The Sun.
London, England, 1868-01-17 00:00:00

THE SUN LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING; JANUARY 17, 1868.

NAVAL AND MILITARY INTELLIGENCE•

Her Majesty's 11th brigade Field Artillery (D,
E, F, and G batteries) recently arrived at Wool-
wich from India, under the command of Major F.
J. Soady, was yesterday inspected at the Royal
Artillery parade at head quarters, Woolwich, by
Major-Gen. E. C. Warde, C. 8., commanding the
district. The inspection commenced at 11 a.m.
The officers present were as follows :—Major Soady,
Lieut.-Col. Ingilby, Veterinary Surgeon G. A.
Oliphant, Acting Adjutant Lieut. F. F. Ditmas,
Captain Wyllie, Lieuts. Greene, J. Mainwaring
Douglas, J. R. Wilmer, T. Hine, N. M. Burt, C.
E. Beadnell, H. E. Dolphin, and E. A. Olivant.
Medical Officers—T. J. Orton, C. H. Y. Godwin,
H. H. Maclean, and R. P. Ferguson. After a care-
ful inspection of the brigade the men marihed past
in slow and quick time, and were put through some
few manoeuvres showing their state of drill. The
General then said he was glad to welcome them
back to England after their long service in India,
extending over ten years. It was satisfactory to
him to be able to announce publicly that their sol-
dierly appearance before him on parade at their
first inspection since their arrival was such as to
call forth, with but few exceptions, remarks of com-
mendation. He hoped that, on their return from
the furlough which they would be granted to enable
them to visit their friends, they would settle down
o their duties, and retain the high reputation the
brigade had always borne in India. They would,
find, on returning to Woolwich, that there was
every kind of recreation and opportunity of amuse-
ment afforded to those who might be disposed to
benefit by the resources of the public reading rooms,
&c. He regretted much to find that some 30 of
the men were now absent from parade, and, of
course, he was disposed to make reasonable allow•
ance for the defaults of men returning to their
native country, and meeting their friends and com-
rades, after a long service in the far East, and being
cooped up on board a troopship at sea ; but he must
tell them that drunkenness was a crime almost ex-
tinct in the Woolwich garrison, and that a drunken
soldier was now looked upon with the same kind of
curiosity that would be excited by a camel or ele-
phant at large in our public streets. The officers
afterwards fell out, and the General addressed a few
words to them. Furlough will be granted to all men,
on application, for two months, and to most of the
officers, the restriction with regard to leave, owing
to the late Fenian riots, not applying to officers re-
turned from foreign service. _ _

Orders were yesterday received at the Royal En-
gineer establishment, Chatham, from the Horse
Guards, directing a detachment of 28 non-commis-
sioned officers and sappers of the Royal Engineers
to embark for Bermuda in the Isabella on the 4th
of February. Detachments to the number of 31
sappers, with three non-commissioned officers, have
proceeded from head-quarters, Chatham, for the
purpose of augmenting the companies of Royal En-
gineers at Shorncliffe, Dover, Woolwich, Wey-
mouth, Portsmouth, and Cork. Lieut. R. W.
Stewart is ordered to join at head-quarters,
Brompton Barracks, and Lieut. W. G. Nicholson
to proceed from Chatham to Aldershott, for service
with the detachments of Royal Engineers at that
station.

For some weeks pest frequent cases of smallpox
have been announced among the men at the garri-
son at Woolwich and their families. 'The disease
first made its appearance in the division of the
Royal Marine Light Infantry, spreading to some
considerable extent in the families of the married
men. The division is now entirely free from any
infectious disease. The principal medical officer,
Dr. Salmon, who was incessant in his attention to
the invalids, was slightly affected himself, and
carried the infection to his own home. His four
children caught the disease, but have all recovered.
A number of the garrison troops are still under
treatment in the Herbert Hospital, and a constable
of the dockyard police is just pronounced convales-
cent. Captain Biddlecomhe, C. 8., the late Master
Attendant of the dockyard, 13 also suffering from an
attack.

