The Sun.
London, England, 1858-12-02 00:00:00

THE ARMY.

Yesterday morning a party of sick and disabled
troops belonging to the 65th Regiment were
medically inspected at Fort Pitt, Chatham, having
arrived from New Zealand in the Westmin-
ster, which landed them at Gravesend the pre-
vious day. The invalid troops, to the, number of 16
non-commissioned officers and men, with 3 women
and 7 children, sailed from Wellington on the 19th
August, the passage to Gravesend lasting 103 days.
During the voyage no deaths occurred on board.
Colonel J. Patience and Captain J. 0. J. Priestly,
65th Regiment, came home in the Westminster on
two years' leave of absence. A number of the inva-
lids who have been sent home are suffering from
ophthalmia. The 65th Regiment has been in New
Zealand 12 years, during which time the mortality.
among the officers has been very great. The regi-
ment has been generally healthy. After the inva-
lids had been inspected those requiring surgical
treatment were admitted into hospital, and the re-
mainder sent to the invalid establishment at St.
MarT's, to await their discharge from the service.
The invalid troops belonging to the 59th Regiment,
who recently arrived from Hong Kong in the
Northfleet, were also medically inspected at Fort
Pitt yesterday. The invalids, to the number of 120
men, consisting of seamen and troops, left Hong
Kong on the 22d July, the naval invalids being in
charge of Mr. J. R. Fittock, employed in the trans-
port service of the Royal Navy, and the military
under the command of Capt. W. J. Stuart, Royal
Engineers, and in „medical charge of Surgeon R.
Picken, 111. D., Royal Navy. During the passage
home Mr. H. Hill, late Master-Commander of the
Hesper screw steamer, died, together with 13 of the
invalids. The naval invalids were landed at Ply-
mouth and Portsmouth.

Her Majesty's steam troopship Himalaya, Com-
mander John Seccombe, R.N., arrived at Spithead
yesterday, at noon, from the Mediterranean. She
left Spithcad on the Ist of November, with the 2d
battalion of the 9th Foot and other troops for Corfu,
and having landed them she left on the 15th, and
returned to Malta on the 17th, shipped between
900 and 1,000 tons of old war stores, and embarked
the following naval and military invalids and pas-
sengers on the 20th, on which day she left for
England :—Lieutenant A. Harness, 18 men, 5
wives and 15 children of the Royal Artillery ;
Deputy Assistant Commissary General Woolrabe ;
Lieut. W. F. Metge, Bth Foot ; Capt, Glynne, Rifle
Brigade ; Capt. Clarke, 21st Foot ; Lieut. Murdoch,
Royal Artillery ; Mrs. Lumsden, wife of Quarter-
master Lumsden, 28th Foot ; 1 man of the Royal
Engineers ; 15 men, 2 wives, and 1 child of the 2d
battalion of the 2d Foot; 19 men, 1 wife, and 1
child of the Ist battalion of the 14th Foot ; 32 men,
3 wives, and 6 children of the Ist battalion of the
21st Foot; 46 men, 48 wives, and 93 children (one
born on the passage) of the 28th Foot ; 2 men of
lman
the 4th battalion of the Rifle Brigade ; 1 man of the
t2hsethßßarergaieniket; children
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Department 2; wiMyrse.s,Jaanndet3E.
Mrs. Isabella 'Jones, Miss Katie Jones, Miss Mary
H. Browne, Miss Palmer, T. C. Tucker, late ensign
in the British German Legion ; and M. Louis Cos-
tolline. These are all from Malta. From Gibral-
tar, on the 26th ult., she embarked Capt. Campbell,
of the 7th Fusiliers; Capt. Strange, of the 14th
Regiment ; Capt. Cairns, 5 men, 66 wives, and 123
children (one born extra on the passage) of the
48th Regiment, and Mrs. M'Kenzie, wife of
Capt. M'Kenzie, of the 48th, and 2 children. The
naval' passengers comprise Capt. W. B. T. Rider,
Royal Marine Light Infantry, from Malta Hospital,
invalided from H.M.'s ship Princess Royal ; Mr.
Mr. J. Morris, Mate, R.N., ditto; Mr. G. S. Browne,
naval instructor, of H.M.'s ship Marlborough, late
of the Princess Ronl ; Mr. M. Kidd, chief engi-
neer, R.N., from H.M.'s ship Hibernia; Mr. I. Pool,
boatswain, first class, R.N., from the Hibernia ; also
other invalids (variously petty and non-commis-
sioned officers, able and ordinary seamen, marines,
and marine artillery) from the flagship Marlborough,
H.M.'s ships Conqueror, Hibernia, Centurion, Vul-
ture, Curacoa, Vigilant, Princess Royal, Perseve-
rance, Recruit, and Boxer ; one female distressed
British subject from Malta, and three from Gib-
raltar. The Himalaya was detained two days at
Gibraltar, after which she encountered some very
heavy weather, but rode through it without any
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