The Sun.
London, England, 1860-09-29 00:00:00

THE ARMY.

The guard of honour on the occasion of her Ma-
jesty's embarking at Gravesend, for Coburg, was
furnished by 100 men of the Chatham division of
ItOyal Marines, with the bands and colours, under
the command of Capt. Nepean.
The range of buildings which have been in pro-
gress for several months past at Fort Pitt, Chatham,
to be used for the purposes of an army medical
school, which the Government has resolved upon
establishing at that garrison, are now completed,
and arrangements have been made for opening the
school on Tuesday next, Oct. 2. The buildings
occupy the centre of the open space near the luna-
tic hospital. They include a spacious room for a
laboratory, fitted up with furnaces and other ap-
pliances, lecture and operation rooms, and micro-
scopic rooms, together with ante-rooms and apart-
ments for the several professors. In addition to
the medical officers now at Fort Pitt, 35 medical
candidates are ordered to join at head-quarters on
Monday next to undergo a course of study under
the several professors, preparatory to being ap-
pointed to commissions in the medical department
of the army after competitive examinations. The
following gentlemen have been appointed to chairs
in the new medical school :—Deputy Inspector-Gen.
T. Longmore, clinical and military surgery ; Dr. E.
A. Parkes, hygiene ; and Dr. W. Aitkin, pathology.
The non-commissioned officers of the Ist batta-
lion at Chatham have presented Sergeant Major
J. Ford with a massive silver goblet, as a mark of
their respect and esteem, on the occasion of his re-
tiring from the service. Sergeant Major Ford is
decorated With the medal for long and distinguished
service, which was awarded him by the Duke of
Cambridge.

Major-General Hay, Commandant and Inspector-
General of the School of Musketry, accompanied by
Deputy-Assistant Adjutant-General Capt. M‘Kay,
has just paid his official visit to the camp at Col-
chester, for the purpose of examining the respective
returns of the rifle instructors of the depot batta-
lions. The gallant offilers arrived on Wednesday,
and have since been engaged in their work of in-
spection, which was expected to conclude yes-
terday.
Sergeant Major Purnell, 54th Regiment, who
has been acting in that capacity at Landguard
Fort since his return from► India, has been
promoted to an ensigncy of that corps, for
nearly 20 years' active service at home and
abroad, for which he has received several decora-
tions. He was acting regimental sergeant-major
on board the Sarah Sands -when that unfortunate
vessel was destroyed by fire, and very honourable
mention was made of his conduct in the report for-
warded to Government of that disastrous occur-

case ; for it would be impossible for an invading
army, however numerous, to exist in the face of our
volunteer riflemen, supported as they would be by
an armed population.
Measures are being taken to secure our dockyards
on the land sides, which is quite right ; but the
' seaward faces, which are by far the most important,
are at present almost entirely undefended in the
absence of the fleets.

WILLS AND BEQUEST&

The Right Hon. Lady Mary Pelham—The will
of this lady was proved in London, on the 19th of
September, by her brother, the Lord Bishop of
Norwich, in conjunction with her sister, Lady Hen-
rietta Pelham, the executors, who administered to
the personalty under £lO,OOO. Her ladyship, being
unmarried, has disposed of this property chiefly
amongst her brothers, sisters, and nephews,
appointing her brothers, the Earl of Chi-
chester and the Bishop of Norwich trus-
tees over a sum of £2,000 which she has be-
queathed to her sister, Lad
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C. 8., she has left a legacy of£3,soOL,uncoy mpielahtainnmg,
her sisters, Lady Henrietta and Lady
residuary legatees. The will contains the following
charitable bequests' :—To the Church Missionary
Society and Bible Society, £lOO each; and to the
City Mission and Ragged School Union, £5O each.
Abraham George Roberts, Esq., banker, Lom-
bard.street—The will of this gentleman, who died
on the 6th of Sept., has just been proved, The per-
sonalty was sworn under £200,000 by the executors,
Abraham John Robarts, Esq., his son, and Henry
Christopher Robarts, the brother of the deceased.
He has left his real estates to his eldest son,
who also takes the residue of the personalty.
To his widow he has left interest in his house in
Chesham-place, together with an annuity of £2,000,
and the furniture. To his younger- sons and
daughters he has left to each a liberal provision,
and to his brother, the executor, a legacy is also
bequeathed, as well as to other branches of his
family, and some personal friends. We must not
omit to mention that he has left to each of the clerks
in the banking establishment the sum of £lO for
mourning.
H. W. Tancred. Esq. Q.C., M.P. for Banbury.
The will of Henry William Tancred, Esq., for-
merly of 105, Pall-mall, but who was late of Mar-
gate, where he died on the 20th of August last,
aged 80, bears the date of 6th of January, 1849, to
which he has added four codicils. This gentleman
has left personal property amounting to £35,000.
The executors are Alexander Brodie, Esq. ; John
Farquhar Fraser, Esq. ; and the Rev. William
Tancred, the testator's nephew. Probate was
graiated by the London Court on the 18th of Sept.
After making a few bequests he directs his
property, real and personal, to be divided into four
parts, leaving an equal part to each of his three
nephews—Sir Thomas Tancred, Bart., Henry and
William Tancred—and a like share to his niece
Susan, wife of the Rev. T. C. Whitehead, M.A.
There is a bequest of £l,OOO to John Munton, Esq.,
of Banbury, for his uniform kindness to the testator
during his connection with that borough, which he
had represented in Parliament for 25 years. He
has also left to his attendant Lovelass a legacy of
£2,000 for himself and wife.—lllustrated London
News.