The depot of the 35th Regiment, now at Colches-
ter, is under orders to proceed to Portsmouth this
week to meet the head quarters of the regiment.
Cart. Corbon, 49th Regiment, is under orders to
join the depot at Colchester. Lieut. Hart, 100th
Regiment, and 15 rank and file have left Colchester
for Harwich, to increase the strength of the force
stationed at the Redoubt at that port. Captain
Priestly, 32d Light Infantry, is under orders to em-
bark for the service companies in the Mauritius.
Captain Murray, 84th Regiment, is under orders to
proceed to Jamaica with a draught of his regiment
from the depot, to the service companies. Captain
Josselyn, 96th Regiment, is under orders to join
the depot at Colchester, and Captain Scovell is to
proceed 'from the depot to the service companies.
Lieutenant Percy, 2d Battalion 16th Regiment,
is to proceed from the depot to the service com-
panies with a draught now under orders for Bar-
badoes. Captain Burke, 2d Battalion 18th Regi-
ment, has been transferred to the Ist Battalion,
and has left Colchester for Chester. An order di-
recting Lieut. Creagh, 96th Regiment, to proceed
with a draught of his corps to India, has been with-
drawn ; Ensign Scougall is ordered to proceed to
India in his place. Captain Madan, 49th Regi-
ment, is under orders to proceed to India to join
the service companies of his corps, in the room of
Captain Gillespie, who has been withdrawn. Staff
Assist.-Surg. Lithgow, M.D., and Staff Assistant-
Surgeon Thornhill have joined the eastern district
for duty. The former has assumed the medical
charge of the troops at Laudguard Fort, Harwich,
vice Staff Assistant-Surgeon Jennings, M.D., who
has been posted to the 4th Depot Battalion at Col-
chester, for duty.

The 51st Regiment, from Dover, under the com-
mand of Lieut.-Col. Agg, arrived at Aldershot on
Monday afternoon, and proceeded to occupy quar-
ters in A, B, C, and D lines, North Camp, recently
vacated by the 70th (Surrey) Regiment. The 56th
Regiment, under the command of Colonel Lacy,
will leave Aldershot for Ireland as soon as the ves-
sel which is intended to convey them is ready. The
strength of the regiment is 38 officers, 48 sergeants,
40 corporals, 21 drummers, and 577 privates. The
K company of the regiment, which has been on de-
tachment duty at Hampton Court for some time
past, returned to head-quarters at Aldershot on
Tuesday. They were relieved at Hampton Court
by about 120 men of the 51st Light Infantry. A
detachment of the Royal Engineers from Chatham,
consisting of 24 non-commissioned officers and sap-
pers, arrived at Aldershot on Monday, and joined
the service companies there. The 68th Light Infan-
try at Aldershot, under the command of Col. Greer,
C. 8., is under orders to proceed to Manchester on
or about the 26th inst., there to relieve the 72d
Highlanders, who are under orders to proceed to
Ireland at the same date. The 98th Regiment, from
Portsmouth, under the command of Col. Peyton,
arrived at Aldershot Camp yesterday, and pro-
ceeded to occupy quarters in L, M, and P Lines,
North Camp. The 44th Regiment, under the
command of Col. llort, is under orders to leave
Aldershot for Ireland on or about the 20th inst.
The strength of the regiment is 42 officers, 48 ser-
geants, 40 corporals, 21 drummers, 556 privates,
G 8 women, 65 children, and 10 horses. The regi.
ment will be inspected to-day by Brigadier-General
Carey, C.B. On Tuesday C, D, and E batteries
of the C brigade Royal Horse Artillery, at Alder-
shot, under the command of Col. Wintle, C. 8.,
proceeded on route-marching duty, taking the
direction o!. Farnborough. On the same day the
Ist (King's) Dragooa Guards, under the command
of Cul. Pattie, C. 8., marched out in the direction
of Farnham. Yesterday the Ist Infantry Brigade,
under the command of Major-General 11. Ronny,
and consisting of the 40th, 54th, and 56th Regi-
ments, were marched to the Queen's Parade, North
Camp, where the brigade was exercised in various
field evolutions.

