The Sun.
London, England, 1861-05-23 00:00:00

THE BRITISH FORCES ON 711 E SOUTH-

.EAST COAST OF AMERICA.

Having given yesterday the naval forces on the
North American and West India station, it may not
be uninteresting to lay before our readers the num-
ber of ships, guns, men, horse power, tonnage, and
commanding officers on the following stations :

SOUTH-EAST COAST OF AMERICA.

Ships. Guns.
Curagoa 3l
Leopard lB
Curlew .. 9
Madagascar .... 8
Naiad
Nereus
Ardent
Spy .. 3
Oberon .. 3

Officer Commanding.
A. Phillimore.
J. F. B. Wainwright.
E. W. Shaw.
R. D. White.
Dillion.
Barlow.
J. E. Parish.
A Tabuteau.
F. G. C. Paget.

T0ta1.... 87 1,117
THE PACIFIC.
Bacchante
Topaze
Termagant
Clio 22 280 T. Miller.
Pylades
Tartar 2O 270 J. M. Hayes.
Calypso
Mutine
Alert
Plumper l2 101 A. H. Hoskins.
Hecate
Forward 1 40 C. R. Robson.
Grappler 1 40 A. P. H. Helby.

Total—. . 262 3,066

THE FAMINE IN INDIA.I

An official paper from Calcutta gives a striking
account of the result of the Ganges Canal in pre-
venting famine. The Superintendent-General of
Irrigation states that the beneficial operation of the
canal during the past season cannot be over-esti-
mated. In some districts the land was ploughed
with the aid of water taken from the canal, the
seed was sown with the same aid, and would not
have germinated without it, and the produce was
as full and fine as it could have been in the
most prosperous mason. " Had there been no
canal, Ihere would have been no crop on broad
lands which are now covered with wheat and other
cereals in large abundance." According to a rough
calculation, 339,243,8401 b. of grain have thus been
supplied to the market during the recent calamitous
season, and as each pound is an ample quantity for
one man daily, or perhaps one woman and one
child daily, this would be equal to the maintenance
464,718 men, 464,718 women, and 464,718 children
for a whole year, while it will also have produced
fodder sufficient to keep from starvation [the cattle
of the districts through which the canal has passed,
and has probably saved the Government from
making remissions of land revenue to the amount
of £lBO,OOO or £200,000. It is further remarked :

" But, besides these beneficial results of the Ganges
Canal, the means afforded to the community of transport-
ing grain from the Lower Provinces has been very much
acknowledged and taken advantage of. The boats plying
the eanal at the commencement of the year have been
doubled within the last 6 months ; new boats are being built
daily, and such are the profits that, though prices have
risen much, the value of the boat is in a very short time
recovered. The Ganges Canal Navigation Company are
about to call a meeting for the purpose of building 100 new
boats, and though this great demand for water carriage
may not be permanent, yet the great stride which naviga-
tion, as also irrigation, has made this year must to a great
degree be lasting."

ODE TO 2HE NO.R7H AND SOUTH.

(From Punch.)

0 Jonathan and Jefferson,
Come listen to my song ;
I can't decide my word upon
Which of you is most wrong.
I do declare I am afraid

To say which worse behaves,
The North imposing bonds on Trade,
Or South, that Man enslaves.

And here you are about to fight,
And wage intestine war,
Not either of you in the right ;
What simpletons you are I
Too late your madness you will see,
And when your passion cools,
" Snakes !" you will bellow, " How could we
Have been such 'tarnal fools ?"

One thing is certain ; that if you
Blow out each other's brains,
'Twill be apparent what a few
Each blockhead's skull contains.
You'll have nothing for your cost,
To show, when all is done.
Greatness and glory you'll havA 1 Est ;
And not a dollar won.

Oh, joined to us by blood, and by
The bond of kindred speech,
And further by the special tie
Of slang, bound each to each,
All-fired gonies, softhorn'd pair,
Each other will you lick ?
You everlastin' dolts, forbear
Throw down your arms right slick.
You'll chaw each other up, you two,
Like those Kilkenny cats,
When they had better things to do,
Improvin' off the rats.
Now come, shake hands, together jog
On friendly yet once more,
Whip one another not; and flog
Creation, as before I

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