The Sun.
London, England, 1859-10-01 00:00:00

ri-TE ARMY.

Yesterday the hired LS India troopship Ber-
wickshire, 1,100 tons, Comrnander J. Bell, which
arrived at Grave'send from Bombay the previous
day avitlra large party of sick and wounded officers
and.men belonging to various cavalry and infantry-
regiments in India, landed her troops at Custom-
house Quay, in order that they may be forwarded
to Fort Pitt, Hospital, 'Ohatham.
The non-commissioned officers and men of the
Royal Engineers who have been selected from the
companies now at head-quarters, Chatham,
.to form
the surveying expedition about to start for British
Columbia will embark at Southampton this day
and proceed to their destination by the overland
route, via Panama. Very little of the equipment
for the expedition has been forwarded from the
Royal Engineers' stores at:Chatham, the supplies
necessary to be taken out being furnished the. men
at Southampton, where everything relating to the
expedition will be shipped. The Royal Engineers
selected foe this particular service are the very best
that can be obtained from the corps, both as re-
gards their, ability and general character, the
service on which they will be employed being
as important as it is arduous. In consideration
'of the nature of the duties in which they will be
employed the Government has given the members of
the expedition an exceedingly liberal scale of pay,
each man receiving ss. a day above his regimental
pay, in addition to which they will receive free ra-
tions and tobacco all the time they are absent from
England. Each man is also furnished with a com-
plete outfit, and while he is employed on the survey
all his clothing will be supplied him. The expedi-
tion includes some of the first surveyors in the corps
of Royal Sappers and Miners, besides draughts-
men, photographerJ, and men acquainted with every
description of handicraft. A supply of the newest
and most costly apparatus for use in the various
branches of the survey will also be taken out by the
expedition. As the men will be during a consider-
able portion of the year far removed from any habi-
tation, each man will be supplied with a six-bar-
relled revolver, together with a waterproof sheet to
sleep upon, portable waterproof tents, india-rubber
boots, wading boots, and every other requisite. The
detachment proceeds to British Colombia in charge
of Lieut. Anderson. Previously to the expedition
leaving Chatham it was inspected by Col. Sandham,
Director of the Royal Engineer establishment, who
in taking leave of the men expressed to them the
hope that they would persevere in the duties they
would be called upon to perform, and endeavour to
do their duty in whatever situation they might find
themselves placed.
A letter from Quebec states that orders have been
received from the military authorities to hold the
39th Regiment in readiness to embark far Bermuda,
upon the arrival of her Majesty's ship Himalaya,
and that the l'ith Regiment will be prepared to re-
move to Quebec, to take the place of the 39th Regi-
ment. -It is also stated that the headquarters and two
companies of the Royal Canadian Rifles will be
ready to proceed from Toronto to Montreal, to be
stationed there ; and that a company of the Royal
Canadian Rifles, at present stationed in that city,
will join the head-quarters of the regiment at
Montreal.