The Sun.
London, England, 1861-09-03 00:00:00

THE ARMY.

An official intimation has been issuca from the
Horse Guards announcing that the noxt examina-

tion of candidates for direct commissi ons will com-
mence on the 4th November; the e xamination of
candidates for admission to the Roy& I Military Col-
lege at Sandhurst on the 16th Dece: mber ; and the
examination for the admission of can .didatel; for the
Royal Artillery and the Royal Engineers to the
Royal Military Academy at Woolw;ich, under the
regulations dated Horse Guards, AT )ril 5, 1861, on
the sth January, 1862.
A detachment of Royal Artillery has been ac-
tively engaged in testing the condition of the mar•
tello towers extending along the coast of Kent and
Sussex. The majority of these towers have been
reported as capable of bearing t►se firing from a
battery of heavy ordnance, and others are ordered
to undergo repairs. _ _ _

On Saturday No. 2 battery of the Bth Brigade of
Royal Artillery arrived in Bristol from Bath, en
route from Aldershot to Dublin, commanded by
Capt. Elgee, and, numbering about 180 men. They
had with them six Armstrong guns, six ammuni-
tion waggon), and three spare carriages. They
embarked for Dublin yesterday in the Preussischer
Adler steam transport.
The Mageera screw troopship, Commander Hen-
derson, sailed from Portsmouth yesterday morning
with the left wing of the 32d Regiment, under the
command of Lieut.-Col. Bassano, for Plymouth.
The following alterations have recently taken
place in the corps of Royal Engineers :—viz., Col.
Nelson returned home from Halifax, Nova Scotia,
and unemployed; Lieut.-Col. Robertson, ordered to
Canada; Col. Redden ordered from Colchester to
Ceylon ; Lieut.-Col. Brown, C. 8., lately returned
field
nowoffie on leaveerforrnili;
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head-quarters,apointed
and
Capt. Morrison, from Sandhurst, appointed Sur-
veyor-General at the Mauritius; Capts. Grantham,
ordered home from the Cape of Good Hope ; Gor-
don, from Shorncliffe to Ireland ; Brine, from Bel-
fast to China ; Wray, from the Colonial-office to
Dover; Barber, from Chatham to Dovonport ; Haw-
thorn, from Aldershott to Chatham ; Cox, to Alder-
shot ; Pasley and Fisher, on sick leave ; Major
Longloy, urdered from Devonport to the Cape of
Good Hope; Lieut. White, appointed to the com-
mand of the 25th company at Natal.
The deaths of the following officers have been offi•
cially reported at the Horse Guards since the Ist of
August last:—Gen. F. Moore, Major-Gen. C. Frank-
lyn, C.:8., Major-Gen. S. Swinburn, Major-Gen. S.
Forbilis, Col. T. J. Adair, Col. G. Mylins, Major J.
W. Dewar, 97th Regiment ; Major H. A. Colsby,
Royal Engineers ; Captain A. T. Jones, 2d Wes!
India Regiment ; Lieut. H. G. Follett, 7th Royal
Fusileers; Lieut. J. K. Maunsell, 2d West Indina,
Regiment ; Lieut. S. Lucus, late 32d Light I
n iato
fantry ; Paymaster Major G. A. T11;11:11 Iv.
85th Regiment ; Quartermaster u
General
ral W. Bishop; Deputy-Commissary-General
G. late 17th Dragoons ; Commissary-Gene-
ist -CommissaTy.G enc.
G. White; and Deputy-Ass ,
ral W. Greig.
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