The Sun.
London, England, 1860-02-23 00:00:00

THE ARMY.

The following changes of quarters will take place
in the division of Guards on the Ist of April next :
Grenadier Guards—The Ist battalion from Wel-
lington Barracks to the St. George's, Kensington,
and Magazine Barracks; 2d battalion, from Wind-
sor to Portman-street and St. John's-wood Bar-
racks. _

Coldstream Guards—let battalion, from Port-
man-street and St. John's-wood Barracks to Wel-
lington Barracks ; 2d battalion, from the Tower of
London to Windsor.

Scots Fusilier Guards-Ist battalion, from St.
George's, Kensington, and Magazine Barracks to
Wellington Barracks ; 2d battalion, from Welling-
ton Barracks to the Tower of London.

. _ .
The 3d battalion of the Grenadier Guards wi
remain in Dublin.

One hundred and fifty men selected from the
depot brigade of the Royal Artillery at Woolwich
were yesterday paraded and medically attested for
service at Gibraltar, Malta, and Corfu. Among
the provisions ;for the formation of the 15th and
16th brigades, it is stated that a number of bom-
bardiers on foreign stations will be ordered home
for promotion, and that their places will be sup-
plied by recruits from head-quarters.
The head-quarters (fourth and last) division,
consisting of one squadron, of the sth Royal Irish
Lancers, embarked at :the North•wall, Dublin, on
Monday, on board the Windsor freight ship, for
Liverpool, thence to march to Aldershott. The
following officers embarked with this division :
Lieut.-Col. Sullivan, commanding; Lieut. Murphy
and Cornet Vandeleur; Lieut. and Adjutant
Weaver, Paymaster Dyer, Surgeon Huish, Assist.-
Surgeon Atkinson, Quartermaster Griffiths, Rid-
ing-Master Rant, and Acting Veterinary-Surgeon
Mills. Major C. E. Hillier, of this regiment,
having been appointed by his Excellency the
Lord-Lieutenant an Assistant Inspector-General of
the Constabulary Force in Ireland, will soon retire
from the army.
In aecordapce with the recommendations of the
Sanitary Commissioners appointed to inspect and
report upon the barracks and military hospitals in
England, several improvements fur the health and
comfort of the troops at Chatham are ordered to be
adopted at that garrison, some of which are now
being carried into effect; the results up to the pre-
sent time being very satisfactory. Directions have
been given for the Deputy Inspector-General of
Hospitals, accompanied by officers belonging to the
several corps, to institute a close inspection of each
of the barracks once during every month, in order
that everything may be adopted to ensure the
health of the troops.

LIFEBOA 2' gERVICES.

FLEETWOOD, FEB. 20.

Yesterday morning, during a gale of wind and
heavy squalls, signals of distress were observed
from the schooner Catherine, of Newry, which was
riding heavily in the offing. The new lifeboat
recently sent here by the Royal National Lifeboat
Institution was immediately launched; but she was
instantly filled with the heavy sea that was running,
and thrown broadside on to the beach. Her crew,
headed by Capt. Wasey, R.N., were not, however,
to be baffled by this temporary discomfiture. As
quickly as possible the lifeboat was hauled on her
transporting carriage ; headed by the captain, the
crew jumped into the boat, and from the peculiar
construction of the carriage were launched with
oars in their hands far beyond the powers of the
breakers to beat them back this time. After an
hour's hard pull in the face of a heavy gale, and
the sea running between five and six miles an hour,
the wreck was reached, and three or four hands
were taken off the weather quarter. The master
was afterwards hauled on board the lifeboat by
means of a line, and all were subsequently landed
safely at Fleetwood amid the loud acclamations of
the numerous spectators on shore. The behavilur
of the lifeboat was very highly spoken eff on the
occasion. Within the past month this same valu-
able lifeboat, manned by Capt. Wasey, R.N., and
her cox wain, John Fox, has been instrumental in
saving eight persons from the wrecked vessels
Jane Roper, of Ulverstone, and the Ann Mitchell,
of Montrose.

AYR, FEB. 20.

We had a strong gale the whole of yesterday from
W. to N.W. The barque Niagara, of Shields, laden
with coals from Troon for Syria, was at half-past
one p.m. driven ashore about two miles to the north
of Ayr Harbour, where the coast is fiat and sandy,
and interspeised with rocks. She was seen from
the harbour, and, as the danger was great, the life-
boat belonging to the Royal National Lifeboat
Institution was immediately manned by 15 men
and launched, and proceeded to the wreck, which
was soon reached. They first brought the master off,
us he was hurt, and wanted medical aid. lie would
❑ot allow the men, however, to be brought away
at this time, but requested that they might remain
by the vessel to pump her, telling them that he
would send more men from Troon to assist them.
The gale, however, continued, and as the vessel was
striking heavily upon the rocks, and night ap-
proaching, the lifeboat returned to the vessel a
second time, and succeeded in bringing the whole
of the hands, numbering 14, safely on shore. This
morning the sea is making a clean breach over the
the ship, and she is full of water, and will, to all
appearance, become a total wreck. The men were

so far exhausted as to be unable to launch their own
boats, and they could not have survived the night,
so that their lives were saved by means of the new
lifeboat which the National Lifeboat Institution
Tecently sent here.