The Sun.
London, England, 1859-07-21 00:00:00

verse :

"But among these suffering objects (invalids) are a
number whose nobler part, from what cause soever, has
been shattered—they suffer, not from a broken limb, but
from a broken mind. They should be—they are—the
objects of the deepest commiseration. Time runs on;
patients cannot be kept for ever in a hospital intended for
temporary cases alone ; a number of the poor lunatics
are pronounced incurable. Inquiries are made and out
of—say—seven cases, the authorities discover the parishes
of six of the men ; and they are forwarded to their
" settlements." But the seventh ? his parish is un-
known; his country must provide for him. After so
much care bestowed on him, it does provide for him—it
" deserts" him in the street I Notice is sent to the autho-
rities of the nearest parish, or to the police, that at such a
time and place a lunatic soldier will be turned adrift. The
highest military authorities of the State have provided no
refuge for cases of this kind ; the law officers of the Crown
direct the highest military authorities at Chatham that this
is the legal way of disposing of the poor lunatic soldier.
The parish officers naturally object to having a burden thus
thrust upon them in such a fashion. And this week has
witnessed the spectacle of a lunatic soldier attempted to be
thrown on the parish—rejected by the parish officers—
, wandering about the streets, but fortunately watched by
another soldier, and, it is said,,taken back to Fort Pitt.
Is this worthy of England ? cannot she maintain a score
or two of lunatic soldiers ? cannot she find them a refuge
in a more decent style than this ? Is it fair treatment of
the parish of St. Margaret's or the parish of Chatham ? If
Mr. Sydney Herbert asked the means from the House of
Commons to provide an asylum for these poor fellows would
he be refused ? The people of these towns seem to be
thoroughly roused on the matter. It will be seen in other
columns how the authorities of Rochester have come into
collision with the military authorities on the subject ; how
determined they are to resist such treatment. On the
other hand, it is reported that the Crown officers threaten
penal proceedings against the parish•!"—Cltatltam .2Vitos,
No. 2, page 4.

RETURN OF PRINCE ALFRED.—Do VER, WED-
NESDAY 6 P.M.—His Royal Highness Prince Alfred, just
arrived at Dover from Calais on board the Royal Mail
packet Prince Frederick William, Captain Pidduck, will
leave for Portsmouth to-morrow morning by the 5.20 train,
via Reigate and Brighton.
PRINCE LUCIEN BoNAPARTE.--Prince Lucien
Bonaparte is at present sojourning among the hills at
Stanhope and St. John's, in Weardale, translatinc, the
Song of Solomon into the dialect of the county of Durham.
He will proceed hence to Craven, with a view of transla-
ting the book into the Yorkshire dialect.
ENTERTAINMENT AT THE TRINITY-HOUSE.—The
annual entertainment of the Hon. Trinity Corporation took
place last evening at the Trinity-house, Tower-hill. Owing
to the Court being at Osborne, the Prince Consort, the
Master of the Corporation, was unable to preside, and most
of the Ministers intimated their inability to attend in conse-
quence of the pressing character of their official duties.
The National Guard of Turin have opened a sub-
scription for a medal to be offered to Count Cavour.
RED SEA AND INDIA TELEGRAPH.—The Secre-
tary of the Red Sea and India Telegraph Company in-
forms us that a telegram has been received from Cosseir,
dated the 13th inst., sent from Alexandria, via Marseilles,
announcing that the telegraphic communication between
Cosseir and Suez (which had been interrupted owing to
the dragging of a ship's anchor across the harbour at the
former place) has been restored.
THE LATE ACCIDENT TO THE CLIPPER INDIAN
QUEEN.—This vessel (which put into Valparaiso on the
10th of last May, in consequence of the loss of masts, &c.,
in a storm at sea, in the previous month, and the want of
hands, the captain and 13 of the crew having perished by
the swamping of a boat) has been condemned, as advices
received at Liverpool yesterday state that the cost of re-
pairing her and putting her in full equipment for sea would
be £7,000. In the face of this large sum it has been deemed
necessary to sell the ship.
THE FINANCE OF LONDON.—The Chamberlain of
the city, in his annual accounts, acknowledges himself a
debtor to the amount of £162,392, and a creditor to the
amount of £26,213, leaving a balance of £136,178, being the
surplus of the several duties and payments to the sth of
January, 1859, to be carried to the account of application
of surpluses. The duty on coal yielded £145,703, and the
duty on wine £4,708.

