The Sun.
London, England, 1858-05-27 00:00:00

LONDON, THURSDAY

NAVAL AND MILITARY INTELL.TGENCE

The Vulcan, steam troopship, Commeinder J. Sea-
combe, will embark this morning, on their arrival from
Aldershot at Portsmouth, the following t mops for Gib,
raltar, comprising the right wing and he: id-quarters of
the 2d Battalion of the 7th Royal Fusil 'ors :—Lieut.-
Col. Somerset ; Captains Hayhills, Hero ut, Campbell,
Maskeleyne, and Whygham ; Lientenan is Rumbalt,
O'Brien, Foster, Little, Arnott, and Harri son ; Ensigns
Smith, Geddles, Gatacre, Ashton, Bolam,_ and Butler ;
Adjutant Smith, Quartermaster Metcalf, and Surgeon
Docker. Also, Staff Assistant-Surgeon 3.. M'Kinnell,
two ladies, two officers' wives, 522 rank al 2d file, 38 sol-
diers' wives, 32 children, and three hors-es.

Yesterday morning the troops belonging• to the Royal
Engineer establishment at Brompton barrat :ks, Chatham,
accompanied by a large body of officers, w ent through a
variety of escalading operations at Prince Ed ward's bas-
tion. These operations are to be repeated at frequent
intervals.

Her Majesty's screw gunboat Fly, ha ve taken in a
large quantity of ordnance stores at Chatham, proceeded
to Sheerness yesterday. While steaming out of the har-
bour, the Fly ran into the Gloucester, 50„ lying off the
Queen's-stairs, and carried away her side latdder and stag-
ing. After getting clear of the Gloucester the Fly quitted
the harbour and proceeded down the river, when she ran
ashore in Gillingham-creek, but was shortly afterwards
got off again, and returned into harbour at Chatham.

The Marlborough, 131, Capt. Lord F. H. Kerr, got
up steam yesterday morning, and steamed from Spithead
to the Nab several timeß, to try her engines, &v.
The Monarch, 84, Capt. Patey, flag of Vice-Admiral
H.W. Bruce, got up to Spithead yesterday morning
from St. Helen's Roads• Admiral Bruce was expected to
strike his flag last night at sunset, and the 'ship was to
go to the eastward to be paid off.
The Rhadamanthus, steam storeship, Master-Com-
mander Sturdee, arrived at Portsmouth yesterday from
Woolwich, with machinery, and having in tow two steam
gunboats, the Beady and Thrush.

The sloop Comm, 14, Commander R. Jenkins, from
Simon's Bay April 1, arrived off Plymouth Sound yes-
terday morning, and received orders to proceed to Sheer-
ness.

The Battalion of Royal Marines, with the Light In.
fantry Regiments of Militia, were yesterday drawn up
on Woolwich Common, under the command of Lieut.-
Col. Fleming, R.M., Lieut.-Col. Fane, Oxford Militia,
and the respective officers of battalions, and were put
throne* sundry platoon exercises and file firing practice,
occupying upwards of five hours. The regimental band
belonging to the Woolwich division of Royal Marines,
engaged during the week in Greenwich-park, were yes-
terday succeeded by the band of the Royal Artillery,
who performed in the park from 2 p.m. until 7. The B
and H batteries of Royal Artillery, in command of Major
Franklin, C 8., were occupied during the day in Wool-
wich-marsh in carrying out a continuation of experiments
in order to verify the effect of the shrapnel! shells fired
from the battery howitzers among a number of targets,
Planted at various distances so as to form representative
columns cf advancing soldiery. The effect was said to
be highly satisfactory and interesting.
Rear-Admiral Sir Baldwin Walker, K.C.8., Naval
Aide-de Camp to the Queen, and Surveyor of the
Fleet, yesterday inspected the ships under fitment at
Woolwich. The special object of the Surveyor-General's
visit to Woolwich dockyard was to ascertain the pro-
gress made in completing H.M. screw steamship Archer,
recently commissioned by Capt. Sandersoa for service on
the coast of Africa. An extra number of shipwrights
were consequently ordered to be employed thereon, and
a colour•sergeaet, corporal, drummer, and 20 privates of
Royal Marines Light Infantry are to be told off to ship
on board on Tuesday next. The Marines will be ern_
played in getting in stores, scraping decks, splicing gun
tackle, See.

The iron paddlewheel steam vessel Oberon has had her
repairs completed, and is about to be brought forward at
Woolwich for commission.

A detacbment of volunteers from the light infantry
companies Royal Marines left Woolwich yesterday to
join the gunnery ship Excellent, at Portsmouth, having
been transferred from the divisional companies to the
Royal Marine Artillery.

The freight ships Malcolm Brown and the Menapia
were yesterday chartered by the War Department for
the conveyance of stores from Woolwich for Malta and
Montreal.

