The Sun.
London, England, 1861-08-07 00:00:00

THE ARMY.

The East India troopship Caroline Coventry, 888
tons, Captain A. Overbury, belonging to Messrs.
Smith, London, whose arrival at Gravesend from
Kurrachee was briefly reported in The Sun of yes-
terday, disembarked her cavalry, infantry, and ar-
tillery troops at Custom-house Quay, Gravesend,
yesterday morning. The Caroline Coventry sailed
from Kurrachee on the 19th March last ; reached
the Cape of Good Hope on the 24th May, where
she was detained until the sth June; sighted St.
Helena and lay to off that island on the 22d; crossed
the line on the 30th of the same month, and first
sighted the Scilly Islands on the 2st inst. The pas-
sage to Gravesend, including detentions, occupied
137 days. The number of troops who embarked at
Kurrachee was 274 of all ranks, with 41 women and
children, belonging to the 3d Bengal Light Cavalry,
Ith Bengal Light Cavalry, Bengal Artillery, 7,h
(Princess Royal's) Dragoon Guards, 7th Hussars,
Royal Artillery, 7th (Royal Fusiliers), 24th, 27th
(Enniskillens), 46th, 51st (King's Own Light Infan-
try),s2d (Light Infantry), 64th, 79th (Highlanders),
81st, 92d (Highlanders), 93d (Highlanders), 94th,
98th, and the 2d battalion Rifle Brigade Regiments.
The troops were in charge of the following officers,
viz., Capt. H. M. Burns,Lieut. G. C. Ross,and Lieut.
H. B. Church, 24th Regiment ; Ensign E. F. K.
Fortescue, 34th Bengal European Infantry; and in
medical care of Assist..-Surg. M. J. Jones, 72d High-
landers. Lieut. Kitchenham, 2d Bombay Fusileers,
and Mr. and Mrs. Miller came home as passengers.
During the voyage four births, two marriages, and
four deaths, occurred on board ; the marriages
having been solemnized by the Rev. T. E. Mere-
dith, 8.A., chaplain of the Royal Navy. When
near the entrance to the Channel on the 28th of
July, the Caroline Coventry encountered a tremend-
ous gale from the south-west, which lasted 48 hours.
On the arrival of the ship at Gravesend the troops
were inspected by Lieut.-Col. De Teissier, from the
invalid establishment, Chatham, when those men
who were found to be convalescent were landed and
sent to join their respective depots. The remainder
were forwarded to Chatham garrison to await their
discharge from the service, four only being ad-
mitted into hospital at Fort Pitt.
The ship Star of the South, Renner, master, dis-
embarkedie her troops yesterday morning, as fol-
.—Brevet-Major W. J. Chad
s, G. s Knight s, commanding ;
• and V. Ryan ; Lieuts. A.
Benison, D.
Ensigns J. Gardiner, W. H. Ashe, and C. H. Sams ;
.uAnderson, IL F. Scobell, S. S. Walker,
and Assist.-
s 8
trumpeters,3 E. Parsonage, M.D. ; 16 sergeants,
corporals, 1120 privates, 15 women,
16 children, of theh
Re3iment, and 24 men of
discharge. various corps for
rtghe. She afterwards was
towed out of Portsmouth harbour to Spithead,
whence she sailed for London..
Tha 33d company of
Itilalt\‘lhlnogroineers, under the
command of Capt. R.
marched into
Chatham garrison yesterdalr evening
from
Alder-
shott camp. In the latter pl ace it is relieved by te
9th company, commanded b. r Capt. Cox, which ar-
rived from the Mediterranel in in the Megzera, 6.
which ria tubers about 80 um-
The 33d company,

commissioned officers and men, will go through a
complete course of engineering instructions 0 head-
quarters, after which it will be made up to its proper
complement before embarking for foreign service.
The examination of candidates for direct comm;a-
sions, before Major-Gen. Knollys, Vice President,
Major-Gen. Portlock, R.E., and Lieut.-Col. Addi -
son, commenced, virtually, yesterday, the first day
being confined to the medical examination, at the
Royal Hospital, Chelsea—English and History be-
ing the subjects selected for examination. There
are about 150 candidates assembled at this compe-
tition, which terminates on Saturday next.