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

THE ARMY.

An official intimation has been issued from the
Horse Guards announcing that the next examina-
tion of candidates for direct commissions will com-
mence on the 4th November; the examination of
candidates for admission to the Royal Military Col-
lege at Sandhurst on the 16th December' ; and the
examination for the admission of candidates for the
Royal Artillery and the Royal Engineers to the
Royal Military Academy at Woolwich, under the
regulations dated Horse Guards, April 5, 1861, on.
the sth January, 1862.
A detachment of Royal Artillery has been ac-
tively engaged in testing the condition off the mar-
tello towers extending along the coast of Kent and
Sussex. The majority of these towers have been
reported as capable of bearing the firing from a
battery of heavy ordnance, and others az e 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, comm anded by
Capt. Elgee, and numbering about 180 Pm en. They
had with them six Armstrong guns, six ammuni-
tion waggons, and three spare carriage s. They
embarked for Dublin yesterday in the Pre aussischer
Adler steam transport.
The Magmra screw troopship, COMMIX nder Hen-
derson, sailed from Portsmouth yesterd Et: y morning
with the left wing of the 32d Regiment,. • under the
command of Lieut.-Col. Bassano, for Ply] nouth.
The following alterations have recently taken
place in the corps of Royal Engineers : -viz., Col.
Nelson returned home from Halifax, Nol is Scotia,
and unemployed; Lieut.-Col. Robertson, c )rdered to
I Canada; Col. Hadden ordered from Cole hester to
Ceylon ; Lieut.-Col. Brown, C. 8., lately retie' ned
from the Mauritius, appointed field officcie • for mili-
tary discipline at head-quarters, and now on leave ;
Capt. Morrison, from Sandhurst, c,ippoil Ited Sur-
veyor-General at the Mauritius; Capts. G rantham,
ordered home from the Cape of Gciod He pe ; Gor-
don, from Shorncliffe to Ireland; Brine, I *rom Bel-
fast to China ; Wray, from the /Colonia .1-office to
Dover; Barber, from Uhatham toDevonpe .rt ; Haw-
thorn, from Aldershott to Chatham ; Cox, to Alder-
shot ; Pasley and Fisher, on sick leave a ; Major
Longley, ordered from Devonport to tl a Cape of
Good Hope; Lieut. White, appointed to the con'
mand of the 25th company at Natal.
The deaths of the following officers have
offi-
cially reported at the Horse Guards since the leto
August last :—Gen. F. Moore, Major-Gen.' C. Frank-
lyn, C. 8., Major-Gen. S. Swinburn, Maio ,r-Gen. J.
J.
Major
Forbes, Col. T. J. Adair, Col. G. Mylins,
W. Dewar, 97th Regiment; MajorH.A.H . Colsby,
T. .Tones, 2d West
Royal Engineers ; Captain A.
been
1 2cl W est India
Follett, 71 .h Royal
32d Light In-
India Regiment ; Lieut. H. O.
B.Fuegsiilmeeernst;; LLiejeuut.t.l.J.K. .LAulcaulGisnlelealt.e,
Paymaster Major A Thorn pson, late
ptain
sfasnthtry
Regiment;
Hall, late 17th Dragoons ; coin_ .
; Quartermaster r,
ua) dLsary-Gene-
ral W. Bishop; Deputy-Commiss lary-General
G ite ; and Deputy-Assist,- Coram lagary.l
WWh • • G
ene-
ra. Greig.

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p and certain remedy for the agonies of t is doloreux
nervous headache, &c., and restore the colorer to g TreY hair in
a few weeks. N.B.—Counterfeits are being n2AS ie. Ofneelit
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