The Sun.
London, England, 1859-09-28 00:00:00

THE ARMY.

The troops forming the garrison on the Gosport
side of Portsmouth harbour, inspected by his Royal
Highness the Commander-in-Chief on Haslar-com-
mon on Monday, comprised the 86th Regiment., the
Ist South Tipperary Militia Artillery, and the Dur-
ham Militia Artillery. At the close of the inspec-
tion his Royal Highness expressed his satisfaction
at the precision with which the troops performed
the different movements and their general soldierly
appearance. The 86th Regiment, lately returned
from India, is one of the finest regiments that ever
arrived in England from foreign service. The
Durham and Tipperary Militias will also bear com-
parison with the majority of our regular troops of
the line. His Royal Highness afterwards visited
Fort Gower, the extensive works being carried out
at Rowner and Grange, the Military Prison at For-
ton. and three different proposed sites for the mili-
tary hospital about to be erected for the use of the
troops on that side of the harbour. The day's pro-
ceedings were much curtailed by the heavy rain
which fell almost unceasingly after noon. His
Royal Highness was attended by Major-Gen. Sir
J. Yorke Scarlett, K.C.8., and Staff, Major-Gen.
Sir Richard Airey, Quartermaster-General, Colonel
Clifton, Aide-de-Camp, and Dr. Alexander, Inspec-
tor of Hospitals.
At 8.30 a.m. yesterday the whole of the available
troops of the Portsmouth garrison, comprising the
mounted batteries of artillery, 6 officers, 126 non-
commissioned officers and men, 93 horses, and 6
guns ; Royal Artillery (garrison), 12 officers and
352 non-commissioned officers and men ; Royal En-
gineers, 2 officers and 64 men ; Ist battalion Rifle
Brigade, 22 officers and 540 non-commissioned' offi-
cers and men; East Kent Militia, 21 officers and
496 non •commissioned officers and men ; Ist Stefford
Militia, 19 officers and 554 non-commissioned offi-
cers and men ; Royal Limerick Militia, 24 officers
and 495 non-commissioned officers and men ; Suffolk
Artillery Militia, 4 sergeants and 28 men, the whole
forming a total of 105 officers and 2,649 non-com-
missioned officers and men, 93 horses, and 6 guns,
assembled on Southsea-common in heavy marching
order, under the command of Major-Gen. Sir J. Y.
Scarlett, K.C.8., and staff. Shortly afterwards his
Royal Highness the Commander-in-Chief, accompa-
nied by a brilliant staff, arrived on the ground, and
was received with a general salute by the troops,
the bands playing the natimsal anthem. His Royal
Highness then passed along the front and rear lines
of the troops, the mounted batteries forming the
extreme left of the line, and the Ist battalion Rifle
Brigade the extreme right. Forming in columns of
companies, and marching past in slow and nuick
time, the different manceurres incidental to it field
day commenced, the rifles throwing out skirmishers
to the front to repel asupposed advance of an enemy,
the artillery opening on each flank, will the main
body moving up in suppolsupport; additional skirmishers
were thrown out by the rifles and the whole line ad-
vanced. The face of operations was then changed,
the troops forming squares to resist cavalry, with the
artillery in the intervals. The troops next formed
in two contiguous lines facing to the eastward, and
threw out a strong body of rifles as skirmishers,
who in their turn had to rapidly form themselh es
into separate squareg to resist an apparent advan e
of the eneffiy's cavalry. The rifles were next formed
in three lines, a little in advance of the rest of the
troops, and put through the sword bayonet exercise.
This was one of the most striking features of tha re-
view, each movement appearing as though performed