The Sun.
London, England, 1858-12-14 00:00:00

THE ARMY.

The reinforcements of cavalry and infantry
which have been selected to proceed to Kurrachee
and Bombay, will embark at Gravesend this day,
on board the Bloomer, 890 tons, Capt. C. F. Smith.
The troops for Bombay consist of 12 men of the
14th Light Dragoons, from Maidstone ; 32 men of
the Bth Hussars, and 32 men of the 17th Lancers,
from Canterbury ; 32 men of the 56th Regiment,
from Colchester; 20 men of the 71st Highlanders
(Light Infantry), from Stirling ; 16 men of the 89th
Regiment, and 14 men of the 95th Regiment, from
Fermoy •, and 15 men of the 57th Regiment from
Cork. The following are the draughts for Kurra-
chee :-32 men of the 7th (Princess Roy-ars) Dra-
goon Guards, 1 man of the 70th Regiment, and 16
men of the 98th Regiment, from Canterbury ; 18
men of the 81st Regiment and 20 men of the 94th
Regiment, from Chatham ; 28 men of the 27th
Enniskillens and 12 men of the 87th Royal Irish
Fusileers, from Buttevant.

Assistant-Surgeon Kirwan, 13th (Prince Albert's)
Light Infantry, sailed on Sunday last in the Mar-
seilles, for Calcutta, in medical charge of 409 men
and 13 officers, draughts for regiments in Bengal.
The following officers at Chatham garrison have
embarked for India for the purpose of joining the
service companies of their respective regiments as
instructors of musketry to the officers and men of
their corps, each of them having undergone a course
of rifle instruction at Hythe to qualify them for
their important duties, viz.:—Capt. W. J. Ander-
son, 32d Light Infantry; Lieut. T. Lloyd, 35th
Regiment ; Ensign T. P. Butler, 21th Regiment ;
and Ensign C. Finnerly, 75th Regiment.
The whole of the Queen's British regiments now
serving in India baying beim armed with the
Enfield rifle, the following officers have left Chat-
ham garrison and embarked for Calcutta and Ma-
dras, for the purpose of acting as instructors of
musketry to the officers and men of their respective
regiments, viz. :—Captain W. J. Anderson, 32nd
Light Infantry ; Lieutenant T. Lloyd, 35th Regi-
ment ; Ensign F. P. Butler, 24th Regiment; and
Ensign C. Finnerty, 75th Regiment.
Yesterday morning the examination of candidates
for admission into the Royal Military College took
place at Burlington House, Piccadilly, Ruder the
direction of the Council of Military Education.
The examination will extend over the week.
We have to record the death of William Hay-
ward, Esq., retired deputy commissary-general of
her Majesty's forces, which occurred at Kensington
on the 7th instantd,leaait, ,ottvuhhleeiottuawogsreaei. war medal
of 83.
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deputy commissary-general on the 20th of Jan.,
1837.

A rather interesting proceeding took place at the
Cavalry Depot .at Maidstone on Friday, by the
presentation of a medal and gratuity to. Michael
Doogan, a private in the 12th Royal Lancers, for
twenty-two years' good conduct as a soldier.
Doogan entered the army at a very early age, and
went to India as a private in the 15th Hussars. He
afterwards volunteered to the 12th Lancers, in
which regiment ho has continued ever since. He
served a good many years in India, and was also