The Sun.
London, England, 1855-06-15 00:00:00

Ins not the chivalry to defend the principles to which it
gives adhesion is no fit object for the sympathies of Eng-
'and and France, and has no claim upon the chivalry of
Europe.
Were Austria to take up a definite course—whatever
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England wrwo"negrear?d
pbpee—ut.her claim to consideration would still com-
etoßauraig,htthtehrae,
tore, we ought to have peace at any price ; or, with
Russia yiswailtlhri Johnu'ot
Mr. Disraeli, t!nt Russia is all wrong, and,
therefore, we ought to have peace at no price
4:r, with the - English Government, that we
will have peace only at the proper price ; and, taking
this course, would throw the whole force of her arms
into the contest, we could admire her public spirit, even
did we differ frmn her conclusions. It would, any how,
have the merit of boldness and honesty. But such a line
as she is at present taking—a neutral line, or rather no
at all—,after all her professions,her examination into
the international equity of the contest, and her attempts t'
upPly.its,x-arili.4.f balance, au d bring about a reconciliation
irf thf, coin, It',:'•,^' Maul to an extubt that must
tz,,r nic+ro ilij4:ious to htrseif than to any other State.
tindotibtoilv, it would cost Austria a treat deal to go
to war with-Rossi3, and just now the Austrian Ex-
chequer is rather. feeble. But it will cost her far more
to be. Russia's friend and ally, and to take up arms
liast En,4;a,,,r1 and France. Scarcely less suicidal
to join a German I,:ague of armed
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E'owers of Enr,,pa or she may form an armed German
ieutra.l league, and be at length involved in all the
'Acuities and complexities of the smaller States ;
she may join Russia and ruin her own exchequer
without any adequate compensation ; or she may boldly
throw herself into the cause of the Allies—the cause of
truth and freedom—and without rain to her finances,
without danger to a single member of her empire, may
advance the conclusion of the war, and place her own
greatness or a firmer footing than ever. The probation
nations, like that of men, lies in their onportunities.
Now is Austria's opportunity, let her give 'us a clue to
her futare destiny ; fur we can read, in what she now
does, what she will hereafter be. The oue is but the
natural sequel of the other.

AVAL AND MILITARY INTELLIGENCE.

A letter from Ealaklava, dated June 2, gives the fol-
lowing movements among the ships there :—" In Lar-
hour—the Leander, 50 ; Diamond, 28 ; Wasp, 14 ; and
Triton, 3. I regret to say that cholera has made its ap-
pearance in this port, and among its last victims is Mr.
Boxer,'Secrets.ry's Clerk, and nephew of Admiral Boxer.
He died after but a very few hours' illness. Since the

outbreak of the epidemic a provision has been made by
the naval authorities for rendering medical assistance to

the sick• of the numerous transports here, by the appoint-
ment for that duty of Surgeon Nolloth, R.N., of her
Majesty's ship Leander ; Surgeon Walling, of her Ma-
jesty's ship Wasp ; and Additional Surgeon Costello, of
her Majesty's ship Royal Albert. Mr. Hamilton, Sur-
geon of the Naval Brigade, has left for England
in the screw steamer Propeller. The hospital huts
for the reception of the sick and wounded of the
Naval Brigade are completed, and in medical
charge of Surgeon Smart and Assistant-Surgeon Pearce,
of the Diamond. Among the severest sufferers by the
epidemic are the newly arrived men, as the Sardi-
ntan Contingent, the Land Transport Corps, and re-
cruits. M. Soyer is here endeavouring to organise
Kitchens and to teach the soldier how to cook to the best

advantage. Culinary receipts are being printed for him
at held-quarters for distribution among the troops."
The
.Britannia, 120, converted into a hospital ship for
military invalids, is so far completed that she was removed
from dock at Portsmouth yesterday to the old basin, where
she will conclude her outfit. The Empress Eugenie sail-
ing-transport was towed into Portsmouth harbour yes-
terday afternoon with the depot of the 3d Buffs on
hoard, whom she conveyed from Cork, to be landed at

l'ortßtnouth, whence they proceeded to Chichester to pre-
pare for leaving to join their regiment in the Crimea.
'COO depot is under the command of Major C. W. Green,
and numbers about 300 non-commissioned officers and
men. The Myrmidor, 4, iron steam vessel, was corn
missioned at PortAmouth on Wednesday evening by
Lieut. Mauns•ell, of the Neptune, for service on the \Vest

