The Sun. — 1863-08-04 (London, England)

THE ARMY.  His Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge will inspect the 2d Life Guards this morning at Wormwood Scrubs. The examination of candidates for direct commissions commenced yesterday, at the Royal Hospital, Chelsea, by Major-General F. W. Hamilton, C. 8., Vice-President, Col. Addison, Major-Gen. Sir F. Abbot, and other members of the Council of Military Military Education. There are about 140 candidates on this occasion.  The troopship Windsor Castle, Capt. Pryce, from London for Bombay, reached the Scilly Islands, but in consequence of the sickness of two of the crew, put back to Plymouth on Sunday. She will probably leave again to-morrow. Her troops and passengers are in good health. One of the men is suffering from smallpox, the other from erysipelas, both were landed immediately, and are now doing well. The deaths of the following officers have been officially reported at the War-office since the Ist of July :—Generals Sir S. L. Caldwell, G.C.8., Royal Engineers, and Sir T. E. Napier, K. C. 8., Colonel of the 71st Highlanders. Major-General T. Kelly. Colonels E. W. Crofton, C. 8., and M. 0. Nixon, Royal Artillery; and J. K. huncey. LieutenantColonel J. Oschterlory, Royal Engineers. Major W. R. Goute. Captains E. R Blagrove, Royal Engineers; J. F. C. Bole, 38th Regiment ; R. M. Huzen, 60th Rifles; I. E. Furneaux, 103 d Royal Bombay Fusiliers; C. Haseltoot, 3d Buffs ; S. Morris, 28th Regiment; and J. Carson, 73d Regiment. Lieutenants C. R. Foulger, Royal Artillery ; S. E. Henning, 9th Regiment ; J. H. Tragett, 57th Regiment (murdered by the natives at Taranaki, New Zealand) ; J. E. Brymer, 83d Regiment; F. W. Ramsbottom, Rifle Brigade; A. Cumming, 26th Cameronians ; and J. .A. Gillmore, 27th Enniskillens. Ensigns W. S. S. Troup, 92d Highlanders ; E. T. Rogers, 107th Bengal Infantry ; and T. H. Brien, Gold Coast Artillery. Paymaster W. E. Adams, 31st Regiment. Quartermaster D. Deacon, 11th Regiment; Deputy Inspectors-General of Hospitals W. Barry, M.D., and T. C. Gaulter, M.D. Surgeon W. G. Sparrow, 60th Rifles ; Assistant-Surgeons R. T. G. Caton, 3d Dragoon Guards, W. A. Hope, M.B. (muderd by the natives at Taranaki, New Zealand); and C. J. Kinahan.  Murder of a Traveller in Switzerland. July 31.  BERNE, A murder took place here weeklasttthe rarities in our which for tunately is to be reckoned amonegu The peaceful Swiss valleys. minds with inocea,arrence of such an outrage, however, has filled m dignation and horror. river, Hermann Quensell, A• traveller from Hildesheim, left Zinal, councillor of the tribunalt on the morning of the in the Valley of Annivicart: bY the guide, Baptiste 23d. He was accompaniedaosds the Col de Torrent to Petra, and intended tochr passed the Col, about Evolena. After they yattention of the traveller to a noon, Petra drew t thrown up in the form of a breast.heap of stones, by the wayside, which had not occupied that work position a few days before. Some steps further on guide lay a powder-horn and some bullets, The expressed I.p apprehension, but the traveller treated -hie- fears with derision. At this moment a shot was fired from behind the stone-heap. The bullet struck the councillor in the arm and grazed Petre's breast, another bullet immediately after shattering the latter's arm. The traveller ran down the mountain to Evolena as fast as his wound would permit, followed, says the guide, by two or three more shots. One of the robbers then came up to the guide and took from him the traveller's knapsack, behaving, however, with some humanity to himself and doing him no further injury. The body of the unfortunate councillor was found the next morning pierced by three bullets and robbed of all valuables. A general hunt after the robbers took place, re • salting in the capture of four out of the six who, according to the guide, were concerned in the attack. The prisoners are natives of this canton. Five of the robbers belong to the same family, one of them having already served years in a convict chain gang, and subsequently taken to the mountains as a poacher. Tne arrest of the other two malefactors is expected shortly.