The Sun.
London, England, 1861-10-30 00:00:00

THE AR]lll.

The sth company of Royal Engineers, which has
been doing duty for some time past at Woolwich,
arrived at Chatham garrison yesterday afternoon,
and joined head-quarters. The company, which
numbers nearly 100 non commissioned officers and
privates, was under the command of Lieut. D. C.
Walker and Lieut. G. V. Sivewright ; Lieut. G. G.
C. Bigsby remained at Woolwich to be attached to
the 9th company of Royal Engineers. Since the
sth company has been at Woolwich it has been
em-
ployedin the varicus building and engineering
operations connected with the garrison, and on the
public
works in progress. It is relieved by the 9th
company,from which arrived at Woolwich yesterday
Alderfahott
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Yesterday Mayor-Gen.
General of Infantry, an ntdlt umissy, I
Mainspection of the

I three battalions of infantry of the Line quartered
at Chatham garrison. Oa the previous day Gen.
Rumley had each of the battalions drawn up within
the fortifications, where he inspected them 1-y depots
and companies in heavy marching order, and after-
wards witnessed them go through Ihe manual
and tayonet exercises. At the termination of the in-
spection on Monday afternoon Gen. Rumley con-
cluded the examination of the books and accounts of
the Ist and 2d battalions, yesterday being devoted
to the inspection of the hut barracks, Brompton, as
well as the south square at Brompton barracks, in
which the depots of the 3d battalion are quartered.
Gen. Rumley went through the various establish-
ments connected with the barracks,and also inspected
the accounts of each of the depots. The result of the
lengthened inspection at Chatham is deemed to be
exceedingly satisfactory. Should the weather per-
mit it is probable that the three battalions will be
reviewed on the lines this morning by Major-Gen.
Rumley.
Yesterday Mr. K. Spicer, the Government con-
tractor, commenced preparing the ground in the
Camp-fields, adjoining the Maidstone-road, Chatham
on which to erect a range of buildings, to be used as
slaughterhouses, commissariat stores, and ware-
houses, in which the meat required for the daily use
of the troops of Chatham garrison may be killed and
prepared under the direct supervision of the officers
of the Commissariat Department.
The authorities at the Horse Guards have decided
on considerably augmenting the strength of the
sub-division of Royal Artillery at Sheerness by the
addition of another field battery, in order to make
the garrison superior in strength to that of any
other Artillery station, with the exception of Wool-
wich. The necessary arrangements for quartering
an additional battery of Royal Artillery at Sheer-
ness will be made as soon as the present barrack
accommodation has been increased by the conversion
of a portion of the old military barracks into quar-
ters for married families. The new married quar-
ters, the contract for the erection of which has been
taken by Mr. I. G. Naylar, Rochester, are being com-
pleted as rapidly as circumstances will permit, and,
although the building was commenced but a few
months since, a portion of the roof is already being
fixed. The exterior of the edifice has a very
imposing appearance, and in the interior
every care has been taken to provide com-
fort and accommodation for the married men,
by whom it will be occupied. The strength of the
first division of the depot brigade consists of Nos.l,
2,3, and 4 batteries, the whole numbering upwards
of 900 officers and men of all ranks, under the com-
mand of Colony Talbot, an officer of considerable
experience in the instruction of young officers and
recruits of the Royal Artillery for their military
duties.

THE NORTHERN STATES OF AMERICA.

(From the Times' correspondent.)

OCTOBER 15.

