The Sun.
London, England, 1868-03-02 00:00:00

LAW INTELLIGENCE—This Day.

COURT OF BANKRUPTCY.
(Before Mr. Commissioner WiLslow.)

IN RE SIR S. M. PETO, BART, M.P., AND COMPANY--
£6,000,000 CLAIM.

To-day was appointed for the consideration of
the enormous claim made by the London, Chatham,
and Dover Railway Company upon these bankrupts,
who were present in Court during the inquiry. The
particulars of the claim have been repeatedly given
in our columns on previous occasions.
Mr. Linklater having examined the bankrupt as
to the arrangements for carrying on the works, the
case was proceeding when our report left, and is
expected to last some days.

NAVAL AND MILITARY INIELLIGENCE.

His Royal Highness the Field-Marshal Com•
manding-in-Chief will hold a levee at 1 o'clock 011
Thursday next, the sth inst.
The Ist Battalion Grenadier Guards, now sta-
tioned at the Infantry Barracks, Sheet-street,
Windsor, will leave, it is expected, for London on
Wednesday. It will be replaced by the Ist Battalion
Coldstream Guards.

The 2d Regiment of Life Guards, now quartered
at the Spital Cavalry Barracks, will leave Windsor
on the 4th of April. They will be relieved by the
Ist Life Guards.

In accordance with orders from the Horse Guards,
detachments of the 4th battalion, lately stationed
at Waltham and Enfield, have re-joined the bat-
talion at Colchester. On friday afternoon a de-
tachment of the Military Train, consisting of one
officer, two non-connnissioned officers, and 13 men,
arrived at the cavalry barracks,Colchester,to relieve
a similar detachment which left the barracks the
same day for Aldershott, to rejoin the companies
there stationed.

On Saturday detachments of non-commissioned
officers and men selected from the first battalion of
the Ist (King's Royal) Regiment, first battalion of
the Bth (the King's) Regiment, second battalion of
the 10th Regiment, first battalion of the 14th Regi-
ment, first battalion of the 22d Regiment, 30th
Regiment, 31st Regiment, 45th Regiment, and the
106th Bombay Light Infantry, left Chatham Gar-
rison and proceeded to Hythe for the purpose of
going through an extended course of instruction at
the School of Nlusketry in the use of the Snider
breechloading rifle previously to embarkation.
Orders have been received at Chatham garrison
from the Horse Guards, directing four officers and
82 non-commissioned officers and men of the Ist
battalion of the Ist King's Royals, three officers and
152 men of all ranks of the 2d battalion of Ist
King's Royals, four officers, and 111 non-commis-
sioned officers and privates of the Ist battalion of
the 2d Queen's Royals, three officers, and 54 men of
the 82d (Prince of Wales's Volunteers) Regiment,
one officer and 34 men of the 106th (Bombay Light
Infantry) Regiment, and one officer and 20 men of
all ranks of the 109th (Bombay Infantry) Regi-
ment, to be held in readiness to embark on or
about the 15th instant for Calcutta, to join the
service companies of their respective regiments in
India.

In consequence of the corps of Royal Marines of
Light Infantry having been raised to its required
strength, recruiting for the Chatham division is
about to be discontinued until further orders, most
of the recruiting parties returning to head-quar-
ters.

On Saturday Lord Henty G. Lennox, M.P., Sec-
retary of the Admiralty, arrived at Chatham dock-
yard, in company with other members of the de-
partment, and was occupied some time at the esta-
blishment in the transaction of official business.
During his visit his lordship went on board the
ironclad frigate Hercules, fitting in the harbour. ,
Her Majesty's composite gunboat D wad, intended
for service in China, was on Saturday removed
from the fitting basin at Woolwich, and was place,
in No. 2 dock, for the purpose of being fitted
with a false keel and bilge chocks, which, from ex-
perience in vessels of similar draught of water, are
necessary to check the rolling of the ship, the san3o
having been fitted successfully to the Plover.

Loss OF A SCHOONER.--PLYMOUTH, Feb. 29'
Evoning.—The Sampson, schooner, from Cadiz, with 5
cargo of wine for Hull, was run into by the 31erenrY
brigantine, of Llanelly, and sank at 10 v.m. on FriditY
about ton miles off the Start. The crew were landed her°
by the Mercury te-night.—(Reuter).