The Sun.
London, England, 1857-10-22 00:00:00

MILITIA.

Tho Kiuo *'s Own Light Infantry are to be embo-
died on the 2d proximo, and the First Royal Surrey
Regiment on the 6th.
The Second West York Militia, under the com-
mand of Col. Smyth, M.P., is to be embodied im-
mediately. This regiment did garrison duty at
Gibraltar during the Crimean war.
The Third West York Militia, now assembled at
Doncaster, are upwards of 800 strong, and are daily
receiving recruits. As soon as the men receive
their full equipments they are to be sent to either
Aldershott or Plymouth.
It is intended to increase the Second Regiment
of Warwickshire Militia to 1,500 men. Some of
the officers have offered for Indian service.

TIIBMAYOALLTY Or MANCHESTEIS. —Mr. Ivie Mackie,
of the well-known firm of Findlater and Mackie, wine
and spirit merchants, has received a memorial, signed
by 54 of the town councillors of Manchester, requesting
him to become the mayor at the approaching eleotion in
November. It is understood that Mr. Mackie will
accept the invitation, so unanimous a requisition having
on no previous occasion been adopted. There is reason
to believe that Mr. Mackie will be one of the most
popular mayors that Manchester has chosen to fill the
office since its charter of incorporation was obtained.
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le Oorres,pondent of , ,ffir-ost.:
I am sor7.
ry to say that the T oa
monetary crisis, which
appesis t-. be •sro a ing ,Ifoy .re fortnidable in the
large cities of the United Sates, and which has
eke-Lc:ly caused many of their banking establish-
ments to suspend the issue of specie, and, in some
instances, to shut their doors_ entirely, arid has
brought down a vast number of mercantile houses,
has begun to be in a measure felt in this province.
The princieal topic of discussion in our papers is
now the one which engages the attention of the
American journalists and American statesmen, and
it is impossible to deny that there are great appre-
hensions among us that the condition of things is
likely to be worse before they can show reliable in-
dications of improvement. At the same time it is
a matter of just pride to Canadians generally. that,
in spite of the contraction of the money market,
and of apprehensions occasioned by the numerous
failures in the United States, nothing like a panic
has occurred in the province, and that not the
slightest whisper has been 'heard anywhere as to
the stability of our banking institutions and
their capability
of meeting any emergency that
may present itself. It is true that the banks are
now, and have for some time past been, preparing
for the day of trial, and by contracting their issues
and refusing to do much in the way of
accommodating the merchants, have occasioned
embarrassment to certain parties, and to a consi-
derable extent impeded legitimate business'; but
that they are justified in taking the course they
have done, under the circumstances, nobody at-
.tempts to deny. Our banks are determined to
keep all the specie they can, well knowing their
coffers are no longer likely to be replenished by
importations from either New York or England,
from whence their supplies of the precious metals
were usually drawn. But this policy, although
perhaps one of self-preservation to the banks, acts
very unfortunately upon business, and the conse-
quences of it are certain to be injurious. The Mon-
treal papers are severe upon the banks in that city,
and I doubt not the same tale will be told all over
the province ; but still it is satisfactory to know
lhat every one of the great banking institutions
in Canada, enjoys the confidence. _of --the- com-
munity, and hopes are entertained that, in suffi-
cient time before the close of the navigation to al-
low of our surplus produce being shipped for
Europe, they W ill, again be in a position to offer
necessary accommodation to the large mercantile
exporting houses, who are now seriously affected by
the impossibility of obt titling the discount they ab-
solutely require. What is wanted here is a bank of
issue, or of accommodation, such as Mr. Iliricks,
some years ago, proposed to establish. Our mer-
chants now see the great advantage such an institu-
tion would be to business ; but, as is usually the
case, they recognise too late its utility. lam in-
clined to believe that before long the necessities of
our commerce will cause the people to demand from
the Legislature the carrying into effect of Mr.
Hiucks' enlightened project for the facilitating of
business, and the scheme will not, it is to be hoped,
be opposed by the existing banking institutions of
the country.

The who-le crops of the season are now locked up
for want of proper banking accommodation. The
following, from the Toronto Globe of this day, ex-
plains the present state of things, and gives the
remedy :
" The month of October is passing rapidly away—
hardly six weeks of navigation remain to us. No por-
tion of our vast crop has yet been livid ; none of it has
yet left our ports. And what if the present state of
things shall continue, winter come upon us without re-

lief, arid the entire crop be left in the granaries to await
the opening of navigation next spring ? Are we told the
railways can take it during the winter ?—the railways
have not capacity to carry it ; and it they bad, the cost
of transport at the low prices now ruling would forbid
their aid being available. Unless a large portion of the
crop goes forward by shipping before the close of navi-
gat:on, inevitably the vast bulk of it must remain unsold
and unproductive for six months to coma. Then what
follows ? The farmer cannot pay the merchant and the
mechanic ; those cannot pay the importer and manu-
facturer ' • and they, in their turn, cannot pay the
banks. The whole Cana Tian fabric rests on agriculture.
Get oat the crop—sell it—and the whole machinery
moves ; leave the crop in the barns, and the entire sys-
tem is stagnant.

