The Sun.
London, England, 1862-02-27 00:00:00

THE ARMY.

IThe damaged portion of the plate on the star-
board bow cf the Defence, 18, iron frigate, at Ports-
mouth, measuring 22 inches by 15, and y of an
inch thick has been cut out, and is being replaced
by a new piece, which will be completed by noon
to-day, tue men having been working day and niA-:.
to get the job finished. It is intended that the
ship shall make her official trial at the measured
mile in Stokes Bay to-morrow-
A number of armour plates have been received at
Portsmouth Dockyard, itt,0114iW.1414.4448
previously; for the Aokarielfred, f •eaie Shipft:
from Messrs. J. Brown and Co., Atlas Zirk-s, Shef-
field.

The Megrera, screw troopship, in dock at Ports
mouth, is having a new rudder forged for her in the
blacksmith's shop at Portsmouth Dockyard. Her
otd one was found to be very defective in the weld-
iag of its upper portion.
The Simoom, screw troopship, arrived at:Ports-
mouth on Tuesday, from China, is ordered to clear
out with all despatch, and pay off into the steam
reserve at the port. The Simoom has been upwards
of five years in commission. Commander J. Cooke,
who commissioned her, recently died in command
cf her on the China station. He was an .officer
much and deservedly respected in the profession.
The troops disembarked from the Sinaoona at the
dockyard yesterday morning. The 60th (Royal
Rifles) Regiment, 2d battalion, under Lieut.-Col.
nuter, marched into quarters in the Cambridge
Barracks, and will remain in Portsmouth garrison
for the present. This regiment embarked for foreign
service at Cork in 'July, 1851, proceeding to the
Cape of Good Hope, where it was actively employed
in the Caffre war of that period. In March, 1858,
the headquarters and right wing proceeded to Ben-
gal, and took part in the suppression of the Indian
mutiny, the left wing following them six months
later. In lan., 1860, the regiment was ordered to-.
China, and on arriving there formed a part of Sir J.
Michell's division of the expeditionary force, and
was present in all the chief operations of the war,
including the capture of Pekin and the destruction of
the celebrated Summer Palace, Yuen-Min-Yuen,
where the non-commissioned officers and aum are said
to have secured a large quantity of " loot." Of the
650 men who left England in 1851, only 99 have re-
turned with the regiment. Capt. Montgomery,
Lieuts. Gosling and Morris, Assist.-Sorg. Doran,
and 168 men landed from the Simoom at Hongkong,
on arrival there from the Peiho, as it was found
she would be over-crowded for the long homeward
voyage. They are expected to embark for England
in the sailing transport Albuera.
The screw steamship Revenge, 89, Capt. Charles
Fellowes, flag of Rear-Admiral Robert Smart, from
Queenstown ; the Trafalgar, 86, Capt. John B.
Dickson ; and the Emerald, 51, Capt. Arthur Cum-
ming, from Portsmouth, are expected at Plymouth.
The paddlewheel steam frigate Magicienne, 16,
at Devonport, is fast advancing for the first division
of the steam reserve. She is masted, and will soon
be rigged. _

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g Her Majesty's ship Sidon) was resumed. and
couuluutu L • WOUIn yeStelUirty Lau nua1..,5
of the Court, read by the Deputy-Judge-Advocate,
was to the effect that the first, second, and sixth
charges were not proved. With regard to the
third charge the Court fcund it partly proved, in-
asmuch that Arabs were landed contrary to the
special request of Lieut.-Col. Rigby that they should
not be so landed,- it being established at the same
time that they had not been landed in sufficient
numbers to create danger. With regard to the fourth
charge, that of visiting the Sultan of Zanzibar, the
Court found that Capt. Crawford visited the Sultan,
but that he considered that he did so in a private
character. On the fifth charge the Court found that
Capt. Crawford had received presents from the Sul-
tan, contrary to the Queen's regulations, but that
the presents so received were of no considerable
value. The Court therefore adjudged the prisoner
to be reprimanded and admonished to be more dis-
creet in future.
The following appointments and promotions were
made yesterday at the Admiralty --Lieut. E. St.
J. Garforth, to the Emerald ; William Edwards,
acting second class assist.-engineer, to the Indus, as
supernumerary. The under-named second class
assist-engineers have been promoted to the first
class :—R. Dithburn and John G. Taylor, late of
the Conqueror ; Henry Peters and Benjamin Carr,
supernumeraries in the Indus, J ames Daly in the
Desperate, Thomas Bramley in the Hogue, Edmund
J. Murphy in the Firebrand, James Ankers in the
Edinburgh, and Alexander Purves in the Bulldog.
The name of the lieutenant appointed on Tuesday
to the command of the Gripper was E. H.
" Verney,' and not " Vesey,” as stated yesterday.