The Sun.
London, England, 1859-09-17 00:00:00

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-6f Syria and at St. Jean d'Acre. He was lieutenant'
of the VancruardeBo,:in the Meditprranee 'id 180
`and 1842. °He senior lieutenant oft b'Sealark,
10 ,sloop, on the coastofAfrica station froth-4W till . I!.'t
that vessel.- was paid .off in 1817, . and for *high
service he was promoted to commander, 28th Auzlist,
'1847. He held the command of the Cygnif, 8, Jl, S
'sloop, on the tfe-sreitirSt of Africa station,-from-1860-
to 1853, and was appointed to the command oftho
Desperate? 8, screw, in January, 1855, in which he
served in the Baltic aid' on particular service until
promoted to captain:in May, 1850,,_

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THE ARMY.

The Ist battalion of the Scots Fusilier Guards,
• under the command of Col. Itidleyovill leave Wind-
sor to-morrow' Morning by special train' on the
South-Western ita4Way far St. George's,barracks,
London. At the same...time the 2d 'battalion of
Grenadier Guards, 'Which has been under canvas
;at Aldqrshot, will intrei.h into Windsor for the par.:
pose of doing the Castle. duty..l.;
A further detachment of Royal Engineers is about
to be despatched to, British Columbia for the put-
pose of assisting the company of Royal. EOgipP4s.
now Antkinetlit here' n tlieounstumation of the • roads
and bridges and.the_oll)cr gni:lllo4dg operations
which are in,ip,rogress in that celony. The Officer
selected to with the detachment is Lieut.
It. Anderson, and the Royal Engineers' who are to
form this fresh expedition' are now being selected
at head-quarters, Chatham.
The Hon. Council for India have taken up the
following additional vessels fbr the conveyance of
reinforcements to'ln d i a—v iz., Trafalgar; bektng-
ing to Messrs. Greene and Co., toembark 350 men
at Gravesend, on the Ist October, for Madras ; and
the Stuart Wortley, belonging to Messrs.. Herring
and Co„ to. embark 260 men•lit.Gravesend for BOm-
haybetween the na and 27th inst:

• -The depot of the 84th Regiment, which numbers
'
500 men of all ranks, was inspected at the Hut-
barracks, Chatham, on Thursday afternoon, by
• Major-General Eyre, Commandant of the Garrison,
previously to the removal of the troops to join the
head-quarters of the regiment. The route for the
' depot has been received from the Horse Guards by
Lieut.-Colonel Fairtlough, the troops being ordered. _
to leave the Hut-barracks at half-past 6 o'clock this
morning and proceed by special train to Sheffield.
Yesterday. MAjerspFneral Evre, Commandant of
Chatham Garrison, aCcompanied by Briga&Nitijiir
Gordon,,procee4ed to ravesend for the purpose of
inspecting the ' Earl 'Balcarras, which has been
chartered :by the (Hon. Council for India for the
conveyance of reinforcements to K.urrachee. The
reinforcements are expected to embark at Gravesend
this day; the number proceeding in the Earl Bah
carras being 40 non-commissioned officers and men
of the 7th Drageoq Guards, 46th, 51st (Light In=
fantry), 79tb, 79th; (Highlanders) ; 94th, And 98th
Regiments. The names:of the officers whnembark
with the troopArhave been already enumerated in
The Sun. Lieut. .Col. R. J. Baumgartner,
27th Regiment, proceeds in charge of the detach-
ments. •cj
Yesterday orders were received at Chatham for
the depot companies of the filst Regiment to pro-
ceed froni that garrison to Pembroke on Mmidly
next, to 'occupy the, quarters that will be vacated
by the 31st depot. The following officers leave
Chatham with the Met Reginaent :--4lajor A: W.
Gordon, 'in mainland ;.• Capt. D. It. Croasdaile,
Lieut. It.,HtittOM, Lieut. C. J. Griffiths, Lieut, E.
B. Andros, EnSign.F. J. Fane, Ensign Y. R. Cockle,
Ensign E. E. Barton, and Ensign J. D. Wedgwood.
The Iberia steamship. arrivod at Portsmouth yes-
terday, and would embark there this morning the
Lancashire Militia, consisting of 20'officers and 400
men for conveyance to Queenstown. She
after diseMbarking the above, proceed to Kings-
e otown,nsi
s tlivn.hge roe
r. s hlse
owillfll c
eeims bitanrdk
4t2h7ethAinnt,r
fimor M
Shornilitia,cliffc Camp, who.- will disembark at Portsmouth,
and proceed on t 6 Shoyncliffe by rail.