The Sun.
London, England, 1863-08-04 00:00:00

oBER.

THE ARMY.

His Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge will
inspect the 2d Life Guards this morning at Worm-
wood Scrubs.
The examination of candidates for direct commis-
sions commenced yesterday, at the Royal Hospital,
Chelsea, by Major-General F. W. Hamilton, C. 8.,
Vice-President, Col. Addison, Major-Gen. Sir F.
Abbot, and other members of the Council of Mili-
tary Military Education. There are about 140 can-
didates on this occasion.

The troopship Windsor Castle, Capt. Pryce, from
London for Bombay, reached the Scilly Islands,
but in consequence of the sickness of two of the
crew, put back to Plymouth on Sunday. She will
probably leave again to-morrow. Her troops and
passengers are in good health. One of the men
is suffering from smallpox, the other from erysipelas,
both were landed immediately, and are now doing
well.
The deaths of the following officers have been
officially reported at the War-office since the Ist of
July :—Generals Sir S. L. Caldwell, G.C.8., Royal
Engineers, and Sir T. E. Napier, K. C. 8., Colonel of
the 71st Highlanders. Major-General T. Kelly.
Colonels E. W. Crofton, C. 8., and M. 0. Nixon,
Royal Artillery; and J. K. huncey. Lieutenant-
Colonel J. Oschterlory, Royal Engineers. Major
W. R. Goute. Captains E. R Blagrove, Royal
Engineers; J. F. C. Bole, 38th Regiment ; R. M.
Huzen, 60th Rifles; I. E. Furneaux, 103 d Royal
Bombay Fusiliers; C. Haseltoot, 3d Buffs ; S. Mor-
ris, 28th Regiment; and J. Carson, 73d Regiment.
Lieutenants C. R. Foulger, Royal Artillery ; S. E.
Henning, 9th Regiment ; J. H. Tragett, 57th Regi-
ment (murdered by the natives at Taranaki, New
Zealand) ; J. E. Brymer, 83d Regiment; F. W.
Ramsbottom, Rifle Brigade; A. Cumming, 26th
Cameronians ; and J. .A. Gillmore, 27th Ennis-
killens. Ensigns W. S. S. Troup, 92d High-
landers ; E. T. Rogers, 107th Bengal Infantry ;
and T. H. Brien, Gold Coast Artillery. Pay-
master W. E. Adams, 31st Regiment. Quarter-
master D. Deacon, 11th Regiment; Deputy
Inspectors-General of Hospitals W. Barry, M.D.,
and T. C. Gaulter, M.D. Surgeon W. G. Sparrow,
60th Rifles ; Assistant-Surgeons R. T. G. Caton,
3d Dragoon Guards, W. A. Hope, M.B. (muderd
by the natives at Taranaki, New Zealand); and C.
J. Kinahan.

Murder of a Traveller in Switzerland.
July 31.

BERNE,
A murder took place here weeklasttthe
rarities in our
which for
tunately is to be reckoned amonegu
The
peaceful Swiss valleys. minds with in-
ocea,arrence of such an
outrage, however, has filled m
dignation and horror.
river, Hermann Quensell,
A• traveller from Hildesheim, left Zinal,
councillor of the tribunalt
on the morning of the
in the Valley of Annivicart:
bY the guide, Baptiste
23d. He was accompaniedaosds the Col de Torrent to
Petra, and intended tochr
passed the Col, about
Evolena. After they
yattention of the traveller to a
noon, Petra drew t
thrown up in the form of
a breast.heap of stones,
by the wayside, which had not occupied that
work
position a few days
before. Some steps further on
guide
lay a powder-horn and some bullets, The
expressed I.p apprehension, but the traveller treated
-hie- fears with derision. At this moment a shot was
fired from behind the stone-heap. The bullet struck
the councillor in the arm and grazed Petre's breast,
another bullet immediately after shattering the
latter's arm. The traveller ran down the mountain
to Evolena as fast as his wound would permit, fol-
lowed, says the guide, by two or three more shots.
One of the robbers then came up to the guide and
took from him the traveller's knapsack, behaving,
however, with some humanity to himself and doing
him no further injury. The body of the unfortunate
councillor was found the next morning pierced by
three bullets and robbed of all valuables.
A general hunt after the robbers took place, re •
salting in the capture of four out of the six who,
according to the guide, were concerned in the
attack. The prisoners are natives of this canton.
Five of the robbers belong to the same family, one
of them having already served years in a convict
chain gang, and subsequently taken to the moun-
tains as a poacher. Tne arrest of the other two
malefactors is expected shortly.

CRYSTAL PALACE.—One Shilling Day, Monday,
Aug. 30—Admissions on payment, 6,734 ; ditto by season
tickets, 858 ; total visitors, 7,592,