The Sun.
London, England, 1862-01-20 00:00:00

THE ARMY.

The Himalaya, screw troopship, Capt. John See-
combe, arrived at Spithead yesterday morning from
the West Indies, 13 days and 20 hours from St.
Thomas's, her last point of departure. She brought
mails from St. Tho
Ports-
mouth, and raas's'which were landed at
fordespatches from his Royal Highness
Prince Alfred
combe conveyed herpersonally n ilaiesty, which Capt. sec.
Himalayaa's Y to Osborne. The fol-
lowing is the
valid list, with ports of erePbassen troop, and in-
k taonavraeatictitg.B7l.4z
soldiers': —From rowHi
wives,
si
Hali-
fax, Dec. 1,1861-18 ran
and 9 children, belodging
regiments, and
1 ward-room steward. Fromr. Bermuda, Dec. 8—
Capt. Thomas F. Dixon, 39th Regiment r;
of troops on board), wife, child,k=a cuarge
and servant; 22
rank and file 39th Regiment, and one man Royal
Artillery; ; Lients. Mitchell and Tisdall -73 rank
and file, 9 soldiers' wives, and 22 children,RoyalEngineers ; Mr. Payne, carpenter, R.N 6
. , seamen
to undergo sentence of Court-martial, and the dis-
rated Master-at-Arms of her Majesty's ship Jason.
From Jamaica, Dec. 21—Dr. W. Eaton, 3d West
India Regiment, and Ensigns Metcalf and Daly,
14th Regiment, proceeding to England on leave; 1
staff purveyor's wife, 2 children and 1 servant, and
2 seamen. From Barbadoes, Dec. 27-14 rank and
file from various regiments, invalids; one woman
and four children; Staff-Assist.- Surg. W. Gardiner,
in charge of invalids; the sergeants Royal Marine
Light Infantry for passege to England; Mr. J. T.
Price, clerk, Royal Navy, one colour-sergeant Royal
Marine Light Infantry, one corporal and two pri
vates Royal Marine Light Infantry, one quarter-
master, one stoker, and six seamen, invalids. The
ship has also on board about 400 tons of condemned
naval stores. She will go into Portsmouth harbour
to-day to land her freight and prepare for further
service. The
Himalay
P a, on her outward voyage,
took out a comany
in Canada, who were of Royal Engineers for service
e disembarked at Halifax, pro-
ceeded thence to Windsor by rail, where they em-
barked on board a steamertore en
F d *cton and the
Grand Falls, marching from the latter place to

Riviere du Loup, and concluding their journey
thence by rail to Quebec,

The 41st Regiment, which has been emplc yed in
the construction of military roads at the western
end of the Isle of Wight, is under orders to remove
from there to Sheffield on Wednesday next.
The men belonging to the 15th Reziment were
sent on Friday from the transport Adelaide to the
hulk Vigo, in Hamoaze, and on Saturday were
conveyed in a steamtug to the Royal "William Vic-
tualling-yard. They are now distributed in diffe-
rent quarters, some at Mount Wise, others in the
Raglan Barracks, &c. The Adelaide is under re-
pairs in No. 1 dock at Keyham steamyard. She
will not be able to leave Plymouth for Halifax in
less than ten days.
The vice-president and members of the Council
of Military Education have removed from No. 1,
Whitehall-yard, to their new quarters, 13, Great
George-street, Westminster. The residence in
Whitehall-yard and the adjoining house are to be
appropriated to the use of the State Paper-office
about to be pulled down for the public offices im-
provements.