The Sun.
London, England, 1863-05-11 00:00:00

THE ARMY.

Major-Gen. Stransham, lnspecior•General of
Royal Marines, last week issued a notification of
his intention to commence his half-yearly inspection
of the Woolwich division to-day, at half-past 3.

The interesting ceremony of presenting colours to
the 10th Regiment of Foot (North Lancashire) took
place on Friday in the Phoenix-park, Dublin. A
large number of persons were present. His Excel-
lency the Earl of Carlisle, who presented the colours,
delivered an address to the troops. He traced the
history of the regiment from the wars of Marl-
borough to the close of the Indian mutiny, when it
received 423 medals. In giving it the colours, he
knew, he sad, that he had put them into the hands
which would never disgrace them. Col. Longden
having returned thanks, the colours were trooped,
and the proceedings terminated.
A notification has been received at Chatham from
the War-office announcing that in future the
allowance for libraries of the Royal Artillery will
be at the rate of £2 per battery, and not, as hereto-
fore, £2O per brigade. This alterat.on, however,
is not to affect the Depot or Coast Brigades, for
both of which special arrangements are made.
The following promotions and appointments in
the corps of Royal Artillery have been announced
at Chatham garrison :—Col. F. B. Boileau, on the
retired full pay list, to be Major-Gen., the rank
being honorary only ; Lieut-Col. and Brevet-Col. C.
Hogge, C. 8., 16th Brigade,to be Col.,and appointed
to the 25th Brigade ; Capt. and Brevet. Major W.
A. Mackinnon, C. 8., 22d Brigade, to be Lieut.-
Col., and appointed to the 16th Brigade ; Second
rray, 24th Brigade, to be Capt., and
Capt. R. Mu
appointed to the 22d Brigade; Lieut. H. Elliott,
2d Horse Brigade, to be Second Capt., and ap-
pointed to the 24th Brigade ; Gentleman-Cadet C.
F. B. Grey, to be Lieut. ; Second Capt. M.Tweedie,
7th Brigade, to be Adjutant of the 6th Brigade;
Second Capt. A. D. Burnaby, 9th Brigade, to be
Adjt. of the Depot Brigade; Lieut.H.B. Shakerley,
Ist Horse Brigade,to be Second Capt., 9th Brigade
Gentleman Cadet W. E. Sharp, to be Lieut., and
appointed to the 3d Brigade ;
Riding-
master J. Everett, to be Second Capt. and Adjt.,
Royal Horse Artillery ; Sergt.-Major H. Nelson, to
be Quartermaster, and appointed to the Depot Bri-
gade; Quartermaster-Serg. R. Steven, to be Quar-
termaster, and appointed to the Depot Horse Bri-
gade ; Second Capt. P. Macfarlane Syme, 22d Bri-
gade, to be Capt., and appointed to the 16th Brigade ;
and Lieut. D. M'Farlan, 2d Horse Brigade, to be
Second Capt., and appointed to the 22d Brigade.
The following officers of the Ruyal Artillery have
been raised to increased pay :—Lieut.-Col. D. C.
Vanreman, 24th Brigade; Lieut. H. L. S. James,
22d Brigade ; Lieut. P. Boyd, 25th Btigade ; and
Lieut. J. A. Campbell, 9th Brigade. The following
exchanges have been sanctioned by the Duke of
Cambridge :—Between Second Capt. W. C. Nangle,
Depot Brigade, and Second Capt. W. N. Persse,
13th Brigade ; between Second Capt. 0. Carr, 3d
Brigade, and Second Capt. J. Kelly, 7th I3rigade ;
between Lieu'.. C. C. Elwyn,Bth Brigade, and Lieut.
R. J. P. Saunders, 3d Brigade ; between Lieut. R.
N. Young, 4th Brigade, and Lieut. R. P. W. Free-
man, 6th Brigade; and between Lieut. L. M. Bug-
den, Bth Brigade, and Lieut. the Hon. V. A. Yorke,
sth Brigade.