Capt. J. I. Preston, 45th Regiment, and Lieut.
G. H. Singer, 2d Battalion of the 10th Regiment,
have been placed under orders to proceed from
Chatham and embark for India, to join the service
companies of their regiments. Lieut. F. P. Wash-
ington, Royal Engineers, has been ordered to pro-
ceed from headquarters to Weymouth.

SPECIAL CONSTABLES.

The number of special constables who had re-
sponded to the call of the Government up to yester-
day was in the City and metropolitan districts no
less than 46,201. A return which has been made
shows that, following the advice which was given
some time since, the selection of superintendents has
in a vast number of cases been made from gentle-
men holding her Majesty's commission who happen
to reside in the districts. In the parish of St. Mar-
garet's and St. John's, 'Westminster, a force of
1,785 has been organised, and at St. Peter's, West-
minster, those engaged at the Board of Works, to
the number of 33, have been enrolled as a separate
force. A body of 1,658 men have their head quar-
ters at the police station, Paddiugton-green, while
the parish of St. George's, Hanover-square, boasts
of an organisation numbering 2,052. Marylebone
would appear to have been early in the field, for
a body of 1,057 men was reported as having been
organised by the 21st of December. At Bermond-
sey there are 250 at present sworn in, and 250
more are expected. West Liam has, for the pur-
poses of more easy management, been divided into
seven districts, and to the 700 specials already en-
rolled a large increase is expected. In St. Paul's,
Covent-garden, the members of the corps of Com-
missionaires have volunteered for the service, and
in addition to the 200 on the list 60 or 70 messengers
are available. The orderly room belonging to the
Inns of Court Rifles is the headquarters of 308
gentlemen who have been enrolled for the protec-
tion of Lincoln's-inn, but the services of this body
are not available for night duty. In St. Pancras
there are 1,387 special constables, inclusive of 483
sworn in for the protection of the Imperial Gas-
works at King's-cross. Woolwich has returned a
force of only 310, but in addition to these 7,050 of
the men employed in the dockyard and arsenal
have been sworn in, although their organisation
has not yet been arranged. It St. Mary's, Lam-
beth, there are 2,800 men ; in Holborn, 482 ; in
Islington, 1,041 ; in Kensington, 684 ; in St. Giles'-
in-the-Fields, and St. George's, Bloomsbury, 700 ;
in Bromley, 638 ; and in All Saints', Poplar, 1,100.
In St. Thomas's, Southwark, 37 of the members of
Guy's Hospital are formed in a separate body, and a
force of 134 is returned from Gray's-inn. The
Royal Mint also has a separate force of 100 men,
and in the city of London 6,000 special constables
are returned as being organised under the direction
of the Commissioners of the City Police. St.
Matthew, Bethnal-green, has probably not done
itself justice, for it is credited on the list with only
67 men, though, perhaps, this may be accounted
for by the fact that no return has been made from
that parish since the 23d of December last. From
country towns 38,535 have been returned as having
been sworn in, so that the grand total as reported
is thus increased to nearly 85,000. There .can,
however, be little doubt that the real numbers are
largely in excess of these figures, for in some cases
no returns have been made, while those sent from
other quarters have frequently been incomplete ; in
addition to which many men may have been sworn
in who have not yet been embodied in the parochial
divisions. It is proposed to distribute the country
returns as soon as they are printed among the
local authorities, police, officers of special constables,
&c., so as to facilitate intercommunication, and to
enable the directing officers of parochial divisions
to render the services of the special constables more
available.

