The Sun.
London, England, 1855-05-11 00:00:00

LIEUTENANT PACK WOOD.

The Lords of the Admiralty have marked their esti-
mation of the finding (dismissal, from his ship) of the
court-martial which tried Mr. Packwood, Lieut. of the
Cornwallis, on a charge of behaving fraudulently towards
his messmates, by appointing him, on the very day they
obtained official cognisance of the result of that trial, to
the ship bearing the flag of the president of that court-
martial, whose flag-captain was also a member of the
court.

MILITARY.
120 invalids disembarked yesterday at Gravesend from
the Wellington from Bombay, from different regiments,
Captain Campbell in charge. The Wellington proceeded
to Chatham.
Upwards of 37 men have been sent off from Exeter
during the past week to join the Royal Artillery corps.
Sixty-one men, with a ser,pairt and Lieutenant Price,
belonging to the 11th Hussars, have arrived at Exeter
from Ireland, via Plymouth ' • and before they are sent
to the seat of war they will be provided with horses.
There are now in the same barracks, belonging to the
11th, 46 recruits and 200 horses. In fact, the barracks
are filled with horses, large numbers having been pur-
chased to be trained and forwarded to the Crimea.
During the past week between 70 and 80 men of the
West Kent Light Infantry volunteered into the regi-
ments of the Line—viz., 40 into the 10th Foot, 15 into
the 44th, and about 20 into the 29th. The places
these men are being rapidly filled up by new volunteerofs,
who have been easily obtained.
On Thursday Captain Lennox's battery of Royal
Artillery left Limerick for Woolwioh, whence they pro-
ceed to Sebastopol to assist the siege train, and to be
replaced at Limerick by Captain Boxer's, from Wool-
wich.
There are no less than 80 officers connected with the
provisional battalion, composed of the 9th, 17th, 39th,
and 89th depots in Limerick garrison, commanded by
Lieutenant-Colonel Stack. There are 20 of the above
absent upon leave.
Lieutenant-General Fleming, C.B. inspected the 16th
Lancers, under Colonel Smyth, at Cahir, on Fri-
day, and was pleased with the effective condition of this
distinguished regiment. Its draught of volunteers to
the 17th Lancers is not to be equalled by that of any
other cavalry in the service. •
Lieutenant-Colonel Elmhirst, 9th, left Limerick on
Monday to embark at Southampton for the Crimea.
Major-General Eden returned to Kilkenny from
Clonmel on Fr.day evening, having fully investigated
the circumstances of an unfortunate affray between the
men of the South Tipperary Artillery and of the depot of
the 2d, or Queen's Regiment, in that garrison. There
are, it appears, six men, five of whom are soldiers of the
2d, severely hurt by bayonet wounds received in the
affray, but none of them are considered to be dangerous.
The cause of the affray is stated to have been an idle
rumour, which, having originated in a joke, spread
abroad most widely, that the men of the 2d had attacked
some of the officers of the militia, and had put one of
them to death and imprisoned another in the guard-
house. Absurd as this report was it was believed, in
consequence of the Clonmel people having entertained a
prejudice against the 2d Regiment, from its character
for quarrelling in Waterford having ..preceded it to the
former town. General Eden at once removed the depot
from Clonmel, sending one detachment to Fethard, and
another to Cashel.