The Sun.
London, England, 1846-04-11 00:00:00

• THE ROYAL ARTILLERY.

WOOLWICH, APRIL 9.—The non-commissioned offi-
cers and men appointed to form the 10th battalion of
Royal Artillery, assembled at two o'clock, P.M., to-day
on the ground, mounting parade in heavy marching
order, in the presence of Major-General Sir H. D.
Ross, K.C.B , Deputy Adjutant-General of Artillery ;
Colonel Turner, C.B. Lieutenant-Colonel Bastard,
Lieutenant-Colonel Gordon, Lientenant-Colonel Blach-
ley, and Lieutenant-Colonel Strangways, the latter
having the command of the battalion. Brigade-Major
Cuppage and the captains appointed to each of the eight
companies, Captain Grant, Ist company ; Captain Mit-
chell, 2d company ; Captain Beresford, 3d company ;
Second Captain Dickson, in the absence of Cap-
tain Crawford, 4th company ; Captain St. George,
sth company ; Captain Nedham, 6th company ; Cap-
tain Fraser, 7th company ; and Captain Warde,
Bth company, were present, to inspect the kit
of the men, which was done on the barrack
field, and they were then marched to the quarters
assigned to them, and will commence messing together
for the first time to-day. At ten minutes before nine
o'clock, A.M., 1 sergeant, 2 corporals, and 70 privates of
the Royal Marines, left Roff's Wharf, for Blackwall,
under the command of Lieutenant M`Killop, for a pas-
sage to Gravesend, en route to Chatham, to make room
in the barracks at Woolwich for the men of the 10th
battalion.

ENROLLED PENSIONERS.—Two companies have been
formed from the pensioners of the Royal Navy and
Marines, to be added to the two companies of the Wool-
wich division, under Captain Forbes, and they are to be
called out on the 11th of next month for drill, previous to
the assembling of the whole of the pensioners in the
London district, for review in Hyde-park in the latter
part of May next.

RO YAL MAIL STEAM-PACKET

COMPANY.

=The annual meeting of this Company was held on
Thursday, at the London Tavern, Bishopsgate•street. A.
Colville, Esq., was called to the chair, the President of
the Company having died recently. There was a more
than usually large attendance of proprietors upon the
occasion.

The SECRETARY then read the report of the directors
for the past year, which congratalated the proprietors
that fur the past year their expectations, notwithstand-
ing it was a year of great depression, had not aply been
realised, but considerably surpassed. That the adeouLts
of the Company for the past year, as compared with the
year 1844, exhibited the gratifying fact of considerable
augmentation ; for instance, each item under the head
for freight and passage money, outward, homeward, and
'international, showed an increase, which, in the aggre-
tate, amounted, upon freight, to cover 5,3581., and upon
passage money to over 16,4491.—making a total upon
these two items of over 21,800/. The report concluded
by an expression of satisfaction of the good conduct of
the officers of the Company, and by declaring a divi-
dend of 3 per cent. per share, or at the rate of 5 per
cent. per annum on the paid-up capital for the half-year
up to last December. _

The statement of the account of the Company's re-
ceipts and disbursements for the past year was then
handed about, by which it appeared that the total dis-
bursements amounted to 274,5881. ss. 5d., which left a
surplus of 111,8801. 15s. 11d.
Mr. STEWART congratulated the meeting upon the
prosperous state of their affairs, and said he considered
that the thanks of the Company were due to the directors
for the admirable manner in which they had conducted
their affairs, particularly when he reminded the meeting
that now they had a very large sum to their credit,
while, in the year 1842, they were considerably in debt
to the shipping account. He hoped they would ere long
have the gratification to have a dividend of 7 per cent.
declared, instead of s.—(Hear.) He thought that he,
in common with all the other shareholders, was called
upon to express his Warmest approval of the manner
in which their affairs had been administered by the di-
rectors.—(Hear, hear.)
The report was then unanimously adopted, the vote
of thanks to the Chairman and directors passed by accla-
mation, Captain Sheppard elected as chairman, in the
room of Mr. Irving, deceased ; the auditors re-elected,
and the meeting separated.

