The Sun.
London, England, 1858-09-02 00:00:00

THE ARMY.

Several changes in the staff of the army have
just taken place. Captain C. N. Sturt, Grenadier
Guards, has succeeded Lieut.-Col. Coke, Scots, Fu-
silier Guards, as Aide-de-Camp to Lord Rokeby.
Ma.ior Pearson, Grenadier Guards, late Brigade-
Major at Malta, has become Brigade-Major
at Plymouth, in the room of Major Ibbetfaon,
transferred to the 2d brigade at Malta. Major
Barnard, Grenadier Guards, late Aide-de-Camp to
Major-General Cranford at Shorncliffe, has been
appointed Brigade-Major to the Ist brigade at
Shorncliffe. Major Stevens, late 88th Regiment,
has been appointed Brigade-Major to the Ist bri-
ade at Malta, in succession to Captain Inglefield,
Royal Artillery. Captain Hare, 90th Regiment,
has been appointed Brigade-Major at Melbourne.
Captain Currie, 2d battalion, 19th Regiment, has
been appointed Brigade-Major to the Ist Brigade
at the appointed
Brevet-Major Hillier, sth Lancers,
is acting as Deputy-Assistant Adjutant-General in
Dublin, vice Major Nasmyth, transferred to the
staff in Australia. Brevet-Major Tupper, 59th
Regiment, has been appointed Aide-de-Camp to
Sir Henry Ward, Governor of Ceylon.

Captain' the Hon. H. Annesley, Scots Fusilier
Guards, and Captain Wigram, Coldstream Guards,
have been placed on the Staff of the Lord Lieu-
tenant of Ireland, the former as Aide-de-Camp in
succession to Capt. the Hon. C. Thesiger, 6th Dra-
goons, who has joined his regiment on its embar-
kation for India, the latter as Aide-de-Camp. •
Additional Majors from the half-pay list have
been appointed to several of the depot battalions.
Major Thompson, late 10th Hussars, is attached in
that capacity to the cavalry depot at Canterbury ;
Major Inglis, late of the 18th Regiment, to the Ist
depot battalion at Chatham ; Major Deshon, late
of the 48th, to the 2d, and Major Rowlands, Volun-
teer Corps, late of the 41st, to the 3d battalion in
the same garrison ; Major D. C. Greene, late of
the 43d, to Canterbury ; Lieut.-Colonel Wright,
late of the 91st, and Major Drewe, late of the 23d,
to Walmer ; Major Brown Westhead, late of the
34th, and Major Warry, late of the 34th, to the Ist
and 2d battalions at Colchester Major Elton,
Volunteer Corps, late 55th, to Stirling ; Major
Robertson, late of the 4th, to Aberdeen ; and Major
Sykes, late of the 48th, to Buttevant.
The Ist battalion of the Coldstream Guards, under
the command of Col. Lord F. Paulet, C. 8., has ar-
rived at the St. George's Barracks from the In-
fantry Barracks, Windsor.
The 3d battalion of the Grenadier Guards, com-
manded by Col. John A. Lambert, remove from the
Wellington Barracks this morning for the Portman-
street and St. John's-wood Barracks.

The Secretary for War, Major-General Peel, will
visit Portsmouti this day, and inspect the works,
barracks, hospital, and other military establish-
ments. To-morrow, accompanied by his Royal
Highness the Commander-in-Chief, he will inspect
the fortifications at present being constructed at
Gosport.

A
general order was yesterday published at
Woolwich, announcing that the paymastership of
the Royal Artillery and the Royal Engineers, held
by Messrs. Cox and Co., will cease on Ist October
next ; consequently the arrangements for the
monthly muster of the garrison at present carried
out by the officers of the Military Store Depart-
ment will be performed from that date by the divi-
sional paymasters. New regulations are to be
adopted, under which the regiment of Artillery_
will, for the purpose of payment, be divided into
three divisions. The corps of Royal Engineers will
form a fourth division. Each division will have a
paymaster. Similar regulations are issued for the
payment of the corps on foreign service.
Major Mortimer Adye, Royal Artillery, having
returned from leave of absence, has resumed the
duties of Acting-Brigade-Major of the South-west
District.
The finding of the court-martial which sat at
Portsmouth about three months ago to try Ensigns
T. J. Dunne and J. J. Scott, of the 47th Regiment,
has just been promulgated. The first charge against
Ensign Scott was for conduct to the prejudice of
good order and military discipline, in having at
Portsmouth, on or about the 30th May, when on
the sick report and undergoing medical treatment,
quitted his barracks without the leave or authority
of the commanding officer or the surgeon of the 47th
Regiment. The second charge was for having at
Portsmouth, on or about half-past 10 o'clock p.m.
on the 30th of May, in company with Ensign Dunne
of the 47th Regiment, entered the quarters of En-
sign G. P. Pigott, of the Wexford Regiment of Mi-
litia, in Clarence Barracks, in his absence, upset his
furniture and utensils, and otherwise disarranged
his room, and caused the bedding to take fire ; and
also for having at Portsmouth, about 12 o'clock
p••
m on the same date as above stated, been drunk
and' disorderly in the George Hotel, and there and
then otherwise
misconducting himself. The find-
ing of the Court was that the prisoner was guilty
of the first charge ; that in regard to the second he
*as guilty of the first instance, with the exception
of the words " and caused the bedding
stocth conductake
fire.
It acquitted him of the charge that "such
was unbecoming the character of anofficinerst andane
ea,
gentleman." With respect to the second
the finding was that Ensign Scott was guilty, with
the exception of the words " and disorderly,
of which it acquits him. The sentence of
the Court, therefore, was, that the prisoner be
severely reprimanded, and placed at the bottom
of his regimental rank his name to appear
immediately below Ensign George Boyd. In the
case of Ensign Dunne, the first charge preferred
against that officer was for conduct to the prejudice
of good order and military discipline in three seve-
ral instances—viz., 1, in having, on or about the
11th of May, 1858, at Portsmouth, failed to attend
at the issue of daily pay to the soldiers of the com-
pany to which he belongs, although he had been

previously-ordered to "do so by Capt. Thos. Palmer,
his superior officer ; 2, in having sent an order to
Colour-Sergeant M‘Donald, of Capt. Palmer's Com-
pany, to issue the pay of the soldiers of the said
company in his (Ensign Dunne's) absence, and to
send over to him, at his quarters, the books for sig-
nature ; and, 3, in having, when under arrest on
the above-mentioned charge, broken his arrest and
quitted Cambridge Barracks. The second charge
against Ensign Dunne was, 1, for having given to
Mrs. E. Nightingale, mess woman to the officers'
mess of his regiment, in payment of his mess bill,
a draught or order drawn by him on Messrs. Cox
and Co., the regimental agents, for the sum of £25,
which draught, on being presented to Messrs. Cox
and Co. for payment, was returned by them dis-
honoured, he not then having any funds in their
hands, or having reasonable grounds for presuming
that such draught would be honoured; 2, for having
given to Lance-corporal Nightingale, of the 47th
Regt., a draught or bill drawn by him on Messrs.
Cox and Co. for the sum of £6, to be cashed, for
which he received the sum of from Corporal
Nightingale, which draught was also dishonoured ;
and 3, for having in company with Ensign Scott
entered the quarters of Ensign G. P. Pigott, of the
Wexford Regiment of Militia, in Clarence Bar-
racks, and in his absence upset his furniture and
utensils, and otherwise disarranged his room, and
caused his bed to take fire. The Court found the
prisoner guilty of the first, second, and third in-
stances in the first charge, but acquitted him of the
three instances in the second charge, and he was
accordingly sentenced to be cashiered.