The Sun.
London, England, 1859-09-17 00:00:00

THE 4 ?2!f

The Ist battalion of the Scots Fusilier Guards,
under the-ebriitnatid of Cot. Ridley, will leave Wind-
sor to-morrow morning by special' train on the
South-Western Railway for St. George'S-barracks,
London. At the same time 'the 2d battalion of
Gr'enadier Guards, which has been under 'Canvas
at Aldershot, will march into Windsor for the pur-
pose of doing the Castle duty.
A further detachmentof Royal Engineers is about
to be despatched to British 'Columbia for the pur-
pose of assisting, the company of Royal Engineers
now stationed there in the construction of the roads
and bridges and the -other engineering operations-
which are in progress in that colony. The officer
selected to embark with the detachment is Lieut.
R. Anderson, and the:Royal Engineers who are to
form this fresh expedition are now being selected
at head-quarters, Chatham.
The Hon. Council for India have taken up 'the
following additional vessels for the conveyance of
reinforcements to India—viz., the Trafalgar, belong-
ing to Messrs. Greene and Co,. to embark 350 men
at Gravesend, on.the Ist October, for Madras ; and
the Stuart WOrtley, belonging to Messrs. Herring
and Co., to embark 260 men at Gravesend for Bom-
bay between the 22d and 27th inst.

The depot of the 84th Regiment, which numbers
500 men of all ranks, was inspected at the Hut-
barracks, Chatham, on Thursday afternoon, by
Major-General Eyre, Commandant of the Garrison,
previously to the removal of the troops to join the
head-quarters of the regiment. The route for the
depot has been received from the Horse Guards by
Lieut.-Colonel Fairtlough, the troops being ordered,
to leave the Hut-barracks at half-vast 6 r',:tock this
morning and proceed by special train to: Sheffieltl.
Yesterday Major-General Eyre, Commandruit of
Chatham Garrison, accompanied by Brigade-Major
Gorden,:prooedded to Gravesend for the purpose of
inspecting, the , Earl Balcarras, which has been
chartered by the
,Hon. , Council for India for the
conveyance of reinforcements to Kurrachee. • The
reinforcements are expected to embark at Gravesend
this day, the number proceeding in the Earl . Bal-
carras being 444 non-commissioned officers and men
of the 7th Dragoon Guards, '46th, 51st (Light _ln-
fantry),, 70th, 79th (Highlanders), 94th, and 98th
Regiments. The names of the officers wiiii'embvk
with the troops haVe been already enumerated in
The Sun. Lieut... Col. R. J. Baningartner, C. 8.,
27th Regiment, proceeds in charge of the detach-
ments.

Yesterday orders were received at Chatham for
the depot companies of the 61st Regiment to pro-
ceed from that garrison to Pembroke on Monday
next, to occupy the qnarters that will be vacated
by the 31st depot. The following officers leave
Chatham with 'the 61st Regiment :—Major A. W.
Gordon, in command ; Capt. D. R; Croasditile,
Lieut. R. Hittton, Lieut. C. J. Griffiths, Lieut. -E.
B. Andros, Ensign F. J. Pane, Ensign J. R, Cockle,
Ensign E. E. Barton, and Ensign J. D. Wedgwood.
The Iberia steamship arrived at Portsmouth yes-
terday, and Wonld embark there this morning the
Lancashire Militia, consisting of 20 officers and4oo
men for,conveyance to Queenstown. She will,
after disembarking the above, proceed to Kings-
town, where she will embark the Antrim Militia,
consisting of 18 Officers and 427 men, for Shorn-
cliffe Camp, who will disembark at PortsmoUth,
and proceed on to Shorncliffe by rail.