The Sun.
London, England, 1857-05-22 00:00:00

tiravk.-..1 and Military intelligenne.

A large party of troops belonging the Indian
depot at Chatham were yesterday engaged in a
variety of escalading operations at Prince Henry's
bastion, in conjunction with the troops of the Royal
and East India Company's Engineers.

Commander J. G. Bickford- will succeed Com-
mander Strode on board the Victory in a few days.
The Fairy Royal steam-yacht embarked their
Serene Highnesses Prince Edward of Saxe Weimar
and Prince of Saxe Meiningen yesterday morning
from Osborne and conveyed them to Portsmouth,
where they were placed under the escort of Lieu-
tenant Robinson, of her Majesty's ship Victory,
who conducted them over the dockyard, the gun-
nery ship Excellent, a floating steam-battery, a
gun-boat, and all other objects of prominent note,
with which the illustrious visitors expressed them-
selves much interested, and warmly thanked Lieu-
tenant Robinson for his courteous attention. Their
Highnesses left Portsmouth for London by the 25
minutes past 4 o'clock train.

The steam troop-ships Adventure and Assistance
went out to Spithead yesterday mo,ning with the
82d and a portion of the 23d Fusileers on board
for China ; they had-not left at the despatch of this
report last evening.
Commodore Eden, C. 8., Superintendent of the
Royal Naval Coast rolunteers, visited Falmouth
officially on Wednesday last, and hoisted his broad
pendant, under the customary salute, on board the
Eagle, 50, Captain Story, who has the district from
Plymouth to the Bristol Channel.
The following appointments have been made at

the Admiralty -:----
G. Richards, master, to the Boseawen ; J. C.
Paine, paymaster, to the Conway; David J. Yeo-
man, clerk, to the Conway.

INSPECTION OF THE CAVALRY BY THE
DUKE OF CAMBRIDGE.
CANTERBURY, MAY 21.
This morning the cavalry stationed in our bar-
racks under orders for India, the 2d Dragoon.
Guards (Bays), and the 3d (Prince of Wales) Dra-
goons, underwent an inspection by the Commander-
in-Chief, his Royal Highness the Duke of Cam-
bridge. The Duke was accompanied by Colonel
Forster and Colonel Tynwhit, Aide-de-Camp
Major-General Lawrenson, Brigade-Major Jenyes,
C. 8., and Captain Hunt, Aide-de-Camp, The
troops, in full dress, were formed in line and under
arms by a quarter to 9 o'clock. On the arrival of
his Royal Highness he was received with the usual
salute. The Duke then minutely inspected the
front and rear ranks, after which the regiments
were formed into columns of troops, and marched
passed his Royal Highness, in slow and quicktime.
The troops then wheeled into line, and on the pa-
rade being dismissed, an order was given to turn
out as soon as possible in complete marching order.
In a quarter of an hour both regiments were
formed ready in the military field at the rear of the
barracks, for the reception of the Cominander-in-
Chief. On arriving on the ground, his Royal High-
ness was again received with a general salute. The
duke then rode up and down the lines and carefully
inspected the troops, after which the regiments
marched pastin squadrons, threes, and troops, and
went through a number of review and field-day
manoeuvres, the whole of which were admirably
performed, and were highly satisfactory to his
Royal Highness. The inspection lasted upwards of
three hours. At its conclusion the men were
formed in square, and the officers advanced to the
front and saluted. The Duke of Cambridge then
addressed the troops, and expressed the great Eatis-
fact.on he bad felt in witnessing the manner in
which they had executed the various movements of
the day. They were two fine regiments, and he was
sure in whatever part of the world duty might call
them, they would never disgrace the service to
which they belonged. There was one fault with
the 3d Dragoons, and only one, and that was that
their horses were not half broken in. Having ex-
plained his Royal Highness s notion of the dif-
ference between "breaking in" and " breaking
down" horses, the duke said they were now going
to India, and he had no doubt the officers would
bear in mind the observations he bad made.
Having dismissed the troops to their quarters, his
Royal Highness, with his staff, proceeded to the
Fountain Hotel, and shortly afterwards left the