The Sun.
London, England, 1861-10-02 00:00:00

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H.R.H. the Duke of Cambridge, the General
Commanding-in-Chief, arrived at the Gosport sta-
tion of the London and North-Wee-tern Railway at
2 p.m. yesterday on his annual tour of inspection.
A Royal salute of 21 guns was fired from the crest
of the works as his Royal Highness alighted from
the train, where, in waiting to receive him, were
Major-Gen. Lord W. Paulet, C. 8., Lieutenant.-Go-
vernor of the garrison and commanding the south-
west district; Col. C. Bingham, Deputy-Adjutant.
General, R.A. ; Col. Somerset, C. 8., Assist. Quar
termaster-General; Col. Thackwell, Assist, Adjt..
General ; Captain C. Milligan, Aide-de-Camp, and
Town Major Breton, 8:1. Accompanied by these
officers his Royal Highness visited the new lines of
defence, completed and in course of construction, on
the western side of Portsmouth harbour, crossing
over to Portsmouthon returning from his inspection
in the evening, where his Royal Highness during
his stay in the garrison has become the guest of
Major-Gen. Lord W. Paulet, C. 8., at the Govern-
ment-house. To-day his Royal Highness will visit
the various forts and lines of defence on the eastern
sides of Portsmouth harbour, and also review the
troops stationed in the garrison on Southsea-common.
According to present arrangements his Royal High-
ness returns to town from Portsmouth to-morrow.
The first battalion of the Scots Fusileer Guards,
commanded by Col. Francis Seymour, C. 8., removed
yesterday forenoon from Portman-street and St:
John's-wood barrack to relieve the third battalion of
the Grenadier Guards, at Windsor. By the new
regulation the battalion marched to Windsor, where
they will arrive this day.
The third battalion of the Grenadier Guards,
under the command of Col. the Hon. H. H. Manvers
Percy, C. 8., V.C., left the Windsor Infantry Bar-
racks yesterday morning for tie Portman-street
and St. John's-wood Barracks, the battalion having
completed the customary six months' service at
Windsor. The troops are expected to encamp at
Hounslow on their way to the metropolis, as they
march to quarters instead of travelling by railway,
as was until recently the custom.
The winter session of the Army Medical School,
at Fort Pitt, Chatham, commenced yesterday, when
the whole of the students belonging to the school,
together with Major-Gen. Eyre, and the principals,
officers, and heads of departments connected with
the garrison assembled in the lecture room at Fort
Pitt. The introductory address was delivered by
Deputy-Inspector-Gen. W. C. Maclean, M.D., Pro-
fessor of Clinical and Alilitary Surgery. By direc-
tion of the authorities at the War-office the course
of study at the school during the present winter
session is to be confined exclusively to the junior
assistant-surgeons of the army, who have been
directed to join at Fort Pitt from their respective
regiments, no fresh medical candidates for commis-
sions having been entered this term.
Major-Gen. Eyre, commanding the Chatham dis-
trict, accompanied by the principal medical officers
of the staff of the garrison, visited Sheerness on
Monday, where he was occupied the whole day in
the inspection of the Royal Artillery Barracks,
Military Hospital, and the other establishments at
that station. The sanitary condition of the hospital
is excellent, and although the visit of Major-Gen.
Eyre was unexpected, the utmost order, regularity,
and cleanliness was found to prevail throughout the
establishment. At the termination of the inspection
of the barracks and adjacent buildings, Major-Gen.
Eyre visited the new quarters which are now in
course of erection for the married non-commissioned
officers and men, over which he was conducted by
the Royal Engineer officers, under whose superin-
tendence the blocks of buildings are being raised.
A general parade of the Royal Artillery at Wool-
which 774,5 yesterday held on the Wrack-field 'Y