The Sun.
London, England, 1861-09-30 00:00:00

THE ARM.

The War authorities have taken the first steps
towards the erection of the new Cavalry barracks
at Colchester, for which a Parliamentary grant of
£60,000 was made during the last session, but of
which only £lO,OOO will be payable this year.
Persons desirous of contracting for the works will
meet during the present week to elect a surveyor
to take out the quantities, and two weeks only will
elapse before the works are in prbgress. The build-
ings are to include all the necessary quarters for
officers and men, with library, reading-room,
stables, and all the requisite stores for a cavalry
station, and, we believe, are to be permanent brick
structures, which will prove far more agreeable,

!wit not more expensive, than the present wooden
huts used by the infantry. Between the portion of
the newly-purchased ground appropriated to this
purpose and the quarters of the infantry is a space
of nearly 100 acres, which, with a small outlay,
may be converted into one of the finest parade
grounds at any station in England. It is under-
stood that the new works will be completed and
-ready for occupation by the end of 1862 or the be-
ginning of the following year. The formation of an
'extensive system of :waterworks commences this
day.

The working of the new system of military'police
in Portsmouth garrison is being attended with the
most satisfactory results. Previous to the establish-
ment of this force a disturbance by drunken sol-
diers in any of the beershops in the back streets of
the towns of Portsmouth and Portsea could only be
quelled by the local police, and not always by them,
the patrols having no power to interfere inside a
house. Under the new system the military police-
man keeps such houses under his special surveil-
ance.

The divisions of the sth Dragoon Guards ordered
to Norwich, Ip3wich, and Northampton, have now
all reached their destinations. Col. the Hon.
Gough Calthorpe and the head-quarters of the regi.
merit reached Norwich on Saturday. _

The...whole of the officers and men of the British
and Indian depots, comprising the three battalions
of infantry at Chatham, together with the division
of Royal Marines Light Infantry, were assembled
at Chatham lines on Saturday, under the command
of Major-Gen. Eyre, for the purpose of brigading
together. Owing to the reduction which the de-
pots have undergone, and recruiting, excepting far
a few regiments, having been suspended, the bat-
talions of infantry are scarcely half as strong as
they were a few months since. They are, however,
an exceedingly well-disciplined body of men, the
Major-General commanding losing no opportunities
for making the troops at Chatham thoroughly effi-
°lent. The battalion of Royal Marines at Chatham
iS
"19 strong, numbering a thousand men of all
ranks. At the termination of the manoeuvres,
which c'eextriied about two hours, the troops marched
off to their quarters.
The contract for the erection of the additional
barracks, officers' quarters, and other buildings at
the Hut-barracks, Gravesend, for the troops sent
from Chatham garrison, has been taken for the sum
of £14,493. The contractor, Mr. Naylor, has en-
tered into an agreement to have the whole com-
viered and ready for the reception of the troops in
22 weeks from the date the contract.
The Volunteers giren by the depots of the three
battalions at Chatham for the 64th Ittgitnent, 'last
returned from India, will leave Chatham, Garrison
this morning and proceed to Dover, where the 64th
j,4 quartered. _

The following circular memorandum, addressed
to officers commanding Cavalry, Royal Artillery,
and Military Train, has been issued from the Quar-
termaster-General's termaster-General's department by direction of the
Duke of Carnbridge :
" H.R.H. the General Commanding-in-Chief is
pleased to direct that when batteries of Royal Ar-
tillery, cavalry regiments, and battalions of the
Military Train oove into camp, with the view of
being picketed out, requisitions are to be made for
web surcingles and cads, as well as for blankets, for
the use of the horses.
RICTIARD QUarterlllaStCr-Gelt"