The Sun.
London, England, 1855-03-24 00:00:00

BANKING DE

Proprietors' capital .. 14,553,000
Rest ........ ...... 3,644,317
Public deposits (in-
cluding Exchequer,
Commissioners of
National Debt, Sav-

ing's Banks, and
Dividend Accounts) 5,077,843
Other deposits ...... 11,155,862
Seven Day and other
Bills ... . 891,692

£35,322,714

Dated the 22d day of March, 1

PRICE OF SUGAR.
The average price of Brown or Muscovado Sugar com-
puted from the returns"made in the week ending the 20th
March, 1855, is 20s 9_ld per hundredweight exclusive of
the duties of Customs paid or payable thereon on the im-
portation thereof into Great Britain.

THE NEWSPAPER STAMP DUTY.—We have reason
to believe that Vie Government does not anticipate that
its bill for an alteration of the law of newspaper stamps
wig be cArried through the house. Within the last few
days the Secretary of the Treasury has received from
r.everal of the usual supporters of the Ministry distinct
intimations that the pressure of local opinion from their
respective constituencies will compel them to vote against
the Government on the question. We may add, from
our own personal knowledge, that, although
.the Con-
servative party will not be organized in opposition, vet
the leaders of the party will individually oppose t.htse,b-ill,
or propose such amendments as will destreyi
mis-
chievous tendency. The tenour of theseere
amendmentstold, to do
we do not know ; but.their object
away with the present embarrassinigs,bduTtitnoacit.eiotarisubneitlwetiellei
news journals and literary papers
publications; which the stamp
obstacles to a low class of.
o(ffowrliti which
notice was given by Mr. Dee des and the security system involvde.
Thelast motion,
ev
postponement of the bill until after the presentation of
. ' •
the Budget) is, we believe, the indication
C• 1 Seice
of the " inde-
C
pendent opposition" to the question. ctt
Gazette.

(Non as TiloTea of this clay.)
Of the various proceedings now in contemplation for im-
proving which the efficiency of our laud forces, and auenting the
military power of the country, there is none to greater
importance should be attached than to the project of the new
establishment at Aldershott. This scheme, if carried out Ac-
cording to design, will go far beyond the encampment at
Chobham. That represented simply a military parade on a
large and novel scale, which contributed something, indeed,
to the instruction of the troops actually engaged, but which
left few durable traces in the constitution or organisation of
the British army. The soldiers went to Chobham, re-
mained there a few weeks, and then returned to their
former habits and quarters, She whole spectacle disappearing
from the face of the country before the close of the autumn'
But the casejwill be very different in the experiment now con-
ceived, which marks the institution of an entirely new system.
For the future, it is intended to collect our troops as much as
possible in large barracks, so as to dispense with the use of
isolated quarters, to preclude tho necessity of billeting, and
to provide both officers and men with the means of studying
the practical duties of their profession on something more
than a regimental scale. With these views 175,0001. have
been assigned to the erection of huts sufficient to accommo-
date 50,000 men, which huts, though professedly of a tempo-
rary character, are to be substantial enough to serve for
souse years. Of these buildings, as many as will contain
20,000 men are to be raised at Aldershott, at which spot also
permanent barracks are to be coustructel, at a cost of no less
than 250,0031. Altogether, therefore, upwards of 300,000/.
will be expended at Alderihott in military lodgings,
and, as 20,000 Militia will go into the huts, while
the barracks, when completed, will be occupied
by 10,000 regulars of all arms, infantry, cavalry,
and artillery, we may have some 30,000 troops massed
together for a considerable period, and 10,00') stationed there
permanently. The result will give not merely a temporary
camp, like that at Chobham, but a regular establishment—a
station representing the consolidation of ten or twenty dif-
ferent barracks, and embodying a new system of military
training,

