The reinforcements to be sent to Canada, it is now
said, will consist of the following troops— One regiment of cavalry, augmented to 450
Ninety-third Highlanders, augmented strength 600 Brigade of Guards, say 2,000 Sixty-fifth Regiment from West Indies, augmented strength 600 Twenty-third Fusileers and Seventy-first Light Infantry, aug-
mented strength 1,200 Augmentation of one hundred rank and file to all regiments in Canada, Nova Scotia, and New Brunswick—namely, First Royals, Fifteenth, Twenty-fourth, Thirty-second, Thirty- fourth, Forty-third, Sixty-sixth, Eighty•third, and Eighty-
fifth 5,750
The Eleventh and Seventy-third Regiments, ordered borne from the Mediterranean, are to land at Gibraltar, there to await instructions in case their services should also be required in Canada. Major-General Sir W. Macbean has been appointed to a command in Canada ; and Major-General Sir James Macdonnell is to command the brigade of Guards. These appointments will create two vacancies inlIrish districts.
900 It is reported in the best-informed military circles, that 20,000 men are to be added to the present strength of the Army. A less number, it is said, would not afford the necessary reinforcements for America, and enable us to relieve the regiments in the East whose periods of service have expired.— Times.
We understand that the First Regiment of Life Guards, as well as the battalion of Foot Guards now stationed at Windsor, have received orders from the Horse Guards to hold themselves in readiness for foreign service. This has caused a great sensation, as we may naturally presume it will cause a vacancy in a high office in her Majesty's House- hold.—Post.
Colonel Cathcart, with despatches for Lieutenant-General Sir John Colborne, Commander of her Majesty's Forces in Canada, left town on Saturday night for Canada.
When the Colonel waited on Lord Hill, the General Com- manding-in-Chief inquired what time Colonel Cathcart would re- quire to prepare himself for active service and proceed to Canada with despatches ? The gallant officer, after musing a moment, re- plied, " Half an hour, my Lord ; but if necessary, I will be ready in twenty minutes.—Times. [Wonderful person this Colonel Cathcart ! It is to be hoped that there was a vessel ready to sail with him within the hour : he must have been dying with impatience to be off.] Sir George Arthur, the new Lieutenant- Governor of Upper Canada, Las appointed his son, Lieutenant F. G. Arthur, of the Fourth Foot, his Aide-de-Camp. The head quarters of the Major- General are to be at Toronto.—Globe. [It is rather too soon for Sir George Arthur to determine where his head-quarters may be.] LordArthur Lennox, who commands a company in the Seventy-first Light Infantry, commanded by the Honorable Colonel Grey, is not expected to accompany that regiment to Canada, where it is ordered, owing to his Lordship having to attend to his Parliamentary duties.— Sun. [It would seem that there are captain-sinecurists in war as well as peace.] Lord Charles Wellesley is coming home from Corfu, his lordship having been promoted to a Lieutenant- Colonelcy, which causes his removal from his late corps, the Fifth or Northumberland Fusiliers.— Globe. [How many experienced officers does this young Lord, who never faced a foe, step over to get his Lieutenant- Colonelcy?] Several parties are under orders for Lincolnshire, and other parts of the country, to recruit for the Foot Guards ; the usual standard for which is five feet nine inches, but has been reduced one inch—that is to say, to five feet eight inches—to expedite the completion of the number of men required.
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