The Sun.
London, England, 1866-10-08 00:00:00

Naval and Military Intelli,;ence.

The half-yearly inspection of regiments have been !
actively carried on at Aldershott during the past
week. On Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday
Major-Gen. Hodge, C. 8., commanding the cavalry
brigade, inspected the 3d (King's Own) hussars,
the 15th (King's Own) Hussars, and the 17th Lan-
cers. On Tuesday Brigadier-Gen. Renny inspected
the fifth Regiment, under the command of Lieut.-
Col. Garrett. On Wednesday Brigadier.-Gen. Sir
A. Iforsford, K.C.8., inspected the 89th (Princess
Victoria's) Regiment, under the command of Cot
Boyle. On Thursday Brigadier-Gen. Campbell,
C. 8., inspected the 28th North Glocestershire Regi-
ment, under the command of Col. Masters, C.B.
On the same day Brigadier-Gen. Sir A. llorsford
inspected the 71st Highland Light Infantry, under
the command of Col. W. Hope, C.B. The regiment
was next exercised by Capt. Bonham in battalion
movements, and by Major Gore in Light Infantry
manceuvres. On Thursday the 81st Regiment,
under the command of Col. G. A. Gildea, was in-
spected by Brigadier-Gen. Renny. Several other
regiments as well as batteries of artillery have been
inspected both with regard to interior economy and
drill, and have given great satisfaction to the in-
specting Generals. The Duke of Cambridge,
Field-Marshal Commanding-in-Chief, has also
testified to the efficient state of the division, the
following complimentary order having been issued
after the field movements in the Duke's presence
reported in 2 he Sun a few days ago :—" The Lieut.-
General commanding has been directed by his
Royal Highness the Field-Marshal Commanding-in-
Chief to publish in orders the satisfaction which the
appearance and drill of all branches of the service,
as seen by him at Aldershot to-day, has given him.
In making this expression of his Royal Highness's
approbation known to those under his command the
Lieut.-Gen. Commanding takes the opportunity of
thanking the brigadiers, staff, and officers command-
ing regiments for the support he has received from
them, whereby he was enabled to show to his Royal
highness the division in a state to deserve the high
encomium he was pleased to bestow on them."
The 2d battalion of the 3d (the Buffs) Regiment
has been removed from Dublin to Belfast, where it
will be for the present quartered.
The half-yearly inspections of the depot batta-
lions of infantry and other corps in Chatham gar-
rison will be held by Major-Gen. Sir Robert Wal-
pole, K.C.8., during the present week, commencing
with the Ist depot battalion.
The War Department transports Bomarsund and
Marlborough arrived alongside the Ordnance
Wharf, Chatham, yesterday, with a portion of the
armament, shot, shell, and other War Department
stores belonging to the screw frigate Leander, 39,
400-horse power, Capt. W. M. Dowell, C. 8., and
the Rosario, 11, 150-horse power, Commander Louis
11. Versturme, both of which are being dismantled
in the steam basin previously to being put out of
commission.
The mechanics employed on the ironclad frigate
Hercules, 12, 1,200-horse power, in Chatham dock-
yard, are working at that establishment during
extra hours, morning and evening, by order of the
Admiralty, for the purpose of pushing forward the
construction of that vessel, which is being built
more rapidly than any other ironclad ship yet con-
structed, either at the public or private shipbuilding
establishments.

A portion of the largest guns for the screw sloop
corvette Reindeer, 7, 200 horse power, together
with the carriages, platforms, slides, &c., have ar-
rived at the Ordnance-wharf, Chatham, from the
Royal Gun Factory, Woolwich, in readiness for
shipment, as soon as the vessel is completed and fit
for undocking.

The following appointments were made on Satur-
day at the Admiralty :—Commander A. Morrell, to
the Duke of Wellington ; and Dr. W. H. Sloggett,
additional, to the Fisgard.

ATHLETIC TRAINING GROUND FOR 0
2(FORrpat"UhlNetTi-c
VERSITY.—We understand negotiations are
pro-
gress for the formation of a training ground for
in
fo
sports at Oxford, which will bo quite distinct from
the college cricket grounds that have been userasy o
such
uche
purposes. The project has received the sanction ofn t
Eirl of Jersey, the great patron of oh English sports,and
ids') the leading pedestrians of the University, and ia
very d,;sirable one, considering the growth and importance
of athlct sports at the University of Oxford. It has been
rumoured that there is a desire on the part of the authori-
ties to put down the sport as much as possible, which, if
true, may be accounted for in a measure by the fact that
athletic sports were hardly in vogue at Oxford when the
present generation of "dons" were ia state pupillari, and
consequently they have not that sympathy for them which
they entertain for the more orthodox pastimes of cricket
and rowing. An attempt is being made to get the Oxford
and Cambridge meeting to the metropolis, but as this would
somewhat destroy the amateur element of the gathering,
create a larger field of "speculation" than has hitherto
existed, and suppress that interchange of hospitality and
good feeling which return visits to the universities have
engendered amongst the undergraduates of our two great
national seminaries, it is hoped that the attempt will fail,
and. that. the Oxonians will next spring meet the sister
university on her coon soil At Ground.