The Sun.
London, England, 1861-08-15 00:00:00

PRICE.. 4d.
STAMPED sd.

Capts. 0. R. Stokes and J. T. Daubuz,
Lieuts. F. A. Mant, H. W. Isicke, and P. F. Gall-
wey.

The barracks at Warley, near Brentwood, having
been transferred from the Indian to the home mili-
tary authorities, have been placed under the charg....
of Sir W. O'Malley, who is at present also fulfilling
the duties of barrack master at Colchester. A de-
tachment of the sth Fusileers, about 80 strong, un-
der the command of Capt. Ponder, left Colchester
on Tuesday to join the headquarters of the regi-
ment at Portsmouth. Capt. Ponder, however, re
turns to Colchester. An artesian well is about to
be commenced for the supply of the new cavalry
barracks contemplated at Colchester.

A party of Royal Artilleryman have placed three
guns upon the martello tower at Shotley Point, and
it is expected that they will in a few days com-
mence practice. The redoubt at Harwich is under-
going reconstruction, and the guns are now all dis-
mounted.

Her Majesty's steamer Megaera will embark a
detachment of the 73d Regiment on the 15th inst.,
also about 300 naval supernumeraries. With these
she will sail on the 16th for Plymouth, where she
will disembark the troops and discharge the naval
supernumeraries to H.M.S. Sanspareil for passage
to the Mediterranean. On Monday she will embark
the 61st Rogt., and return with them to this port.
In consequence of additional space having been
obtained at Chatham Barracks for the officers and
men belonging to the various East India depots, the
whole of which have been considerably reduced,
orders have been issued for the camp formed at the
Spur Battery at the commencement of the summer
to be broken up, and the depots of the Ist battalion
23d Royal Welsh Fusiliers and 31st Regiments,
now under canvas, to go into quarters at Chatham
Barracks.

The 73d Regiment being now on its passage hobo
from India, orders have been received at Chatham,
at which garrison the depot companies of the regi-
ment are stationed, for the first portion of the depot
to proceed to-morrow to Plymouth, there to await
the arrival of the head-quarters.
The A and B batteries of Royal Horse Artillery,
in command of Major G. Le M. Tupper and Capt.
L. G. Paget, marched into headquarters, Woolwich,
yesterday, from Aldershot camp. The two batteries,
which have been stationed during the last three
summer months for change of air and more extended
field operations .and drill, appear to have benefitted
generally by the change, and both men and horses
looked exceedingly well. The strength of the gar-
rison at Woolwich, which has been rapidly reduced
from day to day by entire brigades and large de-
tachments despatched to home and foreign stations,
now consists of the following detail :—Horse brigade
of Royal,Artillery, under the command of Col. Tees-
dale, 745 of all ranks; riding establishment, in
command of Col. Henry, 193 ; remnant of 4th bri-
gade, consisting of Col. Dick, Lieut.-Cols. Gardiner
and Crofton, and 46 rank and file ; 10th brigade, in
command of Col. F. Dunlop, C. 8., 409 ; and the
depot, in command of Col. Kennedy, I,9os—total
Royal Artillery, 3,298. Royal Engineers, in com-
mand of Col. Ford, 78 ; Ist Battalion Military
Train, Major Hill, 339; 2d battalion Military Train
Lieut.-Col. Robertson, C. 8., 293; and the battalion
of Royal Marines, Cal. Campbell, I,299—making a
general total of 5,307. The garrison will be again
replenished to its full strength shortly for the win-
ter season; the quarters, having been renovated and
fitted with numerous military improvements, are
again ready for winter occupation in excellent con-
dition, and increased accommodation has been de-
manded and granted for the marries men, separate
from the barracks.

TILE ARCHDUKE OF AUSTRIA AT
. SOUTHAMPTON.

