The Sun.
London, England, 1862-04-25 00:00:00

THE ARMY.

The Secretary of State for War, Sir G. C. Lewis,
accompanied by Captain Caffin, R.N., C. 8., Direc-
tor of Stores, and Mr. G. D. Ramsay, Assistant
Director of Stores, inspected the Army Clothing
Establishment at Pimlico on Monday last. He was
conducted over the establishment by the several
officers in charge of the respective departments;
Major-General J. Bloomfield,
,Inspector-General
of Artillery, has left town for Yarmouth to inspect
the ;;oast Brigade and batteries. The gallant Ge-
r4eral afterwards willpay official visits to Lowestoft
and Harwich.

Major-Gen. A. B, Stransham, C. 8., Deputy-
Adjt.-Gen. Royal Marines, yesterday inspected the
Royal Marine Artillery, in their practice, with
ship, field, and siege ordnance. The Major-
General, accompanied by Col. Schomberg, Royal
Marine Artillery, and Capt. Travers, Aide-de-Camp,
arrived at the outerpractice ground at two p.m, and
vas received by Col.-Commandant Fraser and
staff. After some little delay, Rear-Admiral
Charles Eden, C. 8., arrived, when the practice
commenced from the gun battery with 32-pounders
and 8-inch guns, firing shot at 500 yards' range.
The first shot grazed the top of the target, but the
second carried it clear away, and the remainder of
the shots fired were directed merely at that portion
of the sandbank where the target had originally
been fixed. The time and precision of fire from
these guns were all that could be desired. The mor-
tar battery, containing seven mortars, 8 and 10
inch, was next visited, and several rounds of dead
shell fired at 600 yards, At the conclusion of the
mortar practice the Major-General next proceeded
to the &cis cm the south front of the fort, where a
field-battery of 12-pounder Armstrongs and a rocket
field-b4ttery of 7 and 12-pounders, with one 2-1-
porhnd siege-rocket tube, were in position. These
tatter were, as usual, somewhat uncertain in their
range and flight, but some excellent practice was
made from the Armstrong at 1,500 and 2,000 yards'
range. Excellent practice was also made from the
8-inch gun, smooth bore, mounted on the south-east
angle of the fort. AR inspection of the laboratory,
and some further practice with Armstrong guns
concluded the day's proceedings. The men had been
previously inspected in their broadside and pivot
gun drill;, and an inspection had also been made, in
the et:ictest sense of the words, of the men's kits,
barrack-rooms, regimental boots, &c. On Wednes-
day the men were paraded on Southsea-common for
battalion movements, but the weather was so bois-
terous that it was impossible to convey the words of
command along the line, and the greater part of the
movements passed in dumb show. It is not impro-
bable that both corps, the Artillery and Light In-
fantry, may be brigaded together previous to Major-
Gen' %transham leaving the garrison. The inspec-
tion Of.,
, 'us Light Infantry will be proceeded with
to-aay.

Yesterday Col. Nedham, commanding the Royal
Artillery
in the Chatham district, resumed his in-
spection of the b field battery, 13th brigade, Royal
Artillery, quartered at Chatham garrison. On the
previous day the inspiotion
was confined to a close
examination of the kite
and accoutrements of the
men, and the harness,
&c., of the battery.
Yesterday the entire battery, which numbers nearly
250 men of all ranks, together With a the horses and
six of the Armstrong field guns, Proceeded to Cha-
thstn Lines, under the command of
Major N. M.
Mackay. Each Armstrong gun
cartridge.was suPPlied with
twenty rounds of blank Colonel Ned-
ham, attended by his staff, arrived on the ground
soon after the battery was formed, when he directed
- the officers and men to execute a variety of
manoeuvres, many of which wero of a highly inte-
resting description. They performed them in an
exceedingly efficient manner. Colonel Nedham sub.
sequently inspected the battery, dismounted, on the
parade ground of Brompton Barracks, and brought
his inspection to a close by the inspection of the
official books and documents of the battery.
The half-yearly inspection of the Royal and In-
dian Engineers at headquarters, Chatham, was
brought:to a conclusion yesterday by Col. Harness,
C. 3., who inspected the 29th, 37th, and 38th com-
panies at Brompton Barracks, and afterwards exa-
mined the books and accounts of each company.
Owing to the large arrivals of troops from India
and the colonies at St. Mary's Barracks, Chatham,
it has been found necessary to remove the depot of

