The Sun.
London, England, 1859-11-09 00:00:00

THE ARMY.

The annexed general order has been issued
within the last few days :
" Horse Guards, S.W., Nov. 1.
" Her Majesty having been pleased to approve
of an augmentation to the Royal Artillery of one
major, seven captains, eight lieutenants, one ser-
geant-major, one quartermaster-sergeant, five staff-
sergeants, 24 sergeants, six corporals and bombar-
diers, for the purpose of forming a new brigade, to
be, called "rhe Coast Brigade of Artillery,' the pre-
sent invalid Artillery being amalgamated there-
with, his Royal Highness the General Command-
ing-in-Chief has much pleasure in notifying the
same to the Royal Artillery ; and, as the appoint-
ments to this brigade, both in officers and non-
commissioned officers as well as gunners, will be
given as a reward for good and faithful service, his
Royal Highness hopes that the additional advan-
tages thus offered will be met on the part of those
appointed with a corresponding amount of zeal and
attention ; and that the very important duties which
will devolve upon every individual in the brigade
will be performed in a manner worthy of commen•
dation, and calculated to reflect credit upon the
reg invent.
" As its name implies, the Coast Brigade will be
distributed among the forts, batteries, mad towers
of the United Kingdom, and, in addition to the
duties now performed by the-invalid non-commis-
sioned officers and gunners, they will be required
to afford instruction in gunnery to the various re-
giments of Militia and volunteer Artillery com-
panies as may from time to time be necessary.
" The officers of the brigade will be stationed at
convenient distances along the coast, and will have
the entire charge (under the commanding officers
of Artillery) of tho districts allotted to them, the
master gunners in which will be placed under their
orders.

" The brigade will be composed of eight divi-
sions, each under a captain, who will be respon-
sible for everything connected with the pay and
subsistence, as well as the discipline and instruc-
tion, of the men belonging to it ; and he will be re-
quired to visit his detached parties from time to
time, to satisfy himself that every attention is paid
to keeping the guns, ammunition, stores, &c., in
proper order, and the men in a stata of efficiency.
" As the men belonging to the brigade will be old
soldiers, perfectly acquainted with their drills and
exercises, his Royal Highness does not desire that
they should be constantly drilled the same as re-
cruits, but that they may be sufficiently so during
every week to keep them thoroughly conversant
with, and efficient in the discharge of, their duties,
while the fact of their being accustomed to stores,
&c., will lead his Royal Highness to expect that
every article in charge, and the several magazines,
&c., will be kept in the very highest order.
" The instruction of volunteer Artillery companies
will be one of the principal duties required of the
brigade, and too much attention cannot be paid to
uniformity in the manner of imparting instruction,
and the officers will ha expected to take a lively in-
terest in this important duty, and be ready at all
times to afford every information on artillery sub-
jects to the volunteers, who, living in the neigh-
bourhood, will doubtless avail themselves of this
means of acquiring much interesting knowledge in
the science of gunnery beyond that of the mere
drill and exercises in the use of ordnance, which
should, however, be made as comprehensive as pos-
sible.
" In making these observations, his Royal High-
ness by no means wishes it to be supposed that
every point has been touched on, as there are many
subjects of minor detail which will suggest them-
selves to the officers, and otheri of a local descrip-
tion which it would be impossible to treat of in a
general order ; but his Royal Highness trusts that
sufficient has been advanced to give a general idea
of the duties which will be required of the brigade,
and he doubts not they will be carried out in such
a manner as to add to the prestige of the Royal
Regiment of Artillery.
" By command of his Royal Highness
"The General Commanding-in-Chief,
" G. A. WETHERALL, Adjt -General."
Since the order has arrived at head-quarters,
Chatham, for the 34th (Capt. G. 11. Gordon's) com-
pany of Royal Engineers to be augmented, previ-
ously to its departure for Dover, a number of
skilled artizans and mechanics have been selected
from the detachments now at Brompton barracks
and attached to the company, which has been raised
to its required strength. The 34th company is in
daily expettation of proceeding to Dover, where
the Royal Engineers will be employed for some

