The Sun.
London, England, 1860-06-11 00:00:00

THE ARMY.

The draught of the 44th Regiment, under orders
for China, and consisting of two officers and 90 men,
will leave the camp at Colchester in'afew days,
It is expected that Col. Wood, commandant of the
troops in the Colchester camp, will shortly be pro-
moted to the rank of Major-Wneral.
The Inspector-General of Fortifications is ex-
pected at Great Yarmouth shortly on .an official
visit. A letter from the War-office states that the
proposed batteries at Pakefield, near Lowestoft,
will probably not, be proceeded with at present.
The, 10th and 15th brigades, Goast Brigade of
Royal Artillery, stationed at Portsmouth and Gos-
port, will be officially inspected to-day and to-
morro-w by Major-Gen. Bloomfield, R.A.
The Portsmouth division of Royal Marine Light
Infantry and Artillery will be officially inspected
•to-morrow and Wednesday by the Adjt.-General,
Major-Gem S. R. Wesley.
The Hon, Artillery Company will be inspected by
their Capt.-Gen. and Colonel, his. Royal Highness
the Prince Consort,' on the 22d of June inst.
Orders have been received at the Royal Engineer
Establishment, Chatham, for Capt. J. E. Comes to
proceed from head-quarters to Aldershott Camp, to
take the command of the 35th Company of Royal
Engineers; and Lieut. S. H. Wilson, Plymouth, to
serve with the Royal Engineers at that station.
The military invalids who arrived at Gravesend
from India. on Friday, in the East India troopship
King Philip, 1,350 tons, Capt. Carey, were landed
at Castomhouse-quay on Saturday morning, and
forwarded the same day to Fort Pitt Hospital,
Chatham, for medical inspection. The King Philip
embarked 243 invalid troops at Calcutta, on the
20th of February, and sailed the following day,
touching at the Cape of Good• Hope on the 21st of
April, to embark passengers, and sailing on the
28th of the same month, St. Helena being sighted
on the Bth ult. The passage to the Thames occu-
pied 107 days. The sick and wounded troops belong
to the following corps :—viz, 6th Dragoon Guards
(Carabineers), 17th Lancers, Royal Artillery, Royal
Engineers, Ist battalion :3d Buffs, Ist battalion
13th (Prince Albert's) Light Infantry, Ist batta-
lion 20th, Ist battalion 23d (Royal Welsh Fusiliers)
34th,__ 35th, 38th, 54th, 61st 71st (Highland
Light Infantry), 73d, 75th, 87th (Royal Irish
Fusiliers), 88th (Connaught Rangers), 90th (Light
Infantry), 2
9 d (Highlanders), 93d (Highlanders),
and 97th (Earl of U.ste '
and 2d battalions Regiments, and the Ist
Rifle Brigade. The officers
who arrived in charge of troops were Capt. D.
Macpherson, 417. d. HighlanderL'
6th Regiment ; :Lieut. C. J.
H. iioNNeutd. W. Smith,
High-
landers; Ensigm S. G. M'Dakin,
42d Highlanders;
Assistant-Surge Assistant-Surgeon T. M. O'Brien, 13th
Light
In-
fantry; and A: iSistaut-Surgeon T. gylvV.C., 23d Fusiliers. During the passageeter,
s
eight deaths of x.,urred on board, including Lieut.
Dawes, 37th M hdras Native Infantry, who was re-
turning to Eng) land on sick leave, two men of the
13th Light In' Pantry, one of the 34th, one of the
37th, one of th 75th, one of the 38th, and one of
the Rifle Briga fie. Most of the invalid troops have
served in India-, during the whole of the mutiny