The Sun.
London, England, 1861-04-08 00:00:00

THE ARMY.

(about 30 rounds per man) will be conveyed in
small arms ammunition wagons attached to the
field batteries of the several divisions, and each of
the wagons will be provided with cradles to admit
of the ammunition being taken by the leading horses
of the teams to such positions from the second re-
serves. 7. The second reserves are to be completed
from the reserves under the charge of the Military
Store Department, upon requisitions of the officers
commanding Royal Artillery with the army, made
through the Adjutant-General. 8. On emergency,
however, the military store officers in charge of
reserves of ammunition are to make issues on re-
quisition of Assistant Adjutants-General of divi-
sions. 9. The third reserve for guns and small
arms, in charge of the Military Store Depart-
ment, should not be more than an ordinary two
days' march in reach of the army. Its transport is
to be provided for in such manner as the General
Commanding-in-Chief may consider the most ad-
vantageous. Should the base of operations where
the grand depot of reserve is placed be further dis-
tant than an ordinary two days' march from the
reserves last mentioned, intermediate reserves will
be required, upon the organisation and disposition
of which the commanding officers of Artillery and
the chief military store officer should be required to
report to the Adjutant-General, and the General
Commanding-in-Chief may determine what course
should be followed to ensure a regular and sufficient
supply of ammunition for the grand depot of re-
serve for the use of the army. 10. The supply of
ammunition in the field is to be obtained on requi-
sition of commanding officers of corps to the Assis-
tant-Adjutant. General of divisions, for which the
commanding officers of Artillery divisions will re-
ceive the orders of the general officer commanding
as to the extent of the issue to be made. When,
however, the army, or a part of it, is actually
engaged, the commanding officers . of Artillery
with divisions may issue ammunition on the re-
quest of any commanding officer whose corps may
be in want of it, reporting that he has done so, as
provided in paragraph 3. 11. In fortresses, gar-
risons, &c., general officers commanding are to hold
the military storekeeper responsible that the reserve
of small-arms ammunition in his charge is equal to
, the authorised proportions, and available at all
times for issue if required. 12. The reserve referred
to in the 11th paragraph is to be maintained to the
extent authorised by the Secretary of State for War,
in addition to the store of small-arms ammunition,
for the current service of regiments and corps, the
quantities for which service are to be determined
by the general officers commanding, in accordance
with the Queen's Regulations, pages 112 and 113,
and communicated by the Adjutant-General to the
military storekeeper, that he may, by demand on
the War-office from time to time, obtain the,
necessary supplies. Issues for the store of am-
munition are to be made on requisition of command-
ing officers of regiments and corps, to be sent
through the Adjutant-General for the authority of
the general officer commanding, if abroad, and, if at
home, of the Secretary of State for War. 13.
Small-arms ammunition wagons have been sent to
the camps of instruction at home, and general
officers in command of those camps are to accustom
the troops to obtain small arms ammunition for
exercise when in the field in the manner that would
be followed in actual warfare in the event of the
supply of ball cartridge with the infantry being
exhausted."

The 30th and 31st companies of Royal Engi-
neers, which have been placed under orders to em-
-1 burh for the Mediterranean, were medically in-
'
opoptpa at zietva-quarLers vu ny, ree;nr to
leaving Chatham for their destination. Each com-
pany has been made up to 100 non-commissioned
officers and men from the 35th and 36th depot com-
panies recently formed. According to present ar-
rangements the 30th company, under the command
of Capt. A. S. Creyke, will proceed to Malta to
relieve the Ist company ; and the 31st company,
commanded by Capt. A. B. Fyers, to Corfu, to
relieve the 9th. The Ist and 9th companies have
been absent from England some years, both having
served in the :Crimea previously to proceeding to
Malta and Corfu.

