The Sun.
London, England, 1862-01-08 00:00:00

THE !:SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, JANUARY 8, 1862.

here, accompanied by a copy of the report of Briga-'
dier-General Phelps. General Butler says he has
not received an official copy of Gen. Phelps' procla-
mation, but has information which renders it certain
the printed copies are correct. General Butler con-
cludes as follows I need hardly say that the
issuing of any proclamation on such an occasion was
neither suggested nor authorised by me, and most
certainly not such a one. With that important ex•
ception I commend the report, and call attention to
the clear and business-like statement.' General
Phelps, in his report, says Deeming it proper to
make known to the people of this region the re-
moter objects of this expedition, I have prepared a
proclamation which I shall endeavour to have dis-
seminated as early and as widely as possible, con-
sistent with the more pressing demands."
A preconcerted movement was made on the night
of the 20th of December along the North Missouri
Railroad. The Confederates who returned from
General Price's army destroyed about 100 miles of
the road, or at least rendered it useless. Com-
mencing eight miles south of Hudson, they burnt
the bridges, wood piles, water tanks, and ties; tore
up the rails for miles, bent thorn, and destroyed the
telegraph line. This was continued to Warren-
town, where the work of destruction ceased. How
many were concerned in this villanous work is not
yet known, but there is no doubt that it was a pre-
concerted and simultaneous movement of the citizens
along the road, as no single party could have
accomplished so much in one night. Three hundred
of the villains are known to have been engaged in
the destruction of the bridge track at Warrentown.
On the 21st of December the Kentucky Legisla-
ture, by a vote of 69 to 11, concurred in the Senate's
amendment to the Bill reported by the House
Committee on Federal Relations, thanking the Pre-
sident for his modification of General Fremont's
proclamation and Secretary Cameron's report, and
requesting the President to dismiss Secretary Came-
ron from the Cabinet.

MONDAY, DEC, 23.

The weekly averages of the banks of the city o
New York on Saturday, Dec. 21, 1861, presen
the following changes from the previous exhib'
of Dec. 14:—

Dols.
.. 1,863,472
.. 2,622,109
31,403
4,482,011

Decrease of loans
Decrease in specie
Decrease in circulation
Decrease in undrawn deposits..

WA.RLIEE PRAPARATIONS EV
CANAD 4.

A letter from Montreal, dated Dec. 23, says :
By the time this reaches you Canada will have fully
60,000 men in arms to resist the invasion of her soil.
Of these the Active Militia, 7,500 strong, is uni-
formed, armed, and in a respectable state of dis-
cipline, quite equal in this respect to any force the
United States can bring against them, with in-
finitely better officers, and that confidence between
officers and men which is wanting in the Federal
army. A Militia general order, issued on the 20th,
calls into active service one company, 75 men, and
three officers from:each of the 459 battalions of
Militia, by volunteers from the service men, or
in the aggregate 34,425 rank and file. The
Volunteer corps will number fully 20,000 more,
and will provide their own uniforms. The pro-
vince never before was so unanimous in feeling, so
perfectly united, so enthusiastic, and so determined.
The consequences of the outrage on the Trent were
perceived at once, and within a few hours prepara-
tions commence. New batteries were constructed
at Toronto; cannon, arms, and stores were for-
warded from Quebec to the interior magazines ; ex-
tensive machine shops were hired for rifling the
heavy smooth-bored ordnance, of which there is a
vast quantity in the country ; the whole frontier
was visited by General Williams and the Engineer
officers, and every preparation made for defence
against a sudden attack. A month ago Canada
was at the mercy of the enemy ; a month hence it
will stand armed to the teeth, and capable of offer-
ing a firm defence against any force that is likely
to be brought against it during the winter.
While the military authorities were thus doing
their part the people were not less active. Volunteers
companies were formed all over the province, and
drill had commenced before the news arrived from
England of the position taken by the British Go-
vernment and the probability of hostilities.
Although Montreal is likely to be the first point
attacked, the news was received with the utmost
enthusiasm, and, strange to say, with an outburst
of joy exceeding that displayed on the reception of
the news of the fall of Sebastopol, When the tele-
graphic despatch was rend aloud to the merchants
and chief citizens who crowded the Exchange, cheer
after cheer rang out to welcome it, and men con-
gratulated each other that the limit of forbearance
with American insults had been passed, and that

the insolent braggarts were to be taught that they
could no longer act ',towards Great Britain as they
never dare act towards any other first-class Power.

