The Sun.
London, England, 1864-12-09 00:00:00

Liverpool Cotton Market—This Day.

There is a much better and firmer market this
morning. Sales, probably 6,000 or 7,000 bales.

REPRESENTATION OF NORTH WARWICKSHIRE.
—The new candidate, Mr W. D. Bromley, arrived at Hams
Hall, the seat of the Right Hon. C. B. Adderley, on Tues-
day evening, and on Wednesday he paid a visit to the
ancient town of Coleshill. He will remain the guest of Mr
Adderley until Tuesday next, the day of nomination. It is
expected that Mr Bromley will be nominated by his•hon.
friend.

The Ocean of Brest says—Four Carmelite friars
have just left fur the mission at Bagdad, two priests of the
diocese of Lyons and Clermont-Ferrand for New Mexico,
and five Jesuits for the missions in Bourbon and Madagas-
car. Catholicism id making gratifying progress in the
East Indies, where there are at present 17 bishops, 851
priests, 854,000 Catholics, and 654 schools, attended by
25,000 children,"

A letter from Corfu of the 24th ult. mentions the
arrival there of 11.M,5. Magicienno, Captain Armytage,
and Oates that she would leave on the day following for
Patras. Several mercantile failures have been made public
—among them Marchetti and P. Cretnidi to a serious
extent.

Passengers for China and Cochin China embarked
three days ;ago at Toulon for Alexandria on board the
Eldorado steam frigate. The day before yesterday the
Labrador left for Algiers, having on board 1,000 men be-
longing to different regiments in garrison in the colony.
The Kreutz Zeitung of Berlin announces that

,he Prussian Government will no longer content itself with

taking measures against the journals which publish letters
hostile to Prussia, but will also attack the correspondents

themselves. It seems difficult to devise how that can be
done, as the writers evidently reside in foreign countries,
and preserve an anonymous character.
Recent returns state that the number of fairs
held annuall% in the Government of Tobolsk, in Siberia, is
165, The value of the merchandise brought to them
amounts to 8,610,321 roubles (4f, each), and the Sales cffected
to 5,381,686 roubles. The fair of Ischim is the most im-
portant of all. the merchandise brought there amounts
to 2,662,000 roubles, and the sales to 2,341,000 roubles,
The Civil Tribunal has just given judgment in

the action brought against the Abbe 7Perrey;,e by M. Leon
Lacordaire to recover the unpublished manuscripts of his
brother, the late celebrated preacher. The damages were
laid at 100,000 fr. After hearing counsel, the Trebunal re.
jetted M. Leon Lacordaire's demands, and condemned him
to pay all costs.
M. Menjaud, a well known actor at the Theatre
Francais many years ago, has just died at Tours.
TROUBLES OF AN ORDERLY SERGEANT.—The
New York Times publishes an extraordinary letter
sent lately to Gen. Thomas, commanding the army of the
Cumberland, by an orderly sergeant of the sth Tennessee
Cavalry, on duty in various quarters of the middle section
of the state. It might be supposed to be intended as a
burlesque, but it is stated to be a letter wrung from the
writer by his troubles and perplexities. The following
are the most striking passages in this strange epistle "
Major General Thomas,—Dear sir,—Where a company
boards at half a dozen different places, ranging from 100
yards to a quarter of atmile from headquarters, is the
orderly sergeant bound to make out regular and irregular
details, notify the men, and have them ready to start on
a scout or other duty at a moment's notice ? If the
horses,
soldiers
the
orderly sergeant tries to get the privates to fall into roll-
call, and privates tell him to go to It—, is the orderly
sergeant bound to go there ? In cavalry service how
often must the orderly sergeant notify a private to go
on duty before he is clear of any wrong himself ? And
after notifying private soldiers the proper number of times
to go on duty, is the sergeant bound to catch and saddle all
their
furnishing those who b y carelessness
all their equipments, and
wainthd afterthe putting
necessary weapons, to take said
private
arms
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no essness or otherwise have
annalepsutofthethmeirin necksthei saddles
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seats oftheir
After serving as orderly sergeant in a company over 13
months—the company being disorderly, unruly,
out' conten-
tious,la s t
o board at, t,and
compass from company headquarters as they could find
p
being troublesome generally, and
using every exertion to get the orderly sergeant to resign
e `boarding
and retire to private life, in order that some ono of them
might get the high position' of orderly sergeant of the
company, is it trcatiug said orderly sergeant with justice
to take a private from the ranks—one of the most contrary
men, too (and I know who is contrary)—and put him over
the said sergeant as second lieutenant, just because the
colonel of the regiment is afraid of his men, and is afraid
to take control of them and govern them ? If there is
maiming and killing men a day or two after their sur-
render, carried on by the men of a regiment, whose duty
is it to put a slop to such conduct—l mean if such conduct
is wrong ? If it is all right, no one ought to put a stop to
it. Have commissioned officers, non-commissioned offi-
cers, and Priiates in the United States service, any right
to take horses frem the enemy and sell them, and apply
the proceeds of such sales to their own use ? If so, an
affirmative answer to that question may be of great
benefit to my wife and sick boy. If such horse trading
is lawful, I am willing to resign my position as sergeant,
and go to trading in them. I oan make it pay better, and,
so far as my observation goes, it is a great deal less trouble,
especially if the men board out." On these and other points
the orderly sergeant entreats the commanding officer to en-
lighten him.

CIRCULATION OF AlR.—Winds are air put in
horizontal motion, Their influence is most benefi-
cial. Were there no Winds, the vapours that rise from the
sea would be returned back from the clouds, in showers, to
the very same places in the sea whence they came. On an
earth where no winds blew, we should neither have green
pastures, still waters, nor running brooks. Air is more
liable to pollution and corruption than water; stagnation is
ruinous to it. Ceaseless motion has been given to it; per-
petual circulation and intermingling of Its ingredients are
required of it. The necessity of ventilation in our buildings,
the wholesome influences of fresh air are universally acknow-
ledged. The cry in cities for fresh air from the mountains
or the sea, reminds us continually of the life-giving virtues of
circulation. It has been well said that the girdling encircling
air makes the whole world akin. It is the laboratory for the
whole animal and vegetable kingdoms. The carbonic acid
with which our breathing fills the air to-day, to-morrow
seeks its way round the world. The date trees that grow
round the falls of the Nile will drink it in by their leaves ;
the cedars of Lebanon will take of it to add to their stature.
The oxygen we are breathing now was distilled for us, some
short time ago, by the magnolias of the Susquehanna, and
the great trees that skirt the Amazon. By the winds,
superfluous water is carried off and removed to other lands,
where its agency is required ; or it is treasured up, as the
material of clouds, in the crystal vault of the firmament, the
source, when the fitting season arrives, of the showers which
provide for the wants of the year.-4P the Fear .Round.

During the laet few days there has been an
absence of animation in the Foreign and Colonial
Produce Markets, The public sales of tea have
proceeded very slowly, and sugar has been neglected.
Coffee has sold at rather easier rates, as also cocoa,
rice, and fruit. In tallow there has been a moderate
business reported, at steady rates, for both present
and forward,