The Sun.
London, England, 1862-04-21 00:00:00

THE NAVY.

A 11.alta crespondent, in a letter dated the 12th
ins-t., states that her Majesty's screw line-of-battle
shi p 'Exme 'nth, 89, Capt. J. Paynter, and her Ma-
jesty se,rew frigate Araphion, 36, Capt. A. C. Gor-
do 3, b'4.l left Valetta on the 9th inst., the former for
tb aTPiraeus, with stores for the screw line-of-battle
F ,hip Mars, 80, Capt. J. N. Strange, and the latter
for Palermo and Naples, with stores for the screw
line-of-battle ship James Watt, 89, Capt. E. Codd.
No other movements of men-of-war had taken place
in the port since the departure of her Majesty's
screw sloop Icarus, 11, Commander N. Salmon, wit
the overland portion of the India and China r.lails
for Marseilles, as already announced. Pier Majesty's
screw troopship Himalaya, Capt% T. Seccombe, was
expegted back from M.arseilleg, that vessel having
been detained at thP.t port by telegraphic orders for
the pttrpose of conveying to Malta certain Lords of
the Admiralty, w'on:are about to pay the island a
visit on business connected with naval works. It
'will be remer4ibered that the Himalaya was on her
way to England. The Peninsular and Orien'tai
steamtihip Sultan, which lost her screw pror:eller on
'
.her last voyage from Alexandria, had been fitted
• with a new screw which she fortrdnately had on
board. She was to leave that eviening, with a mail
for France and England, via 'Marseilles. The hired

steamer Tartar, having On looard ammunition and
Armstrongi guns from -Woolwich arsenal, had ar-
rived. A quartermaster of one of the regiments in
garrisbn was under arrest. The only line-of-battle
ships in •port were the Marlborough,l3l (flag of the
COmms,nder-in-Chief), and the Neptune, 89. They
1 gad rAilso in port, besides the receiving ship :Hiber-
nia (flag of the Admiral Superintendent), the sur-
veying steamer Medina, 4, and the gunboats
Growler and Boxer, these two latter out of com-
mission, and the Italian corvette Tripoli.
The same correspondent, under date of the 14th
inst., announces the arrival on that day of her Ma-
iesty's paddlewheel steam sloop Trident, 3, Com-

mender C. M. Balfour, from the lonian Islands.
Her Majesty's screw steam line-of-hattlo ship
Queen, 86, Capt. C. F. Hillyar, was the only Eng-
lish ship 'of war at Corfu when the Trident left.
The Turkish squadron, which was at Butrinto to
enforce the collection of the taxes payable to the
Pasha of the district, had sailed :for Montenegro.
The steamer Hellenis had arrived at Corfu with
several Armstrong guns for the fortifications of that
piaco, and othere were expected from England.
..Her Majesty's iron screw storeship Himalaya, Capt.
J. Seccomba., conveying an Admiralty Board, had
not arrived. at Malta np to the 14th, but was looked
for there from Marseilles on the following day.
Letters have been recently received at Plymouth
from the screw steam frigate Termagant, 25, Capt.
F.tobert Hall. The vessel was then at Panama,
where the weather was found very oppressive by
the officers and crew. She is usually stationed at
Coibai, the climate of which is cooler; frequent cora-
.munication is made between the island and the
isthmus. The frigate has on board, for distribution

.among the Pacific squadron, 135 volunteers, chiefly
from among the crew of the Conqueror. The screw
steam frigate Melpomene, 51, Captain J. F. Ewart,
one of the North American and West Indian fleet,

landed them near Chagres, whence they were con-
veyed to the shores of the Pacific by train. At the
first station four of the seamen deserted, under the
impression that there were mines in the immediate
vicinity where they could find employment. The
paddlewheel steam sloop devastation, 6, Commander
John D. M`rJrea, from the southern division of the
Pacific sqrAadron, with 100 supernumeraries for shins
in the northern division, was daily expected. If
there v tas sufficient accommodation she would re-
ceive "the Conqueror's volunteers from the Terma-
gant, and convey them to the steam frigate Bac-
a' ante, 51, Capt. Donald M'L. Mackenzie, flag of
3-Mar-Admiral Sir Thomas Maitland, K.C.B, which
was probably at Acapulco.

The screw steamship St. George, 81, Capt. the
Hon. F. Egerton, having been thoroughly over-
hauled and repaired, was removed on Saturday
from the basin in Keyham steamyard to the lock.
To-day she will be taken out of the lock and placed
at her moorings in Hal:none.