A great impetus was at once given to the Volunteer
movement here, and before the expiration of the
week their numbers had more than doubled. Tho
following corps were organised or commenced :
Victoria Rifles, 400 men, ranks full and drilling ;
Montreal Royals, 600 men, filling fast; a brigade
of Artillery, 24 guns, complete with men and horses;
a battalion of Garrison Artillery, 300 men, drilling
with heavy guns, two companies uniformed and
effective ; two battalions French Canadian Riflemen,
filling up; one battalion Scotch Rifles and one of Irish,
organizing ; three companies of Engineers (Sap-
pers and Miners), filling up ; three troops of
Cavalry, forming. And to these may be added six
companies of Rifles, a battery of Horse Artillery, a
company of Foot Artillery, and several other inde-
pendent corps raised by the colleges, manufacturers,
brewers, and others ; the Grand Trunk Battalion
of workmen employed by it. Independent of all
these is the active force, consisting of the Prince of
Wales; Rifles, a battery of Horse Artillery, two
companies of Foot Artillery, and two troops of
Cavalry, uniformed, armed, and in a good state of
efficiency.
In two weeks I believe Montreal will have in arms
fully 10,000 men, or more than one in ten of the
population. In order to assist drilling, the mer-
chants and traders close their stores three days in
the week at a quarter after 3 o'clock in the after-
noon. Drill instructors are furnished by the Com-
mander of the Forces to all corps requiring it, and
these men express unlimited astonishment at the
rapidity with which the volunteer material is
moulded into soldiers. There is a great want of
drill-rooms, the weather being too cold for much
out-door drill, and many corps not being able to
attend until night; but this is gradually being
alleviated by the liberility of some of the merchants,
who aro fitting up the upper flats of their store-
houses for the purpose.
Strange to say, this military outburst among a
people with whom playing at soldiers has never been
popular has been attended with little excitement;
it is, on the contrary, the produet of quiet deter-
mination ; and, let England depend upon it, these
men will do honour to their lineage on the battle-
field. There are among them, of course, a large
proportion of young men and lads delicately nur-
tured, and little accustomed to such fatigues as a
campaign necessitates, but they are full of pluck and
that strong sense of honour and defiance of danger
that marks the educated youth of the British race.
The corps composed chiefly of mechanics are as fine
material for troops as the world can produce.
Fortunately, there are no political dissensions
in the province ; for the last nine months the atten-
tion of the people has been so concentrated on the
events taking place in the United States that local
polities and party feuds have been forgotten. The
Roman Catholic population of all origins is emie
nently loyal and trustworthy ; the Irish and French
Canadian sections of it vie with each other in volun-
teering for the defence of the country ; the latter
will require careful officering to develope their mili-
tary power, and to neutralise a constitutional
timidity and want of confidence in themseh
springing from institutions which for a century
have reduced them to the position of children.
A council of war was held at Quebec on the 20th,
after the arrival of a messenger from Halifax over-
land by Fredericton and Riviere du Loup, with, de-
spatches brought by the Europa, when it was re-
solved to call out a portion of the Militia, and to

mediate wants, resumed his homeward course, leav-
ing the Harriet to her fate. The already protracted
voyage having caused heavy inroads to be made on
the St. Lawrence's stock of bread, it became neces-
sary to practise strict economy in the use of what
remained. Captain Wylie ordered that his crew be
put on half allowance. To this they submitted with-
out complaint, and only when the odour from; the
wounds of one of the disabled seamen became into-
lerable in the forecastle was a murmur heard. Capt.
Wylie thereupon had the wounded man removed
to bis own cabin, where he was tended with the
utmost care, master and officers cheerfully sub-
mitting to much personal inconvenience from his
presence. Despite the use of every sanitary
appliance at their disposal, the cabin was
for several days pervaded by an Effluvium so
noxious as to deprive its occupants of all relish for
food. Notwithstanding, these attentions to the
sufferer wore not relaxed, and Capt. Wylie had the
satisfaction of seeing him improve under his care,
and at the end of the voyage last week ho and two
others were sent to the hospital at Greenock in a
hopeful state. The rest of the rescued crew were
also landed in good health and spirits, grateful to
their benefactor for all the kindness they had re-
ceived."

