The Sun.
London, England, 1858-09-17 00:00:00

THE ARMY.

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Yesterday morning a party of non-commissioned
officers and men of the Royal Sappers and Miners,
who. have been selected to proceed to British Coibinn-
bin, left head-quarters, Brompton Barracks, Chat-
ham, and proceeded to Southampton, at which port
the expedition is to embark, for the purpose of
taking charge of the stores for the Royal Engineers
which have been accumulated there to be despatched
with the expedition. The stores, which have been
selected for the use of the Royal Sappers and Miners
in British Columbia comprise every requisite for
carrying on the works in which they will be en-
gaged. They include an electric telegraph appa-
ratus and wires, printing-press, photograph appa-
ratus, portable boats for crossing streams and
rivets, Waterproof tents, an immense assortment of
mining tools, and also tools for carpenters, smiths,
bricklayers, &c. The day originally fixed for the
embarkation of the expedition was Wednesday last,
but, owing to some unforeseen delay, they are not
expected to leave Chatham until Monday or Tues-
day next. In a former notice in The Sun it was
inadvertently stated that the expedition would be
armed with the Enfield rifle ; this was an error, as
the riffle they will take with them is the Lancaster
rifled.uiusket, in the use of which the Royal Engi-
11'01'4 hale attained such a remarkable degree of
•
ably to an order received at St. Mary's in-
ittWiteppt, Chatham, from the War•office, a large
party "of "wounded and disabled soldiers left that
establishment yesterday morning, having received
their discharge from the service. With but few
exceptiOns those discharged received their wounds
or injuries in India, from which they have just
arrived. Several men have lost either a leg or an
artn, and many are suffering from musket or sabre
wounds. The pensions grantpd them are on a
liberKl Beale, according to the nature of theirwounds
'itittrthefr—length of service.

1" THE QUARANTINE IN THE EAST.
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1 AVOCA. DRIA, Sept. 6.—The removal of the qua-
-rantine- r strictions lately laid upon vessels arriving
from.l4:o; a and Gibraltar has been none the less
welcoro,ii o all parties here since conviction has
laeelite-Oed upon even the most obdurate that the
me,....,nre was adopted. without the slightest neces-
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-Aity, - that the pretended case of plague on
board 4he Pactolus was purely and simply imagi-
nary.,-IA - medical commission, it is true, after
due `e of the body, deliberately and un-
t
yeservedly pronounced their verdict to the contrary,
but even the warmest advocates of quarantine now
,find themselves compelled to abstain from their
irfeumphant appeals to that decision ; for if it be
'ntiined that the doctors were right, then it must
Xl4 '-aditiitted that, to whatever purpose lazarettoes
iinay 14enceforth be turned, it must of necessity be a
more profitable one than that for which they were
:originaily intended. The passengers by the Facto-
-';in5,',411250 in number, were crowded together
i;w4 „, c walls of the establishment of that name
' '444A-ft possess at Alexandria. The great majority
rob almost almost indigent circumstances they could
acilittiii or nothing to remedy the utter discomfort
7, of ibettAemporary prison and close confinement in an
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mt;of-1 e'-way place, naturally aggravated by the
' diffietil - of procuring wholesome food, which their
• poyert of itself already entailed upon them. In
• their
,capacity of pilgrims we may . concede their
claim 0 godliness, but its kindred virtue they cer-
', tainlyi did not possess. It is needless to add that
.7 14Tac'e. and supplies of fresh air in the cells assigned as
' :aOrt#itories were equally deficient. In short, all the
"..tudye favourable circumstances were here sedulously
' ' brtiught together for developing the germs of any dis-
ight"(t have lain dormant among them;
ge to say, they resumed their voyage
led at Beyrout in perfect good health.
we have failed to engender pestilence
in our immediate neighbourhood can
.Iyuted to a piece of inexplicable good
whether the case on board the Pac-
oe of plague or not, surely the risk we
,uld have been greatly lessened had the
tsure of protection to public health
;her abstained from.
of Health did not, however, take this
luestion, and quarantine continued to
.pon all vessels from Malta, until it
me to an end on the 28th ult. On that
1- arrived from Constantinople with an
le British embassy. It soon transpired
other despatches he had brought one
joat,.._ irte to Said Pasha, recommending the
Wier to put an end to the obnoxious and unneces-
' -tAry measure. The Viceroy was doubtless only too
.t .
glad of the opportunity to get rid of a troublesome
. - -A4ekion in a manner perfectly consonant with his
, . oil private views, and he forth With give orders to
iik 31inister for Foreign Affairs, and to the Direc-
tor of the Transit Department, to have all restric-
tions at once done away with.
The Board of Health, almost entirely composed
' of 1 tte from the several European Consulates
dolduen'eogt: j-iviivs ever, think proper to give in its ad:
and. they would pro-
herence to this arrang.ernent,
bably have sccc'ed_edt. In creating difficulties ; but
: 'while they were deba.ing the question, our Consul,
- :Mr. Green, after having . waited till late in the
. ' safternoen, sent a communication to Capt. Campbell,
• of her Majesty's steamer- end b
Vulture, then lying in
quarantine, informing him of the order issu y
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the Viceroy, and Capt. Campbell cut the matter
sh art by hauling down the yellow flag, and esta-
blit Thing free communicationo throughout the wh between his vessel aole
nd
the 'shore. Our Consul, wh
of th \eseps:tions had found himself opposed by all
his ct Mlle, at once sent notice of what had oc-
curreo ftV .the Egyptian Ministry of Foreign
Affairs ‘, vihek* Of course, not a word of objection
was rai 'sect.. Not so, however, with the Board of
Health, : who. indeed to this day are still discussing
the question Whether Said Pasha was jusfied in
allowing the passengers by the Colombo to proCeed.
on their., journey.through the country in an insu-
lated rail way train.
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