In the sketch of the Magnetic Survey of the Globe given above, there would be a great omission if it were not stated how much the employment of Artillery officers in these operations was due to the previous labours and successes of Sir Edward Sabine. It was in 1817, two years after the conclusion of the war, that the first Polar Expedition was prepared. The Admiralty, to whom the preparations were entrusted, applied to the President and Council of the Royal Society to recommend a person who should be competent to conduct the researches in Physics and Natural History. General Mudge—already mentioned in this work—was then at the head of the British Trigonometrical Survey, and was a member of the Council of the Royal Society. It may be here mentioned, in passing, that in those days the Artillery and Engineers had the alternate direction of the Trigonometrical Survey, now apparently vested exclusively in the latter. Sir Edward Sabine was already favourably known, not merely to General Mudge, but also to other leading members of the Council of the Royal Society, such as Young, Kater, Wollaston, and Davy,—on account of some works which he had written, one being on the Birds of North America, in which country he had served during the war of 1812-14. After passing a severe examination, with great credit, Sir Edward Sabine’s appointment to the Polar Expedition was sanctioned by Lord Mulgrave, then Master-General of the Ordnance: and early in 1818 he sailed in the ‘Isabella,’ making his first Pendulum station at Hare Island, in Baffin’s Bay, in the spring of 1818. The results of his experiments, then and subsequently, appeared in the ‘Philosophical Transactions,’ and in a work entitled ‘Pendulum and other Experiments,’ published in 1825, at the cost of Government, on the recommendation of the Duke of Wellington, who had succeeded Lord Mulgrave as Master-General of the Ordnance.
It was Sir Edward’s hope—in which, however, he was disappointed—that a series of Pendulum experiments on the continental surface comprised between the high Canadian latitudes and the shores of the Mexican Sea, should also be undertaken. He has lived, however, to see the same object admirably accomplished on the continent of British India between Cape Comorin and the Higher Himalaya, under the able direction of Colonel Walker of the Royal (Indian) Engineers,—and to take himself a final part in the completion of the series, at the Kew Physical Observatory, by Captain Heaviside, R.E., and the men of the Indian Engineers, employed on that service by Colonel Walker. It may be said without exaggeration that the support given by Sir Edward—as President of the Royal Society—to Colonel Walker’s propositions, and the earlier experiments made by himself in the same field, have been among the highest services rendered by any man to science. Among the many Artillery officers who, since the peace of 1815, have sought to make a return to their country by their devotion to physical science, Sir Edward Sabine stands facile princeps:—and he has had the satisfaction of living to see, not merely his experiments carried to maturity, but also the inferences, which he did not hesitate to draw with confidence from his own earlier experiments, confirmed by the results of the labours of others. The results of his experiments, which claimed to be sufficiently extensive to justify the conclusion which they Transactions of Royal Astronomical Society. were held to establish of the measure of the ellipticity in the northern portion of the globe, have received an increased value since the published results of a similar series in the southern hemisphere by Captain Henry Foster, from the fact of their mutual agreement.
These earlier services of Sir Edward Sabine supplied the ground on which the then Master-General (Lord Vivian) justified,—and on which Sir Robert Peel, as head of the Government, approved,—his nomination to the superintendence of the Magnetic Observatories in 1839, fourteen years after the publication by him of the work mentioned above, ‘Pendulum and other Experiments.’ It was while he held this appointment, that he directed the Magnetic Survey of the Globe, in which so many Artillery officers had the good fortune to take a leading part. -
APPENDIX C.
Tabular Statement showing the Date of Formation, and former Designation, of every Battery of the Regiment now in the service.
N.B.—The reader should look at the explanatory notes before using the Tables.