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have the honorary rank of Captain, under the Royal,War-
rant of Jan. 27, 1860.
Paymaster John Giddings, 32d Foot, to have the hono-
rary rank of Captain, under the Royal Warrant of Jan.
27, 1860.
The undermentioned promotions to take place conse-
quent on the decease of General Sir Edward Bowater,
Colonel of the 49th Foot, on Dec. 14, 1861.
Lieutenant-General William Lindsay Darling, Colonel of
the 98th Foot, to be General.
Major-General Henry William Breton, Colonel of the
56th Foot, to be Lieutenant-General.
Brevet-Colonel George Thcmas Canolly Napier, C. 8.,
from Lieutenant-Colonel half-pay Unattached, and Aide,
de-camp to the Queen, serving on the Staff of the Army in
North America, with the local rank of Major-General, to be
Major- General.
Brevet-Lieutenant-Colonel the Hon. Wellington Henri
Stapleton Cotton, Major on half-pay, unattached, to be
Colonel.
Captain and Brevet-Major John Williamson Lovell, C. 8.,
Royal Engineers, to be Lieutenant-Colonel.
Captain George Benny, 73d Foot, to be Major.
MinstonAxnu3l. Captain David Balfour Hay, half pay,
26th Dragoons, has been permitted to retire from the ser-
vice by the sale of his commission.
WAR-OFFICE, PALL-MALL, JAN. 7.
of
The Honourable Artillery Company London—John
Kearns, Gent., to be Lieutenant.

BANKRUPTCIES ANNULLED.
Isaac Dickinson, baker, Hertford
Samuel Brand, licensed victualler, Liverpool
William Thompson smith and Samuel Cannon, factors,
Liverpool

BANKRUPTS.
George Rule, slater, Pickard-street, City-road
James Hallet, publican, Crown-street, Finsbury
George Lake, musician, Bloomsbury-street
Thomas Lucas, ironmonger, Worthing
Frederick G. Phillips, clerk
Abraham Downton and George Satchwell, cheesemongers,
Old Bailey
George Anderson, shipbroker, Canonbury
Abraham Surridge, baker, South Benfleet
Edward Stevens, clerk, New North-road
James W. Parsley, clerk, Lupus-street, Pimlico
Levy Fry, grocer, Bournemouth
Richard C. Parsons, cattle dealer, Theale
Henry Gibson, jeweller, East Dulwich.
MatthewJ h House,
an tanner,c
tißonoetehre,rhHitahmeptonam Abbey
Thomas Hobson, dairyglan, Walth
Plews,
James Cotton, innkeeper, Caine
Henry D. Glew (not Glen), publican, Knightsbridge
Henry C. Oxenden, Bart., Dover
Charles French, butcher, Chiselhurst
John Fluester, stonemason, Paddington.
Richard Sweet, carver, High Holborn
Edward Forster, farmer, Walthamatow
James Hall, carpenter, Oxford
James Black, Islington
William Walker, silk dealer, Bethnal-green-roa. Berke
daze
J. S. and F. Barrett, surgeons, Kingston-Bagp,
Alfred Banks, saddler, Notting-hill
William Green, auctioneer, Paddington.
John F. Lead, mercer, Wellington
William Langman, furniture dealer, Wolverhampton
William H. Winton, hay dealer, Walford
Robert Ceney, brewer, Tipton, Staffordshire
Henry J. Baldwin, traveller, Sutton Col.dfield
Thos. and Wm. Smith, ribbon manufacturers, Coventry
M. B. Wells, provision merchant, Newport, Monmouth
Henry A. Wrightson, painter, Scarborough
John Miller, tea merchant, Liverpool
William Hewitson, seedsman, Llandudno
Thomas Bryan, hatter, Liverpool
Michael Charlton, licensed victualler, Seacombe
Mark Brehm, victualler, Liverpool
Charles Smith, licensed victualler, Liverpool
Jos. Hughes, fiktian manufacturer, Manchester
Benjamin Riley, bobbin maker, Blackburn
Samuel Horrocks, licensed victualler, Salford
Josiah Smallwood,iron square manufacturer,Birminghato
Robert T. Bonest, Bristol
George W. Cummins, tripe dresser, Nottingham
Alexander Lilie, picture dealer, Islington
William Lawrence, Lincoln
Rungheet Rajhpoot Rochfort, gentleman, Gravesend
Wm. Heath, hardware dealer, Cainborne, Cornwall
John Waude, mechanic, Manchester
Thomas John Faulkner, surgeon dentist, Manchester
George Dicken, dentist, Derby
William Hirst, dealer in hay, Huddersfield
John Green, joiner, Huddersfield
Thomas Clayton, auctioneer, Huddersfield
Joseph Green, labourer, Lee, Northumberland
James Vickers, joiner, Howden, Durham
Daniel Bowen, lodging-house keeper, Pembroke
William Welch, shoemaker, Exeter
Jesse Evans, licensed victualler, Llanstadwell
Manasseh Jewett, shopkeeper, Bradford
George Guy, baker, Bath
William Barlow, poulterer, Stoke-upon-Trent
Thomas Parker, butcher, Billinghay
David Jones, draper, Kenflg-hill, Glamorgan
George Dawkins, builder, Broughton, Northampton
William Dymond, baker, Plymouth
Benjamin Moxon, publican, Sheffield
Henry Wilkinson, white metal dealer, Sheffield
George Inman, labourer, Sheffield
Alfred Wolstenholme, schoolmaster, Sheffield
William Lane, Woolfardisworthy, Devon
Charles Bye, butcher, Dullingham, Cambridge
William Morgan, tailor, Poole

COUN2BY .MA.R.KI;I

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BRISTOL-JAN. 7.

