The Sun.
London, England, 1862-07-23 00:00:00

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The Himalaya, troopship, Capt. J. Seccombe,
Portsmouth, is expected to proceed next to Canada
with the remainder of the wives and families of the
troops sent out to the colony during the recent
alarm. As Capt. Seccombe is about to relinquish
the command of this celebrated troopship, and as
considerable discussion has within the past few
years taken place in Parliament relative to the cost
of the transport of troops, which discussion resulted
in the appointment of a select committee to receive
Evidence on the subject, and whose compendious re-
port was printed and laid on the table of the House
of Commons in 1861, it is interesting to note the
manner in which the Himalaya has performed her
duties, and more especially their cost as compared
'with the price paid by Government for the transport
of troops by hired steamships. Our space will only
permit us to give the bare results, but it is necessary
to observe that in the debtor and creditor account
which has been kept against the Himalaya through-
out the whole period of het eommission the credit
given to her for the conveyance of troops between
England and any port has in no one case exceeded,
and in most instances has been less than the price paid
to private owners of steamships for the same work.
In the debtor account against the ship every possible
item has been charged against her, including pay and
provisions for her officers and crew ; repairs to hull
and machinery, and deterioration ; consumption of
fuel, oil, &c., for the engine department ; interest of
the original purchase-money, and insurance, wear
and tear of rigging, &c. In fact nothing has been
)eft unconsidered that could be fairly placed to the
debtor of the account. For the year ending June,
1862, after allowing for all expenses, and taking
credit in the way stated for the work done, the
Himalaya's account shows a balance in her favour
of £47,614 15s, This would give an average gain
of £190,459 by the ship, as compared with private
transport of the same number of troops during the
four years that Capt. Seccombe has commanded the
ship. Deducting from this sum the cost of the
ship, £120,000, and £15,000 for new cylinders, the
ship will be found to have cleared her original cost,
paid all expenses, and, reckoning in her last ser-
Tice to and from Corfu, Malta, and Gibraltar, to
'now show a balance in her favour of no less a sum
than £64,183. The account for the four years' work,
rot including her last voyage, would stand, as nearly
as possible, as under :—Her total receipts for four
Tears were £330,526 158., and total expenses for
ditto, £140,067 13s. Bd. The Himalaya's gain would
thus be £190,459 ls. 4d. If we deduct for the ship's
first cost, £120,000, and for the cost of new cylin-
ders, £15,000, the balance in favour of the Hima-
laya to present date, exclusive of the last voyage,
is £55,459 ls. 4d.
The following appointments have been made at
the Admiralty :—Lieut. the Hon. Chas. D. Tracey,
to the Shannon, for gunnery dutiJs;oh John C.Paget,
n Jack, surg.-
midshipman, to the Severw,
superintendent, to the Ironsid, convict ship ; Wm.
Vawdrey, Josh Milne, William Stretton, and
William T. Searle, acting second-class assist.-en-
gineers, to the Cumberland, as supernumeraries ;
John H. Woolward and John F. Barns, masters'
assistants, to the Liffey; Edwin G. W. Hilliard,
master's assistant, to the Lizard ; Henry E. Roy,
assist.-Paymaster, to the Severn; Alex. G. Young,
assist.-paymaster, to the Edinburgh ; Lewis G.
Hodder, clerk, to the Severn ; and Stanley Wolfer-
ston, assist.43lerk, to the Severn. Mr. John L. E.
de Whatteville and Mr. Arthur O'B. Ternan have
been nominated to naval cadets.

7HE ARMY.