| Battery. | Brigade. | Designation, previous to Introduction of the Brigade System. | When formed. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| A | A | A Troop, Royal Horse Artillery | 1793 | ||
| B | ” | B Troop, Royal Horse Artillery | 1793 | ||
| C | ” | C Troop, Royal Horse Artillery | 1793 | ||
| D | ” | G Troop, Royal Horse Artillery | 1804 | ||
| E | ” | K Troop, Royal Horse Artillery | 1857 | ||
| A | B | D Troop, Royal Horse Artillery | 1794 | ||
| B | ” | E Troop, Royal Horse Artillery | 1794 | ||
| C | ” | F Troop, Royal Horse Artillery | 1801 | ||
| D | ” | H Troop, Royal Horse Artillery | 1805 | ||
| E | ” | IH Troop, Royal Horse Artillery | 1805 | ||
| F | ” | C Troop, Madras Horse Artillery | 1816 | ||
| G | ” | D Troop, Madras Horse Artillery | 1825 | ||
| H | ” | ———————— Royal Horse Artillery | 1871 | ||
| A | C | 1st Troop, 1st Bde., Bengal Horse Artillery | 1800 | ||
| B | ” | 1st Troop, 3rd Bde., Bengal Horse Artillery | 1809 | ||
| C | ” | 2nd Troop, 1st Bde., Bengal Horse Artillery | 1825 | ||
| D | ” | 2nd Troop, 3rd Bde., Bengal Horse Artillery | 1825 | ||
| E | ” | 3rd Troop, 1st Bde., Bengal Horse Artillery | 1826 | ||
| A | D | A Troop, Madras Horse Artillery | 1805 | ||
| B | ” | B Troop, Madras Horse Artillery | 1809 | ||
| C | ” | [(a)]Leslie’s Troop, Bombay Horse Artillery | 1811 | ||
| D | ” | 3rd Troop, 3rd Bde., Bengal Horse Artillery | 1826 | ||
| E | ” | 2nd Troop, Bombay Horse Artillery | 1820 | ||
| F | ” | 5th Troop, 1st Bde., Bengal Horse Artillery | 1858 | ||
| G | ” | 3rd Troop, Bombay Horse Artillery | 1824 | ||
| H | ” | 4th Troop, Bombay Horse Artillery | 1824 | ||
| A | F | 1st Troop, 2nd Bde., Bengal Horse Artillery | 1809 | ||
| B | ” | 2nd Troop, 2nd Bde., Bengal Horse Artillery | 1816 | ||
| C | ” | 3rd Troop, 2nd Bde., Bengal Horse Artillery | 1825 | ||
| E | ” | 4th Troop, 2nd Bde., Bengal Horse Artillery | 1857 | ||
| F | ” | 4th Troop, 3rd Bde., Bengal Horse Artillery | 1858 | ||
| A | 1st | 4th Company, 7th Battalion, Royal Artillery,formerly Royal Irish Artillery | 1758 | ||
| B | ” | 2nd Company, 1st Battalion, Royal Artillery | [x] | ||
| C | ” | 1st Company, 7th Battalion, Royal Artillery | 1756 | ||
| D | ” | 4th Company, 2nd Battalion, Royal Artillery | [x] | ||
| E | ” | 8th Company, 4th Battalion, Royal Artillery | 1771 | ||
| F | ” | 1st Company, 5th Battalion, Royal Artillery | 1794 | ||
| G | ” | 5th Company, 8th Battalion, Royal Artillery | 1803 | ||
| H | ” | 1st Company, 8th Battalion, Royal Artillery | 1803 | ||
| I | ” | ———————————— Royal Artillery | 1871 | ||
| K | ” | ———————————— Royal Artillery | 1871 | ||
| 2 | 2nd | 3rd Company, 5th Battalion, Royal Artillery | 1794 | ||
| 3 | ” | 4th Company, 5th Battalion, Royal Artillery | 1794 | ||
| 4 | ” | 3rd Company, 6th Battalion, Royal Artillery | 1799 | ||
| 5 | ” | 7th Company, 2nd Battalion, Royal Artillery | [x] | ||
| 6 | ” | 6th Company, 1st Battalion, Royal Artillery | [x] | ||
| 7 | ” | 3rd Company, 1st Battalion, Royal Artillery | [x] | ||
| 9 | ” | ———————————— Royal Artillery | 1859 | ||
| 2 | 3rd | 5th Company, 9th Battalion, Royal Artillery | 1806 | ||
| 3 | ” | 6th Company, 5th Battalion, Royal Artillery | 1795 | ||
| 4 | ” | 4th Company, 3rd Battalion, Royal Artillery | [x] | ||
