REINFORCEMENTS FOR THE ARMY.

Lyttelton Times, Volume V, Issue 255, 11 April 1855, Page 4

REINFORCEMENTS FOR THE ARMY.

.--,;:-.. (From the Spectator;) The attention:'drawn fby the press to the subject of ieinfoTcements for the British aimy in the Easthas elicited some information as to the stepswhich have been taken by Government to filHhegaps caused by battle and disease.; Within the last month', we are fold by the Globe with an air of authority, nearly seven thousand infahtry have been ordered out. Of.these 4000 were sent from regimental^ depots :; tlie/TNihetyseventh r iOOO strong, was ordered frbm/A theus, and theiSiity-second from Malta ;7and further defachmentsiembarkingjthis week comprise nearly 800 men. These supplies; had been ordered, and partly sent but, before/the news of 7 the affairs:: of the 25th7October;arid oth November had been/received. Having in view the inevi- ; table'casualties; of; such a siege as: that of Sebastopol, the /''Ninetieth; has been ordered from : Dublin, and the Sevehly-first,7 Highland light ;in faiitry, and Thirty-four th, from 7 Cor fu. To these must be added ihe first battalion of the G^naaie? (j!!«ids, who will join General Ben-/ tihck's brigade. The other'.vegiments—.the'Se-' r.,;;-;j- : .:///K7:".,v--'^^

venly-hrst, tiieTNTneueiura«" *.i^iTjvLicnj^7Z~j~~ seventh, aud Sixty-second—will, with the Sixty fifth, now in the Crimea, form.a Fifth Division of the British army: and Colonel Lockyer, of the Ninety-seventh and Colonel Denney of the Seventy-first are named as the probable Brigadiers. It has been very fairly caleulatecl that the total reinforcements, including those actually sent and those about-to embark, will number 11,900 men. Nor have our allies the French been backward. It is known that large bodies of troops have recently left the French pons for the Crimea ; and it is now slated by the Globe that " the French Government is preparing to send out 50,000 men in English ships, the expense to be shared by the two Governments." For this purpose the British Government has engaged several large steamers belonging to the great companies, of which the Candia, Ripon, Nubia, Alps, Indiana, Thames, Enropa, have already been named, to proceed as soon as possible, to Toulon, theie to embark the French army. The French are also drawing cavalry from Rome, and Zouaves fiom Algeria. The enormous losses sustained by our cavalry are to be repaired.

7 '- As regards cavalry," the Globe of Wednesday reports, an arrangement has been come to different from what was originally intended. Instead of sending out the cavalry regiments on home service as regiments^ the effective men of those corps will be incorporated with theregirrients now in the Crimea, so as to bring them: up to such a strength as a cavalry fregiment in time of war should possess. With the exception of the King's Dragoon Guards, our cavalry regiments of the line Consist of six troops of 45 men each; the regimental staff and officers making, up the entire number something over 300. Each cavalry regiment in tlie Crimea Will be made up to eight troops of 75 men each, or 600 ih the whole, beside the regimental staff. The ( officers of the cavalry regiments at home will not be transferred.-,to those abroad, but will remainwith iheir own corps, and will be usefully, employed in keeping up an effective supply of trained,men and horses to the regiments.abroad. Owing to recent losses, the ten cavalry regiments now in the Crimea /cannot be said to muster 1000 men ; when the new arrangements are carried into effect, they will be increased by 5000 men; and from ; the regiments at home there will be no difficulty:in at once supplying 2000 of this number." 7, Artillery detachments are leaving Eugland for Balaklava. Captain Broughton's company, 150, proceeded by the North-western railway to Liverpool, for embarkation on Thursday. Another company is to set out on Monday; and three/others .are-expected to embark before the /end of the month. The, Foot Guards /will be conveyed to the Crimea/ih the Royal Albert, 131,—the huge

screw line of battle ship launched at Woolwicl in the summer.

Recruiting is going on with orreat briskness • the rate, it is .said by the Times, being about 1000 men per week.