THE BOMBAY AND MAURITIUS MAILS.--The
Peninsular and Oriental Cornpany'sstearnship Delta,
Capt. Weeks, with the heavy portion of the Bombay and
Mauritius mails, arrived at Southampton yesterday. She
brings in all 93 passengers, and on freight 4 packages specie
value £571 7s. 6d., also 64 cases shawls, ono bale cotton, 33
packages wine, 19 cases orange trees, nd 190 packages sun-
dries. Gibraltar exchange on Loudona, 90 days date, 50A to

; Paris, sf. 30c.
Our Alpine Club says the Reader, of which Mr.
William Longman is one of the leading members
is giving ,
impulse to the establishment of similar societies
all over
erEurope. A " Schweizerische Alpenclub" is now
in process of formation at Berne, with branches in other
Swiss towns. Its object, according to the programme is
" the systematic attack of the last hidden corners of the ice-
regions, as well as of the highest peaks not yet trodden by
man." Another special object of the " Alpenclub" is the
erection of huts in the most interesting localities of the
Alps, built for the double purpose of affording an asylum
for travellers and of giving fixed stations for topographical,
meteorological, and other scientific obsertations. The
labours of the society are to commence early this summer.

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THE OTTOMAN EMPIRE.

(From the I imes' Correspondent.)
CONSTANTINOPLE, April 30.
From every quarter I receive most interesting
accounts of the progress of the Sultan, and if I were
engaged in the collection of materials for a" History
of the Sultan's voyage," instead of supplying only
an outline of these events for the information and
amusement of your readers, without exhausting the
subject and their patience, I should not be wanting
in matter for a detailed and interesting narrative of
this expedition. From no place, however, have I
received such abundance of detail as from Smyrna,
and the enthusiasm of all classes in that, the second
city of the Empire, seems to have amounted almost
to frenzy. Nor was this feeling limited to the
Turkish population. The Greeks, the Armenians,
the Jews, but particularly the European residents,
in that ancient seat of commerce, seem to have vied
with each other in the heartfelt welcome which they
offered to the Sultan ; and this seems so much
to have touched him that he is reported
to have said that, while the arrangements
for his reception and stay in Egypt evinced a
princely magnificence difficult to rival, the ovation
which attended his reception at Smyrna denoted
the deeper impulses of the heart. And this would
seem to be a correct estimate of the case. Ani-
mated by this feeling, the Sultan on this occasion
departed from all the traditional exigencies of
etiquette and the exclusive reserve which has
always been observed by his predecessors. Enter-
ing into the spirit of this manifestation, he made
himself accessible to all classes of his subjects, both
in public and private. Deputations, addresses,
petitions—many, no doubt, tedious and intru-
sive—were received by him with the graciousness
and good humour of a constitutional monarch,
rather than the forbidding austerity and apathy of
a despotic ruler, whose very frown would prostrate
millions to the dust. On all these occasions he
seems to have evinced consummate tact and good
taste in the graceful answers and observations
which be addressed to those who came within his
presence. Of the official members of the community
it would appear that he selected Count Bentivoglio,
the French Consul-General, for his special conde-
scension, without, however, falling short in civility
towards the others. Count Bentivoglio is the brother-
in-law of Count Walewski, and has distinguished
himself both in Syria, where he was French agent
during the massacres, and in his present post, by a
spirit of hostility and opposition to the Turkish
Government which very often went beyond the
bounds of justice and good policy. With the good
caste of a French gentleman, he seems, on this occa-
sion, to have laid aside his old animosities and taken
the lead in the preparations which were made to re-
ceive the Sultan in a becoming manner. He has been
rewarded by the most marked civility and the pre-
sent of a horse from the Imperial stables; and it is
not unlikely that these Oriental blandishments wil
contribute to make him more just and more tract.
able in his future relations with the Turkish autho

rities, and perhaps also obtain the favour and good-
will of the Count's influential relatives and patrons.
Next to him the Latin Archbishop of Smyrna has
succeeded so far in ingratiating himself with the
Sovereign that the Sultan presented him with the

liberal donation of £5OO towards the erection of a
cathedral in Smyrne. This gift was accompanied by
expressions of interest and goodwill in the welfare of
the Latin subjects of Turkey. In addition to this
munificence the Royal bounty has been extended in
an impartial manner to all deserving institutions and

,o the relief of distress, without regard to creed or

political sympathies and considerations. The pro-
gramme of the Imperial visit to Smyrna may be
briefly summed up as follows—A review of the
troops, a visit twice repeated to the works of the
railroad, an expedition by rail to Ephesus, visits to
the country houses of two leading merchants—one
English the other Greek, at the former of which be
partook of a collation—a circumstance unprece-
dented, I believe, in the annals of Imperial conde-

scensions—and, finally, a dinner on board the Im

perial yacht, including about 40 of the leading per

. _
sons of the community.

