The Sun.
London, England, 1859-09-26 00:00:00

THE ARMY.

The Commander-in-Chief will leave town early
this mornink for Portsmouth. The garrison at
Gosport will be assembled for his Royal Highness's
inspection at 11 a.ra., and at Portsmouth at 4 p.m.
His Royal Highness's stay at Portsmouth will ex-
tend over Tuesday (to•morrow.)
Another improvement in tents has been
mitted to the Duke of Cambridge, by Mr
the inventor, and his Royal Highness 1
a trial to be made with these tents P'
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Jervis ; Ist battalion of the 7th Royal Fusiliers, Ist
battalion of the 24th Regiment, 35th Regithent,
43d Light Infantry, 53d Regiment, and* 7th Regi-
ment ; 2d battalion, under the command of Col. R.
N. Phillips, Ist battalion of the 20th Regiment, Ist
battalion of the 23d Royal Welsh Fusiliers, 29th
Regiment, 31st Regiment, 52d Light Infantry,land
73d Regiment; 3d battalion, under the command
of Lieut.-Col. C. E. Fairtlough, Ist battalion of the
Bth (The King's) Regiment, Ist battalion of the
19th Regiment, 75th Regiment, 81st Regiment,
91st Regiment, and 94th Regiment. In conse-
quence the intention of the authorities at the
War-office to reduce the number of depot batta-
lions which now number 23, several additional
Indit depots will be attached to the battalions at
Chatham. Notwithstanding the numerous detach-
ments just despatched from Chatham to India. the
total strength of the battalions is nearly 4,000 of
all ranks, and recruiting for most part of the regi-
ments is still proceeding.
The whole of the available force at Chatham gar-
rison were marched from their respective quarters
to Chatham Lines on Saturday afternoon for the
purpose of being inspected by Major-Gen. Eyre,
the commandant. The troops were drawn up in
review order at half-past two o'clock, shortly after
which the Major-General, attended by the usual
officers of his staff, arrived on the ground, and was
received with the customary salute. After march-
ing past in slow and quick time, the whole force
broke up into companies, and executed a variety of
brigade field movements, which occupied about two
hours. These field-days, which have taken place
at frequent intervals during the summer in order to
instruct the young officers and troops in brigade
movements, will shortly be discontinued, on ac-
count of the season preventing their being any
longer carried out.
On Saturday the 4th Royal Irish Dragoons, Col.
Bentinck, were inspected by Lord Cardigan, In
spector-General of Cavalry, at Brighton. At the
termination of the inspection Lord Cardigan ex-
pressed his extreme satisfaction at all he • had
witnessed.

Colchester Camp has been inspected by Mr.
Alexander, C. 8., Director of the Medical Depart-
ment of the Army, who expressed himself satisfied
with the arrangements which had been made. A
few married women have left that vicinity to join
their husbands now serving in India, each woman
having been previously provided with a sovereign
for herself and 10s. for each child, to provide them
with necessaries during the voyage.
In consequence of the deficiency of military en-
gineers experienced in India, a number of men from
the depot at Warley have proceeded to Chatham
for the purpose of receiving instruction in sapping
and mining, pontooniug,
The Chatsworth Rifles (2d Derby Militia) have
assembled at the Militia Depot, in Chesterfield, for
21 days' training, under the command of Lieut.-
Col. F. Cavendis. the following officers being pre-
sent :—Major the Marquis of Hartington, Captains
W. G. Cavendish, F. Arkwright, Darwin, Manes,
and Wilkinson; Lieuts. Smithers, Lucas, Goodwin,
Fox, and Poyser • Surgeon Newbold and Captain
and Adjutant Elliott. The men have come up re-
markably well, 380 being present, and more are ex-
pected in the coarse of a few days.
On Saturday afternoon Col. Mountjoy Martyn,
of the 2d Life Guards, reviewed, in Iylands-park,
Chelmsford, the Essex Yeomanry Cavalry, the Hon.
Artillery Company of London, the Victoria Rifles,
and a detachment from the Uxbridge Cavalry. A
variety of manceuvres were executed, and the pro-
ceedings passed off satisfactorily,

NEW SOUTH WALES.

