The Sun.
London, England, 1861-10-15 00:00:00

THE AR3II,

In accordance with the arrangements made by 1
the Duke of Cambridge for the delivery of lectures 1
to the troops during the winter months, the follow-
ing military stations have been selected to which
the apparatus, diagrams, magic lantern slides, &c.,
are to be sent, and the order in which they will cir-
culate, :—Aidershott, Shorneliffe, Dover, Wol-
lner, Canterbury, Sheerness, Chatham, Woolwich,
Shoeburyness, Colchester, Royal Military Hospital,
Great Yarmouth, Wellington-barracks, Royal Mili-
tary Asylum, Winchester, Chichester, Portsmouth,
Parkhurst, Weymouth,Devonport, Pembroke, Cork,
Fermoy, Buttevant, Limerick, Templemore, Par-
sonstown, Curragh, Athlone, Dublin, Royal Hiber-
nian Schools, Belfast, Stirling, Aberdeen, Edin-
burgh, Preston, Manchester, Sheffield, and Alder-
ney. The diagrams and magic lantern slides are
now at the latter station, and arrangements are to
be made by the officers commanding at Jersey
for their circulation. The following are the foreign
stations to which diagrams and slides have already
been forwarded :—Montreal, Halifax, Frederickton,
Bermuda, Jamaica, Barbadoes, the Cape, Mauritius,
Ceylon, Australia, Gibraltar, Malta, Corfu, and
1 Hong Kong.
The third lecture session of the Aldershot insti-
tution is to be inaugurated to-morrow evening ; and
Lieut.-Gen. Sir J. Pennefather, K.C.8., has con-
sented to preside en the occasion.
Yesterday a party of workmen, under the direc-
tion of Mr. Twigg, the Government dentractor, com-
menced laying down Colquhoun's improved system
of raised racers for the 6S-pounder and 10-inch guns
mounted on the martello tower commanding the en-
trance to the river Medway. As soon as the altera-
tions to the guns on the tower have been completed
the principle will be immediately applied to the
whole of the 10-inch and 68-pounder guns erected
on the other portions of the fortifications, the Ord-
nance Select Committee having reported so favour-
ably on the invention that the Government intends
applying it to most of the heavy guns mounted on
the leading positions along the coast.
Orders were yesterday received at Chatham
garrison for the 24th Company of Royal Engineers
to proceed, on its arrival at Portsmouth from Gib-
raltar (where it has been relieved by the 33d Com-
pany), to Aldershot camp, there to relieve the 9th
Company, which will proceed to Woolwich, the
sth Company, now at the latter station, returning
to head-quarters, Chatham. The 17th Company,
which is relieved at Malta by the 31st (Captain
Fyer's) Company, from Chatham, will on its arrival
join head quarters. The 34th Company, at Chatham,
has been completed to its full strength, and will
shortly embark for Bermuda, under the command
of Lieut. Vetch;.to relieve the 26th Company, which
will return to Chatham on the completion of its
period of foreign service.
Yesterday afternoon a detachment of 16 non-
commissioned officers and men of the 9th (Queen's
Royal) Lancers, under the command of Lieut. T. S.
Starkey, arrived at Fort Pitt Hospital, Chatham,
from Aldershot camp, the whole of them having
been sent to that establishment to be medically in-
spected, previously to their discharge from the ser-

vice.
The depots forming the 10th battalion at Col-
chester camp, under the temporary command of
Major West, yesterday underwent an official inspec-
tion by Col. Guy, C. 8., Commandant of the camp.
After the examination of kits and accoutrements,
the men were marched to the proposed site of the
new camp, where they went through a variety of mili-
tary evolutions in an efficient manner. The batta-
lion, which has by no means its full complement
of troops, comprises an unusual number of medal-
men, who have seen active service in all parts of the
globe.
The brigade drills of the Woolwich division of
the Royal Marine Light Infantry, in command of
Col. Campbell, were brought to a conclusion yester-
day. The division marched to the review ground

on Woolwich-common on Friday last, for the pur-
pose of going through the details of a miniature
battle, provided with 25 rounds of ammunition.
They were drawn out in line to the number of about
800 rank and file, and had thrown out a number of
skirmishers to commence the sham attack, when the
rain fell in torrents, accompanied by thunder and
lightning. The troopswere Ponaequently obliged
to retire hurricaty to quarters. Yesterday morning
they repaired again to the common and formed in a
brigade of two battalions, preceded by a third,
which took up a position on the hill as an attacking
force. various
field manoeuvres were performed,