The Sun.
London, England, 1858-09-08 00:00:00

THE ARMY.

His Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge
Commander-in-Chief of the Forces, arrived al

Dover yesterday morning, for the purpose of
reviewing the troops at present garrisoned there,
and of inspectine, the newly-erected quarters at the
Castle, designed for the use of officers. His Royal
Highness, accompanied by his aides-de-camp, left
London by the 8.30 train of the South-Eastern
Railway, and arrived at Dover at a quarter to 11.
He was met at the railway station by Gen. Peel,
Secretary. of State for War; Major-General Sir
Richard Airev, K.C.8., Quartermaster-General ;
Major-General Mansell, K.H., commanding the
Shorncliffe division ; Major-General Craufurd,
Commandant of the Garrison ; Colonel Ward, com-
manding Royal Engineers ; Lieut.-Colonel Blanc,
C. 8., Assistant-Quartermaster-General of the
Shorncliffe division ; Col. Browne, R.A., and other
officers. A Royal• salute from the new battery at
the Western Heights announced the arrival of the
Duke to their Royal Hignesses the Duchess of
Cambridge and the Princess Mary, who have been
sojourning since Saturday at Birmingham's Royal
Ship Hotel, whither his Royal Highness proceeded
before inspecting the troops. The scene upon the
grand plateau at the Western Heights, where the
troops were drawn up, was a most animated one.
The weather at the commencement of the review
was all that could be desired, and the anticipated
spectacle had attracted to the Heights a large
assemblage of the most fashionable residents of
this now well-filled watering-place. A long line of
carriages extended from one end of the plain to the
other, their fair occupants forming a picturesque
fringe to the red green which were the predomina-
ting colours of the plateau itself, occupied as it was
with troops to be reviewed. These consisted of the
4th battalion 60th Rifles, under Lieut.-Colonel
Browne ; the Bedfordshire Light Infantry Militia,
under Colonel Gilpin, M.P. ; the Donegal (Prince

of Wales's Own) Militia, under Lord C. Hamilton.
M.P.,and a company of Royal Artillery. Shortly be.
fore 12 o'clock his Royal Highness the Commander-in

Chief, surrounded by the officers already mentioned,
arrived upon the ground, and was saluted by the
troops who had formed in line. The Duchess of
Cambridge and the Princess Mary, attended by
Baron Knesebeck, were seated in a barouche, which
was driven by the side of his Royal Highness, and
they appeared to take a lively interest in the move-
ments which followed. The Commander-in-Chief
first passed along the line, and the respective regi-
ments then marched past in companies. This was
followed by the usual manoeuvres, more or less un-
' intelligible to civilian eyes; which go to make up a
military spectacle. His Royal Highness was pleased
to express to the commanding officers of the different
corps his high satisfaction at the precision and ac-
tivity of the troops under inspection. The review
terminated • about 1 o'clock, and the Commander-
in-Chief then proceeded to the Citadel, which he
minutely inspected. A visit to the barracks at the
Western Heights followed ; and the labours of his
Royal Highness were wound up by an inspection
of the imposing range of buildings to the eastward
of the Castle, recently erected by. Mr. W. Moxon.
To-day the Duke of Cambridge visits the camp at
Shorncliffe.
The reinforcements for the Bth Hussars, 17th
Lancers, 18th Royal Irish, 33d (Duke of Welling-
ton's). Regiment, 51st (King's Own) Light Infantry,
56th, 57th, 71st Highlanders, 72d Highlanders, 86th,
89th, 92d Highlanders, and 95th Regiment, to the
number of 430 men of all ranks, embarked at
Gravesend yesterday on Board the Sardinia for
Bombay. The only reinforcements now awaiting
embarkation for Madras, are those for the Ist Dra-
goon Guards, 12th Lancers, 44th, 60th Rifles, 66th,
68th Light Infantry, 69th, 74th Highlanders, and
80th Regiment, and these are expected to embark
in the Walter Morrice.
The demand recently made by the War Depart-
ment upon 'Woolwich Arsenal for the supply of gulls
to reinforce the coast defences has been promptly
responded to, as upwards of 1,000 68-pounders and
other heavy siege guns have already been despatched
from Woolwich to Sheerness, Seaford, Eastbourne,
Portsmouth, Devonport, Dover, and the various
towns on the English coast ; the whole of which are
fully equipped and arc furnished with appliances
for projecting red-hot shot and. other missiles of the
most destructive description. This formidable array
of coast defence does not include the large number
of 11-pound battery guns, Sze.,which have likewise
been supplied to the above-named stations.
Mr. W. Foster, chief clerk of the Military Store
department of Woolwich, has been promoted to be
Military Storekeeper and Barrackmaster at Sheer-
ness ; Mr. H. D. R. Maxwell, Storekeeper at Hull
(which effice is to 1-gl abolished\ is ordered to do
duty- at 1V oolwiC i ; Mr. J. Jones, Stofekeeper at
Malta, is ordered to Chatham, and Mr. C. K. Cleere
is appo4ited to the Tower.
A general court-martial, of which Lieut.-Col.
);1? ..1111;a5"
.ITPA proislent, yesterday closed its

tings at Woolwich, when the officers composing the
court were to be placed on the roster for duty. The
prisoners were a sergeant and a gunner of the*Roval
Horse Artillery. The charge against the sergeant
was stated to be the unmanly offence of having
bitten the thumb of a bombardier of the corps,
during an altercation in a public-house, in so severe
a manner as to render amputation necessary. The
case of the gunner was, for having struck a corpo-
ral with his drawn sword while in a state of in-
toxication during the march from Shoeburyness to
Woolwich ; and for, having attempted to strike one
of his officers with the same weapon. The sentence
in each case is about to be forwarded for the ap-
proval of her Majesty.
A number of young men from the Royal Antrim
Rifle Regiment of Militia at Woolwich yesterday
volunteered for the 14th Regiment of the line, at
present stationed at Belfast, and having passed the
medical ordeal they received the usual bounty, and
left the garrison in charge of a non-commissioned
officer, to proceed to their destination.
The City of Manchester, steam transport, sailed
from Portsmouth on Monday evening with the Ist
battalion of the 12th Regt. for Fort George, Scot-
land.

THE MILITIA.
Yesterday non n ing the R)yal South Gloucester-
shire Militia, wider the command of Col. Berkeley,
assembled at Gh u x‘ster for 21 days' training. The
regiment is about 600 strong.
The Essex Rifles assembled for training and drill
yesterday, in compliance with the directions of Vis-
count Maynard, the lord-lieutenant of the county.
The muster took place at 10 o'clock, at the depot on
the Ipswich-road, Colchester. The men will be
quartered at the camp.