The Sun.
London, England, 1855-11-26 00:00:00

THE POPE AND THE EMPEROR.

(From as Examiner.)

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Naval and Military Intelligence.

Her Majesty's steam-transport Urgent, Commander
Phillips, left Portsmouth harbour for Spithead on Sa-
turday evening, and awaits orders.
The steam transport Niagara, Capt. Shannon, arrived
at Portsmouth on Friday night with the Westmeath Re-
giment of embodied Militia, under the command of
Major the Earl of Granard. They are now quartered
in Cambridge Barracks, Portsmouth. It is a rifle regi-
ment, about 400 strong.
The Vixen and Lizard steam tenders left Portsmouth
on Saturday afternoon for the eastward.
The bark Mohawk, with a general cargo of provisions
from the Royal William Victualling-yard, Plymouth,
sailed for Ba'aklava on Saturday. The bark Lady
Wbarncliffe, the brig Alfred, and the bark Ameoda, are
being laden for the same destination. In consequence of
the great demand, instructions have been received at this
yard from the Admiralty to roast coffee day and night
until further orders. Two French engineers visited the
mills, bakehouse, and engine-house on Friday, and took
sketches of the most important portions of the machinery
in this department.
We understand that her Majesty's Government have,
in csnsideration of the distinguished and meritorious
services of the late Colonel Balfour Ogilvy, who died at
Balaklava on the 12th of July last, granted a colonel's
widow's pension to his widow. Lord Panrnure has
written to Mrs. Balfour Ogilvy intimating the grant, and
took that opportunity of expressing his regret at the loss
to her Majesty of the services of so valuable life as that
of her late husband. Cat. B. Ogilvy joined Omer Pacha
in the field in March 1854, and from that period up to
the time of his death had on different occasions greatly
distinguished himself. His gallantry and presence of
mind at critical moments bad gained for him the entire
confidence of Omer Pacha, with whom he was a special
favourite. Lord Hardinge has, without any solicitation,
given Col. Balfour Ogilvy's second son an ensigncy,
without purchase, in the 34th Regiment.
The 12th Regiment, 2d Battalion, from the Cape of
Good Hope, and the 54th and 66th, from Gibraltar, will
shortly embark for the Crimea. These corps consist
principally of old soldiers. Tney will be relieved by
Militia regiments.
By the decsase ssf General Sir John Brown the
colonelcy of the Bth Hussars has become vacant. He was
for many years commandant of the Cavalry Riding
Establishment at Maidstone. His probable successor in
the colonelcy will be Sir Henry Somerset.
Her Majesty's steam troop-ship Transit, Commander
Johnson, refitting in the steam basin, Portsmouth dock-
yard, got up steam to try her machinery on Saturday,
but broke down three times. She will take out a large
force of the Land Transport Corps to the East.
The Fire Queen steam-yacht,Master-Commander Paul,
went to Spithead on Saturday, and trans-shipped the re-
mains of the late Colonel the Hon. N.Maule, of the 41st
Foot (brother of Lord panmure), from the steam-trans-
, port Emperor, and disembarked them at the Royal
. Clarence Victualling-yard, Gosport, where they were
, taken charge of by Mr. Davis, Master Attendant, R, N.,
, and transferred to the undertakers for conveyance to

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London. ..
The— body was interred in Bulgaria 13 months
ago, and is now brought to England to be deposited in

the family vault.
The Sampson, 6, steam-frigate, Captain Hand, and
the Polyphemus steam-sloop, Commander Warren, will
leave Portsmouth for the Black Sea fleet whe❑ ready.

