The Sun.
London, England, 1861-02-07 00:00:00

TILE ARMY.

A circular memorandum, signed "A. Horsford
Deputy Adjt.-Gen.," has been issued to the army a'
home and abroad, calling attention to the following
regulations from the War-office respecting the
appointment of clerks in the purveying and manu-
facturing departments of the War-office :—" With
reference to the letter from this department
of the 27th of November, 1860, relative to the
employment of retired non-commissioned officers
in the purveyor's and manufacturing depart-
ments, I am directed by the Secretary of State for
War to acquaint you that having had the subject
again under his consideration, in regard to the
purveyor's branch of the service, in consequence of
a new Royal warrant having been framed, he has
decided that of the proportion of retired non-com-
missioned officers to be appointed to the former
department as probationary clerks, each candidate
will be required to pass a satisfactory examination
in the following subjects : —l, exercises to test
handwriting and orthography; 2, arithmetic (vul-
gar and decimal fractions) ; 3, English composi-
tion ; and will also be required to produce the
necessary certificates in regard to physical fitness
and character, the limits of age being between
eighteen and forty-two; and upon vacancies occur-
ing in the upper ranks of the purveyor's ser-
vice the Secretary of State for War will select
such of the probationary clerks (civilian, or retired
non-commissioned officer) as have passed an exa-
mination in—l, geography ;2, history ;3, transla-
tion from one of the following languages : French,
German, Italian, or Spanish, the selection being
dd that the pay of
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per diem.
On Monday Dr. J, B. Gibson, C. 8,, Director-
General of the Army medical Department, accom-
panied by Sir J. R. Martin, M.D., C. 8., physician
to the Hon. Council of India, and also one of the
members of the Senate of the Army Medical School,
Fort Pitt, Chatham, arrived at the establishment,
for the purpose of making themselves practically
acquainted with the progress made by the medical
candidates in their studies, and superintending the
competitive examination of the students now being
held by Professors Longmore, M.D., Parkes, M.D.,
and Aitken, M.D. On their arrival at the General
Hospital they were met by Dr. Hume, the principal
medical officer of the garrison ; Dr. Longmore,
Deputy Inspector General ; and Staff Surg. Barron;
M.D., and proceeded in the first instance to make a
minute inspection of the various wards of the
hospital, and examining the books and returns kept
in the establishment. They then proceeded to the
Lunatic Hospital, which is set apart for the soldiers
sent home insane from India and the colonies, and
made a similarly careful inspection of that esta-
blishment, and subsequently visited the casements,
kitchens, and other departments, with the general
good order and extreme cleanliness of all of which
they expressed themselves much gratified. They
then visited the 'Museum, and examined the im-
provements now in progress, the medical library,
and Army Medical School, where they witnessed
the candidates at the competitive examination for
commissions as army surgeons, and again expressed
themselves highly satisfied at the result of their
visit. The establishment of the Army Medical
School at Chatham has proved of the greatest uti-

lity. Under the superintendence of Dr. Longmore
and Dr. Parkes the candidates for commissions
have been daily instructed in the various duties
aprertaining to the members of the army and
medical profession.
The whole of the circumstances connected with
the recent terrible explosion at the Chatham Royal
Engineer establishment, together with a copy of
the report drawn up by the officers composing the
board of inquiry ordered to investigate the causes
of the unfortunate occurrence, having been laid be-
fore the Duke of Cambridge, his Royal Highness
has so far expressed his dissatisfaction that he has
directed a further inquiry to be instituted, in order
to c ear up certain points in connection with the
accident. His Royal Highness desires information
as to the reason for using the north gun-shed for
the aurposes of a laboratory, with other circum-
stan3es connected with the accident which call for
explanation. The two sappers most injured—Smith,
who occasioned the accident, and Rogers, who re-
ceived the severest injuries—as well as all the other
sufferers by the explosion, are progressing very fa-
vourably, and it is expected that several of them
will be sufficiently recovered to allow of their leav-
ing the Royal Engineer Hospital in the course of
the next few days.

" I do not pretend to say that the task was free
from difficulty, but it was to me truly a labour of
love, and it was greatly lightened, after the com-
mencement of last year, by the able and invaluable
assistance which I received from the Inspector-
General of Volunteers, Col. M‘Murdo.
" Mention is made in the address of the slimes
which attended the great gatherings of volunteers
which took place last summer, but very little indeed
of the credit of that success is due to me. It was
Col. M'Murdo who organised those gatherings, and
as far as the official arrangements are concerned,
the chief praise is due to him.
" But if you are good enough to thank me for
the efforts I have made to aid in the development
and to promote the efficiency of the volunteer
force, I have far greater reason to thank you and
the commanding officers of volunteer corps through-
out the county for the frank and hearty co-opera-
tion by which you rendered comparatively easy the
duties which I had to discharge. I have frequently
had occasion to invite you, as commanding officers
of metropolitan corps, and as representing to a great
degree the feelings f the Volunteers generally, to
meet me and discuss questions of interest to the
force, as they arose; and from the ready assistance
which you always gave we on such occasions I de-
rived the greatest advantage.
" I do not deny that the inevitable severance of
my official connection with the volunteers has been
to me a source of much regret ; but it is an unex-
pected, and I fear little deserved gratification to
have received at your hands this mark of your con-
fidence, to which I shall always attach the highest
value, and for which I shall ever be most grateful.
" I have the honour to be, my lords and gentle-
men, your most faithful servant,
"DE GREY AND RIPON.
"1, Carlton-gardens, S.W., Feb. 6."

