The Sun.
London, England, 1860-01-14 00:00:00

THE ARMY.

His Rdyal Highness the General Commanding-
in-Chief will hold a levee at tho Horse Guards on
Monday, the 23d inst., at one' o'clock.
During the past few weeks recruiting for the
corps of Royal Engineers, which had for sometime
previously fallen off, has received a sudden impetus,
and a number of skilled and intelligent young men,
most of them having a knowledge of some mechani-
cal trade, have joined headquarters at Chatham, a
class of recruits very much wanted in that branch
of the service. Several of the discharged East India
troops who have recently arrived at Gravesend, have
also been enlisted and have arrived at Brompton-
barracks, many of them being good mechanics.
Yesterday morning the troops of the line belong-
ing to the Indian depots attached to the third bat-
talion of infantry at Chatham garrison were
marched from the hut barracks to the gun wharf,
,where they were exercised some time in embarking
and disembarking from the Tyne, one of the vessels
of war stationed in Chatham harbour which has
been placed at the disposal of the military authori-
ties by the Admiralty. The troops, who were exer-
cised on this occasion without their rifles and knap-
sacks, were all embarked and disembarked in a re-
markably short period, the former practice of the
officers and men in this part of their military duties
having proved of the highest advantage to them.
A large party of Indian engineers from the depot
at Warley have airived at the Royal Engineer esta-
blishment, Chatham, in order to go through a
course of instruction in surveying, fortification, sap-
ping and mining, and other engineering operations
with the Royal
dia. The number of Indian Engineers now at head-
quarters, Brompton Barracks, including officers, is
250, the whole of whom are kept from all other kinds
Of military duty in order that they may devote their
whole time to the study of engineering operations,
with the view to their being despatched as early as
possible to India, the demand for men belonging to
that branch of the service being now so great t hat
they can scarcely be trained -fast enough at Cha-
tham. •,„
During the last few days the-tUdi,in depots sta-
tioned in Colchester Camp have been tionsiderably
strengthened by the arrival of several l'irge bodies
of recruits. They have been enlisted chiefiyin the
midland counties and manufacturing districts, and
are a sturdy body of young men, the favourite de-
pots in which they are enrolled being the sth nisi-
leers and the 6th Regiment, which are now the
strongest in camp. Several of the men who claimed
their discharge in India on the transfer of power
from the East India Company to the British Govern-
ment, and who returned home a few weeks since,
have re-enlisted-and joined the several infantry de-
pots, increasing the aggregate force to nearly 3,000
men.

The examination of candidates by the Vice-Pre-
sident and members of the Council of Military Edu-
cation for admission to the Royal Indian Military
College, Addiscombe, commences on Monday next
at the Royal Hospital, Chelsea, and terminates on
the 27th inst.

The staff-sergeants and sergeants of the Royal
Marines gave their annual ball on Tuesday, the
10th inst., in the Shipgun Drill Battery, a room
built after the fashion of the quarter-deck of a man-
of-war, and which is situate at the rear of the Royal
Marine Barracks, Woolwich. The entertainment
was attended by the entire available portion of the•
corps in garrison, as well as numbers of the Royal
Artillery, the Military Train, Royal Engineers,
Royal London Militia, &e. Col. Stransham, com-
manding the division, accompanied by his family,
as well as Capt. Clavell, instructor of gun drill, and
his family, and several other officers of the Royal
Marines were present. The Commandant danced
with the wife of one of the staff sergeants, and re-
mained some considerable time, and took particular
interest in the festival. On his retiring from the
room he was vociferously cheered by every one pre-
sent. There were abut 300 persons in the room,
and the evening was passed in the most agreeable
manner.

The manufacture of Sir William Armstrong's
rifled cannon at Woolwich continues with undi-
minished success. On Tuesday a batch of 10 9-
pounders was fired at the proof-butt in the Royal
Arsenal, with perfect satisfaction ; the like number
on Thursday with the same result, and a similar
number will be proved next week, the whole of i
which are n.o leis of scientific workmansl );

TIIE LATE SUICIDE OF A NAVAL OFFICER.--,
Last night, Mr. John Humphreys, the coroner, hold an
inquest at the North Briton public•house, Bedford-street,
Stepney, respectLig the death of Captain Goodby, aged
seventy years, who committed suicide at No. 1, Henry-
street, Mile-end Old Town, under very frightful circum-
stances. It appeared that the deceased was of independent
property, and laboured under various delusions. He was
frequently incoherent in his conversation, and imagined that
his wife was going to place him under sore restraint. He
left his residence on Monday afternoon let at Kent-place,
New-Cress, Deptford, and was to have taken tea with several
old acquaintances at Greenwich Hospital, but instead. of re-
turning he went to the house before-named and asked for
writing-paper, &c. lie retired to an upper room formerly,
occupied .
by him, where he had left some household furni-
ture, and subsequently he was discovered in a sitting position
in an arm chair with a pistol in his right hand. The weapon
had been recently discharged in the deceased's mouth, and
blood was issuing copiously on the floor. He was quite
adreceeeal esedon,tgaiwnii.
dead, and had shot himself through the head. Death was
instantaneous from a wound in the head. The deceased
was in good circumstances, and on the table where the tle •
was
a "'al:dila:Pm
watch and other articles, together with a letter addressedg
ceased was sitting
fnee h
to his wife. The Coroner asked for the parcel, but th
con-
stable said it had been deliver
t
contained nothing of imprtance. The coroner
opinion that the parcel should bave been left for the was
of
perusal
of the jury in such a serious case, as the
en-
tirely Lrest upon its production. Mr. result might
Montague -
Sturges,
surgeon, of Sydney-square, Mile end, stated that the de-
ceased had died from a pistol shot
laceration of the brain. The bullet was found in a book
case behind where the deceased had been sitting. The jury
returned a verdict of temporary insanity.
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