—iieMars, 80, new screw steam-ship, wa4 towed from
Chatham on Saturday, and moored at the docking buoy
ready for being taken into the fitting basin, Sheerness,
to receive her boilers and machinery, which are ready

for her.
The entire ship's company of the Cressy, 80 guns,
screw steam-ship, Capt. Richard L. Warren, were paid
wages on Saturday, at Sheerness, and all, with the ex-
ception of the relief of guard for duty, are gone on leave
until the 15th of December next.
The screw stearn-ship Exrnouth, 91, Capt. W. Hall,
with the flag of Bear-Admiral Sir M. Seymour, K.C.B
having de,charged her powder and shell in Piymouth
Sound, steamed into fl acrioaze on Friday afternoon, and
is appointed to go into duck on Wednesday for re-
pairs. It is reported that her crew will be transferred
to the Conqueror, 100, which, having completed the re-
ception of her machinery, was taken out of clock at Key-
barn on Saturday and placed alongside the Vigo hulk at
Hamoaze to be fitted for commission.
The sailing-sloop Arachne, 18, Commander Inglefield,
having had repairs emade good at Devonport, was taken
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out of dock, towed into the Sound, and placed along-
side the Egeria hulk on Saturday, preparatory to the
transference of her crew.
The steam-vessel Avon, having been fitted with boilers
at Keybare, wo taken out of dock on Friday.
The transport Diligence left Plymouth on Saturday
for Pembroke.
The Admiralty barge Ant, Edward Witts master
sailed on Saturday morning from Woolwich for Sheer-
ness with 70 tons of machinery for the Mars. The Fly,
another of the Admiralty barges, was at the same time
taken into the basin, and was immediately got ready to
be laden with the remaining portion of the machinery
and funnels intended to complete the fittings of the
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Mare, with which she is to sail on Wednesday next.
The Castle i den convict transport, having shipped 100
convicts from Woolwich-50 from the Warrior, off the
dockyard,
and an equal number from the Royal Arsenal,
was on Saturday morning towed down the river by the
steam-tug Copeland fir her destination, Bermuda. The
number of convicts thereis now considerably reduced,
as, in addition to the Castle Eden's freight, 52 were last
week discharged, the term of their sentence having ex-
pired. As a number of these men have latterly succeeded
in effecting their escape by mixing with the crowds of
labourers, arid thereby passing the gates unnoticed, it
has been suggested that the workmen should be provided
with some kind of uniform which would render an escape
by that mewls much more difficult, if not impossible.
The frigate building on the slip is Pembroke dock-
yard lately occupied by the Sutlej is of 50 guns, and,
being one of the newly improved fifties, her length is
very great-240 feet-60 feet longer than her predeces-
sor on the stocks. This fact will show the increased size
which is now given to our present vessels of war.
Additional shipwrights, sawyers, and mechanics have
been added to the dockyard strength at Pembroke, and
great exertions are to be made for the spring.
The Observatory telegraph at Milford Haven is near
completion. This is to be the link between the forts of
Thorn Island, the Point Battery at Dale, the martello
on the Stack-rock, and the dockyard, so that a rapid
communication between all the defences of the Haven
can at once be secured.
It is understood that Government have in contempla-
tion the erection of large and commodious permanent
barracks, to accommodate at least 5,000 men ; and they
are to be constructed near the present fortified barrack
on Llanryth-hill. A large building has for some time
been marked on the plans, and the want of accommoda-
tion is much felt.
The following appointments were made on Saturday
at the Adtniralty;—Samuel S. D. Wells, surgeon, to the
Royal William ; Thos. J. Breen, surgeon, to the Perse-
verance ; Henry P. Houghton, acting clerk, to the Ueda..
Lieut.-Col. Richard C. Moody, R.E., is to succeed
Major-General Gordon as the Commanding Engineer in
the North Britain district.
A'couremartial, of which Capt. Sir Twos.hos Maitland,
C. 8., of her Majesty's ship E.xcell.ent, president,
assembled on board the flag-ship Victory in Portsmouth
harbour on Saturday morning to try Mr. Jas. Driver,
Acting-Assistant-Engineer R.N., of the first class, serv-
ing on board her Majesty's steam gun-boat Hinde, for
having, on the 10th of Oct., disobeyed orders and be-
haved with disrespect to his senior officer, Lieut. Ward,
and being absent without leave. The Court, hav-
ing heard the evidence in support of the charge,
and what the prisoner bad to aisle fee e in
as defence,d
was of opinion that the charge, s f !elate
to dieobedience of orders and disrespect to his some
mending officer, had been proved ; but the remainder of
the charge, which alleged that the prisoner h .d absented
himself without leave, was frivolous; and in consequence
of the prisoner's length et service and good certificates
the Court only adjudged him to be dismissed his ship, to
he reduced to the second class of Assistant-Engineers,
and not to be promoted for two years.
The average weekly number of recruits joining at
Chatham is 50. About 4,000 young men, after com-
pleting their drill, are annua'ly sent from Chatham—
.2,soo to India and the colonies, 700 volunteers to diffe-
rent corps, the regiments coming home taking the re-
mainder.
The Medical Staff Corps (says the United SertiCe Ga-

