The Sun.
London, England, 1865-02-01 00:00:00

IHE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 1, 1865.

turning to England from Montevideo, being under-
stood by the authorities to be ordered to Liverpool
from Lisbon, her last port of call. On arrival at
Portsmouth the officers and men will be temporarily
berthed on board the Duke of Wellington training
ship, Captain John Seccombe, pending the result of
the court-martial for the loss of the Bombay, which
is expected to assemble on board Her Majesty's ship
Victory about the 6th inst.
The amalgamation .of several of the depot com-
panies and breaking up of a number of the depot bat-
talions, in accordance with the orders received from
the War-office, has caused numerous important
changes in the corps quartered at Chatham, and
yesterday the first removal of troops from that gar-
rison under the new arrangements ordered by the
Horse Guards took place. The depots removed
were the 101st Royal Bengal Fusileers, which pro-
ceeded to Walmer, to join the 6th Depot Battalion ;
the 91st Argyllshire Highlanders, from the 3d Depot
Battalion to Preston ; and the depot companies of
the 31st, 75th, and 83d Regiment to Aldershot t
Camp, to join the headquarters of their respective
corps. The depots of the 43d Light Infantry, num-
bering 270 non-commissioned officers and men and
the following officers—viz., Lieut. E. Villiers and
Ensign J. C. Carter ; and the 51st King's Own Light
Infantry, numbering 92 non-commissioned officers
and men, with Capt. C. L. B. Hamilton, Lieut. R.
N. Cobb, Lieut. E. E. Middleton, Ensign H. Talbot,
and Ensign R. R. Tomson, will leave the garrison
to-morrow, for Winchester, to join the 7th Depot
Battalion, which is to consist exclusively of light in-
fantry regiments. The vacancies caused at . Chat-
ham by the removal of so many corps from that gar-
rison will be filled by the transfer of several of the
depots from those battalions which are to be broken
up. The first of the depots—that of the 2d Batta-
lion of the 2d Queen's Royals—arrived at Chatham
yesterday afternoon from Walmer, where it was re-
lieved by the 101st depot. The 2d Battalion of the
2d numbers 140 men of all grades and the following
officers, viz. :—Capt. R. J. Hercy, Capt. H. R.
Tucker, Capt. S. H. L. T. Wedrington, Lieut. J.
C. Stratford, Lieut. E. G. St. John, and Lieut. W.
C. Hood. The following depots are expected to
arrive at Chatham garrison to-day from Preston,
viz. :—The Ist and 2d Battalion of the 10th Regi-
ment, numbering 10 officers and 300 non-commis-
sioned officers and men, and the depot of the 29th
Regiment, consisting of four officers and 158 men
of all ranks. The other depots ordered to be quar-
tered at Chatham are the Ist and 2d Battalions of
the 15th Regiment, the 40th, the 65th, and the 80th
Regiment.
The following appointments were made yesterday
at the Admiralty :—Walter B. Elliot, Algernon B.
Sheridan, Robert C. Cragie, and Francis Powell,
midshipmen, to the Sutlej ; Robert S. Rolleston,
John B. M. Heming, Anthony G. F. Gordon, and
Charles R. Arbuthnot, naval cadets, to the Sutlej ;
Walter B. (Almack and Frank W. Wyley, naval
cadets, to the Curacoa ; Alex. W. C. Batten, nomi-
nated to a naval cadetship ; James Trimble, assist.-
surg., to the Britannia ; and Charles L. Cunning-
ham, assist.-surg., to the Liverpool.

RAILWAY INTELLIGENCE.

MIDLAND.

A telegram from the secretary of this company states that
the directors have decided on recommending a dividend on
the ordinary stock of the company for the half-year ending
the 31st of December last at the rate of 7f per cent. per
annum.