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

THE ARMY.

Oil Tuesday Major-Gen. Lawrenson, Inspector-
Genera l of Cavalry, reviewed the troops of the 10th
Hussars, now lying at Norwich barracks, under the
command cif Lieut.-Col. Baker. The review took
place on Mouschold-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
Fasileers 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 Warley 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 a competitive examination, in order that
duly qualified non-commissioned commissioned officers may be
appointed to the
conformity with the
regulationsth to that effect re-
cently issued under
teaanction of the Comman-
der-in-Chief. Up to present time only four
assistant-instructors have
appointed at the
head-quarters at Chatham, Bo great 18 the difficulty
in procuring properly qualified men to fill those ap-
pointments. In addition to the ordinary subjects
candidates will be required to thorough
knowledge a th
knowledge of geometry, trigonometry, militaryg
drawing, the higher branches of arithmetic, and the
construction of fieldworks. The examinations will
take place at the various military stations in the
presence of an officer specially appointed for that
purpose, an d any non-commissioned officer will be
eligible to compete.
Fifty non-commissioned officers and men 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, 1,250
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 prox.
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
gnus, each of 65cwt., was commenced yesterday, in
order that
ofn
preparations may be made for the erec-
tiontir
on ew line of fortifications which are to
be
thatpiace part of the coast. The powerful
casemated batteryordered to be constructed at Gar-
rison-point, for the
establishments and arsenals
of the important naval
ness, will be erected at Chatham and Sheer-
now being demolished, duatnhe site of the old works
will mount when com-
pleted the heaviest armament carried
line of fortifications in the
by any similar
United King dom con-
sisting of the 100-pounder Arrostr '
'mg guns 10-inch,
a nd 68-pounders on the basement tier ; with 8-inch
mad 12-pounders, each of 56ewt, mounted en bar-
bstte. By the terms of the contract the whole of
the- concrete foundations for these colossal forts are
to Ibe completed by January next. The indented
lin' es 'which forma continuation of the defences to,