Lieut.-Col. H. W. Montagu, R.E,, the com-
manding Royal Engineer at Sheerness, has been
appointed commanding Royal Engineer at Malta.
Major F. H. de Vere, R.E., who has been appointed
second in command at Malta, is now undergoing a
course of general instruction at the Royal Engi-
neer establishment, Chatham, to qualify himself for
the appointment.
Gen. Sir Richard Dacres, commanding the garri-
son at Woolwich, finding that the military distur-
bances in the lower part of the town are gaining
consistency from the perseverance on the part of a
few of the proprietors of publichouses in resisting
the pickets dispatched in quest of loiterers and
absentees, has established a permanent picket,
to consist of one sergeant, six corporals, and 24
gunners and privates, for the purpose of patrolling
that part of the town, and carrying out the disci-
pline of the service with efficiency.
A squadron of the 6th battalion Military Train
will march from Woolwich garrison this morning
for Liverpool to embark for Ireland, to be followed
by headquarters of another squadron of the same
battalion about the 16th inst. The battalion is to
be relieved by the 7th battalion Military Train, ex-
pected shortly to arrive in Woolwich.
The huts at the camp at Colchester are fully
occupied, the strength of the garrison being returned
in the current monthly statement at 3 field officers,
71 officers, 51 sergeants, and 2,547 privates. The
number of cases under medical treatment is about
100. Some men selected from the 10th battalion,
under the charge of Lieut. Bicknell, of the 38th, are
to proceed forthwith to the Hythe School of Mus-
ketry. About 200 men have left the camp for Al-
dershott as probationary candidates for the Com-
missariat Corps.

The annexed circular memorandum, headed
" Ammunition," has been received at Woolwich
from the Horse Guards, signed by the Hon. Sir J.
Y. Scarlett, Adjutant-General of the Forces :-
1 "Doubts having arisen as to the relative duties
of the Adjutant-General's department and the com-
manding officers of Artillery with
re-
gards reserves of ammunition,
and a
itn being army a a sm
at -
ter of importance to the efficiency of the army that
those duties should be clearly defined, and n
un-
certainty should exist as to the functionsm ofo
the
officers concerned in the provision of ammunition
thetion
for the use of the troops, his Royal Highness
General Commanding-in-Chief deems it expedient
to direct that the circular dated Horse Guards,
March 14, 1860, be considered as cancelled, and,
with the concurrence of the Secretary of State for
War, the following regulations substituted :-1.
The Adjutant-General of an army in the field is
responsible to the General Commanding-in-Chief
for the ammunition of that army. 2. To enable him
effieiently to perform his duty he will be furnished,
as often as he may deem necessary, by the officer
commanding the Royal Artillery and the chief
military store officer with the army, with returns
of the state of the reserves in the Royal Artillery
and military store charges respectively. 3. The
Assistant-Adjutants-General of divisions will be
held responsible that the officers commanding the
divisions are at all times made acquainted with the
state of their reserves of ammunition, and, as often
as may be required, will be furnished with the ne•
eAssary reports from the officers commanding the
n 0374-. A -fillery of the division ' • and any deficiency
in the reguiattc. ^mount of ammunition is to
be immediately made know.. ~.k1.,,, Adjutant-Gene-
ral
of the army. 4. The first and secona ic.orrag
of gun and small arms ammunition are to be in
charge of the Royal Artillery, and conveyed and
replenished as hereinafter directed; the third re-
serves of gun and small arms ammunition and the
1 grand depot of reserve will be in the custody of the
Military Store Department. 5. The first reserve
of ammunition for the guns (about 50 rounds per
gun) is that contained in the second line of wagons
of each battery. 6. The first reserve for small arms

