The Sun.
London, England, 1858-10-13 00:00:00

THE ARMY.

'Yesterday orders were issued -for- the Ist batta-
lion of the 15th Foot, and the 2d battalion of the
9th Regiment, to be held ready to embark for the
Mediterranean, to replace the regiments ordered
to India.

Yesterday orders were issued from the Horse
Guards for a company of the Royal Artillery, num-
bering 3 officers and 113 men, to proceed from
Woolwich to Jamaica, and 6 officers and 183 men
to Barbadoes. The companies now stationed in
those islands, numbering 10 officers and 215 men,
are to return to Woolwich ; 37 women and 62 chil-
dren are to be brought home with these troops, the
wives and children of the soldiers.

The following additional vessels have been taken
up by the Hon. Council for India for the convey-
ance of reinforcements and stores to India :—The
Hougomont, 962 tons; the Arethusa, 942 tons; the
Redan, 859 tons ; and the Saladin, 856 tons, for
Calcutta. The Janet Willis, 666 tons ; and the
Berkshire, 700 tons, for Madras. The Caroline
Coventry, - 888 tons, for Bombay. The Matilda
Wattenbach, 1,000 tons, for Kurrachee.

Orders have been received at Fort Fitt, Chatham,
for the following medical officers attached to the
staff at that establishment to proceed to the under-
mentioned stations—viz., Staff Assistant-Surgeon
E. A. Gibbon and Staff Assistant-Surgeon T. Ryan,
to Gibraltar ; Staff Assistant-Surgeon W. Crisp, to
China ; Staff Assistant-Surgeon E. Hoile, to Col-
chester ; and Staff Assistant-Surgeon C. Langmore,
to Winchester.

Yesterday morning the following detachments
embarked at Gravesend on board the Lady Octavia,
1,200 tons, .Commander D. Welch, for Calcutta :-
13 men of the 23d Royal Welsh Fusileers and 6
men of the 35th (Royal Sussex) Regiment, from
Chatham ; 60 non-commissioned officers and men
of the 54th Regiment, 38 men of the 88th (Con-
naught Rangers), and 40 non-commissioned officers
and privates of the 97th (Earl of Ulster's) Regi-
ment,- from- Cokhestar ; 19 men of the ISt battalion
60th Rifles, from Winchester ; 10 men of
the 42d Highlanders, 16 men of the- 73d Regi-
ment, and 18 men of -the 93d Highlanders, from.
Scotland. The officers who accompany the detach-
ments are Ensign N. Gosselin, Ist battalion, 23d
Royal Welsh Fusiliers ; Ensign Jas. H. Tarleton,
54th Regiment ; Ensign W. Steele, 60th Rifles;
and Ensign W. Clarkson, 73d Regiment. .
Orders have been•given for 168 non-commis-
sioned officers and men of the Ist battalion 3d Buffs_
to be held in readiness to embark on board the
Hougomont, 962 tons, at Cork, for Calcutta, for the
purpose of reinforcing the service companies of that
corps, now in the Bengal Presidency.
Yesterday the battalion of Royal Marine Light
Infantry at head-quarters, Chatham, assembled on
their parade ground, for the purpose of hearing
read the proceedings of a court-martial which re-
cently assembled at Chatham for the trial of Private
Brown, of the Chathani division, on two separate
charges of creating a disturbance in the streets of
Chatham, and also for attempting to break out of
confinement. The Court found the prisoner guilty,
and, in consideration of his former character, sen-
tenced him to 28 days' imprisonment in Fort Cla-
rence, ten days of which were to be passed in soli-
tary confinement.
The committee of the Central Association for
Improving the Condition of the Wives and Families
of Soldiers and Sailors have announced a bazaar,
under the patronage of the Countess of Darnley and
other ladies of distinction, which will take place at
Chatham to-morrow and Friday. The objects of
this society, which has already been the means of
effecting a vast amount of good, are to afford relief
to the wives and families of those soldiers and
sailors at Chatham garrison who are suffering from
privations during the absence of their husbands on
foreign service. The_ relief is afforded in a variety
of ways, partly by gifts of money and the neces-
saries of life. The chief feature, however, in con-
nection with the association is that the persons
requiring. relief are taught to helithemselves, and
the families trained to industrial occupations.
This is accomplished by the receipt of needlework
from the army contractors at Chatham and its
distribution among the persons requiring aid,
the committee giving an additional price be-
sides that paid by the contractors. By these
means nearly 100 young persons are daily em-
ployed and trained to habits of industry, a com-
mittee of ladies superintending the issue and the
receipt, of the work. The committee have also a
house at Brompton used as a hospital for sick
women, and this is supported entirely by the
society's funds.
- Yesterday orders were issued from the office of
Public Works •to prepare the space at the end of
Waterloo-place, on the north side of Pall-mall,
heretofore occupied by the Bude light, for the re-
ception of the Guards' Crimean Memorial. The
memorial, cast from Russian guns, is composed of
four large figures, standing on a:granite pedestal ;
it will face St. James's Park. The models are all
ready for casting, amid the work is expected to be
placed in position by the sth proximo, the anni-
versary of the battle of Inkerman.
Mr. J. Defries, of Houndsditch, has taken the con-
tract for lighting the Camp at Aldershot during
the winter months. Upwards of 7,000 lamps are
used.

Her Majesty's corps of Yeomen Warders have re-
ceived undress uniforms in lieu of the gold embroi-
dered tunics hitherto worn by them, and which cost
from £5O to £6O each, now only to be worn on State
occasions. Yesterday the Warders appeared in their
new tunics, composed of blue cloth, slashed and
turned up with red.
In consequence of the large number of European
troops engaged in the suppression of the Indian re-
volt, to maintain whose health a supply of malt
beverage has been found absolutely necessary, the
Indian Council yesterday invited tenders for an un-
limited supply of ale and porter for the troops
quartered in the Indian presidencies.