The Sun.
London, England, 1862-05-05 00:00:00

THE ARMY.

The Mice of Somerset, as First Lord of the
Admiralty, will hold a levee on Thursday next, at
the Admiralty, Whitehall.
The Prussian officers, General Baron Hiller von
Saerbungen, Grand Equerry to the King, Count
Hermann Puckler, Grand Mareehal of the Court;
Lieut.-Col. Obernitz and Capt. Armand de Lucador,
Aides de•Camp ; and Lieut. and Adjt. Von Notz,
who accompanied the Crown Prince to London on
the opening of the Exhibition, visited Woolwich on
Saturday morning. Shortly before 10 o'clock they
arrived in full uniform, and were received by Gen.
Sir R. Dacres, K.C.8., and Staff; Col. Bingham,
Deputy-Adjt..Gen., R.A., and the heads of depart-
ments, by whom they were accompanied through the
various parts of the Arsenal. Having passed hur.
riedly through the carriage department and the
harness stores they proceeded to the Armstrong gun
factories, where they spent upwards of an hour, and
returned the Royal laboratories and paper mills.
They left the Arsenal at noon, and proceeded to the
Royal Artillery barrack• field, where they inspected
the dismounted brigades of Artillery and Royal
Marine Light Infantry, and afterwards rode to
'Woolwich-common, where three troops of horse
artillery and three field batteries were drawn up
for their inspection. After two or three review
movements they marched past and returned to
quarters. The visitors were then accompanied by
the General and the garrison staff to the mess quar-
ters, where they were entertained at a dejeuner by
the officers of the Royal Artillery. After inspect-
ing the soldiers' rooms, stables, Bcee they returned
to London.
The regimental schools belonging to the Royal
Artillery at Woolwich, under the superintendence
of gr. C. Wharry, were on Saturday officially in-
spected by Colonel Elwyn, RA., and other mem-
bers of the Council of Military Education, who ex-
pressed their gratification with the present state of
the establishment. The number of pupils now fre-
quenting the schools (together with adults) amounts
to nearly 2,000.
The detachments of the Scotch Fusileer and Cold-
stream Guards, under the command of Colonel Far-
quharson ,returned to headquarters from Eastbourne
ou Friday, having completed their course of mus-
ketry practice. On the same day detachments of
the above regiments, consisting of five officers and
100 men, arrived at Eastbourne fer the course of
ball practice.

The erection of the new cavalry barracks at Col-
chester, for which a considerable amount was
appropriated by Parliamentary grant early in the
present session, has DOW been fairly commenced by
Messrs. Lucas Brothers, the contractors for the
works. The erection will bo solid and permanent.
The walls are to be built of red brick, of the uniform
thickness of 18in. The buildings will comprise all
quarters constructed in the form
the requisite officers'
of a quadrangle, with a frontage of 150 ft. The mess '
establishment will occupy the centre. The entire
ground floor will be appropriated to the use of ser-
vants, while the first and second floors will be
divided into sitting and bed rooms for the officers,
each of spacious dimensions and well ventilated.
The soldiers' quarters are formed in blocks, each
capable of accommodating 72 men, and in close
proximity, in six large blocks, will be formed the
12p officers' and troop stables, fitted
and arranged
with the most modern Improvements. The other
requisite buildings for the completion of most ex-
cellent barracks will be placed around the edges of
the field, which is skirted by a public road, and
the whole, when constructed, will be one of the
most perfect and convenient buildings of the kind
in the kingdom, but utterly devoid of all ornament
or decoration. It is intended to carry out other
extensive works, including additional blocks
of stables, with soldiers' quarters above them, a
capacious riding school, and engine house for the
pumping the water supply. These, however, will
not be proceeded with till the other works are
finished. The erection of these works must neces-

sarily involve a large outlay, but great advantagel
will result from the subsequent brigading of cavalry
and infantry upon the remainder of the Abbey
FtITM, where accommodation might be found for
the combined movements of many thousand men.
Some notion may be formed of the extent of these
barracks from the fact that upwards of 7,000,000
bricks will be used in their construction.

