The Sun.
London, England, 1859-10-27 00:00:00

THE AEME

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In addition to the large quantity of engineering
stores which the detachments of Royal Engineers
about proceeding to China take out with:them, the
authorities have decided on forwarding to China
several miles of telegraph wires,together with tele-
graph apparatus of the most modern construction,
in order to enable the force which is about to be
despatched to China to keep .up instantaneous com-
munication with each other whenever separated.
Several of the non-commissioned officers and men of
the Royal Engineers who have been selected to
proceed with the detachment to China have been
undergoing a course of instruction at the telegraph
school' at the Royal Engineer Establishment,
Chatham, to enable them to lay the wires and
work the apparatus. It is still undecided what
day the Royal Engineers will emliz.lk for Hong
liorik,—in order for their .caiharkation on the day
first 'mentioned having been countermanded. The
men, however, are kept in readiness at Brompton
barracks to leave that establishment for their desti-
nation at a day's notice. Each man has been furnished
with the articles he will require, together with a
supply of light clothing suitable for the climate of
China. -

The 43tb, Northamptonshire Regiment of Militia,
asiembled for training on Monday, and now muster
over 800 of all ranks and 20 officers, under the per-
sonal command of Lient.-Col. Lord Burghley, M.P.

CO3IIIAYDERS OF REGIMENTS.

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The following confidential circular memorandum
has been addressed to general officers and to offi-
cers commanding regiments and depots :
" Horf:e Guards, S.W., Oct. 5.

" On the 19th July, 185, a general order .di-
rected the attention of commanding officers to the
necessity of having officers examined for promotion
without waiting for expected vacancies, and pointed
out the inconvenience to the sercioe, and the in-
jury to interests of individuals, arising from procra-
stination and disregard of the regulations on this
head.

" That order has been unpardonably- neglected,
and at this time:there are numerous regiments from
which no examination papers from the ranks of
Captain or Lieutenant have been received. The
neglect of this duty calls fur the severest reprehen-
sion of the General Commanding-in-Chief, who ) e-
grets to find many commanding officers so utterly
unmindful of the interests of those under their
command.

" The co-ps to which this rebuke especially ap-
plies are those named in the margin.*
" His Royal Highness requests that the general
officers under whom these coips or their depots,
are serving will call upon the commanding officers
to explain the cause of their remissness, and enjoin
them strictly to fulfil their duty.
" The General Commanding-',n-Chief has had oc-
casion frequently to remark on the insufficient y of
the examination to which officers are subjected;
many of the questions being such as are not calcu-
lated to elicit the professional acquirements of those
under examination on important points, and, his
Royal Highness regrets to add, sometimes evincing
a want of intelligence on the part of the examiners.
The answers to the questions are often badly ex-
pressed, and writtenin a careless and illegible man-
ner ; the inaccuracies arc not noted by the Board ;
nor, in forwarding the proceedings, do general offi-
cers at all times give the required opinion on th.!
-course of the examination and the eligibility of the
examined. When boards examine officers of diffe-
rent regiments, the proceedings in connection with
each regiment are to be transmitted separately.
• " His Royal Highness trusts lie may not bo
obliged to recur to this subject, and assures com-
manding officers that he, will not recommend officers
for promotion unless their certificates of qualifica-
tion have been-received; and he holds commanding
officers responsible for the neglect of a regulation
in which public as well as private interests are so
much involved.—By order of his Royal Highness,
the General Commanding-in-Chief,
" G. A. WETTIERALL, Adjut..Gen:'

* "For the rank cf Captain.-12th Lancers; 3d Foot,
2d battalion ; 4th Foot, 25 battalion ; 7th Foot, Ist battalion;
Bth Foot, Ist battalion; 9th Foot, 2d battalion; 18th Foot,
2d battalion ; 20th Foot, Ist and 25 battalions ; 21st Foot,
Ist battalion ; 24th Foot, 2d battalion ; 29th Foot ; 30th
Foot; 34th Foot; 35th Foot; 425 Foot; 43d Foot; 54th
Foot ; 60th Foot, Ist, 2d, 3d, and 4th battalions ; 61st Foot;
63d Foot ; '64th Foot ; G6th Foot ; 79th Foot ; 81st Foot ;
82d Foot ; 83d Foot ; 81th Foot ; 85th Foot ; 90th Foot ;
935 Foot ; 97th Foot ; Ist West India Regiment ; 3d West
India Regiment ; Royal Newfoundland Companies St.
Helena Regiment.
" For the rank of Lieutenant.-24th Foot, 25 battalion ;
425 Foot ; 56th Foot ; 60th Foot,4th battalion ; 61st Foot;
79th Foot ; 825 Foot ; 93d Foot ; 97th Foot ; Royal New-
foundland Companies."