It is-Understood that this establishment is likely to be
framed to some extent upon the model of that at Beverloo,
and such a resolution would be very reasonable, inasmuch as
this Belgian camp embodies more closely than any other esta-
blishment the designs which we have in contemplation. In
other Continental States where there are large garrisons and
fortresses the practice is to call out numerous bodies of
troops—perhaps, 50,000 or 60,000 men at a time—
for exercise and manoeuvres at certain seasons of
the year, but I this system would evidently] not be
ladapted to our own resources or requirements. Our
object is to communicate to a -dempapativety small army a
high degree of organisation, by exercising simultaneously
such divisions of it as are likely to be available for such duty,
and in this respect the model of the Belgian barracks might
aus ,wer our views. Beverloo is situated in the province of
Limburg, not far from Hasselt, in the middle of which sandy
and Liesolate-looking country a permanent camp has been
formed' for the accommodation and instruction of some 15,000
men. buildings thero erected comprise both barracks
and huts,, are complete in all their arrangements, and form,
we believ,t, the only establishment of the kind in Europe—
something between a regular garrison and a temporary en-
campment. The design of the Belgian Government seems
to have bee la to give the soldiers of their army, who are
mostly youuj, and enlisted for a limited term of service,
the means of acquiring good military training on a large
scale, and' to habituate them, in a permanent school
of instruction, to those concerted manoeuvres of field
duty which convey an idea of actual service. It is
obvious that from l'uildings actually erected and arrangements
devised for this pu.Tose there may be very much for us to
learn.

It is on the disciplio,O., however, and practices observed in
the new camp, that so asuch will be found to turn. When
suitable plans have been tobtained, the erection of the neces-
sary buildings will be a work of very little trouble, though,
perhaps, we may gain in more respects than one by enlisting
the talents of civil enginec arts in the construction of our mili-
tary edifices. But results of the greatest importanc3 will at.
tach to that system of instr uction adopted. We presume that
Aldershott has not been sele eted without reference to its natu-
ral advantages, as offering 'pod ground for manoeuvres,—
as we gild enable all the various arms
such ground, in short,
of the service to be handled with effect. We happen just
now to have only too complete an idea of the qualities in
which our soldiers are apt to be found deficient. The princi-
pal requisites of military excellent ,e theYlKossess in an eminent
degree. They are valiant, endurh V, Patient, and steady be-
yond example, but they have never been taught to provide
dexterously for their personal wants tinder circumstances of
difficulty, or to perform those minor clOties of outposts, &c.,
which the presence of an enemy creates. In addition to this,
the regiments have never been safilcientl:y accustomed to act
in concert, and, as the several corps were n ever, except for a
few weeks at Chobham, fused into may semblance of an army,
it followed almost inevitably that the auxiNia ry departments
of the service hal no experience of what art army requires.
In this respect even Chobham was not turned to so much
advantage as it might have been, and it is in the hope that
the omission will be rectified at Aldershott ',that we have
called public attention to the subject.

The general principles which should regulate ou rprooeedings
are, we think, tolerably clear. Of course, the o rdinary drill
should not be neglected ; but it is not in this respect that
our troops have ever been found deficient. What is required
is, that the men should be accustomed to more sustained and
varied bodily exercise, so as to develope their muscailar ener-
gies; that demands should be made ou their individual in-
telligence, so as to give them greater self-reliance and more
resources in difficulty; and that they should be taughtsllthe
expedients of cooking, mending, patching, and haztting,
which may stand them in good stead another day.
Perhaps it may be thought that if we thus train
our troops to depend upon themselves, instead of looking to
the Commissariat for everything, we can scarcely be taking
the best course to make the Commissariat itself more effi-
cient ; but this dilemma is more apparent than real. We
do not propose that the soldiers should be taught to go out
and buy flour, or bring iu cattle, or that the Commissariat
' should be relieved from the duty of collecting supplies. We
simply think that it will be for the advantage of the troops
if they are trained to provide their own meals instead of re-
ceiving them ready for their mouths, while the piactice
which we anticipate for the Commissariat is exactly
that which the occasion itself cannot fail to fur-
nish. If twenty thousand or thirty thousand men am col-
le,eted together there must nocesarily be work for the
officers whose duty, it is to see that such a force is supplied
with provisions, and it is, no doubt, in a great measure be-
cause such experience was not obtainable before that the de-
partments of the army which should minister to the efficiency
of the fighting men were found deficient in organisation and
rigour. We want, in short, some such practice as shall place
before all branches of the profession the incidents of acmal
service and the exigencies of a considerable army. The estab-
lishment at Aldershott will give us the opportunities desired,
and we hope they may be turned to good effect in the ease
both of the Militia and the Line.

