The New York Herald Newspaper, April 17, 1877, Page 3

THE BELLIGERENT ARMIES, The Military Strength of Russia, England, Turkey and Persia. ORGANWATION OP THE SEVERAL FORCES, | rexmens ot, Relative Strength of the Different Arms in Each Service. REGULAR TROOPS AND RESERVES, | ‘0 artillery. The Irregular Forces of Each Country Con- sidered with Relation to Its Military Strength, —_—-———_— COSSACKS, SEPOYS AND BASHI-BAZOUKS. — While the world is awaiting with anziety the signal for the contest in the East that will undoubtedly de- cidothe fate of tho Ottoman Empire in Europe, aod Dorbaps involve that Continent in one of the groatost wars of modern times, it will be interesting to note tho relative military strength of the prospective comba- tagis, und thus estimate the chances of victory for each, As Russia, England and Turkey are the Powers that will bo first engaged in case war ts found to be un- Avoidable, it ts to these nations particularly that the following analy: of military strength is intended to epply:— RUSSIA'S SCHEME OF CONQUES?. The desire of tho Czurs of Ruasia to gain a footing on the shores of the Bosphorus, and by the occupation of Constantinople to revive aguin under their standards the ancient glories of thy Eastern Empire of Theodo- Stusand Constantine, is, perhaps, the key of the East- ern question, For ceaturies the Russian has cast longing glances at the Goidon Horn, aud it is but litte more than twenty years ago when it took the united strength of four powerful European nations and the moral suasion, backed by large armies, of two otkors, to prevent the Czar from accomplishing his long cherished desiga. The colossal power of Russia is not casily applied to such a special undertuking as the conquest of Turkey, because of tho immense distances that troops and sup. plies must be couveyed in order to place them on the ield of operations aud the absence of adequate means of transportation which other European countries enjoy. The Russian railroad system is not yet com- Plete, and until it is the prospects of an overwhelmiug Rossian success in tho invasion of Turkish territory are not good. But no sooner does the Muscovite mation fluish her fron roads, so that she may be, as it were, tied togethor’ wjth these invaluable internal Donds, nod by which her gigantic military resources. Cun be speedily directod toward and collected at yiven Points on her frontier, then Russia becomes the great European, as well as Asiatic, Power which tho aspira- {ions of her rulers and statesmen would make herr MATENT OF THR RUSSIAN EMI'IRE—ITS POPULATION, It ia calculated that the Enipire of the Czar extends Over one-seventh of the land surtace of the glove aud represents about one-twenty-sixth of its entire super- ficialarea, Itis diflicult to arrive at the true area of Russia, on account of the obstacles that present thems selves tothe making of a general survey of such an immeuse extent of country, The nearest ostimate, because it Was deemed tho most accurate, was mado in 1874, whereby the urea of the Empire was set down at 8,404,767 squaro mules, It is divided into two sec- tions, tho European und Asiatic, the former haying @n area Of avout $6,039 square miles and a population Of 63,658,934. This does not inciude either the King- dom of Polund, the Grand Duchy of Finland or the Caucasian Provinces, The population of Russian Po- Jand is 5,705,607 wad its urea 2,216 square inilea, Fin- Jang has 1,843,246 inhabitants and an urow of 6,835 equare iojles, aud the Caucasus 4,661,324 inhabitants aod js 7,958 square miles in urea. Kussiain Asia has an estimated population of 6,302,412, but these inbab- Mtants belong cliefly tv the Nomadic tribes, The population of Ruesia is divided into three great groups, besides a variety of national elements inter- mixed in the general mass of the imbabitants. The Great Russtans, or Veliko Russ, number 35,000,000 aud occupy the provinces, The Littwe Russians, or Malo Russ, number about 11,000,000, and form the bulk. of the population in Pultava, Kharkof, Chernigof, Kiet, Volbynia, Podolsk, Ekaterinosiat and the Laurida, The white Russians, ubout 3,000,000 in number, are found in Montlef, Minsk, Vitebsk and Grodno, With these groups are the Finns, 3,038,000; Lithuanians, 2,343,000; Jews, 1,631,000; Vartars, 2,500,000; Slav. ooians in Poland and Lithuania, about 7,000,000, and Armenians, 2,000,000. THS RUSSIAN ARMY, From the above described popyjation is drawn the regular army of the Russian Empire. The armed force of Russia 1s composed of an activo and a territorial army. The first is divided into the land and marino forces, The land force comprises the regular troops unnually recruited throughout the Empire; the re- serves intended to complete tho strength of the army toa war footing and composed of men on leave; the Irregular troops, such as the Cossacks and, the troops Composed vt foreign elements, ‘The territoriul army is formed by all the male in- habitants of the pire, botweon the ages of twenty and forty, who are fit for military service and not alroady enrolled im tho active or regular army. By a law of January 13, 1874, the military servico is ren- dered obligatory on all Russian subjects, except ia some of the most isolated districts of Siberia, Turkes. tan and the transcaucasian territory. ceptions are, however, made in favor of certain professions, buch as clergymen, doctors, &c, The duration ot sere vico in European Russia is fixed at fifteen yeare—that 4s, 81X years in the active army and nme in tho re- serves. In Asiatic Russia the term of service ts lm- Med to ten years, seven of which aro spent in the activeurmy and three tn the reserves, ORGANIZATION OF TIE ACTIVE OR REGULAR anMy, This force is subdivisibio into the field troops, the Feservos, the local complementary, the corps of in- struction and auxiliary troops, These aro unequally Givided amoug fourteen military regions, ten of which aro in European Russia, one in the Caucasian prov- fnces and three in Asiatic territory, The chief of each military region commands all the troops stationed ‘Within bis jurisdiction. INFANTRY, Tho regular fleld army comprises forty-oight divis. fons of two brigades of two reyiments—that tote of 192 regiments of infantry. Each regiment has three vattalious of five companies, except those on detached service iu the Caucasus, the regiments of the division of Grenadiors of tho Caucasus and those of the Nineteenth, Twentioth, Twenty-first, Thirty-erghth, Thirty-ninth and Forty-first divisions, which have attalions of four companies, The offective of the war footing of regients haying four Duttaliona 19 900 men per vattalion, and on a peace footing 400 mon, Regiments of three battalions have @ war effective strength of 940 men por battalion, and & pence strength of 640 men, ‘The effective strength of acadre ts 360 men, Under tho new regulations in, progress of application all the regiments of infantry Will have four battalions of tour companies and an | ing the @ilective Caucasus, ngth equal to that of regiments of the CHASSEURS OR RIFLUMEY. Thore aro eight brigades of chasseurs in the Russian army —one of the guard, five of the Iiue,one of the Caucasus and one of Turkestan, Each brigade has four battalions of tour companies, The live battalions are 720 strong, and thoxe of the Caucasus equal in of- Jective war strength to the Infantry battahons of that Fegion, and in peace strength 400 men, [tis intended to give ull the chassenr battalions an equal strength, goverved by that of tho battulions of the Caacusus, CAVALRY, Tho organization of this arm, fixed on the 8th of NEW YORK HERALD, TUESDAY, APRIL 17, 1877.