The Sun.
London, England, 1866-08-13 00:00:00

THE ATLANTIC TELEGRAPH.

The following telegram has been received by
Reuter's Telegram Company (Limited), at 2.24 a.m.
August 12, from Mr. R. A. Glass :-
46 VALENTIA, Aug. 12.
" NEWFOUNDLAND, Aug. 12.—Expecting news by
Gulf Cable every moment.
" The sudden stiff breeze of yesterday is now
moderating.
" All going on well."

The following telegram was received by Reuter's
Telegram Company (Limited) at 2.7 a.m., August
13, from Mr. R. A. Glass :
" VALENTIA, Aug. 13.
" The following has been received from the clerk
in charge at Newfoundland :
" Gulf St. Lawrence cable repaired, and work-
ing well. The wind and sea here are calm.—
Au n. 13W' "

Naval and Military Intelligence.

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The Darra sailing Indiaman arrived at Spit-
head on Saturday evening from India with military
invalids and time-expired men under contract with
the Council of India. She sailed from Madras on
the 17th of April, and from St. Helena on the :26th
of March. The troops from both the Merchantman
and the Darra will be disembarked this morning
under the superintendence of the Quartermaster-
General's Department at Portsmouth, and the two
ships will afterwards sail from Spithead for the
Thames to deliver their cargo of Indian produce.
A draught, consisting of three officers and 125
non-commissioned officers and privates of the depot
100th Regiment, .has received orders to be held in
readiness to leave Colchester to join the service
companies of the regiment in Malta on receipt of a
route from the Horse Guards. Capt. Woodall, of the
57th Regiment, is ordered to join the depot at Col-
chester. Captain Bayliff, of the 100th Foot, is
under orders to proceed from the depot to the ser-
vice companies.

The proceedings at the camp at Aldershott during
the past week have included an inspection of the
Cavalry Brigade and a divisional field-day. The
cavalry inspection was made by Major-Gen. Lord
George Paget, C. 8., Inspector-General of Cavalry,
on Tuesday and Wednesday. The regiments in-
spected were the 3d, Bth, andlsth llussars, and the
17th Lancers, commanded by Colonels Vyse, Mac-
naghten, Fitz-Wigram, and Lowe respectively. The
men were exercised in all movements peculiar
to the cavalry, and both on the field and in
the riding-schools acquitted themselves to the entire
satisfaction of the Inspector-General. A " divi-
sional field-day" was held on Thursday, when the
troops stationed at the camp, with the exception of
the Royal Engineers and the Royal Engineer and
and Military Trains, formed up on Bricksbury-plain
in line of contiguous columns, and a sham fight,
lasting about three hours, took place. The close of
the most active periods of the military season at
Aldershot willl be marked during the next few days
by various exchanges of station and removals affect-
ing the troops at the camp. The Major-General
commanding the Cavalry Brigade is ordered to
hold the Bth Hussars in readiness to proceed as fol-
lows :--Head-quarters and two troops to Birming-
ham, three troops to Coventry, and three troops to
Weedon. The officer commanding the Royal Artil-
lery is ordered to hold the undermentioned batteries
of Royal Artillery, and the head-quarters B brigade
Royal Horse Artillery in readiness to move a fol-
lows :—Head-quarters B brigade Royal Horse
Artillery to Woolwich ; B battery B brigade Royal
Horse Artillery to Brighton ; D battery B brigade
Royal Horse Artillery to Dorchester ; E and G
batteries 9th brigade Royal Artillery to Hilsea. B
and D batteries B brigade will be relieved by A
and B batteries C brigade Royal Horse Artillery
from Woolwich.

The screw steam frigate, Galatea, 26, was placed
on Saturday alongside the sheer-hulk in lianioaze
to receive her masts in order that she may be pre-
pared for commission.

The iron paddlewheel steamvessel Antelope, 3,
Commander Bruce, left Plymouth on Friday for
the West Coast of Africa.

The screw steam gunvessel Dapper, tendered to
the Britannia, arrived at Plymouth on Friday, and
having shipped stores returned on Saturday to
Darcmouth.

The iron screw steam sloop Agincourt, having
received some slight necessary repairs, was removed
on Friday from the basin in Keyhain steam yard,
and placed at moorings in the Hamoaze, in the first
division of the Steam Reserve.

The following appointments have been made at
the Admiralty :—Herbert It. Simons, midshipman,
to the Ocean ; John Coogan, surgeon, to the
Aboukir ; and Henry D. Stanistrect, assistant
surgeon, to the Revenge.

We have reason to believe that the Garter vacant
by the death of thelate Marquis of Lansdowne will be con-
ferred upon the Duke of Richmond. Lord Boyne is also
to be advauced to the peerage of Great 3ritain.