The Sun.
London, England, 1854-11-10 00:00:00

THE ARMY IN IRELAND.

DUBLIN, Thursday.—The depot of the 59th Regiment,
accompanied by three officers, removed on Saturday even-
ing from the military barracks, Cork, to Elizabeth Fort,,
to make room for the large number of drafts which
arrived hero from the stations of Fermoy, Templemork
and Birr. . . . .

Numbers of the 2d Somerset Militia are joining the re -
giments of the line in Cork.
Captain Maunsell, 85th Light Infantry, has arrived in
London from the Mauritius. The 16th Lancers have sent
a recruiting party from Cahir to Leeds. The band of the
40th depot, at Galway, plays up on every market day for
recruits. The out-pensioners of Armagh district have sub-
scribed a day's pay, from Lieut.-Col. Farmer down to the
lowest rank, in aid orthe Patriotic Fund. Lieut.-Colonel
Trench', Queen's Bays„; Dundalk, is gone on leave, and
Colonel Campbell returned from leave. Officers on leave
of absence.—Major Fraser, 6th depot; Major Cole, 17th ;
Major Johnstone, 33d. Captain Tritton, of the 23d, has
vacated the appointment of adjutant to the depot at Birr,
in order to join his regiment in the Crimea.

THE COMMANDER OF TEE ROYAL
ARTILLERY ,IN THE EAST.'

The services of several of the officers in important com-
mands of the army at the seat of war in the East having
appeared, the following interesting detail of the services of
the commanding officer of the Royal Artillery is now given
from authen tic sources :

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force of British artillery of the eastern expedition.
In 1813 Lieutenant Fox Strangways embarked with the
rocket brigade, under the immediate command of Colonel
Bogue, Royal Artillery, for the north of Germany, as the
force sent from this country to be attached to the Swedish
army during the campaign (the entire Swedish force in the
allied army being commanded in person by the Crown
Prince of Sweden). At once entering on active service, part
of the brigade was detached under the command of Lieut.
Fox Strangways, and assisted in the successful issue of
two actions and in the siege and reduction of a fortress
in Northern Germany, previous to rejoining Col. Bogue,
then under the walls of Leipsic. One of the first casualties
in the battle which ensued was the death of Colonel
Bogue, the command of the brigade falling to Lieutenant
Fox Strangways ; and so distinguished were his conduct
and courage in this moat important position, and so essen-
tially did the services of his brigade contribute to the
glorious victory of Leipsic, that on the field of battle, at
the head of his troops, this gallant young officer received
the thanks of the Allied Sovereigns. He' also received the
gold medal of Sweden " for bravery and good conduct,"
the order of St. Anne of Russia, and tho order of the
Sword of Sweden, accompanied by the most flattering tes-
timonials from the 'military commanders of the Allied
Sovereigns present, expressing their high approval of his
conduct and courage.
Owing to the remarkable rules governing army promo-
tions at that time in force in the British army, though ac-
knowledging his great merit, Lieutenant Fox Strangways
was debarred from promotion or reward, in consequence
of his junior rank and age. No comment is needed in illus-
tration of this system, now happily abolished in her Ma-
jesty's army. Distinguished by the well-merited favour of
foreign monarchs, and wearing the well-earned decorations
presented to him by them, Lieutenant Fox Strangways
had still, according to the rules then in existence, the mor-
tification of finding himself superseded in the consuming of
the brigade, by an older officer, sent out from Woolwich,
and of again returning to the unnoticed subaltern position,
in a force he had shown himself se competent to command.
At the battle of Waterloo Lieutenant Fox Strangways was
most severely wounded in the hip and spine, while com-
manding his gun on the crest of the hill, in the hotly-con-
tested position behind La Haye Sainte, and it was at first
supposed mortally disabled ; he was, however, conveyed to
the village of Waterloo, and it was several days before he
could be removed to Brussels, where the ball was extracted,
and he remained in great danger and suffering for months,
but ultimately returned with the army of occupation to
England. Lieutenant Fox Strangways returned to take
up the same undistinguished and subaltern rank that
was occupied by those of his brother officers who had re-
mained at home. He slowly, therefore, received, ac-
cording to seniority, and in the regular order, the dif-
ferent steps of rank, although always on active service.
Captain Fox Strangways was in command of the rocket
troop stationed at head-quarters on the occasion of his
Royal Highness Prince Albert coming to review the Royal
Regiment of Artillery immediately after his marriage.
His Royal Highness was cognisant, as a German prince
born near the locality, of the enormous results the great
victoly Leipsic had upon the early and final termina-
tion of the terrible war of which the battle of Waterloo
was the crowning event, and the Prince graciously con-
sented toplace the undoubted claims of Capt. Fox Strang-
ways to brevet rank before the Government of her Ma-
jesty; but so stringent were the harsh and extraordinary re-
gulations governing the promotion of the British army at
that time, that, even thus royally supported, it was respect-
fully intimated, in answer to his Royal Highness, that "it
was impossible to reward even great services performed so
long ago." Promoted in regular routine to the rank of
lieutenant-colonel after more than 40 years' active service,
Lieut.-Colonel Fox Strangways MIAs sent to command
the Royal Artillery in the Dublin district. His Royal
Highness the Duke of Cambridge was at the same time
in command of the troops of all arms in the district,
and on all occasions distinguished Lieutenant-Colonel Fox
Strangways by the most gracious attentions and marked
approval. The regular term of the command having ex-
pired, Lieutenant-Colonel Fox Strangways returned to
head-quarters at Woolwich, and, as the senior officer, as-
sumed the command of the Roal Horse Artillery. In
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and Bingham, and Colonel Harry D. Jones, Royal En-
gineers, to assist in the reception of his Imperial Majesty