The Sun.
London, England, 1858-10-16 00:00:00

THE ARMY.

Yesterday orders were forwarded to Major
Shaw's company, 12th battalion of the Royal
Artillery, tp proceed to Barbadocs, and Captain
Blosse's company, 12th battalion, to Jamaica. The
different companies will embark at Woolwich,
Portsmouth, and Cork, during the ensuing week,
on board the steam transport Melbourne, which
will bring home Capt. Margesson's company, sth
battalion, and Major Barry's company, 4th batta-
lion, from Barbadoes, and Capt.lll.‘Crea's company,
Bth battalion, from amaica.

It was yesterday stated at the head-quarters of
the Royal Artillery, Woolwich, in reference to the
rumoured alterations which have been for some
time past under contemplation by Government, that
the first four battalions of Royal Artillery are to be
formed into a brigade of field batteries, the first
and second battalions to be despatched for per-
manent service in India, the third battalion to re-
main in garrison at Woolwich, and the fourth bat-
talion to be stationed in Ireland. The Woolwich.
and Irish brigades, it is added, will be formed forth-
with ; the remaining ten battalions to be appro-
priately equipped and retained as garrison or siege
artillery. The cost of the new measure, it is stated,
will' entail a demand on the Treasury of £40,000.
Major Strange's 7th company, 12th battalion,
Royal Artillery, at Woolwidi, are ordered to
relieve Capt. Barnett's Bth company, 4th battalion,
on duty at the Tower.
A detachment of 40 gunners of the Royal Artil-
lery were yesterday despatched from Woolwich in
charge of a non-commissioned officer to do duty at
Dover.

Yesterday morning Admiralty orders were re-
ceived at the head-quarters of the Chatham divi-
Son of Royal Marines, directing Colonel E. Rea,
econd Commandant, to hold in readiness 200. no-
ncommissioned officers and marines to proceed to
Sheerness at an hour's notice, should their services
be reqtired. The officer selected to command the
force is Lieutenant-Colonel W. H March.
.

A Chelsea board of officers assembled at the in-
valid establishment, St. Mary's barracks, Chatham,
yesterday, for the purpose of inspecting the sick
and wounded troops who have recently arrived.
from India, in order to ascertain the number of men
whose wounds unfit them for further service. The
number of non-commissioned officers and men se-
lected by the Commissioners for dischargq was 23,
the whole of whom have been awarded pensions
according to their length of service and the nature
of the wounds they have received. 36 convalescent
non-commissioned officers and men belonging to
various corps were also medically inspected at Fort
Pitt yesterday morning by the medical Lt rff at that
establishment, when, with but few exceptions, the
whole of that number were declared fit for further
service, and received orders to join their respective
depots.
In accordance with divisional orders issued by
Colonel Rea., commanding the Royal Marines at
Chatham, the whols of the officers and men now at
head-quarters were yesterday morning drawn UP
in the barrack-square for the purpose of hearing
read the proceedings of two district courts' martial,
which were recently held at Chatham for the trial
of two privates belonging to the division, named
Jesse Card, 25th company, and Dennis Hennesey,
Ist company, for having deserted from the
corps and afterwards rc.inlisted into another
branch of the scail•Nn-iiecen,t
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sumshad
recruitst heG
voeii; joining.
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The battalion
having been formed into square, the prisoners were
conducted to the centre and their sentences read. by
Adjutant Elliot. The prisoner JesSe Card, who is
a man of bad character, enlisted into the'6oth Rifles.
He was sentenced to be branded with the letter
" D," and also to be imprisoned in Fort Clarence
forit o3la6lBAdratilsl yi I,ennesey, who had. enlisted into th 4
was sentenced to 112 days' impril
sonment, and also te be Marked with the letter "D."
Both prisoners will be placed under stoppages
until the whole sum of which they defrauded the
Government is made good.
The following medical officers at Fort Pitt,
Chatham, have received orders to hold themselves
in readiness to proceed to the stations named. for
medical duty :—Staff Assistant Surgeon L. A.
White and Staff Assistant Surgeon W. Holmes, to
Ceylon ; Staff Assistant Surgeon J. Wilson; to Dub-
lin ; Staff Assistant Surgeon J. Robinson, to Wool-
wich ; and Staff Assistant Surgeon W. A.
Gardener, to Winchester.
Yesterday a great number of volunteers from
Militia regiments who have completed their allotted.
period of training arrived. from different parts of
the country at the chief recruiting department,
Delahay-street, Westminster,
having enlisted for
service in her Majesty's regiments in India. Up-
wards of 200 were forwarded to the Provisional
Battalion at Chatham; a great many were billeted
last night, previously to being despatched this day
to the depots of the different corps which they have
joined.

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Mit. BRIGHT 's VISIT TO BIRMINGHAM.—In addi-
ti„n to thepublic meeting convened by the Mayor, whereat
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