The Sun.
London, England, 1863-06-08 00:00:00

THE ARMY.

Her Majesty's screw troopship Himalaya, -Ca
Edward Lacy, arrived at Spithead on dP" i
afternoon from the Cape of Good Hope,wittihr theuY
85th Regiment on board, and other military and
d
naval officers. The commanders of the 85th
wife,
nifeboaanrd
comprise Col. G. W. Grey (commanding),
two children—Major F. E. Appleyar, wife,' and
child—Capts. the Hon, J. G. Boyle, C. J. Hayford,
wife, and two children; W. Hallowes, wife, and one
ehild; C. W. Hogge, D. H. Mytton, and W. H.
Mathew—Lieuts. Finch White, H. M. Chichester,
C. Doughty, W. C. Henderson, R. W. H. Noyes,
G. H. Stace, C. C. Parkinson, and the Hon. F. H.
A'Court—Ensigns G. R. S. Ramsbottom, J. Davi-
son, F. C. Lewin, and Avery Webb—Lient. and
Adjt. W. H. Drage, wife, and child—Sorg. J. W.
Johnstone, wife, and six children—Quartermaster
W. H. Watts, wife, and one child—and Assist.-
Slug. H, C, Herbert. The remaining military offi-
cers on board comprised Capt. Clarke, wife, and
child,d 2d battalion 13th Foot to join regimenal
aetptot—and Capt. Cusack, late 24th Regiment, un-
attached. The naval officers on board were Lieut.
C strearaßobinson invalided from W.M.S. Serin-
gßant.asra.
o—rNealtre.s Maitland, master, invalided frem
from ao—Mr. Albert Law, paymaster, in-
valided
from do•=yr. German, chief engineer, in-
validedtanned Mr. Stack, gunner, invalided
from H.M.S. An
Portsmouth on the 15. thlhe Himalaya sailed from
96th Regiment on board,of February
last, with the
20thfor the Cape of Good
Hope. At daylight on theof Feb. she sighted
Madeira, and on the 24th anchoredal at St. Vincent
to coal. From St. Vincent she
on the
26th, and she arrived at Ascensionat on
again
day, sighting St.Helenaon the 9th, hantld'e following
Simon's Bay, Cape of Good Hope,
on
nartrhiving in
18th..
Here the Himalaya coaled and awaited ordeers
the 26th of March, when she sailed for East London.
She arrived there on the 28th, and disembarked ohn
the following day the 90th Regiment, with which
she had sailed from Portsmouth. She afterwards
embarked the 2d battalion of the 13th Regiment,
with which she sailed for the Mauritius on the 31st
of March. The Mauritius was reached on the Bth
April, when the 2d battalion of the 13th were landed,
and the 2d battalion of the sth Foot, which had been
relieved by the 13th, were received on board. The
Himalaya sailed on her return to the Cape on the
16th April, arriving at Natal on the 23d, where she
disembarked the right wing of the regiment, and
took on board the right wing of the 85th, leaving
Natal on the 25th for East London, where she arrived
on the 26th, exchanged the left wing of the 2d iv
bat-
talion sth Regiment for the left wing of the 85th,
and proceeded en to Simon's Bay, where she arrived
on the 29th April. Coal and provisions having been
filled up, the Himalaya commenced her homeward
voyage to England on the 6th May, and touched at

St. Helena on the 14th—the passage from the Cape
to St. Helena having been made under sail alone.
She anchored at St. Vincent on the 24th for c, al. On
the 26th she finally got under way for England,
and she anchored at Spithead about 3 AI p.m. on
Saturday, having gone over a distance since leaving
England in February last of 18,000 miles, and this
with an average expenditure of under 48 tons of
coals per diem when under steam. Such a service
as this, we may safely assert, has never before been
equalled. At St. Helena the Himalaya left her
Majesty's pacidle sloop Sphinx, Commander Jones,
on her way from China for England, to pay out of
commission, completing with coal and provisions.
Yesterday orders were by the military authorities
at Portsmouth, by telegram, to despatch the Hima-
laya on to Dover, where the 85th Regiment are for
the present to be stationed, and at 4 p.m. the Hima-
laya weighed her anchor at Spithead, and sailed in
accordance with these orders.

On Friday Major-Gen. Rumley, who had pre-
viously visited the camp at Colchester in his capa-
city of Inspector,General of Infantry, made an
official examination of the troops stationed at Har-
wich and Landguard Fort. The inspection at Col-
chester was very minute, the 4tn, 9th, and 10th
depot battalions having been carefully passed in
review.

The sth Lancers, at present stationed at Ipswich,
Norwich, and Northampton, are under orders for
India, and will embark for Calcutta in the course
of the present month. The horses will be trans-
ferred to other regiments, an efficient remount ser-
vice having now been organized in India.