The Sun.
London, England, 1862-01-22 00:00:00

THE

The right wing of the 2d Battalion of the 17th
Regiment, consisting of 23 officers and 520 men,
under the command of Lieut.-Col: APKinstey, ar-
rived in the Cleopatra (11 days from Cork) on the
Bth of January. The headquarters landed on the
afternoon of the 4th, and are for the present quar-
tered in the Wellington Barracks.

The 26th Company of Royal Engineers, number-
ing nearly 80 non-commissioned officers and men,
joined headquarters yesterday, from Bermuda, hav-
ing disembarked at Portsmouth from the screw
steamer Himalaya, Capt. J. Seccombe. The officers
who arrived withthe 26th Company were Lieutenant
E. Mitchell and Lieutenant J. K. Tisdall. The 26th
has been stationed in Bermuda live years, and is now
relieved by the 34th Company, which left Chatham
a few weeks since. The 26th Company has been
considerably,reduced-Wwitereriginal strengtk in
consequence of deaths and discharges.
In consequence of the corps of Royal Engineers
having been nearly filled up to its proper strength
by recruiting and volunteering from the various
cavalry and infantry regiments, ordershwaveh hbetengiveeexceptionnfioorn tohfethsoesveersat
al recruitingtioned inthe metropolis, parties, it
Glas-
gow, and Devonport, to join headquarters at Chat-
ham forthwith, the recruits obtained from the three
districts named being sufficient to counteract the
decrease in the corps from deaths, discharges, and
other causes. The recent order issued from the
Horse Guards relative to the appointment of non-
commissioned officers of the Royal Engineers as
foremen of Government works has had the effect of
taking away several of the most experienced of the
assistant-instructors from the Royal Engineer esta-
blishment. This has been represented to the Duke
of Cambridge by Col. Harness, C. 8., director of the
establishment, and orders have accordingly been
received for several additional instructors in the
various branches of engineering to be appointed to
the Royal Engineer establishment, Chatham.
His Royal Highness the General Commanding-in-
Chief has appointed Major N. Steevens, half-pay
unattached, at present major of brigade to the 2d
infantry brigade at Dublin, to be Deputy Assist.-
Adjt.-Gen. at Dublin, vice Bellairs, appointed Assist.
Adjt.-Gen. in Canada. Capt. P. D. Vigors, 19th
Foot, has been appointed major of brigade to the
2d infantry brigade at Dublin, vice Steevens.
Major-Gen. Hutchinson, Commander of Forces in
the West, inspected the 15th regiment yesterday
morning, on Mount Wise, Devonport, and read to
them a letter from the Quartermaster-General, eulo-
gising their conduct during the mishap of the Ade-
laide.
An announcement having been made in some of
the morning papers that it is intended to reorga-
nise, we are requested to
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the staff appointments at headquarters, Chat-
ham, rendered necessary by the recent removal of
a portion of the corps to Canada, It is not yet de-
cided whether Col. Wilbraham, C. 8., Governor of
the General Hospital at Woolwich, proceeds to
Canada to assist Inspector-General Muir, C. 8., in
the management of the medical department of the
forces despatched to North America, the authorities
waiting the receipt of despatches from Canada.