The Sun.
London, England, 1862-01-07 00:00:00

EMBARKATION OF TROOPS FOR
BRITISH AMERICA.

The Royal mail steamship Arabia sailed from Liver-
pool, on Saturday, for New York, diverging en voyage
to Halifax to land troops. Besides the usual mails,
she took out 70 cabin passengers, including 20 mi-
litary officers. Among these latter were Col. G.
Gordon ; Major J. G. Hope ; Capts. F. Cromarty
and C. E. Stirling; Lieuts. W. T. Scott, R. T.•
Millet, J. W. Carey, F. V. Rooke, and W. R.
Molesworth. These officers took out under their
command 14 non-commissioned officers and 220 men
of the 2d and 3d brigades of garrison Royal Artil-
lery. The other officers were—Major J. C. Childs ;
Captain J. T. Brown ; Lieuts. D. Nollan, J. Gal-
loway, C. M. Bathen, and Assistant• Surgeon For-
shall, who took out under their command seven ser-
geants and 116 gunners belonging to the 7th bat-
tery of the 10th brigade of Royal Artillery. Also
Lieut. Davies, of the Ist battalion of the 16th Regi-
ment of Foot. These troops, which are intended
for Halifax and Bermuda, constitute the conclud-
ing contingent of 10,000 which were ordered to
support our military arrangements in British Ame-
rica. No farther instructions for the embarkation
of troops have as yet been received in Liverpool.
The troops despatched on Saturday completed a
contingent of 294 officers and 4,964 men which
have been despatched in Liverpool steamers since
the 13th of December last—a fact which speaks
highly for the capabilities of the steam fleet belong-
ing to the port. It also reflects much credit on the
sagacity, industry, and judgment of Col. Greathead,
Deputy-Quartermaster-General for the district, and
Commander Leycester, R.N., Admiralty agent for
Liverpool, under whose direction they were, to
state that the embarkation was in every case most
expeditious, orderly, and satisfactory. It is not less
satisfactory to know, as we do, by private advices
from Montreal and Quebec, dated the 20th ultimo,
that, although there was a large quantity of ice in.
the river, the weather continued beautifully fine ,
and that, so far as could bejudged, there was nothing
to prevent the steamships Australasian and Persia
from getting to Quebec. As an illustration of the
extreme anxiety which is attached in the pre-
sent state of our relations with America,
it should be mentioned that the most extraordinary
reports are received with ready belief, and circulated
with incredible alacrity. On Saturday two very
conflicting rumours were current on 'Change. The
first was a statement that a telegram had been re-
ceived in Liverpool countermanding the embarca-
tion of the troops ; unfortunately for its chance of
credence, this rumour was not afloat till after the
Arabia had sailed with the troops on board. The
other was to the effect that a telegraph had been
received from the Horse Guards, ordering the
steamer Africa to be got ready for sea on four hours'
notice. This latter, like its predecessor, proved
entirely an imagination.—Liverpool Albion.

THE ACCIDENT AT ST. MARTIN'S HALL.—By
inquiries made at tho hospitals it appears that the men,
Wm. Goswell, John Lintfield, and George Standing, who
were injured by the falling of scaffolding at St. Martin's-
hall, are progressing in a most satisfactory manner, and
although soon after the accident it was very doubtful
if they could recover, there now seems a fair prospect of
their doing so.
The steamer Colombo, with the London mail of
Nov. 10, left Madras Dec. 11, en route to Calcutta. The
Columbian sailed from Point de Galle Dec. 7, for Singapore
and China, with the London mail of Nov. 10. The Bengal
steamer left Suez Dec. 20, for Ceylon, Madras, and China.