On the departure of the squadron from Smyrna i
was expected that the Sultan would return imme.

diately to the capital, without halting at any other
point. It is now announced that he Rill only arrive
here on Friday next. With the evident object of

giving to this excursion the colouring of usefulness,
and with a serious intention, I have no doubt, o:

the Sultan to profit by it, we are now informed that
the intermediate delays are being employed in a
cartful and minute inspection of the defensive posi-
tion and fortresses in the Hellespont. Here, again,
the ruling motive of the Sultan in his martial pro-

pensities declares itself; but in this instance it only
indicates a wise and prudent precaution, and so long
as his military tendencies are governed by the in-
terests of the country, in the legitimate extension of
its defensive resources, and do not aspire to wild
schemes of aggression, no fault can be found with
him for devoting himself to the attainment of a
position which may inspire internal confidence and

respect from without.
It has often been my ungracious duty, i❑ supply-
ing your readers with information respecting this
country, to represent many subjects in a manner
not favourable to its administrators. In speaking of

:he government of the provinces I have pointed out
,he corrupt misrule which prevailed, and which in

a few years has brought them to such a depth of
degradation. In alluding to the finances of the
empire I showed the confusion and disorder which
threatened impending ruin and disgrace. In com-

men Eng upon the corrupt practices of Pashas I
have exposed a syatem which for years has been
undermining the country. In recording the public

acts of the Sultan I ventured to point out that the
reactionary tendencies which he displayed on
various occasions, and which not long ago brought

about such a crisis in the Administration as threat-

ened to degenerate into a panic, might estrange him

'rom his allies and result in danger to the country.

from all partiality, and limited myself,
In dealing with these various subjects I ahbosbtaeisnteodf
of things. It is a pleasing duty toou
Tt of the Sul-
my ability, to a faithful record of theteoacttthuoarlesfutarete,
on this occasion, in giving an account
return, to
tan's voyage and of his approachingl
is felt at the proceedings which
it a rnemor-
give expression to the genera
ill wake When
voyage, and which
w f the Sultan. .
able event in the life
n undertaking this voy-
nedwhthicaht
the Sultan decided tshaet i saftia:Ceutibiloldie with
itohf
age it is not
b wonderfula
moreover,mentioneduln of htahte beforeunsettled
ilen
1 state— ss '
and the European provinces
of the exhaustion of the Treasury,
scheme
ei.)mahretbiwcaudi
and
den replenished at that time by the
new £x,000,000 loan—should have looked upon this
thetthh ee
countrypkreeeeewd leeedtgBeni'or al 1 Y
anxietyitall:;°'gtae
Now that it has been accomplished without any
unfavourable results—now that the Sultan is within
150 miles of his capital, that telegraphic and other
information has been received of the enthusiasm
with which he has been greeted e?ery where, the
public feeling seems to be that this voyage may,
after all, be productive of benefit to the country and
to the Sultan himself. Ile seems to have devoted
himself entirely to the object of acquiring a know-
ledge of the country, and of conferring such bene-
fits as his presence can produce. There is still
one point against it, and that is the enormous ex-
penditure which has attended this expedition.
When I stated that it would cost the country half

a million I was withi❑ the limits of the amount

which has been actually expended. When it is
considered that this in itbelf exceeds the civil list
of the Royal family of England, that is, moreover,
raised at a time when the measure of most moment
to the Turkish Empire is the reconstitution of its
financial system—which can only be accomplished
by the strictest retrenchment in all the departments

