The Sun.
London, England, 1860-04-14 00:00:00

THE ARMY.

His Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge,
with General Sir Richard Airey,;General Mansell,
General Crawford, Col. Bingham, Col. Charteris,
and Major Barnard, arrived at Dover on Thursday,
after inspecting the troops at Walmer, &c. His
Royal Highness and suite dined and slept at, the
Royal Ship Hotel, and yesterday morning com-
menced an inspection at the Castle, Western
Heights, &c. The weather was not favourable.
His Royal Highness would remain at Dover also last
night, and was to entertain a select party at dinner.
Their Royal Highnesses the Dukes d'Aumale and
de Montpensier, accompanied by the Count Villa-
manrique, and a superior officer of the Spanish army,
went down to Woolwich on Thursday, for the spe-
cial purpose of inspecting Sir William Armstrong's
rifled ordnance factory. The illustrious strangers
entered the Royal Arsenal at 10 o'clock, in a car-
riage and four, and were received by Col. Tulloch,
Royal carriage department; Mr. Anderson, Royal
gun [factories ; Captain Boxer, Royal laboratory
Capt. Gordon, principal military storekeeper; and
the officials of the establishment generally. A spe-
cial order of admission had been transmitted to the
heads of departments for their information, in the
name of Count Villamanrique and three friends.
Having inspected the entire establishment of the
Arsenal, which occupied five hours, including a pro-
longed visit to the gun factory, they accompanied
Colonel Tulloch to his official quarters, and partook
of luncheon, and left the Arsenal at 4 o'clock on
their return to London.

Major-General Bloomfield, Inspector-General of
Artillery, and his aide-de-camp, Major. Teesdale,
C. 8., are expected to visit the Channel Islands,
next week.

Surg.-Major T. P. Matthew, attached to the
Staff at the head-quarters of the Medical Depart-
ment, Chatham, has received orders to proceed to
Yarmouth to do duty at the "juvalid establishment
formed at that station.

Capt. F. W. J. Dugmore, Bth Foot, has joined
the Ist battalion of the depot of that regiment at
Chatham.

An order has been issued from the Horse Guards
to all corps at home and abroad, directing them to
state in their monthly returns forwarded to the
Adjutant-General any requisitions for arms, ac-
coutrements, ammunition, clothing, and necessaries,
which had not been complied with.
The troops who arrived at Chatham on Thursday
afternoon from India, having disembarked at
Gravesend front the hired East India troop ship
South, Commander Robertson, were paraded yes-
terday morning for inspection at St. Mary's bar-
racks by Lieut.-Col. J. F. Teisser. The number of
men who disembarked at Gravesend was upwards
of 300 of all ranks, belonging to the 7th (Princess
Royal's) Dragoon Guards, 7th Royal Fusiliers,
24th, 46th, 51st, and 52d (Light Infantry), 74th,
70th, 79th (Highlanders), 81st, 87th (Royal Irish
Fusiliers), and 95th Regiments. The following
officers arrived in charge of the troops :—Capt.
Drummond, sth European Light Cavalry ; Capt.
Johnstone, her Majesty's 24th Regiment; Lieute-
nants Shepherd and Sitwell, sth European Light
Cavalry ; Lieut. Boswell, 69th Bengal Native In-
fantry ; Cornet Redman, 7th Dragoon Guards; and
Dr. Macdonald. A party of nearly 200 non-com-
missioned officers, formerly in the service of the
East India Company, arrived in the same ship to be
discharged. Most of her Majesty's troops are men
whose term of service has expired, and there are
scarcely any invalids among them. The South
sailed from Kurrachee on the 23d of December last,
and was 110 days on the passage to the Thames.
The following changes, &c., in the Royal Artil-
lery have been announced in general regimental
orders :—Col. D'Aguilar, from Dover to the Horse
Brigade at Ipswich ; Lieut.-Col. Brandling, C. 8.,
from Norwich to the 2d brigade at Dover; Capt.
W. B. Saunders has removed from Plymouth to
Norwich ; Capt. Addington is to remove from Cal-
cutta to Plymouth. Lieut. G. A. Crawford, of the
6th brigade, has been appointed to the Gentleman
Cadet Company, vice Hamwell, promoted ; Se-
cond Capt. Betty is posted to the Bth brigade, vice
Gore; and Second Capt. Holdsworth, to the 14th
brigade, vice A. C. Johnson. The undermentioned
officers are raised to " increase pay :"—Lieuts. 11.
F. Phillpotts, 4th brigade, vice Still ; H. M. Bur-
gess, 3d brigade, vice Hanwell ; 1). H. Jago, Bth
brigade, vice Betty ; and A. W. Montgotnerie, 2d
brigade, vice Holdsworth. The following removal
of officers is announced : Capt. Hill, from Dublin
to Gibraltar ; Capt. Campbell, from Madras to
Plymouth ; Second Capt. Gore, from Aldershott to
Dublin ; Second Capt. A. C. Johnson, from Bengal
to Madras ; Second Capt. Still, from Dover to
Gibraltar; Second Capt. Betty, from Malta to
Aldershott ; Second Capt. Holdsworth, from Wool-
wich to Bengal ; and Lieut. G. A. Crawford, from
Corfu to Woolwich. Lieut.-Col. J. M. Adye, C.B ,
has been transferred from the 11th brigade to the
13th ; and Lieut.-Col. C. W. Younghusband from
the latter to the former. The following exchanges
have been sanctioned between Second Capt. L. B.
Brabazon, of the 4th brigade, and Second Capt. J.
T. Brown, of the 2d brigade ; between Second Capt.
and Brevet-Major 11. L. Talbot, of the Bth brigade,
and Steond Capt. C. L. Tredereft, of the 3d bl
gade ; and also between Second Capt. J. D. G.
Higgon, of the 13th brigade, and Second Capt. A.
L. Kaye, of the Bth brigade. The Rev. M. R. Scott
and the Rev. W. M. Wright have been removed
from the Royal Artillery to the Chaplains' depatt-
ment of the army, the former as chaplain of the 2d
class, and the latter as chaplain of the 3d class.
The following transfers have been ordered :—Lieut.
W. M. Glasgow, from No. 6 battery, 3d brigade ;
and Lieut. G. R. Salmon, from No. 3 battery,l
10th brigade, to No. 8 battery, 11th brigade ; andt
are to proceed to India on the 20th inst.; Lieut.'
W. Newman, from No. 8 battery, 11th brigade, tot