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, I,4°'
tons, Capt. Morris, whose arrival at Gravesend hue
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 fro
India. The Earl of Balcarras took her troops oil
board at Bombay on the 15th of April last, Oa
sailed on the 18th of the same month, reaching St'
Helena on the sth •f 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 stll
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 We!
present at the siege of Sebastopol with the 7tl)
Fusileers, and was severely wounded when coax
manding that regiment at the assault of the Red
on the 18th of June, for which he received the med'
and clasp, was created a C. 8., Knight of the Legion
of Honour, and sth class of the Medjidie. His cony
missions bore date as follows :—Ensign, Aug. 9s
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 soil
of the late Major-Gen. Sir Denis Pack, K.C.8.,
and at the time of his death held the post of Assist:
Quartermaster-General of the South-Western Dis-
trict of Ireland.

ru.—Further communi'
THE RED SEA TELEGItA
cations from experienced sources tend to establish a con'
viction that means should be taken to bring to light the
ns?a. Telegraph.
Two correspon'
dentse t entire e
have historyf o f the Red
u r
n ishe
dd
details, accompanied by documents
comp
the contents of which would be likely to increase the indir
position of the public .
to accept Mr. Gladstone's suggeS'
tion that they should themselves to their los.
money,
of a million of a with the simple reflection that the
event is nothing but an accident which " has happened t),
a wire at the bottom of the sea—nobody knows exactui
where." It has been admitted that it will be the duty
the Goverment to see that the company enforce any role;
dies they may possess against the contractors, and gre•.
advantage may result to the public service if 'it should
consequence be found necessary to bring the affair into the
law courts, where all the facts can be impartially extracted
Parliamentary or other committees aro of little use in mat-
ters of this kind, since a committee can generally be le.
away from the true points which require investigation'
The Galway inquiry, perhaps, from its political bearingt
seemed to form au exception ; but the fact that there Wa'
no disposition toward an equally searching process on t 9
Telegraph question has been demonstrated from the rePetr,.,
on the subject, and the limitation of witnesses. The pub
,
lication of the correspondence now received would ineraq
lead to a lengthened controversy, in which victory inigh
fall to the side most prepared fur hardihood of assertion'
Moreover, in its present stage the matter is solely for Go
vernment action. A million of money has been lost undor
their superintendence, and all that the public ask is a pre_
_
else 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, ss regards the future
interests of telegraphic science, it would bo satisfactory t"
the profession if they could bo informed of the special quail,
fications the Government exact from those to whom theo
1
defer for engineering guidance in these matters. Till,
information can easily be furnished. It is thought that
they havein their archives a report on an engineering pr°,
jeer that resulted dilastrously ten years ago, which we;
assist them on the 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 to
this moment will prove opportune,—Tiines.