The Sun.
London, England, 1858-08-09 00:00:00

THE ARMY.

Lieutenant-Colonel E. Stanton, C. 8., Royal Engineers,
has been appointed Assistant-Adjutant-General at the head-
(matters of the Royal Engineers. Chatham, in succesl,n to
Lieutenant-Colonel F. A. Yorke, who has been appointed
inspector of studies at the Royal Military Academy, Wool-
wich.

Draughts comprising upwards of 300 officers and men left
the camp at Colchester last week for service in India. The
detachments were drawn from the 6th, 38th, 54th, 56th, and
oth• r regiments.

The 2nd battalion of the sth Foat, now at Aldershot, are
under orders to embark, about the 10th inst., on board the
three-decker freight clipper Great Tasmania, at Portsmouth,
for the Mauritius. This is one of Baines, Mackay, and Co.'s
squadron of Liverpool clippers. The battalion consists of 29
officers, 792 men, Viree officers' wives, three officers' child-
ren, two female domestics, 58 soldiers' wives, and 62 sol-
diers' children. A detachment, consisting of two ensigns and
61 men of the depot cf the Ist battalion of the 4th Foot, n
at Wapner, are also ordered to embark on the same date in
th- Great Ta mania fur the Maur.t'u,
The entire battalion of the Royal Marine Light Infantry
at present at head-quarters, Chatham, were drawn up on
their parade-ground on Saturday, fir the purpose of wit-
m ssibg tht degradation ofa non-commissioned officer attached
to the battalion, in accordance with the sentence of a district
court-martial recently held at Chatham. The prisoner,
Corporal William Russell, was employed on tire recruiting
service, and stationed at Manchester, f.om which city he
absconded, taking away with him the sum of £4 I3s. sd.
public money which had been intrusted to him. The Court
found the prisoner guilty, and sentenced him to be reduced
to the rank arid pay of a private, to be imprisoned for
56 days in the military prison at Furt Clarence, and also to
be placed under stoppages until the amount made away with
was refanded. After the sentence had been read by Adju-
tant Mot, the prisoner's stripes were eat off his arms in
the presence of the whole of the troops,
,and he was then
marched off to the military prison, Rochester.. The sentence
of a district court-martial passed on Private Michael
Toomey for deserting from head-quarters, Chatham, was
also read ; the prisoner, whose character is very bad, being
sentenced to 56 days' imprisonment, and also to be branded
wi, h the letter D.
The following embarked at Kingstown, Dublin, on Sa'ur-
day, for Portsmouth for further proceeding thence in ber
Majesty's steam troopship Perseverance, Commander Power,
to Malta and Corfu:-5 sergeants, 2 corporals, and 1 drum-
mer of the 28th depot, from Fermoy ; Ensign Striven, of the
2d Battalion of the 3cl Foot, from Limerick; 3 officers and
93 men of the 46th Depot, from Tewplemore.

THE Nil VY.

Rear-Admiral of the Red Sir Charles Howe Fremantle,
K.C.8., hoisted his flag on board the Renown, 91, Captain
Forbes, at Spithead, on Saturday, as Commander-in-Chief of
the Channel fleet, now assembling at that anchorage.
The Euryaltp, 51, screw frigate, Captain Tarieton, C. 8.,
on her return from Cherbourg, went down to Cowes and
moored, as her Majesty expressed an intention of inspecting
her prier to Prince Alfred's taking up his berth on board
for the instructive voyage. We are informed no officers
have been appointed to this ship until their names were first
snbrnitted to and approved by the Queen. She will sail in
a few days.
The Osborne, Admiralty steam yacht, Master Commander
Bower, returned to Portsmouth with the Lords of the Ad-
miralty at 9 o'clock on Friday evening ; the Commissioners
slept on board, and on Saturday morning landed at the
town sallypott and took the 11.30 train for London. The
Osborne has left for Woolwich, to attend the Queen to
Cologne.
The Victor Emmanuel, 91, Captain James Wilson, C. 8.,
has her complement within 100.
The State yacht Victoria and Albert, Captain the Hon.
J. Denman, Aide-de-Camp to the Queen, having filled her
bunkers with coal, will leave Osborne this morning for
Gravesend, to take up moorings and await the embarkation
of the Queen and Prince Consort for Cologne.
The flagship Cumberland, 70, Captain John B. Dickson,
from the South American station, last from Portsmouth,
arrived in Plymouth Sound on Saturday.
The shipwrights have commenced making preparations
for the launch of the large screw frigate Mersey, 40, which
will take place at Chatham Dockyard on Thursday after-
noon.
Her Majesty's steam vessel Banshee, in command of Mr.
Williams, master of the Fisgard, arrived at Woolwich on
Saturday, and was ordered to coal immediately. She is to
proceed to Gravesend atan early hour this morning, Boas to
be in attendance on the Royal yacht, which will leave the
Terrace-pier at half-past 9 o'clock for Antwerp.
The iron paddle-wheel steamer Oberon, fitted out for the
West Coast of Africa, was hauled out of basin at Woolwich
on Saturday, and left fur Greenhithe and Portsmouth, ea
the way to her destination.
The steam transport Dee, from the western yards, arrived
at Woolwich on Saturday, bringing a number of ships
boats for Deptford and naval stores for Woolwich, and is or-
dered to commence reloading steam gear for Portsmouth.
The blocks were on Saturday raised and arranged for laying
down the keel of the 22 gun corvette Barossa, ordered to be
built at Woolwich on the slip from which the Challenger was
launched in February last. In consequence of her length
being intended to exceed that of the Challenger by 50
feet, the building ways have been thrown out and the
slip lengthened. Her length between perpendiculars will be
250 feet. Preparations are in a forward state for the launch
of the 91 screw steamship Edgar at Woolwich. The Edgar
is a sister ship of the Agamemnon, having been constructed
under the carne shed, and has precisely similar proportions.
The Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty have decided
on immediately augmenting the corps of Royal Marine Light
Infantry by the addition of 5,000 men, who will be distri-
buted among the present companies. The relative numbers
to be appointed to each division have not yet been made
public, but it is understood that each of the divisions at
Chatham, Portsmouth, Plymouth, and Woolwich will be
increased by 1,000 non-commissioned officers and men,
which will leave 1,000 additional men to be distributed
among the artillery companies at Portsmouth, who are
among the finest and best disciplined troops in her Ma-
jesty's service.