| 5 | ” | 8th Company, 6th Battalion, Royal Artillery | 1800 | ||
| 6 | ” | 2nd Company, 4th Battalion, Royal Artillery | [x] | ||
| 7 | ” | 6th Company, 3rd Battalion, Royal Artillery | [x] | ||
| 8 | ” | 5th Company, 2nd Battalion, Royal Artillery | [x] | ||
| A | 4th | 1st Company, 3rd Battalion, Royal Artillery | [x] | ||
| B | ” | 1st Company, 11th Battalion, Royal Artillery | 1848 | ||
| C | ” | ————————————— Royal Artillery | 1871 | ||
| D | ” | 8th Company, 3rd Battalion, Royal Artillery | [x] | ||
| E | ” | 3rd Company, 11th Battalion, Royal Artillery | 1848 | ||
| F | ” | 5th Company, 11th Battalion, Royal Artillery | 1848 | ||
| G | ” | 4th Company, 12th Battalion, Royal Artillery | 1848 | ||
| H | ” | 4th Company, 11th Battalion, Royal Artillery | 1779 | ||
| I | ” | ————————————— Royal Artillery | 1871 | ||
| K | ” | 8th Company, 7th Battalion, Royal Artillery | 1794 | ||
| 1 | 5th | 5th Company, 5th Battalion, Royal Artillery | 1794 | ||
| 2 | ” | 7th Company, 7th Battalion, Royal Artillery | 1794 | ||
| 3 | ” | 4th Company, 1st Battalion, Royal Artillery | [x] | ||
| 4 | ” | 7th Company, 1st Battalion, Royal Artillery | [x] | ||
| 5 | ” | 8th Company, 5th Battalion, Royal Artillery | 1795 | ||
| 6 | ” | 2nd Company, 6th Battalion, Royal Artillery | 1791 | ||
| 7 | ” | (Formerly 1 Battery, 20th Brigade.) Artillery | ·· | ||
| 1 | 6th | 6th Company, 4th Battalion, Royal Artillery | [x] | ||
| 2 | ” | 8th Company, 12th Battalion, Royal Artillery | 1848 | ||
| 3 | ” | 5th Company, 7th Battalion, Royal Artillery | 1778 | ||
| 4 | ” | 3rd Company, 13th Battalion, Royal Artillery | 1854 | ||
| 5 | ” | 7th Company, 13th Battalion, Royal Artillery | 1854 | ||
| 6 | ” | 8th Company, 13th Battalion, Royal Artillery | 1854 | ||
| 7 | ” | B Company, 4th Battalion, Madras Artillery | 1845 | ||
| 1 | 7th | 8th Company, 8th Battalion, Royal Artillery | 1803 | ||
| 2 | ” | 4th Company, 13th Battalion, Royal Artillery | 1854 | ||
| 3 | ” | 7th Company, 3rd Battalion, Royal Artillery | [x] | ||
| 4 | ” | 1st Company, 4th Battalion, Royal Artillery | [x] | ||
| 5 | ” | 1st Company, 14th Battalion, Royal Artillery | 1855 | ||
| 6 | ” | 2nd Company, 14th Battalion, Royal Artillery | 1855 | ||
| 7 | ” | 2nd Company, 12th Battalion, Royal Artillery | 1848 | ||
| A | 8th | 2nd Company, 3rd Battalion, Bengal Artillery | 1786 | ||
| B | ” | 4th Company, 6th Battalion, Royal Artillery | 1799 | ||
| C | ” | 5th Company, 6th Battalion, Royal Artillery | 1799 | ||
| D | ” | 2nd Company, 5th Battalion, Royal Artillery | 1794 | ||
| E | ” | 2nd Company, 9th Battalion, Royal Artillery | 1806 | ||
| F | ” | 6th Company, 6th Battalion, Royal Artillery | 1799 | ||
| G | ” | 6th Company, 2nd Battalion, Royal Artillery | [x] | ||
| H | ” | 7th Company, 8th Battalion, Royal Artillery | 1803 | ||
| A | 9th | 7th Company, 5th Battalion, Royal Artillery | 1795 | ||
| B | ” | 5th Company, 4th Battalion, Royal Artillery | [x] | ||
| C | ” | 7th Company, 6th Battalion, Royal Artillery | 1800 | ||
| D | ” | 6th Company, 8th Battalion, Royal Artillery | 1803 | ||
| E | ” | 8th Company, 9th Battalion, Royal Artillery | 1806 | ||
| F | ” | 1st Company, 1st Battalion, Royal Artillery | [x] | ||
| G | ” | 1st Company, 9th Battalion, Royal Artillery | 1806 | ||
| 1 | 10th | 1st Company, 10th Battalion, Royal Artillery | 1846 | ||