" We are persuaded that all that is now wanted is
harmonious and united action by the banks to release
the crop and enable'all parties to meet their indebtedness
by the only means within their command. Nor should
this be difficult of arraugeinent. The solvency of any
hatiking institution in the country—the ability of every
one of them to meet all demands is beyond a queltion.
Why cannot they come to au arrangement that a certain
fixed propartion of specie sail be retained by each
bank according to circulation out—that a certain rate
of accommodation shall be extended to the public ac-
cording to capital—an,l that drafeii on Loudon shall be
received in payment of balance Let the presidents and
cashiers of the several banks agree on some such basis as
this, and all fear of financial troubles in Canada will be
at an end. But let the present fear of each other con-
tinue a few weeks longer—let them continue to strive
who can squeeze the hardest and draw heaviest on their
neighbours—and we shall have times not seen in tLi
country before. We speak thus while it is yet time. The
banks of New York forced $13,000,000 from the mer-
t chants of New York in a few weeks,
already lived long enough to repent f
bt
huet tehpoeyr
iaevne,
mid there are neither the fears nor the inducements to
palliate such a course bore which might have justified it
in the great commercial mart of the United States."
Private accounts from the Red River expedition
have reached nie, and I am happy to say they are
of a more satisfactory character. The Indians, or a
portion of them, who were employed on the expe-
dition, returned home after the party had errived
at Raing Lake. It was rumoured that these Indians
had abandoned the party on account of an Indian
war raging in the Interior' but the truth is, they
were only hired to proceed as far as Raing Lake,
and on their arrival there were of course allowed to
use their own discretion in regard to going further
or returning from whence they came. They chose
the latter, and have now gone back to Caughna-
waga, or elsewhere to their squaws and wigwams.
The remainder of the party, with one or two ex-
ceptions, have since safely arrived at the Red River
Settlement, and very shortly it is expected that a
report from the officers who accompanied the expe-
dition will be made public. In the meanwhile lam
rejoiced to be able to state that in every respect the
anticipations of our people have been fully realised,
and it is now proved, beyond the possibility of a
doubt, that there exists, between Lake Superior and
the Red River Settlement, an immense tract of mag-
nificent country, admirably timbered and watered,
end ia all respects adapted for settlement ; and that,
instead of the route being impracticable, there is
every facility for opening both laud and water com-
munications, and that at an inconsiderable outlay.
I am informed that the scenery is really beauti-
fful ; and one may judge of the fertility of the soil
in the neighbourhood of the Dog River and the
Lake of the Woods, by the fact that hardwood trees
were found which measured upwards of nitre feet in
giith, while the vegetation, and the nature of the
soil, gave additional evidence that the labours of
the husbandman would be abundantly blessed in
such a region. In regard to the great swamp or
savanne, across which Sir George Simpson seems to
think it impossible to carry a road, it has been dis-
covered thA the whole of the tract covered by
water can easily be completely drained, and at very
little expenditure of money or of labour, by cutting
through a slight ridge which would then enable the
waters to form a deep channel for themselves, and
leave the country not only dry, but in a state the
best a Japted fir the plough, and likely to yield the
richest harvests of any part of the country.
An attempt is about to be made to establish a
woollen factory on the Red River, where there. is
plenty of water-power, and I am informed that two
parties are now in. Montreal (who lately arrived
from Red River), engaged in hiring French-Cana-
dian labourers for the factory. This is a fresh in-
dication of the enterprise and progress of the settle-
ment, and shows that the Red River colonists are
well aware of the natural advantages their country
possesses, and are determined to make good use of
them. I hope soon to be able to send you further
accounts of th'e interesting settlement. In accor-
dance with the suggestion given at the Hudson's
Bay meeting in Windsor, that a county meeting
should be called, a requisition hay been presented
to the Sheriff of Essex, of which the following is a
copy :

"Requisition to John M'Ewan, Esq., Sheriff of the
county of Essex.
" Sir,—We, the undersigned freeholders and inhabit
tants of the county of Essex, viewing with great jealousy
the recent proceedings of a committee of the House of
Commons in regard to the ' Charter' (so-called) nodes
which the Hudson's Briy CompaPy have for so many
years past monopolised the wealth of a territory includ-
ing more than half of British North America, 1
t
exclusion of our fellow-subjectss and all legitimatetstrardee.
and eaerprise, and the development of its
spumes • and, we, being inimical t;) all such_
moat desirous that the country ghould
disposed of as
open to public enterprise, and the laude
to any man
Government lands are, but without granting
ny
privies
or set of men, through favouttiotistn2,,naa exclusive
meAing of thit
""ben:taPhr°lorn°
leges, respectfully
you may be pleased to appoint ;
Sandwich, on any Y
so that vr.l your t llow-. day
subjects of Essex may have an
our views u the above
upon
of ernressing
county, to ba holdenaastktyhoeuoourt-house in the town of
e„
iompppoorrttau
The requisition was signed by 128 of the moat
influential names in the county. The following is
Ithe sheriff's reply :
,e In compliance with the above requisition, I have
appointed unittysuljects.
• ted Saturday, the 17th Oct. next., at 10 o'clock,
nan,, at the Court-house in the town of andwich.
' Sandwich, 29th Sept, 18 7.
WEwat) Sher:if.