The Sun.
London, England, 1858-01-26 00:00:00

NATAL AND MILITARY INTELLIGENCE.

General Sir Colin Campbell, K.C.8., is to be
removed from the 67th to be Colonel of the 93d
Highlanders. Major-Generals Drummond, Davies,
and Fraser, are to be the colonels of the three

vacant regiments.
Yesterday the whole of the officers and men of
the Chatham division of the Royal Marine Light
Infantry now at head-quarters were assembled in
their barrack-square for the purpose of witnessing
the presentation of two silver medals, together with
gratuities of 151. each, awarded by the Lords of the
Admiralty to Sergeant-Major G. W. Lane and Ser-
geant-Major J. Morrison, both of the Chatham di-
vision, for long service and meritorious conduct.
The:whole of the battalion having been formed into
square, the usual order from the Admiralty was
read by the Adjutant, after which Colonel E. A.
Parker, the commandant of the division, address-
ing the two non-commissioned officers) said,--the
feel much pleasure in having being deputed by t e
Lords of the Admira.ty to present to eachof you
this medal and the gratuity attached, as an
acknow-
ledgment by their lordships of your long and valu-
able services in the corps of Royal Marines. After
such a distinguished mark of their lordships' appro-
bation, it will be unnecessary for me to address you
with any observations of my own, but, as your
commanding officer, I cannot forbear taking this
opportunity of bearing testimony to the zealous
and efficient manner in which each of you has per-
formed his onerous duties. I sincerely trust that
ion may long live to enjoy the honour bestowed
on you, and that you may obtain further rewards
and promotions." Sergeant-Major Lane has been
30 years in the service, 17 of which he has passed
as a nen-commissioned officer ; he served four years
in Spain with the force of Royal Marines, under
Gen. Owen. Sergeant-Major Morrison has been
in the service 28 years, 21 of which he has been
a non-commissioned ofcer ; he is decorated with
the Syrian and Turkish medals, having served in
the Vesuvius, under Admiral Stoplord, at the
bombardment of Acre.
Lieutenant S. T. Sargent, 43d Light Infantry,
having qualified himself as an instructor in
musketry at the School of Musketry, has been
ordered to proceed from his depot at Chatham gar-
rison, and embark for India, for the purpose of in-
structing the officers and men attached to the head
quarters of his corps in the use of the Enfield rifle.
Yesterday, in honour of the Princess Royal's
wedding, the whole of the troops belonging to the
various branches of the service at Chatham were
allowed a day's holiday, and were released from all
parades. The whole of the Government offices at
Chatham, with the exception of the Dockyard and
the Ordnance establishment, were closed all day,
and the workmen granted a whole holiday.
Her Majesty's ship Eagle, 50, Captain Story,
left Falmonth on Saturday for Milford, in tow of
the Valorous, to be stationed there, and she is to
be replaced at Falmouth by one of the screw di-
vision, the Russell, 60, just commissioned at
Sheerness, to which vessel Captain Story will be
appointed, with an increased establishment of offi-
cers and crew.