The Sun.
London, England, 1849-01-30 00:00:00

THE ARMY.
Orders have been received at Chaffin ria for the sus-
pension of recruiting, and all the parties 1 iave been called
in. As the depot at Chatham is exclusively for recruits
for the Queen's regiments serving in India, and which
regiments are not included in the contemplated reduc-
tion of the army, we are inclined to think that the de-
mands for the India service will be met 135 the transfer
of those men who will become supernumeraries upon the
British establishment in consequence of the n.ew arrange-
ments, as, under existing circumstances, we cannot
hope that it will not be necessary to maintain the army
in the East up to its full strength.
We regret to announce the demise of Major-General
Sir Guy Campbell, Bart, and C. 13., which took place at
Kingstown, on Saturday last, the 27th inst., after a long
and painful illness. By this event the colonelcy of the
3d West India Regiment and an appointment as major-
general on the staff of the army in Ireland, have become
vacant. Sir Guy Campbell served in the Peninsula, and
commanded the 6th Foot at the battle of the Pyrenees,
for which he received a medal. He served also the cam-
paign of 1815, including the battle of Waterloo.
PLrarourn, JAN. 27.—The men belonging to the 28th
and 82d Regiments, now stationed here and at Devon-
port, were assembled on the parade at Mount Wise this
morning, for the purpose of hearing the sentence pro-
mulgated which had been passed upon Mathew Toomey,
a private of the 28th Regiment, -who had been tried by
court-martial. The prisoner, whcia tried, was charged
with having in August last disobeyod the orders of Cap-
tain Fraser, of the 28th Regiment; and a second charge
was, that he had attempted to beat ear to stab the said
Captain Fraser, while in the execution of his duty. On
these charges he was found guilty; and having been
several times before convicted, he was sentenced to be
transported as a felon for fourteen years. The men
belonging to this regiment still occasion much trouble
through their great irregularities. Courts-martial upon
them are of very frequent occurrence, and every-evening
since they have been here, now more than five months,
pickets have been out to pick up the drunken and dis-
orderly. This makes the duty very severe, but the men,
have only themselves to blame.
There have been erected in the lower sally port of the
Plymouth citadel a powder magazine and three arm-
sheds. In this part of the citadel, during the last few
months, there has been much activity, a number of
workmen having been engaged in erections, removals,
&c.; but now all the improvements are completed.
beveral guns, 18-pounders, have been mounted on metal
carriages, and the muzzles of them are placed opposite
the town in a very commanding position. An observa-
tory has been erected at the top of King George's bas-
tion; it is the same observatory as was for some time on
the cross of St. Paul's cathedral. Observations by a
theodolite arc being daily made for the Government by
Corporal Wotherspoon, of the Royal Sappers and Miners,
in connexion with the Ordnance survey that is being
made of the three town.

THE 91ST FOOT.—HEAD• QUARTERS, PORTSMOUTH.--•
Two officers and fifty men of the Ist battalion of this
regiment are ordered to embark at Woolwich, on the Ist
of February, as a guard to convicts for Bermuda, whence
they will proceed to the Cape of Good Hope to join the
reserve battalion.

GARRISON SURGEON OF PORTSMOUTH .--Th S (ARCO
has become vacant by the decease of Dr. Chaldecat.
Economy in the united services being the order of the
day, the appointment will not be filled up.