The Sun.
London, England, 1857-10-19 00:00:00

laval and Military Intelligence.

The annexed circular memorandum has been ad-
dressed to the army at home and abroad :--
"Horse Guards, S.W.,Oct. 6, 1857.
"His Royal Highness the General
Coramanding-in-
Chief desires that when officers who have been borne as
supernumaries on the strength of a regiment are trans,
ferred to other corps the regulated mess and band con-
tributions which they have paid en original appointment
be handed over to the oorps to which they are trans-
ferred.

"By command,
"G. A. WETHERA.LL, Adjutant-General.

A circular memorandum has been issued from the
Horse Guards, explaining to the army - that a sol-
dier's claim to the restoration of a medal at the
public expense can only be allowed when a medal
has been lost by some accident entirely beyond the
control of the owner, and when the loss cannot be
attributed to any want of care on his part.
Major-General Lord Rokeby, commanding the
di,ision of the Guards, inspected the Ist battalion
of the Grenadier Guards at St. George's Barracks
on Saturday last, attended by his Assistant Adju-
tant General Lieutenant-Colonel Lord Ar thur Hay.
A detachment, consisting of three companies of
the 3d battalion of the Grenadier Guards, left the
Tower on Saturday for the dockyard at Deptford,
and relieved the detachment of the 2d battalion of
the Scotch Fusileer Guards, the latter proceeding
to Windsor to join the head-quarters of the bat-
talion.

His Excellency the Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland
his appointed Captain Claud G. W. Lascelles,
Royal Artillery, to be Extra, Aide-de-Camp, vice
Gore, resigned.

The Prince Albert steam-transport arrived at
Spithead on Saturday from Gravesend with -troops
for India. She embarked the following at Ports-
mouth on their arrival from Shorncliffe by railway :
—Major Mackenzie ; Captains Norman, Crombie,
and Hay ; Lieutenants 'Upton,' Burgess, and St.
John ; Ensigns Bayley and Butler ; Assistant-
Surgeon Jones, and 265 rank and file of the 72d
Highlanders embarked at Portsmouth. The troops
were loudly cheered on their march from the railway
station at Landport to the dockyard.
The Brazilian corvvtto Imperial Marinheire, 15
guns, Capt. T. Alvin, arrived at Spithead on Satur-
day forenoon, and saluted the flag of Rear-Admiral
Baynes, the Commander-in-Chief of the Pacific sta-
tion, with 1.3 guns.. This was a mistake, as the flag
of Admiral Sir G. Seymour, the Commander-in-
Chief, was flying on board the Blenheim, in Ports-
mouth harbour ; but as the salute could not be un-
fired, the Blenheim acknowledged it with the same
number of guns. The Brazilian afterwards saluted
the national flag, and General Scarlett, the Com-
mandant of the garrison returned the compliment
from the King's Ravelin. Captain Alvin was subse-
quently presented by Chevalier Pappalardo, the
Brazilian Consul, to the naval, military, and civil
authorities. The object of the corvette anchoring
at Portsmouthis to give her officers an opportunity
of inspecting the Dockyard and other Government
establishments. From Portsmouth she will proceed
to Cherbourg and other French ports with a similar
object.
The Cyclops, 6, paddlewheel frigate, Capt. Pul-
len, will leave Portsmouth in a few days for the
Red Sea to assist in laying down the electric cable.
The Ganges, 84, Capt. Fulford, flag of Rear-Ad-
miral Barnes, C. 8., sailed from Spithead on Satur-
day afternoon for the Pacific station, calling off
Plymouth for the latest instructions and mails for
the squadron.
The strength of the garrison at Chatham has been
considerably augmented by the arrival from Ireland
of the depot campani-s of the 18th (Royal Irish),
51st (the King's Own Light Infantry), and the 94th
Regiments, numbering together nearly 400 men.
The 18th and 151st have been attached to the 3d
battalion, and the 94th the Ist battalion. Notwith-
standing the large number of troops that have loft
Chatham for India the garrison stili consists of
nearly 3,000 men of all ranks, of whom upwards of
1,000 are well disciplined troops, capable of taking
the field immediately.

The first detachment of a West India regiment
that has completed a courge of instruction in the
Enfield rifle at the School of Musketry, Efythe, ar-
rived at Chatham on Sat urd.ay afternoon, the draught
being composed of non-commissioned officers and
m-•n of the 2d West India Regt, in charge of Ensign
L. M'A. do Lane-ay. A number of the privates are
men of colour. On their return to the West Indies
they will be employed in instructing the men of
their corps the use of the Enfield rifle.
The following officers have joined their. Indian
depots at Chatham Previous to embarkation :—En-
signs M. Williams and H. S. Jones, 84th Regt.

-It is expected a considerable body of men from
each of the depots in the camp at Colchester will
shortly leave foe India. The recruits do not come
in so freely as they did a few weeks ago. The Rev.
E. L. Walsh has been appointed assistant chaplain
in the camp.
Lieut. R. H. Burton, first of her Majesty's steam.
sloops Malacca, took up his commission on Satur-
day, and hoisted his pennant on board the Spitfire,
at Woolwhich, as lieutenant in command. The
Spitfire and Triton are fitting out, it is said, for the
coast of Africa. Tile paddlewheel steamvessel Ban
shee, tender to the Fisgard, Master Com. Allen,
sailed from Woolwich yesterday for Ostend, to em-
bark the Prince_ of Wales and suite for Dover.
The various segments of the huge mortar at
Wo.)lwich, cast from a design of Lord Palmerston,
and the entire weight of whichexceeds 50 tons, have
been placed, in position. The mortar now stands on
its platform ready to undergo the anxiously antici-
pated propf. The elevation is about 4 degrees. It
is feared that the day appointed for the experiment
will not be made public.

Commanders W. H. Haswell (1850), S. Morrish
(1851), E. Marshall (1852), A. J. Curtis (1852),
and H. Boys (1853), were on Saturday- promoted
to be captains.-- At the same time Lieutenants G.
Durbin (1846), H. Nelson (1846), and A. G. Fitz-
roy were promoted to be commanders.
In consequence .of 'the above promotions Sir C.
Wood made on Saturday the following promotions :
—Commonder J. B. Ballard to the Imaum, vice
Morrish, promoted ' • Commander R. G Craigie to
the Himalaya, vice Haswell, promoted ; and Com-
mander I. E. H. Somerset to the Devastation, vice
Marshall, promoted.
The following appointments wore made on Satur-
day at the Admiralty :
James W. Lishman, Assistant Paymaster to the
Princess Royal ; J. Adams, Assistant-Paymaster
to the Diadem ; David F. Guy, Assist int-Paynias-
ter to the Indus ; Wm. A. Brown, Clerk to the
Agamemnon ; and Francis Wood, Clerk to the
Eagle.