The Sun.
London, England, 1860-02-02 00:00:00

THE ARMY.

The following officers from the Royal Military
College at Sandhurst, who have been appointed to
the corps of Royal Engineers, oined head-quarters,
Brompton Barracks, Chatham, yesterday, viz::—
Lieut. H. J. W. Gehle, Lieut. C. W. Whinfield,
Lieut. S. V. Smith, Lieut. A. L. Buckle, Lieut. P.
G. Tarbet, Lieut. W. H. Pattern, Lieut. W. H.
Collins, Lieut. J. H. Smith, Lieut. A. J. Hopper,
Licit. W. Masterson, Lieut. R. F. Morris, Lieut.
G. Harris, Lieut. L. J. G. Ferrier, Lieut. S. W.
Jenner, Lieut. A. C. Wallinger, Lieut. H. Robin-
son, Lieut. A. C. C. Mackenzie, and Lieut. E.
Harvey. The following Ensigns from the East
India Military College at Addiscombe also joined
the Royal Engineer establishment yesterday, for
the purpose of going through a course of instruc-
tion in sapping and mining and fortification, pre-
viously to proceeding to India to join the Indian
Engineers. During the time they are stationed at
Chatham they are to have the temporary rank of
lieutenants :—W. Shepherd, R. P. Tickell, B. 0.
SetOn, E. G. Clayton, E. D. 0- Twonilpy, S. C.
Glat'ke. C. A. M. Cl. Skinner, and J. D. Cruikshank.
The authorities at the War Department have
given directions for a new and commodious mess-
room, with the other requisite buildings, to be
erected at Brompton Barracks, Chatham, for the
use of the officers of the Royal and Indian Engi-
neers attached to the Royal Engineer establish-
ment, the present building being altogether inade-
quate for the requirements of that establishment.
The new mess-room will be a handsome building,
its length being 90 feet, and the width 35 feet.
There will also be coffee and other rooms and a
band gallery. The contract for the erection of the
new-buildings has been taken by Mr. Stump, of
Brompton. The new erections will involve an out-

lay of upwards of £5,000.
In pursuance of arrangements between the autho-
rities at the Horse Guards and the Admiralty the
36th Regiment, stationed in the Raglan Barracks,
Devonport, were exercised in embarkation and dis-
embarkation on Tuesday last. Headed by their
splendid band, they left their quarters in heavy
marching order at 1 o'clock, took boat at
Keyham Steam-yard,and went on board the 80-gun
ship Clarence, lying in ordinary off St John's Lake,
in Hamoaze. Here all the necessary arrangements
for proceeding to sea were executed. They then
left.the boats in two divisions for the point of at-
tack, Cremhill Beach, Mount Edgcumbe. A party
of seamen gunners from the Cambridge first jnmped
ashore on each flank,and, by skirmishing, protected.
the beach for the soldiers, who all landed in the
space of two minutes. They re-embarked in four
minutes, and formed a single line of boats, which
extended up and down the harbour towards Mount
Wise. On the call •)f the bugle to " disperse" they
immediately separated in four divisions, one of
which landed at Mount Wise, one at Mutton Cove,
the other two at the Royal William Victualling-.
yard and Stonehouse-steps. All the regiment was
back at their quarters, dismissed, and accoutre-
ments off before 4 o'clock, having been absent three
hours only from the barracks. The 36th was under
the immediate command of Col. Hort. Capt. Jer-
ningham, of the Cambridge, regulated the opera-
tions in the boats, and Capt. Stewart, C. 8., of the
flagship Impregnable, superintended the arrange-
ments on board the Clarence. The boats (23) were
supplied by the Impregnable, the Royal William,
the Cambridge, the Emerald, and other ships fit-
ting out. Being gathered without much notice, this
first experiment at Plymouth appears very credit-

able.
The examination of candidates by the Council of
Military Education for direct commissions com-
menced yesterday morning at the Royal Hospital,
Chelsea,before Major-Gen. Portlock and Col. El-
wyn. The examination yesterday was confined to
the medical examination of the candidates, about
100 in number. The examination extends over six
days, terminating on the 7th inst.
We regret to learn that Mr. Thomas Alexander,
Director-General of the Army Medical Department,
died at seven a.m. yesterday from gout in the
stomach, to the deep regret of a large circle of
friends. Mr. Alexander had seen much active ser-
vice in the army since 1850. He served with the
60th Rifles in the Kaffir War of 1851-53, and was
the principal medical officer of the expedition across
the Kei in 1851. He accompanied the first troops
of the Eastern army to Gallipoli as principal medi-
cal officer, and was in medical charge of the
Light Division of the Eastern Army from its first
taking the field throughout the campaign of 1854-
55, and was present at the affair of Bulganac, the
battles of the Alma and Inkerman, the capture of
II alaklave. and siege of Sebastopol, and sortie of 6th
of October.
prin-
cipal
medical The deceased gentleman was the
General Sir z) leer of the Kertch expedition, under
despatch GeorgeG Brown, G.C.B. In Lord Rag-
lan'smenti the
honourably battle of Inkerman he was
the exercise of hiseereaf " for his able exertions" in
Commission beinapao professional duties. On the Royal
sanitary condition
of
einted to inquire into the
selected as one of the commis" Mr.
Alexander was
signation of Dr. Andrew Zissi°laers. On the re-
in June, 1858, Mr. Alexandeth, as
dir etor-general,
Secretary of State for War Alexander selected by the
post:in the army. In recognition
that important
-with the army in the East, he :an, of his services
a Companion of the Order of the' Bath, and made
August last year was 'Lade an honorarAh, and in
her Majesty. His commission bore date)! as
surfgeon to
Assistant-Surgeon, Oct. 10, 1834 : brevet surgeon'
May 30, 18-15,; staff surgeon, nirch 3, 1351
;uartg, e)uotn,
inspector-general, Jan. 12, 1856 ; and director-
general and inspector of hospitals, June 22, 1858.

TUREATE/aD BLOWING OUT OF ALL THE SCOTCH.
F cr RNA CES. —The Scotch ironmasters held a meetingin Glas-
gow 9n Friday, and; id :opened by the conviction that the
preseut rate of colliers? iyags could not be advanced in the
Preseut state of the trade', and
the following resolution;
---"nat unless the colliere' and nziners of the Govan Works
atn onge return to work at the preso:t rate, the whole fur-,
"esaihrougheut Scotland shell be bit.,wn out immediately,
the Ppess of blowing out t meAco on Wednesday
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