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in the Encounter,

THE ARM Y.

Col. Hamilton, who has hitheriiicOm- mandedibe
second battalion of the 12th Regiment, embarked
yesterday at Plymouth on board the steam-ship.
Annette, Capt. Jones, for passage to Sydney, where
be will take command of the .fist battalion'of the
same regiment.
Yesterday morning; at Woolwich, there were
presented by Col. Nilalsh, for good conduct and long
service, to Colour-Sergeant Edwards, 22 years' ser-
vice, a gratuity of £l6 and a good-conduct medal ;
to Barrack-Master Sergeant Balwer, 21 years' ser-
vice, 16 of them as Barrack-Sergeant,
£l5 and a
good-conduct medal ; and to Acting Barrack-Master
. Sergeant Kemp, (stationeA at Deptford), 21
years'
service) £lO gratuity and a medal for good conduct.

THE VOYAGE OE TEE, 16th BEGMLEN7:
1N THE I"ERS'I.A.

The • Sheffield Independent gives the following
description of the voyage of the 16th Regiment to
Canada, in the Persia, written by one of the soldiers
to his wife, who is residing in Sheffield :
MONTREAL, Jan. 1, 1862.—We sailed from
Liverpool on Sunday, the 15th ult., and had a very
pleasant voyage up to the 22d, but otrthe morning-
of the 23d, such was the sudden change, it was with
difficulty we could face the fierce cold wind. The
24th was ushered in by a terrible gale, and so severe
was the cold that as the sea washed us from stem
to stern it turned to ice us it fell on the deck, and
we huddled together in every available corner, to
avoid the sea washing-us and to prevent ourselves
being frost bitten,. So passed the 24th ; the gale
continued to increase in strenth all night, and on
Christmas morning at six o'clock it blew with a
violence,that I never witnessed in my time,
all ice
and snow. Every rope in the ship was thklkly en-
crusted with ice, and we were afraid to move, that
we might not break our limbs, the decks '
,were so
slippy with ice_;_so you may imagine our Christmas
Day. The 26th was so -intensely cold that it was
with difficulty we could keep our blood in circula-
tion ; and as -we crashed through the ice
_up the St.
Lawrence the mien were employed with sticks and
hammers breaking .the ice off the ropes, to keep
them in working order. When about 200 miles up
the river, it was found impossible to proceed further
for fear of being frozen_ in, so we steamed to Cape
Bic, about 500-miles from Montreal. We landed at
head quarters on the, evening of the 26th, and on
the 27th we commenced landing by companies, and
landed a large quantity of ammunition and light
baggage, and, as the rock on which these things
were landed is surrounded with water, it took the
whole of the left -wing (as hard as you ever saw men
worked) to prevent the whole being covered with
water and frozen. I saw the men give up and
swear they could, do no more ; still, through the
exertions of- both commissioned and non-commis-
sioned officers, we got them above high water mark.
I worked all the evening—dragging up boxes of
ammunition till I fell under it and could do no
more. As they were landed they were taken by
Carioles to the village of Bic, till night put a stop
to the work, thereby leaving a large quantity on
the ground; and I was preparing to move up to
the village when I heard the adjutant shouting was
there any non-commissioned officer present? I
fhouted to him could Ido anything for him ? He
said yes, if :I liked ; he rather surprised me when
he told me he wanted a sergeant to volunteer to

