The Sun.
London, England, 1860-06-11 00:00:00

TILE ARMY.

The draught of the 44th Regiment, under orders
for China, and consisting of two officers and 90 men,
will leave the camp at Colchester in a few days,
It is expected that Col. Wood, commandant of the
troops in the Colchester camp, will shortly be pro-
'noted to the rank of Major-General. ,
The Inspector-General of Fortifications is ex!.
pected at Great Yarmouth shortly on an official
visit. A letter front the War-office states that the
proposed batteries at. Pak'efield, near Lowestoft,
will probably not be proceeded with at present.
The 10th and 15th brigades, Goast Brigade of
Royal Artillery, stationed at Portsmouth and Gos-
port, will be officially, inspected to-day and to-
morrow by Major-Gen. Bloomfield, R.A.
The Portsmouth division of Royal Marine Light
Infantry and Artillery will be officially inspected
to-Morrow and Wednesday by the Adjt.-General,
Major-Gen. S. R. Wesley.
The Hon. Artillery Company will be inspected by
their Capt.-Gen. and Colonel, his Royal Highness
the Prince Consort, on the 22d of June inst.
Orders have been received at the Royal. Engineer
Establiahment, Chatham, for Capt. J. E: Comes to
proceed from head-qua.rters to Aldershott Camp, to
take the command of the 35th Company of Royal
Engineers; and Lieut. J. H. Wilson, Plymouth, to
serve with the Royal Engineers at that station.
The military' invalids who arrived at Gravesend
from India on Friday, in the East India troopship
King Philip, 1,350 tons, Capt. Carey, were landed
at Customhouse-quay on Saturday morning, and
forwarded the same day to Fort Pitt Hospital,
Chatham, for medical inspection. The King Philip
embarked 243 invalid troops at Calcutta, on the
20th of February, and sailed the following day,
touching at the Cape of Good Hope on the 21st of
April, to embark passengers, and sailing on the
28th of the same month, St. Helena being sighted
on the Bth Ult. The passage to the Thames occu-
pied 107 days. The sick and wounded troops belong
to the following corps :—viz, 6th Dragoon Guards
Engineers,
17th Lancers, Royal Artillery, Royal
Engineers, Ist battalion ".3d Buffs, Ist battalion
rl3th (Prince Albert's) Light Infantry, Ist batta-
lotu 20th, Ist battalion 23d (Royal Welsh Fusiliers)
h 85th, 38th, 54th, 61st 71st (Highland
light
Infantry), 73d, 75th, 87th (Royal Irish
--'7"BilierB), 88th (Connaught Rangers), 90th (Light
I rfantry ) , 92d (Highlanders), 93d (Highlanders),
and 97th (Earl of 15' ster's) Regiments, and the Ist
and 2d battalions Rifle Brigade.
ofThe officers
who arrived in char ;e of the t
Macpherson, 42d Highlanders;
oclpiisenwteilevCapt. D.
Gth Regiment ; Lieut. C. S. H. Howard, 71stSlim'ithh:
High-
landers; Ensign S. G. M‘Dakin, 42d Higl I dig
Assistant-Surgeon T. M. O'Brien, 13th Lligahri ers;
In-
fantry; and As.,istant-Surgeon H T. etsM.D., V.C„, 23t1 Fusiliers. During the'''. plvasstaegr,
eight deaths occurred on board, including Lieut.
Dawes, 37th Madras Native Infantry, who was re-
turning to England on. sick leave, two men of the
13th Light Infantry, one of the 34th, one of the
37th, one of the 75th, one of the 38th; and one of
the Rifle Brigade. Most of the invalid troopah'ave
served in India during the whole of the mutiny