The Sun.
London, England, 1861-07-25 00:00:00

THE ARMY.

On Tuesday Major-Gen. Lawrenson, Inspector-
General of Cavalry, reviewed the troops of the 10th
Hussars, now lying at Norwich barracks, under the
command of Lieut.-Col. Baker. The review took
place on Mousehold-heath, a fine open expanse
near Norwich, well adapted for military movements,
and a number of manoeuvres were executed in a style
which called forth Major-Gen. Lawrenson's appro-
bation.

Capts. Sir W. Hamilton and H. Lyle and Lieut,
Bazalgette and Rice have arrived at Warley bar-

racks with two batteries of the depot brigade Royal

Artillery. The detachment was about 500 strong.
Yesterday a draught of 150 non-commissioned
officers and men of the Ist battalion of the sth
Fusileers left Colchester Camp to join the head-

quarters of the regiment, recently returned from
India, and now doing duty at Portsmouth. The
officers accompanying the draught were Capt.
Chapman and Ensigns Hill and Graham. This
day a similar detachment from the 37th Regiment
will proceed to Plymouth and join the head-quar-
ters ; but in each case it is understood the depot
will still remain quartered in Colchester Camp.
The third depot brigade of the Royal Artillery,
to be stationed at IVarley Barracks, now numbers
about 700 men, a further detachment, consisting of
two battalions with upwards of 500 men, having
arrived from Woolwich on Monday.

In consequence of the great want of duly qualified
instructors for the officers and men of the Royal
and Indian Engineers, in field-work operations and
the scientific subjects taught in that branch of the
service, it has been determined, with the approba-
tion
of his
• Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge,
to hold Competitive examination, in order that
duly a
que.lified non-commissioned officers may be
appointed to the post of assistant instructors, in
the
conformity withregulations to that effect re-
cently issued. under thet hsauction of the Comman-
der-in-Chief. Up to
aveeptresent time only four
assistant-instructors h
head-quarters at Chatham, so appointed at the
been
is the difficulty
in procuring properly qualified men to fill those ap-
pointments.
candidates will be required to Possen a thoro
knowledge of geometry, trigonometry,
ilh
militaryg
drawing, the higher ranches of arithmetic, and the
construction of field works. The examinations will
take place at the various military stations in the
presence of an officer specially appointed for that
purpose, and any non-commissioned officer will be
eligible to compete.
Fifty non-commissioned officers
and ben of the
Royal Indian Engineers, who have completed their
course of instruction in sapping and mining, and
other engineering operations, at the Royal Engineer
establishment, Chatham, will embark at Gravesend
this morning on board the Windsor Castle, 1,230
tons, Capt. W. B. Pryce, belonging to Messrs. Green,
for Bombay.
Instructions were yesterday issued at Woolwich
by Gen. Sir Richard Dacres, by order of the Horse
Guards, to hold the 3d Brigade Royal Artillery in
readiness to embark at Gravesend on the 6th pros.
for the Mediterranean. The brigade, which con-
sists of eight batteries of about 130 strength each,
will go out in two divisions—the first division, in
command of Lieut.-Col. Maclean, for Malta , and
the second division, in command of Brevet-Colonel
Wright, for Corfu.

The demolition of the Halfmoon and Cavalier
batteries at the entrance to the river Medway,
which originally mounted conjointly 28 8-inch
Ms, each of 65cwt., was commenced yesterday, in
order that
preparations may be made for the erec-
tion of the new
line of fortifications which are to
be placed on
part of the coast. The powerful
casemated batterya ordered to be constructed at Gar-
rison-point, for
te security of the important naval
establishments and
Sheer-
ness, will be erecteda ou rsena''s at Chatham and
th e site of the old works
now being demolished, and mount when com-
pleted the heaviest arniarneil carried by any similar
line of fortifications in the'U.nited Kingdom, con-
sisting of the 100-pounder A rms:ro g unslo-inch,
and. 63-pounders on the bast Im„t g
tier ; 'with 8-inch
and 12-pounders, each of 6 6cwt., mounted en bar-
bette. By the terms of the' contract the whole of
the cc mcrete foundations for 'these colossal forts are
to be completed by Janu xry next. The indented
lines which lot m a contini Lion of the defences to