The Sun.
London, England, 1861-09-23 00:00:00

THE AR M 1

The following circulars from the War-office and
Horse Guards were received at Chatham yesterday
and promulgated for the information of the officers
and troops :
" With reference to the second and fourth paragraphs of
circular No. 130, dated Aug. 25, 1857, the Secretary of
State for War has decided that therequisitions for materials
for the regimental industrial schools shall, from the 31st of
s therefore
March next, be made annually instead of half-yearly.
" form, i
rm, No.
1, 50requested,asuppItyhaotf rweqhuicihsitiisonhseruepowintathe
re-
vised
trans-
mitted, may be addressed to the Council of Military liduca-
tion, so as to be received by them during the month of March
in each year. Such estimates are not to exceed the sum of
ss. per head for the average number of children for the pre-
vious 12 months.
" The statement of the distribution of the articles made
up may be discontinued, but in its place the commanding
officer will be required to sign a certificate on the form itself
to the effect that those articles have been wholly distributed
as rewards to the most deserving children.
" B. HAWES."
"With reference to -Wax-office volunteer circular No. 5,

neiro on the 22d July, and sailing thence for Eng- dated Aug. 22, 1861, his Royal Highness the General Conk-
land four days afterwards. She brought home a few manding-in-Chief directs that officers commanding regi-
supernumeraries from the station, who were landed ments shall furnish the Adjutant-General with the names
non-commissioned officers who arc desirous of accept-
from her at Portsmouth, and orders were given her °. f any
mg the office of Superintendent Instructor of Volunteers
to proceed to Devonport to strip and pay off. In the on the terms of the above circular.
Straits of Magellan the Alert passed a Russian " A nominal and descriptive return and statement of
man-of-war steamer, and off Sandy Point, in the service must be sent with the name of each candidate, and
same passage, spoke the English missionary schooner a certificate from the commanding officer that his previous
Allan Gardner. conduct, character, and ability for imparting instruction
The Archer, 13, screw, Commander F. A. B. Crau-
render him eligible for the appointment.
" The Horse Guards' circular of the Bth February, 1860
ford, arrived at Spithead yesterday from the coast (Volunteers 1, 1860) is hereby cancelled.
of Africa, and received orders to proceed on to Wool- " By command,
with, where she will dismantle and pay off her " JAMES YORKE SCARIETT, Adjutant • G eneral."
crew. She sailed from Ascension on the 21st of The iron-built chartered troopship Clyde, 1,180
August, arriving at Fayal on the 13th of Septem- tons, disembarked the 64th (2d Stafferdshire) Regi-
ber, where she called to coal, and sailed thence on ment at Government-quay, Gravesend, on Saturday
the following day. The passage home was attended morning, when the troops were immediately for-
with fine weather until the vessel made the English warded by special train on the South-Eastern Rail-
Channel, when she fell in with strong south-west way to Chatham, and thence to Dover, where they
winds. During the first portion of the voyage the are to be quartered. The 64th Regiment left Eng-
weather was exceedingly hot. The officers and men land for Bombay in Jan., 1849, since which it has
on board are all healthy. She brought home a few seen more service than probably any other regiment
invalids, who were landed at Portsmouth yesterday. stationed in India. It served throughout the Persian
The Malacca, 17, .steam sloop, 200 horse power, campaign of 1856-57. At the termination of the
now fitting at Sheerness, Capt. G. S. Napier, is be- Persian war it returned to India, and served in
ing completed with every despatch for foreign ser- Bengal and the North-West Provinces during the
vice, and will be ready for sea in a few days. She Indian mutiny, the regiment being present with
has nearly completed her complement of men. General Havelock's columns in the actions of Fut-
