The Sun.
London, England, 1861-10-21 00:00:00

TILE ARMS,

The following General Order, dated Horse Guards,
Oct. 16, and signed by Colonel C. Bingham, Deputy
Adjutant-General, has been received at the head-
quarters of the Royal Artillery :

" 4n exchange of batteries has been ordered be-
tween Brevet-Lieut.-Col. S. R Gordon, of the 14th
Brigade, and Brevet-Major J.lM'Caridie Campbell,
of the 2d Brigade; between Capt. W. T. Barnett,
of the 6th Brigade, and Capt. J. F. E. Travers, of
the Ist Brigade; between Brevet-Major W. E. M.
CIB., of the 6th Brigade, and Brevet-Major
W. J. Williams, of the 3d Brigade; between Capt.
C. P. Rotton, of the 13th Brigade, and Capt. L. A.
Bradshaw, of the 7th Brigade ; between Brevet-
Major S. M. Grylls, of the 14th Brigade, and
Brevet-Major lt. Iliddulph, of the sth Brigade;
between Capt. J. T. B. Brown, of the 4th Brigade,
and Capt. C. E. Terriano, of the 10th Brigade; be-
tween
Capt. T. A. J. Harrison, of the 4th Brigade,
and Capt. J. F. Ramsdell; of the 14th Brigade ; and
between Lieut. H. G. Hader; of the 4th Brigade,
and Lieut. W. F. .Nelson,
Nelson of the 6th Brigade.
The officers commanding Royal Artillery in the
districts concerned will obtain the' sanction of the
officers commanding the troops to the following
removals • of officers; viz. O'Connell,
from Canada to England. Lient.-Colonel Clifford,
from Jersey to Pembroke I Captain Harrison,
from Hilsea to Woolwich Ca t. Ramsden, from
AldershOtt" to Hilseti;rieut. Walton, from Wool.
wick to Aldershott; Lieut. Brantley, from Gibraltar
t_c? Woolwich; Lieut. Haslar, from Aldershot to
u,c'Tll4; and Lieut. Nelson; from Gosport to Alder-
shot. The-following officers of the Royal Artillery
are posted to the batteries named, and will join at
their re,t,,,eti
picrz stations on the 14th November—
Lieut, th. 0,
emi:na,„;7th flattery, 2d Brigade, Jersey ;
• Yorke, 3d Battery, sth Bri-
gade, PIY mouth ;
Brigade, plynioitthi:c..l. T. Carr, 6th Battery, sth
10th 'BrigMe; thr,d',ll"icut. H. 'Shell, 3d Battery, I
Prot her, 7th Battery; rfoner ; and Lieut. C. J. M. I
exchange of brigades- ~,nrigatle, Woolwich. An
sanctioned betis esti Assist; !ga.tiOng having been
the Bth Brigade, and- Veale, M.D., of
9th Bri,iatde; foimi'fbfoOr's::iii Bourke, of the
Fort Oribeing relieved by thosattreeed to Leith
Assist:4m.. liartlii.Te is transferre farmDevosport.
Brigade' to the 14th, aDdiato hold hitosel" the 9th
ness to ethbark.for ;''arid A.seist,'-s
urg• Sharp
is triinSferred from the lattertethnfoi:Lasr brigade
and Will'ao duty at WoolWich•Until furth4.-oiasrs'.
Lieut.-Col. H. A. B. Campbell, C.B , of the lith I
Brigsde,cis raised to increased pay therein, vice
Sir a R. -Barker,' and Lieut.'-Col. O'Connell is
therefore posted to the 14th Brigade on major's pay.
The following officers are raised to increased pay
—Lieut. R. J. P. Saunders, Depot-Brigade, vice
Bond deceased; Lieut. V. Wing, Ist Brigade, vice
Pasley, resigned; Lieut.S. de L Lacy, Ist Brigade,
Lieut M. L. Porter, 3d
vice Loughmon, resigned; •
h k
Brigade, vice Robinson. resigned; Lieut. F. Sc ac ,
Ist Brigade, Vice Rochefort-, resigned; and Lieut.
H. L..Williania, 10th Brigade, vice Ramsden, pro-
moted. Sergeant W. Muir, of the Depot Brigade,
has been'appointed master gunner at Aldershot, vice
Whitehead, at Carlisle Castle, appointed adjutant
of a volunteer artillery corps,,
" His Royal inglutess the 'General Command-
!ng:in-Chief has been .plemitTrto award a silver
medal, -with an annuity of £lO for meritorious
fofd Quartermaster Sergeant James
z TN
veTot., Brigade.; and the gratuity of
conditS‘seunle for long , service and good
Fras*;-I,rok,riVed by Clifford, to Sergeant John
medal's and r'lgado• The annual
award of
gratuttaise:f
conduct having bee 6r long service and good
"x"2.01 ad •
57 consequence