Yesterday afternoon his Imperial Highness the
Archduke Frederick Maximilian of Austria, accom-
panied by his illustrious Archduchess, who is a
daughter of the King of the Belgians, arrived at
Southampton by special train, at half-past one
o'clock, for the purpose of inspecting the docks and
ascertaining the facilities of the port, with a view
to its selection as the terminus of the line of steam-
packets prcjected to run between Austria and
England. Their Imperial Highnesses were received
with every demonstration of enthusiasm ; the prin-
cipal streets of the town were gaily decorated with
flags, the bells were rung, and a salute cf 21 guns
was fired from the Platform Battery. At the rail-
way terrains their Imperial Highnesses were met
by the Mayor and Corporation, the resident naval
officers in the town, the principal commercial men
connected with the port, and others. The Mayor
(Mr. Alderman Coles) having welcomed the Arch-
duke and Archduchess,
Mr. C. E. DEACON, the town clerk, read an ad-
dress, which was elegantly inscribed on vellum in
illuminated writing.
The Archduke MAXIMILIAN, whose pronunciation
was excellent, replied in the following terms :—I
thank you cordially for the flattering words in
which you have been pleased to address me, but
above all I thank for the way in which yon have
welcomed me, associating me as you have done
with your own beloved and honoured Queen.
It has indeed been a source of boundless gratifi-
cation to the Archduchess and to myself to feel that
close ties of relationship unite us to a Sovereign
more united even by her own private virtues than
by the almost unexampled greatness of the nation
over whom she reigns. I rejoice, too, that in me
you should do honour to that noble profession to
which England owes so much of her glory. I.eeamt
proud, very proud, of being a sailor, and the objandect
ofin constant
to theeteffortasdwivalnichee
to.
ment and prosperity of the Austriannelie
navy.kyour own ;
My
country is now a constitutional one
and as it is full of aptitudes for freedom—(cheers)
—and as it in many respects resembles England
more than any other European land, I live in the
conviction that each day will see stronger sympa-
thies spring up between Great Britain and Austria,
and that, therefore, the two empires will be politi-
cally and commercially drawn towards each other.
It is always with the most heartfelt delight that I
revisit England, for no one admires more sincerely
than I do her greatness and its causes—(cheers)—
and nothing could afford me more genuine satisfac-
tion than the warm greeting which I have this day
received from the representatives of so important a
community as Southampton. (Loud cheers.)
The illustrious visitors then entered a carriage,
accompanied by the Mayor and Colonel Barlow,
and, drawn by four greys, were driven round the
docks.

The visitors and those assembled next embarked
olilrnab,oea,td the South-Western Company's steamship
in which they steamed gently down the
Southampton Water, viewing the forest scenery,
the Royal Victoria Military Hospital at Netley, &c.
The Havre returned to the Royal Pier, where
the party disembarked, and proceeded to the Vic-
toria Assembly Rooms, where, at four o'clock, a
magnificent dejeuner was provided, supplied by
Fisk, of the High-street.
The Mayor presided, and there was a distin-
guished party present; the Archduke being on the
right, and the Archduchess on the left of his
worship.
The band of the 2d Hants (Southampton) Rifle
Volunteers were stationed on the lawn, and per-
formed in the intervals between the toasts ; and
Christy's Minstrels sang a selection of their choicest
concerted songs. _ _

The Town Clerk read letters from Viscount Pal-
merston and Earl Granville, stating their inability
to attend, in consequence of their engagement to
sign the Princess Alice's marriage contract, a cir-
cumstance the announcement of which was re-
ceived with enthusiastic applause..

The MAYOR proposed in succession the toasts of
" The Queen," "The Emperor of Austria," " The
Royal Family," and " The Health of the Arch-
duke Ferdinand Maximilian, Lord High Admiral
of Austria." He expressed a fervent hope that the
Archduke and Archduchess might enjoy as happy
a life as our beloved Queen and her Consort, and
he wished them with all his heart, long life, pro-
sperity, and happiness. (Loud cheers.)
The Archduke MAXIMILIAN, who rose amid
reiterated applause, said,—Gentlemen—Deeply
movad at the kind manner in which you have re-
ceived this toast, I express my best and most cor-
dial thanks, and I propose to you on this occasion,
to drink to the prosperity, the power, and the