-TRIPLE SHEET. equadron of body guards of the Ural are attached to the divisions of the guard. A division of cavairy is composed of two brigades, but the second division of the guard bas three, Brigades arc composed of two rogiments, but the Second brigade of the Second divis- jon of the guard hastbree, The brigades of the divis- fons of the guard ‘are composed of regiments of curragsiers, mounted grenadiers, dragoons, ublans, Cossacks and hussurs, Of the line divisions the First brigade is composed of a regiment of dragoons and ope of ublans, and the Second brigade of a regiment of hussars and one of Cossacks of the Don, Each regi- ment of regular cavalry bas four squadrons, and each Cossacks, ‘‘ssotn: or divisions of four. 4m peace time and sixteen in war. POOT AKTILLEKY, Forty-eight hes ore of foot artillery havo been dis- tributed among the infantry divisions, and the brigades of theMormer bear the same name and number as the divisions of tbe latter to which they ure attached, There are also two brigades of Turkestan, one of tern Siberia and one buttery of Western Siberia, Jorty-eight brigades have six batteries—that is, three of nine-pounders, two of feur-pounders and one of mitrailieuses, The Turkestan and Siberian vat. teries are of nine-pounders, tour-povaders and moun- HORSE ARTILLERY, As reorgacized under orders dated August 17, 1875, this branch of the artillery arm comprises six baticr- les of the guard, ¢ eight batteries of the line, one of the former and mm of the latier being Cossack batieries, In war time jourtcen additional Cossack batteries are added to tho horse artiilery. All the regular batteries have #ix pieces in peace aud war. Uf the Cossack batteries that attached to the guard nas six pleces in time of war and four during peace. O! the other Cossack batteries seven of six pieces aro atiached to the colors, and fourteen of three pieces are tempo- rarily inactive, the men bemg on furlough during peace time. The mounted artillery forms an integral part of the cavalry lorce, six batieries being attached to the cavalry of the guard, and twenty-eight batteries to the fourteen divisions of cavuiry of the line, rieen Cossack batteries areutiached during war wl avalry divisions of Cossacks, Al) the horse artillery is stationed 1p European Russia KBBEKVE AKTILLERY, This is composed of eight brigades, six of which have eath threo parks or depuis of four and one of horse artillery. The other two bave each three parks, lo Finland there is a park of Gying artillery, ball a park in Eastern Siberia, and four parks of jout and one and a balf parks of horse artillery in tho Caucasus. The number of 3 of reser rtillery is being rapidly increased in same proportion as the atrength of tho othor arms, BXGINEERS. This arm ts represented by pors, with four battalions of @ reserve, six demi-bat talions of bridge constractors, four engitcer parks, two of which are intended tor siege operations aud two for field service, and six parks ior tield telegraph con- struction, All these troops are organized as five brigades of sappers. There is one compauy stationed in Turkestan, Sapper battalions nuwber in peace time 610 men, and during war 900 men; demi-bat- talions have a peuce and war strength ot 300 and 360 men respectively. ven battalions of sap- MILITARY TRAIN. This servico is organized from ouch arm separately, the imfantry, cavairy aud artillery taking churge of their own transportation, The coiamus in war timo fare composed from the reserves of cach arm, THE RESERVES, ‘The: Intended to reinterce the regular army in war time, aud are coniposed of men who have served their ull terme in the regular army, ‘uoro aro 1u4 reserve battalions of infuutry of 900 men each, aud tweuty reserve battalions of Suppers, COMPLEMENTARY TROOPS, These fill the vacancics created in the ranks of the regular uctive army in war ye. They compriao 199 battalions of infantry of mea. There ure ulso availabio fifty-six complementary squadrons of cavalry, baving u peace effective sirength of seven officers, 159 men and 120 horses. In war tine this force 1s formed into two active squadrons, euch 180 mounted aud seve complementary squadrons in peace timo train the re- mounts for the regimen! be a complementary battery of artillery attached to euch brigade. There are also two batterics of six pieces each of horse urtiliery, which will represent the regular complementary force of that arm, and a bat- tery of Cosgack horse artillery 1s also organized, In tinie of war five complementary battalions of sappers will be formed, LOCAL THOOPa, ‘Thirty-five battalions of the line, twenty-four of gar- Tison tufantry, capavlo of being developed in war tim into regiments of four battalions uf 916 mon; Ulty- nine companies of garrison artiliery, to be raised to binety-ope companies in war time; eight battalions of uttachds of local cadres, to becom ‘giments vf four battalions in war time; thirty-live garrison depuis, 468 joce! depots, ull forming au aggregate local torce of 260,100 men. sides these are the excort corps -for prisoners and the attachds of willtary establishments, schools, hospitals, &c. IRREGULAR TROOPS, All the Cossacks of the Don aro lable to military service ut the call of the Cj ‘These Cossack forces are divided under the following heads:—Woissko o1 the Don, the Woissko of Kubun, the WoiwsKo of Terek, the Woissko of rachan, the Wolssko o: Orenburg, the Woissko of Ural, the Woiseko of Siberia, the Woissko of Trausbaickal, the Woissko of the Amoor, the dis- trict of Ussur, the Crimea, Krasuojarski, Irkutsk, Kamschatka and other distaus places, For the strength of tue irregular torces seo below. GENERAL sUMMA! ‘The regular army, oi. a peace tabting, stands as tol. lows :—Uilicers In active service, 18,281; of Ves, 102; ‘of depots, 490; of local’ troops,’ 9,653, ‘Total number of ollicers, 28,526, Suldiers in uctive army, 487,370; in reserves, 1,652; 1m depots, 11,180; local troops, 145,903. Total number of soldiers, 646,105, Non-combatants, 95,881; oval strength 1D mon, the peace vifec 740 officers, 512 Total, ength added to that of the regular army gives a total pou aifective of 807,591 mon, guns, 1.460, and horses, 120,487. ‘ Strength of the army, on a war footing isas fol- my 827 soluiers, Tols jows :— Ofticers tor uctive service im the regular army, 21,507; 1or reservos, 3,522; lor depots, 6,605; tor local troops, 12,773. Totul olficers, 44,477. Soldiers tor uctive service in the regular army, 846,483 ; for reserves, 171,798; tor depots, 182; 10cal ‘troops, 350,866. August, 1875, 