The Sun.
London, England, 1861-06-27 00:00:00

THE ARMY.

The annual inspection of the Plymouth division
of Royal Marines took place on Tuesday on the
Hoe before Adjutant-General Wesley. The progress
of the officers and men met the approbation of Gen.
Wesley. In consequence of the accidental discharge
of a musket while fixing bayonets one of the Ma-
rines had a portion of his hand shot away.
The 53d Foot, comprising 21 officers, 385 men, 24
women, and 20 children, are ordered to proceed
from Plymouth to Aldershot, via Portsmouth. The
Ist division is expected to arrive at the last•named
port in her Majesty's steamer Bulldog by 10 a.m.
to-day.

The 2d Battalion, 11th (North Devon) Regiment
is ordered to embark as follows, at Portsmouth, for
the Cape of Good Hope, in the hired sailing tran-
sport Boanerges—Lieut.-Col. A. F. Jenner, Major
J. Peebles, Captains A. D. Dixon, F. B. Fuite, F.
T,. Slack, and M. L. M'Causland ; Lieuts. F. J. S.
Whitehead, W. G. Ripon, 0. C. Robinson, and E.
H. Hare ; Ensigns H. H. Skill, G. A. Elliott, T.
Auchinleck, 'l'. F. Gibbons, A. H. Vaughan ; Sur-
geon W. F. Black, Assist.-Surg. W. J. Tibbs, Quar-
termaster J. R. Atkins, 6 staff-sergeants, 22 ser-
geants, 22 corporals, 11 drummers, 389 men, 46
women, and 43 children ; 3 officers' wives, 7 chil-
dren, and 2 servants. In the sailing ship Indomit-
able—Major A. H. L. Wyatt ; Captains R. Man-
sell, R. C. Richardson, F. W. H. Petre, and D. B.
Gabb ; Lieuts. M. Guard. J. R. Kelsell, E. J. B.
I)3nellan, G. Edge, W. A. Irwin, and V. Williams ;
Ensigns J. Boyce, J. Helby, and G. W. Westrop ;
Paymaster R. R. Robinson, Quartermaster A.
Alacintyre, 1 schoolmaster, 1 staff sergeant, 16 ser-
geants, 16 corporals, 10 drummers, 336 privates, 21
women, and 32 children ; 3 officers' wives, 4 chil-
dren, and 2 servants. In the sailing ship Conflict—
Captaia W. H. Crompton, Ensign R. Cumberlege,
2 wife.
The
(t5,,2 corporals, and 35 men ; one officer's
~ontlict also takes in other detachments
for the Cape.

Yesterday the ehartcersedt.East India troopship
Trafalgar, 1,100 tons,
Taylor, belonging to
Messrs. Green, of
oonuugmhterouupsipnarthtye
Thames from Madras, and landedfrar
of cavalry and infantry troops from the various
regiments serving in the Madras Pr at the
Government Quay, Gravesend, when ":17: whole.
were immediately forwarded to Chatham
ber garrison,
the troops having been sent to England to
charged. The Trafalgar embarked her troops dis-
charged.
Madras on the Bth of March last, and sailed the
following day ; rounded the Cape of Good Hope on
the 24th of April ; anchored at St. Helena on the
15th of May, and sailed thence the following day;
crossed the Equator on the 22d of May, and first
sighted the Scilly Islands, bearing N.N.E., on the
18th inst. ; the voyage to Gravesend, including de-
tentions, occupying 108 days. The number of
troops who embarked at Madras was 130 men of
all ranks, with 12 women and 21 children, belong-
ing to the Ist (the King's) Dragoon Guards, 17th
Lancers, Madras Artillery, Ist and 2d Madras
Fusileers, Ist battalion 18th Royal Irish, 43d Light
Infantry, 3d battalion 60th Rifles, 68th Light In-
fantry, 69th Regiment, and the 74th Highlanders.
The whole were under the command of Capt. H. T.
Trafford, 43d Light Infantry, and Lieut. A. M.
Duff, 74th Highlanders, and in medical charge of
Dr. Peterkin, of the Madras Army. During the
voyage only two deaths occurred on board.

`lle following reinforcements will be despatched
to India from the camp at Colchester during the
ensuing month :—For Calcutta 3 officers and 26 men,
34th Regiment; 2 officers and 30 then, 54th ; 2 offi-
cers, 38; 1 man, 88th (Connaught Rangers) ; and 2
officers and 70 men, 97th. For Bombay, 2 officers
and 70 men, 56th ; and for Madras, 1 officer and 46
men, Ist Battalion, Ist Royals.
Yesterday a number of officers from the Royal
Engineer establishment, Chatham, proceed to Shoe-
buryness, by direction of the Secretary of State for
War, to witness and report upon the experiments
ordered to be carried out with the Armstrong guns
on various descriptions of iron plates. The experi-
ments yesterday were to be made on iron plates
varying from one quarter of an inch to three inches
in thickness; and to-day the same kind of experi-
ments will be continued, when the plates to be ex-
perimented upon will be those of from four inches
and a half to six inches and a half in thickness.
Experiments are also to be made upon the Hussar,
old 42-gun ship, which has been given over by the
Admiralty for that purpose, and forwarded from
Chatham to. Shoeburyness, where she has been scut-
tled and sunk in 15 feet of water. Owing, how-
ever, to the peculiar position in which she lies, it

will be necessary to shore her up before the expe-
riments can be commenced, and yesterday and the
previous day workmen at Chatham Dockyard were
occupied in constructing a powerful frame to be
used in assisting to " right" her. During the ex-
periments every description of projectile is to be
used against the iron plates
.and the sides of the
Hussar.

The principal portion of the reinforcements which
are being sent out to Canada was embarked on
Tuesday afternoon on board the Great Eastern, at
anchor in the Mersey. The remainder of the troops
had not arrived in Liverpool, and therefore the em-
barkation of detachments of the 60th Rifles and
17th Infantry, which were conveyed from Ireland
in two steam vessels, did not take place until their
arrival in the Mersey yesterday morning. Imme-
diately upon their arrival, the vessels were taken
alongside the leviathan ship, and the troops speedily
transferred to her. In addition to the officers who
are in command of the various regiments, there
were also on board the Great Eastern, yesterday,
General Sir G. Wetherail and Col. Wilbraham,
C.B. The arrangements which have been made on
board the " big ship" for the accommodation of the
soldiers appear to be very comprehensive and effec-
tive. Contrary to the usual custom in the case of
Government transports, the berths in the Great
Eastern run transversely, instead of parallel to the
ship's sides. The commodious deck of the vessel
has admitted of superior arrangements for the re-
ception of horses, of which she carries out a consi-
derable number. The stalls have been fixed on
the after part of the deck, running in double tiers
fore and aft, and by this means ample room is
afforded to the animals, while no obstruction is
offered to the perambulation of the deck. The em-
barkation of the troops was effected with great
celerity and without the slightest mishap by means
of the steam tenders and lighters of the Cunard
Company, the use of which was placed at the dis-
posal of the Admiralty agent at Liverpool, by Mr.
C. M'lver, of that company. It was generally be-
lieved that the Great Eastern would sail from the
Mersey for Quebec yesterday afternoon; and, in
anticipation of seeing the huge ship steam down
the river, thousands of spectators had assembled on
the piers and landing stages. They were, however,
disappointed, for the Great Eastern did not take
her departure, but it is understood that she will
start in the course of to-day.

THE ROYAL AND MERCHANT

SERVICES.

The following are the regulations under which
masters and mates of merchant vessels may be en-
rolled as officers of the Royal Naval Reserve under
the act, &c. :