HARVEST IN THE WEST.—A more than ordinary
yield is expected this year throughout most districts in the
west of England. The corn is described as looking superb,
and it is affirmed that the crop will far surpass that of last
year. In tho vicinity of Bristol cutting will soon commence.
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The accounts of the silk crop show that in Italy,
the result has been worse even than last year, the quan-
tity being small and the yield bad. In France it has been
rather better, but as the Italian production is the most im-
portant the consequence is that the general European sup-
ply is comparatively unfavourable. The demand for silver
for China, therefore, promises to be maintained.
A LIBERAL OFFER.—There is a hideous French
column recently erected near the house of the late victor
of Waterloo. We all cry out for its removal. Now our
friend L. N., of Solferino, must just now want an adver-
tising column, like his uncle's in the Place Vendome.
Will he take ours ? He shall have it so cheap, say for the
value of the Italian Confederation. Is it a bargain ?
.Punch.

PARLIA3IENTARY PAPERS.

ARMY.—A return under this general head gives
the number of officers and men, distinguishing each
arm of the service, cavalry, infantry, horse and foot
artillery, and engineers, annually, from 1800 to
1858, both years inclusive, stating the numbers
serving at home, in the colonies and in India, the
enrolled pensioners and embodied militia and volun-
teers, and the amount annually voted for these ser-
vices, distinguishing effective and non-effective ser-
vices. It is to be regretted that a general summary
of valuable returns such as this is not always ap-
pended to the many hundred of columns of figures
so frequently given in these documents. A full
analysis of this return would occupy a very con-
siderable portion of the columns of a daily jour-
nal, and we content ourselves with simply giving a
tabular statement of the entire numbers serving in
the cavalry, infantry, and artillery, together with
the numbers of enrolled pensioners, militia and
volunteers, with the sums voted in each year for
army, ordnance, and commissariat services. With
respect to the volunteer force, it appears there are
no documents in the War-office from which a return
can be made prior to the year 1803,

