The Sun.
London, England, 1851-11-17 00:00:00

OCTOB R.

Ch•itn
Ir.o7keiire Union Hunt 6 Newmarket Houghton 25
Wrexham

THE ARMY AND NAVY.
(From the United Service Gazette.)
THE GUARDS AND THE BREVET.—If any further
proof were wanting of the superiority of the good
fortune of the officers of the Guards over those of the
Line, we have it in the present Brevet. Ttie Guards
have the lion's share of promotion in the rank of full
colonel. For 21 lieutenant-colonels promoted out of
137 regiments of cavalry, infantry, and colohial
corps, no less than 10 lieutenant-colonels of the
brigade of Guards (of seven battalions) have, thanks
to their former rapid promotion, now attained the
rank of full colonel, without counting four more
offi _,=,rs now on half pay, but late of the Guards.
VACANT MILITARY COMMAND..—The appointment
of Commandant of the Royal Military Asylum,
Chelsea, is about to become vacant by the promotion
of C.,lonel Brown, who declined at the Brevet of
1846 resigning the appointment for promotion, but
which he is now induced to accept.
THE COMMAND AT CHATHAM.—It was, we believe,
Lb intention of the Horse Guards to have offered the
co,:nneand at Chatham to Colonel Sir John Campbell,
98;h Regiment; but on the representation of
L„rd Dalhousie he is to be retained in India, and kept
command of a district, notwithstanding the arrival
ftengal of Major-General Godwin.
ROYAL ARTILLERY STAFF.—Lieutenant. Colonel
e"ituer, Assistant Director General, at 230/. per
eiocutn, is to be Inspector of Artillery at 4001.; Lieu-
teoant-Colonel H.ardinge, brother to Lord Hardinge,
is to be Superintendent of the Royal Military Repo-
.7.: tory, at 2001. per annum, with a residence, vice
Campbell, promoted. Colonel Cruttenden, it is ru-
!floured, has been offered the command in Ireland, vice
Turner.

RECRUITING DISTRICTS.—i
gehOitranceid J. Taylor, late
on rne Staff at the Isle of w
olonel Graves,
formerly on the Staff of Dublin, are named as likely
oto succeed to be Inspecting Field first
named, it is supposed, will succeed to the the
London
District.
TROOPS FOR THE CAPE.—The Cabinet Council
lately held was to take into consideration the state of
affairs at the Cape of Good Hope, when it was re..
solved That two General Officers, with five regiments
and .4 competent Staff, should be sent out without
del7.y to that colony, but the final adjustment of it was
de't'erred.
LIEUTENANT-COLONEL ABBOT, 3D WEST INDIA
REGlMENT.—Lieutenant-Colonel Abbott has arrived
iin
England from Jamaica, via New York, and has sent
1
li'3unis papers to sell. Major Finlay is for purchase,
"ot We believe none of the Captains in the regiment.
Deputy asa GUARDS.—Captain Pack, 7th Fusiliers,
, Assistant Adjutant-General, is on leave of
absence. Mr. Ferguson, Assistant to the Military
Secret 4tY, Lord. Fitzroyf Somerset, will, we under-
stand, be unable, rom indisposition, to resume his
duties in the office
of
Colonel Sir John Wilson,the Commander-in • Chief.
C.B.
and
K EL,
has the
option to accept promotion,
chomsaHospital.
DUBLIN his appointment
as Adjutant of
DUBLIN STAFF.—Lie utore r
iitentiTolonel C. K. Scott,
A.,sistant Quartermaster-(4
Barracks
the Dublin Dis-
Ronala
y
Dis-
trict, has returned to the ,
71st Highland
from leave
ghland Light
of ahgence. Captain Robertson
i&sotry, Ist battalion, Assistant Deputy Quarter-
master-General of the Dublin District, has proceeded
on leave of absence. _ _

The following cavalry regiments, stationed in Ire-
land, are first on the roster for Great Britain, viz,,
7th
Queen's Hussars, 6th Dragoon Guards (Carabiniers),
ISt King's Dragoon Guards, sth Dragoon Guards,
4th Royal Irish Dragoon Guards.
Commander W. R. Smith (1851) died at the Lu-
natic Asylum, Haslar Hospital, on the 11th instant.
The flag-ship Southampton, 50, Captain Cory, ex-
pected from the Brazils by the end of next month,