The Sun.
London, England, 1848-01-13 00:00:00

AUGMENTATION OF THE ROYAL

ARTILLERY.

WooLWICII, JAN. 12.—An order was issued yes-
terday afternoon for each of the ten battalions of the
Royal Regiment of Artillery to give in to the Ad-
jutant-General's office to-day a list of the names of
the non-commissioned officers eligible for promotion,
that those at foreign stations may be immediately
sent home to join the twenty new companies ordered
to be formed, being two new companies to each of
the ten battalions. The formation of the twenty new
companies will promote 20 Second Captains to be
Captains, and to have the command of companies ;
20 First Lieutenants to be Second Captains ; 20
Second Lieutenants to be First Lieutenants, to fill
up the vacancies by the promotion from the already
formed companies; and 40 Second Lieutenants will
also be promoted to give two Second Lieutenants to
each of the new companies. The number of pro-
motions amongst the non-commissioned officers will
be 20 sergeants to be colour-sergeants, 80 corporals
to be sergeants, 160 bombardiers to be corporals, 240
acting bombardiers to be full bombardiers, and 240
gunners to be made acting bombardiers, and 40 boys
will be enlisted to serve as drummers. _ _

The following is a list of the officers who will be
promoted by the augmentation :
Second Captains-r-P. EU, N. E. Harison, C.
Cheethatn, G. J. L. Buchanan, W. S. Payne, W. R.
Gilbert, A. F. W. Papillon; H. Aylemer, G. C.
Levin-de, A. G. W. Hamilton, W. Fultbrd,-A. Irving,
St. Browne, C. Bingham, H. S. Rowan, J. N.
A. Freese, D. Cleveland, H. A. Turner, T. B.F.
Marriott, T. Elwyn—to be First Captains and have
the command of companies. Two of the above are
Adjutants, which appointments they will have 'to
vacate, and two Second Captains will be appointed
Adjutants.
First Lieutenants—J. J. Brandling, A. R. Wragge,
F. W. Haultain, T. W. Lawrence, F. J. Travers,
M. C. Dixon, C. F. Thorndike, H. Rogers, J. Turner,
A. C. L. Fitzroy, E. H. Fisher, R. F. Mountain,
Cleveland, A. C. S. Somerset; P. A. Morshead,
S. H. S. Inglefield,, E. M. Boxer, C. S. Longden,
W. A. Middleton, R. J. Cannon—to be Second Cap-
tains in the new Companies.
Second Lieutenants—W. H. Myton, P, C.
Jones, H. J. M. Campnell, It. O. farmer, a. M.
Govan, C. H. Ingilby, R. P. Gabbett, H. P. Yates,
M. F. Ferrers, H. A. Thrupp, C. E. Mainwaring, A.
Gordon, W. J. Williams, C. F. Young, S. Freeling,
0. R. Stokes, J. F. Pennycuick, W. J. Grimston, W.
D. Guile, C. E. Oldershaw—to be First Lieutenants
to fill up the vacancies in the already formed compa-
nies which will be caused by the augmentation.
The following Second Lieutenants will be promoted
to be First Lieutenants in the new companies :—N.
0. S. Turner, S. D. Wright, A. Y. Earle, Hon. L.
A. Addington A. Vandeleur, A. S. Orr, . Rowland
Hill, P. J. Campbell, F. C. Maude, A. W. Twiss, R.
Curtis, A. Sievwright, F.. S. Seale J. Boulton, J. de
L. Saunderson, M. Anketell, P. Dickson, lE. Clarke,
F. Place, E. J. Bruce, W. P. Richards, J. E. Hope,
H. W. J. Dashwood, A. Brendon, J. de Haviland, S.
Carden, G. A. Wilkinson, W. W. A. Lukin, W.
Walker, C. E. Walcott, G. Bartchaell, G. Davis, E.
G. Bredin, W. J. Bolton, G. B. Traherne, S. G. Bat-
chellor, H. T. Middleton, F. Close, J. Sinclair, H. L.
Talbot.
The strength of the Royal Artillery will now con-
sist of Colonel Field-Marshal the Marquis of Angle-
sey, Master-General; Major-General Sir Hew D.
Ross, Deputy Adjutant-General; 11 Colonels-Com-
mandant; Lieutenant-General Sir ThomasP o wnmani,
of the Royal Horse Artillery, and one for each of the
10 battalions. 22 colonels, 49 lieutenant-colonels,
three holding civil appointments, and the others in
command at home and foreign stations, and of bat-
talions in the Garrison at Woolwich, or in charge of
departments in the Royal Arsenal, &c. ; 109 captains,
7 in command of troops of Royal Horse Artillery ; 1
superintendent of the Riding-house Establishment ; 1
in charge of the gentlemen cadets ; and 100 in com-
mand of 100 companies of Foot Artillery, includ-
ing the field batteries ; 120 second captains, in-
cluding the adjutants of battalions, &c. ; 221 first
lieutenants, three to each troop of Royal Horse
Artillery, and two to each of the 100 companies of
Foot Artillery ; 14 second lieutenants, and 11 quar-
termasters. The strength of each company of I.oot
Artillery is 99 men, including non-commissioned offi-
cers, snaking an efficient force of 9,900 men exclusive
of horse artillery.
On Thursday last, • the number of reisuiftosr
wthhe°
marched past in the Garrison
.at Woolw
up-
wardsfO
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the service.

