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

THE SUN 4! LONDON, MONDAY EVENING, JULY 8, 1861,

Green's Blackwall fleet), Captain Daniels, arrived
at Spithead yesterday morning from India with the
head-quarters of the Ist battalion sth Regiment of
Foot (Northumberland Fusiliers) on board. They
consist of Col. P. M. N. Guy, C.B. ; Capts. A. Scott
(Brevet-Major), G. Carden, and H. Walpole ; Lieuts.
E. J. Tyyler (111,I.), J. M. Toppin, C. J. Miles, W.
Enderley, H. S. B. Holt (sick), and J. Hartley ;
Ensigns A. Nicola, F. A. Forsyth, and W. C. Or-
mond; Quartermaster F. Drake, and Assist.-Surg.
C. H. Leet, 31 sergeants, 22 corporals, 9 drummers,
244 privates, 15 servants to officers, 23 bandsmen,
8 pioneers, 8 sick in hospital, 8 women, and 15 chil-
dren. The ship is ordered into Portsmouth harbour,
where the troops will disembark alongside the dock-
yard, and take up the quarters vacated by the 2d
battalion 11th Regiment, in the Anglesea Barracks,
Portsea. The Walmer Castle sailed from Calcutta
on the 12th of March, and from St. Helena on the
9th of May.

It has been decided to form an artillery depot at
Warley, at the barracks formerly occupied by the
troops of the East India Company. The following
officers have been appointed to act in connexion
with the depot :—Brevet Col. J. T. Leslie, C. 8.,
Lieut.-Col. E. F. Hay, retired from the Indian
service; Adjutant, Major F. Tower, retired from
the Indian service ; Paymaster, Lieut.-Col. S. J.
Stevens, G. 8., retired from the Indian service ;
Assist.-Surg. Nayler, Indian Medical Depart-
ment. A surgeon and quartermaster have still to
be nominated. The officers of the Indian service
have been granted local rank while employed at the
depot and attached to the Royal Artillery.
The present strength of the camp at Colchester
is 52 officers and 2,269 men, including 144 in hos-
pital. There are besides 230 women and 292 chil-
dren in the camp. The draughts from the 34th,
54th, and 97th Regiments are expected to embark
on Thursday in the Holmesdale. Major Brown, of
the 88th, and Capt. Paget, of the 34th, have arrived
at tho camp to take charge of their respective
depots.

The detachment of officers and men of the Royal
and Indian Artillery that have been for some time
under instruction at Shoeburyness in the use of the
Armstrong guns will rejoin the depot brigade at
at Sheerness this morning, when an equal number
of officers and men will proceed from Sheerness to
the school of gunnery to go through a similar course
of instruction.

Lieut.-Col. S. Westmacott, Royal Engineers, has
completed a course of instruction in engineering,
sapping and mining, and fortification at the Royal
engineering establishment, Chatham, and will suc-
ceed Col. R. I. Nelson, as commanding Royal
Engineer at Nova Scotia. Lieut.-Col. Westmacott
was formerly attached to the department of the In-
spector-General of Fortifications.
Mr. Naylar, the Government contractor, of Ro-
chester, has commenced the erection of an extensive
range of buildings at Sheerness, for the separate ac-
commodation of the married non-commissioned offi-
cers and men of the Royal Artillery and their fami-
lies, The new buildings will embrace in their con-
struction all the most recent improvements intro-
duced from time to time to rectify the existing de-
fects in our barrack system, which have been pro-
ductive of so many evils.

Orders:have been received from the Horse Guards
to hold 500 non-commissioned officers and men of
the Depot Brigade, Royal Artillery, now stationed
at Sheerness, in readiness to proceed to India ;
they were medically inspected on Wednesday last,
and are to leave for Woolwich for embarkation on
Wednesday, the 10th inst.
An official notification has been received at the
Royal Artillery depot brigade, Sheerness, that the
following vessels have been chartered to convey the
Royal Artillery to Calcuttta and Madras, and will
sail from -Woolwich on the subjoined dates, viz.:—
The St. Lawrence, July 10, 100 men ; the Syden-
ham, July 12, 400 men; the Adamant, July 12,
300 men ; and the Hydaspes, screw steamer, July
13, 350 men. Of the above number 500 non-com-
missioned officers and men have been selected for
embarkation from the brigades at Sheerness, under
the command of Lieut.-Col. Talbot. By direction
of the authorities none but the most experienced
gunners will be allowed to embark. Every facility
is to be given to married men for taking their
wives and families with them.