The Sun.
London, England, 1865-02-18 00:00:00

THE DUCHIES.

A communication from Flensburg, in the General
Correspondanee of Vienna, says
•—c, The present
financial administration in the Duchies is giving
very favourable results. The ordinary receipts,
which amount to 7,000,000 thalers (26,250,000 f.),
suffice not only to meet all the current expenses, but
to defray the cost of occupation by the troops of
the two great Powers, and the payment of the inte-
rest on the part of the Danish debt which has fallen
to the 'Duchies."

The Confederate Forces.

(From the New York Herald)

The rebels have still in the field three armies which may
claim to be organised, viz., the army of Northern Virginia,
the army of Tennessee, and the army of Missouri. The
principal of these is the army of Northern Virginia, now
commanded by Gen. Joe Johnston. The army consists of
four army corps of infantry and two of cavalry. There are 11
divisions, embracing 44 brigades, or 207 regiments, with 41
batteries attached. Accurate data shows very conclusively
that the regiments in the army of Virginia will not ave-
rage over 225 men to the regiment, and 150 to the battery,
which would give an aggregate of 54,375 as the infantry
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a total of 13,950 cavalry, or a grand total of 67,325 infantry,
cavalry, and artillery as the effective strength of the prin-
cipal army of the rebels. Gen. Hood's army looks stronger
on paper than it really is. He entered Tennessee with an
effective force of 35,000 men, including Forrest's cavalry.
The official reports of General Thomas, and
numerous.
confirmatory statements which have been published, show
conclusively that his losses amounted to 15,000 men. This
leaves him an effective force of 20,000men,' lyingainddleandapparently helpless in the interior of Mississippi
Ala-
bama. In order to invade Missouri the entire department
of General Kirby Smith was searched for troops, and the
forces of General Price, which appear in the organisa-
tion under the command of General Pagan, his suc-
cessor, represent the only organised army left to Smith
since the transfer of Walker and other divisions of his
army to General Hood's command. His army, according
to the rebel statements amounted, on its retreat from Mis-
souri, to 23,000 men. Thus we have the effective force of
the three organised armies of the rebels at only a fraction
over 100,000 men. Upon their organised troops the main
reliance of the enemy must be placed. It will be seen that
in the roster appear the forces in the departments of
Bragg, Hardee, Hill, Maury, Dick Taylor, Walker, Ma-
gruder, and Buckner: These sub departments of the three
great military zones or divisions of the Confederacy are
but shells unprotected by regularly organised forces, and
depending for safety on the natural obstacles of swamps,
deserts, and mountains, and the few militia whom
the necessity of self-protection has forced into a weak and
incomplete organisation. There are large numbers of these
regiments, but their effective force is by no means great
They are no doubt being rapidly increased by conscrip-
tion, enforced without mercy under the pressure of
Sherman's advance; but they can never become formid-
able to an army of veterans] like Sherman's. These
militia and garrison forces muster, according to our
roster, 90 regiments and about 12 field batteries, not in-
cluding those of forts still in rebel possession. The
militia organisations doubtless average a greater number
of men to the regiment than do the veteran regiments,
in consequence of the lighter duty required, and other ap-
parent reasons. Our best information leads us to suppose
the militia and home guard organisations average about
500 men to the regiment, and the full complement of men
to a battery (150). This will give us, therefore, a total of
46,000 men. It is believed that there are not over 5,000
men employed in garrison duty on the coast, at Mobile,
Charleston, &c. This, added to the above, will give
51,000 as the grand total of the rebel forces outside of the
organised armies.

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE—This Day.
CITY BETTING—This DAY.
CHESTER CUP.
10 to• 1 agst Lord Zetland (taken)
LINCOLN ILANI)ICAP.
Gto 1 agst lleur•lys (taken)
15 to 1 agst Donnybrook (taken)
LIVERPOOL STEEPLECHASE.
10 to 1 agst Emblematic (taken)
All in force.