The Sun.
London, England, 1863-04-02 00:00:00

THE ARMY.

His Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge,
General Commanding in Chief, will commence his
annual inspection of the troops and fortifications at
and around Portsmouth, and in the south-west mili-
tary district, in the early part of next week.
Yesterday a detachment of the Ist division of the
depot brigade, Royal Artillery, numbering 100 non-
commission officers and gunners, proceeded from
head-quarters to Shoeburyness, where they will go
through a course of instruction at the School of
Gunnery, preparatory to embarking for India during
the ensuing summer.
By direction of the Duke of Cambridge a number
of non-commissioned officers are to be selected from
the battalions at Chatham garrison in order that
they may undergo a special course of training to
qualify them as instructors at the military gymna-
sium which is about being established at Chatham.
The new gymnasium, the erection of which has been
commenced, will be placed in an appropriate spot
within the inner line of fortifications, and within
a convenient distance from the several barracks in
Chatham garrison. The building will be one of the
most commodious establishments of the kind yet
erected, and will be adapted in a complete manner
for carrying on the physical education and training
of the officers and troops according to the ottgyes-
tioas and recommendations of the Army Sanitary
Commissioners. The main building will be close
arms 100 ft. long by 50ft. wide, together with a se-
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additional paymaster to the corps of Royal
Engi-
neers and the re-adjustment of the duties connected
with that department took effect yesterday, in ac-
cordance with orders to that effect received. at
Chatham. Instead of the paymasters being all
attached to headquarters, as has hitherto been the
rule, the pa) masters' staff will form three separate
departments, at Chatham, Aldershot, and South-
ampton.
The headquarters of the 2d battalion of the 18th
18th Regiment (Royal Irish), under the command
of Lit ut.- Col. A. A. Chapman, arrived at Portsmouth
yesterday in the Lucifer and Comet steam tcndtrs
from Parkhurst, Isle of Wight, and immediately
embarked on board the hired sailing transport
Elizabeth Ann Bright, lying alongside the dock-
yard, for conveyance to New Zealand. It was ex-
pected that the ship would sail for her destination
this afternoon. The second division of the regiment
follow in the hired sailing transport Norwood.
The deaths of the following officers have been re-
ported at the War-office since the Ist March :
Gen. T. Evans, C. 8., colonel of the 81st Regiment ;
Major-Gen. P. Young, K.H., colonel of the 59th
Regiment. Cols.—The Earl of Harrington, C.B. ;
W. Sadlier, 4th King's Own ; and J. M. Wemyss,
C.B. Lieut.-Cols.—J. Williams and G. H. Cory-
ton, Royal Marines. Majors—J. L. 0. Mansergh,
44th Regiment ; and R. Searle, Royal Marines.
Capts.—G. C. H. Waters, Land Transport Corps;
F. M. S. Taylor ; B. H. Vernon ; R. Harrington,
37th Regiment ; and T. B. Hornbrook, Royal Ma-
rines. Lieuts.—C. Brockman, 4th King's Own;
R. Statham, 33d Regiment; J. R. Kildahl, 72d
Highlanders ; H. Carter, 104th Bengal Fusiliers ;
E. D. Hay, St. Helena Regiment ; J. A. Wilkinson,
24th Regiment ; E. Stopford, 72d Regiment ; L. C.
D'Anforsy, Royal Artillery ; W. Fowler, W. Magin,
H. Grape, W. Bond, P. M'lntyre, W. White, G. L.
Burlton, and F. Long, Royal Marines. Ensigns—A.
Clarke, 55th Regiment ; S. H. Carrell, 82d Regi-
ment ; and H. L. Baldwin, 2d West India Regi-
ment. Assist.-Surg.—J- G. Cuppage.
The ship Hotspur, 1,050 tons register, Capt. H.
Toynbee, F.R. A.S., belonging to Messrs. J. and
W. Smith, from Calcutta for London, was off Port-
land on Tuesday afternoon, beating up Channel
against a strong E.S.E. wind. She bad a full and
valuable cargo of indigo, rice, saltpetre, seeds, cas-
ter-oil, &c., and brings 122 men, 6 women, and 9
children, invalids from various regiments in the
East Indies, under command of Capt. Fitzgerald,
her Majesty's 60th Regiment. Among her passen-
gers are Major-Gen. Sir Sydney Cotton, Capt. and
Mrs. Cotton (97th), and family, Mrs. Fitzgerald,
Mrs. Davis, Capt. and Mrs. Mitford and child,Capt.
and Mrs. Carlisle, Mrs. Anderson and family,
Lieuts. Spragge, Alderson (7th), Trotman, Pope,
Glasscock ; Lieut. and Mrs. Mould, Drs. Grogarty
and Sharkey, Capt. and Mrs. Orchard and family,
and Mr. Adams. There were two births during
the passage—viz., December 28, Mrs. Cotton and
March 1, Mrs. Alderson, both daughters ; and three
deaths—December 30. W. Owens, a distressed sea-
man ; January 27, Sergeant Kennedy, Royal Artil-
lery, and, March 4, Private Johnson, 90th Regiment.
The Hotspur left the Sand Heads December 25,
touched at the Cape of Good Hope February 12,
and crossed the line March 2. She spoke February
Bth, lat 34 49 S long 26 43 E, the British ship John
Norman, 42 days from Adelaide for London, and the
bark Bayswater, 70 days from Moulmein for Lon-
don, which had experienced very severe weather off
the Mauritius ; 10th, off Cape Lagulhas, the ship
Hermione, 19 days from Mauritius for Cork; March
4th, lat 147 N, long 20 41 W, the French brig
Fraternite, 35 days from Nantes for Mayotta
Island ; 6th, let 2 45 N, long 21 45 W, the American
bark Lucy A. Nichols, 27 days from New York for
Valparaiso; 7th lat 3 5 N, long 22 52 W, the Olden-
burg bark Falcon, from London for Bahia; 20th,
lat 37 43 N, long 43 23 W, the British ship Rowena,
85 days from Calcutta for Liverpool, with main
topgallant mast gone; 28th, lat 46 36 N, long 10 9
W, the British schooner Thai], five days from South-
ampton for Shanghai, and 29th, lat. 48 07 N, long
702 W, the British ship Clifton, 143 days from
Calcutta for London. On the 24th March, in lat
37 48 N, long 34 23 W. the Hotspur was chased for
three hours by an American steamer, which tacked
and stood to the southward when the British ensign
was hoisted by the Hotspur.