18 a8 follows:—-Two divisions of the guard, to be Increased to three in war time; four. teen of tho line, one of tho Caucasus and one of Com fack#ot tbe Dou Two rogiumoats of Cossacks und one ‘This arm le organized im brigades and batterics as Yotal soldiers, 1,641,320. Non-combatauis, 195,148; horses, 240,888 ; guos, 2,606, ‘Total number of men iu Tegular army, 1,580,954, The strength of the irregular army witl bo 3,505 officers, 131,290 soldiers, 6,098 non-combatuuts; total, 140,493, Added to the roguiar force this will give a grand total of the war strength of the Russian army at 2,021,447 men, 361,837 horses and 2,786 guns, ENGLISH INTERESTS IN THE KAST. These are so extensive and important to Great Britain that they entirely control her policy towurd other nations. Ly abandoning all tnterforence in uropean uilairs except so tar us they bear in tho least degree on hor Asiatic interests Englund has almost ceased, to be considered a European Power, and ber wishes are scarcely conzulted in the adjustment of European quarreis. But with her mighty powee di rected toward the protection of her Eastern post sious and to guarding with jealous vigiiance all the avenues leading thereto England's intervention im the Eastern questiva must be regarded as bighly important to its solution. The moment it ceases to be su then Koglaod ubdicates ber position us mistress of India, It bas been the boast of her admirers that the drum beats of her armics of occupation unceasingly salute the rising sun; but this 1s only accompisued by & distrivution of her force Which tends to wouken Ler locaily wherever her flag floats, By means of her magnificent ileet England keeps open the communica- tion betwoen ber widely separated strongholds, and thus ntaing herself against what might otherwise Prove irresistibie combinations of Powers jealous of her wealth and influence. While all but invincible on the ocean her land forces are teeble compared with | those of the yatiuns with whom she is Hable ut any | time to come im conilict; but it must be admisted that her armies make up i valor what they lack tn nui. bers. | | TMR ENGLISH ARMY, The military forces vi the British Empire aro divided into four distinct classes or purts, each of which hus M8 own peculiar organization, bat ail ure subject to | tue contrul authority exercised by the “W fice”? at | | London, The tirst and wost important division ts the regular active urmy, which forms the chief military strength of the country. ‘this force is re- cruited by a xystom of voluntary enrolment from the general population, und 8 muiniy empioyed whea not | engaged in war in gurrison duty la Great Britain and | Ireland, the colonies and in India, ‘Tho term of ue tivo service in the regular urmy is twelvo years, with the right to re-cnlist alter the expiration of the service. A continuous service lur tweuty-oue yoars insures & Hsoin for life, but after three youre’ active service & idier cau vnter the reserves, und by torving two Yours thereiu tor every yeur necessary to complete | the term of active service, he cun ulso earn a lite pension, ORGANIZATION AXD DISTRUBUTION. By the organization of 1972 the United Kingdo Givided into sixty-ergut military sub districts, whist form the basis of the uew system of organization, In euch of these districts I stationed the nucleus ol uo brigade, which ts composed of uw brigade depot of 182 nev, two buttuhous of the regular army, which take turns of active Joreign Borvice, two battalions of mili tia and the volunteers ot the district, Tho reyulur army contingent is inade up from 103 regiments of 137 battalions (jess four battalions of tue Sixtietu Kites), Toe artiliery, cavalry aud rifles have thoir special formations aud organization. INFANTRY, The intantry organization of the regular army is as follows:— ‘Three regiments of Guards, tormed of seven battal- tons, each of ten companies, making a total of seventy companies of Guards, One hundrea and nine regiments of the line (includ- xveth Rifles) and the Rifle brigade, formed of 141 battalions, Of these regiments the fret twenty- jive have two battalions each, the Sixtieth Rifles and the Kitle brigade tour battalions cue, ing und the remain- ty-tbree regiments ove battalion each, H battalion of the imfantry of the line has eight companies and 604 men on service, 917 men on Indium service und 609 or 917 on coloviul service. ‘Ihe West Indian regiments have each nine companies CAVALRY, This arm of the regular army comprises thirty-one regiments, Of these three are body guurds—that is, two ure Lite Guards and one Horso Guards, All three are armed a4 culrassiers, Seven regiments of heavy dragouns, called "Dragoon Guard: twenty-one regi- Ments of the line, of which three are Heavy Dragoons, hve are Luncers and thirveon Kussars. Cavalry regiments have eight troops, On homo sor- r thyepts of cavalry have each 634 men and horses, aud nine regiments have each 634 meu and 384 truopers’ horses, fn 1a tho compie- ment (including depots) ts 545 men and 460 troopers’ ores, ARTILLERY, follows:—Six brigades of horse artillery of fivo bat- teries, Each brigade bias 805 men and S46 horses, Ip India the strength 18 raised to 831 meu and 90 borses, Twenty-five brigades of artillery, of which tweiveare field and ‘The fold brigades on 1,133 men and 621 ‘on Indian service 1,154 men and 770 horges, The garrison brigades have seven batteries and 734 to 1,120 mov. Four brigades in India bave each 659 men, one coast brigade of 1,186 men and one depot brigade of 2,174 men and 286 borses, In the artiliery the oflicers ure mounted by the State. ENGINEERS. Forty companies and one train of three companies, With 722 men and 422 horses, in this arm the officers ouly serve in Lndia, MILITIA. Although the service is obligatory for all English- men the law has modified it to voluntary enlistment. The efloctive strength, exclusive of the 18 133,952 men, and the force jubject to [rom twenty-seven to thirty-five days’ training per annum. In case of war the militia can be permanently mobilized, YRKOMANRY CAVALRY. This force is composed of men who furnisn their own horses and subject themselves to eght days’ train- iby in each year, They areused for the suppression of local disturbances, and number at preseut 15,378 men, VOLUNTEERS, As its name indicates, this force is formed from the muss of the population of voluntary enrolment. It 1s the local army of England, asthe militia may be used as areserve for tbe regular forces, The arms rept sented by the volunteer force are cavairy, artillery infuntry and engineers. Ip 1874 the strength of the volunteer force was 161,150, but in 1876 it was somo. what less, COLOSIAL CORPS. ‘Thas force is composed of troops raised principally from the native population of the West Indies, Malta aod Hong Kong. Tbe Canadian forces are not iucluded unger this head, being an independent organization po- culiar to Canada, The strength of the Colonial corps {3 about 2,480 men, all told, MILITARY STA¥¥ ORGANIZATION, consisting of the geverai stall, paymaste jreasurers, by, comptrollers, Y eervice corps, hospital