The Sun.
London, England, 1861-07-03 00:00:00

THE ARMY.

The examination of candidates for admission to
the Royal Military Academy, Woolwich, before
Major-General Knollys, the Vice-President, and the
members of the Council of Military Education, com-
menced on Monday last with the medical examina-

tion, at the Royal Hospital, Chelsea. Owing to the
large number of candidates (about 250) a portion
are to be examined at King's College. There are
vacancies in the Royal Military Academy for be-

tween 60 and 70 successful competitors. The exami.

nation will extend over three weeks, terminating

on the 18th inst.

Col. Charles Bingham, the Deputy-Adjutant-
General at head-quarters, in a general regimental

order, dated the 29th ult., announces the following
changes, &c., in the Royal Artillery :
It having been decided to form an Artillery Depot
at Warley, his Royal Highness the General Com-
manding-in-Chief; with the concurrence of the
Secretary of State for War, has been pleased to
appoint the following cfficers to do duty at that
station, viz. :—Brevet.-Col. J. T. Leslie, C.B. ;
Lieut.-Col. Edward F. Hay, retired Indian service;

Adjutant, Mejor Francis Tower, retired Indian ser-
vice ; Paymaster, Lieut.-Col. S. J. Stevens, C. 8.,
retired Indian service; Assistant-Surgeon George

Naylor, Indian Medical Department (while on

leave in England).
A Surgeon and a Quartermaster will be nomi
nated hereafter. These officers of the Indian ser-
vice have been granted local rank " while employed
at Warley depot," and are to be attached to, and to
do duty with, the Royal Artillery, until their em-
ployment at that station ceases.
The following transfers of officers have been
ordered—viz., Lieut. Persse, from No. 8 Battery,
4th Brigade, to No. 3 Battery, 10th Brigade; Lieut.
Wickham, from No. 3 Battery, 10th Brigade, to No.
8 Battery, 4th Brigade ; Lieut. Grant, from No. 9
Battery, 4th Brigade, to No. 6 Battery, 11th Bri-
gade; Lieut. Edmeades, from No. 1 Battery, 11th
Brigade, to No. 11 Battery, Depot Brigade ; Lieut.
Tracey, from No. 2 Battery, 14th Brigade, to No. 1
Battery, Depot Brigade ; Lieut. Gardiner, from
No. 7 Battery, 3d Brigade, to No. 4 Battery, 14th
Brigade ; Lieut. Brown, from No. 4 Battery, 14th
Brigade, to No. 7 Battery, 3d Brigade. Major
Penn's Battery, of the 4th Brigade, with Assist.-
Surg. Richmond and Veterinary Surg. Evans, has
embarked at Liverpool on board the Great Eastern,
for Canada. Capt. Smyth's Battery, 4th Brigade,
has proceeded from Woolwich to Aldershott. Surg.
Guy, M.D., has been ordered from Shorncliffe to
Shoeburyness, and Surg. Rudge, from Ireland, to
Shorncliffe.
The undermentioned batteries have been reported
as having embarked in India for England, and on
arrival will proceed to 'Woolwich, viz. :—" D" Bat-
tery, Horse Brigade; No. 1 Battery, 13th Brigade;
No. 3 Battery, 14th Brigade. The bead-quarters
Staff of the 15th Brigade has also embarked for
England, and the following batteries are under
under orders, viz.:—Lieut..-Col. Besborough's, from
Madras; Major Grant's, from Bombay; Major
Craufurd's, from Bombay.
Referring to War-office circular, No. 676, of the
Bth of April, 1861, it is directed that the annual re-
turn of the state of cast-iron guns therein ordered
to be furnished to this department on the Ist of
June in each year shall be rendered in duplicate.
The annual return called for by the Horse Guards'
memorandum of the 17th of August, 1860, and the
sexennial return of the state of all ordnance,
usually transmitted to the Secretary of State for
War, need therefore no longer be furnished. In
the event of the return directed to be forwarded on
the Ist of June having been transmitted to this
department prior to the receipt of this order, a dup-
licate is to be forwarded without delay. It having
been decided that cupolas for melting iron for Mar-
tin's shells shall be protected from the influence of
the weather by painting, officers commanding
Royal Artillery are informed that gun anti-corro-
sion is to be used for this purpose, and 51lb. will be
required to paint each cupola and all its parts.
Whenever the cupola is used anti-corrosion on those
parts exposed to the heat will, of course, be de-
stroyed, to replace which 31b. only will be required,
provided the cupola does not require to be entirely
repainted. The requisite demand for materials are,
therefore, to be put forward with the least possible
delay, accompanied by explanatory statements,
showing the numbers to be painted.
Yesterday the chartered troopship Clarence, 1,250
tons, Capt. J. Watson, embarked the following
officers and troops at Government-quay, Gravesend,
for Madras :-2 men, 3 women, and 3 children, of
the Ist (the King's) Dragoon Guards ; Lieut. W.
Freeborn, 55 men, 7 women, and 7 children of the
Ist battalion Ist Royals ; Ensign E. Burr, 100 men,
4 women, and 6 children of the 3d battalion 60th
Royal Rifles; 2 men, 3 women, and 1 child of the
68th Light Infantry; Ensign F. Knight, Ensign
A. Irvine, Ensign T. C. H. Mansfield, 20 men, 1
woman, and 2 children of the 69th Regiment;
Lieut. C. H. Thompson, Ensign T. 0. Wingate, En-
sign J. F. Darvell, 80 men, 5 women, and 4 child-
ren of the 74th Highlanders ; Capt. J. Sweet, of the
Madras Army; and Staff Assist.-Surgeon Simon.