THE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY EVENING, APRIL 8,186 L

manence to the Volunteer movement by the offer of
prizes, and for the encouragement of rifle shooting
throughout the country. The meeting was a very
influential one, many of the leading gentry, clergy,
&c. of the town and county being present, The
Right Hon. the Speaker of the House of Commons
presided. Among those present were Mr. Barrow,
M.P., the Hon. and Rev. G. H. Vernon, Col. Hol-
den, Capt. James Nilson, the Rev. J. M. Valpy, Mr.
W. F. Norton, and others. The Right Hon. the
Speaker said that they were met together for the
purpose of forming a rifle association for the county
and town of Nottingham, and he hoped that they
would be successful. It was not more than a year
and a half ago since they were holding meetings
in different parts of the country for the purpose of
establishing rifle corps. Now, in that short space
of time the stripling had grown into a giant, and at
the present time the Volunteer corps in this coun-
try numbered 150,000 men. (Cheers.) Who was
there that did not believe and feel that great
strength and security had been given to the coun-
try by these 150,000 men ? He felt so cordial a
sympathy with those who had given their impor-
tant services to the country that it had been a
source of very great pleasure for him to come there
and take such a part in the operations of the day.
(Loud cheers.) Resolutions in conformity with the
object of the meeting were agreed to.
A large company assembled at Belvoir Castle,
the seat of the Duke of Rutland, on Wednesday, on
the occasion of a bugle being presented to the 2nd
Leicestershire Company of Volunteers by the Lady
Adeliza Norman, on behalf of the Ladies Committee,
formed some time since for the purpose of doing
honour to this company. The Volunteers were put
through their drill in a meadow adjoining the
Castle, and his Grace then came on the ground in
company with Lord John. Manners, M.P., Lord
Ranelagh; and others. Dinner being over, the cere-
mony of presenting the bugle, &c., took place,
A number of prizes were shot for last week by
the members of the Bury St. Edmund's Corps. The
principal prize was a silver cup given by Mr. G.
P. Clay, the ex-Mayor, and for this 80
gentlemen competed, namely; 39 from the Ist
company and 41 from the 2d. The shooting was
at ranges of 200 and 300 yards, five rounds each ;
and the average number of points attained at the
first range was 4.77, and at the second 3.27, or as
nearly as possible an aggregate average of 8 points
per man. The 25 best shots made, however, an
average of 11.40 points each ; and Sergeant Armourer
Norfolk and Private Scotcher made 15 points each.
This tie has still to be shot off. Several prizes have
been announced for competition among the members
of the Stowmarket Corps, varying in amount from
a cup of the value of £5 ss. to a consolation prize of
£1 ls. Officers have been elected for the Milden-
hall Corps, which will be enrolled as a subdivision
as speedily as possible.
There is to be a grand inspection or review of the
volunteer artillery corps of Bristol and the surround-
ing counties on the 17th of June. It will be held
on Durdham Down ; and on the following day
there will be a muster at the mouth of the river for
practice and competition with the great guns.
The Ist Yorkshire Artillery (Burlington), pre-
ceded by their band, mastered strong, according to
appointment, to join their comrades at head-quar-
ters, Flamborough, on Easter Monday. Major
Haworth, accompanied by Lieutenant-Colonel Pitts
and Captain White, took the command of the
united corps, which marched under triumphal
arches through the town, and thence proceeded to
the battery. A Royal salute of 21 guns inaugurated
the same, and afterwards, notwithstanding a violent
storm of rain, some very excellent practice with
shot and shell took place. The tattery, which
commands the northern entrance to Burlington-bay,
is beautifully situated on the high cliff, and fully
300 feet below, at an estimated distance of 1,500
yards, was moored the target, which looked a mere
speck in the sea. At this long range good luck
attended the gunners, and the very first shot ever
fired from Flamborough fell in line, and within five
yards of the target. Loud cheers from a large
concourse of spectators greeted the volunteers on
their success. Ten rounds of shot were fired, and
Ithveh
ififr,stosloal.eTll;nb,ur,isrt,,whiiivth
Artillery), at
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t
of Major Haworth, made the battery --port of the
practice.

ROI AL MILITARY AC.IDE3II;
WOOLWICH.

