The Sun.
London, England, 1859-03-28 00:00:00

THE ARMY,

His Royal Highness the General Commanding-
in-Chief made a visit of inspection on Friday to the
camp at Colchester.
The East India troopship Wellesley, 1,013 tons,
Capt. Smith, arrived in the Thames at Gravesend
on Friday evening, having on board a large party
of invalid and wounded troops from Lucknow,
Cawnpore, Delhi, and the other mutinous districts
in India. The wounded and disabled troops, to the
number of 160 non-commissioned officers and men,
embarked at Calcutta on the sth of December, and
sailed on the 7th of the same month. A number of
the troops have been in India nearly 20 years, and
several arc very badly wounded, some having lost
either an arm or a leg, or received severe wounds
in their conflicts with the rebels at Cawnpore,
Delhi, and Lucknow. On the disembarkation of
the invalids at Gravesend they were conveyed to
Fort Pitt, Chatham, where they were medically
inspected by Surgeon-Major J. S. Prendergast,
M.D., when 47 men were ordered into hospital for
medical treatment, and the remainder forwarded to
St. Mary's Invalid Depot, to await an inspection
by a Chelsea board. On the Wellesley leaving
Calcutta the John Bell, Lady Jocelyn, and Holmes-
dale were in the river waiting to embark invalid
troops for England. The invalid troops belonging
to the Royal Artillery were forwarded to Woolwich.
The troops belonging to the Royal and East
India Engineers at Chatham have commenced
pontooning in the Medway, where a• certairbnumber
of officers and men are engaged in this branch of
engineering daily.
The Black Ball clipper ship Donald M'Kay,
which will sail on the sth of next month for Mel-
bourne, will take five officers mil 101 privates,
under contract with the Admiralty.
Mr. Mouchet, the Storekeeper of Deptford Dock-
yard, after a long and honourable period of service,
has been granted a retiring allowance of £653.
Sir Wm. Armstrong, C. 8., Government Engineer
for rifled ordnance, accompanied by Colonel Tulloh
and a number of officers composing the Select Com-
mittee of Woolwich Arsenal, went down to Shoe-
buryness on Friday last, and directed a course of
experiments to test the merits of a new species of
explosive fusee and improved shrapnel shell, his
recent inventions. The issue of the experiments
with both productions was pronounced extremely
favourable, as containing the full requirements of
the service. Some of the shells were fired from a
12-pounder Armstrong gun, over a range of 3,000
yards. The mere contact with the surface of the
water on which it alighted caused the desired ex-
plosion of the shell.

THE CIVIL SERVICE.—The Treasury.—There are
several vacancies in the Treasury for Supplementary Clerks,
for which a competitive examination is announced ; salarycom-
menig
Several vacancies for Junior Clerks, for which a competi-
tive examination will be shortly announced ; commencing
salary XlOO per annum. Law Department.—The Recorder-
ship of Norwich has become vacant by the death of Mr.
Prendergast, Q.C. The Dockyards, &c.—Mr. William
Cairpbell, Second-class and Senior Clerk in the Wages
Branch, Pembroke Dockyard, has been promoted to the
Acting First-class;. Mr. Richard Harwood has been ap-
pointed Temporary Clerk in Pembroke Yard. Customs.—
Mr. James Baxter has been promoted from Second to
First-class Tide Surveyor at Liverpool; Mr. John
Holloway has been promoted from Third to Second-
class Tide Surveyor at Liverpool. Mr. Martin Byrne
has been promoted from Third to Second Class Tide Sur-
veyor at Liverpool. Inland Revenue Department.—There
are 20 situations vacant in the Inland Revenue Department,
for which 60 candidates will compete on the 12th of April
next. Stamps and Taxes Branch.—Mr. R. N. Lucas,
Surveyor of Taxes, Croydon, has been promoted to Faver-
sham, in the room of Mr. Kite, promoted to Cheltenham.
Mr. Augustus Farr, Surveyor of Taxes, has been promoted
froni Pershore to Spalding. Mr. William Clark Shaw,
Supernumerary Surveyor of Taxes, Liverpool, has been
appointed Surveyor of Taxes at Pershorc. Excise Branch.
—Mr. Edward Thomas Crabb, Examiner, hag been pro-
moted to be Supervisor of Aboyne District. Mr. Philip
Taylor Evans, Examiner, has been promoted to be Super-
visor of Colchester District, relieving Mr. John Roche
Davies, appointed Supervisor of Inverness District. Mr.
John P. Mullany, Examiner, has been promoted to be
Supervisor of Swansea District.—Civil Service Gazette.