The Sun.
London, England, 1857-10-05 00:00:00

liaval and Military Intelligence.

The steam transport Babiana embarked at
Portsmouth on Saturday the foll)wing officers and
troops, comprising the head-quarters of tlie 98th
Regiment, for Kurrachee :—Lieut. -Colonel D.
Rainier, Major G. C. Stapylton, Captaus H. Ed-
war ls, W. Reid, and T. Richmond, Lieut. S. H.
Heywood, Ensigns C. H. Griffin, E. F. Gregory,
T. T. Simpson, and C. G. Heathcote, Paymaster
H. Leigh, Lieut.-Adjutant P. C. Quin, Surgeon
N. H. Stewart, Assistant-Surgeon W. Collis,
Quartermaster W. Walsh, 32 sergeants, 11 drum-
mers, 26 corporals, 354 privates-423 rank and file.
The Babiana went to Spithead yesterday morning,
and after taking in her powder, &c., left for India.
On Saturday upwards of 100 recruits arrived at
Chatham from London and the Midland Counties
for the purpose of joining the Indian depots at-
tached to the three battalions at that garrison.
During the past few weeks nearly 1,000 recruits
have joined the various Indian regiments as
Chatham, and arrivals are taking place almost daily.
Considerable progress has been male in the in-
struction of the young officers and troops now at
Chatham, who are about proceeding to India, in
the use of the Enfield rifle, and about 300 officers
and men are daily under instruction in the use of
that weapon. The instructors of musketry attached
to each battalion are Major W. Radcliff, 84th Re-
giment, Ist battalion ; Capt. C. Lutyen, 20th Regi-
ment, 2d battalion ; and Capt. W. Not', 83d Re-
giment, 3d battalion.
On Saturday the companies of the sth Fusiliers
quartered at Chatham left that garrison, and joined
the depot battalions at Colchester, in order to make
room for the depot companies of the 18th Royal
Irish and 33d Regimens, on their passage to Chat-
ham.

The following officers have joined their regi-
ments at Chatham previously to embarking for
India :—Captain R. Carr Glyn, 7th Royal Fusi-
liers ; Captain W. L. D. Mears, 20th regiment ;
Staff Assistant-Surgeon W. Trestrail and
Second-class Staff-Surgeon H. C. Martin have also
joined the provisional battalions at Chatham for
garrison duty.
The Abeona steam transport en her We voyage
from Gibraltar, with troops, performed the passage
in five days 17 hours, not eight days, as dated in
our notice of her arrival.

Tue Topographical and Statistical Depot of the
War Department hag for th© preteo t, been placed by
Lord Paumure under the direction ofLieut.-Col.
James, R.E., the Superintendent of the Ordnance
Survey, the two offices being thus to a certain ex-
tent consolidated under one officer.
Rear-Admiral Robt. L. 'Baynes, C. 8., hoisted his
flag (white at the mizen) as Commander-in-Chief of
the squadron on the Pacific station, on board the
Gtuges, 84, sailing ship, Capt. Fulford, at Spithead
On Saturday, and saluted the Port-Admiral. She is
still short of her complement of crew.
Capt. Robt. Fanshawe Stopford (1840) has been
selected by the First Lord of the Admiralty for
the good service pension in his gift, by the promo-
tion to flag rank of Capt. E. H Scot. Capt. Stop-
ford was commander of the _Phoenix at the bom-
b Ir.iment of St. Jean d'Acre.

Cap,. T. A. Anson (1841) is appointed to the
go ,d-service pension iu the gift of the Admiralty
by the promotion of Capt. J. Kiugcome to flag
rink. Capt. Ansoa was commander of the Pylades
in the operations against the capture of Canton,
and also of Amoy in 1811. He recently was
Captain of the James Watt, 91.
The newly-built 51-gun screw-frig ,te Melpomene,
recently launched at Pembroke, arrived at Spit-
head on Saturday evening, and will go into Ports-
mouth harbour to-day to be immediately docked
and equipped for commission.
The Diadem, 33, 1,000-horse power, .Captain
Moo: sons, C. B deranged tome of her mach'nery on
Friday on her first trial, which prevented a sa' is-
f ictory report of the result. She realized a speed
of between 114 and 12 knots.
The Hood, 91, s.s., at Chatham, will shortly be
" reported" to the Admiralty as t for launching.
The Mersey, 40, is also iu a very forward state, and
is to bt completed and launched as soon as pcsaible.
The officers and men of the fiet in Portsmouth
harbour have contibuted a day's pay towards the
fund for the relief of the sufferers by the rebellion
in Indiß.

