15 JUNE 1861, Page 3

nail.—The volunteering of the local Europeans for the line has

been most satisfactory, the 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, and 6th, having been transferred with few exceptions to the royal army. The 101st, 104th, and 107th Regiments are therefore already formed. Orders have been issued to reduce the native army in Bengal to 72 regi- ments, in Madras to 52, and in Bombay to 30, each regiment to consist of 712 men of all ranks. The number is admitted to be absurd, and it is sanctioned rather than interfere with the private interests of the officers, but Government are anxious to frame a great scheme of retirement on very liberal rates, viz. 3601. a year for every captain, in addition to the pension of his rank.