| 2 | ” | 2nd Company, 10th Battalion, Royal Artillery | 1846 | ||
| 3 | ” | 3rd Company, 10th Battalion, Royal Artillery | 1846 | ||
| 4 | ” | 4th Company, 10th Battalion, Royal Artillery | 1846 | ||
| 5 | ” | 5th Company, 10th Battalion, Royal Artillery | 1846 | ||
| 6 | ” | 7th Company, 4th Battalion, Royal Artillery | 1771 | ||
| 7 | ” | 3rd Company, 2nd Battalion, Royal Artillery | [x] | ||
| A | 11th | 8th Company, 1st Battalion, Royal Artillery | [x] | ||
| B | ” | 5th Company, 3rd Battalion, Royal Artillery | [x] | ||
| C | ” | 1st Company, 6th Battalion, Royal Artillery | 1791 | ||
| D | ” | 6th Company, 7th Battalion, Royal Artillery | 1778 | ||
| E | ” | 5th Company, 13th Battalion, Royal Artillery | 1854 | ||
| F | ” | 6th Company, 13th Battalion, Royal Artillery | 1854 | ||
| G | ” | 5th Company, 14th Battalion, Royal Artillery | 1855 | ||
| H | ” | 2nd Company, 8th Battalion, Royal Artillery | 1803 | ||
| I | ” | ————————————— Royal Artillery | 1871 | ||
| K | ” | ————————————— Royal Artillery | 1871 | ||
| 1 | 12th | 8th Company, 10th Battalion, Royal Artillery | 1846 | ||
| 2 | ” | 2nd Company, 2nd Battalion, Royal Artillery | [x] | ||
| 3 | ” | 3rd Company, 7th Battalion, Royal Artillery | 1758 | ||
| 4 | ” | 6th Company, 10th Battalion, Royal Artillery | 1846 | ||
| 5 | ” | 1st Troop, 12th Battalion, Royal Artillery | 1848 | ||
| 6 | ” | 4th Troop, 9th Battalion, Royal Artillery | 1806 | ||
| 7 | ” | 4th Troop, 8th Battalion, Royal Artillery | 1803 | ||
| 1 | 13th | 2nd Company, 13th Battalion, Royal Artillery | 1854 | ||
| 2 | ” | 5th Troop, 14th Battalion, Royal Artillery | 1855 | ||
| 3 | ” | 8th Troop, 14th Battalion, Royal Artillery | 1855 | ||
| 4 | ” | 5th Troop, 1st Battalion, Royal Artillery | [x] | ||
| 5 | ” | 2nd Troop, 11th Battalion, Royal Artillery | 1848 | ||
| 6 | ” | 7th Troop, 11th Battalion, Royal Artillery | 1818 | ||
| 7 | ” | 2nd Troop, 3rd Battalion, Royal Artillery | [x] | ||
| A | 14th | 8th Company, 2nd Battalion, Royal Artillery | [x] | ||
| B | ” | 3rd Troop, 9th Battalion, Royal Artillery | 1806 | ||
| C | ” | 6th Troop, 9th Battalion, Royal Artillery | 1806 | ||
| D | ” | 6th Troop, 11th Battalion, Royal Artillery | 1848 | ||
| E | ” | 5th Troop, 12th Battalion, Royal Artillery | 1848 | ||
| F | ” | 4th Troop, 14th Battalion, Royal Artillery | 1855 | ||
| G | ” | 6th Troop, 14th Battalion, Royal Artillery | 1855 | ||
| H | ” | 7th Troop, 10th Battalion, Royal Artillery | 1846 | ||
| I | ” | ————————————— Royal Artillery | 1871 | ||
| K | ” | ————————————— Royal Artillery | 1871 | ||
| 1 to 7 | 15th | ————————————— Royal Artillery | 1860 | ||
| A | 16th | 2nd Company, 4th Battalion, Bengal Artillery | 1770 | ||
| B | ” | 1st Troop, 1st Battalion, Royal Artillery | 1786 | ||
| C | ” | 4th Troop, 1st Battalion, Royal Artillery | 1786 | ||
| D | ” | 4th Troop, 3rd Battalion, Royal Artillery | 1802 | ||
| E | ” | 3rd Troop, 1st Battalion, Royal Artillery | 1818 | ||
| F | ” | ————————————— Royal Artillery | 1862 | ||
| G | ” | ————————————— Royal Artillery | 1862 | ||
| 1 | 17th | A Company, 1st Battalion, Madras Artillery | [+] | ||
| 2 | ” | B Company, 1st Battalion, Royal Artillery | [+] | ||
| 3 | ” | ———————————— Royal Artillery | 1862 | ||
| 4 | ” | ———————————— Royal Artillery | 1862 | ||