REPRESENTATION OF LIVERPOOL.—The writ arrived
yesterday in Liverpool. The nomination will take place
on Tuesday, and the polling on Wednesday. Sir S. G.
Bonham, who offers himself on Tory principles, has at-
tended a meeting of the electors. He commenced by
stating that he had had experience in mercantile pursuits,
and expressed a hope that he should be able to render
service to the town. The candidate then avowed him-
self
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that
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follow out the policy of his father, the speaker expressed
his belief that if Lord Derby had been in power there
would not have been any war. He added that he re-
gretted and detested that war, but now he preferred to
go on with it rather than have a hollow truce. Sir
Samuel then touched upon some local topics. His
address was frequently interrupted by laughter and noise.
In reply to a question as to whether he would vote for
the restoration of Poland, Sir S. G. Bonham said that
the restoration of Poland did not depend on England
alone ; it depuided on a great many other countries.
(Hear, hear.) It would depend very much on the result
of the present war, and until they knew what that result
was it was impossible to tell what could ho done. He
could give no other answer. It must depend on cir-
cumstances which had not yet arisen. A resolution was
then passed, to the effect that Sir S. G. Benham was a
fit and proper person to represent the borough, and
pledging the meeting to use every legal means to secure
his election. A large meeting of Liberal elect )rs was
held at the Theatre Royal last night, at which measures
were taken to secure, if possible, the return of Mr. J.
C. Ewart.

IMPORTANT TO CONSIGNEES.—LIVERPOOL, March 23.
—A. few days ago the ship Royal Victoria, Wintering-
ham master, arrived at this port from Charleston with
a cargo of cotton consigned to Mr. James Beazley, of
13, Red Cross-street. The bill of lading, presented by
a broker in the town, who had received it from the ship-
per indirectly, represented the cargo to consist of 121
bales ; but it was noticed that the words " ogle hundred
' and" appeared to be in a different handwriting ; and,
on reference to the master's copy, it was ascertained
that they had been introduced after he had signed
and delivered it to the shipper, "C. Nichols," of
Charleston, and that in reality the cargo consisted only
of 31 bales. It was then elicited that Nichols had
himself prepared the bill, leaving ample margin
on the document for the insertion of additional words ;
—a :1- IsA:nr,n/1
would obtain an advance upon the document from some
banking or mercantile house. From inquiries since in
stituted it has been further ascertained that the bills of
lading for the cargoes of other cotton ships which left
Charleston for Liverpool about the same time have been
similarly altered. The Lalla Rookh, for instance, con-
signed
than the quantity
Co.,sign hedad to
00 3 Messrs.balesFraser, e
less
r eonn boardy and Co.,holln
Sarah Ann, consigned to Messrs. J. S. )e and the
Wolfe and
stated in the bill of lading, and on reference
wordsmas-
ter'sto!
S t hpasd
havebeen
been introduced,taken to the mas-
ter's copies it was found that the additional
e
numbers and
toas secureia th
thep
ea:epe
Mr. Nichols, if that person has not erenow seen to his
own safety. Nichols was formerly master of a cotton
apprehension
a,lilounde o
alluded
ship himself, but had for some time past occupied the
.position of broker in Charleston.
NOTTINGIIAM TRADE.—In lace business, although we
cannot say that any improvement has occurred in the
state of the demand, spinners and holders of material
tell us that there has this week been an increased demand
for these, and consequently a movement must have en!.
sued in our long stagnant manufacturing actlvity. This
is, however, accounted for rather from the anxiety of our
manufacturers to coax the market with something in the
shape of novelty, which may obtain a start along with
the sin •
s- fashions. Still the real mainsprings of busi-
ness are inactive, and our leading merchants are waiting
the turn sf affairs, in expectation of the usual reasonable
operations—to winch 1 the weather has certainly not
hitherto proved propitious. The lace trade, it will be seen,
if fully represented ; and when it is represented that our
cheap and beautiful machine-made laces, which have
holicrts been contraband in France, will thus be ari-
-1 in'tted extensively, and as the leading and characteristic
feature of this class of British products, for the first time
at 20 per cent. duty, we do not doubt, and our merchants
do not seem to doubt, that the result must be ofim-
portance to this country, and may probably open up to
us a new market. They feel convinced that even at 25
per cent. duty, they could successfully compete with the
laces of Carnbray and Calais, and sell in France a far
cheaper and better article of the same class of British
produce. Some of the job sales that have recently been
forced on the London market, for instance, are of French
goods, and these have generally been taken at a price
equivalent to that of some of our bobbin-net goods
though only such as are ;produced by the warp-machine
—Net ivkamshire Gilvdian.