The Sun.
London, England, 1858-10-11 00:00:00

THE ARMY.

A telegraphic message arrived at the head-quar•
ters of the Royal Engineer establishment, Chatham,
on Saturday morning, directing the remaining de-
tachment of the Royal Engineers under orders to
proceed to British Columbia, which it was errone-
ously stated had embarked, to leave Brompton Bar-
racks immediately'for Gravesend, where they are to
embark on board the Thames City, 1,500 tons. Im-
mediately on receipt of the order the men, to the
number of 128 non-commissioned officers and Sap-
pers and Miners, were inspected on the parade-
ground and afterwards marched to the Strood sta-
tion, and left by train for Gravesend. The officers
accompanying the detachment are Capt. H. R.
Luard, Lieuts. A. R. Lempriere and H. S. Palmer.
Col. R. C. Moody, R.E., also goei out in command
of the expedition.• The Thames City is very heavily
laden with every description of stores that will be
required by the Sappers and Miners in the duties
they will have to perform on arriving in British
Columbia.. They will take out with them telegra-
phic apparatus, portable railroads, portable boats,
printing presses, steam engines for the erection of
sawmills, photographic apparatus, and an immense
assortment of sapping and mining and other tools.
The whole of the men belonging to the expedition
are volunteers for that special service, • and have
been selected with great care. They will.be granted
a liberal rate of pay, which in most cases will be at
the rate of about ss. per day, in addition to which
they will enjoy many other advantages, and at the
end of a few years' service they will be permitted
to settle in the colony, should they be so disposed,
with the grant from the Government of about 60
acres of land. Cap. R. M. Parsons and 20 men of
the Royal Engineers have already- departed' for
Columbia by the overland route m the steamer
Panama; and Capt. J. M. Grant and 12 men sub-
sequently left Brompton Barracks for British
Columbia, also, by the same route. When the pre-
sent detachment has reached Columbia the total
force of Royal Engineers there will consist of six
officers and 158 non-commissioned officers and men.
The screw steam-ship Indomitable, Capt. Kitt,
arrived at Gravesend on Friday_ night from Cal-
cutta with a large party of sick and wounded
troops, chiefly from Lueknow and Delhi, on board.
Her dates are, Calcutta, May 23 ; Sandheads, May
28; and St. Helena, Aug. 25, the passage from
Calcutta to Gravesend being a very tedious one of
138 days, caused chiefly by calms and adverse
winds. The invalids, to the number of 2 sergeants
and 98 rank and file, belonging to the sth Fusi-
leers, 23d Royal Welsh Fusileers, 42d Royal High-
landers, 53d, 64th, 79th Highlanders, 88th Con-
naught Rangers, and 90th Light Infantry Regi-
ments, with 2 women and 5 children, reached Cal-
cutta, and embarked on the 18th of May, under the
command of Capt. H. H. Moseley, 42d High-
landers, and Lieut. G. Taylor, 53d Regiment, and
in medical charge of Dr. Brown. The following
officers came home as passengers—viz., Lieut. W.
S. C. Standish, formerly of the 7th Hussars • Lieut.
G. W. Graham, 10th Foot ; Lieut. G. W. H. Bus-
sell, 23d Regiment ; Lieut. J. Young, 79th High-
landers ; and Ensign J. F. Haig, 90th Light In-
fantry. During the voyage a great deal of sick-
ness prevailed on board, and one officer, Lieut. G.
' Haynes 7th Hussars, who was invalidedhome, and
14 men died, making the number of those who dis-
embarked 86 men of all ranks. On Saturday morn-
ing the sick and wounded troops disembarked at
Gravesend, and were conveyed to Fort Pitt Hos-
pital, Chatham, where they were medically in-
spected, and a number who required further
surgical treatment were admitted into hospital ;
the remainder were sent to the invalid establish-
ment, St. Mary's Barracks, to await their dis-
charge. •
On Saturday morning• the following reinforce-
ments embarked from Custom-house-quay, Graves-
end, on board the • Blenheim, 800 tons, Captain T.
Hedley, which has :been taken up by the Hon.
Council of India for the conveyance of detachments
to Kurrachee—viz., 35. men of the 81st Regiment
and 20 men of the • 94th, from. Chatham ; 16
men of the 27th "Enniskillens' 12 of the 87th
Royal Irish Fusileers,' and 15 men of tire
89t'h Regiment, . with . the following officers :
—Captain J. Vize ()Mennen, 27th Regiment ;
Ensign William H. Warren, 81st Regiment ; and
Ensign A. A. Von Beverhoudt; 87th Regiment. On
the previous day the Havering, 775 tons, Capt. C.
Vane, embarking the following reinforcements at
Gravesend for Madras :-12 men of the Ist batta-
lion Ist Royals, 30 men of the 44th Regiment, and
55 men of the 66th Regiment, from Colchester • 12
men of the" 60th Royal Rifles, 3d battalion, from
Winchester ; 14 men of the 74th Highlanders, from
Aberdeen ; and 50 men of the 91st Regiment. The
following are to embark in the Havering at Cork—
viz., 116 men of the 68th Light Inflary, and 18
men of the 69th Regiment, from Fernibl!r, the whole
proceeding to Madras.
The 14 battalions of Royal Artillery at Wool-
wich, the majority of which have been reduced to
the most scanty proportions in consequence of the
numerous draughts despatched to India, are in a
fair way of being speedily reinforced to their origi-
nal numbers. Since the commencement of the pre-
sent month some of the battalions have registered
frOm 10 to 16 recruits each per day, the whole of
whom are young men of the most useful and ac-
ceptable class, such as agricultural labourers,
mechanics, grooms, clerks, &c.
A detachment of 80 gunners, in charge of three
non-commissioned officers, left Woolwich
,on Satur-
day for distfibution among the various companies
in Ireland.
On Friday a detachment of troops left the camp
at Colchester en route for the Madras Presidency.
The detachment was 99 strong, and consisted of 55
men of the 66th Regiment, 31 of the 44th, and 13
of the Ist battalion Ist Royals. Another and larger
body of troops is under orders for Bengal, This de-
tachment will be drawn from the following regi-
ments :--sth Fusiliers, 60 ; 6th Royals, 23 ; 34th,
60 ; 37th, 25; 38th, 20; 54th, 60 ; 88th (Connaught
Rangers); 38; and 97th, 40 ; making a total of 326
rank and file.
On Friday, at noon,.Sir Harry Smith, Inspector-.
General of the Northern District, reviewed the Ist
battalion of the Rifle. Brigade on Newcastle-on-
Tyne-moor. After the review Sir Harry addressed
the men, and expressed the pleasure it gave him to
have again under •his command the regiment which
had so gallantly • 'served under him at the Cape of
Good Hope in 1819, since which time this was the
first occasion on which he had seen them. He
alluded to the distinction the regiment had won in
the Peninsula, in Africa, in America, and in the
Crimea—in fact, wherever there was fighting, there
were the 6reen jackets. Referring to the fact that
the majority of the men wore medals, he said that
that fact reflected the very highest credit on the
brigade ; the glory of England's soldiers was the
glory of England herself.
Barracks have been completed at Grantham! occu-
pying a space of 142 feet by 222 feet. The eiterior
is of rouceh blue stone, with dressed facinp. Thc

