The Sun.
London, England, 1861-11-11 00:00:00

THE AillUi.

A Royal warrant, revising the Royal warrants
of April 8, 1856, and the 14th February, 1857, re-
gulating the numbers, pay, clothir ig, and allowances
while serving, and pension on discharge from the
School of Musketry at Hythe, is been received at
Chatham. The following is the pay to be received
by the non-commissioned officers attached to the
head-quarters at Hythe :—Two serg.-majors are to
eeach; two quartermaster-
Bergs.,rc e 4s. ei4pB. per
erddoyeadrtypaymaster-clerks, 3s.
oh;
two
6d. each; two orderly-room clerks, 3s. each; two
hospital Bergs., 3s. each; 16 _first-class sergs., 3s-
-35. each; 36 third-
corporals, ls. Bd. ;
c6lda.sse,a2chs.;23d6.
esaecchon;dt-wcloassfadtiitgtuoe,
and 36 privates, is. 4d. There is to be extra pay
for good service—to first-class serg.-major, after
r three years' service,
y ; and to the second
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of 3d. per day. Their pay, however, is not to ex-
ceed the following rates of daily pay—namely,
serg.-majors, ss. 2d.; quartermaster-sergs., 4s. 6d. ;
first-class sergs. 4s. ; second-class sergs., 3s. 6d.
third-class sergs., 2s. Bd. In addition to the usual
allowance of clothing, they are to be furnished with
one forage cap, one fatigue jacket, and one pair of
trousers.

That portion of the expeditionary battalion of
Royal Marines for service in Mexico selected from
the Plymouth division, about 400 men, was in-
spected on the parade on Friday last by Col.-Com-
mandant Holloway, C. 8., in the presence of Port-
Admiral Sir Houston Stewart and the Commander
of Forces in the West, Major-Gen. Hutchinson.
On Saturday the men embarked on board the Sans-
pareil, Donegal, and Conqueror. The two last-
named ships have received eight Armstrong guns
from the frigate Emerald.
Fifty Royal Marine Artillerymen and 160 in-
fantry, from the Portsmouth division, wao left at 8
a.m., arrived by South-Devon Railway at Plymouth
at 10 a.m. on Saturday ; and 88 infantry from
Woolwich at 8 a.m., arrived there at 930 p.m.
They were under orders to embark yes-
terday (Sunday) on board the Donegal and
Cona.---^” The number of marines assigneti
passengers lb —oansparell,
500 ; Donegal, 150 ; and Conqueror, 150. The
three were prepared to sail yesterday, but, in con-
sequence of the prevalence of very heavy weather
from the south-west, they were not likely to start
before to-day.
By direction of the Duke of Cambridge instruc-
tions have been forwarded to Sheerness by Major-
General Eyre, commanding the Chatham district,
directing Col. Nedham, commandant of Sheerness
garrison, to hold in readiness a strong detachment
of the first division of the depot brigade, Royal
Artillery, with a proportionate number of officers,
to proceed on an early date to Shoeburyness, to be
instructed in the use of the Armstrong gun. The
detachment will be relieved by a similar number of
officers and men as soon as it has acquired a thorough
knowledge of the subject, the authorities having de-
termined to have the whole of the officers and men
of the Royal Artillery in the Chatham district
thoroughly instructed in the practice of the 100-
pounder and 40-pounder Armstrong guns.
Large supplies of conical shot, common and seg-
ment shells, with other stores, are daily landed at
the Ordnance camber, Sheerness, under the direc-
tion of Mr. J. Greig, assistant-superintendent of
stores, for the 100-pounder Armstrong guns which
are ordered to be mounted on the sea face of the
fortifications at the entrance of the river Medway.

In consequence of the numerous additions which
have of late been made to the head-quarters of
Royal Artillery at Woolwich by transfers, arrivals
of recruits, &c., on the representation of Col. Ken-
nedy to Col. Bingham, Deputy-Adjutant-General,
instructions have been issued to Major-Gen. Sir It,
Dacres, K.C.8., commandant of Woolwich garri-
son, to hold in readiness detachments of Royal Ar-
tillery under his coomand to proceed to Sheer-
ness and 'Parley, in order to relieve the over-
crowding, and to increase the strength of the
first and third divisions of the brigade. The re-
movals will be effected as soon as the necessary ac-
commodation can be provided at the stations named.
From the continued influx of men to the Royal
Artillery, the depots are so rapidly augmenting that
before long it will be necessary to form another
subdivision.

Some Armstrong guns have arrived at Warley
Barracks, in exchange for six-pounder field guns,
formerly in use at the depot when it was in the
hands of the East India Company.
In consequence of the advance of winter an order
has been issued granting one-third more fuel to
each hut, and an additional blanket for each bed,
at the Camp at Colchester. •
The command of the men stationed at Languard
Fort, Harwich, will shortly be transferred to Lieut.
Bicknell, of the 38th Regiment, assistant-instructor
of musketry to the 10th Battalion. Lieut. Bicknell
will also perform the duties of Acting-Adjutant
and Quartermaster.

The works connected with the drainage of the
proposed new cavalry barracks at Colchester will
be completed by the end of the year. The artesian
well, intended to supply water to the barracks, is
to be carried to a depth of 500 feet.
The mixed committee of officers, of which Captain
Howlett, C. 8., was the president, assembled at the
War-office for the purpose of fixing the sites of the
sub-arsenals at the naval stations, have closed their
labours, and submitted their recommendations to
the Government. For the site in Portsmouth they
have chosen the slope of the Mill-dam lying between
the fortifications of Portsmouth and Portsea, con-
tiguous to the Gun-wharf Department, and at a
very short distance from the dockyard. There we
may soon expect to see the foundations of a new
department laid out, and when the Milldam is filled
up, and the railway connected with the gun-wharf,
as is now proposed, the convenience of the spot
chosen for the new works will be proportionately
increased.—Army and Navy Gazette.
It is intended to convert the officers' large mess-
room, recently erected at Fort Pitt Hospital, into a
reading-room for the use of the patients who are
able to leave their wards, as well as for the non-
commissioned officers and men of the Army Hospi-
tal Corps in attendance on the invalid soldiers. The
want of a reading-room at Fort Pitt has long been
experienced, there being on an average from 400 to
500 invalids and others connected with the service
always stationed there. According to the plan pro•