The Sun.
London, England, 1859-08-23 00:00:00

THE ARMY.

Her Majesty, with his Royal Hi"hess the Prince
Consort, his Royal Highness Prince Alfred, and
the Princesses Alice and Helena, arrived on board
the Fairy screw yacht, Commander his Serene
Highness Prince Leiningen, in Portsmouth harbour
yesterday morning at 11 30, from Osborne, en route
for Aldershot. Her Majesty was received on land-
ing from the Fairy, at the Royal Clarence-yard, by
the military and naval authorities, and a guard of
honour composed of men from the Tipperary
Militia Artillery. Her Majesty, on passing through
Spithead, awl in entering the harbour, received the
customary honours paid to Royalty by a Royal
salute from the ships of war, dressed out in colours
with manned yards, and Royal salutes from the
forts of the garrison. The three Russian frigates
anchored at the Motherbank did not, however, from
some unexplained cause, join in the demonstration.
Her Majesty, shortly after landing, proceeded by
special train for Aldershot.
The following circular relative to the issuing of
the Enfield rifles to the troops has been issued from
the Horse Guards by order of the Duke of Cam-
bridge :

"It having been found impossible to account for the
damage which in many instances arms issued in good con-
dition from the War-office sustained in consequence of the
delay which has taken place between their reception by
regiments and the assembly of the board of survey held to
examine them, the General Commanding-in-Chief, at the
request of the Secretary of State for War, desires that on
all occasions arms and other stores supplied by the War.
office may be examined immediately after they are received,
the packages being opened and counted in the presence of
the board, and any damage they may have suffered is to be
at once reported to the military store or barrack officer who
issued the same, in order that ho may determine whether
the damage was caused by the carelessness of the carriers.
—By command,
"G. A. WETILERALL, Adjutant-General."
Since the Sappers and Miners of the Royal
and East India Engineers have been employed
in diving near Rochester-bridge with the appara-
tus invented by Mr. Heinke, their operations
have been attended with considerable success,
several tons of the large masses of stone which
were scattered into the river on the blowing up of
the old bridge by the Royal Engineers having been
brought to the surface. Yesterday several of the
Engineer officers descended in the dress, and re•
mauled some time under the water assisting in the
operations which are being carried on in the bed of
the river. The authorities have engaged Mr.
Heinke, the inventor, to superintend the diving.
The following change of quarters will take place
in the Brigade of Guards on the Ist proximo :
Grenadier Guards.-2d battalion, from the Tower
to Aldershott ; 3d battalion, from Aldershott to St.
George's Magazine and Kensington-barracks.
Coldstream Guards.--2d battalion, from Portman-
street and St. John's-wood-barracks to the Tower
of London. The following changes will take place
on the Ist of October :—Grenadier Guards.-2d
battalion, from Aldershott to Windsor ; 3d batta-
lion, from London to Dublin. The Ist battalion
will remain at Wellington-barracks. Coldstream
Guards.-Ist battalion, from Wellington-barracks
to Portman-street and St. John's-wood-barracks.
Scots Fusileer Guards.—lst battalion, from Wind-
sor to St. George's Magazine and Kensington-bar-
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Engi-
neers were yesterday
rations at St. Mary's-creek, Chatham, under the