The Sun.
London, England, 1858-08-02 00:00:00

THE ARMY.

Her Majesty has been pleased to appoint Lieut. •
Col. the Hon. P. R. B. Fielding, of the Coldstream
Guards, to be an Assistant Quartermaster-General
on the Staff of the army in Ireland, and to be at-
tached to the Dublin division in the room of
Colonel the Hon. A. E. Hardinge, C. 8., of the
same regiment, who has resigned that situation on
buing appointed Equerry to his Royal Highness
the Prince Consort.
Lieut.-Gen. Sir J. F. Love, K.C.8., Inspector-
eneral of Infantry, has arrived in Ireland on a
tour of inspection. The gallant general commenced
this duty by inspecting, on Thursday last, the De-
pot Battalion stationed at Belfast, under the com-
mand of Col. Crutchley, consisting of the depots of
the 26th, 49th, 62d, 63d, and 76th Regiments.
Lieut.-Col. A. S. S. Walsh and the officers be-
longing to the Chatham and Woolwich divisions
of Royal Marine Light Infantry serving with the
first and second battalions of Royal Marines in
China have presented H. T. Cox, of the steamer
Imperatriz, which conveyed the battalions to China,
With a massive silver salver, of the value of fifty
guineas, as an acknowledgment of the kindness and
attention they experienced at his hands during the
voyage. The salver bears the following inscription:
—" Presented to Captain H. T. Cox, commanding
the steamship Imperatriz, by Lieut.-Col. Walsh
and the officers of the Royal Marine Light Infantry
who proceeded in that ship from England to China,
as a mark of their high esteem and appreciation of
his kindness and courtesy during the voyage—July,
1858."

Orders were yesterday received at Chatham gar-
. rison by the officers in command of the three batta-
lions for the draughts under orders to embark for
BomViy in the Eait India Company's freightehip
Lady-Vodgkinson, 946 tons, to proceed to Graves-
end to-Morrow morning for embarkation on board
that vesaaL The depots which furnish. reinforce-
ments for India are the 7th Royal Fusiliers, Bth
(the King's), 19th, 23d (Royal Welsh Fusiliers),
24th, 29th, 35th (Royal Suss-,x), 43d Light Infan-
try, 6tth, 75th, and 94th, in addition to which
draughts proceed to India from the depot batta-
lions at Canterbury, Colchester, Winchester, Fer-
moy, Templemore, Stirling, and Aberdeen. Be-
sides the ships a list of which has already appeared
in The Sun, the East India Company have also
taken up the clipper ship Harkaway, 900 tons,
Captain D. W. Stephens, to convey reinforcements
to Calcutta.

The East India Company's troopship Seringapa-
tam, Captain Gimlet, arrived at Gravesend yester-
day from Kurrachee, days out, having on
board 150 invalid and wounded troops from Meerut,
Delhi, Agra, and Lucknow. The wounded troops,
consisting of 10 men of the 6th Dragoon Guards
(Carabineers), 15 of the 9th Queen's Lancer, 22 of
the B'.h Foot (the King's), 49 of th 24th,
28 of the
27th Enniskillens, 1 of the 71st Highlanders, and
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18 of the 87th Royal Irish Fusiliers, with
women and 31 children, embarked at Kurrachee
on the Bth April, touched at St. Helena June 11,
and sailed the following day, arriving in the Thames
yesterday, having been delayed by head winds in
the Channel f.r several days. The officers in
chatge of the troops are Captain F. C. Skurray,
24th Itegt., Lieut. F. E. Murray, 27th Enuiskil-
lens ; and Mr. J. llochee, civil surgeon, who had
the medical charge of the invalids during the voy-
age. Major R. Dawson, 25th R,2gt., wno was se-
ver?lywounded at Delhi, came home as passenger
with his wife and family. During the voyage small-
pox broke out on board, making its appearance
soon after
leaving Kurrachee,' and several of the
- invalids suffered severely from its ravages. The
number of deaths
of
hswhich took place on board was
3 men
14—viz., the
24th, 3 of the 27th, 2 of the
Bth, 2of the 87th,.and 4 children. On die-
embarking at Gravesend yesterday six men were
left in hospital, and the remainder conveyed to
Fort Pitt General Hospital, Chatham, where they
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were medically inspected. !ae number of the
Invalids were wounded atMeerut, Delhi, and
Agra, and several have lost an arm, or received .