The Sun.
London, England, 1862-03-13 00:00:00

THE ARMY.

The colonelcy of the 42d Regiment of Royal
Highlanders has been rendered vacant by the death
of General Sir James Dawes Douglas, G.C.8.; which
has been officially reported at the Horse Guards.
Accounts have been received at head-quarters,
Chatham, from the 4th, 15th, and 18th companies
of Royal Engineers, recently despatched to Canada.
They give the most satisfactory reports of the excel-
lent state of health of both officers and men. The
conduct of the troops has been most exemplary since
their arrival in Canada. The companies are sta-
tioned at Montreal, Quebec, and New Brunswick_
and are employed in strenghtening the defences
and in the erection of additional fortifications along
the frontiers. The works will occupy a considerable
time, as the Government has decided on adding
materially to the strength of the defences on the
frontiers of the United States,
The) depot companies of the nine new Indian:.
regiments, namely, the 101st to the 109th, recently
added to the British army, will be stationed at
Chatham, and arrangements have been made for
three of the depots to be attached to each Qf the
three battalions of infantry at that garrison.
The 4th Royal South Middlesex Regiment of
Militia, Lieut.-Col. J. Scriven commandant, has
been ordered to asemble at its county head-quarters,
Hounslow, for 21 days' training, to commence on
the Bth of May next. Volunteers enrolled since the
commencement of last training to be assembled 14
days prior to that date.

Lieut.-Col. Levett, commanding 3d King's Own
Stafford Rifles, has received the Queen's commands
to assemble his regiment for 21 days' training at
Newcastle-under-Lyme on the Bth of May next.
The whole regiment of Royal Wiltshire Militia',
numbering nearly 800 men, is to be called out is
the early part of May next for three weeks' train-
ing and drill. The men are to assemble at the
head-quarters of the regiment at Devizes on the Bth
of the above month, but the recruits are to meet a
fortnight previously in order to undergo a prelimi-
nary course of drill.

IRELAND.

DUBLIN, WEDNESDAY.

The Lord Mayor stated to the Town Council yes-
terday that he had convened a meeting at the Man-
sion-house for Saturday next, for the purpose of
considering the subject of the memorial to the late
Prince Consort. He had received a great many
letters from influential persons in the countrywarmly
approving the object, and promising assistance 1-.0-
wards its accomplishment. Lord Stuart de Deeiee
has subscribed £2O to the memorial.

Alderman Reynolds complained that Mr. Reilly►
their officer, who held a sinecure of £2OO a year,
had make himself " a gutter agent" for Col. White
at the Longford election, and stated that if he could
not give a satisfactory reason for his conduct he
would move his dismissal.

At the opening of the Court-martial yesteraay
morning the President informed the prisoner that
he had ascertained from the Commander of the
Forces in Ireland that he had given no order that
the prisoner should not be allowed to walk in the
barrack yard, and never had an idea of such e
thing; on the contrary, he would permit him to
walk in the park, or elsewhere in the country, or to
go to his solicitor's office, if he wished.
Captain M'Donald having been recalled, and fur-
ther examined, Adjutant Harron was next called,
and examined at great length by the prosecutor.
He acknowledged that he was one of those who pre-
pared the document praying for the removal of
Captain Robertson from the regiment. He wrote
the first rough draught. He suddenly applied for
Captain Robertson's troop on the strong recommety
dation of the officers at head quarters, who offered
to go security for the purchase money. It was he
who placed the document in Col. Bentinck's room;
it was he kept it ; and it was he destroyed it, when
he thought it likely t) be called for at the trial, as
it was never acted on in the way intended, and as
it belonged to the officers. The Court-martial
commenced on the 6th of February ; the document
was destroyed on the 7th. There were several
copies of it, which were destroyed likewise. Thie
witness was under examination till the Court rose
at four o'clock.