The steam transport Due de Brabant, whit'
arrived at Woolwich on Friday in charge of a Be]

gian crew, will in future he known under the name
of the Prince 'Albert, which has been substituted
for that of the Due de Brabant since her engage-
ment for the conveyance of troops to India.
Capt. Younghusband, who commanded the Sove-
reign in the transport Service during the late Rus-
sian war, and whose experience of 16 years' service
afloat has rendered him eligible for the post, has
been appointid to the command of the Prince
Albert, and has succeeded in engaging an efficient
body of officers and crew. who will consist, of about
100 of every class. Etch of the officers on enter-
ing the Company's service is provided with a com-
plete suit of naval uniform free of expense. Ac-
cording to her rate of speed performed in two trial
trips of 16 knots per hour it is expecte.' that
she will reach Bombay in, and prob tbly under
GO days, a voyage hitherto unprecedented. The
Princess Charlotta, another of the Company's ves-
s.lq, is being fisted out at Southampton, the whole
of their steamers having been tendered to and ac-
cep el by the India House.

The 15rfence convict hulk, now in dock at Wool-
having been condemned as unfit for further
service, is ordered to be forthwith broken up. The
riggers, whose exertions du,ing the fire on board
that vessel were recommended for the considera-
tion of the Lords of the Admiralty, have bean
granted a bouuty of 14 days' extra pay each, the
leidinc, man to be presented with a•donation of 51.
The Defence is the last c ,nvict vessel now remain-
ing at Woolwich, the sister chip Warrior having
been broken up and disposed of by public auction,
realising about 3,000/.
The iron screw steam storeship Industry, 'Master-
Commander G. J. Hodges, and the Admiralty
yacht Black Eagle, Master-Commander Paley,
have arrived at Woolwich,froln Por smouth. The
Industry, laden with victualling stores from Ascen-
sion. was on her arrival on Saturday ordered to
Deptford to discharge cargo.
. About 1,000 extra hands ware taken int ) the
Royal Arsenal at Woolwich last week, to be em-
ployed in the War Department for th 3 supply of
toe East India Company, principally in casting,
:ron ordnance, and preparing cartridges and amnia-
nition. About 300 additional hands are ordered
to be engaged for the Royal Carriage,square tu-

morrow.
The military steam vessel Balakltva arrived at
Woolwich on Saturday from the west, laden with
returned stores.
Mr. W. H. Clyme, assistant-paymaster, was on
Saturday appointed t) the Ganes, as secretary's
clerk to Admiral Baines.
Capt. Shawe, late sth Dragoon Guards, barrack-
master at Aberdeen, has been appointed in a simi-
lar capacity at Preston, Lane istuire. C.tptain J.
Forbes, late 11th Foot, barrackmalter at Dundee
succeeds Capt. Shawe at Aberdeen.

THE MILITIA..

The officers of the Ist Royal Ea-t Middle3ex Mi-
litia have, through their commanding officer, Col.
Wood, forwarded to Lord Paninure au off.A. of their
services. This regiment is now upwards of 1,000
rank and file.

Recruiting has proceeded actively for the East
Suff.& Artillery Militia, and since the disembodi-
ment of the regiment a few months since 300 men
have been enrolled.

The West Essex Militia will not be called out
this year. ,
The Glamorganshiro Artillery Militia has assem-
bled at Swansea, and the men are regularly drills I
three times a-day, viz., from 6 to 7, 10 to 1, and 3
to 5 o'clock, making six hours each day. The re-
cruits do not come in so rapidly as expected.
The North Lincolnshire Regiment of Militia,
which has been ordered to assemble for duty at Lin-
coln on Wednesday next, will muster a day later in
consequence of the general fist.
The staff of the Shrophire Militia have receivel
orders to recruit fur 40 regiments of the line.
Tie Royal Merionethshire Regiment of Rifle
Militia have assembled at Bala for training. The
regiment has attained its full complement.

