The Sun.
London, England, 1859-05-05 00:00:00

THE ARMY.

The military invalids alonging to the 59thRegt.
from China, and the regiments now at the Cape of
Good Hope. who arrived at Portsmouth in the
troopship Lord Raglan, reached Fort Pitt, Chat-
ham, on Tuesday evening, from Portsmouth. The
number of men who arrived at Chatham was about
300 of all ranks. _ _

The companies of Royal Engineers now at
headquarters, Chatham, were assembled on their
parade ground at Brompton barracks on
Tuesdayafternoon, for the purpose of hearing read
the sentence of a district court-martial passed
en a man of extremely bad. character, Sapper Jas.
Lloyd, who was tried for desertion under very ag-
gravated circumstances. The prisoner joined the
Royal Engineers in the early part of 1858, and
after receiving the high bounty usually paid to re-
cruits in that branch of the service almost imme-
diately deserted. He then enlisted into the 60th
Rifles, where he defrauded the Government of an-
other bounty. While in the 60th Rifles the pri-
soner was tried for using threateninkr, languagtoe
beto
for that crime gave himself up as a deserter from
the Royal Engineers.
ieondther corps, head-
imprisoned sentenced
for be
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deserted,
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sent
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placed under
stoppages until the amount of which he had de-
frauded the public was made good.
for the purpose
and was about
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of receiving the bounty, when
enlisting
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whenim-
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he was apprehended
and once mon!! brought to trial.
him to 112 days' impri-
sonment, and the sentence of the district court-
martial having been
Eyre, it was read i n confirmed by Major-General
the presence of the prisoner
who was immediatelyn
marched off to under ' '
punishment. go his

AIR. BUNCOMBE, M.P.—Yesterday this gentle-
man personally waited upon many of his leading supporters
in the late contest, in order to convince them of his being
still alive, a report having obtained extensive currency that
he had died very suddenly immediately he had been declared
elected. Indeed so far was the report of his decease be-
lieved that proceedings were taken to get up requisitions
to several gentlemen to offer themselves as candidates for
the representation of the borough in place of Mr. Dun-
combo.

NATIONAL DE8T.—X79,311,563 is the gross total
amount of the sums received by the Commissioners for the
Reduction of the Public Debt on account of savings-banks
and friendly societies from August, 1817, to November,
183 S. The gross amount of all sums paid to the trustees
was £40,939,473. The Commissioners, in the year 1808,
Thegran tthecitalt
57t10,27atimthmecalicaotune, 28e Military deferred
inannioltrixies,
on the sth of 'Tannery last wee £286,120.

OY AL PRINCESS'S THEATRE.
Crater the Management of Mr. Charles Kean.
THIS EVENING will be presented Shakspeare's historical
play of KING HENRY V.
King Henry V., Mr. C. Kean

Chorus, Mrs. C. Kean.

THEATRE-ROYAL, HAYMARKET.
Lessee, Mr. J. B. Buckatone.
THIS EVENING will be performed the new and original
Comedy, entitled THE WORLD AND THE STAGE. The
characters by Messrs. Compton, Buckstone, Howe, W. Fer-
ran, Rogers; Miss Amy Sedgwick, &c.
After which, a new Classical Extravaacza, entitled
ELECTRA IN A NEW ELECTR'IC LIGHT. Messrs.
Compton, Braid, Clark, Mrs. Wilkins, Misses Fanny Wright,
Eliza Weekes, and Louisa Leclercq.
And 'TWAS I.