The Sun.
London, England, 1858-09-30 00:00:00

THE ARMY.

Yesterday afternoon the whole of the troops in
Chatham garrison, consisting of the three battalions
of infantry, the Royal Engineers, and the Royal
Marine Light Infantry, Chatham division, were
drawn up on the Lines for the purpose of going
through the evolutions of a brigade field-day, under
the command of Colonel H. Eyre, commandant of
the garrison. The Ist battalion, which was under
the command of Colonel H. Jervis, comprised the
depots of the 7th (Fusileers), 24th, 32d (Light
Infantry), 35th, 43d (Light Infantry), and 63d,
Regiments ; the 2d battalion was composed of the
10th, 20th, 23d (Royal Welsh Fusileers), 29th, 52d
(Light Infantry), and 61st depots ; the third bat-
talion included the depots of the Bth (The liing's)i
19th, 75th, 81st, 84th, and 94th Regiments ; the
Royal Engineers were under the command of
Lieut.-Col. A. P. Ross, and the Royal Marines under
that of Lieut.-Col. I. H. Gascoigne. The whole
force on the ground was about 4,000 men. On the
arrival of Colonel Eyre and his staff he was received
with a general salute, after which the troops went
through a variety of brigade and field-day
manoeuvres, which occupied some time, the several
corps not returning to barracks until late in the
afterrioon.
Yesterday the 3d (Major C. H. Sedley's) corn-'
parry of Royal Engineers arrived at head-quarters,
Chatham, from Shorncliffe. This company is some-
what below its required complement, but recruits
are joining at head-quarters almost daily.
We have to record the death of Col. J. Hamil-
ton, which occurred at Bloomfield, Somersetshire,
on Saturday last, in the 82d year of his age. Col.
Hamilton entered the army Nov. 21, 1799, became
captain on May 13, 1801, and served the Egyptian
campaign of that year with the Coldstream Guards.
He accompanied a detachment of that regiment to
the Peninsula in March, 1810, and in April was ap-
pointed Deputy-Assistant-Quartermaster-General
at Isla de Leon. He was promoted to lieutenant-
colonel Jan. 30, 1812 ; went to England, March,
1812 ; rejoined the regiment in the Peninsula in
July, 1813 ; served there until the end of that war
in 1814 ; and was promoted to colonel May 27,
1827. He had received the war medal, with two
clasps, for his services for Barrosa and the Nive.
The Seringapatam will embark 195 of the East
India troops, from the depot at Warley, at Graves-
end this morning for conveyance to Calcutta.
Yesterday morning Sergeant George Hale, pay-
sergeant of the 4th division of the Chatham division
of Royal Marines, who absconded several days ago
from -head-quarters, taking with him a consider-
able sum of public money which had been en-;
trusted to him, returned to barracks and gave him-
self up. From an examination of the books
which has been instituted it appears that the
defalcations committed by the accused amount
to £42, which sum had been issued to him from
the pay-office for the purpose of paying 00
men. The accused has been about 17 years
iri
the service, and is an old non-commissioned. offi6:l'.
On a previous occasion he absconded, taking'
with him some of the public money, for which
offence he was reduced to the rank of a private,
but on account of his subsequent good conduct
he was again promoted. It is said the defalcations
will be made good. The accused now awaits his
trial by court-martial.