The Sun.
London, England, 1854-11-21 00:00:00

THE MILITIA.

The following important circular has been published
War-office, Nov. 20, 1851.
" The rapid augmentation of the regular army being at
this moment of urgent importance, it has become necessary
to call upon all embodied as well as disembodied militia
regiments to give as many volunteers as possible to the
regiments of Guards and Line, and to the Royal Marines.
"In taking this step the Government is aware that the
efficiency of your regiment will for a time be considerably
impaired by the sudden loss of a large proportion of highly-
trained men, whom you will have to replace by raw re-
cruits, but at this momont the maintenance of the effici-
ency, for immediate service, of regiments raised especially
for home duty, important as it is, must yield to the neces-
sity of strengthening to the utmost that portion of her
Majesty's forces which are engaged in the operations of war
abroad, and upon an occasion like the present I am confi-
dent the same spirit which has induced you to devote your-
self so successfully to the formation of the regiment under
your command will secure to the Government your assist-
ance and co-operation in strengthening her Majesty's regu-
lar forces by draughts from your regiment.
" It is intended to limit the demand thus to be made on
militia regiments to 25 per cent= on their strength,
amounting in the case of the - regiment to --.
" Recruiting parties will be forthwith directed to proceed
to your head-quarters, in order to recruit volunteers.
"It is proposed to give a priority to the recruiting par-
ties from those regiments which have a county connection
with your regiment, provided such regiments form a part
of the force under Lord Raglan's orders, but men will be at
liberty to join other regiments, or the Marines, if they
-prefer it.
"The Guards will be allowe I. to send parties to regi-
mentigenerally, their standard not enabling them to ob-
tain eneu,gh recruits from any corresponding number of
militia regiments. The Marines will likewise send parties.
" All these parties will be recalled immediately the
number to be raised shall have volunteered.

"The men will be offered a bounty exceeding by 1/. the
augmented bounty authorised for ordinary recruits—
namely, 1/. in addition to tii., or 71. in all.
" Though the limit of 25 per cent. is placed upon the
number of men whom the recruiting parties be empowered
to raise, any larger number of men will be accepted, pro-
vided you are willing, with a view to further the publio
service in this emergency, to consent to their discharge.
" The General Commanding-in-Chief, sensible of the
great exertions which have been made by militia officers
to bring their regiments to their present high state of effi-
ciency, and of the sacrifice which they are now called
upon to make, has authorised mo to state that he is pre-
pared to place at your disposal, for any officer in your
regiment whom you may wish to name, an ensioncy in the
line without purchase fur the first 75 men who shall volun-
teer from your regiment, and have been passed and ac-
cepted in the regulars or Marines, another for the second
75, and a third ensiancy for a third 75, if the strength of
your regiment onal)res you to give them.
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to recruit
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"Colonel r - Regiment of Militia.

We have much pleasure in being able to state that
Colonel Clifford, of the Monmouth Militia, has induced
upwards of 70 men to volunteer from his regiment into
the army. The officer who brought these men, Ensign
Lawrence, has been presented with an Ensigney in the
23d Regiment without purchase.
The 3d York Militia and the Sussex Infantry Militia,
officers and men, have all volunteered for active service.
The following gentlemen have, we understand, received
their commissions as captains in the Kerry Militia, now in
progress of enrolment :- The O'llonoghue of the Glens,
Mr. James Crosbie, of Ballyheigue Castle ; and Mr. Ed-
ward Herbert, of Cahirnine-house. Mr. Richard Mahony,
of Dromore Castle, has, we are informed, assented to a
similar appointment.
General Mansell reviewed the 2d Somerset Militia in
Cork en Friday, and complimented the officers highly on
the state of drill to which the men had been brought.
Colonel Lord Barnard and Captain Warren are rapidly
enrolling men for the Cork City Artillery Regiment. Up-
wards of 20 persons have joined the Cork City Militia
within the last few days.

THE 90TH REGIMENT, or Perthshire Volunteers, which
had been ordered to be in readiness to reinforce the British
army in the Crimea, distinguiShed itself at liaudora, the
Sphinx, Egypt, Martinique, and Guadeloupe, during the
last war. It was originally raised through the extensive
influence of the late Alexander Mitchell, Esq., of the Ex-
cise Scottish establishment, for the purpose of procuring
the colonelcy for his friend, Sir Thomas Graham of Bal-
gowan, who had, after the decease of his laiy, directed his
thoughts towards the army. This hero rose to great
eminence in his profession, in consequence of his tact and
bravery, and was for a considerable period known as Gene-
ral Sir Thomas Graham, Bart., of Balgowan, Perthshire,
and afterwards as Lord Lynedoch, and who only died a
few years ago, having lived to every advanced age.—Edin-
burgh Courant.

