The Army.

Auckland Chronicle and New Zealand Colonist, Volume 2, Issue 16, 22 November 1843, Page 3

The Army.

The 28th Regim»:iit;|o.u fr-.-n) . sickfiS-ss, in tA r ?t months in India 1 LjyiiUpai.-l*Co.Jji/isL : l Captain, 9 Lieutenants and 168 great tutnsb- r of women aiuL children. A fine specna-eo.vf. the climate of India.

A breast pocket is being pi)iis-ti:ncted j/, tha u:< w clothing of the infancy, : fqr the r- caption fifth* percussion cap pouch, 'ibis wil bc a great improvement. tft > i ' . ; - i V'lli hf-tt

The severity of the sea-on &nd prrma;u;e ox? o f the white trovvsers by tbe soldiers, caused severe sickness and many deaths in the ( it-.tliam Depot , iu consequence the tro -ps resumed iLe cloth trowserg. Itwas ltmaiked that R'> cold and law a midsummer day, was never beture reiiolLcted in the garrison. Lieutenant General Sir J. Buchan, has the 32nd Regiment, lice Sir R. Maefailane, deot-a-ed; —-and Lieut.©Gent ral sir G. L’Estrarge, has the Regiment, lace Buchan.

The Marquis of L ndonderry has the 2nd Life Guards and the Gold Stick, V ait ant bv tile death of L'od Ca che-art. The Duke of Wellington’s "rand banquet on the Wati rloo anniversary, e xtvt-dt-d ibe usual enumeration. It was not confined as befnrt to General and Staff Officers, but extend to nffiocn of all rank*, who distinguLlied tlicir.sely.es oq that day. Prince Albert, and several foreign Yfficeis-, were the only “no n= W aterlo es me if ’ present. There were eighth-one officers present,, it-is said, that this liberality bas tbe prospect of active service in view. MajorsGeDeral L-rd Downes, is occupied in investigating the misconduct of a number of soldiers of the 56th, 42ib, and 74111 Regumnts, at Cork, who having quarrelled about “ Bepeal a serious affray ensued, in tbe course of which much injury was sustained on both sides. The prize-money captured at Hyderabad.- was announced by the Duke ot Wellington at toe Waterloo dinner, to be the largest ever made—■ exceeding four millions sterling. Geneial Sir Charles Napier will share j£250,009. Gloliouv wars these in India ! Another battalion of Marines (1200 bayonets), l« ordered to embaik for Cork, under the command of Colonel Parke. As they are riot to disembark, it strongly corroborates the report, that they are destined for Corunna. , Thece are iu the Army, 51,599 Englishmen—41,218 Irishmen—ls,2.32 Scotsmen.