The Sun.
London, England, 1859-08-02 00:00:00

THE BED SEA TELEGR3PH.

A letter from Aden, dated July 13, says the fol
lowing message s as received at the telegraph-office
yesterday :—" Cosseir, July 12. Communication
with Suez re-established at seven this morning.

Working successfully all night." Another tele-
gram, received two days before, announced that the
Cyclops had reached Cossier, that the ends of the
cable had been picked up, and that the injury
would be repaired forthwith. The accident appears
to have been occasioned by the anchor of one of the
large Medjidie steamers lighting on the cable. Mr.
Long, the superintendent here, reports the entire
line fi•om Aden to Suez to be in the most admirable
working order. I forgot to mention in my last that
Assistant-Surgeon Fitzgerald, of the Cyclops, died
of apoplexy, between Aden and Souakin.
The Candia arrived here yesterday, with London
dates up to the 27th ult. On her way down she
stopped off Mooshedjerah to land four divers sent
from Malta; and to • supply the occupants of the
reef with provisions. Captain Curling is of opinion
that all hope of saving the Alma must be aban-
doned. She.has opened out from top to bottom on
the port side,.and .is . gradually.becorning a total
wreck. ..One .thousand packages in all have been
recovered, but the bales of silk which still remain
in the hull have become quite putrid, and the
stench arising therefrom is intolerable. One if not
two native divers have already perished in the at-
tempt to save more of the cargo. Captain Henry
and his officers, with 60 of the crew of the Alma
and ten Marines from the Cyclops, still occupy the
reef. All well when the Candia left.

Your Paris correspondent made a shrewd guess
when he' conjectured that the remarks which ap-
peared lately in the Journal des Debats respecting
our occupation of Perim were published under
official inspiration. A fortuitous circumstance has
placed the.fact beyond doubt; and now, in order
that the French. Government and press may know
how far implicit reliance is to be placed on the
source from which their information was derived, I
would recommend them to despatch a special agent
to Perim to report upon our proceedings there.
The political resident here will, I am sure, provide
him with a free passage, and direct the officer
in charge—the terrible Moore, should be be there
—to escort him over the vast fortifications
of the island, and to allow him to have a peep
into the arsenals. But seriously, I wonder how
it is that the French Government allows it-
self to be duped in this way. You suggest that all
this dust about Perim may be purposely raised to
cover doings at Socotra. That may be ; neverthe-
less, I think you would have been nearer the mark
in this instance if you had said Abyssinia. It will
be well if French officials can prove their non-com-
plicity- in the intestine broils which are being
fomented by Europeans among the Christians of
that country.
The Nemesis, from Calcutta, is late. Should she
not arrive by 8 p.m., the Columbian will take the
Aden mails to Suez. The latter vessel reached this
port on the morning of the 11th, 24 days behind
her time. She remained eight days at ti:e Mauri-
tius and ekeveral days at one or two ports in Aus-
tralia to repair her machinery. I fear she will be
a bad bargain to the Peninsular and Oriental
Company.

REPORT OF THE MILITIA COM-

MISSION.

A blue-book of 240 pages, issued yesterday, con-
tains the report of the commissioners appointed to
inquire into the establishment, organisation, govern-
ment, and direction of the Militia of the United
Kingdom, together with the minutes of evidence
and appendix.
The report proper lies in a nutshell. It recom-
mends the amalgamation of all corps under 500
each, as in Scotland, and the restriction of recruit-
ing to the counties and districts to which the corps
below's ; it suggests that the age for accept-
ance of volunteers be from 16 to 40 years, and that
the standard of height be reduced from 5 feet 4
to 5 feet for the Infantry, but that the Artillery
Militia should be unaffected by this change ; that
certain inducements be held out to secure the re-enrol-
ment of volunteers whose period of service is about
to expire, and the enrolment into the Militia of
those soldiers of the line who are annually dis-
charged from the regular forces under the Limited
Enlistment Act; that a free kit be allowed to every
volunteer on enrolment ; that certain regulations be
laid down for increasing the efficiency of regimen-
tal officers, and insuring a proper scheme of pro-
motion and pay. These points, bearing on the
general efficiency of the force, having been duly
considered, certain questions of detail are ap-
proached. These include the position of adjutants,
surgeons, paymasters, quartermasters, and non-
commissioned officers, drummers, and buglers.
Desertion and double enrolments are to be
checked by training every new, volunteer at the
head-quarters of the corps for 28 days, by appoint-
ing a fixed day for training, by training the
Militia force annually and simultaneously, and by
insuring certainty of punishment. The accommo-
dation of the permanent staff and the custody of the
militia stores next receive attention, and the quar-
tering of disembodied regiments during training is
provided for (as suggested) by placing them under
canvass, in existing barracks or camps (when va-
cated temporarily by line regiments), and by erect-
ing huts or barracks in certain districts in which
disembodied corps might be quartered by companies
in such places as may afford facilities for rifle prac-
tice. The infantry militia must, it is said, be trained
at least 28 days a year, the minimum number of 21
days being utterly insufficient. Musketry instruction
for the militia requires immediate attention, and it is
suggested that non-commissioned officers be in-
structed at Hy the and elsewhere, that improved rifles
'be supplied to all regiments, and that prizes be
offered for good rifle shooting during training. All
establishmentcorrespondent
withorga-
nisation
that corps of militia artillery should be trained by suc-
cessive
companies,
should
b be
closelytheir
of the Royal artillery, and their training embrace
a period of 28 days at bast. Volunteering into the
Line and Royal Marines is only to be allowed at
regular intervals or periodically. Several memo-
rials
of adjutants, surgeons, quartermasters, and
thrown aside, with a hint that
paymasters are
this memorialising is hardly consistent with disci-
pline.
The report concludes as follows :
" We have now, in obedience to your Majesty's
commands, ventured to offer such recommendations_
as will, in our opinion, tend to render the militia
We
on are of this country more efficient for military purposes
on the occasion of any emergency.
confi-
dent that your Majesty may rely the loyal
enthusiasm of your Majesty's subjects for keeping
its ranks effective, and are satisfied that, under im-
proved regulations, this necessary arm of the
dties
na-
tional defence will prove equal to those du
which it may be called upon to perform, and be
found a valuable auxiliary to your Majesty's regu-
lar forces."

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