The Sun.
London, England, 1863-09-12 00:00:00

THE ARMY.

A War-office order has been received at Chatham
garrison announcing that to avoid the inconveni-
ence likely to arise from having two descriptions of
bursters for the 20 pounder Armstrong segment
shells, it has been decided that the bursters manu-
factured for use with the original 25 pounder seg-
ment shell shall be convert:A into 20 pounder burst-
ers of the approved pattern, and the necessary al-
terations are to be made by the insertion of a
wooden plug, which is to be dropped into the
and tightly driven down before the burster is in-
serted, for the purpose of filling up the vacant space
caused by the reduction in the size of the burster.

Detachments of non-commissioned officers nnc
men of the Royal Engineers have been selected
from the depot ecmpanin at head-quarters, Chat-
ham, and placed under orders to embark for New
Zealand for the purpose of augmenting the 6th com-
pany of 11.3yal Engineers and raising it to its full
strength. The non-commissioned officers and men
composing the reinforcements have completed their
course of instruction and fortification and other en-
gineering studies at head-quarters, Brompton bar-
racks, where they have been medically inspected,
and now only await the order from the llorsc
Guards for their embarkation.

The Hougomont, Indiaman, Capt. Flamank, be-
longing to Messrs. Gellatley, Hankey, and Sewell,
of London, arrived at Spithead yesterday morning
with military officers, time-expired men, and inva-
lids on board, from Calcutta, as follows :—Captain
Bainbrigge, 13th Foot ; Capt. M'Gregor, 92d High-
landers ; Lieut. H. C. Kemm, 91st Regiment ;
Assist.-Surgeon Heysted, 77th Regiment; Assist. -
Surgeon Kilgour, 79th Highlanders; Capt. and
Mrs. Cunningham, Madras Army, and three
children ; 86 non-commissioned officers and men,
11. women, and 23 children, from 33 different
corps serving in India ; 30 insane patients and 10
convicts. Mrs. Millett and three children and Mr.
Lovett, one woman, and one child died on the pas-
sage. During the latter part of the voyage the
Hougomont spoke :—On the 9th of August, in lat.
6 29 N., long. 26 40 W., the bark Coronella, steer-
ing south ; on the 12th, in lat. 21 25 N., long. 34
22 W., the bark William Seckir, from Callao for
Cork. On the 29th, in lat. 40 43 N., long. 39 6 W.,
the bark Rangoon, from Cochin ; on the 9th inst.,
off Scilly, the ship Lancaster, outward bound. The
vessel was consigned to Mr. James Garratt, Lloyd's
agent at Portsmouth, and by 3 p.m. the whole of
the troops on board were disembarked, and the
Hougomont, in tow of a Government steamtug, was
under weigh for the Nab light, on the resumption
of her voyage to London. She has a valuable cargo
on board.
The Adventure, iron-built screw troopship, Com-
mander Thomas B. Lethbridge, yesterday embarked
at Portsmouth, under the superintendence of Major-
Gen. Lord Paulett, C. 8., and Col. E. Somerset,
C. 8., Deputy-Assist. Quartermaster-Gen. for
Canada, the following detachments for regiments
serving in Canada and Halifax :—Royal Artillery
—Capt. D 3 Moleyns, Lieut. Alleyne, 72 men, 3
women, and 3 children. Royal Engineers-1 man-
-3d battalion Military Train-10 men and 2 women.
Ist battalion Grenadier Guards—Capt. Clinton, 61
men and 2 women. Coldstream Guards—Captain
Seymour and 1 man. Scots Fusilier Guards—Capt.
Peel and Lieut. Gascoigne. Ist battalion 16th Foot
—Capt. Castle, 2 women, and 1 child. Ist batta-
lion 17th Foot—Capt. Utterson and 2 women. 30th
Regiment—Lieuts. Smith, Eden, and Green ; En-
sign Thom and 20 men. 62d Regiment-1 man,
1 woman, and 1 child. Ist battalion Rifle Brigade
—Major Warren, 15 men, and 1
Woman. Army
Hospital Corps-3 women and. 1 child. Late
Royal Artillery-1 man, 1 woman., and 4 children.
Canadian Rifles—Mesdames Reynolds, Reilly, Mill,
and child. Royal Artillery—Mesdames Coslin,
O'Brien, and 3 children. Ist battalion Rifle Bri-
gade—Mrs. Smith, schoolmistress. Army Hospital
Corps—Mesdames Arnold, Baglon, Tanner, and
child. For Halifax—Royal Artillery—Capt.O'Hara
and 41 men. Royal Engineers-4 men. 39th Regt.
—Assist.-Sorg. Everett (for Bermuda). Newfound-
land Corps-1 man. Tne Adventure was appointed
to sail from Portsmouth last evening, calling in at
Cork, where she wouldembark for Cauada-Ist bat-
talion, 16th Regiment—Capt. Chicester, wife, and
7 children. Ist battalion 17th Regiment—Capt.
Bradhuine, wife, and 3 children. 47th Regiment
—Capt. litukcs, wife, and child; Lieut. Lavern,
wife, and child. 63d Regiment—Capt. Hunt and
wife ; Lieut. Knapp and wife. 156 men, 8 women,
and 10 children from sundry corps.
Quartermaster Briekdale, who died in the Royal
Marine Infirmary at Woolwich on Sunday last, was
yesterday:buried in the Charlton Cemetery, with
full military honours. Tho funeral procession was
headed by a firing party with arms reversed, con-
sisting of forty rank and file and one drummer, fol-
lowed by Lieut. Allnutt and the regimental band
playing the " Dead March in Saul." The pall was
supported by six officers of the division, detailed
specially.for the duty. The entire division followed
the corpse (borne on Ci 9 pounder gun and carriage)