I date one more letter' from the interior of New
England. The figures in my last letter, showing
the number of soldiers enlisted from Massachusetts
for the war, turn out to be under the truth. By the
courtesy of the officials I am able to give the exact
figures. This State has already sent into service 17
full regiments of over 1,000 men each ; 11 detached
companies, and three fall batteries of light artillery.
It has in camp three complete regiments of infan-
try, five more regiments which will be filled before
the close of this month, two batteries of light artil-
lery, and a regiment of cavalry; and it has contri-
buted to the navy 11,000 sailors, making a total of
over 40,000 men, furnished by this State alone, its
quota being less than 30,000. I stated last week
that I thought the other New England States were
doing equally well. lam now able to state on offi-
cial authority that such is the case. Maine has al-
ready sent forward 10 regiments of infantry, and is
actively enlisting others. Besides this she supplies a
large number of sailors. The little State of Rhode
Island has three regiments of infantry and five bat-
talions of artillery in the field, and has in prepara-
tion three batteries of artillery, two battalions of
cavalry, and one battalion of infantry ; and Connec-
ticut has in the field four regiments of infantry and
one squadron of cavalry, has in camp four regiments
of infantry only waiting for arms, and is also orga-
nising two additional regiments of infantry, four
companies of cavalry, and a battery. of artillery.
Before the new year New England will have in the
army and navy at least 100,000 meri, of whom the
majority will be her own hardy native-born sons,
and no small part of whom enlist from a sense of
duty. Few armies are composed of better mate-
rial than this section of the country sends to
fight the battle of the national integrity, few go
better provided with the means of preserving
the health and the morale of the men in the
camps. Your special correspondent can tell you
better than I can how many and what sort of men
are sent from the other parts of the country. I ven-
ture to say, however, that no State sends more men
in proportion to its population, or Is better class of
men than Massachusetts, which is the type of civi-
lisation, general education and culture, wealth, re-
finement, and respect for law and order, which the
present rebellion aims to subvert.

The Abolition speech of Mr. Sumner continues to
be the subject of angry comment by the Massachu-
setts Press. It is evident that the Union party,
even of this extremely antislavery State, does not
sympathise with his views. Still I see signs that
Abolitionism, pure and simple, is increasing. Among
other things I may mention that an offer has been
made to the Governor, and is entertained—though
not yet accepted—to raise a regiment upon the
John Brown "platform" of pledged Abolitionists,
enlisting as such, and fighting as avowed crusaders
against the " offspring of Hell," as they mildly call
negro slavery.
The alacrity with which the moneyed classes
furnish the Government with the sinews of war, and
the working classes furnish it with the bone and
muscle, give little reason to believe that the English
1 counsels of peaceful separation will be listened to.
Nothing occasions more surprise among intelligent
Americans than the unanimity with which the Eng-
lish Press tender such counsel, for all thinking men
here agree that such a course would be dishonour-
able to the last degree if possible; and that it never
has been possible. If Ireland should again rise in
rebellion, claiming a separate national existence on
the ground of difference in religion and want of iden-
tity of interests, or should the native population of
India, forgetting the severe lessons they have re-
ceived, again try to overthrow their handful of fo-
reign rulers, no Englishman worthy of his nation-
ality would counsel the course which is now urged
upon the United States. The loyal people of the
United States can see no difference between the
rebellion here and any other rebellion, except that
this rebellion is entirely without provocation. The
Government of the United States is entitled, wider
the Constitution and laws, to be as much a unity
and as much a sovereignty in the States of the
South, in all matters committed to it, as the Impe-
rial Government is in Ireland or India, or the
French Government is in Algiers ; and there is no
more power in law of a peaceful withdrawal from
the Confederation against the will of the other
states than there is in Canada to withdraw from
the sway of her Majesty without the consent of the
Home Government. I instance these parallel cases
e
in order to bring the relations between the States
and the general
Government. before the rebellion
within the comprehension
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owing. He taught both in public and private thaty
the South should act as a political unit, in order to
control the policy of the national Government,
whatever party might be in power, and that when-
ever they should be unable to do this, or the North
with similar unanimity, the South should
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secede
d and organise a new Confederacy ; but he did
not contemplate secession as a right. The reasons
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who wish the North to acquiesce in them. African
not only the only system of
slavery in his eye was
labour under which the South could prosper, but
it was in itself a just system of labour, and one