The following are the revised regulations for the
admission of Gentlemen Cadets to she Royal Mili-
tary Academy, Woolwich !

N.B.—All candidates for commissions in the
Royal Artillery and Royal Engineers are required
to go through a course of instruction at the Royal
Military Academy.
I. Competitive examinations for admission are
held in London twice a-year, in Jaivary and July.
They are conducted by examiners avointed for the
purpose, in the presence and under the superintend-
ence of the Council of Military Edication.
The candidates, until the examnation in July,
1861, mast be between 16 and 20 years of age ; after
that date between 16 and 19 yearsof age.
11. The admissions wiel be detmined by the
result of the examination, the su!iects of which
will be as follows, viz. :

1. Mathematics—Pure, incltidOg 500 for the
differential and integral calculus* 2,500 marks;
Mixed, 1. e., statics, dynamics, hy.rostatic3, 1,000
marks. _

2. English—Language and Colposition, 1,000
marks ; History and Geography ofEngland and its
Dependencies, 1,000 marks.
3. Classics Latin—Language 1,000 marks ;
Geography and History of Ane!nt Rome, 500
marks. Greek—Language, 1000 ; 3eography and
History of Ancient Greece, 500 maks.
4. French Language, 1,000 marl 3.
5. German Language, 1,000 maks.
6. Hindustani—Hindustani Inguage, 1,000
marks ; Geography and History DI India, 1,000
marks. . . _

-117eexamination in French, Ganan, and Hin-
dustani will include writing from!ictation.
7. Experitneutal Sciences, i.e., betnistry, Heat,
Electricity, including Magnetism„ooo marks.
S. Natural Sciences, i e., Mineilogy and Geo-
logy, 1,000 marks.
9. Drawing—Elementary Georrirical Drawing,
including the use of drawing truments, 500
marks ; Free-hand drawing of madnery, architec-
tural, topographical, landscape, °figure subjects,
509 marks.

AND INTEGRAL CALCULUS.
DIFFERENTIAL CALCULUS.

111. No candidate will be allowao be examined
in more than five subjects, of with. one must be
mathematics, and no one who as not obtain at
least 1,000 marks in mathematiesj which 700 at
least must be in pure mathematic will be eligible
for an appointment.t
From the other subjects of tamination each
candidate may select any, not e3eeding four in
number, in which he desires to I examined ; the
rules for counting marks are as fotws :
In French, German, Experimetal and Natural
Sciences one-sixth of the mare allotted to each
subject must be gained before itni be allowed to
count.
In English, Hisdustani, and (riling the subject
is divided into two sections as a)(Y!, either or both
of which the candidate may take teas one subject ;
but he will not be allowed to tint the marks
gained in either section unless the Amount to one-
sixth of the number allotted to it.
In classics, also divided into twiections (Latin
and Greek), the marks appropried to the geo-
graphy and history of ancient Rotor Greece will
not be allowed to count unless e-sixth of the
marks allotted to the correspond language has
been gained, in which case, howe% any number
of marks gained in geography id history will
count.

In either French, German, or ildustani every
candidate will be required to obtk 100 marks for
qualification ; and in geo.netefil drawing 50
marks; whether he takes them as subjects in
which he desires to compete or
It should be understood th though only a
small qualifying test has been,posed in respect
to modern languages and georrrical drawing, a
knowledge of them on admissi will contribute
greatly to a candidate's future Less at the Royal
Military Academy.
IV. The candidates are allcd to answer as
many questions as the time allo to the subject
will permit.
V. No candidate will ho a.itted unless he
obtain an aggregate of at least iOO marks.
VI. The successful candidates-ill remain under
instruction for about two yeariad a half, or until
they are sufficiently advanced, scientific know-
ledge to pass a satisfactory ex nation, and they

* See Syllabus annexed.
t N.B.—The examination in aritetic, algebra, plane
geometry, logarithms, and plane tritometry will be close
and searching.

