The Sun.
London, England, 1860-02-02 00:00:00

SIIPTEMBIIIt.

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Londonderry
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STEEPLECHASING.
iIIIIITARY.
Carrnarthenehire 7, 9 1 Grand Military (North-
Derby Midland 2B ampton) 29, 80
Tenby 2B

Tsnby
Birmingham 12, 13

ROI.
I Pembroke Annual l3
Coventry ..

THIS DAY'S SHIPPING.

LONDON, Feb. 2.—Wind this day at sown, North;
moderate breeze, and fine clear weather, with sharp frost.
Ettatourtr, Feb. 2 —British Queen (schr), of Scilly,
front Rio Grande to this port. sprung a leak and foundered
Jan. 31, off the Start ; crew landed here by the Rising Sun
of Sunderland, for Bordeaux.
PORTSMOUTH, Feb. I.—Wind, N.—Sailed—jaok Frost,
for Melbourne.

(ZY BLECTRI6 TELEGRAPH.)
SOITRADIPTON, Thursday Morning.
Arrived, Feb. I—Lady Constance, from Sunderland ;
Wonder, steamer, from Jersey ; Aurora. steamer, from Dub-
lin ; Florence, from Newport.
Arrived, Feb. 2—Havre, steamer, from Havre.
Sailed, Feb. I—Arago, steamer, for New York ; Aurora,
steamer, for London ; Alliance, steamer, for Havre ; 'Vestal,
for Newport; Hero, for Sunderland.
LivzitrooL, Thursday Morning.

Wind N.N.E.
Arrived, Feb. I—Contest, from St. Michael's; Petrel,
from Patras.

(BY SUBMARINE AND BRITISX TELL GRAPII.)
GRA.VESEND, Thursday Morning.
Wind,lN.W.; tide, two hours' ebb; weather fine.
Arrived, Feb. I.—Eliza and Mary, and City of Perth,
from Calcutta.
Arrived, Feb. 2.—Gleaner, from St. Michael's; lribilia
and Two Friends, from Guernsey ; Albemarle, from Colum-
bia; John Clemens, from Manitlzan.
Sailed.---Warrior, steamer, for Mogadore.
DEAL, Thursday Morning.

Wind N.N.W., strong.
Passed, Feb. I—Sultan, from China, for London.
Passed, Feb. 2—Mary Ann Webb, from London, for
Cardiff.
Anchored—Enmore, from Demerara ; Foam, *tom Pe-
nang ; City of Benares, from Calcutta—all for London.

