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

THE A.RIIII.

In accordance with the arrangements made by
the Duke of Cambridge for the delivery of lectures
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, viz. :—Aldershott, Shorncliffe, Dover, Wa!-
mer, Canterbury, Sheerness, Chatham, Woolwich,
Shceburyness, 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 Aldef-
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
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 on the occasion.
Yesterday a party of workmen, under the direc-
tion of Mr. Twigg, the Government contractor, com-
menced laying down Colquhoun's improved system
of raised racers for the 68-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 Corn,
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-

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The depots forming the 10th battalion at Col-
chester camp, under the temporary command of
Major West, yesterday underwent an official inspec-
tion,
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evolutions in an efficient manner. The batta-
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men, who have seen active service in all
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 consequently obliged
to retire hurriedly to quarters. Yesterday morning
they repaired again to the common and formed.in_a
which herheams examination
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brigade of two battalions, preceded by a thktirnd,
which took up a position on the hill as an attac g
rformed,
force. Various field manoeuvres were PP
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SEBAS2 OPOL.

TO THE EDITOR OF THE TIMES.

Sir,—The enclosed extracts from a letter I have
received from Sebastopol will, perhaps, be interest-
ing to some of your readers. The writer is Colonel
Gowan, who is engaged in raising the sunken fleet
there.—l am, Sir, your obedient servant,
J. ALFRED LOCKWOOD, F.R.G.S. ,

" Sebastopol, Sept. 20.

it . . Last week we had a visit from the
Emperor, accompanied by the Empress and the
Grand Duke Constantine. They visited the Mala-
khoff and the various batteries where war raged so
furiously a few years agq. He has ordered 12 large
monuments to be placed on the sites of the various
batteries, and the names of the officers who were
killed at the siege of Sebastopol are to be inscribed
upon them. He also laid the corner stone of a
church that is to be constructed at Chersonese, on
the spot where a former church existed. This is
where Vladimir first experienced Christianity. The
Emperor also reviewed about 3,000 soldiers on the
plateau you will remember below the Malakhoff,
and presented them with a half-rouble each (equal
to about ls. Bd.) In the evening he reviewed the
soldiers and sailors who reside here that were en-
gaged at the siege, and presented them with the
same amount. I had the honour of being presented
by his Imperial Highness the Grand Duke Constan-
tine. His Majesty thanked me for what I had ac-
complished in rendering the navigation of the har-
bour secure, and said that he was fully convinced
of the extreme difficulty of raising the sunken fleet,
and was much pleased that I had approached so
near the conclusion. He is a fine-looking man,
speaks English remarkably well, and I must add
that I was astonished at his affability and the en-
thusiasm which the people have for him. They
seem to worship him.

" Major Carpenter arrived here by the last boat
upon the melancholy missive of disinterring the re-
mains of his father the late Colonel Carpenter, of the
41st, who was killed at Alma. I had the honour of
receiving a letter of introduction from General Fos-
ter, &c., requesting me to render such assistance as
lay in my power in furtherance of his object. Ar-
rangements have been made for an escort by a bat-
talion of Russian infantry from the entrance of the
town to the point of embarkation. Colouel Hamil-
ton, of the Grenadier Guards, together with his
wife and Miss Stanley (the lady who brought the
nurses to Scutari during the late war), has been here.
They took a deep interest in visiting the graves of

their friends, the former, who was here during the
siege, visiting again the old and familiar spots.
"I am happy to inform you that your Govern-
ment have taken active steps to protect the various
cemeteries by constructing new and durable enclo-
sures around the resting-places of those whose
heroic fortitude and valour won for themselves
the admiration of the world, and it really does your
Government great credit for their kindness and
generosity in protecting from oblivion all traces of
the departed.
" It seems quite strange that the French Govern-
ment take no interest whatever either in the pre-
servation or protection of their fallen ones. I have
repaired out of my own private means many of

their cemeteries and head- stones, but what can one
person effect with means so limited in constructing
new enclosures around so many, and in setting up
and repairing monuments and slabs ? During the
past three years I have kept them in decent order,
and regret the inactivity of the Government."