and attachés of other military establishments, numbering altogether 6,478 nea, with 2,096 horses, ARMY RESERY composed of long service incu, us hereinbefore stated numbers altogether 33,800 men. INDIAN ARMY, This important force is composed of levies raised among the patives of India and tue adjacent States, and on that account uecessurily contains many ele- ments which Its ditliculs to combine into an eflective army. It ig divided into three parts—namely, the Bengal, Madrag and Bombay armies, tho Bengal army 1 at present composed of many races—Hindvos, Punjauvis, Trans-lndus Hill men and native Christians, ‘the whole aggregating 65,960 men, The Macras army, similarly constituted, bumbers 27,700 men and the’ Bombay army 24,447 mien; all three armies making a grand total of 110,197 men, Ol. the foregoing Hunber the Sikhs and Guor- khus make up avout 22,000 soldiers, aud cunstitate tho most reliable part of the ludian army, the above total may be added the number of tue military police of India, Which Dow aggregates 100,000 meu, Although. this force 1 01 local nuportance it lorms a part of the available military streogth of England, and, therefore, must bo included. PORCKY CONTROLLED BY NATIVE CHEV, According to au Kugiish report, based ou official re- turng, aud dated hoponys 1, 1575, the elfective strength of the forces controlied by butive chiefs, who may or moy not be friendly to Engiand, according to the na- ture of the quarrel iy which foot. soldiers, 64,1 ry men apd 6,252 ‘guns of uil’calibres, It is probable that a large proportion of this furce cun be properly added to Englunu’s military sirength in India, because of the fanutical udbosion of the native Princes to the Mobammedan idea represented vy Turkey. Lt is in uy case an important factor tn the calculation, and nay, Without prejudice to the result, be placed here. The distribution of this semi-independent native forco 18 as \ollows:— Presudency or Province, Anfantry. Cavalry. Guns, + 8,264 404 Lup provinces, buz 2 Ventral provinces 140 - Punjuab 5,925 400 Raj pvotan ‘24,287 2,008 Central India. 16,321“ 8v3 4262 734 9,331 1,033 SUBDIVISION BY DIsTKICTS, To the student of events the following detailed statement of the subdivision of the above force by districts will prove highly interesting :— Infantry. Cavalry. Gune. » 4,062 dou 8 1,899 = bua 8 4401 2443109 + loo "guz 10 as eae eC) ee ST Petty Hill States + 3,210 4sy 8 Kupoorthall + 1,500 gus 1,775 — 9 360 BU 1,393 96 6240 638 3,500 B12 5,600 220 ou 12 20068 joo ly 43653 40090 2,280 851 146088 wo 40 375 67 160 350 v0 Pertabgbur, Doongurpoor Gwalr. Bhopaweer Agency Hewali Hyderabad , Baroda. Kuteh.. Katiywar, Kholapoor Surct Agency Pahlumpore Mahee Kau'a, Rowab Kuuta i = 1,690 TRIBUTARY LEVIES, ARSENALS AND ORGANIZATION, In addition to the ubove forces about one thousand matchiock men and four thousand Lowmen can be called out from the tributary mehals of Bengul Put- tala has twenty guns horsed and also three strong forts. The cavalry and the infantry of the Ghund are highly efacient, the former berg armed with vreech- Jouwiny carbines, Sirmoor bas un iron foundry and troops drilled by Europeans, besides several small torts, The army of Kupoorthulia is well equipped and disciplined, ‘Tlie Cashinere urtillery includes ten wor- Wwrs and two tield batteries, horsed; sappers and miners and twenty-lour regiments of iniautry und cavairy and local maaulactorics for small arias Voueypoor bas many strong forta Jeypoor has tirty-one fortresses aud a gun foundry. Ul- war has thirty-four ports, aud Beckamer can tura out good vruss guns, the army of Gwalior is lighly efficiwnt and bas two magaz:nes and a gunpow- dee factory, Indore basa large wmuunt of ordnance sivres und ku arsenal, with steam machinery, 10 which guns and Suyder rifles are made, ‘Tho Fay of Buopal is efficient iu all respects, In Bundeleund guns und small arins can bo turned out in alinost any quantities, The torces of Hyderabad include 24,116 Arabs, Sikhs and Bouillus, The regiments of Baroda ure highly eflicient, and cannon ae cast under native superin- tendence. THR MRITISH AND NATIVE ARMIKS, It will be seen from the foregoing that the native armies are neariy 315,000 strong wud have nearly 5,400 guns, whilo the British foress, English und ive, do not exceed it by more than 60,000 meu. Whtie the Empress of India dominates over 831,63 square miles of Hindostan und rules over 184,000,000 of people, exercise direct wuthorty | over 505,106 and clatin obedivace Irom 45,000,000 of subjects, not tneluding Berar and Mysore, ould the nauve chiefs therefore take advantage of a European war to muko an ai a the British oc- cupants of India the opposing lurces would be almost equal numerically, even supposing the natives in the Britiel service remained fathtul (wuieh is by no tweuns certain) (0 their masters and conquerors. Although it 18 probuble, a8 stated, that a large propor- tion of this Bauve force Would sympathize with tho Sultan and his ally, yet Rus#ian agouts are active and dating wud the prize of independence trom British dommiation 18 exceedingly tempting, even to a sul dized Hindoo petty sovereigu, SPECIAL FOROKS, Among these may ve nained the military police force stavioned tp Ireland and wumbering 13,000 men, and the Channel Isies militia of 8,300 men, ‘the first named troops, hke the Indian police, twill) a reprossive function in the government of these countries, but 1a doing 80 periorm wil the duties of military bodies, RECAPITULATION. Froin the foregoing statements it will be found that the actual military strength of the British Empire is as follow Officers and Men, Horses, 228,024 ue Reserv Lrish poiiees ve Channel Isies, Todian wry Indian police, Grand total....eeceeeee THR TURKISH ARMY The Turkist: Empire is now pi Most daugerovs crisis recorded in heed ali the fanatical courage of 1t6 people to maintain Mts existence In the lace of Lhe poweriul foes that Mts destruction, ‘The organization of the army of the Turkish Empire 18 bused on the provisions of tue law of 1869, by which military service 1s made obligatory on all tie Moham- medan population, Recraniug 1s curried on by u sya tem of drawing ots and vy Volunteering, The dura- tion of the service 13 Lwenty years, of which tour years are spent io the regular wet: ny, oF **nizam,"’ two Yeurs in tho first reserve, or yal’? six yeurs in the second reserve, or “redif,”” and eight years in the third reserve, or **hiyade.”” ' Members of creeds other thon the Mobamimedan ary exempted from service in the army, but they aro obliged to serve in the floet when cailed on. ‘The Torkish for aro divided ag follows:—The rogulur army, the irregular army aod tho auxiliary trou ‘The regular army consists at present of seven corps. The corps commanders admiaisver the affuirs of their Fospective commands directly, for the troops in time ing through the history, [twill | | | of peace have heither generals of division nor brigade, bg latter are appotuted only during time of war. Turkey Is:— Anfantry.