E4t'l_9Y,
Hof the Oorerement, fu which I*.`,Z
equally participate—it must be sitsjZiiiarAlietr
wasteful prodigality in the sho ee
weeks is not warranted by the eta eS4
or of its finances.
There is one circumstance in connection with this
Imperial voyage which has taken every one by
surprise, and this is the altered disposition of the
Sultan both in manner and words. The character
; which wan generally attributed to him partook of a
haughty and obstinate reserve, amountiurs to stern-
Hasa, fled an indisposition to receive the counsels of
his advisers. All his public edicts and private say-
ings bore the stamp of harsh and imperious com-
mand ; and now every public net of his seems to
bear the impress of a liberal and courteous spirit.
Ills replies to the addresses presented to him by the
consular and other public bodies in Egypt and in
Smyrna are worded in a manner showing great tact.
In endeavouring to account for this change one is
naturally led to investigate the causes of it ; and it
becomes evident that a wise and powerful
superior to his own, is governing his actions and
prompting his words. Fuad Pasha seems in a short
time to have acquired a vast influence over the
Sultan's mind. It is evident that the Sovereign is,
so to speak, the mouthpiece of the Minister. The
record of all the Imperial declarations on this occa-
sion may be asked as the political programme of this
statesman. He endeavoured at first to persuade the
Sultan from undertaking this journey at an unpro-
pitious moment. Seeing that persistence in this
course would only irritate, he wisely abstained from
further advice on the subject ; and with the judg-
ment and foresight peculiar to him, and a great
strength of will, he determined that the scheme
which originated in caprice,
and was strengthened
and confirmed by opposition, was one which, with
proper management, might be made to serve as a
basis on which to raise political capital, and enhance
the credit of the Sultan and of his intentions in the
public estimation. The result shows that he has
established a great moral ascendancy over the Sul-
tan. There is not one of the Sovereign's acts which
does not bear the stamp of the Minister, who has
not left his side, so to speak, for a moment during
the whole of the voyage. It is thus that the strong
will of one man sometimes succeeds in defeating the
evil effects of an ill•judged measure, and even to
reap advantage from that which prognosticated dis-
satisfaction. It is confidently asserted, and I have
no doubt myself on the subject, that soon after the
Sultan's return Fried Pasha will assume his old
position as Grend Vizier. The respect and defer-
ence which he has succeeded in exacting from the
Sultan, with a hom it is well known he was not a
favourite, may, if judiciously employed, be used by
Fuad Pasha as a great and powerful engine by
which to enforce the enlightened and reforming
policy which he has always identified himself. He
will have an able supporter of these views in tlali
Pasha. Of the others in the Administration not
much can be said, but by honest and cordial co-ope-
ration these two may achieve much, and make the
others subservient to their policy.

A FEDERAL INVASION OF IRELAND.

If an enemy of the Irish race could have his wish,
it would not be far from realisation whenever an Irish
army commanded by General M'Clellan—let us have
him by all means at its head—trusted itself to the
Atlantic, or crowded into some rockgirt bay to effect
a landing on our shores. It is sad enough to cast
one's eyes over the lists, long and many, which fill
the Northern newspapers after every battle, and re-
cognise there the names of the poor victims who
have perished in front of Confederate cannon and
bayonet, in seeking to impose on the people of the
South the hated rule of Northern masters. Well
have they paid their footing in the land ! Let that
sacrifice be enough, and let evil advisers at home and
abroad be content with the outpouring of blood
which has swept away nigh every trace of liberty
and freedom in the Western world, and left little
there for which free men care to live. The losses
incurred in this war are not to be conceived ; a large
proportion, considered relatively to the amount of
the population, has been borne by the Irish immi-
grants, old and new. Let us take as an example
the facts connected with one State. Michigan is

largely peopled by Irish and Germans—in 1860 it
contained 715,595 inhabitants. According to the
ratio established there were, between the ages of 18
and 45, 95,578 persons in the whole State liable to
draught. Up to July, 1862, Michigan sent to the
field 24,281 men, including recruits ; between July
and December she founded 3 regiments cavalry, 10
infantry, and 1 battery, making 13,739 men ; in
December she organised 3 regiments cavalry, 2 in-
fantry, 1 rifles, 2 batteries, or 4,400 men, making,
with local companies liable to service, a total of 45,569
or nearly one-half of the who e male population

