The Sun.
London, England, 1861-09-23 00:00:00

THE ARAti

The following circulars from the War-office and
Horse Guards were received at Chatham yesterday
and promulgated for the information of the officers
and troops :
" With reference to the second and fourth paragraphs of
circular No. 130, dated Aug. 25, 1857, the Secretary of
State for War has decided that the requisitions for materials
for the regimental industrial schools shall, from the 31st of
March next, be made annually instead of half-yearly.
" It is therefore requested that requisitions upon the re-
vised' form, No. 1,050, a supply of which is herewith trans-
mitted, may be addressed to the Council of Military Educa-
tion, so as to be received by them during the month of March
in each year. Such estimates are not to exceed the sum of
ss. per head for the average number of children for the pre-
vious 12 months.
" The statement of the distribution of the articles made
up may be discontinued, but in its place the commanding
officer will be required to sign a certificate on the form itself
to the effect that those articles have been wholly distributed
as rewards to the most deserving children.

" B. HAWES."
" With reference to War-office volunteer circular No. 5,
dated Aug. 22, 1861, his Royal Highness the General Com-
manding-in-Chief directs that officers commanding regi-
ments shall furnish the Adjutant-General with the names
of any non-commissioned officers who are desirous of accept-
ing the office of Superintendent Instructor of Volunteers
on the terms of the above circular.
" A nominal. ancL.dcscriptive return and statement of
servicowtnust be sent with the name of each candidate, and
a certificate from the commanding officer that his previous
conduct, character, and ability for imparting instruction
render him eligible for the appointment.
" The horse Guards' circular of the Bth February, 1860
(Volunteers 1, 1860) is hereby cancelled.
" By command,

" JAMES YORKE SCARLETT, Adjutant-General."
The iron-built chartered troopship Clyde, 1,180
,ons, disembarked the 64th (2d Staffordshire) Regi-
ment at Government-quay, Gravesend,on Saturday
morning, when the troops were immediately for-
warded by special train on the South-Eastern Rail-
way to Chatham, and thence to Dover, where they
are to be quartered. The 64th Regiment left Eng-
land for Bombay in Jan., 1849, since which it has
seen more service than probably any other regiment
stationed in India. Itserved throughout the Persian
campaign of 1856-57. At the termination of the
Persian war it returned to India, and served in
Bengal and the North-West Provinces during the
Indian mutiny, the regiment being'present with
General Havelock's columns in the actions of Fut-
tehpore, Aoung, Pandoo, and Nuddee, the defence
of Cawnpore, defence of the Alumbagh, second relief
of Lucknow, the defeat of the Gwalior mutineers,
and the capture of Bareilly, besides numerous other
engagements. The 64th embarked at Kurrachee
for Gravesend on the 9th of April last, and left the
following day, the voyage to the Thames being •an
,exceedingly., protracted one.- The right wing in-
cludes the Ist, 2d, 3d, 4th, and- sth companies, the
whole numbering 332 non-commissioned officers and
men, 23 women, and 42 children. The following
officers disembarked with the head-quarters of the
64th at Gravesend :—Lieut. N. H. O'Grady, Capt,
F. D. B. Lukis, Lieut. G. H. J. Haldane, Lieut. G.
R. Daniel, Lieut. and Acting Adjutant W. J.
Voules, Lieut. F. E. Wilson, Ensign H. Grant,
Ensign J. O'Dell, Quartermaster A. Ross, and
Surgeon-Major J. G. Inglis, M.D., C.B. The
officers who returned to England by the over-
land route were—Major T. Anderson, Major R.
Mockler, Major J. Howes (paymaster), Capt. F. J.
Hutchinson, and Lieut. H. E. Couper. Five deaths
and two births occurred on board during the voyage.
The troops have been remarkably healthy since they
embarked, and after inspection at Gravesend by the
medical staff from Chatham, only two men were re-
quired to be sent to Fort Pitt Military Hospital,
one of these having become insane from exposure in
India. The left wing, comprising the remaining
companies of the 64th, which embarked at Kur-
rachee in the Star of the South, under the command
of Major W. J. Chads, several days after the Clyde,
arrived in England before the latter iesSel. The
64th being considerably below its proper strength,
orders have been received at Chatham for volunteer-
ing to be opened from the British and Indian depots
at that garrison.
Yesterday orders were issued at the head-quarters
of the Royal Engineers, Chatham, for the 31st
this
morning companies of Royal Engineers to proceed
morning to Portsmouth, there to embark on board
the screw steamer Himalaya, 700-horse power, for