—¥orty-one regimeats of the line, t regiments of Hos; ene regiment of frontier Greeks and one regiment of frontier Servians, Each regiment of infantry has three battalions of eight companies, Besides the regular infantry of the line there ure forty-one battalions of riflemen and two battalions of Herzegovinun trovps, two battalions of Albania and one Gordon battery, making a total of 179 battalions of infantry, Cavatry.—There are twenty-six regiments of six squadrons cach, one regiment of six squadrons mounted On camels und two indepenuent squadrons in the Turkish regular cavalry, making a total of 163 squadrons. Artillery.—This arm is represented by seven regi eld artillery of twelve batteries each and one yment of three batte Each battery has Tese ; six pieces. Total, seventy-five batteries and 450 pieces. There arealso ten regiments of heavy artil- Jery and one corps ol artiliery operatives. paneer’. These consist of one brigade of seven companies of sappers and seven companics of opera- tives, MYFRCTIVE STRENGTH. Alter the Law of June 22, 1869, and the imperial firmane of later dates concerning the reorganization of the army, the military forces of the Empire sbould be carried at 720,000 nen until the end of 1878 OF this tive ariny would furnish 220.000 men, 30,000 Men, the second and third re- serves the buiance—420,000 men, This plan of organ- ization requires ap annual contingent of about 37,500 men. ‘The following gives the stations and strength in the several arnis of the seven corps d’armée of the regular army :— Corps. Station, eae hagunfuy « /Sbumla . | Mouasty! -|Kraeroum, Regiments, IRREGULAR ARMY, ‘This force 1s composed of sixteen regiments of mounted and foot police, the bashi-bazouks, volun- teers, Spahis and Bedouin cavalry, and bas a total ‘ength of about 60,00 men, AUXILIARY TROOPS, ‘These wre represented by contingents from the prov. e8 that wre hot huble to furnish men to the reguli o army, or nizau.” aud from the semi-sovereign States, in all about 8v,000 mon, Upper Albania con- tributes to this force 10,000 mon; Bosnia, 20,000; Egypt, 15,000, aod Tunis and Tripoli, $,v00 men. The peace effective strength of the Turkish army is 157,667 men and 26,040 horses, and includes the police (14.500 meo). in time of war, such as the present, tho Men, 203, forces of the Sultan are:— 00 Polico (military Hiyado, third reserve. Total regular army Irroxular troops. Auxihary troops, Total war stropgth.......... tessceescceses 610,100 THE PERSIAN ARMY. As it Is bighly probable thut the troops of the Sbab will operate im concert with the Russian army of the Caucasus, for the purposo of covering the lett flank of the latter, maintaining its communications whon well advauced into Asia Minor, and guarding the road from Pesbawur on the lodian frontier to the valley of the Euphrates, thus cutting off any ald to the Sultan coming overiand from India, It must.receive a place in tue list of belligerents, The fundamental law of Persia, decreed im 1875, ordains that the duration of service tn the army shall ‘coase to be Iile-long, but only for twelve yours. A draft, with w system of remunoration, 18 vow introduced. The new system of recruiting 18 only practised in somo provinces, but will soon be proinulguted throughout the Monarchy, The tollowing ta the orgunization and force ut prewe: : INVANTRY. Seventy battalions of eight hundred to one thousand men each, Ip time of peace there are but twenty to thirty battalions under the colors, the torces necessary for garrisons and the protection of the fronti The nt arme aro generally old percussion m but pumber of Chassepot rillea purchased in France and pecdie = bought from Prussia will now be dis- tributed to the troops, CAVALRY, ‘Thero {8 po regular cavalry organization in the Per- sian army, Each tribe ts obliged to furnish a certain number of borseten in time of war. These are called from time to time for servico neur the Court, The Kingdom can furnish trom fifty thousand to sixty thousand well mounted men excollently equipped. ARTILLERY, it be classed the Zem- corps of camol artillery, lt is com- in, With guns that throw shot a tittle over two pounds in woight. The regular artillery hi 1,200 men, but the guns aro old and bad and of aifler- ent calibres, Doubvtiess this detect will bo quickly remedied by the Russian War Department, in view of the necessities of the caso. TOTAL RFFECTIVE STRENGTH. There are therefory, in the army ot Persia on the war footing about sixty-five thousand imiautry, filty- five thousand cavalry and sixteen bundred artiliery soldiers, It Probable, however, that not more thun seventy thousand mon vf all arms could be put m field by the Shah. The populu- tion of Persia 18 set down at from six millions to seven millions, but from tho paturo of the country ie people are widely scatt Notwithstanding the Weakness of lersia us a military Present composition of the regular army of | Power, hor position gives her a grout advantage and | Importance in this quarrel, She bars the way to an Anglo-Indian army moving westward, and can thus ronder effective sorvice to the cause of the Czur, NAVAL INTELLIGENCE. MONITORS ORDERED TO WASHINGTON TO BE LalD UP—THE COKVETTE ADAMS OFF CAL< LAO—THE DESPATCH FOR EUROPE, (sy TeLEGRaPH TO THY HERALD.) Nonvoue, Va, Apri! 16, 1877, The despatch steamer Tallapoosa, Lieutenant Me- Ritente, will leave for Washington to-morrow as con. voy to the monitors Montauk, Wyandotte and Passaic, which aro to lay up in fresh water, They will romain in commission, and it is thought no change wiil be made in their present status, The Tallapoosa brought dowo a raft of men to work the iron-clads on their trip up the Potomac, They dropped down to Hamp- tan Roads to-night. The corvette Adams has recoived her sailing orders, and will put to sea to-morrow direct for the South At- antic. Stewill remain with the Brastlian squadron until November, and then proceed to Callao to join the South Pacific squadron—her statioa for the next three years. The following ta a compicte list of the oflicers of the Adam Command-r—F rederick Rogers, Lieutenant Commander—George E. Wingate. Licutenants—George M. Book, Jobn A. H. Nickels, Mastere—C, 8. Ricuman, 8, P. Comly. Ensigns—C. Ki. Fox, N, Morrell. Chief Engineer= Phillip Inch, Past Assistant Engineer—J, J, Bissott, Past Assistant Surgeon—v. K: Yancey. Past Assuitant Paymaster—R. P. Pauiding, Second Lieutenant af Marines—N. C, Fisher. Cadet Engineers—W. L. Cathcart, W. B, Boggs, C. C, Kleck a —J. C. Thompeon, Boat ‘The steamer Despatch will arrive from Washington on Thursday and go im the dry dock for repairs tv ner bottom belore proceeding to Europe. THE RUSSIAN FLEET. Everything was very quiet on board the Russian fleet yesterday and will bo more so during the absenco of the Grand Dukes Alexis and Constantine and the Ad- miral jo Wasbington. They will leave Now York tor Washington this moroing on the limited express train and will probably be back by Saturday, ‘Pt party will consist of His Imperial Highness the Duke Alexis, His Highvess the Grand Duke Cou- Admiral’ Soutukoff, Maron Schilling, Dr. Coudrine and Flag Commander Atexieff, At hall-past nine o'clock yesterday