lof the non-receipt of the.lists of individuals recom-
mended for those rewards by commanding officers,
it is particularly requested that in future these lists
may be prepared and posted so as to each the
Horse Guards by the Ist of April in each year.
" The subject of the preservation (t cast-iron
guns, howitzers, and carronades havin; been under
consideration, it has been &tided that the general
use of tompions shall again be resorted
to ; that the
vents of all guns, &c., not required to be kept in
immediate readiness for service, shall be stopped
with putty ; and that the guns, &c., to be kept in
readiness shall have their vents stopped with plugs
made of gotta percha. The tompions have junk
wads, slightly of high gauge, attached to them, and
patterns for the -several natures of guns are about
to be sealed. Officers commanding Royal Artil-
lery will therefore put forward, without delay, a
general demand (in duplicate) for the above stores,
showing on the face of the demand .the several de-
tached forts or batteries for which each article is
required. The Secretary of State for War has
approved the leaf of the tangent bar of Arm-
strong's 100-pounder and 30-pounder guns being
altered, by cutting off the angles, so as to pre-
sent the notch for the sight at the top of a pointed
instead of a flat surface. A new pattern canvas
cover for 12-pounder Armstrong guns has been ap-
proved, and will be supplied in the proportion of
one per gun. These covers are to be considered as
articles of battery equipment, and when not in use
are to be carried on the footboards of the limbers of
ammunition waggons. When Armstrong guns are
not required for use they are to be cleaned, their
vent-pieces screwed up, levers detached and taken
away, a small quantity of greased hemp or waste
cotton put into the slot round the vent-pieces, and a
fid placed in the muzzle. A new pattern shell and
fuze key, suitable for all the present Armstrong
fuzes and plugs, has been adopted into the service;
this key will supersedT the present field-service fuze
key, but batteries having shells with white-metal
plugs will retain the old- pattern keys until they
are provided with shells fitted with gun-metal
plugs. A sliding garrison carriage for the 100-
pounder Armstrong gun, land service, when
mounted on a dwarf traversing platform, has been
sealed as a pattern to govern supplies."

A notification has been received at Chatham that
the next examination of candidates for direct com-
missions will commence on Monday, Nov. 4 next,
on which day the examination of candidates for ap-
pointments to the Commissariat Department will
also commence. The examinations for admission to
the Royal Military College, Sandhurst, will com-
mence on Dec. 16 next. The competitive examina-
tion of candidates for Royal Artillery and Royal
Engineers at the Royal Military Academy, Wool-
wich, will be held on Jan. 6, 1862.

A highly interesting lecture has just been de-
livered in the garrison schoolroom, Sheerness, by
Commander Scott, Royal Navy, on the subject of
"Maritime Defence and Naval Ordnance."

Col. Dixon, who has partially recovered from his
attack of paralysis, has left the camp at Colchester
for six months on sick leave, Major Westhead, on
the staff of the 9th battalion, has exchanged with
Major Swaffield, of the 31st Regiment.
The contract for the new barrack buildings at
Colchester has not yet been taken. The formation
of an artesian well, recently commenced, is proceed-
ing steadily.