The Sun.
London, England, 1860-06-04 00:00:00

TILE ARMY.

We regret to have to announce the death of a
distinguished veteran of the Indian army. General
Sir David Leighton, K.C.8., the senior on the
Bombay establishment, expired at his residence,
Brafford-house, near Cheltenham, on the Ist inst.,
in his 88th year. Sir D. Leighton entered the ser-
vice of the late Hon. East India Company in 1795,
and served in the Mysore campaign of 1799, and
was present at the siege and capture of Seringapa-
tam. He accompanied the force under the late
Duke of Wellington (then Col. Arthur Wellesley)
in the operations against the Mahratta freebooter,
Dondia Waugh, in 1800, and took part in the
storming of the forts of Dummul, Rollebad, and
Syrhingy. He served in Malabar during the re-
bellion in that province, in 1803, and in 1815 corn-
manded a brigade in the Deccan field force. He
took part in the expedition under Sir Lionel
Smith to Arabia, in 1821, which resulted in the
subjugation of the Arab tribe of Beni 800 Ali.
He held for many years the office of Adjutant-
General to the Bombay Army, and the firmness,
regularity, and impartiality which characterised
his administration gave general satisfaction, and
gained for him the esteem and respect of all those
with whom he was brought in contact.
The whole of the troops who are under orders to
proceed to India curing the present and the fol-
lowing month are to be supplied with cholera belts
previously to embarkation.

The 55th (Westmoreland) Regiment, consisting
of 35 officers, 834 men, 76 soldiers' wives, and 104
soldiers' children, with five horses, have embarked
at Dublin on board the Foyle and Iberia steamers,
for Portsmouth, where they will disembark and
proceed for Farnborough, en route for Aldershott

VOL Et TEER FIELD-D,ll' IN
11YDR-PAR.K.

It is somewhat unfortunate that the volunteer
movement, though especially of a defensive cha-
racter, should from its outset have had to struggle
with the opposition of an implacable foe. With
more than ordinary pertinacity, the weather for
months past has exhibited itself under a disagree-
able aspect, and has literally done its best " to
throw cold water" upon rifle corps wherever they
were found. Even now, when the near advent of
Midsummer day might naturally augur a more
genial mood, a fiercer storm of wind and rain has
not often Nen felt through Hyde Park on Satur-
d,iy list, when it had been announced that a bri-
gade field-day of nearly 3,000 riflemen, under com-
mand of Lord Ranelagh, would take place. Fortu-
nately, the perseverance, or stubbornness—Napo-
leon said it was the ignorance—of Englishmen is
such that they will not acknowledge a defeat ;
against all the volunteer movement has achieved
a success, and in accordance with the same un-
flinching spirit, the field-day having been speed
upon, was held on Saturday, under torrents of
rain, which might well have justified a postpone-
ment. The different corps arrived upon the
ground shortly before six o'clock ; from the pre-
valence of over-coats in particular battalions there
at first some difficulty in recognising the
different uniforms, but the following regi-
ments were represented in greater or less num-
bers :—TheQueen's Volunteer Engineers, South
Middlesex,
liMiddlesex, nu.n geate, North Middlesex. West
Men's College. of
the ,Hampstead, and Working
variousth corps the Queen's
was in the greatest strength, upwards of 500 mem-
bers being present ; white that which attracted most
attention by its brilliant uniform and
whichsteady march-
ing was the corps of Engineer at a short
distance might have been mistaken
fora battalion
of the Guards. The evolutions were chiefly con-
fined to marching past, wheeling into line, l.n
tak-
ing ground at particular distances, as ithe, and e
state of
the weather rendered it extremely
desirablel that
the proceedings should not be unduly
but the alacrity and good humour wiihprowhioenhgedh
('
;
several manoeuvres were executed were deserving
of the highest praise. Two excellent bands dig
much to mitigate the sense of damp discomfort to
-which spectators and volunteers were alike ex_
pone el and the review was watched with interest by
the occupants of a number of carriages. Lords Rad-
stock, Ranelagh, and Earl Spencer were among the
commanding officers present, and the force under
arms vrAs estimated at between ,
1 500 and 2,000 men.