The Sun.
London, England, 1865-01-07 00:00:00

CANADA.

A proclamation had been issued by the Governor-
General of Canada, calling out a large force of
Volunteer Militia, to prevent raids from Canada

and maintain order on the frontier.
The Kingston (Canada) News of the 22d ult.
says that,—
" Military stores have been issued from the arse-
nal for the service of the Volunteers at Niagara,
Sarnia, and Windsor. The same paper states that
orders had been received from Quebec calling out
for immediate service one company of the 18th bat-
talion of Militia, and that several of the officers in
the district have offered their services to the Go-

vernment."

The Montreal Globe's Quebec correspondent
writes that—,

" In consequence of information lately received,
the Government have deemed it advisable to issue

orders to the Brigade-Majors to look after the arms
in the possession of the Volunteers, many of those

arms being deposited in places easy of access,
where any night they could be seized by a mob.
Provision ought to be made for their greater safety,
and the Brigade-Majors are required to effect this
as best they may in the absence of efficient ar-
mouries. The same writer learns from the best
authority that General Dix, immediately after
issuing his proclamation with regard to raiders from
Canada, despatched a confidential agent to this
province to get definite information. That gentle-
man returned to New York perfectly satisfied that

the Canadian authorities were taking every necessary
step to perform international obligations. Applica-
tions continue to pour into Quebec from comman-
ders of Volunteer companies in all parts of the pro-
vince who desire to perform service on the frontier."

The Quebec Gazette of the 21st Dec. says
4' We know not how it is elsewhere in the pro-
vince, but in Quebec the prospect of being called out
upon active service has stirred up the zeal of our
Volunteers to a most extraordinary extent. Those
who have been in the habit of sneering at these holi-

day parade Soldiers gape open-jawed in wonderment
at the phenomenon. The strife is not as to who shall
be excused, as to how substitutes will be provided,
but as to who will have the good fortune to be
chosen. We hardly know how to account to our-
selves for this enthusiasm ; but that it exists and is
being now exemplified in the most practical manner,
and at the cost of immense sacrifice of pecuniary
interest and of domestic endearment, is a fact be-
yond question. Should a similar feeling obtain
throughout the country, the difficulty would not be
how to raise men, but how to restrain them. The
fruit of the careful drilling undergone for the last
three years is now showing itself, and when we add
to this that scores and hundreds of young gentlemen

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have passed through the Military School, and taken
certificates of competency, we may safely say that
Canada never was better prepared, in case of need,
to stand for her rights. So, well."
The bankers and merchants of Montreal had ad-
dressed a memorial to the Governor-General, set-
ting forth their desire that a fair and honest neu-
trality should be maintained between the belligerent
States of America.
The Canadian Parliament would meet on the
19th inst.

The Quebec Chronicle of the 22d ult. say :
" As a proof of the high estimation in which her
Majesty's military service is held by the men who
have had the most experience of it, we may mention
the fact that since the month of August 88 soldiers
belonging to this garrison re-inlisted for another
term of 11 years—their first term of service having
expired ; 71 of the number belonged to the 17th
Regiment, and the remainder to the 25th Regiment,
' K. 0. B.' ; 24 of the 71 from the 17th Regiment
re-enlisted in the Royal Canadian Rifles, the re-
mainder, as well as those from the 25th Regiment.
returning to their several corps. They were all
sown in before Mr. P. A. Doucet, Clerk of the
Crown, who holds a special commission for the

purpose."
A proposal to call a meeting for the purpose of
censuring Judge Coursal for his decision in the St.
Alban's raiders' case has been abandoned.
It would appear from the following correspond-
ence that Judge Coursal had jurisdiction to try the
St. Alban's raiders, but being ignorant of the exist-
ence of the Order of her Majesty in Council, he de-
cided erroneously to discharge them on the ground
of want of jurisdiction :
" Crown Law Department, Quebec,
Dec. 15, 1854.
" Gentlemen,—l am directed by the lion. the
Attorney-General for Lower Canada to acknow-
ledge the receipt of your letter of yesterday's date,
and to inform you that the law officers of the
Crown concur in the opinion expressed by you with
regard to Judge Coursol's decision in the matter
of the St. Alban's offenders. I herewith enclose to
you a copy of an order of her Majesty in Coun-
cil relative to the 24th Victoria, cap. 6.—1 have the
honour to be, gentlemen, your most obedient ser
vant,

