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London, England, 1861-03-07 00:00:00

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officers and men of the Royal Engineers
the Crimea. The foundation stone of t:
laid by his Royal Highness on the Ist of March,
1860, and the 'structure is now completed. His
Royal Highness then inspected the buildings, after
which he proceeded to the mess-room of the Royal
Engineers, where he partook of luncheon. Before
proceeding to the lines, on which the troops were
assembled, waiting his arrival, his Royal Highness
visited the fieldworks of the Royal Engineers, and
at the same time paid a visit to the convict esta-
blishment at St. Mary's, where the Duke and the
other distinguished officers were received by Capt.
Powell and the staff of that establishment. S 'arcely
any traces of the injuries inflicted in the interior of
the prison by the convicts during the late mutiny
are now to be perceived, and the whole of the pri-
soners, upwards of 1,000 in number, now maintain
the utmost decorum and order. A body of troops
are always on duty within the prison, both by day
and night. On leaving the convict prison the Duke
of Cambridge inspected that part of the shore of the
river which will shortly be enclosed, in order to
carry out the contemplated extension of Chatham
Dockyard ; after which he proceeded to the lines,
where the-entire force of the garrison was drawn up
to receive him. The troops on the ground included
the companies of the amalgamated corps of Royal
and Indian Engineers, now at head-quarters ; three
battalions of the troops of the Line, consisting of
the depots of the Ist battalion of the 4th King's
Own, Ist battalion of the 7th Royal Fusiliers, Ist
battalion of the 19th, Ist battalion of the 23d Royal
Welsh Fusiliers, Ist battalion of the 24th, 31st,
35th, 43d (Light Infantry), 51st (Light Infantry),
52d (Light Infantry), 73d, 75th, 81st, 83d, 91st, and
94th Regiments, and the division of Royal Marines
Light Infantry, the whole numbering nearly 200
officers and about 5,000 bayonets. On the arrival
of his Royal Highness he was received by the troops
with a general salute, the band playing the Na-
tional Anthem. The wind at this time was Mow-
ing a perfect hurricane, and continued to do so dur-
ing the whole time the troops were under review,
the extensive open plateau which forms Chatham
lines experiencing the full force of the gale, which
at times was terrific. The howling of the wind
almost prevented the orders given to the troops
reaching the men, and this sadly interfered with
the military operations intended to be carried out.
After his Royal Highness had:inspected the front
and rear of the battalions the columns opened
out and marched past in quick time, the high
wind making marching in slow time out of the
question. The troops then performed the
same movement in quarter-distance column,
after which they were formed into gene-
ral line on the centre battalion, and skirmishers
thrown out to repel a supposed attacking party in
the direction of New Brompton. The main body
then advanced, on which the skirmishers retired,
when the whole line poured in several volleys.
The body then made an echelon movement, and
executed a variety of other manoeuvres, all of which
were performed with steadiness and precision. At
the close of the review, which was not extended in
consequence of the high wind blowing, his Royal
Highness assembled the principal officers, but, as
the hurricane would not allow a word he uttered to
be heard, he contented himself by expressing to
Major-General Eyre his entire satisfaction at the
efficient state in which he found the garrison and
the troops under his command. His Royal High-
ness then ordered the troops to be marched off the
ground, and afterwards proceeded to inspect the
Mounted Royal Engineer Train, which was drawn
up at the end of the lines, under the command of
Capt. Duff, R.E. The waggons, containing the
Blanshard pontoons, chesses, and gear, each drawn
by six horses, as well as the ambulance waggons,
were also on the ground, all of which his Royal
Highness inspected. After visiting the officers'
mess-room at Chatham Barracks, and transacting
some business with Major-General Eyre, his Royal
Highness quitted the garrison under a second
salute from the Cornwallis Battery, and proceeded
to London.

In consequence of the large number of soldiers
who have recently committed crimes with the
'avowed object of being released from the service, a
general order from his Royal Highness the General
Commanding-in-Chief has been received at Wool-
wich, to the effect that military prisoners who may
be convicted and sentenced to imprisonment or
penal servitude will not be discharged from their
regiment, but at the expiration of their punish-
ment will be required to serve the remainder of the
term for which they enlisted.