The Sun.
London, England, 1857-08-10 00:00:00

Naval and Militaiy Intelligence,

Major-General Sir Hugh Rose will command a
division, a►nd Col. Percy Herbert a brigade in the
army which has just been despatched to India.
General Rose, it will be rememl ered, was for some
time Consul-General in Syria, was then for awhile
charge d'affaires at Constantinople, and was the
Military Commissioner with the French army in
the Crimea. He also filled for some months the
same position with the Austrian army. Col. Percy
Herbert was Deputy-Quartermaster-General of the
division under Sir De Lacy Evans in the Crimea,
and was afterwards Quartermaster-General of the
army in the Crimea. Major-General Windham
will, as we have already stated, command a division
in India.
Ti • following circulars have been issued from
the Horse Guards :
" Until further orders, recruits enlisted at the head-
quarters of regiments will be retained there for training,
and not be sent to the depots.
" The standard of recruits for the Infantry is reduced
to sft. s,iinches."

On Friday 15 officers and 446 sergeants and pri-
vates of the 2d Battalion of the 60th Rifles pro-
ceeded to Kingstown. The 3d Battalion, consist-
ing of 242 rank and file, and the last division of the
79th Highlanders, consisting of 9 officers and 162
sergeants and privates, proceeded to Kingstown on
Saturday for the purpose of embarking.
H. R. H. the General Commanding-in-Chief has
been pleased to appoint Brevet Lieut.-Colonel
Conolly, unattached, to be Major of Brigade in
the South-West District, vice Brevet Major Nelson,
appointed Assistant Military Secretary to Major-
General Breton at the Mauritius, from the Ist inst. ;
Col. Conolly commenced the duties of his office on
Saturday last at Portsmouth.
BrffNT( t Lieut.-Colonel Holloway, Aide-de camp
to the Queen ; Major Schomberg ; First Lieu-
tenants Williams, Festing, Crease, and Crawford ;
5 sergeants, 5 corporals, 3 bombardiers, 2 chum-
mers, and 8) gunners of the Royal Marine Artil-
lery, which arrived at head-quarters, Woolwich,
from Portsmouth on Friday evening, were on
Saturday paraded in the barrack-square, before the
Commanding officer Colonel Tatton Brown, being
under orders for China. The abovenamed corps
are to constitute the head-quarters of the Royal
Marines in China, Col. Holloway having been de-
puted to the chief command. The troopship Ade-
laide is now ready for their embarkation.
A detachment of the Royal Artillery, consisting,
of 12 non-commissioned officers and gunners, ar-
rived at Woolwich on Saturday from New Zealand,
per ship to Gravesend, 112 daprout. Major Smith's
and Brevet. Lieut.-Col. Gordon's companies of the
14th battalion Royal Artillery, reported in several
of the London and provincial journals to have left
Woolwich for India, are still in garrison awaiting
transport accommodation. Two companies only of
the Foot Artillery have actually left Woolwich for
India of the six some time under orders for that
station—namely, Capt. Onunanney's and Capt.
Paget's companies.
Captain Radcliffe's T battery Royal Artillery
marched up from Aldershot and arrived at Wool-
wich on Saturday, to prepare for departure to India.
Orders were issued on Saturday at Chatham for
the following reinforcements to proceed from that
garrison this,day, for the purpose of embarking for
India to join the head-quarters of their respective
regiments, viz. :-121 non-commissioned officers
and men of the 64th and 86th Regiments, to em-
bark in the Genghis Khan at Gravesend for Bom-
bay, under the command of Lieut. T. R. Hamil-
ton and Lieutenant V. G. Coates, 86th Regiment;
5J non-commissioned officers and men of the 82d