The Sun.
London, England, 1859-10-10 00:00:00

TILE ARMY.

A garrison court-martial assembled at the close
of last week, at the Royal Artillery barracks,
Woolwich, Lieut.-Col. de Rinzy, Ist brigade Gar-
rison Artillery, presiding, for the trial of the vari-
ous prisoners placed under arrest during the pre-
ceding week. A private named W. Davis, belonging
to the Royal Marines, was convicted of double de-
sertion. Having been captured a few days ago at
Coventry, he was placed in the hospital, on the sick
list, to await his forthcoming trial, whence he suc-
ceeded in making his escape, and was shortly after-
wards retaken. A corporal belonging to the Ist
brigade, Royal Artillery, having been despatched
to Liverpool, to escort a deserter thence to head-
quarters, Woolwich, was found guilty of having

. . . been intoxicated, and thereby permitting the escape
of his pthoner, and also of losing the 'handcuffs.
The retudi'nder'of the cases were of the ordinary
nature of desertion, disposing, of, necessaries, and
re-enlisting in other regiments. The sentence pro-
nounced.' in each case was that of 112 days' impri-
sonment in Fort Clarence.. - - ' -
The s econd-battalion of the Military Traitr, under
Col-Robertson, arrived in the POmona last week at
GravoS6nd, and prOmeded-to Aldershot camp. This
gallapt body of men 'was engaged actively in the
IndiAn campaign, formed part of , the garrison of
Altunbagh under Sir J. Outram, where they fre-
quently and greatly distinguished themselves; were
afterwards employed in most painful And laborious
services during the summer of 1858 at Lucknow,
and in operations against tho bands of Rao -Singh,
and have received the thanks of Major-Gen. Out-
tam and others, for their gallantry, discipline, and
good conduct in all the numerous actions in which
they were engaged. _

The Poictiers, hired troopship, Captain Reward,
arrived at Spithead on Saturday from the Thames.
She will embark there this morning a detach-
ment of the 50th Foot •for Ceylon. ' It will be
in the remembrance of our readers4hat this-ship
embarked the above troops for the same destina-
tion at Spithead on the 9th of August last, but put
back in consequence of springing a leak; and ells--
embarked them on the 17th of the same month, since
which time the troops havebeen quartered at Park-
hurst, and the Poictiers has been undergoing the
necessary repairs in the Thames.
The steamer Adelaide, hired transport, Captain
Bowen, arrived at Spithead yesterday from the
Thames. She embarks at Portsmouth the 4th bat-
talion 60th Rifles, from Aldershott Camp, for con-
veyance.to Waterford, returning to Spithead with
the 2d battalion 18th (Royal Irish).
Thm camp which was formed at the Spur Bat-
tery, Chatham, at the commencement of the sum-
mer, for a portion of the troops belonging to the 2d
battalion, in order to prevent the overcrowding of
the barracks, has now been broken up and the
tents removed, the last of the depots which were
encamped having gone into their winter quarters
at Chatham Barracks.
A battalion of 200 men and seven officers of the
Donegal Militia have arrived at the camp at Col-
chester.

The East Essex Rifle Militia, for the past 21 days
quartered in Colchester Camp, was officially in-
spected on Saturday by Col. Bloomfield, command-
ant of the garrison, in the presenbe. of a concourse
of speetators.