LORD J. RUSSELL TO EARL COWLEY.
Foreign-office, Dec. 24, 1860.
My Lord,—You have done well to call my atten-
tion to the pamphlet which, under the name of
" Francis Joseph and Europe," has appeared at
Paris.
In these days pamphlets are events, and we can-
not forget that the pamphlet called " The Pope and
the Congress" has led to the loss by the Pope of
more than half his dominions, and has prevented
the meeting of a European Congress.
I do not wish at present to discuss the main object
of this pamphlet. The question of the surrender of
Venetia by Austria must be considered separately
and deliberately.
But towards the end of the pamphlet is a sugges-
tion which was partially hinted at last year in re-
gard to Italy, and which may, one day or other, be
brought forward as a serious proposition.
The suggestion is that a new species of Holy
Alliance should be formed; that an Areopagus
should decide on all European questions ; that all
classes should have the benefit of the enlightened
views of this very learned and benevolent body.
It is not difficult to discover, amidst the covert
phrases of this proposal, an old enemy of European
independence.
A council which should pretend to represent all
nations, and embrace all interests, would soon be-
come the centre of intrigue, and the organ of the
boldest and most unscrupulous of the prevailing
Powers. Its decrees would be aimed against all
diversity of institutions and all liberty of thought;
the ancient safeguards of order and of freedom
would be denounced as barbarous and feudal ; the
expression of individual thought would be con-
demned as a disturbance of the general peace and
tranquillity. Fortunately for Europe the tendencies
of the year passing away have been in an opposite
direction. In Switzerland, in Belgium, in Prussia,
and in Spain the attachment to national landmarks
has been unequivocally and loudly expressed.. In
Italy also, however divided the people of different
States may have been, there has been displayed a
♦ehement desire for independence of foreign domi-
nation.

You are too well informed not to know that the
national independence of the States of Europe has
been for three centuries, excepting, perhaps, during
the reigns of Charles 11. and James 11., the object
of the policy of Great Britain. The nationality of
Holland, of Portugal, of Spain, of Germany, of
Greece, of Belgium, have been at various times up-
held by the influence of England, and sometimes
supported by her arms.
From this independence of Europe have flowed
immunity from foreign conquest, attachment to
their own institutions, the cultivation of the lan-
guage and literature of each nation, and that gene-
ral security, which have contributed so much to
wealth, to knowledge, and to freedom.
It would be a great misfortune to exchange this
system for a central control. To imagine that in-
ternational disputes would thereby be avoided is a
fatal error. But the weak States, having no longer
a combination or coalition of Powers to look to for
support, would fall before the strong, and under the
names of Switzerland, of Spain, of Italy, of Hol•
land, or of Belgium, would be in fact the mere de
pendencies of some one or two great States.-
am, &c.,

(Signed)

J. RUSSELL

LORD J. RUSSELL TO EARL COWLEY.
Foreign-office, Dec. 24, 1860

My Lord,—Her Majesty's Government trust to
hear very soon that the French fleet has been with-
drawn from Gaeta. After the recent proclama-
tion of King Francis, the French fleet could only
remain on the principle of interference in the war
between King Victor Emmanuel and King Francis.
But if it had been consistent with the publicly
announced policy of the Emperor of the French
with regard to Italy, to interfere in favour of the
King of the Two Sicilies, the interference of his
Imperial Majesty ought to have taken place in the
beginning of the conflict between the champions of
Italian unity and freedom, and the authorities and
troops of King Francis.
Had the French Emperor put forth his strength
to maintain King Francis in the full possession of
the royal power which he had inherited from his
father, such a policy might have been deeply
lamented, but it would have been intelligible, and
might have been successful ; but that the Emperor
of the French should stand aloof while Sicily and
nearly the whole territory of continental Naples
were wrested from King Francis, and should then,
at the eleventh hour, step in and give him a tardy,
and what must necessarily be an ineffectual sup-
port, in defending for a few weeks, and at a useless
expenditure of blood, life, and money, a small town
and promontory at the extreme verge of his former
dominions, seems to be a course that cannot be re-
conciled with any motives or principles by which
the conduct of the Sovereign of a great Power can
reasonably be supposed to be guided.
But in withdrawing his fleet from Gaeta the
Emperor of the French will show that although he
somewhat strained his policy to save the personal
dignity of a distressed Sovereign, he by no means
wished to forbid in Southern Italy that freedom
of action which he had so powerfully maintained in
he North.—l am, &c.
(Signed) J. RUSSELL.

increased zeal.
Advices from Mexico state that Juarez left for
the capital on the sth January in order to establish
a liberal government.
In New Grenada military movements were un-
favourable to the Government.
A decisive battle was expected at Bogota.
The forced loan had created excitement in
Aspinwall.
Advices from Valparaiso to the ith January state
that business was dull, and that the markets were
stocked.