" G. FUTVOYE7
Clerk, Common Law, Department."
To Mr. F. G. Johnson, Q.C., and Mr. Edward

Carter, Q. C. , Montreal,
" ' At the Court of Balmoral, the 11th day of
October, 1861.
Present :—The Queen's Most Excellent Majesty,
his Royal Highness the Prince Consort, Lord
Privy Seal, Sir George Grey, Bart.,
" 'Whereas, the Governor-General of her Ma-
jesty's province of Canada, with the Council and
Assembly of the said province, did, in the month of
May, 1861, pass an Act which has beeii transmitted,
entitled as follows, viz. : _ _

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N 0.2,512, ' An Act to amend chapter 88 of
the Consolidated Statutes of Canada, respecting the
Extradition of Fugitive Felons from the United
States of America :' _ _

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" And whereas the said Act has been laid before

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her Majesty in Council, together with a letter to the
Lord President of the Council, from the Most
Noble the Duke of Newcastle, one of her Majesty's
principal Secretaries of State, recommending that
the said Act should be left to its operation ; her
Majesty was thereupon this day pleased, by and with
the advice of her Privy Council, to approve the said
recommendation, whereof the Governor-General,
Lieut.-Governor, or Commander-in-Chief for the
time being, of her Majesty's province of Canada, and
all other persons whom it may concern, are to take
notice and govern themselves accordingly.

EDMUND HARRISON."
The Montreal Gazette of the 23d ult. states tha:
mpediments are made to the free passage of travel.
lers at the termini of the Canada railroads.

THE WOUNDED IN BATru.—Mention has been
made of the exchange of ratifications of the convention for
the assistance to the wounded on the fields of battle, which
took place at Berne about a fortnight back between the
eight following States :—Switzerland, Belgium, France,
Denmark, Holland, Spain, Italy, and Russia. Austria and
Saxony, as is known, have not adhered to the convention.
An exchange of ratifications has not yet taken place on the
part of Prussia, Portugal, Hesse, and Wurtemberg. The
two last-named Powers pretend that they require the pre-
vious authorisation of the Germanic Diet. In view of those
States who should wish to agree to the convention, a fresh
postponement to the 22d May next has been accorded.—
Galignani.
ATTACKED BY A TIGER.—SECUNDERABAD, Dec. 7.
—This station has been thrown into a state f
took
ex-
citement by the following melancholy event
resident at
place yesterday. It appears a Mr. Gilbert,
at the
Secunderabad, left home yesterdar.ni
pose of seeing the races at Afoul Atoll. 0
graze in an adjacent
racecourse he allowed horse r_nortizigrriafvoirngthe pur-
era
enad
intoimm jungle
over be discovered that his
field. After the races were
utmost surprise he
so,
his
.horseen t nhad e strayedarch;
whilefm doingw h
when
htiegner, who caught him by the
ere
behel ewf left it
nweaasr
suddenly
eMo 1
seized AlliAlli r obeli";
and inflicted a deep wound with his' teeth. The
occurrenceside
stantly to his sistance, and thereby saved his life, but not
in time to prevent him from sustaining serious injury. He
was conveyed at once to the Garrison Hospital, where ho
still lies in a very precarious state. Faint hopes are enter-
tained of his recovery. Several officers have gone out in
search of the animal, and doubtless they will succeed in
its capture or destruction. Last year a native was carried
away and torn to pieces by one of these monsters, which I
believe has not yet been captured. During the years 1861-2
no less than three cheetahs were shot near the same place,
and subsequently a trap was set, but no more were cap-
ured.—Times of Indio.