- - -
Our market this morning was fairly attended, but the
trade was generally still—almost stagnant—waiting for
further news from America. Where sales were pressed is
or less was taken for wheat. Other articles unchanged.

SLEAFORD—JAN. G.
The attendance was fair to-day, with a :?etter supply of
wheat. Trade moderate, and is per qr under former rates.
White wheat ruled at 64s to 700, red 60s to Os per qr.
New wheat, —s to —s. Barley was in limited supply, and
at late prices-32s to 37s ; oats ruled steady at full prices,
21s to 268; new, —s to —s ; beans at from 428 to 478;
peas, —s to —lB.

LEEDS—JAN. 7.
Arrivals of wheat moderate. There was a thin attend-
ance at market. The trade continues in a very inanimate
state, factors offering wheat at a decline of is per qr with-
out inducing millers to purchase. Barley was unaltered in
value from last Tuesday. No business‘doing in beans, and
oats slightly lower.

MELTON MOWBRAY—JAN. 7.
There was a better show of wheat to-day, and, with a
more active trade, Tuesday's prices declined. Barloy in
better inquiry, and trade steady. Prices--white wheat, 62s
Od to 68s Od; red, 55s Od to 63s per 36 stone; beans
slow, at 44s to 50s for old ; new sorts, —s per 33 at. ;
barley, 36s to 39s for malting, and 30s to 32s per qr. for
grinding ; oats, 22s to 32s Od per 24 stone.

NORWICH CATTLE.
The show of store cattle to-day was larger than could
have been anticipated, being the first market of the new
year—consisting of Scots, shorthorns, and Irish. The
attendance of buyers was tolerably good, and a fair trade
was transacted.
Scots, ls to 4s 6d ; shorthorns, 3s' 6d to 48.6 d ;. Irish, 3s
6d to 4s Od; Bayous, 4s to 4s 6d (estimated weight when
fat).
Fat beasts a large show and sales slow, at 7s 6d to 8s 6d
per 141 b.
Sheep—There was a poor supply of sheep in the pens,
and a fair sale.
Fat sheep, Os Od to Os 6d per stone ; prime, Os Od., and
all sold.
Pigs—A fair supply. Store pigs, 22s to 255; fat pork,
88 Od to 8s Gd per stone.

FOREIGN MAIL PACKET LIST.

MAILS DUE.

Australia and Mauriti-us—,vTaSouthampton. Jan. 18.
via Marseilles
Brazil and Cape Verds, by British packet. Feb. 3.
Cape of Good Hope, Ascension, and St. Helena.. Feb. 1.
China, Penang, and Singapore, via Southampton. Jan. 18.
via Marseilles ...Jan. 12.
Falkland Islands
Gibraltar, via Southampton Jan. 10.
India (Calcutta), and Ceylon, via Southampton Jan. 18.
via Marseilles Jan. 12.
India (Bombay), via Southampton
--. via Marseilles Jan. 4.
Lisbon
Malta, Egypt, and Aden, via Southampton Jan. 10.
via Marseilles Jan. 4.
Newfoundland
Oporto and Vigo
U. S. and British N. America, Ly Brit. packet Jan. 8.

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' by U.S. packet
- by Canadian packet Jan. 8.
W.C. of Africa, Madeira, and Teneriffe Jan. 10.
Bahamas, via New York Jul. 16.
Mexico Jan. 28.
All parts of West Indies, including Chili, Peru, 1 Jan, 13.
California,and British Columbia.. .l

LYNN—JAN. 7.
At to-day's corn market the quantity of wheat exhibited
was moderate, and a quiet business was done at a slight
decline on last week's rates. The supply of barley was Lair
and the trade steady, at late prices. Oats in limited show.
Beans in short supply. Other articles as before.
Old white 65s to 67s I Barley. 3Bs to 40a
It,- d.. 63s to 06s Oats ,24s to 26a
Beans .42s:to 44s I Peas 48s t0.64s