The Sun. — 1862-04-02 (London, England)

THE ARMY.  The 2d battalion of the Grenadier Guards, commanded by Col. E. G.Wynyard, left the St. George's Barracks yesterday morning for Windsor, where the battalion will be quartered for the next six months. The 3d battalion, under the command of Col. his Serene Highness Prince Edward of Saxe Weimar, C. 8., removed yesterday morning from the Portmanstreet to the old wing of the Wellington Barracks. The 2d battalion of the Coldstream Guards yesterday removed from Wellington Barracks to the Portman-street and St. John's-wood Barracks. The Ist battalion of the Scots Fusilier Guards arrived at the St. George's, Wellington, and Magazine Barracks yesterday from 'Windsor.  A circular has been received at Chatham from the War Department, stating that the Secretary of State for War has now decided that the cost of transport shall be included in the Engineer Estimates. At stations where commissariat or hired transport has been supplied hitherto the commanding Royal Engineer and the senior commanding offier will confer on the subject, and the former will include in his estimates for 1863-64, and in those of future years, the amount which it is considered will be necessary to meet the cost of such transport as will be required by their department for the year. The commanding Royal Engineer will then apportion the total amount among the several items of his estimates, showing the nature and amount of transport required for each, and including its estimated cost in the estimate for each. He will also give at the end of his estimate an abstract showing the amount proposed for each item on account of transport and the total amount.  The 2d battalion, 21st Regiment, under the command of Col. Lowe, arrived at Portsmouth yesterday afternoon from Shorneliffe, and embarked on board the steamships Foyle and Lead, for conveyance to Dublin.  Yesterday the Army Medical School at Fort Pitt, Chatham, was opened for the fourth session with the usual formalities, in the presence of Major-Gin. E. Eyre, commanding the district. At 1 o'clock upwards of 70 guests assembled in the mess room, where luncheon was served. Among the visitors were .Major -Gen. Eyre, Col. Twiss, Col. Browne, C. 8., Col. Collinson, Col. Jackson, Col. Stewart Col. Lovell, C. 8., Col. de Tessier, Col. Gordon, Col. Stewart, Capt. Fanshawe, superintendent of Chatham Dockyard, Major Deshon, Deputy-Inspector-General Gammie, Professor Smith, M.D., Deputy-Inspector-General Longmore, and Mr. Baxter, M.P. In the afternoon the inaugural address to the students was delivered by Dr. Aitken, Professor of Pathology at the Army Medical School.  ROMANTIC SToRY.—The Gazette des Tribunaux has the following strange story :—A shoemaker and his wife, with a daughter about eight years of age, who occupied a small lodging on the fourth floor of a house in the Rue du Temple, were some few weeks ago much struck with the sorrowful air of a lodger, named Bernard, who had just hired a room near their own ; and, thinking him in want of common necessaries, they adopted a thousand little expedients to relieve him without offending his delicacy. They were always asking him to take of this dish or that, and he occasionally consented to dine with them. One day however, he said thgt, if convenient, he should like to take his meals with them always, and would pay them 100 f. a month. The woman thought it too much, but he would not hear of paying less. About a week ago Bernard received a letter which appeared to cause him great agitation. After reading it he threw it into the fire, left the house, and never returned. The shoemaker and his wife were uneasy about their friend, fearing that ho had committed suicide ; but a day or two after they received a letter from him, thanking them for all their kindness, and begging them to accept the sum of 10,000 f. in bank-notes, which he had left in a certain drawer in his room. They were also to sell his furniture and keep the proceeds, as be was going a lsng journey from which he should never return. As the letter was pouted at Senlis, the shoemaker went there to make inquiries after his friend, but could hear nothing of him. He acccordingly returned home and appropriated the 10,000 f. as his benefactor had desired, in establishing himself in business on his own account.