The Sun.
London, England, 1858-08-23 00:00:00

THE ARMY.

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Orders were on Saturday received at Chatham, directing
the following reinforcements for the Queen's cavalry and
infantry regiments now serving in India, to embark at
Gravesend, between the Ist and 7th of September, in those
vessels which have been taken up for them by the Hon. East
India Company, viz.:-15 men of the Bth (the King's)
Regiment, Ist battalion ; 20 men of the 19th Regiment, Ist
battalion; 80 men of the 20th regiment, Ist battalion; 15
men of the 23d Royal Welsh Fusiliers, Ist battalion ; 63
men cf the 24th Regiment, Ist battalion ; 25 men of the
29th Regiment, 30 men of the 35th (Royal Sussex) Regi-
ment, and 30 men of the 75th Regiment, from Chatham;
20 men of the 2d (the Queen's) Dragoon Guards, 50 men
of the 7th Hussars, 90 men of the 64th Regiment, 45 men
of the 82d Regiment, and 35 men of the 90th Light Infan-
try, from Canterbury ; 60 men of the 34th Regiment, 90
men of the 37th Regiment, 45 men of the 38th Regiment,
50 men of the 54th Regiment, 11 men of the 88th Connaught
Rangers, and 50 men of the 97th (Earl of Ulster's) Regi-
ment, from Colchester; 18 men of the 60th Rifles, Ist bat-
talion, and 35 men of the Rifle Brigade, from Winchester;
104 men of the 42i Royal Highlanders, and.6o men of the
79th Highlanders, from Stirling; 39 men of the 93d High-
landers, from Abereden ;_ 43 men of the 13th (Prince
Albert's) Light Infantry, from Fermoy ; 20 men of the 80th
Regiment, from Buttevant ; and 100 men of the Royal Ar-
tillery, from Woolwich. The whole of the above reinforce-
ments are ordered to proceed to Calcutta. The following
troops will embark for Bombay-50 men of the Bth Hussars
and 28 men of the 17th Lancers, from Canterbury; 16 men
of the 56th Regiment, from Colchester • 15 men of the 51st
(the King's) Light Infantry, from Waltner • 20 men of the
72d Highlanders, from Aberdeen ; 20 men of the 71st High-
land Light Infantry, and 30 men of the 92d Highlanders,
from Stirling; 64 men of the 33d (Duke of Wellington's)
Regiment, 82 men of the 89th Regiment, and 58 men of the
95th Regiment, from Fermoy ; 34 men of the 57th Regi-
ment, from Cork; 18 men of the 18th Royal Irish, and 20
men of the 86th ( Royal County Down) Regiment, from
Buttevant ; and 20 men of the Royal Artillery, from Wool-
wich. The following reinforcements proceed to Madras, viz.
—l5 men of the Ist Dragoon Guards, from Canterbury;
40 men of the 44th Regiment, and 33 men of the 66;11 Regi-
tnent, from Colchester; 19 men of the 74th, Highlanders,
from Aberdeen ' • 100 men of the 68:h Light Infantry, and
18 men of the 69th Regiment, from Fermoy ; with 15 men
of the Royal Artillery, from Woolwich.
The non-commissioned officers belonging to the three
battalions at Chatham have presented Quartermaster-Ser-
geant J. Connell, Ist battalion, late of the 64th Regiment,
with a massive silver goblet, elegantly chased, as a mark of
the high esteem and respect in which he is held on the oc-
casion of his retiring from the service. The testimonial
was presented to Quartermaster-Sergeant Connell at a meet-
ing of the non-commissioned officers on Saturday by Ser-
geant Major Pangbourne, 2d battalion, who spoke of the
great esteem in which Quartermaster-Sergeant Connell was
held by all ranks at Chatham Garrison. Quartermaster-
Sergeant Connell has been in the service 33 years, and is
decorated with the medal for long and meritorious service.
The goblet bears the following inscription Presented
to Quartermaster-Sergeant J. Connell, Ist battalion' by his
brother sergeants of the three battalions, as a tcken of their
esteem.—Chatham, August, 1858."
On Saturday morning the officers and men of the Chat-
ham division of Royal Marine Light Infantry were drawn
up on their parade-ground for the purpose of hearing read
the sentence of a disaiet court-martial passed on private
George Lang, who was recently tried at Chatham on a charge
of having attempted to strike Corporal Bellion with the
butt end of his musket, the corporal being at the time in
the execution of his duty. The Court found the prisoner
guilty, but in consideration of his former conduct having
been generally good, only sentenced him to 56 days im-
prisonment.

THE MILITIA.
The Hampshire Militia Regiment has received orders to
assemble for 21 days' training at the Militia Armoury, Win-
chester, on Monday, Sept. 20.
The East Suffolk Militia are to assemble at Ipswich on
Tuesday, Oct. 5, for 21 days' training and exercise.
The East Norfolk Militia Artillery will also assemble at
Yarmouth for 21 days on the 7th Sept.