The screw steam frigate Shannon, 35, Capt, James
F. B. Wainwright, left Plymouth Sound, under
steam, on Saturday evening for Portsmouth, where
she will probably be docked to repair a leak.
Her Majesty's paddlewheel steam vessel Vivid
was hauled out of basin at Woolwich on Saturday,
having been fitted for the service of their Royal
Highnesses Prince Leopold and Prince Arthur. A
deck saloon, 10 feet by 9 feet, has been built and
furnished in the style of the Royal yacht for the
Princes' accommodation- on a summer's cruise. The
Vivid will leave this morning for Greenhithe to be
adjusted, and on Wednesday for Osborne.
Nothing has been heard with regard to the screw
steamer Wisbech, which was chartered for the con-
veyance of military stores to Canada. Increasing
anxiety is therefore felt as to the fate of the steamer,
and if no tidings come respecting her by the last
mail 'bringing letters, which will be distributed to-
-44.5r, the case will wear a very serious aspect.
Every one connected with the Navy will be glad
A. hear that the distinguished Admiral Sir James
'Whittey Deans Dundas, G.C.8., was on Saturday
appointed to receive the pension of £3OO per annum
for good service, rendered vacant by the death of
Admiral Sir E. Chethain Strode, K.C.8.,
Commander Colin Andrew Campbell has been
appointed to the Geyser, vice Commander Jackson,
promoted to the rank of captain.

Newcastle, to sail Jan. 16; and the Middlesex, to
sail Jan. 22.

Orders have bear, received at Chatham directing
the following officers, attached to the West India
depots at that g are:son, to be held in readiness to
embark to
ien ts troegjiorrin
The service companies of their re-
spective :—Ensign A. H. Duthie, Ensign
W. S. F. he ene, Ensign M. Macgregor, and Ensign
N. T. C. TAierber t, 2d West India Regiment ; and
Ensign A. Denny, 3d West India Regiment.
Larip;uard Fort, Harwich, is again to be occupied
by 'detachment from the camp at Colchester, who
art. to proceed there for the impose of rifle practice.
It was expected that the fort would have been gar-
risoned by the Suffolk Artillery Militia, but that
regiment has been sent instead to Southtown bar-
racks, Great Yarmouth.

FRANCE AND ITALY-REPLY 20

LORD TALMERSTOIV.

An article in reply to Lord Palmerston'a recer`,
speech on Italian affairs appears in t,l:ae Constitu-
lionnel, Paulin Limayrac.
Urver the signature
It is; as follows :

" The debates whicl- have just taken place in the
House of Commons have certainly thrown no light
whatever on the question of Italy in general and
of Rome in particular. On the question of Italy
the speakers of the English Government have re-
mained faithful to themselves, that is, they have
continued to talk as amateur politicians. On
the question of Rome, Lord Palmerston has
been merely playing on the surface of things,
and by no means touched the bottom of
the subject. Like a good parliamentary orator,
he has spoken above all with an eye to the public;
and if he had been content only with the applause
of the house—if he had not, at the end of his speech,
invoked thejudgment of posterity—we should gladly
have left the noble orator in the quiet enjoyment of
his triumph.

" But silence is not permitted in the presence of a
statesman who pretends to have high aims; who
counts with great confidence on the judgment of
future generations, and who, distorting the policy
of others, pays the compliment of high foresight,
wisdom, and generosity to his own political conduct.
" Moralists have long shown that the people most
severe upon others are, in general, those who are
most indulgent to themselves. It is an eternal
truth, the saying of the beam and the mote ; and the
noble lord has not given a new edition of it when he
declares that the presence of a French garrison at
Rome is a violation of the principles of non-inter-
vention. The orator forgets that the reply is but
too easy, it being sufficient to place before his eyes
a despatch arrived from Corfu the very same even-
ing he made his speech. This despatch, which all
Europe has read, notices on incident which took
place at the opening of the lonian. Parliament—and
an incident, too, which did not take place for the
first time. The Assembly, having replied to the
speech of the Lord High Commissioner in an ad-
dress in which the union of the lonian Islands with
Greece is earnestly demanded, his lordship peremp-
torily retorted :—‘ In accepting the protectorate of
the lonian States, England has undertaken duties
and acquired rights. It only remains for me to
intimate to you that while she will discharge the
first with scrupulous fidelity, she will main-
tain the last inviolate." What a respect
for the principle of non-intervention and the rights
of nations !

