The Sun.
London, England, 1864-02-16 00:00:00

THE ARMY.

By direction of the Duke of Cambridge a ganeral
order INNS yesterday promulgated to the officers and
men of t b e Royal Engineers, at head quarters, Chat-
ham, an•aoupcing that 200 volunteers are required
for service on the Royal Engineer Public Works
Department in India, and inviting the non-commis-
sioned officers and men of the depot companies at
head quarters to volunteer for that branch of the
corps. The names of men desirous of volunteering
are to be given in to the captains of companies. In
the course of yesterday nearly the entire number of
volunteers were obtained. The men selected will
undergo a complete course of instruction in sapping
and mining and surveying before embarking for
India.

The detachment of troops, time-expired men and
invalid; that arrived at Spithead on Sunday in the
East India and London Shipping Company's steam•
ship Calcutta, from Calcutta, Madras, and the Cape
of Good Hope, were disembarked yesterday. They
consisted of 123rnen, women, and children ; 76 inva •
Aids were sent to the Royal Victoria Hospital at
Netley, the remainder being forwarded on to their
Tespective regiment©;
depots. Eight deaths occurred
during the homeward ,ayage.
The Calcutta was
appointed to sail from Spithead for London at 7
p.m. yesterday.

- We have to announce the death of Mdjor-General
Portlock, R.E., L.L D., F.R.S.,whieh took place on
the 14th inst. at Black Ro.±, near Dublin. General
Portlock was a distinguished officer et the Royal
Engineers, who, by his works on geology and other
subjects, contributed much to the advancement
of
science. In the year 1856 and 1807 he presided
over the Geological Society, and, until his health
began to give way, he was fictively employed as a
=ember of the Council of Military Education, hav-
ing previously acted as Inspector of Studies of the
Roy al 'Military Academy of Woolwich.

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LONDON, TUESDAY, FEB. 16, 1864.

The result of the Brighton election is a greet I
triumph for the Conservatives. It shows clearly in
what direction public opinion now trrids, and how
little support the Ministers can have a right to
expect should they fulfil their threat of appealing
to the country in the event of an adverse decision
being recorded against them in the House. There
could hardly have been a more difficult or unlikely
place to select for a trial of strength than Brighton,
which is proverbial for returning Liberal candi-
dates, and has been regarded as a sure stronghold
against the inroads of Conservatism. Mr. Mooß's
success was a decided one ; but, notwithstanding
that he came in at last by a decided majority, this
election is not to be regarded so much as a Conser-
vative triumph, as a Liberal failure. It is not that
the country care for all the tenets that are held
deer by the Constitutional party, as they are called,
so much as they are thoroughly disgusted with the
hypocrisy, and the inertness or inefficiency of the
Popular section of politicians. What is there to in-
uca a constituency to return a supporter of Lord
.PALMERSTON a devotee of this Cabinet, a professor
of Liberalism ? Those who lock on at the game
from
afar, will not be influenced by any pre-
judices or confused with conflicting statements-
They saw the plain unvarnished truth, and not the
embroidered facts which are presented to those who
are dragged into the Corte.; of public affairs. In
the many and surprising successes which have of
late distinguished the Conservative party at elec
tions throughout the country we recogniseaaremarked
change in the public generally. They
begin-
ning to comprehend that it is safe and wiser to elect
men who make but few professions, and afterwards
fulfil them faithfully, than to put their faith in those
would-be reforming and impetuous candidates whose
actions so seldom keep pace with words. Vox ei
preterea nihil may well be the criticism of their
careers. It must ba a great mortification to mini-
eters thus to witness their spoils tAea from them,