The deaths of the following officers have been
officially reported at the War-office since the Ist of
April :—Generals Sir G. Whitmore, K.C.H., Royal
Engineers ; and W. H. Connolly, Royal Marines.
Lieut.-General W. Ferguson, Royal Marines.
Major-General D. A. Gibsone, Royal Marines.
Lieut. Colonels T. Byrne, 10th Regiment, and T.
Bunbury, C. 8., 80th Regiment. Majors M. Adye,
Royal Artillery; R. Macnair, staff-officer of pen-
sioners ; and T. Crucknell, Royal Marines.
Captains R. Norwood, 3d Dragoon Guards; T.
Young, 16th Regiment; I. B. Bomford, 59th
Regiment; D. R. Croasdaile, 61st Regiment; J.
Greenwood, A. Robertson, and J. Farmer, Royal
Marines. Lieuts. A. Murphy, sth Lancers ;
Archdall, 20th Regiment; R. Crossman, 25th King's
Own Borderers; G. Meldrum (Adjutant), 26th Ca-
meronians ; F. F. Murray, 58th Regiment; C. Draw-
bridge and K. Monro, Royal Artillery; D. Cameron,
Ist Royals; E. S. Long, 23d Royal Welsh Fusiliers;
L. B. Reeves, Royal Marines; W. Clarke, W.
Pridham, J. Orr, I. A. Moore, J. Cinnamond, and
R. G. Amyot, Royal Marines. Cornet T. G. Eb-
rington, 2d Dragoon Guards; Second-Lients. J. H.
Davies, J. H. Porter, G. D. Lane, R. Standish, and
J. Hallum, Royal Marines. Ensigns E. A. W.
Parks, 20th Regiment ; F. H. Hornemann, 62d
Regiment; and A. Appuhn, 4th King's German
Legion. Paymasters—Major G. Hookey, Royal
Marines, and Capt. H. Dudley, Ceylon Rifles.
Quartermaster Capt. J. Brannan, 60th Rifles.
Surgeons E. Skues, M.D., and J. D. M'Diarmid.
Assistant• Surgeons J. R. Tobin and R. Primerose,
99th Regiment.

BANQUET AT 71IE _ROYAL ACADEME

On Saturday evening the president and members
of the Royal Academy entertained a distinguished
company at dinner in their apartments, Trafalgar-
square, previous to the opening of the Exhibition.
The doors were opened at two o'clock, and soon after
that hour the guests began to arrive, occupying
themselves till dinner was announced in viewing the
gems of British art which adorn the walls of the
Academy.
Sir CHARLES EASTLAKE, the President of the
Royal Academy, officiated as chairman.
The cloth having been removed,

The PRESIDENT rose and said—l have the honour
to propose as the first toast " The health of her
Majesty the Queen." (Cheers.) In pronouncing
those words, in repeating the heartfelt wish that
her Majesty may enjoy uninterrupted health, I
cannot but feel the place and the occasion must
awaken associations which invest her name with a
deeper—and here, for the first time—with a sad
interest ; nor can we forget that the Queen has
recently revisited scenes that must renew the keen-
ness of her sorrow. I will therefore only add the
expression of our earnest hope that her Majesty will
continue to derive consolation from unfailing
sources, and from the sympathy, respect, and
devoted loyalty of her subjects. (Cheers.)