On Wednesday the Benchers of Lincoln's-inn
issued a notice that to-day and on Saturday two
magistrates for the county of Middlesex will attend
in the Council-chamber, Lincoln's-inn, for the pur-
pose of swearing in such gentlemen belonging to the
Inn as may desire to be enrolled. The magistrates
will attend between the hours of 4 o'clock and a
quarter past 5 o'clock on each day.
The directors of the London and St. Katherine
Docks Company having offered to their officers and
servants and to the labourers employed in their
several establishment the opportunity of being sworn
in as special constables nearly 4,000 immediately
gave in their names, although it had been distinctly
intimated that their doing so must be a voluntary
act on their part, and that they were not bound to
assign any reason either for offering their services
or for refraining from doing so. On Wednesday
Mr. Flowers, the magistrate at Bow-street Police-
court, was engaged at the Laudon Dock swearing in
2,800 of the persons employed in the London and
St.
Katherine'scourse of few dayspocks; and it is understood that in
the between 400 and 500 men
c or
belonging to the same company's Cutler-street tea
warehouses will be sworn in by one of the aldermen,
those premises being within the city, and upwards
of 600 men at the Victoria Dock by magistrates of
the county of Essex.
On Wednesday night a detachment of the Tower
Hamlets Artillery Volunteers, consisting of the 4th
battery, assembled at headquarters under command
of Captain Worman (of the Angel Tavern, Isling-
ton), where, after going through several military
evolutions, they " formed fours" and marched to the
Vestry-hall, Upper-
street, Islington, to be sworn in
as special constables. Sir James Tyler and other
justices
present
n
of e the t
and peaee of the county of Middlesex
were administered the oath to a great
r es
number. They were then marched to Mr. Clarke's,
the Red Lion, Rosoman-street, Clerkenwell, where
a meeting was held, Captain Worman, in the chair,
and one or two speeches were delivered expressive
of their devotedness to the Queen and the State,
and willingness to do their duty firmly should they
at any time be called upon.
from Colonel constables
Labrow to drill and
of Newington have re-
ceiTvehde permissionexercise in the covered sheds of the 19th Surrey
special
Rifles two days a week.
On Wednesday the Surrey magistrates continued
their sittings at Lambeth Vestry-hall to swear in
special constables for the parish. The workmen of
Alderman Lawrence and of Messrs. Doulton, potters,
have been enrolled. This force is now 2,600 strong,
and forms seven divisions, which are organised and
drilled.

For some reason not made known, the large body
of special constables in Marylebone and St. Pancras
have been called out. On Wednesday they were
placed upon duty early in the evening, and were
detailed off to the various churches and chapels in
the respective parishes. A large number also
patrolled the streets in !pairs until seven o'clock
on Thursday morning. Nothing remarkable oc-
curred throughout the night, Last night the super-
intendents of divisions were again ordered to
report themselves upon duty at four o'clock, with
those men who were not on duty the night before.
The specials are rather unreasonably required to be
" on duty" from 4 o'clock in the evening till 7
o'clock the next morning, taking two-hour turns of
active duty. It does not seem expedient to require
special constables to be " under orders" for fifteen
hours at a stretch while there is no apparent dis-
order. Shorter and more frequent periods would,
we think, insure a stronger and readier muster of
men.

At Streatham the number of special constables
enrolled now exceeds 400, organised under Major
Coles.

About COO special constables have now been sworn
in at Colchester. Major Papillon has been appointed
general superintendent, and the borough has been
divided into four districts, each under an assistant
superintendent.

The Leeds borough magistrates, who have already
sworn in a large number of special constables,
chiefly of the tradesmen class, are about to swear
in as special constables nearly 1,500 members of the
three corps of Leeds Volunteers--artillery, engi-
neers, and riffs.

A fatal accident h .as just occurred the Rue
Compans, Buttes-Chaumont. A master gardent'r was oc-
cupied with one of his mon in extracting sand from a pit,
when the sides fell in and buried them both. They were
extricated in twenty minutes, but had ceased to live.
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combined with the effect of the pills, must infallibly effect
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is invigorated and put into a condition which enables; it to
stop the approach of the disease or throw it off.

RAILWAY INTELLIGENCE.

VARNA.