will then receive commissions in the Royal Artil- I
lery or Royal Engineers. If, however, they should
be found unable to qualify themselves within three
years in their professional studies or to acquire a
sufficient proficiency in military exercises, they will
be subject to removal.
VII. Each cadet on joining will be required to
pay a sum of £25 to cover the expense of uniform,
books, &c., and to produce the following articles,
which must afterwards be kept up at his own
expense, viz. :—nine white shirts, four flannel
waistcoats, nine pair of socks, six pair of drawers,
nine pocket handkerchiefs, six towels, one clothes-
brush, two combs and brush, one Bible and prayer-
book, one looking-glass, one portmanteau. He will
also be required to pay a contribution of £62 10s.,
payable in advance, for each half year of the time
during which he remains under instruction. The
annual contributions, however, for sons and orphans
of naval and military officers will be regulated at
the following rates, as heretofore :
For sons of Admirals and of Generals having
regiments, £BO.
For sons of Generals without regiments, £7O.
For sons of Captains and Commanders of the
Navy, and of Colonels and Regimental Field
Officers of the Army, LEO.
For sons of all Officers of the Army and Navy
under the above ranks, 140.

For sons of Officers of the Army and Navy who
have died in the service, and whose families are
proved to be left in pecuniary distress, £2O.
The sons of General Officers who are paid only
on their commissions as Field Officers will pay the
same contribution as the sons of Field Officers.

The sons of officers on full or half pay will pay
alike ; but the sons of officers who have voluntarily
retired on half pay, or received the difference, will
only be admitted on the terms prescribed for the
sons of private gentlemen—viz., £125 per annum.
The sons of officers of the civil departments of
the army and navy, of officers of the permanent
Militia staff, and of adjutants of the Volunteer
force, are admissible to the academy upon the same
terms. as those prescribed for naval and military
officers.

The sons of Indian naval and military officers will
be admitted on the same terms as the sons of officers
of the Queen's service.

The sons of professors at the Staff and Royal
Alilitary Colleges, at the Royal College, Addiscombe,
£6O.

The sons of masters at the above institutions, £4O.
VIII. Any gentleman who wishes to present him-
self at one of the half-yearly examinations must
send in his name to the Military Secretary at the
Horse Guards one month before the time of exami-
nation, forwarding with his application to be noted
the following papers :

1. An extract from the register of his baptism,*
or, in default of that, a declaration before a magi-
strate, taken by one of his parents, giving his exact
age. _

-2. A certificate of good moral character, signed
by a clergyman of the parish to which he belongs,
and by the tutor or head of the school or college at
which he has received his education for at least the
two preceding years, or such other proof of good
moral character as will be satisfactory to the Com-
mander-in-Chief.

3. A statement of the subjects of examination in
which (in addition to mathematics) he may desire
to be examined.

A candidate who has been examined before, when
he applies for leave to present himself again, will
only be required to forward the list of subjects he
selects, and a certificate from his tutor or the head
of his school, &c., for the interval between the two
examinations,

IX. The candidates will be inspected by military
surgeons on the first day of the examination, in
order that it may be ascertained that they are free
from any bodily defects or ailments calculated to
interfere with the performance of military duties.
Extreme short sight, or any serious defect of
vision, is regarded as a disqualification.
W. F. FORSTER, Military Secretary.
SYLLABUS OF EXAMINATION IN THE DIFFERENTIAL

The meaning of Differentiation.
The Differentiation of Elementary Functions of
one Independent Variable.
The theorems of Taylor and Maclaurin, with their
applications.
The theory of Maxima and Minima, with its
applications.
The equations to the Tangents, Normals, and
Asymptotes of Plane Curves.
The curvature of Plane Curves and their radii of
curvature and evolutes.

The Differential Co-Efficients of the Arcs and
Areas of Plane Curves to rectangular and polar Co-
ordinates, and of the surfaces and volumes of solids
of revolution.