Coast of Africa station. •
Rear-Admiral of the Blue Charles Howe Fremantle is
appointed to succeed the late Rear-Admiral Boxer as
superintendent of the Transport Service at Balaklava,
and will proceed out in the Prometlius steam-sloop. He
retains Mr. Jeans as Secretary, and will have a Flag-
Lieutenant, bet no Fag-Captain. Rear-Admiral Fre•
iantle has just completed Lis 55th year. He entered
lie nary in 1812, and his last command was the Incon-
tant frigate.
At the monthly examination of officers to qualify for
womotion and of candidates for entry into the t.ervice,
terminated at the Royal Naval College yesterday,
tiae following were declared passel!, and received certifi-
cates :—Mal•es, R.N., for Lieutenants—Messrs. T.
Hooper, G. Tryon, E.J. Pollard, W. F. F. Mudge, F.
\V. Sullivan, and H. It. Stewart. Second Masters, R.N.,
fur IlaAers—Messrs. C. Cooke, C. 0. Raliinson, and J.
Blackford. For Naval Cadets—Messrs. F. Walter,
J. Chapman, M. C. C. Roberts, P. H. W. Mayhow (first),
W. H. Bond, R. Baker, H. S. Balilte, the Hon. C. F.
C. Wellesley (these five from the preparatory naval
establishment of Mr. T. Eastman, R.N.), A. H.
Long, A. K. Wilson, and A. Cavendish. Fur Masters'
Assi,tants—Mesßrs. S. J. Gissing, F. J. Gray, and C.
a. Wade. For Clerk's Assistant—J. W. Silverlock.
The large new screw steamer Oneida sailed from
Liverpool yesterday with. the following officers on board :
—Major Heyman, Capt. sin Forrest, Paymaster F. T.
Larden, of the Turkish Irregular Cavalry ; Lieutenant-
Colonel the Hon. 1L Bandcock, 97th Regiment, and
lady ; Lientenant-Cokntel Straton, 77th Regiment;
Lieutenants M'Donald, Mackesey, Durant, Allen,
M'Nair, Crawford, Cleat her, and l\i'Murdo, and Ensigns
Campbell, Alleyne, and Hawkins, all of the 79th Regi-
ment ; Lieutenant Brine, Royal Engineers ; Dr. Leslie
.and Lieutenant Croker. 77th ; and Messrs. Scott Mor-
:on. (and wife) and Ford, veterinary surgeons ; one
woman and five men servants, one private, ,and nine
horses. Thu Oneida will • call at Kingstown for troops
and :;tore!, and will then.ce steam direct to Constanti-
nople.
l'oe screw-steamer &treble Sands was to leave Liverpool
last evening with officers and men on board. At Queens-
t.)wn she will take on hoard about 61 tons of camp
equipage.
The new troop-ship As sistance is under orders to sail
froin.Liverpool with officers, men, and stores, and she
will probably be ready for sea on the 18th inst. Com-
missariat-General Midwond will proceed on board the
Assistance to Balaklava.
The Childers, 12, Comraander Hickley, is to leave
Plymouth to-morrow for the West Coast of Africa. The
crew of the Calliope, 26, Captain Fitzgerald, will be paid
wages to-morrow, and have three weeks' leave of absence.
The gunboats ordered at Devonport are being fitted
with all despatch. They convist of 10 barges, 10 launches,
and 10 pinnaces ; some will have two 24113. howitzers—
one at each end.
The second division of the 69th Regiihent, numbering
5 officers and 153 men, arrived in Dublin from Glasgow,
on Wednesday.,
Major-General Gough will assume the command of the
Belfast district on the 2d of July. No successor to Ge-
eral Fleming, C. 8., in the Limerick district, is yet an-
Lcod.