MILITARY INTELLIGENCE.

New Zealander, Volume 3, Issue 161, 15 December 1847, Page 3

MILITARY INTELLIGENCE.

The 51st tn India. — We have seen a letter dated Bangalore, 28th May, addre&ked by William Bristow, a bugler in the regiment* to hii father, resident in Hobart Town. It appeals from this latter that ihe left wing, stationed at Poonamalee, hai suffered severely from cholera, all " within a very ihort time, 1 ' but he adds that the diseabe " hai left the regiment now." He Hives the following list of deaths .—Corporal Steward ; James Giiruore, wife, and two children ; Join Williams, John Colts, James Dafet, John Steel, Henry Southgate, Serge 'nt Chatwick, Thomas George, James Ashley, Private Emerson, J. Butler, J, Jarvis, William Brown, George Trubridge and wife, Anthony Todd, John 'iuish, Private French, Piivate lilundcll, Corporal Brown, Private Nash, John Ashby, and Private Hill. , The writer adds, " two since dead." Also, " Mrs Gudson, MB. Murson, Mrs. Diwson, and Mrs. JarviB." He adds further, •♦ a cliild of the Sergcantmwjor died this day ; thirteen children are dead, and a great many others, the names of whose pareati I cannot recollect . The right wing at Bangalore are healthy. 1 have got the penny increase pay since March last, which makes it 28*. per month. Every ihing is cheap here, and we live -vi the,, beit the country can afford, but there is no strength 1 in anything we eat." 51st. Foot.— Lieutenant W". D. Scott, to be Captain by purchase, v liham, retired; " Ensign H. B. Westropp, to be I ieutendnt Governor by pm chase, v. Scott; Ensign J. F, Trydell, from 9tk Foot, to be Ensign, v. Westto\)\).—L»)iclon Gazette, July 16.

Bhanding Dbsbutfrs.— The day will come when the Bii i h natun Miull look with shame upon such a notice as the following, which is now officially pvomul. gated without exciting comment, or even awaking thought :—" June 25, 1847.— Circular memorandum. — The mode of branding deserters by uneana of an instrument prescribed by the circular letter of the sth May, 1842, having hem found ineffectual 1 and easily erustd, the Commander-in-Cliiff has, on the recommendation of a board of influential medical officers, to whom the subject had been referred, heen pleased to direct that the vie of the said iattru'mem may he discontinued, and the method of marking with nt idles may be resorted to through <ut the service. * Hie Grace the Commander-in-chief ' further desirts that the operation of marking deserters may henceforth always take plane in the hospital, under the superintendence of a medical officer, who will be held responsible that it is effectually performed, and that the letter * D' shall be indelibly impttssed on the skin. — By command of Field Marshal the Commander-in-chief, John Macdonald, Adjutant-General." A stockholder could not have issued a cooler or moie unconcerned notice if instructing an overseer how to brand cattle. 1,167,642 Shrapnel'shells have been ordered for the British and Indian armies since the adoption of the shell by the Government for the use of the national forces. This appears from a parliamentary return.

The arrival of the 63d from India.— On Wed* nesday evening the 2d, sth, and Bth companies of the 63d Regiment (West Suffolk) arrived at Chatham garriion from India. The Btrength consists of 14 ser. geanti, 4 drummers, 12 corporals, and 175 privates, with 10 women and 1G children, under command of Lieut.-Colonei A. G. Sedley. These troops embarked at Madras on the 7th of April, on board the ship London, and arrived at Gravesend after a passage of four months ; the only deatbi during the voyage were three children } about five men were sick, and taken to the hospital. The Lady Flora, containing the remainder of the regiment, left Madras about a fortnight, after

the above ship had sailed. The strength of the regi raent is 682, all ranks. Upwards of 300 volunteered into other regiments in India. It left Chatham m 1828. The remainder of the regiment it expected daily.— Olobe, August 13. A large mural monument was placed last week in the veitibule of St. Chad's Church, Shrewsbury, in com- '. memoralion of the brave men belonging to the 53rd or Shropshire Regiment, who fell during the late wnr in | India. TJie cost of this handsome memorial, which amounted to £200, was defrayed by the surviving of. ficera of the corps, who liberally forwarded iho money to complete the same to Colonel Frederick Hill, with a wish that it might be placed in any situation thnt he might consider most Appropriate. The monument stands about 8 feet high, and is of white marble set on a black ground, and decorated with military accoutre* ments, correctly sculptuored in alto relievo. It brars an appropriate inscription which includes the names of all the members of the regiment— privates as well as officers— who fell at AHwrl, at Snbraon, and at the relief of Loodiana on the Sutlej.— lbid.

Royal Sappers and Miners.-— Lieut. Hutchinson, R, E,, having under his command thrve non commissioned officers and 56 privates ,leit Woolwich yesterday morning for Chatham, where the men are to be instructed in the art of constructing fortifications and field-work duty. The men are mostly young recruits, recently joined at head-quarters at Woolwich. — limes,' Aug. 12.