The Sun.
London, England, 1854-11-22 00:00:00

THE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, NOVEMBER 22, 1854.

PROMOTION OF LORD RAGLAY.

I I l 1 1 -E ARKET,.
'..P11.18 DAY.,

The Gazette of last night contains the announcement
that the Queen has been graciously pleased to appoint
Lord Raglan a Field-Marshal in the army, his commis-
:ion to bear date the sth of this present November,
the day of the last known victory of the Allies. Since
the death of the Marquis of Anglesey no officer of the
British army has enjoyed this high rank as a reward
for actual service, our only field-marshals having been
11. R. H. Prince Albert and his Majesty the King of
the Belgians. This is the first instance in which the
new warrant regulating promotions for distinguished
merit has been carried into effect. Formerly it would
not have beea possible to raise Lord Raglan to the
highest rank in the army unless he should outlive all
all his seniors of the rank of general. Field-Marshal
Lord Raglan entered the army on the 9th of Juoe, 1804,
as cornet in the 4th Light Dragoons. The following
are the dates of his succeeding commissions :—Lieu-
tenant, 30th May, 1805, 4th Light Dragoons ; captain,
sth May, 1808, 6th garrison battalion ; appointed to 43d
Regiment, 18th August, 1803 ; brevet major, 9th June,
1811 ; brevet lieutenant colonel, 27th April, 1812 ; cap-
tain and lieutenant-colonel Ist Foot Guards, 25th July,
1814 ; colonel, 28th August, 1815 ; major-general, 27th
May, 1825 ; appointed military secretary to the Com-
mander-in-Chief, 29th August, 1827 ; appointed colonel
of the 53d Regiment, 19th November, 1830 ; lieutenant-
general, 28th June, 1838 ; appointed Master-General of
the Ordnance, 30th September, 1852 ; local rank of
general, 21st February, 1854. Lord Raglan received
the gold medal for Fuentes d'Onor, Badajoz, Salamanca,
Vittoria, Pyrenees, Nivelle, Nive, Orthes, Toulouse ;
silver medal for Roleia, Talavera, Busaco, Ciudad Ro-
drigo. Lord Raglan is the ninth son of the fifth Duke
of Beaufort, and was born in 1788. His elevation to
the peerage and introduction to the Privy Council took
place in 1852.

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THE REINFORCEMENTS

Yeiterday morning two detachments of troops, be-
ion-ring to the 41st and 49th Regiments, and amounting
to about 1 2 rank and file, under the coalman.' of Capt.
Pratt, arrived at Liverpool, from Dublin, for Ports-
mouth, whether they will proceed to-day for the purpose
of embarking in the steamer Adelaide for Balaklava.
The 54th Regiment of Foot will embark at Liverpool
on Friday, on board the British and North American
steamer Niagara, which has been takes up by Govern-
ment; for the purpose of conveying them direct to the
Crimea.
A draft from the 9th Foot, stationed at Tralee, con-
sisting of two seijeants, and 70 rank and file ; a draft of
one serjeant and 70 rattle and file from the 41st at
Templemore, arid a draft of one serjeant and 50 rank
and file from Fermoy, are under orders to proceed to
Portsmouth, to embark there for the Crimea .

The 66th Regiment are to leave Preston (Lancashire)
to embark in the Tamar steamer at Southampton on the
24th inst. This regiment, which only arrived at this
port from Canada a few weeks since, proceeds to Gib-
raltar to take the place of ether troops proceeding to the
Crimea from that fortress.

The following detachments arrived by rail in Ports-
mouth garrison from Walmer yesterday afternoon, to
embark for the Crimea in the screw ship Robert Lowe,
on her arrival here from Woolwich :-3 sergeants and
HO rank and file of the 38th Regiment, and 2 officers,
3 sergeants, and 150 rank and file of the 44th Regiment.