Those who have found hitherto but " little to blame "
in the conduct of the young Emperor of Austria, natu-
rally express surprise no less than disgust at the terms
of the Concondat he has just concluded. To us, on the
other hand, who have seen in his policy from the com-
mencement of his ill-omened reign so much that deserved
the most severe reprehension, the last act of the drama
is but a natural and not unforeseen conclusion.
The intrigue which brought about the deposition of
the Emperor Ferdinand 1., on his refusal to break the
oath he had taken as constitutional King of Hungary,
was, as is well known, direoted by the Archduchess So-
phia, the mother of the present Emperor. She belongs
to the House of Bavaria, the most bigoted among the
reigning families of Germany ; and such influence as the
Jesuits still possess in Austria (reported to be not incon-
siderable) was, we believe, exerted to secure the irregular
accession of her son, during the lifetime of her husband.
Was it not to be expected, then, that one day she would
be called upon to repay the obligation thus contracted ?
Not that mere motives of gratitude are to be under-
the coucils of Aus-
rteheelriukleelyoft4hieswlamyperial and Apostolic
eeainitnhypetrdfeirsgom the law which dooms governments
ttMsorti°aadeieedsBßttaryislutceinntxion that have no hold on the respect or on the
affections of their subjects. As a much more sagacious
Emperor has lately declared, every government ulti-
mately rests on opinion. Even the Czar of all
the Russias could not maintain himself on his throne, if
he were not an object of veneration and regard at least
to his thirty millions of Muscovite subjects. But where
shall Francis Joseph find this necessary, this indisnens-
tarbilae
abnads i s
the of f a ut
Germanhority ?
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satnr di a
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power of
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inverted pyramid if it reposes on so small an area. In
Bohemia ? The reserved Slavonia population of that
country looks with no goodwill on anything German.