Leep guard over the ammunition that remained on
_he ground. I could not 'well refuse, so I said I
Would. lie then asked me to get if possible six
men to form my guard, and I got them, poor Kieby
being one of them ; so there we stopped on the ice
all night, with the thermometer 30 deg, below
zero. We kept our blood from freezing by tear-
ing down the branches of the trees and making
a fire, but the wind was so high that it was
with great difficulty we could keep it in. The
paptain of the ship was so fearful of getting
frozen iu that he made an effort to land a por-
tion of the heavy baggage during the night, and
sent off eight boats from the ship ; but the night
was so intensely dark, and it blowing a gale at the
ime, that the poor fellows lost their way ; but
hrough the mercy of God, they, seeing the glare of
my fire, pushed for that part of the beach, and when
6ithin hail they shouted to us on shore to give
inem a light, that they might not be dashed to
ieces against the rocks. I got the men of my guard
io pile on the branches of the pine trees to raise a
good blaze, while I ran down to the water's edge
with a burning log in my hand to direct the poor
fellows, who were shouting for help, when none
Could be afforded. At last they drifted into shallow
Water and jumped from their boats into the water,
let the boats go, and left 13 sailors and throe officers
for us to look after. I took them to my fire, and,
by my guard working hard cutting down the trees
and piling them on the fire, and by interweaving
the branches we formed a kind of a shelter to pre-
vent the poor fellows from being frozen to death,
and we found from their account that one boat was
still missing with nine men on board, and that their
fate was uncertain. Next morning, after that
fearful night's frost, it was pitiable to see six of
the ship's boats—some smashed to pieces and all
frozen in for the winter, and the baggage on board,
through the spray washing over them, formed one
compact mass, and had to be cut out of the boats
with axes. The missing boat with her nine men
was found six miles down the river, with some of
them badly frozen. We still had one company on
board, and the river was closing so fast that
the captain of the ship would wait no longer, so
leaving 23 men behind him, and one company of
the regiment on board, he steamed off to Halifax,
with Mr. Dent on board. Well, as soon as I
was relieved from my uncomfortable post, myself
and guard had to march two miles to the village of
Bic to the magistrates to receive billets, and were
met by the colonel, who complimented me on my
non-hestitation in complying with his wish to volun-
teer to command the guard on the banks of the
St. Lawrence. That night he himself brought us
to a house that we might have a sleep ; but before
we could get a morsel to eat or a sleep, as he wished,
an order came for Nos. 8 and 9 Companies to pro-
ceed on their journey, and as I had a morsel of salt
pork on a pan, I had to leave it and jump into a
cariole and drive 35 miles that day, and had no bed
but the bare boards of a room that night ; up again
at seven o'clock next morning, and away again 30
t (,he Marchedfitted three
miles over the mountains of Canada to Riviere du
iLoup.ng,
and
had Started
to by
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theeight
fIo o'clockorof
that night. The following day, a. t fouro cock, we
arrived at Montreal, nearly deprived of the use of
miles to a vacant college that h up as
our limbs by the intense cold.
a barrack, and such confusion, what between car-
penters and drunken soldiers, you never saw,,,
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SIIOCKING ACCIDENT.—A shocking accident oc-
c rred at Richmond on Monday to Dr. Burney, of the
n
Naval and Military College, formerly of Gosport. The
unfortunate gentleman was in the act of adjusting an out-
side bell-wire from a window 50 feet high, when ho is sup-
posed to have overblaanced himself and fallen on to the
gravel path underneath. Medical aid was immediately at
hand, but was quite unavailing, and his death took place
in a few hours.
A GRATEFUL EDITOR,--We find the following in
the Observat car de la Corse, under the signature of M.
Fabiani, chief editor of that journal :—" A telegraphic dis-
patch, which arrived from Paris on the 15th, ordered me to
be set at liberty. His Majesty has deigned to remit the re-
mainder of the imprisonment which I had to undergo. My
gratitude to the Emperor is the more lively and sincere
that I had not made any application for pardon, or taken
any steps to obtain it. Being a party in the cause lam
not at liberty to make known the dealings with which the
population here have welcomed this kind act of the Bove-
reiga,”

