Northern Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1860-01-09 00:00:00

HUMANE AND GALLANT CONDUCT.

S.S. Brazil, Lisbon, Dec. 1859.
TO THE SECRETARY OF THE MERCANTILE 31ARINE
SERVICE ASSOCIATION.
have the honour to inform you, for the
information of the members of our association, that on
the 26th instant, in lat. 44.42 N., 9.9 W., I sighted a
barque showing signals of distress, which, on my coming
up with, proved.ta,be,the Senegal, of and from Sunder-
land, bound to Malaga, with a cargo of coals. The
'captain signalled. for assistance, and the vessel was
rapidly filling. I immediately stopped engines,' &c.,
and with much difficulty lowered boats, there being at
the time an exceedingly heavy sea running and it
blowingirard: After about two hours of great exertion
we succeeded in bringing on board in safety the whole
of the crew of the barque, consisting of Captain Laycle-
lock and 14 hands. I have ascertained from Captain
L. that he had a succession of gales from the time of
hia leaving, and that on the 25th, during a terrific gale
which we also encountered, he lost his jibbogm and
foretopmast, the vessel was severely strained, started
several butts, and the seams opened. Previous to this
the barque had been making water, and the pumps
were choked.

(Signed) RICHARD EUSTICE,
Master S. S. Brazil.

S. S. Buxzrt, OFF LISBON, Dec., 1859.
We, the undersim7ned, being about to leave your ship,
take this opportunity of expressing our sincere gratitude
to yourself, officers, and crew, for saving our lives from
the barque Senegal, of Sunderland, in the Bay of Biscay,
when that vessel was in a sinking state, under circum-
stances of the greatest difficulty and danger. We cannot
sufficiently thank you for the kindness we have received
-while on board your ship :
Wm. Laycklock, master,
John Dimelow,.lst mate,
Patrick Hickey, 2nd mate,
Alexander. Steed, .
, Ed. Draft°,
George Mitchell,
Alexander M'Donald,
James Morgan,

Peter M'Donell,
James Lamb,
Charles Morris,
Imderton Lanveli,
Mickel Hornet,
James Agem,
Adolf Ewert, carpenter.

A BACHELOR TAX.-The Salut .Public says :-" A
petition addressed to the Senate is now being signed by
the female operatives in this city, in whioh the petitioners '
pray that all men who attain the. age of forty without
marrying may be compelled to pay a tax, as unproduc-
tive members of society."
THE MILITARY AND NAVAL ARMAMENTS OF FRANCE.
-The Almanach de Gotha for 1860 gives a statistical
account of the French army and navy, as existing in
1859. The staffs of the army include 5,779 officers and
693 Anbaltarns, making a total of 6,472. There are
13 marshals, 90. acting generals of division, and 77
reserve generals, 180 acting generals of. brigade, and
172 in reserve. So much for the staffs. The gen-
,d'arinerie, so Called, numbers 26,278 men ; it con-
tains 1 regiment, 26 legions, 6 battalions, 7 squad-
rons, and 1451 companies. The Guard of Paris is 3,634
strong, and the Sapeurs Pomniers of Paris 700. • The
total number of infantry soldiers on the war footing is
510,640; thus classified, viz. :-Grenadiers, 12,000 ;
Voltig;eurs, 16,000; Lino Infantry, 408,000 ; Chas-
-ems on Foot,' 33,000; Zouaves, 15,000 ; Light. In-
fantry of Africa, 2.400 ; foreign corps, 8,000 ; Algerian
sharp-shooters, 15,006 ; " companies of discipline,"
1,000 ; and veteran subalterns and Fusileers, 240.
There are 120 re iments, 493 battalions, and 3,088
companies. The French cavalry' is 100,221 strong,
including .64 regiments, 385 squadrons, 10 cora-
-panics, and 64 pelotons out of rank. The cavalry
is thus classified, viz. :-The Cent-Gardes, 221 ; the.
Carbineers, 3,000; the Cuirassiers, 18,000 ; the Dra-
goons, ,19 500 • the Lancers, 13,500 ; the Chasseurs,
19,500 ; the Gitide. 1,600 ; the Hussars, 12,000 ; the
Chltsseurs of Africa, 4,500 ; the Spahis, 4,500 ; and the
Cavaliers de Remonte, 4,000. These cavalry troops are
all en the war footing. The artillery, on the peace footing,
numbers 68,544 men and 50,240 horses ; 27,427 artillery
Linen are on foot, 9,316 on horse, and 25,830 " mounted."'
The engineers, on the footing of war, number 15,448-
forming three regiments, one division, six battalions;
awl seventy companies, besides three out of rank. The
whole of the (nominal) army of France, at this moment,'
numbers 760,951 soldiers of all ranks ; thus classified-
viz.,6,472 ; military schools, 2,100 ; invalids,
,8 aff,
oS.tgend,armerie, 26,278; infantry, 510,640 ; cavalry,
100 221 ; artillery, 68,544; engineers, 15,448; equipage
; artisans or Government workmen 7 400 •
train,
rylint6OtrOmaries, and military jo'Netr"c
12,520
guns, 3,2.00 ;
The French includes 461 vessels, carryingus
guns, and the steamers ofes 60,000 horse-
e o construct 150
course of thd next ten years it isi6end dto the
ships of war of all classes, and 72 steam transports. The
conversion of the rest of the fleet into screw vessels is
also to be
sailing effected in the same time. At present the
ships number 252 , of 8,106 guns,
and the steamers
209, of 4,414 guns. The
iersonne/ of the , navy and
marine includes 90,298 men, or nearly double the usual
annual average of the English navy.
rine" But this includes
the "Ma -
troops,fleet which number 23.669 men ; the
service of the
-eet proper " being carried on by
66,629. This last figure includes 2 admirals, 11 (acting).
Tice-admirals, 20 (acting) rear-admirals, 109 captains
of line vessels, 232 captains of fri ates, 673 lieutenants,
546 ensigns, 271 pupils, 6,629 engineers, hydrosa
commissioners, inspectors, phers,
-0., and 60,000 seamen.