The Sun.
London, England, 1868-05-08 00:00:00

THE SUN, LONDON, FRIDLY EVENING, NAY 8, 1868.

NAVAL AND MILITARY IN7ELLIGENCE.

Ilis Royal Highness the Field-Ma►shal Com-
manding-in-Chief will hold a levee at 1 o'clock on
Monday, the 11th inst.
Her Majesty's screw steam gunvessel Marten put
into Portland harbour on Wednesday last, on ac-
count of the strong east gale then blowing iu the
Channel.
The depot of the 2d battalion of the 17th Regi-
ment, under the command of Capt. F. H. Gee, will
proceed from Chatham garrison to Ireland, to join
the head-quarters and service companies of their
regiment, which will shortly arrive from Canada,
on the completion of their turn of foreign service.
The service companies of the regiment are expected
to arrive home about the end of the present month,
a notification having been received at Chatham that
the head-quarters and right wing will embark in
Canada on board the mail steamer on the 16th inst.
The 2d battalion of the 17th Regiment has been
absent from England nearly seven years, hating
embarked for Canada in December, 1861.

Deputy Inspector-General of Hospitals J. Ewing
embarked yesterday on board the Brockbank, for
Sydney, where he is to be stationed.
The Prince of Wales's Own Royal Regiment of
Wiltshire Yeomanry Cavalry arrived in the city of
Salisbury yesterday for six days' permanent service,
exclusive of marching days, under the command of
Colonel the Marquis of Ailesbury.

to 13 miles. The 10th Bengal Cavalry take it from
Zoolla to Asid!gerat ; the 12th Bengal Cavalry,
from Addigerat to Ashangi; and the 3d Bombay
Cavalry, from Ashangi to the front. All the riding
ponies in the lowland train have been ordered
to be distributed along the postal stations, for the
purpose of carrying heavier bags containing news-
papers and parcels along with the sowars on duty.
The last post received has taken nine days from
Zoolla to this station ; the sowars, en route, are
often much delayed, meeting troops and convoys of
stores moving up to the front, the road or footpath
across the hills being, in many places, so narrow
that it is impossible or would be very dangerous for
two animals to pass each other.

DISTRII3CTION OF THE ABYSSINIAN FORCES ON
THIS DAY.

"The whole forca in Abyssinia on this date con-
sists of 18,800 fighting men, and 14,500 followers
attached to the Land Transport Train, Commissariat
Department, regiments, &c.
" The head-quarters of the army, with the Ist
Brigade, Ist division, are to-day encamped at
Abdikoom, about 35 miles from Magdala, by the
route to be traversed, and about 18 miles in a direct
line.

IST BRIGADE, IST DlVlSlON.—Brigadier-General
Schneider, commanding.
TROOPS.
3d Regiment, Scinde Horse ... ... 208
Headquarters wing, 12th Bengal Cavalry ... 150
Naval Brigade Rocket Battery 83
A Battery, 21st Brigade, Royal Artillery,
steel 7-pounder guns ... ... 122
Head-quarters, 10th Company, Royal En-
gineers ... ... 32
4th King's Own Regiment ... 530
23d Regiment, Punjab Pioneers 671
Head-quarters wing, 27th Native Infantry,
Belooch Regiment... 327

2,123

" The head quarters of the Ist Division, under
the command of Major-General Sir Charles Stave-
lay, K.C.8., with the 2d Brigade, under Brigadier-
General Wilby, are at Gahoo, one march in rear
of the head-quarters of the army and the Ist
Brigade.

RAILWAY /17.1, OTHER CONPANIES.

RAILWAY BILLS.

Yesterday, in the House of Lords, in Lord Redes-
dale's Committee, the following bills were passed
without amendments :—The Devon and Cornwall
Railway, Alexandria (Newport) Dock, Mersey
Railway, Ardmore Harbour, the Waterloo and
Whitehall Railway, and the Belfast Central Rail-
way.

In the House of Commons, in Mr. Dodson's
Comnattee the following bills were passed : —The
Barry Railway, the Bristol and Exeter Railway,
the Dingwall and Skye Railway (Lords), the Great
Marlow Railway, and the Teign Valley Railway.
In groups G and H, the Maryport District and
Harbour Bill was proceeded with, and adjourned.
In Group 3, the London and South-Western Rail-
way Bill was passed, and the clauses settled. In
Group 5, the preamble was proved of the London
and North-Western Railway Bill. The Liverpool
Tramways was further proceeded with, and ad-
journed. In Group 7, the North British Railway
(General Powers), being unopposed, was referred
to the Chairman of Ways and Means. The North
British Railway (Fourth River Railway) was passed.
The Caledonian Railway and the Dublin, Wicklow,
and Wexford Railway Bills were then proceeded
with and adjourned.