"But let us say at once, we do not like this sort
of reply. We think that the wrong of our neigh-
bour does not justify ours. A Government which
obeys but the highest political principles in all its
acts has no need to be thus defended. Let us ex-
plain, then, why, notwithstanding the strange be-
haviour of the Court of Rome as regards France—
notwithstanding the insane obstinacy of the coun-
cillors of the Holy Father, and notwithstanding the
abuse and the hatred which we have received from
one of his advisers, we are still at Rome, occupied
both with the execution of our duties as a Catholic
Power, and as the nation which liberated Italy.
"At some future time the story of the long nego-
tiations between the Imperial Government and the
Court of Rome will hold a noble place in the annals
of French diplomacy. On the one part so much
kind sympathy, so much inexhaustible patience ;
and on the other —, But we prefer not going
into the matter. The regret we feel has been suffi-
ciently expressed already by the great bodies of the
State, the Senate, and the Legislative Assembly,
for two consecutive sessions, and with almost una-
nimity this year.
" France has never ceased to be guided by
two noble principles in her political conduct to-
wards Italy. Lord Palmerston cannot help
acknowledging that France, on account of her nis-
tory, has more causes than England to be inte-
rested in the fate of the Papal Government ; and
more causes, too, than England to be interested
in the fate; of Italy after the days of Magenta
and Solferino. The policy of France has been
invariably to devote all her efforts to the recon-
ciliation of Rome with Italy. Unhappily, her
efforts have not been crowned with success ; and at
this hour there remains little hope for a reconcilia-
tion, to all who can appreciate facts, and who do
not like to misguide others after misguiding them-
selves. The despatch of our ambassador, dated
lan. 18, could leave no doubt whatever on the sub-
ject, even if the article of the Osservatore Romano
had not given a fresh confirmation of that blindness
which, from a political point of view, must be called
a great mistake, and, from a religious point of view,
a great misfortune.

" The natural course of mundane affairs,' wrote
the Marquis de Lavalette, on the 11th January, to
our Minister of Foreign Affairs, ' is to lead sooner
or later, that sentiment to reason ; and it is under
this last aspect that, in matters of politics, we are
compelled to look at them finally.' It is this mate-
rial view to which we have now come ; and, with
every succeeding day, the Roman question is more
stripped of its religious elements, and more drawn
into a purely political atmosphere. Indeed, after it
seemed that all had been said in respect to the tem-
poral power, there came a voice more serious and
important than any preceding one, in the utterance
of Pio Nono himself on a recent occasion. ' The
temporal power,' the Holy Father says, 'is not a
'dogma.' It is not a dogma, it may, perhaps, be dis-
cussed ; and therefore, when the Cardinal Secretary
of State chooses to shut himself up in absolute im-
mobility—when he refuses obstinately the demand
of an allied and protecting Power to lend himself to
the discussion of a combination which would secure
permanent conditions of dignity, security, and inde-
pendence to the Sovereign Pontiff—he carries faith
over into diplomacy. he lowers religion. and com-
promises the very cause he has undertaken to de-
fend.

" How was the temporal power established, and
how has it lasted so long ? By submitting to the
conditions necessary for the existence of all Go-
vernments. A pow er created by the hand of man,
it has lived and developed itself by taking into ac-
count the essential elements which constitute hn-
:zian associations. There was a time when the
Pope was only suzerain, and then he had all the
advantages of a Sovereign without his burdens,
Later the Pope was not content with reigning, but
he really governed his subjects. He did not, how-
ever, then think of applying the immobility of mat-
ters of faith to political affairs, and of suppressing
time and movement. For many years past it has
been no longer so, and the Roman States have been
governed and administered in such a manner that
a moral insurrection has been permanent, and social
order was no longer possible there but by means of
external assistance. In that painful situation two
lines of policy offered themselves to the Court of
Rome, the one, wise and prudent, counselling in-
dispensable concessions, which were, at the same
time, compatible with its dignity • the other, vio-
lent an,
angry, and advising endless obstinacy and
Protests 'Without Theimit. first of
policy ha, f these lines of
itsrttio: defender at Rome the same Power
up the Pontifical Throne, and pro-
ore than ten with the sword.
The other issußtai_, years
who associate
ttehcatte clhasit for In,
byiay coalition of men who
kmninounpru and who may
cause which they have
common
ea u s;e di
nth, e ruinueociftheir ambitions in their
be called the pilots of
all the great shipwrecks of the last 10 yhat a will-
ears. And
me t
it is to this line of policy at no
ing ear is lent. All this is only too
true ;