The Sun.
London, England, 1862-02-04 00:00:00

THE _REINFORCEMENTS FOR CANADA.

(From the arrevondent of the Daily Are We
BOSTON, JAN. 10.
The voyage across the Atlantic in the Cunard
steamer Canada was made with the rapidity and
comfort for which all the vessels of that line are
famous ; but starting as she did on the 29th ult.,
before the news of the reply to Lord Lyons' ultima-
tum had reached England, an anxious feeling per-
vaded her passengers, consisting principally of offi-
cers on leave from the different regiments stationed
in North America, who, in consequence of the
unsettled state of affairs, had been ordered to return
to their respective quarters. Besides these officers
Major M'Crea's battery of garrison artillery and
the sth (Captain Gosset's) company of Royal
Engineers were embarked at Liverpool for Halifax,
en route to Bermuda, which island, it was said, was
destined to play the same part in the forthcoming
American war that Malta had assumed during the
Crimean campaign. Several army staff assistant-
surgeons, and about a dozen civilians (English
and American), completed the number of passengers
who, after a rough, but (thanks to the courtesy and
kindness of the commander, and the excellent
arrangements made for their comfort) far from
disagreeable passage, steamed into the beautiful
harbour of Halifax at 9 a.m. on the morning of the
9th instant. All were much delighted to hear that
the causes of dispute between the two countries
had been removed by the surrender of the Southern
Commissioners ; and, peace being happily secure,
almost every one on board whose duty did not
compel him to remain in Halifax determined on
proceeding by the Canada to Boston, in preference
to attempting the overland journey across New
Brunswick, of the severity, nct to say danger, of
which route we heard strong reports. It was hinted
that even the journey through Boston might be at-
tended with its desagrements, as it was supposed
that a bitter feeling to the English existed to a
very great extent, and that an American mob might
be troublesome, if not insulting. Choosing the lesser
of two evils, it was, however, resolved to continue
our voyage to the capital of Massachusetts. Before
leaving Halifax I had an opportunity of inspecting
the fine steamer Persia, the only vessel sent from
England with troops that succeeded in safely land-
ing them at Riviere du Loup. Her arrangements
are magnificent, and entitle her to be considered the
finest transport ever fitted for the conveyance of
soldiers. Halifax was alive with troops, and its
magnificent harbour was filled with the vessels
which had brought them from the mother-country.
Ashore we found the Grenadier Guards, the 2d
battalion of the 16th, part of the Ist battalion of the
same regiment, the 63d, and numerous detachments
of Artillery, Engineers, and Military Trains, while
alongside the wharves, or moored in the stream, the
Persia, Adriatic, Magdalena, Melbourne, and others
of the finest ships of our merchant navy. After a
delay of only four hours, during which time three
hundred men with their baggage and an immense
quantity of government stores were disembarked,

the Canada continued her voyage to Boston
where she arrived a little after midnight on the
9th. On landing the next morning, the
English passengers were no less delighted than
surprised to find that the sinister anticipations
which we had entertained of annoyance from the
mob were so far from being realised, that we were
received with the utmost politeness and courtesy.
The whole of the baggage was permitted to pass
through the Custom-house without examination,
and in no single instance was a passport demanded,
while, accustomed as I am to the attention and
courtesy which a stranger usually receives in an
American city, I was most agreeably astonished, so
soon after the surrender of the Commissioners, and
in the very place of their late imprisonment, to be
welcomed with a friendliness and warmth which
left nothing to be desired. While here the news
arrived that Mr. Seward had telegraphed to offer a
passage for our troops through the State of Maine.
BUFFALO, N.Y., JAN. 11.
I arrived here yesterday, after a twenty hours'
journey, from Boston, made comfortable by the
very excellent sleeping cars provided by the New
York Central Railway Company. The conversa-
tion of the passengers and their remarks on the
topic of the day confirmed the opinion which I had
formed of Boston, that a great reaction had set in
in favour of England. It is true that several of
the journals continue to insert rabid abuse of
the old country and impotent swagger of a
future revenge; but by this time, I fancy, we are
quite alive to the difference between the real senti-
ments of the American people and the pretended
expression of them in the newspapers. The feeling
seems pretty universal that a war, had it occurred,
would have been wholly due to the diatribes of the
London Times and the New York Herald, and that
it is only to be expected that these papers and
their followers should let themselves down easily.
A proof as strong as one could desire of the disfa-
vour with which any real abuse of England would
be received was afforded me here. Col. Mulligan,
who modestly advertised himself as " the hero of
Lexington," gave a lecture on the events of that
renowed siege, and though the usual amount of
bombast was talked about the Stars and Stripes
and the Irish Harp, no allusion to the Saxon
persecution of his beloved country occurred during
the whole of a two hours' discourse. The hero in
question must, I fancy, be a near relation of the
chief of his sept immortalised, by Thackeray, the
eloquence of the great Mulligan having been almost
equalled by his military namesake. The criticisms
on his lecture by the American portion of his
audience were deprecatory and sarcastic. " The
picture is wonderfully fine," said one man," but too
national. It is all plastered over with the brightest
emerald green." " Well," said the person whom lie
addressed, " the lecture no doubt fulfils its :object"
—(I should have mentioned that money was taken
at the doors)—" but I am not sorry that the only

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two officers who have taken the stump since the
commencement of hostilities are Irish (Colonels
Meagher and Mulligan). Concerning the latter,
we have his own testimony to his bravery ; but of
the former we have many witnesses of his enter-
prising advance on Washington from Bull's Run."
By the kindness of General Scroggs, commanding
at Buffalo, I was permitted to ♦isit the camp, which
is, however, merely a depot for recruits. The huts,
which much resemble those at Shorileliff, are placed
in rear of a battery overlooking the river, and
called here the Fort (par excellence). 'ihe men
seemed fine, well-made, active young fellows, with
very little admixture of the Irish or German
element. They were servicably equipped in uniform
not unlike that of the Sardinian army. Recruiting,
the general told me, was at a standstill, the cadres
of all the regiments in the State of New York being
now complete. I attended service in the episcopal
church, where the preacher gave a regular old-
fashioned high-church sermon ' (as high-church
sermons were given 25 years ago), which did not,
however, contain any political allusion.