parade-ground is 180 feet long and 120 feet in
width, and a covered drilling shed is provided. The
magazine is bomb proof.
Colour-Sergeant Pratt and Sergeant Motley, 44th
Regiment, have been awarded silver medals and
£l5 for good conduct and lengthened service.
A spacious building is in course of erection in
Woolwich Arsenal, which is intended as a reposi-
tory for models belonging to the Royal Carriage
Department—viz., model gun carriages, platforms,
mortar beds, targets, ambulance carts, invalid
cots, &c.

The new church recently erected in Woolwich
Dockyard for the use of the corps of Royal Marines,
as well as for the artisans and others employed in
the Admiralty establishment, is now complete.
The architect is Mr. G. G. Scott. The building is
of the early English style. It consists of a nave,
aisles, and chancel, and is fitted with side and end
galleries. The dimensions are—length of nave from
west doorway to chancel arch, 91ft. Gin.; width,
60ft. ; chancel, 30ft. 4in.; height of exterior walls
to the eaves, 30ft.; height to ridge of roof, 73ft.
The walls are built of hard stocks, faced with
chequered patterns of red, blue, and black Staf-
fordshire bricks. The plinths, strings, doors, win-
dows, and other dressings are of Bath stone. It
stands east and west longitudinally, presents a
solid and compact mass of building, and is extremely
picturesque. The church has been designed to
accommodate 1,500 persons, and the cost is about
£9,500, being at the rate of £6 10s. per sitting.