.N E W S PAP E R

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On Friday a serious conflagration broke out in
Plymouth, and resulted in the total destruction of a
large rope manufactory. The it esters Daily Mer-
cury narrates the following singular incident :
The first engine on the spot in order of time was
that of the County Office, manned by the connty
men, and superintended by Mr. J. M. Carkeet, the
agent of the office. The party went at once to
the west end of the building, where they
stationed their engine, and, having taken posses-
sion of the only available well in the neighbourhood,
and connected the hose with it, then got promptly
to work. Soon afterwards Major Grills arrived
from the Citadel, with a company of the Royal
Artillery and the Citadel engine, and proceeded
14 take up a position on the north of the build-
ing
end close to it. While Mujor Grills was direct-
ing his meal in this operation, the Mayor of Ply-
mouth, Williaan Derry, Esq., who had arrived a
short time before, And was exerting himself in the
general arrangement of affairs, went up to him, and
the following conversation occurred. We give it
as accurately as it could be heard by the bystanders :
The Mayor—Are you in command, Sir ?
Major Grills—You stand back.
The Mayor—l am the Mayor of Plymouth.
Major Grills--I don't care ad— who you arc.
4 The Mayor—l am the person in command here.
Major Grills—You may go to h—, if you like.
(To the soldiers)—Push him back.
Inspector Thomas, who was standing by, here
stepped up to the major and assured him that Mr.
Derry was the mayor; but Major Grills made no
reply, simply repeating the order to his in-en—Push
them back.
The men then, taking their weaponi in both
hands and holding them lenehwise, pushed back
the mayor, the superintendent of police, Mr. Codd,
Inspector Thomas, Mr. Hodge, the town surveyor,
and several other persons.
The Mayor, addressing Major Grills—l shall
report you to your superior, Sir.
Major Grills—You may go to h—, if you like.
Shortly afterwards Mater Grills said to the
Atiayorea-I will take away pu ..afTillp-;tvull my Men,
-The"Mayor replied that he might 4ii"sii'if le--
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liked ; and theiliajor immediately ordered the Men
to take the engine away. The order, was,i of course,
...wfo .
obeyed.
A bystander, . who witnessed the' whole of the
scene,: states- that Major Grills repeatedly said to ..
the Mayor, "I'll take orders from no one-411 see
you d—d first ;" and that, when he ordered the
men to pueh thein away, he seized the Mayor .
roughly by the collar and assisted to push him
away.: -
In the; meantime Captain Drake, of the Royal
Engineers, brought up "a party 'of Sappers from
Devonport, with an engine,'and took up a position
on the west of the building, near the engine of the
ccrinty Office.
vi;pri the arrival of Colonel Crofton,: that officer;
m
comuni
tzated with the mayor, and inquired',
whether he wished the Citadel engine,' in charge ,
of the Royal Aa.Hillery, to return. The mayor re-
plied that he shouh*: be Oa to see it- return under.
Colonel Croftsn'sf raanu.and, The colonel then ,
ordered the men to take -up 'Titian, and the en—
gine was placed in a line wite: the others on the
rope-walk. The artillerymen whs.' were not
the dut em
o-
ployed upon the engines undertook .
f ,
keeping the ground in the immediate viciOty of y the •
fire clear, in co-operation with the police. , ' .

TILE FALKIRK TRYST ROBILKEY OF £2,25(L

At the High Court fusticiary on Tuesday trho,!
Lord Justice-Clerk, Lord Cowan, and Lord Ard-
millan on the bench, JaniesJones and Helen Clifford,
Were charged with the crime of theft, aggravated'
by previous conviction, in so far as on Monday,'.
Oct. 7, 1861 -(being. one of the days of Falkirk '
Tryst), in Bashiehill-close, near the High-street.ef
Falkirk, or in .Horse-Market--Jane there, they.were.
concerned in stealing from John 33owstead, farmer,'
Beck Bank, Cumberland, a pocket=book, containing,
seven bank-Dotes for £2O each,_and VtiO, in smaller!
bank-notes, besideS a bank-draft or letter' e•'! credit'
for £1,300 payable :to the said John BowsteaCi.,
err
order," drawn by the agent of the Cumberland Unitm.l
Bank on the jßoyal. Bank of Bcotland ; a bank-%
draft for £400,, and another bank draft for £250,
the property. ofthe said John Bowstead • as also 'n
bank-draft for £2OO, payable to the order of Mr.'
Richard .Pattinson, drawn by. the agent of the Car-
lisle and . Cumberland Bank, at Penrith, on the";
National Bank of Scotland,.at Falkirk Tryst, in the
lawful possession of the said John Bowstead; The:
prisoners ssverally pleaded not guilty. The prose—
eution,was conducted by Mr. Maitland Heriot and
Mr. lieut voOtc• depute; and the prisoners were
defended' by Mr. L, ;3cott, and D. B. Hope. -
Voluminous evidence having been given,
The Lord Justice-Clerk summed up, remarking
that the evidence was chiefly' of a circumstantial
character, but stated that such evidence, when the
chain was complete, or nearly sd, was often most
satisfactory. He proceeded to recapiaate and
comment upon the evidence, and concluded by
stating that it was for the jury to decide whether
the combination of circumstances proved in the evi-
dence was sufficient to convict the two prisoners of
the theft.
The jury, without leaving the box, returned ri
verdict, by a majority, finding both the prisoners
guilty as libeled.
The Lord Justice-Clerk sentenced each of the pri-
soners to penal servitude for 10 years.
The female prisoner burst into tears when the
verdict was pronounced, and seemed much affected
while the Lord Justice-Clerk was passing sentence.