mounting the guns early in the ensuing sprit)...
Yesterday morning, at 9 o'clock, several hundred
,non-commissioned officers and men belonging to
the Indian depots at Chatham barracks, consisting
chiefly of the troops of the 43d (Light Infantry),
53d, and 77th Regiments, were marched down to
the Gun-wharf at Chatham for the purpose of being
instructed in embarking and disembarking from the
vessels in harbour, under the direction of the staff
officers of the garrison. Since the last occasion of
the troops being exercised in this part of their mili-
tary duties several improvements have been made
in the method adopted, the result of which is that
the embarkations are effected more expeditiously
and with the same amount of military- discipline as
before. Each man was provided with his musket
and other accoutrements, and on reaching the Gun-
wharf detachments proceeded into the men-of-war
launches in waiting to receive them. As soon as
each of the launches was filled with from 50 to GO
men and officers the boats proceeded out to the
Tyne, which has been fitted up for this service, the
men embarking on board that vessel in the most
orderly manner. The boats then returned for other
parties of troops until the whole were embarked,
the time occupied being about half an hour. After
a short interval the disembarkations commenced,
and were conducted in as orderly and as expedi-
tious a manner as the embarkation.

Yesterday orders were received at Chatham for
the detachment of Royal Engineers selected to pro-
ceed to China to meet the detachment of Royal
Artillery, also under orders for that service, and
both will proceed to Portsmouth together for em-
barkation on board the Simoom.

Capt. 11. G. Savage has been appointed to the
command of the 33d company of Royal Engineers
now at head-quarters ; and Lieut. G. E. Grover,
R.E., has been directed to proceed from Chatham to
Shorncliffe to join the Royal Engineers at that
statiln.

Orders have been received at Portsmouth from
the Admiralty, directing the Artillery branch of
the service to be formed. into a separate division of
Royal Marines. This branch of the service is not
to be separated from the mother corps, as has been
stated. That could not be, as the Artillery officers
will, as heretofore, go back to the Light Infantry
branch of the service on promotion, the alteration
being simply another divisional head-quarters of
the Royal Marine Corps, now called the Royal
Marine Artillery Division, having a colonel-com-
mandant of its own, a second commandant, four
lieut.-colonels, a paymaster, barrackmaster, two ad-
jutants, quartermaster and second quartermaster,
surg., assist.-surg., and staff. Col. Dwyer; being
the oldest officer serving at present in the Royal
Marine Corps, who has; been in the Artillery branch
of the service, will, in accordance with the rules of
this service, be its future eunnnandant, Col. Fraser
its second commandant (as at present), Lieut.-Col.
Tate, Major Alremyss, Brevet Lieut.-Col. Alexander,
Brevet Lieut.-Col. Schomberg, its four lieut.-tols.
(the three latter to. be acting until they arc pro-
moted in th. Corps of Marines), Major Lawrence
to be paymaster, Capt. Meade barrackmaster,
Lieuts. Testing and Durnford adjutants, Lieut.
Foster and Sergeant-Major Healing quartermasters.
The surgeon, assistant-surgeon, and others are not
yet named.
The Northamptonshire Militia will complete its
21 days' trainingon the 14th inst. This regiment
served during the Crimean war in Ireland and at
Gibraltar, an was re-embodied in the autumn of
1857 till May, 1858, when it was disembodied, being,
then 800 strong. The muster has been most credit-
able, nearly 900 men being now present at head-
quarters. Their conduct has been most orderly,
and the regiment is in a high state of discipline. It
is, however, still armed with the old musket, nor has
a single round of practice ball. ammunition been
issued to the regiment since the year 1853. Much
surprise is expressed that the Government do not
embody this fine regiment, which is of more than
double the strength of many of those now embodicd.