The toast was drunk with all the honours, and
followed by the National Anthem.
The PRESIDENT, in giving the next toast,
" His Royal Highness the Prance of Wales
and the rest of the Royal Family," said—
Every society at its anniversary in this
year has, for the first time, to omit a revered name
—a name which this institution, connected as it is
with the fine arts, must ever hold in honour, and
which cannot now be passed over in silence; more
especially when the opening of a second Interna-
tional Exhibition in England reminds us of the
wisdom and perseverance which conducted the first
great enterprise of the kind to a successful termina-
tion. (Cheers.) We have to speak of the loss of
one who was a zealous friend and promoter of art—
(hear, hear)—the enlightened adviser of its profes-
sors—(hear, hear)—of one who, with the best right
to be a severe critic, was ever ready to extend to
them his sympathy and encouragement; and who,
with high aspirations for the future of art, took the
warmest interest in the efforts and productions of
his own time. (Loud cheers.) May their Royal
Highnesses whose health I have now the honour to
propose inherit the kindly nature,the love of know.
ledge, and the public and private virtues of his
Royal Highness the Prince Consort. (Cheers,)
Glee (four voices)—" Oh, the Spring, the bounti-
ful Spring t"
The PRESIDENT proposed " The Crown Prince
of Prussia."

The toast was drunk amid much cheering.
His Royal Highness the Prince of PRUSSIA, who
was loudly cheered, said,—Sir Charles Eastlake,
your Royal Highness, my Lords and Gentlemen, I
hope that the gratitude which I feel for the cordia-
lity with which you have been pleased to propose
and receive my health will not be measured by the
manner in which I return thanks for it, as I am
sorry to say I fear I shall not be able to express my
feelings as I should perhaps be able to do were I
longer accustomed to the language of this dear
country. (Loud cheers.) I thank you first of all
for the way in which you have been kind enough
to speak of my near relationship to the
Royal family of England—(cheers)—nor can I on
such an occasion omit referring to the loss which
this country has recently sustained—a loss felt so
intimately by your Royal family and also by my
own. (Cheers.) W 3 have all heard, from the Pre-
sident how that loss has been felt, and I am happy
to say that in my own country the same monu-
mental feeling will always remain associated with
the memory of that dear Prince who was taken so
suddenly from us. (Cheers.) It is not necessary
for me to say how happy I am to be able to be pre-
sent at this great festival of peace, and at the same
time to honour the great undertaking which we
owe to the master mind of him I was so proud to
regard as my father-in-law. (Cheers.) I have also,
Sir Charles, to thank you for the manner in which
you spoke just now of the state of art and science
in my own country, and particularly of the articles
sent to the great International Exhibition. lam
happy to think, from the way in which that refe-
rence (3e the President was received, that you all
appear to agree with him on that point—(cheers)—
and I hope I can say that the same feeling for Eng-
lish art is reciprocated by my country. (Cheers.)
Perhaps I may be allowed to say, as I am proud to
say, Royal of your country is one
ofththeatfitrshte
repre
sentatives
of English art in my
country. (Much cheering.) Returning thanks
again for the kind way in which I have been re-
ceived, I can only add that I hope it will be a new
tie strengthening those warm sympathies I have
always felt for this great country; and, more than
this, that the strong sympathy which always existed
in my own heart will in Prussia, and in the great
fatherland of Germany, be more and more and for
aver maintained. (Loud cheers.)
The PRESIDENT proposed " The Army and Navy,
and the Volunteers," connecting with the army the
illustrious name of his Royal Highness the Com-
mander of the Forces, with the navy the name of
the First Lard of the Admiralty, and with the
Volunteers that of Lord Elcho. (Cheers.)
' The toast was drunk with much cordiality.
His Royal Highness the Duke of CAMBRIDGE—
Sir Charles Eastlake, your Royal Highness, my
Lords and Gentlemen,— In acknowledging the toast
which has just been offered to your notice from the
chair as regards the army, I should perhaps feel
some delicacy and hesitation in intruding upon so
peaceful andhappy an assemblage such a subject as
that of the army ; and yet such a topic cannot be
otherwise than grateful even to this society, because
I happen to know that some of our best volunteers
are connected with the fine arts. Cheers.) Therefore
I am justified in saying that the art of war is not
altogether discarded by those who cultivate and de-
sire to promote the arts of peace ; and for a very
good reason—because they are perfectly aware that
the only mode by which the arts of peace can be cul-
.tivated with real freedom and satisfaction is by
having the art of war so perfected that, if necessity
should arise, the army can be relied on to do its duty
etectually. (Cheers.) That I believe is the position