The Sun.
London, England, 1859-11-08 00:00:00

THE ARMY.

A board of inquiry having been held at Bromp-
ton-barracks, Chatham, relative to a daring robbery
which took place a few nights since at the Royal
Engineer establishment, in which it was suspected
some of the troops were concerned, when the pho-
tographic establishment was broken into, and three
valuable lenses, one of the value of £l5, and the two
others of £l2, were stolen, a sarTer named Henry
Duval has been apprehended on suspicion of hav-
ing perpetrated the robbery. The accused was one
of the sentries stationed near the photograph
room on the night of the robbery, when he broke
into the room and obtained possession of the
lenses which he buried near the barracks, where they
were afterwards discovered. The prisoner under-
went an examination before the magistrates at
Chatham yesterday afternoon, and was committed
for trial on the charge.
The number of troops who can be furnished by
the battalions at Chatham for service in India dur-
ing the ensuing spring will be 3,000 men of all
ranks, or 1,000 from each of the depot battalions.
Mr. Sidney. Herbert, as Secretary for War, has
addressed a circular to magistrates, calling atten-
tion to the fact that deserters, who upon their com-
mittal, to civil custody have been examined and
reported fit for service, have, upon joining their
corps, and on re-examination,frequently been found
to be totally unfit for military duty. In order to
prevent unnecessary expense to the public, and in-
convenience to the service, the Secretary for War
requests that greater care may in future be observed
in the medical examination by the medical and civil
practitioners::
The following notices, not previously published,
are from the General Regimental Orders issued at
Woolwich, dated Horse Guards, S.W., Nov. 5 :
" The officers newly appointed to serve in the
Coast Brigade of Royal Artillery, as enumerated in
The Sun from the Gazette of Friday last will be
stationed as follows :—Major Campbell, at Head-
quarters; Capt. McGorrery, at the Tower of Lon-
don ; Capt. Handyside, in Ireland ; Capt. W. Henry,
in Ireland ; Capt. Andrew Henry, in the Western
District ; Capt. Mackenzie, in the South Eastern
District ; Capt. Rogan, in the South-Western Dis-
trict ; Capt. Sweeny, in the South-Eastern District;
Capt. Elliott, in North Britain ; Lieut. M'Gil-
livray, in the South-Eastern District ; Lieut. Scott,
in the South-Eastern District; Lieut. Kettle, in the
Western District ; Lieut. Phillips, in the South-
Western District; Lieut. Thomson, in the Western
District ; Lieut. M‘Murray, in Ireland ; Lieut. and
Adjt. Cole and Lieut. and Quartermaster Anderson
at head-quarters.
"Paymaster Fitz-Thomas Landers has been per-
mitted to resign bis commission. Lieut. Philip
M'Laurin Guille has been permitted to resign his
commission, and Lieut. J. F. Owen, of the 7th Bri-
gade, is therefore raised to increased pay therein.
"Referring to the General Regimental Order of
the 19th October last, paragraph 16, the order for
Lieut. Nicholson to join Capt. Bolton's battery 2d
brigade, is cancelled, and he is posted to Major
Longden's battery, sth brigade, and will proceed
to Gibraltar by the mail steanier of the 4th of Jan.,

1860. The following removal and appointment of
master gunners have been approved, viz. :—Master
Gunner Johnston from Duncanion Fort to Spike
Island, vice Harris, absent without leave ; Sergeant
Joseph Bourne, of the Invalid Artillerp, to be mas-
ter gunner at Duncannon Fort, vice Johnson.—
Erratum, in General Regimental Orders of October
19th and 20th.—Paragraph 21, line 2, for saddle
cloths,' read 'horse blankets.' The Secretary of
State for War has decided that the gun-metal screw
plugs for the fuze hole of shells are to be demanded
and issued as a distinct article of store ; command-
ing officers will therefore be guided by that deci-
sion in framing their demands in future.—War-
office Letter, Oct. 21.
" The General Commanding-in-Chief, with the
concurrence of the Secretary of State for War, di-
rects that, as far as practicable, the equipment of
batteries of Field Artillery shall be kept in repair,
and the straps, &c., of carriages renewed, when ne-
cessary, by the battery artificers, for which purpose
materials will be issued from time to time on the
requisitions of commanding officers, instead of sup-
plying in a manufactured state articles which the
artificers may be reasonably expected to make out
of the materials mentioned. All demands for
printed forms for service of the Royal Artillery
(paymasters' forms excepted) :must in future be
transmitted through the Adjutant-General's office,
instead of direct to the Secretary of State for War.
A new pattern box, 12 inches deep, 11 inches wide,
and 30 inches long, for packing 12-pounder case
shot, has been sealed to govern future supplies, the
box No. 17 having been found too small for the
purpose required.
" The Secretary of State for War has sanctioned
an extra allowance of ls. a-day to the orderly-room
sergeant of each brigade of the Royal Artillery, in
addition to his pay as sergeant. Commanding offi-
cers of brigades, in sending men to Fort Pitt as
lunatics, will take care, before the removals are
effected, to assemble regimental boards to verify
the services of the men up to the dates of the sit-
ting of such boards, the proceedings of which are
to be completed, with the exception of the spaces
left in the documents for the insertion of further
and total service, and also the confirmation of the
board's reports. 1, hen a man is sent to the asylum
at Fort Pitt the undermentioned documents are to
be immediately transmitted to the Superintendent
of the Invalid Depot at Chatham,
viz.:—proceed-
ings of regimental board, parchment certificate of
discharge, attestation and record of service, court-
martial sheet, regimental defaulter's sheet, No. 1,
report (for paymaster), statement of accounts, list
of necessaries in possession. The Secretary of State
for War, with the concurrence of the General Corn-
manding-in-Chief, having approved the adoption by
the Royal Artillery of a breast-strap proposed by
Lieut.• Col. Maude, C. 8., in substitution for
the breast-plate and breast-harness now in use by
the regiment, a pattern has been sealed to govern
supplies. The traces for the breast-straps are of the
of billet,th e
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length and pattern as now issued with breast-
harness to the Royal Horse Artillery, the D to
which the supporting strap is attached being fixed
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the Royal Artillery on the atraerpsleacoinneg
same footing .
as the Line
in regard to postage allowance,
the Secretary of
State for War has decided that permission to send