The Sun.
London, England, 1862-03-03 00:00:00

TILE ARMY,

Orders have been received by the
authorities at Portsmouth to furnish
,all thmosilitary
of the 60th (Rifle) Regiment who may vii,e3l,fo
men
thorn with furloughs to enable:them to visit their
friends. The regiment only arrived at Portsmouth
from China a few days since, and, as most of the
men have large sums in their possession, this grant-
ing of furloughs will ho a great boon to them.
Some further trials were made at Chatham on
Friday with Capt. Bolton's newly-invented tele-
graphic lime light signals, in order to put the inven-
tion to a more extended test than on the occasion
of
r the previous trial. On this occasion three parties
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telegraphists were engaged, each provided with
the lime
-n •
lht together with the small portable ap-
paratus
ented by Capt. Bolton for generating
the oxygen and hydrogen gases which produce the

light. One party was stationed on the commanding
elevation known as Blue Bell-hill, Maidstone; a
second being placed on the banks of the Thames,
nearly opposite Southend, at a distance of 12 miles
in a straight line from the first party ; Capt. Bol-
ton again occupied the Spur battery, 'rem which,
with a party of Royal Engineers, he superintended
the signals, The night was clear. Notwithstanding
the great distances the light shone out with remark-
able brilliancy, enabling the three parties to keep
up an uninterrupted communication with each
other. The most valuable part of Capt. Bolton's in-
vention is that a hazy or thick atmosphere does not
interfere with the working of the signals, as, by a
modification of the lenses used, a light sufficiently
powerful to pierce through a thick fog can be pro-
duced. During the present week the invention will
be tested at still greater distances, the parties being
stationed 20 miles from each other.

A general order, issued by direction of the Duke
of Cambridge, has been received at Chatham garri-
son, from the Horse Guards, directing that in future
the parchment certificate, given to all men dis-
charged from the army. shall contain on the back a
full description of the age. height, &c., of each man
to whom it is given, similar in all respects to that
drawn up when a man enlists into the service. This
regulation is to be adopted to prevent the improper
Ines that have lately been made of discharged cer-
tificates by men of bad character obtaining posses-
sion of good certificates and then fraudulently re-
enlisting under an assumed name and description.
A number of the most clever modellers belonging
to the Royal Engineers are actively employed at
headquarters, Chatham, in the preparation of a model
of Preston Barracks—one of the most perfect bar-
rack-buildings in the kingdom—to be placed in the
Great International Exhibition. The model, which
has been several months in hand, has been con-
structed under the immediate superintendence of
Lieut.-Col. Collinson, R.E., and is one of the finest
specimens of that description of work ever produced
by the Royal Engineers. It is upwards of 20 feet
in length.

In a general regimental order of the Royal Ar-
tillery, dated the 26th ult., issued by the Colonel,
Charles Bingham, Deputy-Adjutant-General at the
Horse Guards, are the following items of informa-
tion :—His Royal Highness the General Command-
ing-in-Chief has been pleased to make the following
appointments,—viz., Lieut. A. Ford to the Horse
Brigade, vice the Hon. A. Stewart; Lieut. V. A.
Tufnell to the Horse Brigade, vice Strau-
benzee, posted to the 14th Brigade; Lieut. E.
V. Boyle to the Horse Brigade, vice Wilson, who
resigns his appointment therein and is posted to
the 6th Brigade; Lieut. T. Van Straubenzee to be
aide-de-camp to Major-,Gen. Sir T. Van Strau-
benzee, K.C.B. ; Lieut. R. S. M. Mackenzie
to be aide-de-camp to Major-Gen. M. C. John-
stone. The following transfers have been
ordered, viz. :—Lieut. R. S. M. Mackenzie, from G
battery, 9th Brigade, to the 12th Brigade ; Lieut.
A. E. Turner, from the Depot Brigade, to the G
battery, 9th Brigade ; Lieut. C. D. Chalmers, from
No. 4 battery, 14th Brigade, to No. 1 battery, lst
Brigade ; Assist. Surg. A. Lewer, from the 9th to
the 14th Brigade ; Assist. Surg. G. A. Grant, from
the 9th to the 14th Brigade ; Assist. Surg.W. Tan-
ner, from the 14th to the 9th Brigade ; Assist. Surg.
G. D. Milnes, M.D., from the 14th to the 9th Bri-
gade ; Assist. Surg. J. J. C. Rogers, from 6th to the
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15th Brigade. An exchange of batteries has been
sanctioned between Capt. and Brevet Lieut.-Col. J.
F. Pennycuick, of the 14th Brigade, and Capt. L.
A. Bradshaw, of the 13th Brigade, and the former
officers has proceeded from China to Bombay; also
between Lieut. Smith-Neill, of No. 2, and Lieut.
Mulreenan, of No. 8 battery, 2d Brigade; also be-
tween Lieut. Nicholson, of No. 1, and Lieut. Cros-

thwaite, of No. 7 battery, sth Brigade. Captain
Farmer is posted to the 15th Brigade. Serg. W.
Ross, of the Depot Brigade, has been appointed
master gunner at Stallingborough, vice Elliott.
Much inconvenience having been occasioned upon
men being brought before the Commissioners of
Chelsea Hospital for discharge as unfit for further
service through injuries received, in consequence of
there being no documents in proof of the men's
statements and medical cases, the attention of the
officers commanding brigades is requested to the
necessity that exists of complying strictly with the
provisions of the 87th Article of War immediately
men receive injuries, in order that the facts may be
at once recorded. The proceedings of the court of
inquiry should accompany the individuals upon
their transfer from one brigade to another, thus
placing the Commissioners of the Royal Hospital
eventually in possession of the information essential
to them in determining satisfactorily the rates of
pensions to be awarded.

The batteries of artillery at Worley barracks,
near Brentwood, have been drilled in anticipation of
a visit from his Royal Highness the General Com-
manding-in-Chief.

With reference to the new cavalry barracks at
Colchester, it appears that a shipload of materials,
implements, &e., has arrived from Lowestoft, while
the carting of bricks to the site is proceeded with, bat
the actual works will not be commenced for three
weeks.
The following promotions and appointments iu

the corps of Royal Marines, consequent on the re-
tirement of Colonel Commandant F. A. Campbell,
of the Woolwich Division, were promulgated at
head quarters, Cliatham, yesterday :—Col. J. Mit-
chell, Second Commandant of the Portsmouth
Division, to be Col.-Commandant of the Woolwich
Division ; Lieut.-Col, and Brevet Col. J. G. Ayles,
of the Plymouth Division, to be Col. Second Com-
mandant of the Portsmouth Division ; Capt. and
Brevet Lieut—Cel. W. S. Aslett, of the Portsmouth
Division, to be Lieut.-Col., and appointed to the
Plymouth ; First Lieut. and Quartermaster J. S.
Mould, of the Chatham Division, to be Capt. and
appointed to the Portsmouth Division ; Second
Lieutenant H. S. Bourchier, of the Woolwich
Division, to be First Lieutenant, and appointed to
a division to be specially notified; Second Lieu-
tenant C. C. King, of the Chatham Division,
to be appointed to the Artillery Division at Ports-
mouth.