COMMERCIAL.
NEW YORK, Jan. 25.
Stocks firm, but ' irregular. Cotton buoyant.
Sales to-day 5,500 bales. Middling Upland, 12ic.
Flour and corn have declined. Wheat active and
unchanged. Provisions generally firm. Coffee
steady. Sugar and tea dull ; the latter has de-
clined 2c., and has been largely withdrawn.
Freights firm.

NEW ORLEANS, Jan 24.
Cotton sales to-day 9,000 bales. Middling, 101 e.
to 11-Ic.

LATEST BY TELEGRAPH.
NEW YORK, JAN 26.
Louisiana will secede. The Government has
sent reinforcements to Forts Pickens and Sumter.

COMMERCIAL.
NEW YonK, Jan 26.
The Edinburgh sailed to-day for Europe. Cot-
ton is buoyant, and prices have advanced lc. Sales
yesterday, 6,000 bales. Breadstuffs steady. Pro-
visions quiet. Stocks dull. Illinois Central, 80 ;
New York Central, 80 ; Erie, 364,
NEW ORLEANS, JAN. 25.
Cotton market is generally unchanged. Sales
today, 8,000 bales. Sales of the week, 62,000
bales. Exports, 247,000 bales. Receipts below
last year, 530,000 bales. Freights to Liverpool
id. demanded, IA to 29.32ds have been paid.

IRELAND.

DUBLIN, NirEDNESDAY MORNING.
THE REPRESENTATION OF CORK.
The Cork Constitution announces that the Hon.
Col. Evans Freke, brother of Lord Carbery, is about
to come forward as a candidate for the representa-
tion of the county on Conservative principles. The
Morning News cries out piteously for an indepen-
dent opposition—that is. to say, an ultramontane—
candidate, who may be enabled, by the influence of
the Romish Church dignitaries, to rescue the "pre-
mier country" of Ireland from the grasp of either
Whig or Tory. Major O'Seilly would answer this
purpose admirably, but although his name has been
mentioned as a probable candidate, he has not yet
spoken on the subject himself. The nomination is
fixed for Saturday next.
THE AGRARIAN MURDER IN THE KING'S COUNTY.
A correspondent of Saunders' News Letter sup-
plies the following particulars in reference to this,
barbarous murder :
" It appears that S,hiels, the unfortunate man who
has been so brutally murdered, three years ago took
a farm of land containing about 14 acres, on the
townland of Ballinakill, adjoining the Welch
Islands, on the estate of a gentleman named Tut-
hill. The former occupier, named Hickey, had
been thrice beaten, and he was so intimidated that
he surrendered the land. The farm was originally
held by persons named Rourke, who were evicted.
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ing this intimation of what he might expect, Shiels
took the farm, and soon after he received a notice
saying that they would not be beating him as they
did Hickey, but that one finger would do the job
for him. The unfortunate man, although he had
been repeatedly apprised of the danger to which he
was exposed, retained possession of the land, and he
was heard to say to his wife that the Rourkes would
never beat him, but they might shoot him. On
Saturday evening last he had returned from Philips-
town about 6 o'clock, and in about two hours after
his return he was .sitting with his wife, putting a
coal to his pipe. The wife says she heard a "noise
like a clap of thunder," and he fell over. She ex-
claimed, " Oh, Pat, jewel, you are not struck ?" He
sat up, and, as she describes the fearful scene, he
looked stern at her for a moment, and as she ran
over, throwing her arms round his neck, the blood
gushed out from between her fingers, and he was
a dead man. The panes of glass were shattered
through which the unfortunate man had been shot.
The wadding was found in the room, and the slugs
have since been taken from the man's head. The
unfortunate woman, after the death of her husband,
was refused assistance by all the neighbours for
nearly two hours, except by a servant girl, named
Liney, who lived with her, and comforted her, until
at last some friends of her husband's had arrived.
"The jury empannelled by the coroner returned
a verdict of ' Wilful murder against some person or
persons unknown."
"Two men named Rourke and three others who
have been arrested are in custody, and it is confi-
dently stated that the local authorities are in pos-
session of such evidence as will warrant the magi-
strates to commit at least two of them for trial.'
THE SPIRIT DUTIES.
The same journal has the fallowing communica-
tion on the subject of the spirit duties :
"It is rumoured that the duty on spirits will be
further augmented to 12s. per gallon, and that the
inquiries which have been made as to illicit dist.q.
ofm aguibae
lation have been instituted for the purpose
ing the Government as to how far a d
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safely put on. It is the general
regards Ireland, the last addition
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a great error. A great depressio has taken place
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in the Irish distillery trade,
business tea very
ancednanother increase
in the whisky duty would redu_ut
a revival of the
low state. With a 6s. or sig.
ROMAN CATHOLIC BISHOP.
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the Rev. Eugene O'Connell was
On Sunday last
n Catholic Bishop of Maryville,
trade would, no doubt, take place."
CONSECRATION
consecrated Roma
California at the
chapel of Drumeondra College,
by Dr-