The Sun.
London, England, 1857-08-29 00:00:00

THE ARMY.

RECRUITING DEPARTMENT.—GENERAL
ORDER, No. 687.
Horse Guards, S.W., August 21, 1857.
The accompanying revised schedule, showing the age,
standard, and levy money allowed for the enlistment of
recruits for the cavalry and infantry of the line, having
received the approval of bis Royal Highness the General
Commanding in Chief, will be substituted for all orders
and regulations hitherto issued with reference to re-
cruiting.
By command of his Royal Highness the General Com-
manding in Chief,

G. A. WETEtuunt, Adjutant-General.

Cavalry (Heavy and Light).—Men from 5 feet 6 inches
to 5 feet 8 inches in height, and not under 18 or ex-
ceeding 25 years of age.
Infantry of the Line.—Men and lads not below 5 feet
5i inches in height, between the ages of 17 and 25.
For Rifie regiments, recruits may be received at a
standard of 5 feet 5 inches, provided they are not less
than 34 inches in circumference of chest.
Infantry in India, China, New South Wales, and St:
Helena.—RecruitLuf feet Si inches in height, and not
under 18 years of age.
Dismrsunoti or THE LEVY-MONEY,

Cavalry.

To the recruit—
On being attested, in cash
Orr intermediate approval, in cash
On final approval, in cash 1 10 0

Amount of bounty
And a complete kit of necessaries.
To the superintending officer—
On intermediate approval, to cover the ex-
penses of postage, stationary, &a £o 5
For attesting
Surgical examination*
To the party, including bringer--
Oa intermediate approval, including 23. 6d
to be paid to the bringer
On final approval, including 2s. 63. to be
paid to the bringer
For conducting the recruit to place of final
approval

£2 0

0 5

0 7

0 2

Total levy-money, British cuzrency... £3 5
Infantry.

To the recruit—
On being atteated in cash
On intermediate approval in cash
Ou final approval in ca,,h

0 2
0 7
1 10

Amount of bounty £2 0
With a complete kit of necessaries.
To the superintending officer—
On intermediate approval, to cover the ex-
penses of postage, stationery, &c 0 5
For attesting
Surgical examination
To the party, including bringer—
On intermediate approval, including 39. 6d
to paid to the bringer
On final approval, including 4s. to be paid
to the bringer
For conducting the recruit to place of final
approval

0 5

0 10

0 2

Total levy money, British currency... £3 7

* The fee to private medical practitioners to b 3 paid in
conformity with the directions of the War Office, Circular,
No. 1173, dated Jan. 5, 1855.

Naval and riinicary intelligence.

The following militia regiments, most of which
were sent on foreign service during the late
war with Russia are again to be immediately em-
bAlied:—Berks, East Kent, 4th Lancashire, Ox-

'ord, 2d Staff;rd, Wilts, and Ist West York.

Which of the Irish vgimews are to be embodied

will b 3 decided by the Lord Lieutenant.
Advices from Malta to the 22d August mention
no movements of shlps of war at that port save the
arrival on the 18th from Malaga of her Majesty's
steam gunboat Osprey, bringing Majors Bolder and
Pearson, and the departure for Sicily and Naples,
on the 11th, of H.M. steam frigate Centaur, and
at 7.30 a.m. on the 10th," of H.M. screw steam
gunboat Wanderer, despatched by Admiral Sir M.
•Stoptord to communicate via Turin, per electric
telegraph, the Indian intelligence to hand by the
Jura. No private communications were allowed to
be put on board. She however met with a gale of
wind, was 51 hours in reaching her destination,
and thus the London press were not forestalled by
the Admiralty. She returned on the 16th, and left
again for the same destination on the night of the
20th, with a telegraphic despatch from Suez for
the Admiralty and the leading journals, which ar-
rived by the Bceotia, screw steamer, from Alexan-
dria containing the heads of inte'ligence received
by the European from Australia and Ceylon, and
the Nubia from Calcutta, which vessels reached
Suez on the 14th, and whose mails are hourly ex-
pected from Alexandria.
Subjoined are further extracts from our came
spondent's letters :
" Her Majesty's steam corvette Desperate arrived
at Alexandria, from Malta, on the 27th July, to
await, with the Caradoc, the Arrival of the Ausbas-
dors and suite from Siam.
" The European and Australian mail steamer
Jnra arrived on the 10th from Alexandria, bringing
only the Bumbay mail, which she carried on to
Southampton on the same morning, aftertransferring
the overland portion to the Cambria, belonging to
the same company, which left immediately with the
same for Marseilles, followed two hours later by
the Peninsular and Oriental Company's steamer
Valetta, which arrived from Alexandria on the
same morning with the Calcutta midi. Major Burt
was the only passenger by the Valetta. The Jura
conveyed to England Mr. Hea4hert Master, R.N.,
lately commanding her Majesty's ship
Shear water,
sold out of the service at Malta, an engineer of the
same vessel, a midshipman, and 20 invalided sea-
men and marines.

