The Sun.
London, England, 1860-08-22 00:00:00

THE ARMY.

The military invalids and other troops brought
home from India in the Earl of Balcarras, 1,400
tons, Capt. Morris, whose arrival at Gravesend has
already been reported in The Sun, were landed at
Custom-house-quay yesterday morning, under the
direction of the Staff officers appointed to super-
intend the disembarkation of troops arriving from
India. The Earl of Balcarras took her troops on
board at Bombay on the 15th of April last, and
sailed on the 18th of the same month, reaching St.
Helena on the sth of July, and sailing thence three
days after; the entire passage to the Thames
occupying 123 days, including detentions.
A draught from the Ist battalion of the sth
Fusileers, from the camp at Colchester, embarked
on Monday for India. The draught comprised
Brevet-Major Arthur Scott, Lieut. G. A. Shegog,
Ensign W. C. Ormond, and 203 rank and file.
We regret to announce the death of Col. Arthur
John Reynell-Pack, C. 8., which took place on the
17th inst. at Cork, after a few hours' illness, at the
early age of 43. The deceased officer served in the
Eastern campaign from February, 1855, and was
present at the siege of Sebastopol with the 7th
Fusileers, and was severely wounded when com-
manding that regiment at the assault of the Redant
on the 18th of June, for which he received the medal
and clasp, was created a C. 8., Knight of the Legion
of Honour, and sth class of the Medjidie. His com-
missions bore date as follows :—Ensign, Aug. 9,
1833 ; lieut., May 5, 1837 ; captain, June 23, 1843 ;
major, June 20, 1854; lieut.-colonel, June 19, 1855 ;
and colonel, Aug. 16, 1858. He was the eldest sou
of the late Major-Gen. Sir Denis Pack, K.C:I3-,
and at the time of his death held the post of Assi4--.
Quartermaster-General of the South-Western Dis-
trict of Ireland.

to light the
THE RED SEA TELEGRAM—Further
mple re
cations from experienced sources tend to
Con-
viction that means should be taken to bring
Two corres
entire history of tho Red Sea Telegrapb-. a_ pon-
awed oy documents
dents have furnished details, accompt
fleesct tai'l- 'el? ; communi-
cations
tUtnohsies
the contents of which would be likely incr
e_a_
tease the indis-
position of the public to accept Mr. G.l ds one's sugges-
tion
•ni themselves to th • l
of the sea—nobody knows exactly
that they should re.su,the
si
of a million of a money, wlth
admitted that it will be the duty of
event is nothing but an accident which " has happened to
a wire at tho bottom
that
_the company the Goverment to see enforce any where." It has been
reme-
dies they may pea_nss against the contractors, and great
advantage may. ''''t to tne public service if it should in
consequence be found necessary to bring the affair into the
where all the fa
law courts, facts can be impartially extracted.
Parliamentary or other committees are of little use in mat-
ters of this kind, since a committee can generally be led
away from the true points which require investigation.
The Galway inquiry,
perhaps, from its political bearings,
seemed to form an ea.ception ; but the fact that there was
no disposition toward an equally searching process on the
Telegraph question has been demonstrated from the report
on the subject, and the limitation of witnesses. The pub-
lication of the correspondence now received would merely
lead to a lengthened controversy, in which victory might
fall to the side most prepared for hardihood of assertion.
Moreover, in its present stage the matter is solely for Go-
vernment action. A million of money has been lost under
their superintendence, and all that the public ask is a pre-
cise account. Waiving Mr. Gladstone's attempt to pass the
matter off lightly, there is no reason to assume that they
will refuse to afford it. Meanwhile, as regards the future
interests of telegraphic science, it would be satisfactory to
the profession if they could be informed of the special quali-
fications the Government exact from those to whom they
defer for engineering guidance in these matters. This
information can easily be furnished. It is thought that
they havein their archives a report ou an engineering pro-
ject that resulted di iastronsly ten years ago, which may
assist them on tho point. That report was never published,
but unless it has shared the fate of some of the Treasury
contract records, and " cannot be found," its production at
this moment will prove opportune,--Tinsel.