morning Admiral Boutakol came on shore in his gig, und after passing the day ta the city returned to bis flagship at hultepast four P.M. Captatu the Grand Duke Alexis and Baron Schilling came op shore in the steam Inuneh ata quar. ter to one o'clock und returned to the ship in the even- . The Grand Duke Constantine remained on board allday, There wore but tow visitors to the Svetlana yesterday. STEAM STREET CARS. An adjourned meoting of those citizens opposed to the introduction of steam on Atlantic avenue, Brook. lyn, was held last evening at the Howard Athonwum, corner of Vandorbilt and Atlantic avenuca, After the meeting had been called to order by the President Mr. A. 3, Burnes, chairman of the Executive Comunit- tec, stated the object for which they were gathered to- gether, He then called upon Mr. H. Farrington to re- port progress. Mr. Farrington stated that the only thing he could report a#u member of the Executive Committe was that logal proceedings had been commenced and would be — pushed — forward, Alter speeches bad been made by several more of the property owners a plan was circulated among thom tor their signatures, 1n which they wuthorized the committee to tuke legal ateps against the company, And tgteed Wo pay a proportionate amount of the @: penses inearred therevy, A large number of names were attached. The meoting then adjourned, The workmen engaged in luying the tracks on At- lantic avenue, Brooklyn, for the new steum railroud pended operations avout midnight on Sunday, wad mod above Classon avenue at an eariy hour yers terday morning. Justice Pratt, of the supreme Uourt, when applied to yesterday by Counsellor Sterne ior au injanetion to restrain the r i company trom using stoam on the avenue, declined to act, ou the ground that hoe 18 a property owner on the Iine of the road, Justice Gilbert was then called upon by Counsellor Sterne, but he also declined to ixsuo un injunction. He granted an ofder, however, to show cause why an jnjunction should Hot issue, returnablo on Thursday nexe | door to the apa A BLACKWELL'S ISLAND TRAGEDY. A BLACKWELL'S ISLAND KEEPER SHOOTS AND KILLS A PRISONER—HE PLEADS SELF-DE- FENCE. Another of those periodical homicides which startle the community was committed yesterday afternoon on Blackwell's Island. The victim was a prisoner named Charles Brooks, and the man who discharged tho fatal shot a keeper, named Michael Adams. it appears that op the 16th of last montn the de- ceased prisoner was consigned to tho Island for a pe- riod of six months, after baving been convicted of petit larceny. The people around the srisom say that he was rather a ‘hard cuse’’ and that he be- Jonged to what is known as the “Eighth Ward Gang.’ His late keepers also state that Brooks, since com- ing under their charge, bad manifested a strong spirit of insabordination and disrespect for those who were placed over him, On the report book of the keepers are complaints against Brooks tor baving, on the 1th inst, used vulgar and disrespectint lan- guage toward the keeper, aud the day following be 1s charged with the more Serious offence of uttempung to strike with a stoue the ollicer tn cburgo of bis gang. The fatal shot which sent him to eternity was tired yesterday afternoon about three o’ciock, and in less ihan an hour thereafter the prisoner, Brooks, was dead, WARDEN VOX'S STATEMENT. The Chiet Warden, dir, John M. Fox, gave, stantially, the following statement of this m Fy toa HekaLp reporter, At the usual u ing hour a gang of prisoners wero detuiled under the charge of Keeper Adums to load asbes on some bargea that were lying on the east side of the Island, in froat of the lunatic asylum, During che day aud up unul the hour of the shooting, there appears to have been uo difficulty between the deceased and his keeper, Adams, iis understood, says that he bad not spoken to the prisoner Brooks ail the day, At the timo when the shooting took placc—the gang being still engaged ju the work ot filling the barges—the de- ceased made 4 rush for Adams and strock him with a shovel four times in rapid succession; two or three of the blows tiling on the sidv ol the head and one or two on ihe shoulder. ‘The blows on the head cut the keeper's ear and severely bruised the sido of his head; those on the shoulder cut through bis cont and reached the flesh, While tts Was going on the keeper drew his revolver and fired a single suo!, which took effect ip tho prixover's side and Passed through bis body, The wounied man supk to the ground, and soon afterward breathed bia last. THE KRKPRR IS ARRESTED, The sound of the snot which was tired from a Colt’s revolver of calibre .32, alarmed the wardens and keepers, and in a short tio Chie Warden Fox was on tho spot, When he saw the condition of affairs, he feit it his duty to bave Adainy arrested "and conveyed in safety to the Nivetecnth Police procinet, Fifty-minth street, aud there he de- hivered ‘him a prisoner, ‘Tbe unbappy man reached the station huuse avout ve o'clock, aud there being no cosrt in session at that time be wus comuntt ted to the cella to await the leza! mvestigation, whieh will commence to-day with the Coronor's ihquest. The body of tho til-tated prisuncr-—-who was a young mun of nineteen years old—was takeu to tne Blackwell's [siand Charity Hospital, where now remains, ‘The keepor, Adams, is a inan of about thirty yours. fle tux occupied his Present position for se years, Warden Fox says that Adaing admits baving tired tho shot which killed Brooks, but alleges that he did so in strictly self-de- fence, “ Ho felt persuaded that the act was an avoidable necessity as the only means of savin own lite, He evinced no unwillingness to go to the station house, aud informed the Warden that he never would bave drawn a pistol but that he believed it becessary to save himself from being murdored, his THE BRADY HOMICIDE. Josoph A. Brady, tho contractor aud bridge builder, whoso skull was fracturod on Saturday night in a scuMe with James Lanahan, of No. 2,226 Second ave- nue, died yesterday afternoon at his residence, No 117 East 113th st, Ho bad been thrown down, bis head striking the curbstono, and when carried off he Was unconscious, From this stupor he did not ro- cover before his death, aud go was unable to furnish any ante-mortem statement. Tho deceased was genor- ly regardod ay a man of respectability nd good stand- ing. He was connected with a number of benevolent societies and is supposed to have beou possessed of con- siderablo means, although he was once in much better circumstances. Corover Croker committed the prisonor Lunaban to await the result of the inquest, The lat. ter was groatly distressed when ho heard of Braay’s death, Ho wept und declared ropeatodly that he would pot for the world have tatlicted upon the man any fatal or scrious iajury, Ho said he would not have étruck any biow likeiy evon to disigaro Brady, and indeed wus driven to resort to violence by the tour of his own life being in poril trom the other's assault, He says, $00, that be met Brady by appointment tn the saloon where the dilticulty betwoen