A special general meeeting of this company was
held yesterday at the offices, Angel-court, Throg-
morton-street ; Mr. W. Gladstone in the chair.
Mr. G. BROWN, the acting secretary, read the
report, which stated that the meeting had been
convened for the purpose of considering certain
propositions made by the bondholders in Belgium.
In the report submitted at the general meeting
in September last the shareholders were in-
formed that the railway was accepted by the Go-
vernment, and the guarantee acknowledged as
from the Ist of March last ; that the rolling stock
had been found inadequate for the demands of
the traffic ; and that an agent had been sent to
Constantinople for the purpose of obtaining further
assistance from the Government, either in the
shape of a loan or as a payment in anticipation of
the guarantee. This request, although favourably
received by the Government, had not yet been com-
plied with. The directors had, therefore, been un-
able to liquidate the three unpaid coupons on the
obligations, which had led to the proposals on the
part of the bondholders now submitted to capitalize
the said three coupons, and to accept in payment
bonds redeemable in ten years, bearing interest at 6
per cent. The convention submitted by the commit-
tee of bondholders stated that, as the company
were unable to liquidate the three outstanding cou-
pons of 7f. 50c., each on the obligations payable in
January and July, 1867, and in January, 1868, the
holders of the obligations would consent to defer
the payment of the same for a term of ten years
upon the following conditions :—That bonds re•
deemable in ten years by yearly drawings, com-
mencing Jan., 1871, and bearing interest at 6 per
cent. per annum, be given in payment of the said
three coupons, and of the obligations required by
the terms of the statutes to be drawn and redeemed
at par in 1867 and 1868 ; that from the Ist of
July, 1868, the company duly paid the interest and
redemption of the obligations, and as a guarantee
for the same the company shall delegate to the
Bank of Belgium, on behalf of the obligation-hol-
ders, the sums to be received from the Ottoman
Government on account of the guarantee ; from the
amount so received by the bank the company may
claim sufficient for the payment of the debts of the
company and the expenses of administration, and
the bank will pay for repairs, completion of the
way, construction of sidings, warehouses, &c., and
the purchase of the rolling stock, a statement of the
amount to be so expended to be drawn up by engi-
neers severally appointed by the bank and the direc-
tors, the referee being named by the President of
the Civil Tribunal of Brussels ; and that the bank
be authorised from the present time to pay, when
due, the interest and redemption of the bonds to be
issued in payment of the coupons in arrear."

The CI itIMAN said they had met to consider the
proposal of their Belgian colleagues ; but they had
received a telegram from Constantinople which told
them not to proceed with the proposition, and re-
commended that it should be postponed. They had
been informed on Thursday last by their agent in
Constantinople that the Minister had recommended
an advance to the company of £150,030, of which
£60,000 was for rolling stock ; but it appeared sub-
sequently that the Grand Council had refused the
advance. It was also stated that the Belgian
Minister had entered at Constantinople a protest
in respect of the promised advance or the gua-
rantee. The chairman coald not comprehend why
the Belgian Minister should have interfered, and
he could not understand why the Turkish Go-
vernment should not assist the company to obtain
sufficient rolling stock to carry the immense
traffic brought to the railway, as it was clearly
the interest of the Government that the line should
pay as much as possible towards the guarantee.
He believed that the company was entitled to re-
ceive £200,000 ; every locomotive sent out to Varna
cost them double the original price of it in England.
They had 14 engines on the line, and required a
much larger number. The traffic this winter had
been stopped for four days, in consequence of the
snow on part of the line being 30 feet deep. The
real difficulty now was to obtain sufficient rolling
stock to carry the traffic over the line. The Belgian
people were the first mortgagees of the line, and it
appeared that the committee of bondholders had not
interfered at Constantinople in any way.
After some further observations, it was agreed
to adjourn the meeting to a day to be fixed by the
Board.

On the motion of Mr. FENTON, a vote of thanks
to the chairman and directors concluded the pro-
ceading3.

SOUTII AUSTRIAN, LOMBIRDY, AND CENTRAL ITALY.
The total traffic receipts on these lines for the
year 1867 amounted, on 2,492 miles of railway, to
£4,392,456, and for the year 1866 to £4,739,330,
on the same mileage, showing a decrease in the re-
ceipts of .£316,874.