STATIONS of the BRITISH ARMY
ON THE FIRST OF AVIIII.e
(From the United Service Journal.)
Where two places are mentioned, the last-named is that at
which the depot of the regiment is stationed.
CAVALRY. 41st, Mullingar
Ist Life Guards, Hyde-park 42d, Malta, Isle of Wight-
2d, Windsor Reserve batt., Malta
Royal Horse Guards, Re- 43d, Halifax, Dover
gent's-park 44th, Dublin
Ist Dragoon Guards, Exeter 45th, Cape of Good Hope,
2d, Dublin Isle of Wight
3d, Ballincollig 46th, Canada, Newry
4th, Edinburgh 47th, Dublin
sth, Nottingham 48th, Jamaica, Kilkenny
6th, Manchester 49th, Athlone
7th, Cape .of Good Hope, 50th, Bengal, Chatham
Maidstone 51st, Van Dieman's Land,
Ist Dragoons, Dundalk Chatham
2d, Dublin 52d, Quebec, Brecon
3d Light Dragoons, Bengal, 53d, Bengal, Chatham
Maidstone 5403, Gibraltar, Fermoy
4th, Hounslow 55th, Devonport
6th, Birmingham 56th, Bury, Lancashire
7th Hussars, Ipswich 57th, Madras, Chatham
Bth Hussars, Longford 58th, N. S. Wale., Chatham
9th Lancers, Bengal, Maid- 59th, Dublin
stone 60th (Ist batt.), Bombay,
10th Hussars, York Chatham
11th Hussars, Newbridge. Ditto (2d batt.), Canada,
12th Lancers, Coventry Paisley
13th Light Dragoons, Cahir 61st, Bengal, Chatham
14th do. Bombay, Maidstone 62d, Bengal, Chatham
15th Hussars, sladras,' Maid- 63d, Madras, Chatham
stone _ . 64th, Dublin
16111 Laners, Bengal; Maid-, 65th, Chatham
stone 66t1t, Gibraltar, Clare'Castle
17th LititcerS,'Nettingham 67th, Limerick
INFANTRY. 68th, Chester
Grenadier Guards (Ist batt.), 69th, Leeds
St. George's Barracks 70th, Dublin
Do. (2d batt.) Wellington 71st, Antigua, Isle of Wight
Barracks
-Reserve batt., Canada
Do. (3d batt.), Windsor 72d, Gibraltar, Nenagh
Coldstream Guards(lst batt.), 73d, M. Video, Spike Island
St. John's-wood 74th, Portsmouth
Do. (2d batt.), Winchester 75th, Birr
Scotch Fusilier Guards (Ist 76th, Manchester
batt.), Portman-street Bar. 77th, Jamaica, Templemore
Do. (2d batt.), the Tower 78th, Bombay, Chatham
Ist Toot (Ist batt.), Barba- 79th, Gibraltar, Belturbet
does, Dublin 80th, Bengal, Chatham
Do. (2d batt.), Glasgow 81st, Canada, Jersey
2d, Chichester 82d, Canada, Kinsale
3d, Gosport 83d, Limerick
4th, Madras, Chatham 84th, Madras, Chatham
sth, Enniskillen 85th, St. Vincent, Cork
6th, Athlone 86th, Bombay, Chatham
7th, St. Vincent, Naas 87th, Aberdeen
Bth, Portsmouth 88th, Malta, Boyle
9th, Bengal, Chatham 89th, Canada, Hull
10th, Bengal, Chatham 90th, Ceylon, Weedon
Ilth, N. S. Wales, Chatham 91st, Cape of Good Hope,
12th,Mauritius, Isle of Wight Isle of Wight-Reserve
13th, Widmer batt., Cape of Good Hope
14th, Canada, Plymouth 92d, Edinburgh
15th, Ceylon, Waterford 93d, Canada, Newbridge
16th, Gibraltar, Buttevant 94th, Aden, Chatham
17th, Bombay, Chathatn 95th, Ceylon, Tralee
18th, Bengal, Chatham 96th, N. S. Wales, Chatham
19th, West Indies, Carlow 97th, Corfu, Isle of Wight-
20th, Bermuda, Isle of Wight Reserve batt., Corfu
-Reserve batt., Bermuda 98th, Bengal, Chatham
21st, Madras, Chatham 99th, N. S. Wales, Chatham
22d, its
---'rnbay, Chatham Rifle Brigade ( lit Batt.),
23d, Canada, Isle of Wight- Corfu, Dover
Reserve batt., Canada Do. (2d batt. ), Halifax, N.S.,
24th, Cork Isle of Wight-Reserve
25th, Madras, Chatham batt., Halifax, N.S.
26th, Belfast COLONIAL CORPS.
27th, Cape of Good Hope, Ist West India Regiment,
Guernsey Jamaica
28th, Bombay, Chatham 2d Do., Nassau
29th, Bengal, Chatham 3d Do., Demerara, Sierra
30th, Castlebar Leone, lie.
31st, Bengal, Chatham Ceylon Rifle Reg.. Ceylon
32d, Fermoy Royal Canadian Rifle Regi7
33d, N.. Brunswick, Clonmel ment, Canada
34th, lonian Islands, Cashel Cape Mountedßitlemen,Cape
35th, Mauritius, Charles Fort of Good Hope
36th, Newcastle-upon-Tyne Royal Newfoundland Vet.
37th, Newport, South Wales Comps., Newfoundland
' 38th, Jamaica, Londonderry Royal Malta Feucibles, Malta
39th, Bengal, Chatham St. Helena - Regiment, St.
40th, Canterbury, Helena, '