17 AUGUST 1844, Page 9

Orders have been received at Chatham to embark, on the

31st instant, a reinforcement of troops for India, consisting of 357 privates and nine officers. This embarkation is expected to be the last for this year that will be sent to India; the Provisional Battalion having furnished already for the regiments in India about 4,000 soldiers. The battalion at Chat- ham is now about 1,500 strong.