The Sun.
London, England, 1847-02-06 00:00:00

S Ny FEBRUARY 6, 1847.

ARRIVALS OF GRAIN.
TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN.

beg to forward youan account of the arrivals
grain at Wakefield for the past month, as well as for the
same time in 1846, from which you will perceive the quantity
of wheat arrived this year is nearly three times larger than
last year.
The arrivals at Leeds and all the other large consuming
markets also show a very great increase.
The consumption no doubt is large; but, from my own
knowledge of the trade, I can assure you that a great deal
more corn is going into speculators' warehouses than into the
bellies of the people.—l am your obedient servant,
AN ANTI-FAMINE MONGER.

Hull, Feb. 2, 1847.
Import of grain into Wakefield for the month of January,
1846 47.
Wheat. Barley. Oats. Beans. Peas.
Qrs. Qrs. Qrs. Qrs. Qrs.
Jan. 1846. 37,102 23,645 6,616 4,832 1,860
Jan. 1847. 99,647 20.380 18,703 12,384 1,813

Year.

ROYAL ARTILLERY.
The intended augmentation of the Royal Regiment of
Artillery has been confirmed by the following general
order

" Deputy-Adjutant-General's Office,
Woolwich, Feb. 1.
" His Lordship the Master-General has approved of an
augmentation to the regiment of one corporal and 114 gun-
ners and drivers per company, to take effect from the Ist of
April next.
" Commanding officers of battalions will transmit to the
office, with the least possible delay, requisitions for clothing
and arms and accoutrements for those numbers.
(Signed) " J. E. JONES,
Assistant-Adjutant-General."
The increase of strength in the corps in compliance with
the order will amount to 80 corporals, and 1,120 gunners
and drivers, and the entire strength of the regiment, consist-
ing of ten battalions of eight companies each, will be 8,000
non-commissioned officers and gunners and drivers, exclusive
of the troops of the Royal Horse Artillery.
A detachment of thirty gunners and drivers have been
placed under orders to proceed to the Cape of Good Hope to
till up the companies at that station.
Major Askwith's company left Woolwich last week, as it
was announced they would, for Plymouth, to augment the
number required in that garrison fur the new fortifications,
and not to Portsmouth to relieve Captain Wilford's company,
as stated in some quarters.
It is contemplated to send an additional company of artil-
lery to Dover, and to make a station for a company at Sheer-
ness, and another at Liverpool, for manning the fortifications
at those places.

KILKENNY AND GREAT SOUTH-
ERN AND WESTERN RAILWAY COMPANY.
The first ordinary meeting of the shareholders in this
company was appointed to be held at the British Hotel,
Cockspur-street, yesterday at oae o'clock, but there not being
a sufficient number of shareholders present, the meetirg was,
in terms of the Act of Parliament, adjourned till to-day at
the same hour.

THE TWO OVERLAND ROUTES.
We printed yesterday intelligence from Bombay of the 241
January, brought via Trieste, by Mr. Waghorn. The mail
arrived at Suez on the 19th ult., and at Alexandria on the
21st ult., in due course; but there was no steam-boat to con-
vey it to Malta, en route to Marseilles, and it is extremely
doubtful, theretbre, when it may arrive, as the Ariel, which
ought to have conveyed it to Malta, only left that place on
the 20th for Alexandria. This is " too bad," and it is ex-
tremely unfair towards the Peninsular and Oriental Com-
pany, who, as far as they are concerned, perform their part
of the journey with extraordinary regularity and efficiency.
The fault rests with the Government, who send steam-boats
totally unfitted for the purpose, to convey the mails between
Malta and Marseilles. Sometimes of late these wretched
tubs have not been able to perform the voyage at all; and
in most cases take as long as the Oriental Company's ships
would perform the whole distance from Alexandria. How
long is this to last? It is really scandalous, that so import-
ant a mail as the Indian mail should be conveyed in such a
slovenly manner: and as to comparing the difference be-
tween the Treste and Marseilles route, as long as these old
tubs are employed, it is too ridiculous a matter to be treated
seriously. The dispatches via Trieste arrived yester-
day morning—had a proper steam-boat been employed be-
tween Alexandria and Marseilles, the mail would have
reached London yesterday week.—Herald of yesterday.
OVERLAND MAIL.— By the kindness of the authorities at
the India House we have been favoured with India papers in
anticipation of the Overland Mail, our own dispatches hav-
ing been mislaid.—Chronicle.