The chartered troopship Middlesex, 1,191 tons,
Capt. J. Camillell, belonging to Mr. G. Marshall,
London, embarked the following reinforcements at
Gravesend yesterday for Calcutta :-238 non-com-
missioned officers and men of the Royal Artillery,
from Woolwich; 16 non-commissioned officers and
men of the 77th Regiment; 2 men of the 101st
Royal Bengal Fusiliers, and 1 man of the Indian
army, from Chatham ; 23 non-commissioned officers
and men of the 3d battalion Rifle Brigade, from
Winchester ; 3 men of the 7th Hussars, from Maid-
atone ; 37 men of the 42d Royal Highlanders, and
21 men of the '79th Highlanders, from Stirling.
The troops were embarked under the superinten-
dence of the officers of the Staff from Chatham Gar-
rison, and the Middlesex was to leave the Thames
last night. The following troops also embarked on
board the Newcastle, 1,275 tons, Capt. C. Wiltshire,
for Calcutta—viz., 159 men of all ranks of the
Royal Horse Artillery, 90 men of the Royal Artil-
lery, and 15 men of the 20th Regiment.
The Conflict, 1,177 tons, Capt. R. Deus has been
chartered by the Hon. Council of India, and will
embark the following troops at Gravesend for Cal-
cutta :-178 non-commissioned officers and men of
the Royal Artillery ; 7 men of the Bth Hussars ; 70
non-commissioned officers and men of the 27th En-
ziiskillens, 29 men of all ranks of the 48th Regiment,
20 men of the 80th Regiment, and 7 men of the 87th
Royal Irish Fusiliers. The Blenheim, 1,400 tons,
Capt. J. Atkinson, will embark 316 non-commis-
sioned officers and men of the Royal Artillery from
Sheerness, at Gravesend, on Friday next, for
Calcutta.
The undermentioned officers and troops from the
First Division of the depot brigade, Royal Artillery,
have embarked for Calcutta in the St. Lawrence,
1,200 tons, Capt. J. Toynbee :—Capt. Sir W. Hamil-
ton, Lieut. H. A. Mackey, Lieut. R. Warburton,
three sergeants, three corporals, three bombardiers,
and 142 gunners.
Yesterday the chartered East India troopship
Vittoria, 873 tons, Capt. Tate, belonging to Messrs.
Dunbar, which arrived in the Thames on Monday
night, from Bombay, with detachments of cavalry,
infantry, and Royal Artillery on board, landed her
troops at Customhouse quay, Gravesend, when the
time-expired men and the sick and disabled troops
-were forwarded to Chatham garrison. The Vittoria
sailed from Bombay on March 20th, rounded the
Cape of Good Hope on May 18th ; touched at St.
Helena on Ist ult., and left on the 3d; crossed the
line on the 16th ult., and first sighted the Lizard on
the 19th inst. The passage to Gravesend, including
detentions, occupied 123 days. The troops brought
home include 52 non-commissioned officers and men
of the Royal, Bombay, and Madras Artillery ; 3 men
of tLe 3d (Prince of Wales's) Dragoon Guards; 6
men of the Enniskillen Dragoons ; 18 men of the
17th Lancers; 7 men of the Ist battalion Ist Royals;
man of the Ist battalion 4th King's Own ; 4 men
of the Ist battalion 18th Royal Irish ; 4 men of the
33d ; 6 men of the
28th Regiment ; 3 men of the
.56th ; men
Highlanders; 9 men of the
3 men of the 72d
83d ; 16 men of the 91st ; of the 95th ; 11
men of the 1033 Royal Bombay Fusiliers ; man of
of the 106th Bombay Liht Infantry; convicts
under sentence of penal Servitude,and 24 women \
and children. The following officers Were in
E. J. T. Hill, let
charge of the troops : Dragoons D ragoons; Lieut.
Royals ; Lieut. W. V. King, 6th -
A Staff Assl st.-Surg
'W. S. Thoruburn, let Royals, an
:M. J. Griffin. Nine deaths and throe births occurr
incurredoe
d
on board during the passage. The deaths.ver-
eight soldiers, one of whom, a lunatic, jumped 6
beard and was drowned. Ensign N. R. Slator,2Bth
Regiment, arrived in the Vittoria, on sick leave.
After the troops had been medically inspected nine
of the number were admitted in Fort Pitt Hospital/
including two
und lunatericorders for
completion of their period of service, and 57 have
been sent home invAlided.
Tile Avalanche, 692 tons, Capt. Stott, belonging
to Messrs. Parks, which arrived at Gravesend with
troops from New Zealand, landed her detachments
on Monday. She brings home 45 non-commissioned
officers and men of the Royal Artillery, Royal En-
gineers, Army Hospital Corps, 14th, 40th, 57th, and I
70th Regiments, the whole under the command of
Lieut. C. J. Urquhart, 65th Regiment, and in medi-
cal charge of Assist.-Surgeon A. Neill, 65th. The
Avalanche sailed from Auckland on April 16, the
only land touched at being
Pernambuco, which was
reached on June 5. One death and one birth oc-
curred on board during the passage. Major Stack
:and Lieut. Bailie, late of the 65th, who were
ca,shiered by sentence of general court-martial, came
hon.le as passengers.
Detachments of the Royal Rom
Artillery and