Two companies of the Royal Artillery— Captain
Graydon's and Capt. Oldfield's, embarked yesterday at
Portsmouth for the Crimea. This valuable reinforcement
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of this important branch of the service numbers
270 men ; the following being the officers who accom-
pany it : —Capt. Graydon's Company—Captain George
Graydon ; Second Captain, A. C. Gleig ; First Lieu-
tenants, Richard R. Jones and Wolfe. Captain Old-
field's Company—Captain A. Oldfield ; Second Captain,
F. J. Soody ; First Lieutenants, R. H. Champion and
Briscoe. The two companies arrived at the railway
terminus by a special train, per the South Coast Railway
from Woolwich, at about a quarter to twelve o'clock to-
day, and at about one o'clock marched to the Dockyard
for embarkation on board the steamer that was to take
them out to the Dauntless, 33, steam-frigate, Captain
A. P. Ryder, at Spithead.

Orders have not as yet reached the 82d Regiment (sta-
tionedin Edinburgh Castle) to proceed either to Corfu
or the Crimea, but instructions have been given to re-
inforce with all rapidity, so as, if possible, to augment
the corps to the war strength of 1,000 men. At pre-
sent the 82d scarcely numbers 600 men, its strength
having been diminished by several hundred men having
volunteered into regiments serving in the East. Large
recruiting parties have been for some time almoit daily
parading the streets of Edinburgh, and there, as well as
elsewhere, considerable numbers of recruits have
been attracted to the regiment. In the Edinburgh
district recruiting is at present proceeding at the rate
of about 60 men per week ; in Glasgow the recent average
has been above a hundred, and, though these numbers
are comparatively small, the embodiment of the Scottish
militia will probably, ere long, excite the military dispo-
sition in Scotland to the height which has recently been
exhibited in many parts of the sister kingdoms.

The Drake, mortar-vessel, will take a trip to-morrow
outside to prove her mortar fittings, after which she pro-
ceeds to Sheerness to test her new principle against the
old, and then will be sent to the Crimea. We have no
doubt of the results, and will report progress.

Recruiting is mordsuccessful in Liverpool than it has
been in Manchester and its neighbourhood, and within
the last seven days not less than 200 billets have been
applied for on behalf of recruits in that town.

The Indiana, screw, belonging to the General Screw
Steam-shipping Company, 2,364 tons burden, and 300-
horse power, left Southampton last evening, the wind
blowing hard from the westward. She is, unfortunately,
short of two or three hands, owing to some having de-
serted after receiving their advance notes. She will pro-
ceed to Toulon, as previously stated, to embark 1,400
French troops.
The Tamar, paddle, belonging to the Royal Mail com-
pany, of 1800 tons burden, and 450-horse power, will
leave for the Black Sea on Friday. Previous to her de-
parture she will embark a regiment. They will be con-
veyed to Gibraltar for the purpose of relieving another
regiment for transportation to the Black Sea.
The Nubia, screw, belonging to the Peninsular and
Oriental Company, of 2,200 tons burden and 450-horse
power, is hourly expected with the heavy portion of the
India and China mails. She will be immediately got in
readiness to proceed to Toulon, having been chartered
by government for the conveyance of troops.

The following orders have been issued by the Inspec-
tor-General of Cavalry to officers in command of regi-
ments and depots, &c. :—" No three year-old is for the
present to be purchased. Officers commanding are to
use their utmost endeavours to obtain four-year-olds at
the present price, 261. ss. With a view to ren-
dering augmentation recently authorised to the
cavalry regiments serving at home and in Turkey
(but especially those in Turkey) available for service
with the least possible delay, the Secretary at War has
sanctioned seasoned horses being purchased at the
following prices :—Five and six year olds, 321. ; seven
and eight year olds, 4CI These horses must be in ,good
condition, and no horse be purchased at these prices that
is not at or ce fit to be put into the ranks as regards
condition and stamina. A few horses from the class from
which cavalry horses are purchased arrive at the age of
seven or eight years without being blemished or show-
ing some defect, veterinary surgeons are to be in-
structed not to reject horses for defects which will not
interfere with a horse doing his work ; and to bear in
mind that the object to be attained is to procure a con-
stitutionally sound horse fit for the immediate service
for which he is regaired. You will report to me on the
let of every month what progress you have made in the
last month in procuring horses, specifying their ages, for
the information of the General Commanding-in• Chief.
By order, &c.—JosErn THACKWXLL, Lieutenant-General,
Inspector-General of Cavalry."