The Sun.
London, England, 1859-11-19 00:00:00

THE ARMY.

Two troops of the 16th Lancers arrived at Leeds
Barracks on Thursday from Burnley, and two troops
of the same regiment arrived at the same barracks
on Tuesday from Preston. There are four troops of
the regiment now at Leeds, but the head-quarters
are at York:

The next examination of candidates for admis-
sion to the Royal Military College at Sandhurst,
before Major-Gen. Cameron and the other members
of the Council of Military Education, will com-
mence on Wednesday, the 14th proximo, at the
Royal College, Chelsea.
The next examination of candidates for admission
into the Royal Military Academy at Woolwich,
before the Council of Military Education, will com-
mence on the 4th of January, at the Royal College,
Chelsea, and will extend over 11 days, ending on
Monday, the 16th.
A circular has been issued by the Right Hon.
Sidney Herbert, the Secretary of State for War,
dated the 7th, addressed to general and command-
ing officers, amending the regalations of October,
1857, for maintaining the stores in the possession
of the commanding officer of Royal Artillery and of
the military storekeeper.
The Right Hon. Sir B. Hawes, the Under Secre-
tary of State for War, has issued a circular an-
nouncing her Majesty's approval of the new uni-
form for the officers of the Commissariat Staff
Corps.
Great activity is now manifested under the supe-
rintendence of Mr. John Anderson, in the Royal
gun factories at `Woolwich, with a view of complet-
ing the specified number of Armstrong guns by the
end of the present year. A waggon load of manu-
facturing material, being the first portion of a batch
of guns (12-pounders), has been transported from the
establishment for conveyance to Elswick to be com-
pleted there, a regulation having been established
to manufacture a portion only at each of the facto-
ries, in order to insure a greater degree of caution
in guarding the secret of the principle from the
public. The War Department have issued a most
stringent order for the exclusion of every per-
son, without exception,- from visiting the
factories. As a proof of the strictness with
which the injunctions are observed, it may be
stated that a few days ago the members of the
Royal Defence Commission requested permission
to visit the establishment. Their request was tele-
graphed to Pall-man, and a reply was promptly
received, to the effect " that Mr. Secretary Herbert
regretted that the regulations could not de departed
from, even in that peculiar instance." A similar
denial was a few days age received from the autho-
rities of the rifle factories on the application for ad-
mission of General Dacres, commanding the garri-
son at Woolwich.
Col. Tulloch, superintendent of the Royal car-
riage department of the Arsenal, yesterday returned
from leave of absence, and resumed his official du-
ties. That department is also in full employ, pro-
viding equipments for China. The wharfs are again
covered with intrenching carts, artificers' waggons,
hand carts, store waggons, covered hospital and
tool waggons, the latter numbering 400 alone, the
whole of which are marked "China." There are,
likewise, several batteries of 6,9, 12, and 24-pound
brass howitzers and rockets ready for embarkation,
also marked " China."
Capt. Blakiston, Lieuts. Moorsom and Totten-
ham, and 143 gunners belonging to the depot bri-
gade of Royal Artillery, last night received instruc-
tions to leave head-quarters, 'Woolwich, at an early
hour this morning for Portsmouth, to embark on
board her Majesty's troopship Simoom, fir China.
In the military and naval intelligence in The Sun
of yesterday the name of Lieut. Moorsom was mis-
printed " Morrison."
Notwithstanding the refusal of the parish and
borough authorities at Rochester to receive the in-
sane soldier the military authorities at Fort Pitt
hospital gave notice would be set at liberty in the
public streets, as already detailed in The Sun, the
lunatic was removed from the hospital in charge of
a non-commissioned officer and another man, and
set at liberty in Rochester, according to the in-
structions issued from the War-office. Nothing
further was heard of the unfortunate man until
some time after, when he again made his appear-
ance at the lunatic asylum, Fort Pitt, where he was
at once admitted. On the last occasion of an insane
soldier being set at liberty in Rochester, and the
authorities refusing to receive him, the man wan-
dered through the town and into the woods, and
was ultimately found. at Maidstone.