" The Peninsular and Oriental Company's steam.
packet Ripon arrived on the 14th from Southamp•
ton and Gibraltar.

" The Vectis, belonging to the same company,
arrived from Marseilles early on the morning of the
15th. _ _

" The Ripon and the Vectis left for Alexandria
early on the morning of the 15th.
" The Etna with the outward Australian mail
and 59 passengers, arrived at Malta in 7i days from
Southampton early on the morning of the 20th, and
the Cambria having art ived on the morning of the
21st from Marseilles with the overland London
mails, these were immediately transferred to the
Etna, which left for Alexandria.early on the morn-
ing of the 22d."
Yesterday the reinforcements of officers and men
for the 64th, 78th Highlanders, 83d, and 86th Re-
giments, serving in India, left the Provisional Bat-
talion, Chatham, and proceeded to Gravesend,
where they embarked on board the Sedgemoor, for
Bombay. The following is the number of officers
and men furnished by each of the above deliots
64th Regiment, "Lieut. O. a Laprimandaye, En
78th Highlanders, Lieut. W. W. Young,
sign W. Morrison, and 60 non-commissioned officers
and men ;
Regiment, Lieut. C.
P. Butler, J.
her, F. Kerslake and
Lieut.icc..GGoo rweE,e.rJa.
EnsignsnF cl troin am. openneg
n,
;nEBenf3saditg
1 132 men ; .86th Regiment, Lieuts. V. G. Coates,
and Watson.
The head-quarters and staff of the battalion of
Royal Marine Light Infantry stationed at Deal ar-
rived• at head-quarters, Chatham, on Thursday
evening, the officers and men of the battalion hav-
ing been transferred to Chatham in consequence of
the reduction made in that division on the removal
of the troops for China. The head-quarters con-
sisted of 7 sergeants, 4 corporals, 1 drummer, and
24 privates, under the command of Lieut -Oblonel
J. H. Gascoigne and Adjutant Thompson.
A general order has been issued from the Re-
cruiting Department, Horse Guards, enclosing a
revised schedule, showing the age, standard, and
levy money allowed for the enlistment of recruits
for the cavalry and infantry of the Line, which, it
is stated, having received the approval of the
will be substituted
ithegto issued with
for Generalall
orders
ma
la, nd dingregulations
e fh,
reference to recruiting.
The Black Eagle, Admiralty steam yacht, Master
Commander J. E. Petley, embarked Admiral. Sir
George Seymour, K.C.8., Commander-in-Chief at
Portsmouth, on Thursday evening, at 7 o'clock;
and left immediately on his annual visit of inspec-
tion to the various stations within his jurisdiction.
The Fanny, sailing cutter, was towed by the Black
Eagle, having Captain G. H. Seymour, C. 8., on
board.
The Lord Blayney mew steamship arrived at
Portsmouth in the night on Thursday, and went
into harbour yesterday afternoon to prepare for the
embarkation of troops for lAdia.
The Matilda A.theling sailing clipper left sPithead

yesterday morning for India with the troops before
reported.
Her Majesty's yacht Victoria and Albert, Capt.
the Hon. Joseph Denman, returned from her cruise
to Havre last evening, and went into Portsmouth
harbour.

The Lucifer ateamvessel, in command of Mr.
Tonkin, Second Master-Attendant of Portsmouth
Dockyard, will leave to-day for Pembroke, with
crew and spars for navigating the newly launched
first-class frigate Melpomene, 51, from that port to
Portsmouth, to be equipped for service.
The brigantine Dart, 3, tender to the Castor,
Lieutenant Stephens commander, which arrived in
Plymouth Sound on Thursday morning, left the
Ca,pe on the 27th of May, St. Helena on the 21st of
June, and Ascension on the 2d of July. Spoke on
the 9th of July the American ship Vista,from
Boston for Valparaiso, in lat. 6 20 N., long 24 W ;
on the 11th July exchanged colours with the ship
William Lockerby, in lat. 7.50, long. 24.50 ; on the
12th exchanged colours with the American ship
Siam, 21. days from Boston for Penang, in lat. 8,
long. 26.16 ; on the 26th of July the American ship
Lemagier, 18 days from New York for Callao, in lat.
30.31, long. 37.25 • on the 30th of July the Ameri-
can whaler Redford, 41 days from Florenc,,, in lat.
33.56, long. 41.4 ; on the same day sighted an Eng-
lish ship showing third distinguishing pendant over
No. 2,198, in lat. 49.32, long. 14.39.
The following appointments were made at the Ad
miralty this afternoon.:—
Lieutenant T. E. Smith, to the Conflict.
Washington, to the Diadem._
Surgeons—H. J. S. Beveridge, to the Conqueror ;
Andrew Murray, to the Valorous ; James Whicher, to
the Conflict ; William Richardson, to the Styx.

Assistant-Surgeons—Pierce Mansfiold, to the Va-
lorous ; Gilbert L. King, to the Impregnable ; Thomas
G. Wilson (acting), to the Conflict; H. Maxwe'l (act-
ing), to the Styx.