The Sun.
London, England, 1857-12-14 00:00:00

NAVAL AND MILITARY INTELLIGENCE.

His Royal Highness the Commander-in-Chief
having signified his intention of inspecting the gar-
rison of Woolwich on Saturday morning, the
Royal Artillery and Militia regiments were marched
out at an early hour, anti were drawn up in rank
and file throughout the parade adjoining the bar-
rack field, the battalions of Artillery in command
of Lieutenant-Colonel Franklyn, Bth battalion, the
49th East Kent Militia in command of Colonel
Brockman, andlhe 61st Oxford Militia in com-
mand of Colonel Bowles. The Duke entered the
parade at 10 o'clock, accompanied by Major Clif-
ton, one of his aides-de-camp, when the usual re-
ception was given, and the Royal standard hoisted
in the saluting battery. His Royal Highness
was received by the Commandant of the gar-
rison, Major-General Sir W. F. Williams, C. 8.,
M.P. ; General Sir Hew Dalrymple Ross, G. C. 8.,
Idjutant-General to the Royal Artillery; and a staff
of 30 mounted officers of the Artillery and Engi-
neers, among whom were Lieutenant-Colonel
Bingham, Assistant-Adjutant-General; Lieut.-
Colonel Maude, C. 8., extra aide-de-camp to the
Commander-in-Chief ; Brigade-Major Shaw, Brevet-
Major Davis, Captain Ross, Royal Engineers, aide-
de-camp to the Adjutant-General, ctc. His Royal
Highness, accompanied by General Ross and Gen.
Williams, and followed bythe above-named retinue,
rode down the front of the lines to the extremity
of the parade, where the inspection commenced by
a minute and close examination of the two regi-
ments of Militia. Having completed the inspection
of the battalions, his Royal Highness and suite
thence galloped over the barrack field to the
furthest point of the common, where the whole of
the mounted corps, in chief command of Colonel
Teesdale, were drawn up in review order. On the
approach of the Commander-in-Chief a shout of
welcome resounded through the ranks, and the na-
tional anthem having been performed by th e mounted
band, the entire corps was individually inspected,
and marched past in slow and quick time. They
consisted of the troop company, the Riding-house
establishment, four troops of Royal Horse Artillery,
two field batteries, and five battalions of the
Military Train. The wholy party then proceeded to
the encampment, visiting the men's huts and sta-
bling, and went over the Royal Repository. They
afterwards proceeded to the battery range, where
' his Royal Highness inspected the reserved horses,
forage stores, fodder, tire.
His Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge, as
General Commanding-in-Chief, had a levee at the,
Horse Guards on Saturday, which was fully attended.
On Saturday the second draught (460 men) of the
East India Company's cavalry marched into Brent-
wood under the command of Captain Towers, East
India Company's service, from Warley Barracks,
and proceeded to Tilbury Fort, at which place the
draught, with four officers, embarked for convey-
ance to Calcutta. Orders were received by Colonel
Somerset, commandant of the East India Com-
pany's depot, to hold in readiness 500 men (Artil-
ltry, Cavalry, and Infan ry), for immediate em-
barkation for India.

Captain W. Nott, 83d Regiment, instructor of
musketry to the 3d battalion at the Chatham gar-
rison, who has been recently undergoing medical
treatment in Fort Pitt Hospital for an illness
produced by over attention to his military duties,
has been granted 6 months' leave of absence for the
recovery of his health.