GREAT MORTALITY AMONGST WOODCOCKS.—
Woodcocks (says the Hereford Journal) are extremely
scares this season, and the scarcity is accounted for by the
act that hundreds of thousands of these birds were drowned
during their migration towards those shores on the night of
the terrific gale in which the Royal Charter was lost.
FLOATING A WHALE AT VANCOUVER'S.—The
canoes now pull towards shore, the lines become taut, and
suddehly the monster feels himself moving slowly but stea-
dily towards the land. His struggles are tremendous, but
fruitless. He is literally a fish out of water, and hopelessly
in the power of his Lilliputian foes, who laugh at his
strength and utter ridiculous imitations of his attempts to
spout, while the inhabitants, for miles round, crowd to the
scene of triumph, singing and beating large drums made of
the hollowed bole of a tree, over the ends of which is
stretched the skin of a sea lion. As soon as the whale is
beyond low water •mark the work is done, as they have only
to wait till the tide leaves their prize high and dry upon the
beach, where the heat of the sun soon puts an end to his
sufferings. The favourite blubber is then dug out and put
away in calabashes for the future, after every one has eaten
as much as he can possibly hold. However, they look for-
ward with more anxiety to the feasts to come, as they prefer
their favourite dish in a state decidedly "gamey."--Once a
Week.
FEARFUL COLLISION BETWEEN Two STEAM-
VESSELS ON THE RlVElL—Yesterday morning, between the
hours of 11 and 12 o'clock, a serious collision took place in
the river, off Greenwich, between the iron screw steamves-
-1.81 Gertrude and the General Steam Navigation Company's
paddle steamer Holland, bound to London from Ostend,
with passengers and general cargo. It appears that the
Gertrude was proceeding down the river, under full steam,
and when nearly abreast of the Dreadnought floating hos-
pital, she dashed her stem into the starboard bow of the
Holland, which, being a timber-built vessel, was cut down
to the water's edge. As both vessels were under full steam,
the force of the collision was terrific ; the stem of the Ger-
trude went completely into the forecastle of the Holland,
and one of the crew, named Wormly, was severely injured,
and conveyed to the Dreadnought Hospital. As might be
expected, the utmost alarm prevailed amongst the passen-
gers, and, considering the nature of the accident, it is an
extraordinary fact that no lives were lost. As a result of
the collision, the two vessels became entangled, the Hol-
land dragging the anchors of the Gertrude, and both vessels
thus proceeded to the opposite shore of the Isle of Dogs. A
large number of craft were quickly in attendance, and the
whole of the cargo was removed from the Holland, the pas-
sengers, several of whom wero ladies, being removed to the
Greenwich-pier, whence they proceeded to London. Mr.
Beardmore, superintendent of the General Steam Naviga-
tion Company's Works at Deptford, with a gang of ship-
wrights, subsequently proceeded to the Isle of Dogs, and
at five o'clock the Rolland was conveyed to the Docks to
repair her damages, which are very extensive. The weather
was hazy at the time of the accident; after which, the
Gertrude rendered every assistance to the Holland, or she
must have gone down. After seeing the passengers oon-
veyed on shore, the captain of the Gertrude proceeded on
the voyage to Ireland.
MR. COBDEN AND THE EMPEROR.—The Paris
correspondent of the Augsburg Gazette writes :—" I gather
from one of the managers of the Chemin du Iford that when
Mr. Cobden arrived some months ago from England, his
luggage weighed about 13,000 kilogrammes (?), that is to
say 13 tons. It was immediately forwarded to St. Cloud.
This parcel contained patterns of every kind of English pro •
dace. The Emperor went with Mr. Cobden over the whole
of these articles, comparing quality, cost of production, and
price with that of the corresponding articles of French ma-
nufacture. At that time nobody in Paris had an idea of Mr.
Cobden having established a depot of English goods in the
Palace of St. Cloud, and was studying economical reform
with the Emperor, as he once before had done with Sir
Robert Peel. The Emperor made a good use of this
tilt
portunity tl acquire commercial knowledge, and of the
became enabled to meet and conquer the deputations
de
Protectionists on their own ground." Thw.•%nle Ern_
/ills, however, says that at the audiencees
perm, indeed, seems to have granted to
m
tatione, he contented himself with attentively
.
their spokesmen, and made no reply
atsoeversethese depu
listening to
of
Pius the Ninth sincerely
seve-
ral reasons why we should pity
He
man in the wrong place. might
AN ESTIMATE OF PIO Norio.-Ihere are
ted minister among the or ;
sdlifotreddinuap to
and deeply. He is a _
timesP o f
have been a kindly and devoted
a place
and, without any act
bears hard upon the multi-
tude."on necessarily
whence oppression
IleoOrwnde'rlhyeani
was made for seasons of naturalcalamity
peace in the church, ; but
not for any crisis of socialor or eecle • t. 1
offhoris
sias Ica conflict. He has
not intellect, nor , moral force, nor self-reliance, nor bodily
health for such a position as that of the head of a sinking
state ; and thus, if we cannot feel any great respect for him
on the ground of his merits, we are sensible of a respectful
compassion for his sufferings ill the =happy lot he is fulfil-
ling...4)mi a /VA

PROVMENT CLERKS' BENEVOLENT

FUND.

It is with much pleasure we direct attention to
the report, which appears in our columns, of the
annual meeting of this most deserving Institution.
Mr. John Abel Smith, the much-esteemed trea-
surer, occupied the chair, supported by Mr. T. Han•
key, M.P., one of the trustees, and their remarks
evinced their warm sympathy with the body for
whose benefit the fund was originated. We are
glad to see that six more annuitants are to be placed
on the fund during the present year, and we trust
that, among the supporters of our numerous bene-
volent associations, many will spare a portion of
their liberality for this excellent fund.

ELECTION INTELLIGEN CE.

SCARBOROUGH;
CLOSE OF THE POLL.
WEDNESDAY, 4 O'CLOCK.
. 472
340

Dent
Caulfield
Great excitement, but no outrage.

STATE OF IRADE.

LEICESTER, Feb. I.—The hosiery trade continues
in a healthy and satisfactory state. There are
plenty of orders in the market, and the operative.
are generally well employed. In the country dis-
tricts also the same satisfactory state of things
exists. Wools are firm, and superior qualities are
realising high rates. Yarns are firm, and spinners
continue well engaged.