In Hungary, which saved Austria from dismemberment I zette) will consist, when complete, of nine companies,
in the days of Maria Theresa? The magnates of that each of which is calculated for attendance in an hospital
country (half-Austrianised as they once were) stand for 500 patients. In each company there are a steward
with averted eyes in presence of the ruler and four assistant stewards, who rank respectively as
whose hand is red with the blood of a Batthyanyi. 1, serjeant-major and serjeants ; a wardmaster and eight
The peas ints sigh for the return of Kossuth, to ! assistants, who rank, the former as a colour•eerjeant and
whom they owe their delivery from the detested the latter as corporals. Then there are issuers, washer.
Robot. The Hungarian soldiery, once n• less loyal than men, and assistant cooks, barbers, and orderlies, who
brave, wait with ill-suppressed impatience for the rank as privates ; and a cook, who takes rank as ser-
hour when they can avenge those generals who led jeant. The pay is very good. About 100 young men
them so often to victory, and who perished miserably by have joined the medical staff corps during the month.
somniand of Francis Joseph on the gallows of Arad. Captain Carpenter, late 41st Regiment, who was se-
The Hungaria❑ Protestant sees in perspective a renewal j verely wonnded at the battle of the Alma, has, by the
of those religious persecutions, which obliged his ances- decision of the Court of Chancery on Thursday last,
tors so often to implore the protection of the Ottoman ! come h-to possession of 60,0001.
against the Catholic fervour of Francis Joseph's ances- The authorities at the Horse Guards have just issued
tore. Even with the Croatians the policy of dividing for another memorandum relating to instruction in mus-
the sake of oppressing, which was practised in 1848, has ketry, in addition to the memorandum laying down re.
become a stale trick, and cannot be tried again. To gulatious for the organisation of the corps of instructor;
whom, then, shall the Emperor appeal for support / To lin musketry, issued a short time ago. The raemorae.
the Poles ? Their hopes are fixed on France, on Sweden, dum details various rules which the Commander-in-Chief
and on England. To the Lombards 1 The proposition directs to be strictly observed with a, view to efficient
could only be made in irony, But at the elbow of the instruction in the use of the rifle. The course of inetruc•
bewildered monarch there stand other ever.watchful ti en is to commence in every battalion or depot on or
Italians who promise assistance, not merely from earth before the 15th of March in each year, so that it may be
but from Heaven, at the price of subscribing a roll of finished by the time the autumn half-yearly inspection
parchment. takes place.
What wonder that this Concordat was concluded, then, Captain Twysden, 55th Regiment, is under orders to
even at the expense of surrendering the entire control leave Hythe for the Crimea, to assist Col. Kennedy at
of the Austrian Church into the hands of the Pope? The the School of Musketry about to be established there.
Emperor was not in a state to make conditions. It may The United Service Gazette states that it is the inten-
be a straw which hp catches at, but it is the only assist- tion of the Government to resort at last to the ballot,
ance within his grasp. When Metternich said " apeee and that it is to be carried into effect, without reference
mei le deluge," he used the language not of selfishness, to rank, from the age of 18 to 40. The term of service
as many have supposed, but of foresight. He saw that is to be for five years, aad it is considered that the man-
none of those who were likely to succeed him knew in ner of raising conscripts for the French army will be
what consisted the vitality of Austria ; and that by seek- adopted. The fine of 51. for not serving will be paid to
ing to Germanise and centralise (the course pursued at the Government, who will provide substitutes for those
Vienna since his time no less by liberals than by abso- who decline to enter the for Ce.
lutists), they would accomplish the ruin of the empire. On Thursday the] depot of the 59th Regiment, for
The Concordat is a necessary corollary and sequence to some time past stationed in Belfast, took their departure
this policy ; and accordingly we do not hear that Dr. for Derry. The remainder of the depot, which was sta-
Bach or Count Buol remonstrated against it, any more tioned at Newry-150 men—arrived at Belfast on Thurs-
than Cardinal Prince Schwartzenberg. day eveni❑g. They are replaced by the Royal Cheshire
The Emperor can now boast that he has at last en- Infantry from Stockport. The total strength of this
listed some active and zealous partisans. The Domini- regiment is 1.100, four companies of which were left in
cans and Jesuits will strain every nerve to save a mo- Newry, and the remaihder, six companies, are to be eta-
narch who promises them that free scope for religious tioned in Belfast.
action which they are denied in every other State of
Europe. It is another step towards the precipice, but
in the meantime there is something besides the sword to
lean u

LAUNCH OF THE SCRETV-FRIGATE
SHANNON.

PORTSMOUTH, Saturday.
A. superb frigate, of larger proportions than any fri-
gate afloat, was added to the British fleet to-day, to
further per petuate the name of her who, 42 years ago,
earned for herself such world-wide fame in her glorious
action with the Chesapeake. The old Shannon has been
for many years doing duty at Sheerness as a receiving
hulk, under the name of the St. Lawrence. The new
Shanno❑ is as far superior to the old one as she was t
the most primitive product of the shipbuilders' art, and
her entirely different character and enlarged proportions
will be seen at once by the follo wing comparative table
of her dimensions, viz. :

New Shannon, Old Shannon,
➢feasurement. screw, sailing,
51 guns. 46 guns.
Feet. Inches. Feet. Inches.
Length between the perpendiculars 235 0 .. 150 2
Length of keel for tonnage.. •. . .
Breadth, extreme
Breadth for tonnage
Breadth, moulded .. .. .. . 48 6 .. 38 6
Depth in hold . ... • . 18 4 • • 13 0
Tons. Tons.
Burden .. •• • • .... •• , 2,V.1 .. 1,066