The Sun.
London, England, 1867-10-16 00:00:00

Naval and Military Intelligence.

On Monday evening a telegram was received at
Aldershot from the Horse Guards, ordering the 72d
Highlanders, under the command of Major Hunter,

to be held in readiness to move at short notice to
Liverpool and Manchester, should their services be
required ; the baggage and women and children to

remain behind. At the same time the H battery, 9th
brigade Royal Artillery-, received orders to move by
march route yesterday morning at 9 o'clock for the
same destination, to await final instructions at the
first billetting place—Reading. The battery-110
men, 95 horses, and 6 guns—accordingly left yes-
terday morning, but up to 1 o'clock midday the
Highlanders had not received any further orders,
although the light baggage and necessaries were
ready, so that the regiment would have been able,
if required, to march at two hours' notice.
The 43d (Monmouthshire) Light Infantry, Lieut.
Col. F. H. Synge, was officially inspected on Mon-
day and yesterday by Major-Gen. Campbell, C. 8.,
commanding 2d brigade at Aldershot. Major-Gen.
Hodge also inspected on the same day the Royal
Engineer Train. With these inspections the half-
yearly course for the Aldershot division has termi-
nated.
Yesterday Major-Gen. F. Murray, commanding,
the forces at Chatham, made his half-yearly inspec-
tion of the depots of the regiments attached to the
3d battalion of infantry. The whole of the officers
and troops were formed in front of their respective
quarters at St. Mary's Casemaie Barracks, shortly
before 11 a.m. yesterday morning, in heavy march-
ing order, whence they marched to Chatham Lines,
where they formed up in contiguous columns of
companies in readiness to receive the General com-
manding. The troops on the ground consisted of
the depots of the Ist and 2d Battalions of the 10th
Regiment, 2d battalion of the 14th Regiment, Ist
and 2d battalions of the 22d Regiment, 34th Regi-
ment, and 45th Regiment, the whole under the
command of Col. the Hon. J. J. Bourke. On the
arrival of Major-Gen. Freeman Murray, attended by
Capt. F. S. Herries, 65th Regiment, aide-de-camp,
Brigade Major W. W. Lynch, 2d Royals, and other
officers of the Staff, the troops gave a general salute.
Gen. Murray then inspected the arms, kits, and ac-
coutrements of each corps, and afterwards witnessed
the troops go through the customary inspection
movements. The officers and sergeants of the various
corps were subsequently inspected in the sword
exercise, and on the troops being dismissed to their
quarters General Murray went through the Case-
mate Barracks and inspected the men at dinner.
Yesterday afternoon the whole of the corps were
again assembled on Chatham lines, in review order,
each man being provided with 10 rounds of blank
Snider ammunition. At 3 o'clock General Murray
arrived on the ground, and immediately bad the
officers and troops put through a variety of move-
ments to test the efficiency of the officers and men
in Light Infantry and company evolutions. The
inspection of the depot did not terminate until late
yesterday afternoon.
The Field Marshal Commanding in Chief has ap-
proved of Assist.-Sorg. Francis R. Hogg, M.D.,
RA., being appointed for permanent duty with the
Riding Establishment, Royal Artillery, and also to
perform the medical duties connected with the Female
Hospital and Garrison Staff at Woolwich.
The three batteries, sth Brigade Garrison Ar-
tillery, some time under orders for Madras, took
their departure yesterday morning from head-
quarters, Woolwich, and proceeded by special train
for Portsmouth to embark on board the Indian
troopship Serapis, Capt. Soady. The marching out
strength of the batteries was as follows :—Col. G.
B. Shakespear, in command ; Capt. C. G. Lascelles:;
second captains—the Hon. 11. Hare, J. H. P.
Anderson, gunnery instructor, and H. R. L. Morgan;
Lieute. E. R. Ellis, J. R. S. 0. Hewitt, out in the
Corcyra. The departure of No. 2 battery guns is
consequently delayed for a short time. A large
number of rockets of every requisite description
manufactured at Woolwich for the use of the Abys-
sinian expedition, to be fired from the mountain
guns, has been despatched to Portsmouth for ship-
ment for Alexandria. Closed arm-chests from the
Tower, containing the new Snider rifles, with which
the sth brigade batteries arc to be armed on their
arrival in Madras, but to the use of which they were
at present perfect strangers, were sent with the
troops yesterday morning. Their first duty on their
arrival in India will be a course of drills in breech-
loading exercise. The troops all left in a high state
of discipline, and were exceedingly healthy and well
conducted during their long stay in Woolwich. Col.
R, illy's (Cdi.) B battery, B brigade Royal Horse
Artillery, ni 11.01101 out of Woolwich garrison yes-
terday morning en route for Leeds arid Bradford.
Capt. RiJout commanded in the absence of Colonel
Reilly, who is at present engaged as a Boundary
Commissioner.

A special tnes3enger was yesterday despatched
from the Ranger's Lodge, Greenwich-park, inform-
ng the authorities of the Royal Military Academy
at Woolwich that the recovery of Prince Arthur
from the mild attack of small-pox, under which he
has been suffering for some days past, is very satis-
factory.
Her Majesty's screw troopship Serapis, Captain
Soady, sails from Portsmouth this morning for
Alexandria, on her first turn of duty in the relief of
her Majesty's troops in India. This ship will sail
with a total number of 1,554 people on board, all
told. _ . _

YV
Yesterday afternoon, at high tide, a successful
launch was effected from the yard of the contrac.