The Sun.
London, England, 1859-10-19 00:00:00

THE ARMY.

The Earl of Cardigan,Spector-General of Ca-
valry, arrived in Exeter on Monday. At four
o'clock, the noble earl proceeded to the Exaer bar-
racks, to inspect the head-quarters of the 9th Lan-
cers, under the command of Col. Little. After they
had gone through several movements with great
precision, the Earl of Cardigan thus addressed the
men—" I am very glad to see so fine a regiment on
parade, after such long and good services in India."
The noble earl then proceeded to inspect the men
who have applied for their discharge. A grand
banquet was given to the regiment by the citizens
of Exeter, last Thursday, in the Higher market,
which is capable of holding several thousand per-
sons. Tho men who have just returned from
India were present. Seats were provided for
ladies, and a large number attended. The Mayor
of ,Exeter (Capt. Tanner) presided, and among
the guests were Col. Little and nearly all the
officers of the regiment, Sir J. L. Duntze, Mr. R. S.
Gard, M.P., the High Sheriff of Exeter (Mr. S. S.
Perkins), besides a very large number of the gentle-
men and tradesmen of the city. The bands of the
Devon Yeomanry and the Ist Devon Militia played
at intervals during the banquet. The soldiers were
much affected with their reception, which was of
the most enthusiastic and gratifying character.
The healths of the officers, non-commissioned offi-
cers, and privates of the regiment were drunk amid
deafening applause. Col. Little and Serg.-Majlr
Spence responded to the toasts, and expressed their
warm appreciation of the kind and hospitable man-
ner in which the regiment had been received by
the citizens of Exeter.
Immediately after her Majesty's departure from
Edinburgh on Saturday morninc, the 13th Light
Dragoons, which had been on duty in the park,
were reviewed by Gen. Viscount Melville. Col.
M'Cleverty, Assist.-Adj.- Gen., Capt. D. Jones, Aide-
de-Camp, Col. Fitzmayer, R.A., and the Hon. G.
Monckton, Col, of the 'Nest York Rifles, were also
on the grouped. The regiment looked remarkably
well, and went through the various e7olutions in a
manner highly creditable both to the officers and men.
At the close Lord Melville expressed his satisfac-
tion both with their appearance and drill.
The following military invalids and soldiers for
discharge have arrived at Portsmouth from South-
ampton, where they disembarked from the Parana,
Wrest India mail steamer. To join the invalid
depot Chatham :—Capt. Hudson, R.A. , and 1 man
of the 41st Foot. To join the depots of their regi-
ments for discharge :—Royal Artillery, 2 men ; 41st
Foot, 11 men ; 49th Foot, 1 sergeant and 1 man ;
and 3 women and I children.

Yesterday some experiments took place at the
Rlfle-ground attached to the Royal Engineer estab-
lishment at Chatham, for the purpose of testing
the new description of gossamer seamless cartridges,
invented by Captain Norton, in order to ascertain
their suitability for various arms, and especially for
the new rifles now being served out to volunteer
rib corps. The ball used during the experiments
was the elongated rifle shot invented by Captain
Norton. The first operation consisted of firing a
number of rounds of the gossamer cartridge from an
ordinary percussion pistol, but as it was judged
that the resistance offered by the weight of the ball
might have an important effect in the quickness of
fire, an equal number of rounds of the same car-
tridge without ball were fired from the same pistol,
but no perceptible difference could be observed in
the rapidity of the fire, the blank cartridges igniting