MINUTES OF PROCEEDINGS OF 
connected with the Regiment, for many years, as the late Deputy-Adjutant- 
General. In recording their deep sense of the bereavement sustained by the 
Regiment in the loss of Colonel Charles Bingham,—whose administrative 
ability, large experience, and clear knowledge of details, rendered him a 
most valuable public servant,—they feel bound to allude to qualities of the 
heart possessed by him in a degree rare among men tried with all the 
difficulties and vexations of office. 
In him the same kindness and evenness of temper were shown in time 
of relaxation and under the pressure of an unsparing weight of business. 
He was no respecter of persons, but was accessible alike to the Senior 
Officers of the Corps and to the youngest Subaltern. 
From the time when he entered upon the duties of Brigade-Major at 
"Woolwich in 1849 until he received, a few days before his death, the 
appointment of Inspector-General of Artillery with the rank of Major- 
General, as a mark of the high approbation of His Royal Highness the 
Held Marshal Commanding-in-Chief— he worked hard —so hard that he was 
never destined to enjoy the honors of his last appointment. 
The Crimean war, the re-organization of the Regiment upon the Brigade 
system, the Indian Mutiny, and finally the Amalgamation of the Services 
which sprang out of it, found him at his post, and taxed both mind and 
body, so that his health gave way just as the prospect of lighter labour was 
held out to him. 
With a wise discernment and freedom from prejudice he sought to foster, 
without partiality, whatever aimed at advancing the interests of the Corps; 
and, as meeting this design—in one direction at least:—he gave full 
encouragement to this Institution. 
2. Turning to the financial condition of the Institution, the Committee 
are glad to observe that the outlay bears a safe relation to the Bunds; 
though, while the income increases, and while each year brings with it 
additional work, it is but natural the expenditure should increase with it. 
The General Abstract will show the separate items of income and 
expenditure. The D r - and C r . account will show the balance in favour 
of the Institution. 
3. Printing and Publication. —Yolume III of the Proceedings has been 
completed; and the Committee are glad to acknowledge that the appeal 
made to Members for written contributions has been answered. The 
different Papers with the names of the contributors will be found in the 
following list. To these gentlemen the Committee express their thanks. 
List of “ Proceedingsf printed during the Year. 
Account of Experiment of 29tli December, 1862, continued, on Capt. Inglis’s 
Second Shield, at Shoeburyness, 3rd March, 1863. Contributed by Capt. E. 
Bruce, R,A. 
Report of an Experiment carried on by the Special Committee on Iron, at 
Shoeburyness, 17th March, 1863, to test three rolled Armour Plates, supplied by 
Messrs Brown and Co. of Sheffield, Contributed by Capt. E, J. Bruce, R.A. 
