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

, . f
a. NE WSIIA pzit
of the Gpaorvteiernipmaeren_t,
iitninwubstil,liv tandei:lsit,
&it ILV:: c-
2r,
Imperial
ealpoeslefkt wasteful
ifrt
ausie
Isl
finances,
vnspooro tonadegi
surprise, andeinnethrmaislal
gceaairrliatnyteind
btyhethsehosrtat
r.p.giiitiltter..47',A",..
.* -42
.1.;-2,1z.
we uhmieshtainsi
acse itnakcoennneecvt77liroyA:Weinthe7t&y:3 Liil44""
manner
is n theattributed
ra
inbadul ttweerdeordtdots.h irui, dispositionhpeetretho
character
kaf
eottf/ei
are
vrSuhliteahnwbaosigh
haughty and obstinate reserve, amounting to stern-
ness, and an indisposition to receive the counsels of
his advisers. All his public edicts and private say-
ings bore the stamp of harsh and imperious corn-
mend ; and now every public act of his seems to
buoiasrrethe plieismrje)rtehses
aodf
darelsisbeesraplr
easnede
rccdo ur
or t
he oi
sau s
bsyy iri t.
the
consular and other public bodies in Egypt and in
Smyrna arc 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
le comes evident tint a wise and po :very u spirit,l
superior to hi-, own, is governing his actions end
prompting his words. Find Pasha seems in a short
time to have s.cquired 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
furt h earn ad fo
rivi:cci ognhthe
peculiar,
oanhdimw, iatnhdthae
grjudg-
menteatstrength of will, he determined that the scheme
which originated in caprice, and was strengthened
and confirmed by oppesiit:on, was one which, with
'upper management, might be made to serve as a
basis on which to raise political
,capital, and Lnhance
the credit of the Sultan and of hire .intentions in the
public estimation. The result show,:' that he has
established a great moral ascendancy oVb.r the Sul-
tan. There is not one of the Sovereign's aeiss which
does not bear the stamp of the Minister, who has
not left his side, so to speak, for a moment dnri-i2g
the whole of the voyage. It is thus that the strong
will of ono 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 Fuad Pasha will assume his old
position as Grend Vizier. The respect and defer-
ence which he has succeeded in exacting from the
Sultan, with whom it is well known he was not et
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 Aali
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 Mielellan—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 largo
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

ho 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
Held 24,281 men, including recruits; between July
and December she founded 3 regiments cavalry, 10
infantry, and 1 battery, malting 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 o 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 Ball 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. The 7th Regiment is described as "much
reduced in numbers," and at Antietam "one-hahlt
the whole force engaged was disabled." The
h9otm
Regiment buffered a loss of 260 dischaed, of wss,
89
100 enlisted in the regulars, 55 died o rgf
wane
de d
were killed or died of wounds, 243 were
and 21 officers resigned. The 9th Regiwoun ,
reduced from 986 to 550. The 10th Regiment only
ment was
e :Liu cekly2;t'hliltBe
Regiment
natndhals27hwaderekidllisa-
suffered a loss of about 200, not being in any general
deserted, 10 resigned ; altogether its
action, The 11th Regiment suffered severely from
2lcso:i loss
dis-
charged,nwgeasdsst
wounded: 3521K.92, died of wounds
The 14th lost 193.
The
eh
17th
1251 th, died of e
100, discharged 116, deserted 35 disease
The 16th lost 2610 he
officers resigned 13, cashiered , prisoners 106,
reducedßegiti.en ft r
infantry more
353.
October,lli I. one.
887 to Regiment was
The remaining regiments of
they were recently
tenix2ploYs'eads to casualties between March and
raised did not suffer seri-
ously, from
t 21 '7.
not uTphetoltshtecttaeiroyf
,thheowreepvoerrt,
lost no less than 401
the
of 1,201 ; the 2d Cavalry
lost 226 ; the 3d, 192 ; h
6th and 111 4etrhrilhia,dnot been engaged ;
the sth and
equally fortunate. Of the artilleryHorsethe h2davheatbt(e;ern
is reported as having lost four of its guns and 6;
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, st,rvice. Such is. in brief, the military his-
tory of the regiments of one State serving in their
own country, and not exposed to the vicieitudcs of
the campaign in Ireland, fur which the patriots
nartse
so eagerly sighing, not to speak of the in.ci de.o
which might occur to the expeditionsn t i
(rnsiit.i
We present it for the reflection of wise and ooia
alike.—Army and Nary Gazeete.

rbooaste,
NEGRO HEROIBM.—A letter from Washington,
ot
of reesbeealpe bullets—all being
shot.t tumbling into
theitoll,
dur-
ing the siege A flat full of soldiers, with a few =grecs,
N.C., tells the story of a brave negro who Ist his lifethe
attempted to land at Rodman's Point, but wore repulsed by
boat
stuck fast on tho shore, when this noble African sa•ci
' Somebody's got to die to got us out of dis, an,l itl 9
well be me!' He then deliberately got out and
aantdellrylibniegfifireat
tray Ft
afterwards amputated a leg and reseeted a
boat off, and fell into it, pierced by five bullets.
in the arm, but tho man of COLI • part 1)r,
Ware
April 29. rte