The Sun.
London, England, 1858-09-11 00:00:00

THE ARMY.

The following promotions, dated the Bth inst.,
have taken place under the provisions of her Ma-
jesty's order in Council of Sept. 13, 1854, conse-
quent on the death of General T. A. Parke, C. 8., on
the field establishment of General officers of the
Royal Marines' viz., Lieut.-General J. R. Coryton to
be General ; Major-General J. I. Willes to be
Lieut.-General, vice Coryton, promoted ; Colonel-
Commandant J. T. Brown to be Major-General,
vice Willes, promoted; Colonel Second-Com-
mandant A. B. Stransham, Woolwich division, to
be Colonel-Commandant, and appointed to the
same division, vice Brown, promoted ; Lieut.-
Colonel and Brevet-Colonel F. A. Campbell, of the
Portsmouth division, to be Colonel Second-Com-
mandant, and appointed to the Woolwich division,
vice Stransham, promoted; Capt. and
,Brevet-Major
J. 0. Travers, of the Portsmouth division (at pre-
sent on staff duty in China), to be Lieutenant-Col.,
and appointed to the same division, vice Campbell,
promoted ; First-Lieut. R. T. Ansell, of the Artil-
lery companies, to be Captain, and appointed to the
Portsmouth division, vice Travers, promoted •,
Second-Lieut. A. W. D. Smith, of the Woolwich
division (on foreign service), to be First-Lieutenant,
and appointed to the Portsmouth division, vice
Ansell, promoted.
Yesterday a Chelsea Board assembled at Chatham,
under the presidency of Dr. J. R. Taylor, C. 8., for
the purpose of medically inspecting the sick and
wounded troops who have recently arrived from
India, when all those who were found unfit for fur-
ther service were ordered to be discharged.
Dr. Le Febure, Director-General of Military Hos-
pitals in Belgium, has visited Chatham to inspect
the army hospitals at that garrison. In com-
pany with the principal officers connected with the
medical staff at Chatham, Dr. Le Febure visited
the Garrison Hospital, near Chatham Barracks, and
was conducted over the whole of that establish-
ment, every part connected with which he care-
fully inspected. The Garrison Hospital is one of
the least bad of the military hospitals of Chatham.
The G battery of Artillery, consisting of five
officers, 159 men, 103 horses, six guns, and 11 car-
riages, under the command of Captain Du Plat,
arrived at Ipswich Barracks on Thursday. Since
the departure of the 15th Hussars the barracks have
been thoroughly repaired and cleaned. Owing to
the painting not being sufficiently advanced, about
half the men are under canvass in the barrack-yard.
Colonel Charles H. Spence, of the 60th Rifles,
died on Wednesday last, after above 30 years' ser-
vice in that distinguished corps. He entered the
army in 1825, and had seen active service in India.
He served with the Ist battalion of the 60th Rifles
during the second siege operations at Mooltan,
including the siege and storm of the town
and capture of the citadel of Mooltan ; was present
afterwards at the battle of Goojerat, and the pur-
suit of the Sikh army under Rajah Shere Singh,
until its final surrender at Rawul Pindee ; the oc-
cupation of Attock and Peshawur, and the expul-
sion of the Affghan force, under Dost Mahomed,
f
beyond the Khyber Pass, for which he received a
medal and clasps. His commissions were dated as
follows : Second-Lieutenant, April 20, 1825 ;
Lieutenant, Sept. 28, 1826 ; Captain, May 24,1841;
Major, Oct. 20, 1848; Lieut.-Colonel, 0ct.26, 1853.
The steam transport City of Manchester, with
the 2d battalion of :the 12th Regt., from the Cape
of Good Hope, arrived at Fort George, Inverness,
on Friday morning.
Three sergeants and three corporals of the Royal
Marine Light Infantry, in command of an officer of
the Plymouth division, yesterday left Woolwich for
Knaresborough to receive recruits for the Wool-
wich division. *The detachment of one sergeant and
eight privates of Royal Marines recently embarked
on board the Argus with the intention of proceed-
ing as settlers to Vancouver's or Quadra Island have
been landed at Portsmouth to await some other ship.