(Front the Correspondent of the Tinges.)
SYDNEY, JUNE 14

The general election for members to serve in the
Reformed Parliament has just commenced. The
greatly increased number of representatives that
have to be returned, the re-arrangemet of the elec-
toral districts, and the:introduction of vote by ballot
add considerable novelty to the usual excitement.
Candidates were rather slow in coming out at first,
but by degrees every constituency has been accom-
modated, and most of them are favoured with a
choice. East Sydney has returned Mr. Cowper, the
Premier, at the head of the poll, his clever and suc-
cessful administration of affairs having won the
good-will of the mercantile interest, and the Liberal
party supporting him as still essential to the pro-
gress of reform. The second on the list was Mr.
Black, a newcomer, formerly a servant under the
Hudson's Bay Company, and for whose sudden
popularity it is difficult to account, except that he
is the president of the Land League, a society lately
formed to agitate for a free selection of land as
opposed to the present practice of sale by auction.
The third on the list was Mr. Parkes, the late
propridtor of the Empire newspaper. The fourth
on the list is. Mr. Martin, formerly Mr. Cowper's
Attorney-General, who avows his intention to leave
no stone unturned to upset the present Ministry
That the same constituency should return two me
so bitterly opposed to each other may seem strange,
but Martin was returned mainly by the votes of the
Irish Catholics, who are said to have given him a
thousand plumpers, and who as a body dislike and
distrust the present Premier. Sir Daniel Cooper,
the late Speaker, has been re-elected for the suburb
of Paddington. Sir Charles Nicholson, the Speaker
of the old Legislative Council, and our only colonial
baronet, has declined on a point of etiquette to con-
test any constituency. He alleges that it is not the
custom in England for any one who has been
Speaker to take an ordinary seat on the floor of the
House, it being more usual to promote him to the
Upper Chamber. As the Cabinet have not taken the
hint, and have not appointed Sir Charles to a seat
in the Legislative Council, we thus lose altogether
from Parliament the services of an able and dis-
tinguished colonist through a point of dignity.
In West Sydney the Rev. Dr. Lang has been
returned al the head of the poll, taking in with
him as colleague Mr. Pommel, a man quite new to
politics. The other two members are Mr. Brough-
ton, a city alderman and formerly mayor, and Mr.
Plunkett, for many years Attorney-General under
the old regime, and who like Martin in East Sydney,
is returned mainly by the Irish Catholics.
There are four great questions agitating the pub-
lic mind at this time—the Land Laws, the State
Support of Religion, the Constitution of the Upper
House, and Popular Education. There are some
other minor matters on which candidates arc inter-
rogated, among which may be classed protection to
mr.tive industry—a doctrine that ha,; .been unceas-
ingly advocated by a small knot of politicians.
They have not, as yet, however, made much head-
way, the chief agitator having had less than 600
votes recorded for him at the late East Sydney
election. Among a certain class of politicians,
though, the doctrine seems to grow gradually in
favour, notwithstanding all the unanswerable free
trade arguments that are argued against it.
They are impatient to see the colony grow
faster than it has hitherto done. Discontented
with the pastoral character of its industry, they
long anxiously to see it also a great agri-
cultural and manufacturing country ; and as this is
impossible at present, while free importations con-
tinue, they desire such protection as shall be suffi-
cient to stimulate home production. Without pro-
tection, they say, we may continue to be a thriving
colony, but we shall never grow to be a great nation.
America, which is incessantly pointed to here as the
model for our imitation, has grown rich and popu-
lous and has developed a manufacturing industry
under the regime of protection, and Canada is trying
to do the same, and Australia, if she wishes to be
great and prosperous, must walk in their fr.) otstQps.
Such is the popular logic, and, as it appeals to na-
tive patriotism, to the growing sentiment of na-
tionality, and the apparent interest of certain
classes of workmen, it is net to be refuted by argu-
ments which appeal not to prejudice, pride, or self-
interest, but solely to reason and experience. For
the present, however, the Protectionists are in a
decided minority, and will have but few earnest re-
presentatives in the coming Legislature. The land
question is the great battle-ground --how to
manage this great national estate of millions of
acres, which has been handed over tr.; about 300,000
people. The popular cry is " Fret, selection and de-
ferred payment." But " free selection" is used in Re
many different senses by different candidates that it
is impossible to define it, Some mean that any man
may take up any block of land anywhere in the
colony not ex.ceeding 640 acres, surveyed or unsur-
veyed, settle down upon it, and take 10 or 20 years
to pay for it. In defence of this doctrine it is urged
that a man knows best what land will suit him, and
that he should have a right of choice, and not be
compelled to await the discretion of the surve-
On the other hand it is urged that all the - -7.•
country would be picked out at once-' es of the
but unsaleable lands for the up-, ' nothing
the fortunate speculators, -4. colliers an 4 that
would sell their blocks at -
-stead of settling down,
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pastoral portion- cm of the colony, especially the
patches and' where the good land lies in knell
holes, or - Isolated spots. These ati; near the Wal;r-
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