The Sun.
London, England, 1861-12-31 00:00:00

EJIBARKATIOIV OF TROOPS FOR CANADA.

The Royal Mail steamier Canada, which sailed from
Liverpool on Saturday for Halifax and Boston, besides the
usual mails, took out 60 officers and 223 men, together with
103 tons of military stores. Of these four officers and 100
men of the Royal Engineers, together with six men of the
Army Hospital Corps and 73 tons of stores, are for Ber-
muda. Six officers and 117 men, forming No. 8 Garrison
Battery of the Royal Artillery, together with 50 officers of
other corps, and 30 tons of stores, are for Newfoundland.
The Canadian mail steamer Hibernian, which is to sail
hence on the 2d January, will take out five officers and 120
men, being the 4th company of the Royal Engineers ; seven
officers and 255 men, forming the 4th Brigade of No. 8
Battery of the Royal Artillery; six officers and 117 men,
10th Brigade of No. G Battery of the Royal Artillery ; and
four officers, together with 147 men, being a detachment
of the 15th Foot. These are for Halifax. The Pacific
Steam Navigation Company's magnificent new steamer
Peru, which was to have sailed on Saturday with reinforce-
ments of sailors and marines for our Pacific squadron, has
been detained by order of government, and is to have despatch
to-morrow (Tuesday). The British and North American
Royal mail steamer Africa, which is to sail hence on Saturday'
the 4th of January, for New York, will take out six officers
and 117 men, forming No. 7 Battery of the Royal Artillery
for Halifax. She will also take out 10 officers and 234 men,
being the 15th Brigade of No. 23 Battery of the Royal
Artillery, and 50 tons of military stores for Bermuda. Other
steamships and military corps are also spoken of as being
in course of preparation for departure from Liverpool.
Among those who sailed in the Canada were a great many
officers of the staff, including Col. Mauleverer and Col. For-
dyce ; Lieut.-Cols. Brown and Taylor ; the Rev. Ander..
son, chaplain to the forces; Deputy-Com.- General
ward ; Major M'Crea ; Surgeon-Major Macdonald ; Prin-
cipal Purveyor Morris, Deputy Purveyor Hammond ;
Capt. W. B. Gosset, and many others. The Canada also
took out £50,000 on Government account. On Friday
evening between 50 and 60 sailors and about 40 marines
arrived at Liverpool by railway, and immediately proceeded
on board-the Majestic, where they will remain till they are
transhipped into the Peru, to join the Pacific squadron. The
sailors were armed with cutlasses, and the marines were in
regimental marching order. The embarkation of the troops
was most satisfactorily accomplished under the superintend-
ence of Colonel Greathead, Quartermaster-General of the
District, and Commander Leycester, R.N., Admiralty agent
for Liverpool. Mr. Durnford, the military storekeeper at
Chester, has been unremitting in his exertions in shipping
the stores.—Liverpool _Albion.

Sir Alex. and Lady Arabella 13 _nnerman have
arrived at their seat in Scotland, from visiting at Eaton
HO, Cheshire,

WHO LIVE 1N GLASS HOUSES SHOULD

IVOT THROIV STONES.

TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN.
SlR,—Captain Rodman, of the United States Navy, casts
cannon ready bored by the act of casting, in the same
manner as my patented plan; he, moreover, cools his can-
non from within—this is an improvement on my patent.
The " Scientific American" describes the construction of
the Ericcson, a steel-clad floating battery for the defence of
the harbour of New York. The sides of this battery could
not be pierced by shot fired from any cannon in our service;
but a shot fired from the 15-inch bore gun cast on the
Rodman principle would crush in the side of our steel-clad
Warrior, when fired at the distance that Nelson loved to
pour in his broadsides. How would Brighton, with its
princely buildings, look after a few rounds of Rodman
shells, thrown into it from a distance of five miles ?
Dublin is in the same danger, as well as many other towns
on the coasts of England, Ireland, and Scotland. Shells
can now be charged with liquid fire (phosphorus dissolved
in bisulphide of carbon), the most " naufragious" fire stuff
ever invented by the ingenuity of man. Captain Halsted,
R.N., one of our very best authorities on naval armaments,
has clearly stated that one shell charged with liquid fire is
sufficient to destroy the largest line-of•battle ship.—l am,
yours obediently, J. NORTON,
Late Captain, 34th Regt.
Howard's Hotel, Kingstown, Dublin, Dec. 24.