SEA-BEACH BREEZES.—Amongst other matters our
author (Mr. llosking, in his new " Guide") points out
the injury done to visitors at watering-places by the
discharge of the town drainage upon the much-fre-
quented sea-beach. "-Ladies, with books or with needle-
work, and nurses with their charges, are apt to resort:to
the propped-up and clean-looking round iron pipes for
the convenience they offer as seats; and as they sit, they,
and the children who play about them, inhale the
poisonous gases which the soilage of the town emits, and
many a family returns inland from the sea side fevered
with the stench at the sea-beach, rather than invigorated
by the sea-breezes." The illness of all his own children,
on one occasion, was thus caused.—Builder.
BATHS AND WASHHOUSES FOR TUB LABOURING
CLASSES.—Yesterday a general meeting of the com-
mittee and subscribers to the above establishment was
held at the Institution, in George-street, Euston-square.
Lord Southampton in the chair. The report congratu-
lated the subscribers on the gratifying results which had
attended the general progress of the undertaking since
the opening of the establishment on August 3,1546. The
directors of the New River Company, in the most liberal
manner, gratuitously gave the society the land for the
present building, and for the first fourteen months gave
the necessary supply of water, and for the succeeding
twelvemonth have offered to continue it for 1001., and
have, moreover, extended their grant of land for the en-
largement of the establishment. There are forty-nine
single baths for men, and thirteen for women ; eight
vapour, and two swimming baths. Yet further accom-
modation is requisite, as ou an average, in the warm
weather, 800 daily bathe, and 200 or 300 are frequentb
refused admission from want of accommodation. Since
the 3d of August, 1846, the bathers were 154,221 males
and 15,206 females. The poor women who have washed,
dried, ironed, and mangled the clothes of themselves and
families were 45,124. The charge to a poor man or
woman for a cold bath is one penny, and for a warm one,
including use of towel, twopence, and for the washing
department one penny per hour for the use of the drying
closet, irons, and mangles, four hours for threepence.
The balance sheet showed the donations and subscrip-
tionsa to amount to 5,0221. 3s. 6d. ; receiPtsnlo!)tnerit
2,887 lls. Bd. ; expenses of the building a incidentals
left a balance of la., which leaves a debt. of
.8i 4 . I ls.
for loan and liabilities. When the debt is entirely paid
off, and the building completed, it will not only be self-
supporting, but also self-extending.
THE LATE ROBBERY BY A MAN OF PROPERTY
AT BA.TH.--43ATH, JAN. 11.—Alfred Buchanan, the
gentleman shoplifter, who was fouad guilty at the city
sessions on Friday, for stealing a purse and scent bottle
of the value of 6s. 6d., the property of Frederick James
Hamper, was brought up yesterday for judgment. The
Recorder (Mr. Jardine) sentenced him to three months'
imprisonment with hard labour.