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

THE ARMY.

The following officers from the Royal Military
College at Sandhurst, who have been appointed to
the corps of Royal Engineers, joined head-quarters,
Brompton Barracks, Chatham, yesterday, viz: :
Lieut. H. J. W. Gehle, Lieut. C. W. Whinfield,
Lieut. S. V. Smith, Lieut. A. L. Buckle, Lieut. P.
G. Tarbet, Lieut. W. H. Pattern, Lieut. W. IL
Collins, Lieut. J. H. Smith, Lieut. A. J. Hepper,
Lieut. W. Masterson, Lieut. R. F. Morris, Lieut
G. Harris, Lieut. L. J. G. Ferrier, Lieut. S. W,
Jenner, Lieut. A. C. Wallinger, Lieut. H. Robin-
son, Lieut. A. C. C. Mackenzie, and Lieut. E.
Harvey. The following Ensigns from the East
India Military College at Addiscombe also joined
the Royal Engineer establishment yesterday, for
the purpose of going through a course of instruc-
tion in sapping and mining and fortification, pre-
viously to proceeding to India to join the Indian
Engineers. During the time they are stationed at
Chatham they are to have the temporary rank of
lieutenants :—W. Shepherd, R. P. Tickell, B. 0.
Seton, E. G. Clayton, E. D. 0. Twemley, S. C.
Clarke, C. A. M. G. Skinner, and J. D. Cruikshank.
The authorities at the War Department have
given directions for a new and commodious mess-
room, with the other requisite buildings, to be
erected at Brompton Barracks, Chatham, for the
use of the officers of the Royal and Indian Engi-
neers attached to the Royal Engineer establish-
ment, the present building being altogether inade-
quate for the requirements of that establishment.
The new mess-room will be a handsome building,
its length being 90 feet, and the width 35 feet.
There will also be coffee and other rooms and a
band gallery. The contract for the erection of the
new buildings has been taken by Mr. Stump, of
Brompton. The new erections will involve an out-
lay of upwards of £5,000.
In pursuance of arrangements between the autho-
rities at the Horse Guars and the Admiralty the
36th Regiment, stationed in the Raglan Barracks,
Devonport, were exercised in embarkation and dis-
embarkation on Tuesday last. Headed" ley their
splendid band, they left their quarters in heavy
marching order at 1 o'clock, took boat at
Keyham Steam-yard, and wenton board the 80-gun
ship Clarence, lying in ordinary off St John's Lake,
in Hamoaze. Here all the necessary arrangements
for proceeding to sea were executed. They then
left the boats in two divisions for the point of at-
tack, Cremhill Beach, Mount Edgcumbe. A party
of seamen gunners from the Cambridge first jamped
ashore on each flank, and, by skirmishing, protected
the beach for the soldiers, who all landed in the
space of two minutes. They re-embarked in four
minutes, and formed a single line of boats, which
extended up and down the harbour towards Mount
IVise. On the call of the bugle to " disperse" they
immediately separated in four divisions, one of
which landed at Mount Wise, one at Mutton Cove,
hthe iother two at the Royal William Victualling -
yard
P
yard and Stonehouse-steps. s. All the regiment was
hack at their quarters, dismissed, and accoutre-
ments off before 4 o'clock, having been absent three
hours only from the barracks. The 36th was under
the immediate command of ol. u
ningham, of the Cambridge, regulatedßrt. .Capt. Jer-
the opera-
tions in the boats, and Capt. Stewart, c, of the
flagship Impregnable, superintended the arrange-
meatson board the Clarence. The boats (23) were
supplied by the Impregnable, the Royal William,
the Cambridge, the Emerald, and other ships afit-
ting out. Being gathered without much notice, this
first experiment at Plymouth appears very credit-
able.
The examination of candidates by the Council of
Military Education for direct commissions corn.
menced yesterday morning at the Royal Hospital,
Chelsea, before Major-Gen. Portlock and Col. El
wyn. The examination yesterday was confined to
the medical examination of the candidates, about
100 in number. The examination extends over six
days, terminating on the ith inst.
We regret to learn that Mr. Thomas Alexander,
Director-General of the Army Medical Department,
died at seven a.m. yesterday from gout in the
stomach, to the deep regret of a large circle of
friends. Mr. Alexander had seen much active ser-
vice in the army since 1850. He served with the
60th Rides in the Kaffir War of 1851-53, and was
the principal medical officer of the expedition across
the Kei in 1851. He accompanied the first troops
of the Eastern army to Gallipoli as principal medi-
cal officer, and was in medical charge of the
Light Division of the Eastern Army from its first
taking the field throughout the campaign of 1854-
55, and was present at the affair of Bulganac, the
battles of the Alma and Inkerman, the capture of
Balaklava and siege of Sebastopol, and sortie of 6th
of October. The deceased gentleman was the prin-
cipal medical officer of the Kertch expedition, under
Generalan Sir George Brown, G.C.B. In Lord Rag-
! despatch of the battle of Inkerman he was
honourably mentioned " for his able exertions" in
the exercise ofb being
professional duties. On the Royal
Commission
eonditiong
sanitary appointed to inquire into the
selected as one of the of the army, Mr. Alexander was
signation of Dr. Andrew
commissioners. On the re-
in June, 1858, Nit% rew Smith, as dir ctor general,
Alexanderlv was selected by the
Secretary of State for to fill that important
post in the army. In ar
with the army in the recognition East, he
of his services
a Companion of the Order of was, in 1856, made
August last year was Lade alc:filthe Bath, and in
her Majesty. His commission boorneoarary surgeon to
Assistant-surgeon, Oct. 10, 1834 ; brevet
as follows:
May 30, 1845.; staff surgeon, .Nlarch 31e1x8-e3t4surgeon,
inspector-general, Jan. 12, 185.5;
and
director-
general general and inspector of hospitals, June 2,1 r eicBt

THREATENED BLOWING OUT OF ALL TIIE SuOTot
FURNAcEs.—The Scotch ironmasters held a meeting in Giale_
gow on Friday, and, impelled by the conviction that the
present rate of colliers' wages could not be advanced in the
present state of the trade, passed the following resolution:
—" That unless the colliers and miners of the Govan Works
at once return to work at the present rate, the whole fur-
naces throughout Scotland shall be blown out immediately,
the process of blowing out to commence on Wednesday
next."