The Sun.
London, England, 1860-04-23 00:00:00

THE ARMY.

The new brigade to the Royal Artillery, to be
styled the " 15th Brigade," to be formed at Ports-
mouth, according to a general regimental order,
dated the 19th inst., issued by Col. Charles Bing-
ham, Deputy-Adjutant of the Royal Artillery, is to
be officered as follows :--Cols. Taylor and Oostling ;
Lieut.-Cols. Francklyn, Cray don, Dixon, and
Travers ; Copts. Dickson, Richards, Hope, Bren-
don, De Havilland, Wilkinson, Davis, and Bredin ;
Second-Capts. Johnstone, Humfrey,Wilson, Bolton,
Walker, Cathbert, Hamilton, De Winton ; Lieuts.
Martin,Rooke, Cuming, Bevan, Baaalgette, Smith-
Neil, Hall, Goodenough, Cameron, Price, Webber,
Sand s TA
y , —urgraan, Scott, Montgomerie, and Maun-
sell.

His Royal Highness the General Commanding-
in -Chief has appointed
Second-Capt.
followingltheoac.officers
Horse Brigade—viz., pt. F. Lyon, vice
Wilkinson, promoted ; Lieut. C. L.
S. Burnett,
De Cetto,
vice Millman, promoted ; Lieut. E.urnett, vice
Arbuthnot, promoted; Lieut. S. M.Burn, vice
Hall, promoted ; Lieut. G. B. B. Hobart, vice Ride-
eat, promoted; Lieut. R. Handcock, vice Watson,
promoted ; Lieut. S. P. Lynes, vice Walker, pro_
moted ; Lieut. W. S. Curzon, vice De Winton,pr°-
°.,
moted ; Lieut. A. A. Stewart, vice Hamilt 2, pro-

meted.
The undermentioned officers of the Royal Artil-
lery have been appointed Adjutants provisionally,
under the regulations contained in the general order
of the sth of February, 1826—viz., Second-Capt.
Maurice Henry Fitzmaurice to the 11th Brigade,

vice Campbell, who resigns the Adjutancy only ;
Second Capt. Edward Courtenay Vaughan to the
15th Brigade, by augmentation ; Second Captain
Joseph Hanwell to the depot, vice Byrne ; Lieut.
Henry Brackenbury to the depot, by augmentation.
The following officers of the Royal Artillery have
been appointed to the Depot Briga 'e—viz , Capt.
G. H. J. A. Forbes, to be Staff Ca ain ; Capt. E.
J. Bruce, by augmentation ; Second Captain T. E.
Byrne, to be Recruiting Officer, by augmentation ;
Second Captain H. A. Doyne, by augmentation;
Second Captain H. S. Arbuthnot, by augmentation ;
Lieut. H. Bond, by augmentation ; Lieut. T. S.
Seccombe, by augmentation ; Lieut. T. M. Hazle-
rigg, by augmentation ; Lieut. A. do M. Prior, by
augmentation.
The following transfers of officers in the Royal
Artillery have been ordered :—Second Captain and
Brevet Major J. M'C. Campbell to No. 6 battery,
14th Brigade; Second Captain W. L. Yonge to
No. 3 battery, 14th Brigade ; Second Capt. H. T.
A. Law to No. 7 battery, 13th Brigade ; Second
Capt. H. J. Alderson to No. battery, sth Brigade ;
Lieut. H. D. Evans to No. battery, 11th Brigade ;
Lieut. G. R. Salmon to No. 6 battery, 11th Brigade ;
Lieut. C. R. Franklen to No. 8 battery, 14th Bri-
gade ; Lieut. J. R. Oliver to H battery, Horse Bri-
gade, vice Franklin, who resigns his appointment
herein.

By telegram from Calcutta we learn that the
East India troopship Matilda AVattenbach, Captain
Denkin, left Saugur on the 26th of March with in-
valided troops belonging to various regiments, and
a full complement of chief cabin passengers, bound
to London.

Captain Goold, 2 sergeants, and 48 rank and file
of the Royal Marine Light Infantry, arrived at
Woolwich on Saturday, paid off from the North
American and West India flagship Indus, Vice-Ad-
miral Sir Houston Stewart, K.C.8., Capt. Seymour.
R.M., Lieut. Bottomley, 1 sergeant, 1 drummer,
and 24 privates, left head-quarters, Woolwich, for
Portsmouth, to join the Bacchante, commissioned;
and a recruiting party, consisting of Major Pym,
R.M., 2 sergeants, 2 corporals, and 1 private, also
left for Melton Mowbray, on recruiting service.
The following appointments were made on Sa-
turday at the Admiralty :—Lieut. H. F. Campbell
to the Hannibal ; Lieut. R. W. 1). Abercromby to
the Wrangler ; Lieut. St. Vincent D. Lake to the
Wasp; C. G. Harvey, mate, to the Marlborough ;
H. J. Gawne, naval cadet, to the Aboukir; the
Hon. A. C. L. Cadogan, midshipman to the Bac-
chante ; H. I). Macaulay and R. B. Trollope, mid-
shipman to the Euryalvis, as supernumeraries ; J.
R. Warren, second master, to the Ranger ; Henry
Campion, paymaster, additional, to the Fisgard ; ,
and J. W. Torbett, clerk, to the Edinburgh.
The let division of the Tipperary Militia Artil-
lery will embark at Portsmouth to-day on board
the Firebrand, 6, Commander J. M. Bruce, for con-
veyance to Sheerness. The Firebrand afterwards
proceeds to Woolwich from Sheerness for the pur-
pose of embarking the City of Dublin Militia, and
conveying them round to Portsmouth for service on
the western side of the harbour.
The head-quarters of the Tipperary Militia Ar-
tillery will leave Portsmouth by special train on the
26th inst. for Strood, and thence, by steamer, to
Sheerness.
The Malvina, hired screw steamer, belonging to
the St. Petersburg Steam Navigation Company,
sailed from Portsmouth on Saturday, with the
Waterford Militia Artillery on board, for Water-
ford. The officers and troops on board comprised
—Capts. Gyers, Lymby, and Power; Lieuts.
Pawer, Ussher, Greer, Blake, Mountford, Clarke,
Sullivan, Harrison, and Swale; Capt. and Adju-
tant Glubb, Paymaster Elliott, Surgeon Gore, Quar-
termaster Hard, 24 sergeants, 7 drummers, 14 cor-
porals, 227 privates, 37 women, and 62 children ;
two officers' wives and five dicers' children. The
Malvina, in common with the whole of the fleet of
this company, is fitted with Clifford's patent boat-
lowering gear. The same provision for the better
security of life at sea has been made by the directors
of the Irish Steam-packet Company, to which the
late unfortunate Nimrod belonged, and at whose
loss all hands on board perished.