In- I Artil- bodied Em- Volun- Amount
Total
Cavalry fant y. lery. 311 •
litia.
r
Leers,
Voted.
1800 33,106 126,998 7,368 71,077 .. 17,462,613
1801 26,846 147,187 7,544 70,647 .. 17,991,019
1802 29,155 151,514 16,376 82,902 .. 12,315,848
1803 17,663 98,499 8,656 .. 463,134 13,094,703
1804 21,621 147,447 13,787 97,939 449,140 22,909,830
1805 25,554 156,241 15,556 101,451 429,165 22,272,051
1806 26,629 166,163 17,255 84,550 42,031 23,567,715
1807 30,381 176,908 18,622 86,056 406,869 23,573,641
1808 30,615 204,056 19,812 79,126 413,464 23,822,542
1809 31,969 209,791 20,928 92,411 200,983 26,259,487
1810 32,396 212,288 21,245 83,351 209,860 23,253,555
1311 31,116 210,696 20,844 95,097 209,860 25,677,309
1812 31.914 220,861 21,303 88,280 206,062 29,932,858
1813 33,360 231,110 22,357 82,279 203,528 37,482,224
1814 35,838 237,329 23,188 73,256 133,809 39,110,763
1815 27.011 198,749 10,968 23,365 111,153 43,256,260
1816 26,043 175,628 15,814 30,097 74,978 13,007,227
1817 22,700 143,238 10,926• 06,575 10,158,000
1818 20,968 119,652 9,836 .. 68,780 10,307,483
6,237 „ 60,740 10,699,865
1819 16,345 98,238 6,723 61,190 10,035,127
.. 61,380 9,980,340
.. 60,950 9,070,262
1821118820 (34i:356501051 98,711
05,3618170
55:904988
1823 11,475 81,940 5,670 62,970 8,783,300
1824 11,405 84,276 6,747 • , 63,300 8,942,870
1825 11,183 86,030 5,654 62,660 9,327,119
1826 11,235 99,613 6,133 62,050 9,504,713
1827 11,308 104,188 6,815 61,500 9,844,476
1828 11,598 105,036 6,436 44,964 9,477,890
1829 11.594 97,844 6,404 44,766 9,288,069
1830 11,594 90,305 6,435 34,614 8,851,048
1831 11,589 97,459 6,475 „ 46,664 8,800,425
1832 11,694 97,604 6,500 51,821 8,399,700
1833 11,471 97,568 6,425 .. 46,65:3 8,364,576
1834 10,889 90,099 0,396 .. 19,493 8,028,996
1835 10,888 90,103 6,467 .. 19,365 8,150,889
1836 10,887 90,152 6,512 .. 19,287 7,940,189
1837 10,383 00,148 6,519 .. 19,209 8,330,325
1838 11,468 101,10$ 6,439 14,040 8,463,658
1839 11,800 101,193 6,804 .. 14,030 8,956,896
1840 11,918 109,224 7,973 20,791 8,874,976
1841 11,461 109,660 7,020 14,305 9,113,719
1842 11,888 119,966 a 7,068 14,189 9,242,791
1543 11,501 97,98'0 7,036 .. 16,500 6,747,137
1844 11,927 117,750 6,877 .. 10,716 8,326,490
1845 11,927 117,466 6,950 .. 16,656 8,530,527
1846 12,311 126,794 7,355 .. 16,849 9,023,675
1847 12,343 126,552 9,035 .. 16,597 9,448,630
1848 12,326 127,320 10,351 16,308 9,722,608
1849 12,288 122,534 10,852 .. 14,430 9,306,618
1850 12,355 117,488 11,021 .. 14,281 8,953,496
1851 12,547 117,047 11,090 14,460 8,851,884
1852 12,722 118,490 11,288 . , 14,360 9,021,394
1853 12,555 120,241 12,808 .. 14,721 9,635,709
1854 12,103 121,988 14,868 .. 15,179 13,798,721
1855 14,260 138,929 17,555 67,801 15,215 28,670,497
1856 17,3.36 176 824 20,233 68,851 15,340 20,249,084
1857 13,660 132,054 17,478 32,460 15,277 12,493,235
1858 17,819 150,569 20,598 21,773 15,122 11,577,755
In addition to these, there were in 1848, 15,208

In addition to these, there were in 1848, 15,208
enrolled pensioners, 15,539 in 1849, 16,078 in 1850,
16,196 in 1851, 17,029 in 1852, 17,278 in 1853,
17,094 in 1854, 15,818 in 1855, 16,763 in 1856,
16,350 in 1857, and 15,415 in 1858.
NAVY.—We give a summary of a return " of all
ships of the Royal navy not in active service."
There are 15 second rates, 5 of which are to be
converted into screws. The conversion of 7 is
under consideration, and 1 is to be a receiving ship.
There are 4 third rates, 1 of which is a " school
ship" for " steam ordinary." There are 21 fourth
rates, 9 of which are to be converted into screws,
3 are to be receiving vessels, and 1 is a temporary
coal hulk. There are 25 fifth rates, and 9 sixth
rates. The number of corvettes is 7, and of sloops
31. There are 2 cutters, 1 tender, a surveying
vessel, which is to be a coal depot, and a store
ship—all "in ordinary." Of receiving ships there
are 2 first rates, 15 third rates, 3 fourth rates, 23
fifth rates, 4 sixth rates, 17 sloops, and 3 other small
vessels. The list "in ordinary" also comprises 45
mortar vessels and 40 mortar floats which have not
been in active service. The ships which have been
broken up or sold since January, 1830, without
having been commissioned, are 4.

THE FIRE IN CHEAPSIDE.