The Orestes, 21, screw steam corvette, 400 horse tehpore, Aoung, Pandoo, an.d Nuddee, the defence
power, Capt. A. H. Gardner, now fitting at Sheer- of Cawnpore, defence of the Alumbagh, second relief
ness, was inspected on Friday by Vice-Admiral W. of Lucknow, the defeat of the Gwalior mutineers,
J. Hope Johnstone, Commander-in-Chief, and his and the capture of Bareilly, besides numerous other
Staff. After seeing the vessel the gallant Admiral engagements. The 64th embarked at Kurrachee
expressed great satisfaction with the manner in for Gravesend on the 9th of April last, and left the
which it had been fitted in a very brief period. The following day, the voyage to the Thames being an
ship has nearly her full complement, consisting of exceedingly protracted one. The right wing in-
continuous service men who have been recently paid eludes the Ist, 2d, 3d, 4th, and sth companies, the
off from other ships. whole numbering 332 non-commissioned officers and
The Virago, 6,paddlewheel steam sloop, 300 horse men, 23 women, and 42 children. The following
power, now fitting at Sheerness, Commander A. I. officers disembarked with the head-quarters of the
Hope Johnstone, was inspected on Saturday, after 64th at Gravesend :--Lieut. N. H. O'Grady, Capt.
undergoing a trial of her machinery at the measured F. 1). B. Lukis, Lieut. G. H. J. Haldane, Lieut. G.
mile off Mapling Sands. She will proceed to sea R. Daniel, Lie-at. and Acting Adjutant W. J.
on Wednesday next. Voules, Lieut. F. E. Wilson, Ensign H. Grant,
The screw steam gun-vessel Plover, 5, Comman- Ensign J. O'Dell, Quartermaster A. Ross, and
der the Hon. A. L. Corry, from Chatham, which Surgeon-Major J. G. Inglis, M.D., C.B. The
arrived in Plymouth on Monday last, has had de- officers wh,o returned to England by the over-
fects made good, is filled up with coal, b,nd ready land route, were—Major T. Anderson, Major R.
to leave the Sound for her station, the West Coast Mockler, "Major J. Howes (paymaster), Capt. F. J.
of Africa. HutchinF,on, and Lieut. H. E. Couper. Five deaths
The sailing ship Boscawen, 70, formerly flagship and two births occurred on board during the voyage.
to Admiral Sir Frederick Grey, on the Cape sta- The troop','nave been remarkably healthy since they
tion, is now fitting alongside the dockyard, Devon- embarkrA, and after inspection at Gravesend by the
port, as a training ship for boys, to be stationed at medic" Al staff from Chatham, only two men were re-
Southampton. On Friday afternoon, Richard Bar-
quiz" ad to be sent to Fort Pitt Military Hospital,
rett, rigger, was standing on the cap of the main-
°
mast, and two other riggers, Samuel Jordan and In!! of these having become insane from exposure in
Andrew Pope, were in the maintop while an effort , ,dia. The left wing, comprising the remaining
was being made to ship the cross-trees on the mair% , oompanies of the 64th, which embarked at Kur-
topmast head. The cross-trees were landed on t 1
mainmast head, ready to receive the topmast 1 rachee in the Star of the South, under the command
came up. Barrett was desired to slack the lashing i.e If of Major W. 3. Chads, several days after the Clyde,
of the Bantling, when unfortunately he let lt, arrived in England before the latter vessel. The
cross-trees swung off the cap and throw Bar-
. 64th being considerably below its proper strength,
it go. orders have been received at Chatham for volunteer-
Therett to the deck, a height of about 70ft., ing
to be opened from the British and Indian depots
received such severe injuries as caused hi
_s
he ' at that garrison.
death Yesterday orders were issued at the head-quarters
shortly afterwards. One of the legs of she cross- of the Royal Engineers, Chatham, for the 31st and
trees struck Jordan, and he would have gone over 4v3a companies of Royal Engineers to proceed this
the maintop but for the activity of Pope, who m toming to Portsmouth, there to embark on board
threw himself on the failing man Wad thus saved th lis screw steamer Himalaya, 700-horse power, for