liable to service. This total does not include the men
who enlisted in the regular United States' service
within the State of Michigan, and it certainly
speaks well for the courage of the people and their
attachment to the Federal Government. Let us see
how some of these regiments fared. The Ist Michigan
consisted of 977 officers and men. In the second ac-

tion at Bull Run the colonel, adjutant, four captains,
two lieutenants, and 21 rank and file were killed,
and more than half the regiment were wounded. In
last December it had lost by death, from disease or
' wounds, 385 men ; no less than 14 officers had re-
signed. The 2d Michigan Regiment, 1,013 strong,
was reduced to 642 in November last, and its colonel
died of his wounds. The 3d Regiment was reduced
in the same month, in four months, from 1,040 to
669 strong. The 4th Regiment lost its colonel and
403 officers and men in the same period. The sth,
which was 983 strong, lost its colonel and 426 men,
who perished by sickness or the enemy's fire, in-
cluding, however, 167 discharged for disability, 23
deserters, 184 "dropped from the rolls," and 13
officers " resigned." At Fair Oaks, out of 300 en-
gaged, it lost 30 killed, 116 wounded, five missing.
The 6th was reduced in New Orleans campaign from
1,075 to 756. There were only 21 killed, or died of
wounds, but 138 died of disease, and 181 were dis-
charged.h The 7th Regiment is described as much
reduced in numbers," and at Antietam
wounded,genera
Rofegslcment was
sicknessre sufferedd l ee d
aif3nrl2oolins
sie
deserted,9onBftu Kentucky;'
k y
Regiment suffered a loss of 260 discharged,
100 whole force engaged was disabled.'
" knesq 89
The 10th
;Raeigtiom:ntiat seprnlisyt;
"orfofhnwee:h,Botmh
1018redsiiegdn
eaan d 127 were di
awlnoeodr were enlistedlolfefidc
officers
diedt6rhabouteteso grosenfsg2eoudlo. , wounds,r
notB'Ths e 5
being2d94ie3hd werein any y
action. The 11th Regiment suffered severely from
loss was 351. The 12th Regiment has had killed
26, wounded 92, died of wounds 21, d:
106, discharged 116, deserted 35, led of disease
charged,
officers resigned 13, cashiered prisoners 106,
353. The 14th lost 193. One.
The 13th lost
reduced from 887 to 3,2 The 15th Regiment was
October, 1862. Th " between March and
Regiment lost 21 e 16th lost 260. The 17th
infau 7. The
remaining regiments of
try more recentl
ously, as th. y raised did not suffer seri-
---Y were not
upr to the date of the report
exPo:,ed to casualtieslo . The Ist Cavalry, however,
st no less than 401 out of 1,201 • the 2d Cavalry
lost 226 ; the 3d, 19
2 ; the 4th had not been engaged ;
the sth and 6th and Merrill's Horse have been
equally fortunate. Of the artillery the 2d battery
is reported as having lost four of its guns and 60
officers and men at Pittsburg ; the 6th battery lost
all its guns at Richmond, Kentucky. The records
of the remaining seven batteries do not exhibit much
if any, service. Such is, iu brief, the military his-
tory of the regiments of one State serving. iti,t_h_e:t:
own country, and not exposed to the viciest ac.
irfiuots are
the campaign in Ireland, for whicho!hte.l,ll:l
so ea,,erly sighing, not to speak.i lin
tincidents7.,l:lBti.
which might occur to the "'"
o
We present it for the re fleetzotnte
alike.—Army and Nary Gaze .f wise und foolish

N. NC .
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letter from Wasyhuisnhgedtotn
thireEsitto°ryiSisoff.TbArave negro who. lost his life dur-
in.., the siege :—" A flat full of soldiers, with a few negroes,
attempted to land at Rodinan's Point, but were repulsed by
a toinblo fire of rebel bullets—all tumbling into the boat
and lying flat to escape being shot. Meanwhile the boat
stuck fast on the shore, when this noble African d,
Somebody's got to die to get us out of dis, and •
afterwards amputated a leg and resefigcvot
bwooalti
obffetmane
and fell
I fientthoonit,dpeileibrie,eradteblyy
Dr. Ware
in the arm, but the man of c L. a part of
April 29. course died.,,._, one bone
zuslon .Poat,
et,dbouutl'ieatnsd: It may
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