them % to receive irom the latter a debt no bad promised to settic, but which thia titne he retused to pay at all. ANOTHER RUFFIAN IN UNIFORM. A boy of thirteen, named William Keegan, appoared yesterday with his father at tho Central Uflice and charged Oflicer Owens, of the Eleventh precinct, with beating hit severcly. ‘The boy’s face bore murks of violence and one cyo was blackened aud lacerated, Tho story ho told was as tollows:—Tbe olticer, it seems, was patrolling bis beat, on Fourtheenth street, when he discovered some boys playing bail and young Keegan says be was standing on the side- walk looking ou, ‘The ollicer drove the boys off the street and then on his way buck bu seized Keogan by the neck, pushed him against a post, and th ding bin in tbat position with one hand be dealt him « blow in the eye with his closed fist. Tho force of the biow kuocked the boy to the sidewalk and for a mo. ment be was hardly able to stir, The officer hauled bim to. bis fect, and when he began to protest that he had done nothing was about to give rome rough rejomder when some onlookers hurried up aud tnter- fered, This action was taken by the officer in a rough, iil-conditioned way, aud it was with difficulty that be could be prevailed upon to bring young Keegun quietly to the station house, There the boy was contined all night, bat was discharged im court yesterday morning und was at once taken to the Central Ottico by his father to make the complaint. His alll ANNUAL ELECTION OF SACHEMS AND OFFICERS, The annual election of sachems of the Tammany Society took place | Fourteenth streot. The following ticket was overwhelmingly success- ful, as there was no attempt at au organized opposie tion Sachems—Jonn Kelly, Thomas Dunlap, Houry L. Clinton, Charles Doovtue, Nathaniel Jarvis, Je, Miles B, Andrus, Willan H. Wickham, Kdward L. Donnelly, Smith Ey, Je., Bernard Rivily, Charles MH. Haswell, Menso Dietondor(, Jonn J. Gormaa, Secretary—Joel 0. t evening in tho Wigwam, on Sagamo: Weskinskie—Joun D, Newman. ‘The opposition ticket ruilied wo Four of the sachems of iast year were left off the reguiar ticket—viz., Edward Cooper, Frederick Smythe, Willam C. Conner aad Johu J. Friedman, A meoting of officers of the society will be teit toe day tour the purpose of announcing the official cauvass. ‘The installation of sachemus and oifloers will tuke place on the 12th of Ma Sachom, Father of the Council and ancil wil be elected the Monday following this installation, A COURAGEOUS WOMAN. Daring tho funeral of Rev. C, J. Weisel in Williams- burg yesterday afternoon the great crowd atrending blocked up tho streots In tho neighborhood of his charch, This attracting tho attention of the store. | keepers two young mon took udvantage of It to effect an entrance into the dwelling No, 20% Ewen sireet, They thea with @ butcher's cleaver broke open the ents of Mrs. Barbara Michel and ed to Fansack (hem. ‘They also with the same eat broke vpen the apartments of ber brother- w, but the noive mado by them in doing so attracted the attention or Mre, Michel, who was in the Jewelry elore on the first floor, She hurried up to meet the burglars coming down, Stopping them sho vemanded their errand, and getting xu Unsatisiactory reply seized oue und held biin unt the arrivat of a po lico offeer. The prisoner gave nis name as James Lord, residing in Eighth street, Long Isiand City, On searching him 1 the station Louse u gold tubacéo box, th $18, the property of dirs, Michel, war found 1 8 hat, G FROM THE DEVIL. Frank Printy was sent to Commissioner Jobn Raber for transmission to the Luvatic Asylum by Justice Guck in Willwmaburg yesterday, Frank bad d turbed the congregation of St. Mary’s Roman Catholic Chureh on Sauduy morning by rushing into the is shirt sleeves and, clinging to the cruciiix paltar during the services, clartued prowwe- the devil, No iuducements could get nim outside the alter railing, 86 that tho oflviating priest, Rey, atber McDonald, was reluctantly compelled to cull on members Of the congregation to help Lim, and Printy Was removed by force to the silewalk, Here Officer Duily tovk charge of him, aua ho was jocked up i the Sixth precinct siation house. Yesterday moru- ing he Was arraigned before Justice Guck, aud, his tu- euoity being proved, he was sent to Fiasbu: as stated. Printy suid he went to the ebureh by order of two women, Who came down from u tree and said the devil would get him unloss he kept @ cruvilx in bis ban TALMAGE’S LEOLURE. The Rev. T. De Witt Taimage will deliver a lecture on “People We Meet,” tn Association Hall, Twenty-third street and Fourth avenue, tnis evening. The proceeds ‘Will bo added to the “purchase iuud’? of the Grace Bapwst Church, THE STATE CAPITAL. Members in Contempt Purged By Consent. ARREARS OF ASSESSMENT. Powers of the Canal Board—The State Reapportionment, (wy TELEGRAPH TO THE HERALD,} Atwany, April 16, 1877. 1s was expected that at tho meeting of the Assembly this evening there would be much fun and excitement over the call of the House, and it was thought seve: measures would bo taken with those who have been in contempt since last Friday; but a motion of Mr. Husted, that the members in contempt be purged thereof, was finally carried, and that put an ond to the farce, which tovk about an hour and a balf of time and was altogether silly. Tho third reading of bills followed, and among those passed was Mr. Morrissey’s Dili for the payment of arrcars of assessments in three annual instalments at the rate of eight per cent, the rate formerly being twelve, It will cow go to the Gov- ernor for his signature, THE CANALS. No business of any special importance was done in the Senate. In Committee of the Whole, amending the act to enlarge the powers of the Canal Board, Mr. Harris moved to striko out tho first section, saying he thought itunwise to clothe a committee with the pow- ers of the whole Board, He said the effect of this was to give possibly one person ull the powers possessed by the Boara itself, Mr. Colo said cuses had occurred where much ex- pense would have been saved to the State if a commit. tee could have had tull power in prosocuting inv gations, Ilo said it Was sometimes necessary for mems bers of the Board to make investigations in differen’ sections, and if a witness be contumacious it would be necessary to give the committee greater powers, Mr. Harris satd if that wero all that was proposed there would probably be no objection, but this goes much further by clothing a committee with all the powers of tho Board.” It meant much more than ap- poured, und Was an attempt to cvact that when bad tho condempation of the Senate last winter. Mr, Woodiu sald tt was not to the power of the Canal Bourd to confer upon any committee power to send for persons avd papers. The law of last winter wave evlarged powors to the Canal Board, which could be exercised by a majority, but it was propoxed, to confer upon one person all these powers, A come mittee could now go to any part of the State and get all the tuformation that would be required by the Boura, Mr, Schoonmaker could see no force