The Sun.
London, England, 1857-08-29 00:00:00

THE

RECRUITING DEPARTMENT.—GENERAL
ORDER, No. 687.
Horse Guards, S.W., August 21, 1857.
The accompanying revised schedule, showing the Ewe,
standard, and levy money allowed for the enlistment of
recruits for the cavalry and infantry of the line, having
received the approval of his Royal Highness the General
Commanding in Chief., will be substituted for all orders
and regulations hitherto issued with reference to re-
cruiting. _ _

By c-3mmand of hi 3 Royal Highness the General Com.
manding in Chief,

G. A. WETFIERALL, Adjutant-General.

Cavalry (Heavy and Light).—Men from 5 feet 6 inches
to 5 feet 8 inches in height, and not under 18 or ex-
ceeding 25 years of age.
Infantry of the and lads not below 5 feet
5} inches in height, between:the ages of 17 and 25.
For hale regiments, recruits may be received at a
standard of 5 feet 5 inches, provided they are not less
than 34 inches in circualference of chest.

Infantry in India, Ciiina,-11T7;Soa—Wales, and St
Helena.—Recruits of 5 feet 54 inches in height, and not
under 13 years of age.
DISTRIBUTION f)r THE LEVY-MONEY.
Gayaliy.
To the recruit—

On being attested, in cash
,Cou intermediate appro.:id, in cabh - 6
On final approval, in cash 1 10 0

Amount of bounty. £2 0 0
And a complete kit of necebsaries.
To the superintending officer—
On interme3iate approval, to cover the ex-
penses of postage, stationary, &c £o 1 0
For attesting
Surgical Exa ati natioo
To the party, including btingkr—
Oo intermediate approval, includin 23. 6d.
to be paid to the bringer
On final approval, including 2i. 61. to be
paid to the bringer.... 0 7 6
For conducting the recf uit to place of final
approval

Total levy-money, British currency... £3 5 6
Infantry.

To the recruit—
On being attested in cash 0 2 6
On intermediate approval in cash 0 7 6
On fical approval in caai 1 10 '0

Amount of bounty
Nith a complete kit of necessaries.
To the superintending officer—
On intermediate approval, to cover the ex-
penses of postage, stationery, &c
For attesting
Surgical examination*
To the party, including bringer—
On intermediate approval, including 3e. 6d„
to paid to the bringer 0 5 0
On final approval, including 4i. to be paid
to the bringer
For conducting the recruit to place of final
approval

0 5 0

0 1 0
0 4 0

0 10 0

0 2 6

Total levy money, British currency... £3 7 6

* The fee to private medical practitioners to be paid in
conformity with the directions of the War Office, Circular,
No. 1173, dated Jan. 5, 1855.

&a al and Military intaillgence.

The following. militia regiments, most of which
were sect- on foreign service duri,g• the late
war with Russia are again to be i►nmeiiately em-
b,)d.e,l:—Berks, :East Kent, 4th Lancashire, Ox-
ford, 2d Stifford, Wilts, and Ist West 'York.
Wh►cl► of the Irish regiments are to be embodied
will ba decided by the Lord. Lieu' enane.

Advices from Malta to the 22.1 August ment7on
no movements of blups of war at that port save the
arrival on the 1811 from Malaga of her Majesty's
steam gunboat 0 ,prq, bringing Majors Bolder and
Peirson, and the departure for Sicily and Naples,
on the 11th, of H.M. steam frigate Centaur, and
at 7.30 a.m, on the 10th, of H.M. screw steam
gunboat Wanderer, despatched by Admiral Sir M.
Stop! ord to communicate via Turin, .per electric
telegraph, the Indian intelligence to hand by the
Jura. No private communications were allowed to
be put on board. bhe however met with a gale of
wind, was 51 hours in reaching her destination,
and thus the 1.,,,nd0u press were not forestalled by
the Admiralty. She returned on the 16th, and left
again for the same destination on the night of the
20th, with a telegraphic deTatch from Suez for
the Admiralty and tl:e leading journals, which ar-
rived by the Bceotil, screw steamer, from Alexan-
dria, containing the heads of intedigence received
by the EuropPan from Amtralia and Ceylon, and
the Nubia from Calcutta, w Lich vessels reached
Suez on the 14th, and whose mails are hourly ex-
pected from Alexandtia.
Subjoined are further extracts from our corre
sponde.it's letters :
" Her Majesty's steam eir7ette Desperate arrived
at Alexandria, from Malta, on the 27th July, to
a*ai', with the Caradoc, thc arrival of the Ambas-
dors and suite from S;atn.