CAPTAIN MORRIS.—This officer, who had the command
of the 17th Lancers at Balaklava, and of whom especial
mention is made in Lord Raglan's despatches, is the eldest
son of the late Wm. Chohnley Morris, Esq., of Fishleigh-
house, near Hatherleigh, iu the county of Devon. As lieu-
tenant, he saw distinguished service in India (under Lords
Hardinge and Gough), in the 10th Lancers, from which
regiment he removed, sooa after their return from India,
to the 17th Lancers, and was some short time since married
to a daughter of the late Major-General Taylor. The
neighbourhood of his nativity is extremely proud of his
abilities and sanguine of his success. His present wounds
are three sabre cuts—one in the head, another is the arm,
and the third across the thigh.
TUE LATE DR. D. ANDERSON.—Lettors from Constan-
tinople report that Second Staff-Surgeon David Anderson,
M.D., Edinburgh, son of A. Anderson, Esq., of Whiteside,
Dumfriesshire, N. 8., died at the Military Hospital,
Scutari, on the 4th inst. Dr. Anderson, whose premature
death is deeply lamented, was an accomplished physician,
a skilful surgeon, a dexterous opers.ter ; zealous, humane,
and unremitting in his attention to the sick and wounded.
In performing an operation he sustained an injury in the
hand, in consequence of which his general health suffered,
and inflammation of the chest following soon after carried
him off in the prime of life, and from a sphere of useful-
ness in which his services of late have been invaluable. He
may be said to have fallen on the professional battle-field
—after having escaped the dangers and privations of the
Sutlej campaign, in which he served at Moodkee, Feroze-
shah, and Sobraon, as assistant-surgeon of the 9th Foot.

ENCOURAGEMENTRANKS. TO GALLANTRY IN THE

The following order was issued by direction of Sir George
Catbcart, on the 13th of October :
"The Lieutenant-General commanding cannot refrain
from testifying to an act of individual merit on the part of
Private Francis Wheatley, let battalion B,ifle Brigade,
when on duty in the trenches as one of the guard. When
sitting under cover of the embankment, a live shell, with
tbe fuse burning, pitched exactly on the top of the em-
bankment above his head, and stuck there ; he instantly
clubbed his rifle, and thrust it back over the embankment,
breaking the fuse, so that it did not explode. By this act
of bravery and prompt action he not only possibly saved
the lives of many of his comrades, but set an example to
the young soldiers who now constitute a large proportion
of the gallant and well-tried regiment, well calculated to
assist in perpetuating the glorious reputation which it
has so nobly earned and gallantly maintained on every
occasion.
"J. B. ESTCOURT, Adjutant-General."

TELEGRAPH IN THE BALTIC.—The cable containing
the telegraphic wires for submarine communication be-
tween the island of Zeeland, in Danmark, and Scania,
in Sweden, was sent from Copenhagen eight days ago to
Landcrona, where the sinking of it in the sea is to com-
mence. The telegraphic apparatus for the office at Lands-
crone was sent at the same time. Both cable and appa-
ratus have been made in England.
THE UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT AND ITS AGENTS.
Mr. Sanders' letter, addressed to the Federal Govern-
ment of Switzerland, expressing his regret at seeing the
latter join with despotic governments in persecuting
political refugees known to be getting up conspiracies
against the established governments of neighbouring
countries, is yet fresh in our readers' memory. We now
read the following on the subject in the Nouvelliste
Vaudois, under date of Berne, Bth :—" Mr. Fay, United
States minister to the Federal Government of Switzer-
land, has officially informed the Federal Council in the
name of his government, that the Cabinet of Washing-
ton disapproves of Mr. Sanders' communication, in which
he recommended Switzerland to follow an eccentri•
policy, the said Cabinet having never given Mr. Sanders
instructions to that effect, and, moreover, disapproving
of the views contained in that document which has at-
tracted so much public attention.
WHAT HAS BECOME OP
.THE DARIEN SHIP CANAL ?
—Some months have now elapsed since the different
members of this expedition have returned heme for the
purpose of reporting to their different Governments the
result of their observations. Lieut. St. John, the Eng.
lish Government commissioner, was the first to return
to England. Dr. Cullen followed soon after. Mr. Gis-
borne next took his departure, laden with plans and sec-
tions and maps of all sorts ; and lastly, Lieut. Strain
and his party reached the United States. From all
these gentlemen we are led to suppose that their reports
would soon be made public, and the fullest information
be given as to the route, its advantages and disadvan-
tages. Up to the present moment we are not aware that
anything has been made public, and we are left as much
in the dark as ever on the subject. If the work is im-
practicable, the public should be told so. If it is feasible
in the opinion of the engineers who inspected it, the
plans and reports should be published. They are to a
certain extent public property. The nation was put to
considerable expense in sending vessels of war with the
expedition, and the public have therefore a right t) know
what has been done. As to Mr. Gisborne, we scarcely
expect that he will publish his report, for by all accounts
it contradicts entirely his first one, and there would be
some difficulty in finding the points A and B and C. so
wonderfully discovered on his first visit to the country.
But good or bad, favourable or unfavourable, the official
report ought to be made public, and the question de-
cided one way or the other.--Panama Star, Aug. 25.