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A CcONFEDERAIE VIEW OF THE
ohy Dmay oy ,THE FE.DERALS.

The following is a copy of Et letter from a gentle-
man, a resident of New Orleans, who was recently
imprisoned in Forts Warren and Lafayette. He
was released on condition of his leaving for Great
Britain, and took passage in the Etna, the last
steamer from New York. He thus writes from
Liverpool to a friend in London :
" Liverpool, Jan. 24, 1862..
" I begin to feel very uneasy about our friends, Messrs.
Mason and Slidell, and secretaries. They left Fort Warren
nine days before I did, and unless they were sent by some
roundabout route they should have been here a week ago.,
There was a terrific gale of wind the very night they
storied, which makes me feel the more alarmed for their
safety.
" And now let me tell you how matters were_ p
when I left. As badly for the Lincolnites as. their worst
enemy could desire. There had been no forward movement
by them since the sailing of the previous steamer, nor had
there been any skirmishing, except at Hancock, on the
North Potomac, where the Federalists were whipped and
obliged to retire. At this place, which is in the vicinitT of
Romney and Harper's Ferry, there will probably, within'
week, be a big fight or a rapid retreat of the Unionists
as the Upper Potomac is now frozen over, and Genera
Jackson, in command of the Confederates with a view
of crossing into Maryland at that point, was, whet
last heard from, concentrating an overwhelming force in
front and on both flanks of the enemy.
" But it is their finance that is giving the Lincolnifes the
most trouble. Let me tell you exaotly how they stand, and
you may rely on the correctness of my figures. Their ex..
penses, by their own admission, are 3,239,000 dole. daily..
They have paid their audited bills only to the 10th of
October. From the 10th of October to the 11th of January
inclusive, a period of 93 days, their expenses were'
301,227,000 dols. I Their receipts during these 93 days"
were :-50,000,000 dols. from proceeds of the second.
oBdoonicl. s
for taken Customs,
naN
theew SecretaryY or k
of Banks Loan, 44,750,000 dols. (being proceeds of 50,000,000'
stha:
Treasury was authorised to issue 50,000,000 dol. on demand.
notes, which doubtless he availed himself of, making total'
Six
receipts 153,750,000 dol., and leaving a deficit of 147,477,00 W
89),e 9,r000 Cent.,oo
dol. To meet this the Committee of Ways and Means'
have reported a bill authorising an issue of another
100,000,000 of demand notes, but making no provision for
their redemption, and adding a clause making this issue
and the previous issue of 50,000,000 dol. a legal tender for
all debts. Notwithstanding that the English papers of
yesterday report, among the news received by the
Etna, that a tax bill of 150,000,000 dol. had been reported
by the Committee of Ways and Means, such is not a fact
—no plan of taxation had been matured when the Etna
sailed, and over this measure of taxation, in my opinion,
the house will have an out-and-out Kilkenny cat fight. To
add to the woes of the Administration, the demand notes
being now a legal tender must necessarily drive out of cir-
culation the entire local currency of the banks, which has
always been considered as a very important item in their
profits, and has already produced an undisguised alienation
between the moneyed interest of the North and the Govern-
ment.
" Such was the state of the case when I left New York.
Daily expenses 3,239,000 dol., an unprovided for deficit of
47,477,000 dol., credit entirely gone with the banks, and
the moneyed men of the country, without a dollar in the
Treasury. Creditors vociferous for payment—their naval
expeditions all utter failures—their army nearly surrounded
in Washington, and unable to make the least advance
movement—distraction in their councils, and discourage.
ment evidently pervading the minds of all reasoning men:,

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Tho Mayor of Cork, Mr. J. F. Maguire, M.P., in
compliance with a most unanimously signed requisition
has called a public meeting of the citizens for next Satur-
day to consider the most appropriate manner of manifesting
their feeling of respect to Sir J. Arnott, M.P., who occu-
pied the civic chair for three Consecutive years.