| 5 | ” | A Company, 4th Battalion, Madras Artillery | 1845 | ||
| 6 | ” | ———————————— Royal Artillery | 1862 | ||
| 7 | ” |
| 1803 | ||
| A | 18th | 2nd Company, 1st Battalion, Bombay Artillery | 1765 | ||
| B | ” | 3rd Company, 1st Battalion, Royal Artillery | 1796 | ||
| C | ” | 3rd Company, 2nd Battalion, Royal Artillery | 1798 | ||
| D | ” | 4th Company, 2nd Battalion, Royal Artillery | 1820 | ||
| E | ” | 1st Company, 3rd Battalion, Royal Artillery | 1857 | ||
| F | ” | 2nd Company, 3rd Battalion, Royal Artillery | 1857 | ||
| G | ” | D Company, 3rd Battalion, Madras Artillery | 1806 | ||
| A | 19th | 2nd Company, 1st Battalion, Bengal Artillery | 1758 | ||
| B | ” | 1st Company, 2nd Battalion, Royal Artillery | 1802 | ||
| C | 19th | 4th Company, 2nd Battalion, Bengal Artillery | 1802 | ||
| D | ” | 4th Company, 5th Battalion, Royal Artillery | 1818 | ||
| E | ” | 2nd Company, 6th Battalion, Royal Artillery | 1842 | ||
| F | ” | 3rd Company, 6th Battalion, Royal Artillery | 1842 | ||
| G | ” | 7th Company, 14th Battalion, Royal Artillery | 1855 | ||
| A | 20th | A Company, 3rd Battalion, Madras Artillery | [+] | ||
| B | ” | B Company, 2nd Battalion, Royal Artillery | 1812 | ||
| C | ” | C Company, 2nd Battalion, Royal Artillery | 1812 | ||
| D | ” | D Company, 2nd Battalion, Royal Artillery | 1809 | ||
| E | ” | C Company, 1st Battalion, Royal Artillery | 1786 | ||
| F | ” | B Company, 3rd Battalion, Royal Artillery | 1806 | ||
| G | ” | C Company, 3rd Battalion, Royal Artillery | 1811 | ||
| 1 | 21st | 1st Company, 1st Battalion, Bombay Artillery | 1748 | ||
| 2 | ” | ————————————— Royal Artillery | 1862 | ||
| 3 | ” | 2nd Company, 2nd Battalion, Bombay Artillery | 1768 | ||
| 4 | ” | 4th Company, 1st Battalion, Royal Artillery | 1802 | ||
| 5 | ” | 4th Company, 3rd Battalion, Royal Artillery | 1857 | ||
| 6 | ” | ————————————— Royal Artillery | 1862 | ||
| 7 | ” | 1st Company, 2nd Battalion, Royal Artillery | [x] | ||
| 1 | 22nd | 2nd Company, 5th Battalion, Bengal Artillery | 1760 | ||
| 2 | ” | ————————————— Royal Artillery | 1862 | ||
| 3 | ” | 1st Company, 5th Battalion, Bengal Artillery | 1786 | ||
| 4 | ” | 3rd Company, 2nd Battalion, Royal Artillery | 1802 | ||
| 5 | ” | 3rd Company, 3rd Battalion, Royal Artillery | 1802 | ||
| 6 | ” | ————————————— Royal Artillery | 1862 | ||
| 7 | ” | ————————————— Royal Artillery | 1862 | ||
| 1 | 23rd | 1st Company, 4th Battalion, Bengal Artillery | 1749 | ||
| 2 | ” | 4th Company, 4th Battalion, Royal Artillery | 1763 | ||
| 3 | ” | 1st Company, 3rd Battalion, Royal Artillery | 1778 | ||
| 4 | ” | 2nd Company, 2nd Battalion, Royal Artillery | 1802 | ||
| 5 | ” | 1st Company, 6th Battalion, Royal Artillery | 1842 | ||
| 6 | ” | ————————————— Royal Artillery | 1862 | ||
| 7 | ” | 3rd Company, 4th Battalion, Bengal Artillery | 1786 | ||
NOTES TO APPENDIX C.
[*] Formed from the Horse Artillery galloper guns raised at different periods between 1760 and 1800, and attached to Regiments of Cavalry. It first served as a distinct troop with Sir David Baird’s Division of the Army that fought in Egypt under Sir Ralph Abercrombie in 1801.
[(a)] Extract from G. O. by G. G. of India, dated Agra, 11/4/43:—“The 1st Troop of the Bombay Horse Artillery shall hereafter, for ever, be denominated Leslie’s Troop of Horse Artillery.”