The Sun.
London, England, 1858-11-17 00:00:00

THE ARMY.

Draughts for the foilowing regiments, to the
number of eight officers and 316 non-commissioned
officers and privates are under orders to embark at
Gravesend this day on board the Gertrude, Com-
mander Speeding, for Calcutta ,—v iz ~ one officer and
66 men of the Royal Artillery, from Woolwich ;
one officer of the 2d (the Queen's) Dragoon Guards,
one officer and 65 men of the 7th Hussars, and 10
men of the 90th Light Infantry, from Canterbury ;
One officer of the 6th Dragoon Guards (Carabiniers)
and one officer of the 9th Lancers, from Maidstone;
one officer and 20 men of the 6th Regiment, one
officer and 90 men of the 34th Regiment, 30 men of
the 37th Regiment, 12 men of the 88th Connaught
Rangers, and 14 men of the 97th `(Earl of Ulster's
Regiment), from Colchester ; one.officer of the Ist
battalion 19th Regiment; one officer of the Ist
battalion 23d Royal Welsh Fusiliers, and 9 men of
the 35th Regiment, from Chatham. Assistant-Sur-
geon Don S. Smith, 6th Dragoon Guards, has -re-
ceived orders to embark in medical charge of the
troops proceedino. to India.

The authorities at the Horse Guards have issued
orders directing that a certain number of non-com-
' missioned officers, instructors of musketry of the
second and third class, shall be selected from the
corps of instructors, formed at the School of Mus-
ketry, llythe, under the command of Major-Gene-
ral Ilay, and forwarded to each of the regiments
now serving in India for the purpose of instructing
the non-commissioned officers and men in the use of
the Enfield rifle. It has also been determined to
despatch a number of duly qualified officers who
have undertone a course of rifle instruction at the
School of Musketry to India, in order that they
may superintend the instruction of the officers and
men of each regiment, and the following officers se-
lected from the battalions at Chatham garrison,
have.received orders to embark for India for that
purpose :—Captain W. J. Anderson, 32d Light In-
fantry; Lieut. T. Lloyd, 35th Regiment ; Lieut.
W. C. Driberg, 84th Regiment ; EnsigaT. P. But-
ler, 24th Regiment; Ensign W. Boycott, 29th Re-
giment; find Ensign C. Finnerty, 75th Regiment.
The Hon. Council of India liave taken up the
Lincluden Castle and the Eveline for the convey-
ance of 600 of the East India troops to-Calcutta,
Madras, and Bombay, on the 24th and 25th inst.,
the troops to embark at Gravesend.

The 2d battalion of the 13th (Ist Somersetshire,
Prince Albert's) Light Infantry, stationed at Win-
chester, are under orders to quit that garrison on
the 19th inst. for Aldershott.

The recruiting depot in Cork has received orders
from the War-office to recruit for about 20 regi-
ments of the line at a reduced standard of 5 feet 3
inches in height, and 34 inches round the chest.

GREAT WESTMINSTER REFORM
STAKES.

(From Punch's Special Sporting Correspondent.)

Althou h this event does not come off for some
months we believe the meeting is fixed for
February it excites already so much interest in
the minas of turfites that we think we shall not be
premature in analysing the performances and
chances of the various animals engaged, and in ad-
vising our readers, to the best of our ability, how
best to square their little books.
Lord Derby's Chancellor and Mr. Bright's Brum-
magem divide the favouritism between them, and
are, indeed, the only animals really backed for
money. Of the two we prefer the Manchester nag,
who took a rattling gallop at Birmingham a short
time ago, and performed in a style which gave his
backers great confidence. The Chancellor, on the
other hand, has never quite recovered his melan-
choly exhibition at Slough ; and in the face of such.
a wretched performance we cannot stand him for
this race. Indeed, we think it very unlikely that
the noble earl will run the horse at all, as he still
has a large lot to choose from, and may even at
last stand in with The Brum.

The liberal party, we understand, have decided
on going for the same animal, and we must,
therefore, think very highly of his chance. The
running will be probably made for him by Mr.
Berkeley's Ballot or Mr. Locke King's Ten-pounder,
neither of whom, of course, can have a chance of
winning on their own merits.
Russell's Woburn Whig must have a good chance
for this race. He has performed very well at dif-
ferent times ; and, although rather " off" lately, we
hear is doing good work again, and will be very
bad to beat on the day. In the event of anything
happening to Lord Dorby's lot, he is almost certain
to get a good place, even if he does not win, and
we should advise his being kept very safe.
Of the outside division, Lord Palmerston's Hum-
bug is quite useless for this journey, and the best
of the second-raters is Sir John Trelawney's Church
Rate, who will, we think, do a good. thing some day.
Having thus summed up all the chances, we pro-
ceed to give our opinion, which is, that
will be first, closely followed by the Woburn Whig,
and we will take flallot for a cock-boat.

SHIELDS, Monday, noon.--We have had an ex-
tremely rough 'and stormy night on this coast; a strong
gale blowing from the east-south-east, and a heavy sea
breaking on the bar. No casualties are reported. Two
brigs got into harbour this morning : one in crossing the
bar had her stern boat washed away. The weather looks
very roving and unsettled. Ia consequence of the great
number of light vessels that have arrived coal freights have
fallen to ss. 9d. per ton for the London market.
ANOTHER ACCIDENT TO THE IRISH MAIL.—We
have just heard through our agents (Messrs. Smith and
Son) that, by a singular coincidence, their parcel, contain-
ing the London journals of Thursday, was consumed by
fire this morning, on the Chester and Holyhead Railway.
How the accident occurred is as yet unexplained. As the
consequence, we are again, as on this day week, without
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