The Sun.
London, England, 1862-07-23 00:00:00

7HE ARMY.

The chartered troopship Middlesex, 1,191 tons,
Capt. J. Cammell, belonging to Mr. G. Marshall,
London, embarked the following reinforcements at
Gravesend yesterday for Calcutta :-238 non-com-
missioned officers and men of the Royal Artillery,
from Woolwich ; 16 non-commissioned officers and
men of the 77th Regiment ; 2 men of the 101st
Royal Bengal Fusiliers, and 1 man of the Indian
army, from Chatham ; 23 non-commissioned officers
and men of the 3d battalion Rifle Brigade, from
Winchester ; 3 men of the 7th Hussars, from Maid-
stone ; 37 men of the 42d Royal Highlanders, and
21 men of the 19th Highlanders, from Stirling.
The troops were embarked under the superinten-
dence of the officers of the Staff from Chatham Gar-
rison, and the Middlesex was to leave the Thames
last night. The following troops also embarked on
board the Newcastle, 1,275 tons, Capt. C. Wiltshire,
for Calcutta—viz., 159 men of all ranks of the
Royal Horse Artillery, 90 men of the Royal Artil-
lery, and 15 men of the 20th Regiment.
The Conflict, 1,177 tons, Capt. R. Dees has been
chartered by the Hon. Council of India, and will
embark the following troops at Gravesend for Cal-
cutta :-178 non-commissioned officers and men of
the Royal Artillery ; 7 men of the Bth Hussars ; 70
non-commissioned officers and men of the 27th En-
niskillens, 29 men of all ranks of the 48th Regiment,
20 men of 80th Regiment, and 7 men of the 87th
Royal Irish Fusiliers. The Blenheim, 1,400 tons,
Capt. J. Atkinson, will embark 316 non-commis-
sioned officers and men of the Royal Artillery from
Sheerness, at Gravesend, on Friday next, for
Calcutta.

The undermentioned officers and troops from the
First Division of the depot brigade,Royal Artillery,
have embarked for Calcutta in the St. Lawrence,
1,200 tons, Capt. J. Toynbee :—Capt. Sir W. Hamil-
ton, Lieut. H. A. Mackey, Lieut. R. Warburton,
three sergeants, three corporals, three bombardiers,
and 142 gunners.

Yesterday the chartered East India troopship 11
Vittoria, 873 tons, Capt. Tate, belonging to Messrs.
Dunbar, which arrived in the Thames on Monday
night, from Bombay, with detachments of cavalry,
infantry, and Royal Artillery on board, landed her
troops at Customhouse quay, Gravesend, when the
time-expired men and the sick and disabled troops
were forwarded to Chatham garrison. The Vittoria
sailed from Bombay on March 20th, rounded the
Cape of Good Hope on May 18th ; touched at St.
Helena on Ist ult., and left on the 3d; crossed the
line on the 16th ult., and first sighted the Lizard on
the 19th inst. The passage to Gravesend, including
detentions, occupied 123 days. The troops brought
home include 52 non-commissioned officers and men
of the Royal, Bombay, and Madras Artillery ; 3 men '
of the 3d (Prince of Wales's) Dragoon Guards; 6
men of the Enniskillen Dragoons; lB men of the
17th Lancers ; 7 men of the Ist battalion Ist Royals; '
1 man of the Ist battalion 4th King's Own ;
4 men
of the Ist battalion 18th Royal -6-811; 4 men of the
28th Regiment ; 3 men of the 33d ; 6 men of the
56th ; 3 men of the 72d Highlanders; 9 men of the
i - I ma, of
83d ; 16 men of the 91st ; 17 mFusTers ,
en of the 95th ; 11
men of the 103 d Royal Bombay
of the 106th Bombay Light
Infantry;
24 3 convicts
under sentence of penal servitude, and women.
and children. The following officers were in,
charge of the troops :—Capt. T. Hill, Ist
Royals ; Lieut. W. V. King, 6th Dragoons.; Lient.l
W. S. Thornburn, Ist Royals, and Staff Assist.-Surg
M. 3. Griffin. Nine deaths and three births occurred_
on board during the passage. The deaths included
eight soldiers, one of whom, a lunatic, jumped over-
board and was drowned. Ensign N. R. Slator, 28th
itegiment, arrived in the Vittoria, on sick leave.
After the troops had been medically inspected nine
of the number were admitted in Fort Pitt Hospital,
including two lunatics. Of the troops brought
home, 109 are under orders for discharge on the
completion of their period of service, and 57 have
been sent home invalided.
The Avalanche, 692 tons, Capt. Stott, belonging
to Messrs. Parks, which arrived at Gravesend with
troops trcim New Zealand, landed her detachments
on Monday. She brings home 45 non-commissioned
officers and men of the Royal Artillery, Royal En-
gineers, Army Hospital Corps, 14th, 40th, 57th, and
70th Regiments, the whole under the command of
Licut. C. J. Urquhart, 65th Regiment, and in medi-
cal charge of Assist.-Surgeon A. Neill, 65th. The
Avalanche sailed from Auckland on April 16, the
only land touched at being Pernambuco, which was
r,aebed on June 5. One death and one birth oc-
currcd on board during the 'Passage. Major Stack
and Lieut. Bailie, late of the 65th, who were
by sentence of generalcourt-martial ,
cashiered came
home as passengers.
Detachments of the Royal Horse
Artillery and

the depot, consisting of 120 rank and file of the
former and 84 of the latter, in command of Captains
Burns, Smith, and Metcalf, in medical charge of
Assist.- Sorg. Robinson, and aceompani, d by Vete-
rinary-Surg. Lambert and Riding-master Vir, left
head-quarters, Woolwich, yesterday, in the steam
tugs Monkey and Bustler, to embark on board the
troopship Newcastle, at Gravesend, for India. A
detachment will leave to-day, in the same manner,
to sail by the Conflict, and will be commanded by
Capt. Wilson, Lieut. Cumberledge, and Veterinary-
Surg. Birt.
The departments of Woolwich Arsenal were
closed yesterday and Monday to permit the men to
vlsit the Great Exhibition, and it was intimated by
the authorities that the men were expected to follow
out the conditions for which the holydays were
granted.
A further draught of 110 rank and file has left
Warley Barracks, near Brentwood, under the com-
mand of Major Tower, en route for Madras. The
force at the barracks is expected to be still further
reduced by similar draughts.
The military rifle match at Aldershott, which has
been looked forward to with great interest by the
troops, and which is to extend over three days, com-
menced yesterday at Caesar's Camp. The weather
throughout the day was delightful, and the arrange-
ments of Capt. M'Crea, Inspector of Musketry, in
conjunction with a committee of officers, were excel-
lent. Sir J. L. Pennefather, accompanied by Major
Paget Bayly, visited the ground about 4 o'clock.
The firing began at 9 o'clock at 12 different ranges,
the bull's-eyes, upon this occasion—following the
Iprecedent recently set at Wimbledon—being
square instead of round, as formerly. This change
in the targets is found to operate very benefically ;
and a desire is generally expressed that the practice
should be adopted at Hythe. To-day the chief at-
traction will be the Rifle Derby, open to all comers.
The new fort barracks now in course of construc-
tion on the north shore of Milford Haven, bet ween
the village of Little Honeyborough and Scoveston,
will form an extensive and important station ; dur-
ing the spring a large body of men have been re-
gularly at work under the contractors. It is stated
that 60 acres of land have been appropriated to the
site and approaches.