The Sun.
London, England, 1861-07-30 00:00:00

THE ARMY.

His Royal Highness the Delce of Cambridge was
entertained at a banquet given by the officers of the
Royal Engineers, at Brampton-barracks, Chatham,
last night, on the occasion of the opening of the
handsome suite of messrooms just completed, covers
being laid for about ninety guests. General Sir J.
F. Burgoyne, G.C.8., Inspector-General of Fortifi-
cations, presided. Among the distinguished officers
present were Lieut.-Gen. Sir J. F. M. Smith, ICH.?
M.P. ; Lieut.-Gen. Sir Harry D. Jones, K.C.8.;
Lieut.-Gen: J. Oldfield, K.H. ; Major-Gen. Sir R.
Airey, K.C.B. ; Major-Gen. H. Eyre, Major-Gen.
H. Sandham, Major-Gen. R. J. Stotherd, Col. H. D.
Harness, C. 8., Col. C. Bingham, Deputy-Adj.-Gen.,
Royal Artillery ; Col. F. E. Chapman, C. 8., De-
puty-Adj.-Gen., Royal Engineers ; Col. H. Jervis,
Col. R. N. Phillips, Col. J. Twiss, R.E., Col. E.
Frome, R.E. Col. J. L. A. Simmons, C. 8.,
Col. Rea, Royal Marines ; Col. Greathed, Col. Tul-
loh, Lieut.-Col. Collinson, R.E., Lieut.-Col. Jervois,
&c. The band of the Royal Engineers was sta
tioned in the gallery during the banquet. To-dap
his Royal Highness will hold a review of the entire
force of the garrison on Chatham Lines.

His Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge, as
General Commanding-in-Chief, inspected the 14
Life Guards and the Royal Horse Guards yesterday
morning on Wormwood Scrubbs. The Duke of
Cambridge, who was accompanied by Col. the Hon.
James Macdonald, C. 8., arrived on the ground at
ten o'clock, at which hour the line formed. The
brigade was commanded by Col. Parker. Col.
Dudley de Ros commanded the Ist Life Guards, and
Col. Baillie commanded the Royal Horse Guards.
At the termination of the inspection the Duke of
Cambridge expressed his entire approbation of the
efficiency and martial bearing of the troops. The
Earl Beauchamp, the Earl of Cardigan, Lord Raglan,
Major-Gen. Douglas, &c.,were among the spectators-
The Secretary of State for War, in concurrence
with his Royal Highness the Commander in-Chief,
having decided on carrying out the recommendatiou
of the National Defence Commissioners to classify
the supply of ammunition furnished to fortresEel
according to the defence which garrisons may re'
bably be called upon to make against attacks, it hale
been decided, in furtherance of this scheme, that the
supply of ammunition to the batteries forming the
coast defences shall be according to the annexed
scale per gun :—Principal battery, maximum, 0°
rounds; minimum, 376 rounds; second-class bat'
teries, 300 rounds maximum, 225. minimum ;
towers, 200 maximum and 150 minimum. This
great augmentation of ammunition, which will ere"
brace every improved kind of artillery projectile,
including hollow and solid shot, case, grape, cad-
mon and diaphragm shell, will materially add t°
the efficiency of the cost defences in case of attack'
In order, however, to give lull effect to the arrange"
ment decided upon, it will be necessary, in almost
all our important defence batteries, to materiall9
increase the existing insufficient magazine acconi-
! modation. At present the accommodation in the
t
Chatham district, which embraces a most iraper
portion of the defences, is totally inadequate
ceive even the minimum proportion which has been
ordered to be supplied to the batteries at Sheerness,
Tilbury Fort, New Tavern Fort, Cottlhouse-
point,
and Shornmeade. tore"

The 33d company of the Royal Engineers, novr
doing duty at Aldershot camp, is to be relieved by
the 9th company, now on its passage home from
Corfu. The 33d company is to rejoin head quarters
at Chatham, -where the officers and
men will go
through a course of field-work instruction pre-
viouslyniotn for foreigntis
li service
company left
theeoursetoofeamfbk
ewarmaoth s. The 9th
Corfu in the Megaara, on the 17th inst.
The orders for the removal of the Bth (King's)
Foot to Aldershott is for the present suspended-
The regiment will remain in their present quarters
at Gosport until further orders
are issued.
A large quantity of engi • neering tools have beet'
forwarded to the Isle of Night for the construe"
tion of military roads At the west end of the island
in the rear of the works of defence about to be
constructed there. A regiment of infantry will
be placed under can vas in the island to ass's • t
their formation,
The headquarters of the 6th Carabineers from
India arrived, per South Western Railway, on
Saturday evening, at the Exeter Barracks, whe.ree
the depot has been lying for s )me weeks. tr.ia
Exeter rifle corps, with their band, marched to the
Wel-
station, and gave the gallant fellows a hearty

come.
The Cambodia, with troops from India, as
spoken- off the Isle of Wight on Sunday, steering
up Channel with a fair wind, bound, the captoll
stated, to Gravesend. The ship had been expected
call
by the military authorities at Portsmouth to
in at Spithead to disembark her troops, as thei
are ordered to bo stationed in that garrison.