The Sun.
London, England, 1869-05-20 00:00:00

NAVAL AND MILITARY INTELLIGENCE.

Yesterday Lient.-General the Hon. Sir James
Yorke Scarlett, K.C.8., commanding the Alder-
shott Division, inspected the batteries of Royal
Horse Artillery at the Camp under the command
of Colonel Smyth, C.B. The batteries were in
readiness to turn out in complete marching order to
Eelmoor-hill, but in codsequence of a heavy fall of
rain, the men and horses were inspected in the
vicinity of their quarters and under the covered
way of the barracks. The Lieut.-General after-
wards inspected the rooms and kits, and expressed
his approbation of the efficient condition of the
cleanliness of the quarters.

The 97th (Earl of Ulster's) Regiment left Alder-
shott Camp by detachments on Monday, Tuesday,
and yesterday, proceeding by march route via
Guildford, Reigate, and Redhill, to Sevenoaks,
whence it will he conveyed by rail to Dover, there
to be stationed.

On Monday the Cavalry Brigade at Aldershot
was exercised as a division in the Long Valley by
Major• General 11. D. White, C. 8., two batteries
of Horse Artillery covering the flanks of the divi-
The corps on the ground were the sth Dra-
goon Guards, 7th Magoon Guards, 6th Inniskill-
ing Dragoons, and the 10th Hussars. Colonel V.
Baker, 10th Hussars, acted as Brigadier. Tho re-
giments were put through a series of brilliantly-
executed field movements.

The screw gun vessel Lee, 5 guns, Commander
Charles W. Andrews, arrived at Spithead yester-
day morning from the West Coast of Africa. She
went into Portsmouth harbour to coal, and will
leave again to-day for Woolwich to be paid off.
The Lee brought home a few naval and marine
invalids from different ships, who were transferred
to the Duke of Wellington, flagship of Vice-Admi-
ral Sir James Hope, K.C.8.. Commander-in-
Chief.

MISCELLANEOUS NEWS.

PARLIAMENT AND TIIE BILL.

The statement that Lord Derby means to move
the rejection of the Irish Church Bill, originated by
the John Bull, seems to be disproved by the announce-
ment now made in the Daily News that the Conser-
vative peers will meet in conclave after the Whitsun-
tide holidays to consider the course which it will be
best to take with respect to that measure. The Daily
News, discussing the leaders in the Upper House,
considers that Lord Cairns will not be able to hold
that post; that Lord Malmesbury is, of course, out
of the question ; and that Lord -Derby will have to
come to the front again, and will find in Lord Cairns
as able a second as Mr. Disraeli has found in Dr.
Ball. The Conservative Whip, Mr. Noel, has issued
a circular to the members of the party in the Lower
House, urging them to be present at the third read-
ing of the bill, which will be opposed by Mr. Holt,
M.P. for North-East Lancashire.

TIIE GOVERNMENT AND THE ROMAN CATHOLIC

BISHOPS IN IRELAND.

An Italian paper says that there is da ;ue talk of a
negotiation between the English Got ernment and the
Papal Court, its object being to induce the latter to
recommend the Boman Catholic Bishops in Ireland
to use all their influence for putting .an end to
agrarian assas,zinations. From another quarter we
learn that Cardinal Antonelli has actually written
such a letter. Toth these statements were made
before the publication of Archbishop Leaby'spastoral,
and that pastoral seems to confirm the truth of the
reports. It will be remembered that similar inter-
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- 1.401-Ct iieruy 3 urovernment, we
believe, in erd,:r to :lova the Fenian conspiracy.

II R 3I 41. TIEN.

The Standard makes a severe attack upon Mr.
M'Laren. the senior member for Edinburgh, accusing
him and his colleague, Mr. Millcr, "of having fore-
sworn all their pledges and falsified the whole tenor
of their political lives." This is one of those
general statements which. the Standard would find
very difficult to "justify" if prosecuted for libel.
The article goes on to affirm that the Edinburghers
have always been intensely opposed to any
grant to Maynooth, and that it was for this reason
they rejected Mr. Macaulay, the historian, in favour
of Mr. Cowan, the paperinaker. But twenty years
is a long period in modern political history.
Edinburgh has moved on like the rest of the world,
and it no longer suffers the farthing. piece of May-
nooth to be held up to its eye and hide the whole
universe of politics. There has been no meeting of
electors to. denounce Mr. M.Laren, even though he
has, in the opinion of the Standard, been bought
over by the gift of a public office worth :eOOO a
year bestowed upon Mr. M‘Laren's son by. Mr.
M'Lnren's brother in-I.:w, Mr. Plight.

THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY EVEN

present reluctance Is caused by the belief thitt the
disestablishment of the Irish Church will lead before
long to that of the English Church. But even then
private patronage will not be touched, and life
interests will be respected.