The Sun.
London, England, 1841-03-23 00:00:00

THE ARMY.

Detachment; have been placel under orders for Montt
America, the Cape of God Elope, Ceylm, and the Mau-
ritius, and are to sail fit their respective destinations early
In the appr Spring.
The st, of the draughts for Canada. Nova
Scotia, aid New Brunswick, will be about 64 officers,
40 strgeants, and 1680 rank and file ; for the Cape
(.1 Good llopP, about 6 officers, 6 sergeants, and 250 rank
13-0 rank and fili; for the Mauritius, about 6 officers,
lon, about 4 officers, 4 seig•!at,ts, and
awl file ; for Cc).

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5 sergeants, and 140 rank and file.
The time of en.barks,tion fdt these several s ttlements,
as laid down in the General Orders for the army, is the
month of Al r:1, with the exception of Ceylon, for which
:slvaid dwachments do not leave this country until May.
ikt!ste measures are now in prrgrees for providing the ne-
o,:ssary tonnage for the conveyance and accommodatiln of
the number of officers and men above specified ; and there
i: ev.!ry rraisin to 13:1,eve that their departure will not be
c'elsycd beyond the prescribed period.
Lieutenant-Gent.ral Sir Henry Frederick Bouverie,
K. C. 8., Governor, and commanding the forces at Malta,
will shortly return to this country on hare. During his
absence tit:, government of the idand aid the command of
the t,oops yid] cl,volve on Colonel Carden, of the Royal
Engineers.
Lieutenant-General Sir Howard Douglas, Bars., and
K. C 8., has bree appoint :,c1 to the 99th regiment, in sue-
ee,,i to to Maj tr. General Sir Hugh Gough, traesfetred to
's, v:ets Lieutenant-General
the
er
8 17'hthemilaosy ltaleylneilh °'ill, who has replaced the late lamented
Sir Samuel Ford Whittingham in the
onoColneley of the
71st Llght lofaetry. This arrangement is every reSpeet
a just and equitable one, and can scarcely fail to be ac-
knowledged a: such by thb, army at large, to whom Sir
Howard Douela,'s strong c alms and sterling merits have
officers and 40 men, has been selected
'the Asia. co-nvicrshuiplY, kwniollwana.il from Depti,rd for Van
aernen's Land. on Thursday next, the 25th instant, taking
lionnegobriesietlatiaVta:Bo:lVVlCll and Pertsraouth. The guard,
GENERAL ORDERS.
Horse Guards, March 1, 1841.
consisting of r
Keg
from iment.
the
BLooarrdd
Her Majesty havirg been graciously pleased
the troops accoraing to that rank. —By command of
to command
that the mates of fie Royal Navy shall rank sei.h the sub-
tl'crn dfiaers of tie Army, the General Commanding-in-
Chi, f desires that the former may be recognised and Ba-
ilin, Commanding.
of Ordnance being
in-Chief,
JOHN MACDONALD, Adjutant-General.
Horse Guards, March 8, 1 i4l.
throughout the United
5550 of the troops at
or horses. be suffered to enter them.
II
ub
teeTdßhbei e'
ht il 'lu
Master-Generalraieoefa etr'hael .
Chief desires that
officers
commanding of regiments, depots, and detach-
grounds to
merit:, will esuse these be strictly preserved,
theKi n
gr
de sopme
.c !tills,: barrack Gen c
about to form eri.:ketta, grounds
c stations,ni i for the
itl g . .
The cricket-ground is to be considered ns in the imme.
and that no carriages
diatc charge of the Blrraelt-ma=ter,
r. who, however, cannot
reasenally he expected to protect.it effectually, unless as-
sisted in the execution 0 i, duty by the support and
auth6ri y of the commanding "Leer of the station, as well
as by the good feeling of the troops, for whose amusement
and recreation this liberal arrangement has been made by
the public. Lard Hill will treat as a grave offence every
trespass that shall be wantonly committed by the troops,
either upon the cricket-ground or upon its fences. The
troops will, moreover, be required, in every such case, to
pay the estimated expense of repairs, as in the case of bar-
rack damages. Special instructions concerning the
' cricket groutads have been issued to the Barrack-masters
by the Master-General 0f the Board of Ordnance.—By
'command of the Ri,:ht Honourable General Lord Hill,
Commanding-in-Cbi jouef.
N MACDONALD, Adj.. Gen„