the 51st Light Infantry, under the command of
Capt. G. B. Macqueen, from that establishment to
the Hut Barracks at Brompton, where the 3d bat-
talion of Infantry, to which the 51st is attached, is
quartered. The depot of the 51st is very strong,
the companies having been augmented to 250 men
by volunteers from other corps. The headquarters
of the regiment are in India.

The East India troopship Newcastle, 1,250 tons
burden, Capt. C. Wiltshire, belonging to Messrs.
Green and Co., London, 96 days from Calcutta,
with a large number of troops from the regiments
serving in the Bengal Presidency, numerous pas-
sengers, and a valuable cargo, arrived off Grave-
send on Wednesday evening, and yesterday disem-
barked her officers and troops at Customhouse-quay,
Gravesend, under the direction of the officers of the
staff from Chatham garrison. The Newcastle sailed
on the 16th of January, and reached St. Helena
(the only land touched at) on the 15th ult., sailing
thence the following day. She brings home 57 men
of the Royal Horse Artillery, six of the Royal Ar-
tillery, nine of the 23d Royal Welsh Fusiliers, nine
of the 34th, one man of the 35th, seven men of the
38th, two of the 48th, 11 of the 52d Light Infan-
try, 15 of the 54th, 29 of the 77th, one man of the
88th Connaught Rangers, two men of the 90th
Light Infantry, four of the 97th, and three of the
Rifle Brigade, with 31 women and 41 children, and
the following officers—viz., Captain M. C. Farring-
ton, 51st Light Infantry; Lieut. L.W.Desborough,
27th Emaiskillens ; Lieut. A. Ford, Royal Artil-
lery; and Staff• Surgeon J. Meane. Four deaths
and one birth occurred on board during the voyage.
The troops on• landing at Gravesend yesterday were
medically inspected by the staff from Fort Pitt
Hospital, when 22 men were selected for admission
into the hospital, and the remainder forwarded to
the Chatham invalid establishment. The Royal
Artillery on landing proceeded at once to Wool-
wich. The cargo brought home by the Newcastle
consists chiefly of Assam tea, rice, and indigo. The
troopship Holmesdale sailed from Calcutta on the
same day as the Newcastle, but took the ground
on going down the river. The Lady Jocelyn, screw
steamer, with upwards of 200 troops on board, from
Calcutta, arrived at St. Helena on the same day
that the Newcastle took her departure from that
island.

We have to record the death of Sir John Kin-
caid, senior Exon of the Yeomen of the Guard, and
one of the few remaining officers who were present
at the battle of Waterloo. The deceased was born
in 1789, and was consequently in his 73d year.
Having received his education at Polmont School,
in Linlithgowshire, he entered the army in 1809 as
an Ensign in the Rifle Brigade, and was present at
the Walcheren expedition, and subsequently served
in the greater portion of the engagements of the
Peninsular campaign. He was one of the leaders
of the storming party of the Light Division at the
siege of Cuidad Rodrigo. He served also through-
out the campaign of 1815, and was present at the
battle of Quatre Bras, the retreat on the following
day, the battle of Waterloo (where his horse was
wounded in five places, and killed under him), and
capture of Paris. In 1845 he was appointed one of
the Exons of the Yeomen of the Guard, and on be-
coming senior Exon in 1852 received, according to
usage, the honour of knighthood. In 1847 he was
appointed Inspector of Prisons in Scotland, and in
1850 Inspector of Factories there. He was the
author of several works in relation to military mat-
ters, among which may be mentioned " Adventures
in the Rifle Brigade," and "Random Shots from a
Rifleman." In recognition of his military services
he had received the silver war medal with nine
clasps for the Peninsula, and also the medal for
Waterloo. Sir John retired from the army in 1831,
and was unmarried. .