" 'Pie European and Australian mail steamer
Jura arrived on the 10th from. Alexandria bringing
oilly • the Bombay mail, whch she carried on to
Southampton on thesamemornitig, aftertransferring
the overland portion to the Cambria, belonging to
the same company, which left, immediately with the
same fur Marseilles, followed two hours later by
the Peninsular and Oriental Cumpany's steamer
Vale
morning withtta,whicha trriz oalfriata ra ail. from Alexandria on the
same
Major Burt
was the only passenger by the Valetta. Tae Jura
conveyed to England Mr. He her, Master, R.N.,
lately commanding her MajeNty's ship Shearwater,
said out of the service at Malta, an engineer of the
same vessel, a midshipman, and 20 invalided sea-
men and marine.

"The Peninsular and Oriental Company's steam-
packet It!pon arrived on the 14th from Southamp-
ton and Gibraltar.

" The Vends, belonging to the same company,
arrived fr.:m Marseilles early on the morning of the
15'h.
" The Ripon and the Veetis left for Alexandria
early on tie morning of the 15 h.
"The Etna with the outwa,d Australian mail
awl 59 passengers, arrived at Malta in 7i
days from
Southarnpt ,n early on the morning of the 20th, and
the °anthill, having art iv..d on the morning of the
21st from lAarseille4 with the overland London
mails, tile3e we.e immediately transferred to the
Etna, wh'ch left for Alexandtia, early on the moon-
ing of the 22d."
Yes' erelay the reinforcements of officers and men
for the 64th, 78th Highlander 4, 83d, and 86th Re-
gimenti' serving in India, left the Provisional Bat-
talion, Ci)atham, and proceeded to Gravesend,
where they embarked on bard the Sedgemoor, for
Bombay. The- following is the cumber of officers
and men furuvhed by each of the above depots :-
64th Regiment, Lieut.. C. 11. Liprimandaye, En
sign W. Morrisi,n, and 60 non-commissioned officers
and men ; 781 h Highlanders, Lieut. W. W. Young,
Lieut. E. J. Fitzstmow, Ensigns R. P. Butler, J.
N. Gower, and 102 men ; 83d Regiment, Lieut. C.
C. Gore, Ensigns N. Pennefather, F. Rarslake and
132 men ; 86th Regiment, Lieuts. V. G. Coates,
and Watson.

The head-quarters and staff of the battalion of
R Iral Marine Light Infantry sta.ioned at Deal ar-
rived at head-qurters, Chatham, on Thursday
evening, the officers and men of the battalion hav-
ing been transferred to Chatham in consequence of
the reduction made in that division on the removal
of the troops for China. The head-quarters con-
sistel
of 7 serge:int,, 4 corporals, 1 drummer, and
24 privates, under the command of Lieut -Colonel
J. H. Gascoigne and Adjutant Thompson.
A g‘i•neral order has been issued from the Re-
cruiting Department, Horse Guards, enclosing a
ireevvyisemdosncehyedatilowe
l;s3shdofNovrintgn
the enlistment
eag e
of recruits, standard, and
for the cavalry and infantry of the Line, which, it
is stated, having received the approval of the
General Commanding-in-Chief,' will be substituted
for all orders and regulations hitherto issued with
reference to recruiting.
The Black Eagle, Admiralty steam yacht, Master
Commander J. E. Petley, embarked Admiral Sir
George Seymour, 1C.C.8., Commancler-in-.Chief at
Portsmouth, on Thursday evening, at 7 o'clock,
and left immediately on his annual visit of inspec-
tion to the various stations within his jurisdiction.
The Fanny, sailing cutter, was towed by the Black
Eagle, having Captain G. H. Seymour, C. 8., on
board.
The Lord Blayney screw steamship arrived at
Portsmouth in the night on Thursday, and went
t 0 prepare for the
ei nmt ob
al
ri akrabtoi
ounr
oyfe sttreorodpaey
fafternoon
•
• The Matilda Atheling sailing clipper left Spithead