REINFORCEMENTS FOE INDIA..—We do not pretend to
be in the secrets of the Cabinet. But what need be
secrets no longer are the announcements that the stan-.
dard for recruits for regiments of the line is reduced to
the lowest limit which it reached during ,the Russian
war—that a further addition of 5,000 men is held in
readiness.to embark for India; that is to say, 4 batta-
ions of infantry and 2 of cavalry—and further, that
10,000 more of the militia are to be embodied, in addi-
tion to the 15,000 already designated for garrison duty
to supply the drain upon the troops of the line sent to
the East. It wilt be remembered that at the very eve
of the prorogation of Parliament an act was passed to
enable the Queen to embody the whole of the tnili is
force of the United Kingdom if necessary. At the same
time, a sum of 200,0001. was voted to aid in the payineot
of so much of this force as was likely to be required. 21. t,
that tree it was supposed that from 10;000 to 15,000
men would be required of the militia. It is now found
that a lager number will be wanted, and Government
are resolved to call out the requisite quantity. The ques-
tion arises, will it be necessary to call Parliament Loge-
ther before the usual time? We behove that strictly for
the embodiment of the militia it will not be necessary
to summon Parliament in November, inasmuch
as
Parliament has already given authority for teat purpose.
But if.the course of events should reader it necessary
to
call Parliament together the Government will not think
from their duty, although, of course, they •
t such a step utloss rendered morn necessary otth rue: oas
r t
yet seems liltely to he the case..—Sun,i ay p,per.

THE BIGHT HON. SIR J. S. PASINGTON,
M. P., ON INDIAN AFFAIRS.

The annu Al dinner of tile Worcestershire Agricul-
tural Society was held at Worcester on Friday even
ing, at the close of the exhibition of stock. The
chair wa3 taken by the Hon. F. Lygon, M.P., and
among the company were Ear; Beauchamp, Viscount
Elmley, the Right Hon. Sir J. S. Pakiugton, Rtrt.,
J. H. H. Foley, Esq., M.P., Sir Tues. Winning-
ton, Bart., M.P., itc.
In the course of the evening Sir E. H. LECH-
MERE, Bart., gave the health of the borough mem-
bers, on which

