The Sun.
London, England, 1861-07-30 00:00:00

THE ARMY.

His Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge was
entertained at a banquet given by the officers of the
Royal Engineers, at Brompton-barracks, Chatham,
last night, on the occasion of the opening of the
handsome suite of messrooms just completed, covers
being laid for about ninety guests. General Sir J.
F. Burgoyne, G.C.8., Inspector-General of Fortifi-
cations, presided. Among the distinguished officers
present were Lieut.-Gen. Sir J. F. M. Smith,
M.P. ; Lieut.-Gen. Sir Harry D. Jones, K.C.B.
Lieut,-Gen. J. Oldfield, K.H. ; Major-Gen. Sir R-
Airey, K.C.8.; Major-Gen. H. Eyre, Major-Gen.
H. Sandham, Major-Gen. R. J. Stotherd, Col. H. D.
Harness, C 8., Col. C. Bingham, Deputy-Adj.-Gen.,
Royal Artillery ; Col. F. E. Chapman, C. 8.. De-
puty-Adj.-Gem, Royal Engineers ; Col. H. Jervis,
Col. R. N. Phillips, Col. J. Twiss, RE., Col. Ea
Frome, R.E. Col. J. L. A. Simmons, C. 8., R•E'r
Col. Rea, _Roy Marines; Col. Greathed, Col. Tul-
loh, Lieut.-Col. Collinson, R.E., Lieut,-Col. Jervoier.
&c. The band of the Royal Engineers Was sta-
tioned in the gallery during the banquet. Today
his Royal Highness will hold a review of the entire
force of the garrison on Chatham Lines.
His Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge, ON
General Commanding in-Chief, inspected the Ist
Life Guards and the Royal Horse Guards yesterday
morning on Wormwood Scrubbs. The Duke of
Cambridge, who was accompanied by Col. the Hon.
James Macdonald, C. 8., arrived on the ground at
ten o'clock, at which hour the line formed. The
brigade was commanded by Col. Parker. Col.
Dudley de Ros commanded the Ist Life Guards, and
Col. Baillie commanded the Royal Horse Guards.
At the termination of the inspection the Duke of
Cambridge expressed his entire approbatiota of the
efficiency and martial bearing of the troops. The
Earl Beauchamp, the Earl of Cardigan, Lord Raglan,
Major-Gen. Douglas, &c.,were among the spectators.
The Secretary of State for War, in concurrence
with his Royal Highness the Commander in-Chief,
having decided on carrying out the recommendation
of the National Defence Commissioners to classify
the supply of ammunition furnished to fortresEee
according to the defence which garrisons may pre*
bably be called upon to make against attacks, it
been decided, in furtherance of this scheme, that the
supply of ammunition to the batteries forming the
coast defences shall be according to the annexed
scale per gun :—Principal battery, maximum, 500
rounds; minimum, 375 rounds; second-cle,es bat-
teries, 300 rounds maximum, 225 minimum; and
towers, 200 maximum and 150 minimum. This
great augmentation of ammunition, which will em-
brace every improved kind of artillery projectile,
including hollow and solid shot, case, grape, com-
mon and diaphragm shell, will materially add to
the efficiency of the cost defences in case of attack.
In order, however, to give full effect to the arrange-
ment decided upon, it will be necessary, in almost
all our important defence batteries, to materially
increase the existing insufficient magazine accom-
modation. At present the accommodation in the
Chatham district, which embraces a most important
portion of the defences, is totally inadequate to re-
nrs, flow
re-
ceive even the minimum proportion which hasbeen
ordered to be supplied to the batteries at Sheerness,
Tilbury Fort, Now Tavern Fort, coathouse-point,
and Shornmeade.
The 33d company of
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the Royal
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on
instruction pre-
viously to embarkation for foreign service
the course of a few months. The 9th company left
Corfu in the Megara, on the 17th inst.
The orders for the removal of the Bth (King's)
Foot to Aldershott is for the present suspended.
Gosport until further orders are issued.
The regiment will remain in their present quarters
at
A large quantity of engineering tools have been
forwarded to the Isle of Wight for the construc-
tion of military roads at the west end of the island
in the rear of the works of defence about to be
constructed there. A regiment of infantry will
be placed under canvas in the island to assist in
their formation,
The head-quarters of the 6th Carabineers from
India arrived, per South Western Railway, on .
Saturday evening, at the Exeter Barracks, where
the depot has been lying for El MC weeks. The
Exeter rifle corps, with their band, marched to the
station, and gave the gallant fellows a hearty wel-
come.

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spoken off the Isle of Wight on Sunday, steering
up Channel with a fair wind, bound, the captain
stated, to Gravesend. The ship had been expected
by the military authorities at Portsmouth to call
in at Spithead to disembark her troops, as they
are ordered to be stationed in that garrison.

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