SIR AIWIIIBALD ALISON ON _RIFLE

CORPS.

The formal swearing in of the members of the
17th company of the Lanarkshire Volunteer Rifles
(the Stockbrokers' Corps) took place in the Glasgow
Stock Exchange, on Saturday. Previous to the
commencement of the proceedings all the corps
signed their names to the oath, which was adminis-
tered by Sheriff Sir Archibald Alison, Bart. The
hon. baronet subsequently addressed the corps, in
an able speech, from which we make the following
extracts :—" While I entirely disagree from my
gallant friend Lord Melville, who expresses an ad-
verse opinion as regards this movement—an opinion
which I know is entertained by many others who
take high rank in arms—l, at the same time, will
yield to no man in the opinion that such, in a
great degree, is not only erroneous, but that the
more the matter is sifted, the more it will be
found that not only will the volunteer force
be of great service in the event of danger, but that
the existence of such a force is absolutely essential
to the maintenance hereafter of our national inde-
pendence. The volunteer force should not be looked
upon as a temporary effusion of patriotism or
loyalty, suggested, it may be, by the success of the
French arms in Italy. I would wish that it may be
a permanently established and a permanently or-
ganised force, like the National Guard of France,
for the defence of the country, and that the know-
ledge of the use of arms may become an essential
part of every gentleman's—l may add of every re-
spectable person's—education. And let me further
add, as an inducement to such a practice, I would
suggest that no lady in the country should ever re-
ceive any gentleman who cannot appear before her
in uniform. (Loud laughter.) I say this in sober
earnestness, because I feel strongly that, without the
formation of volunteer corps to support the regular
army, we cannot hope for any length of time to
maintain our national independence, situated as
we are, alongside of great military powers pos-
sessing five times our regular force, and who any
day may throw a large number of troops upon our
shores. The use of a volunteer force lies here.
Any man practically acquainted with war knows
that one-half of an army that is brought into the
field is necessarily absorbed in other duties, which,
if there are no volunteers to support them, must
detract from the principal body. If 60,000 men
are brought into the field, 30,000 will almost
be out of the way in the discharge of various
duties, and in that way a force of 100,000° on paper
will be reduced to 50,000 or 60,000. That was the
case with the Duke of Wellington in the Penin-
sula. Here is the inestimable use of the volunteers
—they are auxiliary to the regular army. They
take up the secondary, but most important duties of
the army, and enable that body to present a com-
peratively strong and invincible front to the
enemy. I will conclude with this remark—and it
is one of great importance—that, in the present
state of the country, we cannot rely on having such
a regular force as willbe necessary for the national
defence, if not supported by an equal number of
volunteers. We see that India now requires 80,000
men to maintain these dominions, and the other
colonies absorb 40,000 or 30,000. There are thus at
least 100,000 men who must be always out of the
country. Great Britain should have 200,000
regular auxiliaries, and that is 100,000 more than
are now in arms; and yet, in the event of an inva-
sion it would be necessary to put one-half of the
army into our naval fortresses, which must be main-
tained at all hazards, for if once they were taken we
would be at the mercy of the enemy. But gentle-
men, if that regular force, though small, is sup-
ported by an equal number of volunteers, who
could fall upon the flanks and rear of an invading
army, and prove, as Napoleon said, a devouring fire
to those who violate the territory of the great na-
tion,' in that case they will serve an essential pur-
pose to their country, and if they are put into for-
tresses I am perfectly assured that they will act
just as well as any man to be found in the regular
army, and I know that the company now before
me will stand in the breach as valiantly as did the
Spanish volunteers at Saragossa. (Hear, and ap-
plause.) I look upon the present as a great publis
movement, which I trust is to put the defences of
the country on a solid and permanent foundation;
and I must add that it is now the duty of the Go-
vernment to take the matter into its own hands.
(Hear, hear.) The nation has done what may truly
be called its duty, for it has furnished a mass of
magnificent material,' as Sir John Burgoyne says,
for an army,' and it is tho duty of the Govern-
ment to come forward now and arrange it into regi-
ments and brigades, in which position alone it can
be capable of efficient duty. (Applause) I trust
that this organisation of the troops will be immedi-
ately effected, and that henceforward Great Britain
will be able to repose with no less cot.fidence on
the volunteers than on the bravery, skill, and dis-
cipline of the army."