The Right Hon. Sir J. S. PAKINGTON rose, and
spoke at some length. After allusions to the pros-
perity of agriculture, and to the bountiful crops
with which Providence had blessed us this season,
he came to the all-engrossing topic of the day—the
mutiny in India. He said, while they had all occa-
sion to be thankful fur the elements of prosperity
at home, they could not close their eyes to the fact
that a dark cloud had arisen over a portion of the
fortunes of England. He hoped and believed it
was only a passing cloud ; but a. dark and threaten-
ing cloud had arisen—and at this moment, in that
country where only three months ago the represen-
tatives of the Queen were exercising power and
authority in calmness and security over one of the
greatest empires in the world, we saw our own arms
turned against us ; our soldiers were now our
greatest and most ferocious enemies ; and a small
band of English soldiers, by the exercise of deeds
of vabur which had never been exceeded, were b irely
able to keep their ground in some few of the chief
sti onlholds of that country, and were utterly unable
from their paucity of numbers to protect our coun-
trymen—and, alas 1 be must add our countrywomen
—from the most dreadful cruelties and atrocities
ever committed. Politics—that was, mere party
politic;'—were excluded from these meetings ; but
he thought it would hardly be becoming in a large
body of Englishmen like the present to assemble
together wiihout giving utterance to the feelings
which all entertained on the subject. The right
hon. baronet then explained the steps he had taken
to originate apublic county meeting on this question,
at which he proposed that they should address her
Majesty the Queen, to assure her Majesty that they
appreciated the gravity of the crisis, and that they
were prepared to offer her the best support iu their
power to conduct the struggle to a triumphant issue.
(Cheers.) He confessed that he f It very anxious that
England should speak out in this crisis of its history.
They could not at this moment commit a greater
folly than to shut their eyes to the'magnitude of (he
crisis. He thought that the greatest fault that the
Government had committed—and here he spoke of
the Government of India rather than of her Ma-
jesty's Ministers in this country—had been in un-
derrating the magnitude of the rebellion, and in
speaking of it as only a military mutiny, and a pas-
sing outbreak which would speedily be subdued.
(Hear.) They might depend on it this Was not a mere
passing military mutiny, it was a deeply-organised,
long-matured conspiracy, with the object of exter-
minating the English in India. (Hear.) In this
aspect they ought to view it; and in viewing it in
this aspect was our greatest safety. His advice to
the country was : don't let us underrate the danger,.
but let us meet it in the spirit of Englishmen de-
termined to subdue it. (Cheers.) He wished to be
clear prom any misunderstanding as to the opinion
which he entertained on this subject. Let it not
be supposed that in using this language he felt
anything like au approach to despondency or
despair. On the contrary, he could say with sin-
cerity that the view which he took of the state of
affairs—gloomy and anxious as he admitted it to
• be—was a sane-trine' feeling of ultima`e success.
There was one fact which they would all have ob-
served in connexion with this rebellion. He thought
it was clear to demonstration that the relative
superiority, man to man, of the European oveathe
Hindoo was now as great as it was when the great
C.ive won the battle of Plassy. It was extraordi-
nary that it should be Bowl:feu they considered that
the soldiers whom the Europeans had now to con-
tend with were solditrrs whom they had trained up
themselves. But it was thefact that the superiority
of the European over the Hindoo was as great now
as it ever was ; and when the reinforcements from
England should have landed in India, and marched
to the assistance of our army there, he sanguinely
hoped that the authority of the Queen of England
would soon be re-established. There was another
fact on which he grounded a strong hope, and he
formed it on a private letter received a:few days
_since from the Governor of Ceylon, who said we had
great reason t 3 be thankful that the matter was not
worse than it is. The Governor of Ceylon wrote
that we in England had hardly yet a full conception
of the danger which we had escaped—(oh, oh)--;
for that India had been saved by the premature out-
break at Meerirt In anather fortnight, had not
that outbreak taken place, there would have been
a situultaneour massacre of all the Europeans in
India. (Sensation.) And his correspondent used
this remarkable expression, that "he verily believed
there would not have been an European left to tell
the tale." We had been saved that danger by the
premature outbreak at Meerut. This, then, he
would say, was the time for Englishmen to prove
their ,loyalty, and at all events to support the
leblbelilisehved
outrh edtormmiteniphooariint
rtl,isrtoante ;woaVidtities dtoonree,
establish
regard to the atrocities of the Sepoys,
be vindicated, crime must be punished,
England must 'be asserted, and the
deeds committed must be treated as they
deserved. Eng- lishmen demanded this; but hewould
justiceth e
horriblep ner u so t f
say let it be done in no vindictive spirit. Let justice
be tempered with mercy. It might be perhaps not
an acceptable sentiment to them, but it was a senti-
ment deep in his heart, and wherLthey came to deal
wits the matter after the victory had been gained,
7et, them bear in mind that our own hands were not
clean( (Hear, hear.) India had not been governed
as it ought to have been. It was ,only yesterday he
selomi,ted to the aston:a :ed eyes ()Fa large par yin a
aisuntly house official proof that in collecting the
revenues of India there had been practised in the
name of England—he would not say by the autho-
rity, but he feared not without the knowledgesof
geglislanen—there hal been practised tortures
little less horrible than those which we now deplore.
This must be borne in mind in the day of reckon
ing ; and in dealing with this question let them bear
iu mind these two great cardinal objects—first,
that as a great nation we must re-establish the au-
thority of the sovereign 'in India, and secondly that
when that authority is re-established India must be
better governed. We"must take care that our past
et rocs are corrected, and our mission so fulfilled
that we may not onlyreap the befieS tin the govern-
ment of that great empire, but so do it as to pro-
tr..ots the happiness, the welfare, and the ultimate
civilisation of that vast portion of the human race
entrusted to our care. (Cheers.)
Other toasts followed in the course of the evening.

RAILWAY RECEIPTS —The traffic returiet of railways
in the United Kingdom published for the week ending
SSeptember 26 amounted to 5135071., and for the cor-
respondieg week of 1826 to 488,243/., showing an
increase of 25,264/. Tne gross receipt.; of the eight
etil ways having their termini in the metropolis amounted
for the week ending as above to 214 569/ , and for the
corresponding week of last year to 210,1101,, showing an
increase of 4,459/. The increase on the, Eastern
Counties Railway amounted to 2,1211. ; on the Great
Northern to 2,4131 ; on the Great Western t0'1,1331 ;
on the London and North-Westsra to 2,049/. ; and on
the London and Black wall to 681.; total 7,893/, But
from this must be deducted 7431. the decrease on the
London, Brighton, and South Coast ; 3261. on the
London and S ,utla Western ; and 2,8651. on the South
Ea.tern, together 3,4341 ; leaving the increase as above
4.459/. The receipts on the other lines in the United
Kingdom amounted to 208.9331. and for the cone-
smnding period of 1846 to 273,1331. showingan increa, e
of 23,8051. in the receipts of those lines, which added to
the increase on the metropolitan lines, makes the increase
25.2641. as compared with the corresponding week of
1856.

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such extraordinary power that some, three and' -half inches,
with an extra eye-piece will show distinctly Jupiter's moons,
Saturn's ring, and the double stars ; with the same telescope
can be seen a person's countenance three-and-a-half miles
distant and an object from 16A° 20 miles.
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