The Sun.
London, England, 1860-03-31 00:00:00

TILE ARMY.

The following notice, dated Horse Guards, March
30, appeared in the London Gazette of yesterday
evening :
"Notice is hereby given that from and after the
Ist of July next the minimum age of candidates t°
be examined for direct commissions in the aryl
will be fixed at 18 years."
The Woolwich division of Royal Marines, in,
command of Col. Stransham, were yesterday parade'
in the barrack-square, and, having fallen in to the,
entire strength of the battalion, including officers
servants, rifle practice and gun-drill detachments!
&c., they marched to Woolwich-common, where
they performed a lengthened course of brigade exer
cises and drill.

The monster brass cannon brought home from
Bhurtpoor in 1827, and presented to the reignioll
sovereign, George IV., and which has been statione
in front of the south entrance of the Artillery Bar
racks, Woolwich, since that period, was yesterdsio
dismounted, to give place for the erection of th
memorial about to be raised on that spot to the ref,",
mory of the officers and men of the corps who feil:,
in the late Russian war. The operation, which
performed by gunners of the Royal Artillery,
attended with considerable difficulty, by reason (/)t
the enormous weight and length of the cannon., t
is intended to be brought forward about 16 feet
towards the barrack field, where a solid bed of con"
crete is being laid down, and a firm base established
for its new position.
meter
A further organisation of a distinct eh„t of
Br
being about to take place in the proof dePtirtnienvet-
e
Woolwich Arsenal, Second Captain and
Major Vandeleur, belonging to the sth brigade
garrison artillery, stationed at Gibraltar, mow On
sick leave, bas been appointed assistant to Colonel
Talloh, inspector of artillery, and will reside in the
Arsenal. Major Vandeleur held the post of our
taairntm instructor
of
the of artillery
Arsenal,
uine
in the
the then upn
egun faestoryerfe:
p
tendence of Col. Wilmot, which he resigned. The
various departments of Woolwich Arsenal, having
been ordered to curtail the expenditure for the
forthcoming financial year, have issued notices Of
reduction. Five hundred artificers and labour!'
employed on temporary work in the carriage 1-
pattment have been furnished with 14 days' 11":.
tice to leave ; 200 from the laboratory depart
ment have received similar notice, and the 014
privilege of night work and overtime is ordered
to be stopped.
The Himalaya and the Perseverance will abortli
arrive at Spithead from the West Indies Wit
the following numbers of troops on board, which'
on the arrival of those ships, will disembarlg
alongside the dockyard and proceed by train ft!
the camp at Aldershott :—Perseveranet---410:
Foot, 15 officers and 431 men, Himalaya-410'
Foot, 9 officers and 175 men ; 49th Foot, 21 00
ccrs and 609 men. The Indiana, hired 'welt'
transport, will also arrive at Spithead from the
West Indies with the undermentioned officers an
men of the 41st and 49th Regiments, but will 10
detained at Spithead on her arrival for orders :•-;
41st Foot, 3 officers and 77 men; 49th Foot, "
officers and 164 men.

We are requested to make the following correa'
tions in the statement whic.h appeared in The SO
of yesterday relative to the East India ship Marl
borough, under the command of Commander P'
W. Ker :—lnstead of 215 men having embarked at
Calcutta, 295 were received on hoard on the 12t1,
of December, which makes the passags only 10'
days, instead of 117. This includes four days' dc:
tention in the Hooghly, four days at Madras, fog'
days at the Cape, and one day at St, Helena, mal'"
jug the days at sea 94 from Calcutta, and 86 froal
Madras. Only one death occurred among the
troops.

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.—( This Day.)

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