The following appointments were made yesterday at
the Admiralty :

Lieut. W. H. Rashbrooke to the Royal George, for
service to the Ordinary, at Sheerness, vice May, placed
on tbo reserved list; Lieut. T Cartwright's appointment
has been cancelled; B. S. Jackson, master's assistant,
to the Marlborough.

MILITIA.
The steamship Pacific, Capt. Thompson, arrived at
SpiThead yesterday evening at 8 o'clock from Dublin,
which she left at 6 o'clock on Monday evening, with the
4th Middlesex Militia, who will land this morning and
proceed to the South-Western Railway at 6 o'clock for
their county head-quarters (Hounslow) to be disembodied.
The force consisted of Lt.-Col. J. Scriven, Major F. 11.
Bleachford, Capts. E. 11. F►nney, C. J. Boulton, C. E.
Mortimer, W. E. Taunton, W. P. Brisley, E. E. Elliott,
M. Constable, Lieuts. C. Boynton, J. G. Slade, C. F.
Rutherford, E. W. Goulding, W. J. B. Stanbridge, C.
Wilkinson, 11. E. King, J. F. Burke, J. F. Wintour,
H. E. Scriven, Ensigns W. W. D. A. Jones, E. B.
Jackson, P. 0. Page, J. A. Norman, B. Byrne, W.
Burrell, Acting-Paymaster M. Copplestone, Adjutant
Captain C. W. Parke. 7, Quartermaster George Hope,
Assistant-Surgeon E. Adolphus, 628 rank and file, 38
soldiers' wives, 49 children, and 8 horses. The Pacific
went into Portsmouth harbour yesterday forenoon and
landed the baggage, horses, &c.

LORD SHAFTESBURY AND THE SUNDAY

CABAL.

(From the Morning Herald.)

Lord Shaftesbury seems to be suddenly possessed
by an irresistible desire to destroy his own reputa-
tion. It is vain to attempt to disguise the unpala-
table truth, but the noble earl drys not stand so
well with the British public as he did a short time
since. His share in the late factious attack upon
the Government has given deep, and, we are com-
pelled to add, reasonable cause of offence to many
of his former admirers. Lord Shaftesbury's repu-
tation for earnestness and sincerity of purpose once
ranked amongst the first. It has, however, been
put to the test, and we are compelled to state, and
with sorrow we record the fact, has been found
wanting. We do not on this occasion allude to
Lord Shaftesbury's ungracious attempt to persuade
the assembled Peers on Saturday w,:ek that his
political sympathies " had over been and still were
with that party which was represented by her Ma-
jesty's. present Government." The assertion is
cnatradicted by his actions ; and certainly, if Lord
Shaftesbury had re illy been a supporter of the
present A'linistry, he might have saved himself the
trouble of crossing to the Opposition benches with
the late occupants of office.
It ia, however, with a much worse case that we
have at present to deal. Our readers will remem-
ber that during the debate in the House of Lords
on the evening of the 14th instant Lord Derby
alluded to that Cambridge House Sunday meeting,
of which ample details have been furnished to the
public by
leaders. Lord Derby said—we repeat the
precise
w organs enjoying the confidence of the
o r
be no mistake—
ds used on the occasion, that there may

" The noble earl's notice was given on Monday
last. I don't know whether he atteaded it ; but I
presume he had communicated to him the result of
that Sunday meeting, which I am told was not
entirely for religious purposes. I mention it
merely as a singulir coincidence. On Sunday last
a meeting was hsld at the house of the noble lord
(Palmerston) at which it is supposed (and believe
on very good authority) that the subject of the
motion was discussed ; and it does so happen that
the noble ea,l, intimately and closely connected
with the noble viscount, gives on Monday, in
this house, notice of his intention to submit a
resolution."

The real interpretation of the above is plain
enough. Lord Derby stated distinctly that he did
not know whether Lord Shaftesbury attended that
Sunday meeting, though he presumed that the re-
sult of the same had been communicated to him.
On the Monday after the debate we wrote, "In a
certain portion of the religious world, Lord Shaftes-
bury's reputation stood high, but his share in the
new Sunday movement at Cambridge House has
created surprise and indignation amongst many of
his former friends and admirers. Whether Lord
Shaftesbury was or was not present at the meeting
at Cambridge House on Sunday week, can be of
little consequence. We are not in the confidence
of these politicians, and we do poi-, therefore, pre-
tend to decide that point. The Palmerston organ,
on Monday last, announced that such an assembly
had taken place at Cambridge House on the pre-
vious Sunday, and that an assault upon Ministers
was to be delivered. On the evening of the day
on which this announcement appeared LordShaftes-
bury came forward as the champion of the Opposi-
tion. He thus virtually became the approver and
and the abettor of this Sunday movement. Many
persons imagined that Om must be some mistake