The Sun.
London, England, 1864-03-28 00:00:00

The Notorious General Butler.

It has been already announced that Gen. Butler has sent
the Rev. James D. Armstrong, D.D., of Norfolk, Virginia,
to work upon the fortifications at Hatteras, as a punish.
meat for his " disloyal practices." The following is the
official report of the examination which led to the banish-
ment of this clergyman. Question—Do you call yourself
a loyal man in letter and spirit to-day ? Answer—l prefer
not answering. Question—What is the name of that gen-
tleman who bad taken the oath, and while coming out
of the Custom-house with you made the remark that he
" would like to spit upon Northern Yankees," or some-
thing to that effect ? Answer-1 prefer not answering.
Question—Have you ever in your pulpit alluded
favourably to the Southern cause ? Answer—l preached
a sermon on the recommendation of the Southern Congress.
Question—Did you object at that time to doing so ? Answer
—No, sir. Question—Have you since the commencement
of the war preached in your pulpit a sermon favourable to
the Union cause, one that would please the loyal and dis-
please the disloyal ? Answer—No, sir. Question—Where
were you born ? Answer—ln New Jersey ; I came to
Virginia when nineteen years old. Question—Have you
determined in your mind not to pray for or allude to
the President of the United States, the authorities, the
armies and navies thereof, that they may be successful
in all their efforts to put down this wicked rebellion?
Answer—l have. Question—Do you think this a wicked
rebellion? Answer—No, sir. Question—Have you, since
the commencement of the war, opened your church on any
fast or thanksgiving day recommended by the President of
the United States? Answer—No, sir. Question—Did
you ever open your church on Jeffet son Davis's recommen-
dation? Answer—There has been meetings for prayer.
Question—Should the Pi esident of the United States
within a short time recommend a day of thanksgiving or
fast, with a view that Christians would unite in prayer for
the overthrow of all rebels in arms against the Government
of the United States, would you willingly open your church
and take charge of such meetings to that end? Answer—
I should not. Question—Do you look upon slavery as
a divine institution. Answer—l look upon it as sllowable.
Question—Did you look upon the hanging of John Brown
as just and right ? Answer—l did. Question—Would you
look upon the hanging of any of the prominent rebels—
Jeff. Davis, for instance—as just and right ? Answer—l
should not. Question—Are you religiously and morally op-
posed to capital punishment ? Answer—l am not. Question
—Do you leek on Jeff. Davis or any of his confederates as
deserving any severe punishment for their public acts
against the Government since the commencement of the war?
L.nswer--I do not. Question—Do you sympathise with
the Union cause or with the Confederate ? Answer—With
the Confederate. Question—Do you look upon Jeff. Davis,
Wigfall, J. M. Mason, and their former colleagues in the
United States Congress just preceding the year 1860 as
perjured , mon, and deserving a traitor's reputation for all
time, until they show works meet for repentance ? Answer
—I do not. Question—Did or do you now regret the Federal
loss at Smithfield a few weeks since ? Answer—l do not.
Question—Do you think the attack on Fort Sumter by the
rebels justifiable I prefer not answering. Question—Do
you think the South justifiable in ever having fired en the
old flag? Answer—l do. Question—Should you know of
any blockade runners or secret mail carriers to or from the
rebels, would yon give immediate information thereof to our
authorities, that they might be detected and punished as
traitors deserve? Answer—l would not have anything to
do with it.

A new bridge is now in emirs° of construction
across the Seine at Auteuil, below the Pont de Groinlle, for
the CehtiAuittion of the railway round Paris•

The Sultan's iron yacht, which has been lying at Wool-
wich during the past fortnight, sailed for Constantinople on
Friday last, having received a crew of various nations from
the Sailors Home in London. Mr. Comyn, an officer of
the Royal Naval Reserve, is in command of the yacht, and
Mr. Harms, an English engineer, is in chief charge of the
engines, and will probably remain in the permanent service
of the Turkish Government.

The Irresistible, 67, 400 horse power, fitting for the
Coastguard service at Southampton, has been removed out
of the great basin into the Medway, and on Saturday
shipped her main deck guns, consisting of 24 32-pounders,
which were sent from Chatham by the War Department
transport Marlborough.

In accordance with the orders of the Admiralty, seven of
the improved gunboats, from the designs of Mr. Reed, are
to be immediately commenced at Chatham, Portsmouth,
Devonport, and Woolwich dockyards. They are to be called
steam launches, and are to be completed with as much de-
spatch as the resources of the several dockyards will permit.
The Adventure, screw troopship, Capt. C. L. Waddilove,
remains at anchor at Spithead, the present orders being that
she is to remain thers until about the 12th proximo. " .e
fresh case of amallpox appears there among her crew she
will proceed to Dover, and embark Aitereia battery of garri-
son artillery-, and a. detachment of the 2d. battalion of the
20th Regiment. From Dover she will proceed to Plymouth
and there take on board the troops and naval supernumera-
ries conveyed to that port from Portsmouth in the Hima-
laya. She will then start on her China voyage. Statements
have been made in connection with this ship, regarding
the prevalence of small-pox at Portsmouth, which are ex-
aggerations. Small-pox is prevalent to a certain extent in
some of the most crowded portions of Portsmouth and its
suburbs, as it is jaat now in many other towns, but there is
no foundation for the statement that there are crowds of
people waiting at the doors of medical men for vaccination,
&o. The disease made its appearance on board the Adven-
ture, and as a simple matter of precaution her voyage to
China has been delayed, the cases having in the meantime
been removed to hospital, a number of her crew vaccinated,
and the ship thoroughly fumigated and cleansed.
The Bulldog, 6, paddle, Capt. Charles Wake, went cut of
Portsmouth harbour to Spithead on Saturday, and com-
menced taking on board her powder and shell, preparatory
to sailing on foreign service.
The screw steam gunvessel Ranger, 5, Commander Gor-
don, from the eastward, arrived on Saturday in Plymouth
Sound, where she filled up with coal from the hulk Lavinia,
preparatory to the sailing for the West Coast of Africa.
The screw steam troopship Himalaya, from Portsmouth,
arrived on Friday at Plymouth, and landed at the Royal
William Victualling-yard the troops destined to proceed to
China in the Adventure. The seamen supernumeraries
which came from Portsmouth were transferred to the Royal
Adelaide, and on Saturday the Himalaya proceeded to
moorings outside Keyham Steam-yard, into which she will
be taken for the purpose of being docked and repaired.
The Royal George, 78, at Devonport, will be commissioned
on the Ist of April proximo by ;he officers and crew of the
Ajax, 60.
In accordance with instructions to that effect received

from the Admiralty, every exertion is being used to com-
plete the Terrible, 22, 800. horse power, for the first divi-
sion of the Chatham Steam Reserve, as she will shortly be
required for commission. The Terrible is the largest of the
paddlewheel steamers in the British navy, and was built
under the superintendence of Mr. 0. W. Lang, late the
master•shipwright at Chatham dockyard. During the time
she has been in dock, a period of several months, she has
undergone such extensive repairs as to make her almost a
new vessel. She i 6 intended for service in the Meditcr-