in the objec. tions made to this bill. It waa simply giving a come inittee power to exumine witnesses; nothing moro, nothing less, Pending the question progress was reported, TUK QUESTION OF AN HONEST REAPIORTIONMENT, ‘There 1 4 Jullucious notion tn the miuds of many ree publican members of the Legislature that a fair reap- portioument of the Stato on the bases of tho caacus of 1875 would give the democrats an advantage in rep- resentat ad perk inujority of the Senate, 1} some impression of Kind wore not folt it 1s cortain » bill lor reapportioning the State would ha boon submitted Leflore now vy tho appropriate com ittees. Granting that tho increase of Senatorial resentation {rom New York, Kings aud Richmond counties would insure an iucrease of democratic strength in these quarters, it must be reool- lected that the raral «districts, from = wich Topresentution woula bo — withdrawa, be consoliiated in the republican interest. Senators Schoontaker, Starbuck and Hradley, demos crats, of the Fourteenth, Eighteenth and ‘t'wenty-sev- enth Senatorial districts, would be lett out iu tho cold on @ reapportionment, and that would complowly offset Une anticipated democratic gain in the south end of the Stase, As with Senators, sv with Assembiymen. Tho domvcrats may gain sevoral 1a New York city and luxe several elsewh Tho whole thing ts purel; urithmetical calcalation. ‘Tho representative poj tion, uccurdiug tv the report of the Secretary of stata on tho ceusus of 1575, i 4,370,049, an increase of $42,404 in ten years, demanding un expansion of tho numerical basis ‘of representation tor Senators and Assemblymon since the last apportionment ta 1866, The basis for an Assemblyman would now be $145 Of population, and for Senutor 136,582, Thera are seveuty-live Assembly dustricts which fall below tho requisite number of representative population, us called for by the last consus, New York county shows un increase of 344,842, Kings county 207,006 and Mouroe Present respoctive representative counties that havo fallen buck, so 6 two or more members Madison, Washington, OneWa, Nugura, Onturio, ego, Otsego, St. Law: reneo*’ Wayne und Catwraugus. The remy ing countics aro entitled © the samo ropre- sentation as they bad under the furmer «pportiwng nent, Ii ove member each be taken from the counties Just named by the increused basis, th@eounty of New York would have six additional Agfemblyinen, or tweuty-seven to all; Kings county tive additional, or fourtoen tu all, and Munroe one additional, or tor all, In the matter of Senators New York would be clearly entitled to two, with a margin of 81,678 popu- lation, and Kings county to one, with a margin of 70,474 populution, or both countios, ingiuding Ricbe mond, to four Senators and a margin to spare. HOUKHOOM'S LAST UKVIEION, Last year the report of Mr. Hogeboor, the Apportionment Committee, granted New York only three additional ment aod Kings county only threo, wuile Monroe got none at ail He retained tue reprosentation of his own county, Columbi, which should forfeit u momber, and also Wasbingtou, Wayne and Niagara, white he deprived the county of Ulster (democratic) of tho one extra member to which it it ch y entitied, He gave an additional member te moe county (republican), Which is uot eutitied te it. Lt evident Mr, Hogevoom and the majority of the committee are uniair and partisan and the will be justiied im vetoing any #1 Aureus they proposed to pass and whose injustice can be demonstrated to the capacity of the smallest school boy, a# it 8 a question im simple addi- tion and division, No wonder that the report this year should be slow in coming Woen @ majority of the mem bers of the committee are from counties which would Jose representation tf justice were done, No meetings of this Apporttonment Committee have been held, ue doe jo make the subject intelligi bla, ment be made he will call an extra session of th ire, vod he will call one even tt one be mad nd proper, because, he ntal principles of republican tor government that the people should bo fairly repree scuted in their legislative vodies. METHODISTS IN REVOLT. [BY TRLEGRAPH TO THE HERALD.) Bosto, April 16, 1877, Thero ta an incipient rebellion among some of the Methodists in Boston, the result of which will be | awaited with keen interest by members of the denomie nation turoughout the world, Half a dozen of the churches received new pustors yesterday, by appoint. ment of Bishop Foster, at the late session of the Now England Annual Conference at Lynn, With ono ex- ception, the hew men were cordially received, and em | tered upon their pastorates under favorable auspices, | The exception was in the cuse of Rey. William R Ciarke, D. D., who Was sent to the Saratoga Street Church, East Boston, Some time before the conference met there hud been negotiations betwi the church and Rev. W. 5, Scott, of the New Hampshire Couterence, lovking to his transier to this coulercnce and app ment Ww that church, Having things all “tixed, they thought, the members of the churct: were rather indignant, Hot to say excited, when the | appointments were wonounced, to learn that their Wishes, or rather demands, had not been compli? with, but that Clarke bad been sens to them, CLOSING THE CHURCH, The trustees of the church heid « meotng on Friday hight and voted not to allow the cburch to be ope: on Sunday, aud accordingly people who went to hear the Hew pastor yesteraay fouud she doors closed, Dr, Clarke was informed on Saturday of the action of the trustees, and id not go to the church yoster- vay. It ts claimed that the church bas no feeling against Dr. Clarke personally, but the members do tee! 4rieved that their wishes were not recoguized and f, Soult sent to them, They profess themseives un- avie to see why arrangements between the Tremont Street Church and Kev. Mr. Studley should be carried Out With the cousent of the Bisbop and thelr arrange. tents be overturown by the sume man, “What is sauco for the goose ts (or should be) sauce tor whe gander,’’ they think. ‘A QUESTION OP ORKDINNCR, How the matter will turn oat tt ts in ‘bot it has created considerable exetvem circles already, jor such action by a charch 14 somes thing unusual, aud there 1 naturally great Interest among the tonisters, especially as the result will in» Mmoasure detorinine the question whether a Methodist church cap retuse to vbey tho ruies adopted for ite government by the Conterence with which it is cons nected, INCENDIARISM ON SLTATEN ISLAND, Edward Francis O'Halloran, charged with arson io setting fro tu his little shoe store on Bay street, Tompkinsville, bad an examination yesterday before Justice Tiernan, It appears that tho building was set ou fire in four differeat places, keroyene being plenti+ fully used, Tt is alleged that the accused removed mie clothing out of the pixce on the day before tho fire, and ordered lis boy nos to wleop in the shop on the night of the fire, It i# further understood that t | ig and fixtures wero red for $600, which alleged to be double their value, Tho pruoucr was held to Await the activa of the Grand Jury,