The Sun.
London, England, 1850-10-16 00:00:00

THE ARMY.

Some time since we stated that, in all probability,
Major-General Sir John Grey, K.C.8., would be ap-
pointed to the command of the troops stationed in the
Bombay Presidency, and we now have great pleasure
in confirming the report. This gallant officer will
receive the local rank of Lieutenant-General, and we
are certain that no officer could have been selected
more worthy of this mark of confidence and favour.

DEATH OF MAJOR-GENERAL JOHN SLEiSOR.-
This Gallant Officer died on the 11th inst. at Sid-
mouth, aged 73. lie retired from active service as a
captain on full pay of the late Royal Irish Artillery.
He entered the army in 1791 as lieutenant, and served
at the battle of Waterleo.

CORK, MONDAY.—The 40th Regiment of Foot,
which lately arrived here from Dublin, were in-
s'fected this day by Major-General Turner, preps-
ra'ory to going on detachment to the following places,
viz. :—Spike Island, Camden Fort, Hawlbowline,
47th
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41stse
Cork, the 47th at Buttevant, as follows :-4 officers
and 77 N.C.O. rank and file from Carlisle Fort, on the
17th inst., 2 officers and 115 N.C.O. rank and file
from Charles Fort and Kinsale on the 18th inst., 4
officers and 200 N.C.O. and men from Spike Laand on
the 18th and 19th inst., to be replaced by a like
number of officers and men of the 40th Regiment
from Cork.

Lieut.. Colonel Dundas, 47th Regiment of Foot,
retires from the service on full pay, after 45 years of
active service, having entered the army in
August,
1805. Major Gordon will obtain the rani, of Lieut.-
Colonel, and will proceed with the regiment on foreign
service; this officer is now 37 years on active duty,
having entered the army in September, 1813. Major
O'Grady Hall obtains the rank of first Major, and
will consequently remain in command of the depot.
Captain Sutton obtains the rank of second Major, and
proceeds with the regiment. Lieutenant and Adju-
tant Sinnott, an old officer, and the author of several
cleverly-written works on military tactics, obtains the
rank of Captain, and Ensign Pilkington the rank of
Lieutenant and Adjutant.

,
Cork, are undergoing drill for the last few days, and
will be insptcted on Thursday next by Gen. Turner.
The local Company of Enrolled Pensioners, at
The following circular letter has been, we under•
stand, issued for the guidance of officers commanding
regiments :

r these thats services
I, sir,—lt having been
determined
of paymnt by the Ordnance De
that Department
War-office,
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to the several officers concerned of the regiment under 1
your command to prefer such"
claimsV
as are properly 1
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according to the
following directions : give directions '
" 1. All the claims are to be preferred monthly to
the Ordnance Department, as -heretofore, but after the
31st of October inst. no money is to be drawn on ac-
count thereof until the paymaster has received special
instructions from that department to draw upon the
Paymaster-General for the amount finally allowed
thereupon, and which rule is now in force in regard to
claims for lodging money under the 356th article of
the Explanatory Directions, page 102.
"2. That as the paymaster, or acting paymaster,
will, for the future, be the party authorised to draw
for these allowances, on unstaroped paper, as well us
for lodging money, and for-the purchases by non-
commissioned officers, to be henceforth rendered in
duplicate on form No. 4 of the Ordnance Regulations
of March 11th, 1836, bis full name and address
should be givtn in the heading of the said account, to
prevent any delay by the authorities to draw being
sent to the wrong officer, or a wrong station, and
whose signature should, moreover, appear at the foot of
these several accounts.
"3- That the accounts of purchases heretofore
settled by bills of exchange drawn upon the Board
of Ordnance, and rendered on form No. 2 of the above
regulations, be for the future preferred in duplicate
on form No. 3 of the same code, accompanied with
the receipts of the parties of whom the purchases
were made, and whenever a purchase is made for
officers' horses, the stoppages are to be paid direct and
at the time, by the officers making the purchase, to
the party of whom the same was made, and to be de-
ducted in detail from the account and receipts, show-
ing the number as well as the amount of such stop-
pages, both in the receipt, and on the face of the ac-
count, whether such account be preferred on form
No. 3 or 4.
atures to the English and Irish
"4. That the sign
commuted fuel and light returns A, rendered through
barrack-mssters, and to the lodgin.
2 : money return,
No. 53, be invariably those of the officers command-
ing regiments or depots, and be shown to be such by
the addition of their rack, i. e., whether in command
of the former or the latter, great inconvenience being
occasioned by the returns in question being signed
by detachment officers.
4. 5. The accounts for commuted allowances for
fuel, candles, straw, wood end billets, and grass, with
the duplicate monthly bread, meat, and forage returng
are all to be transmitted immediately after the termi-
nation of each month to the chief clerk of the Cash
Account-office, Ordnance Department, Tower, and
the accounts for putchases to the Ordnance secretary,
Pall-mall, and these should be dispatched not late
than the end of each mouth, other%i-e the opportunity
. of recovering the excess upon such purchases from

• Con:lnuit( d altowatie in lieu of fuel
and straw, billet and grass money; and ,escandles uoildi
cers of bread, meat, forage, or oats,
trAct. in de'ault of con-
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