
loudly cheered, some of the men expressing to him
the wish that he was going to accompany them.
The Royal Engineers, headed by their band,
marched from Brompton Barracks to the railway
station at Stroo3, the troops at Chatham Barracks
turning out and giving them a parting cheer.
On arriving at the railway station they left for
Woolwich by the 11 a.m. train. Before going
down to Woolwich the Mendoza shipped the
major portion of the cargo in the London Docks,
including the No. 2 mountain battery of ?-
pounder guns sent up from Woolwich. The steve-
dore's gang were engaged during the whole of Sun-
day last in shipping, at the red buoy off Wool-
wich Arsenal, Snider ammunition, consisting of
4,810 boxes, weighing 140 tons, a large number of
rockets and shells for the mountain batteries in
cases, and other stores. At the moment of sailing
yesterday it was found necessary, for want of space,
to reject 600 rockets, which were consequently kept
for transport in some future vessel. Twenty staff
surgeons appointed for the expedition to Abyssinia
also joined the Mendoza. The Woolwich passenger
boat Penguin was taken up by the Indian Board to
convey the officers and troops, together with their
baggage, from the pier, and was constantly plying
to and fro during the morning. The vessel sailed
from the buoy about 3 p.m., and went down the
river on her voyage to Alexandria. Judging from
the applause which greet el the departure of the
troops, there is no doubt that the expedition meets
with general approbation.
Lieut.-Col. R.A., Assist.-Director of
Ordnance at the War Department, having been
selected by Gen. Sir Robert Napier to command the
mountain gun and rocket brigade attached to the
Abyssinian expedition, is ordered to hold himself in
readiness to embark on board the Indian troopship
Crocodile, to sail on the 21st ins'. Col. Milward
has been granted six months' leave of absence, his
duties at the War•office to be carried out in the
meantime by Col. Younghusbaud, oR• A now in
Paris

Yesterday morning Lieut. Hiller, with one ser-
geant, two corporals, 25 drivers, and 82 gunners—
total 11O—of tho 19th and 2301 Brigade, Ist Depot