The Sun.
London, England, 1867-05-31 00:00:00

Naval and Military Intelligence.

Ms Prussian Majesty's screw unarmoured cor-
vette Gazelle, Capt. Henke, arrived and anchored
at Spithead yesterday morning on her voyage from
the Mediterranean to the Baltic. The Gazelle was
sail from Spithead this morning for Kiel.
The armoured iron-built screw frigate Resistance,
Capt. H. J. Ilillyar, C. 8., returned to England
from a tour of foreign service in the Mediterranean,
steamed into Portsmouth harbour yesterday morn-
ing from Spithead, and was berthed alongside the
great south jetty of the dockyard, to be dismantled
and prepared for paying out of commission. The
Resistance arrived at Spithead from her foreign
station in the best order.

The Euphrates, screw troopship for the new In-
dian troop service, 4,173 tons, 700-horse power,
Capt. Montagu D. Dunn, is in the Warrior dock at
Portsmouth, having her hull below the water-line
coated with the " Hay" preservative and. anti-
fouling compositions. She will be undocked on
Monday next, and will afterwards take in 1,000
tons of coals and other stores preparatory .to her
trial over the measured mile in Stoke's Bay. Her
trial will most probably take place about the 11th
or 12th prox.
The Tamar, screw iron troopship, Capt. F. Sul-
livan, C. 8., has been undocked at Portsmouth, after
a refit, and placed alongside a coal depot to fill up
with fuel in readiness for another voyage. Her date
of sailing from Portsmouth according to present
arrangements is the Bth prox.
The Simoom, screw iron troopship, Capt. T. 13.
Lethbridge, will sail from Portsmouth for Halifax
and Quebec on her next round of troop service about
the 12th prox., and will call in at Plymouth S)nnd
and Queenstown on her way down Channel. This
serviceable, although not very large, troopship has
been fitted internally on the improved system which
haS been adopted in the five new screw ships just
C-04110.0tivi for the newly-organized linli u troop ro_
lief service. This is owing to her fittings having
undergone an entire re-arrange:nent, undor the
supervision of Capt. Lethbridge, about the time that
the plans for the fittings of tie new ships by Capt.
Mends, R.N., Director of Transp,nis, were under
consideration, and also certainly, in some measure,
to the forethought and persevering energy of Capt.
Lethbridge.

Mr. Roche, assist -snrg. Royal Navy, serving on
board her Majesty's training vessels St. Vincent and
Martin, at Portsmouth, was yesterday tried by court
martial on board her Majesty's ship Victory, at
Portsmouth, on charges of absence from duty with-
out leave and drunkenness. The Court sentenced
Mr. Roche to be dismissed from her Majesty's ser-
vice.

A divisional field-day of the infantry brigades at
rsshirot
jt,ammeldserytohre cokesmc maraientdt,oifi.lc.i.eßut.-Gen
.was.tle
heldi
Alllodne.
on Tuesday. The division formed up at half-past
10 o'clock on Cove-common, near
El moor-bridge,
facing north. The Lieut.-General ;nd staff arrived
soon after the formation was completed,and
was re-
ceived with the customary honours. II - e inspected
the ranks, and the troops then marched past
column of grand divisions at quick time, then re-
sumed their original formation, of contiguous
columns, advanced about 150 paces, and formed a
general line across the common diagonally from
north-east to south-west, to attack an enemy which
had taken up a strong position on the hills to the
westward of the Queen's Hotel. Various evolutions
followed, and the troops returned to quarters.
The head-quarters of the C Brigade Royal Horse
Artillery will arrive at Aldershott from Woolwich
to-day-.
The 68th Light Infantry Regiment from Ports-
mouth, under the command of Col. 11. 11. Greer,
C. 8., arrived at Alahrshott camp at 2 o'clock yes-
terday afternoon. The marching in strength was
48 sergeants, 656 rank and file, and a proportionate
numb.x of officers, women, and children. The re-
giment, which is one of those that served against
the Maorics in New Zealand, is quartered in G, 11,
and D lines, North Camp.
The 72.1 'Highlanders struck their tents on Cove-
common on Monday, ant went into quarters in 0,
I', and I. lines, South Camp.
The steel cutter, constructed at Chatham dock-
yard, to be used by Mr. E. D. Young and the ex-
ploring party about to be despatched to the interior-
of Africa for searching along the shores of Lake
Nyassa and the adjacent rivers for traces of Dr.
Livingstone, was completed in the factory yesterday,
and removed to one of the building slips of the yard,
where it was painted and fitted with lockers, thwarts,
sheets, and every requisite for the particular service
on which it will be employed. Although the boat
measures 301 t. in length by Bft. iu depth, with a
draught of water of 2f t. 6in., the steel plates of.which
it is constructed arc so exceedingly thin and light that
it weighs only 22ewt., while the fittings, sails, stores,
and everything complete, bring its weight up to
rather under a ton and a half. The boat .is con-
structed of 36 half sections, the steel-plates, 1-14th
' of an inch in thickness, being fastened to the keel
and jointed together by screws and bolts. An iron
framework runs the entire length, fore and aft, for
the canopy, which will cover the boat when not
under sail, for the protection of those on board from
sun or wind. The boat is rendered watortight, by
the use of red lead between the joints of the steel
plates. Three out of the four members of the expe-
ditionary party—namely, Mr. Mr. Faulkner
_roung, ,
and Mr. Reed—have had great experience iu
with African
the
exploration, they having been connected
former Zambesi expedition. The present arrange-
ments contemplate the exploring party
mall
ste leaving
amer ng
land by the West Coast of African
sailing on the 9th of June.
e yesterday
The following appointments were mad
to
,
at the Admiralty :—Copt. L. 13.
intnodore of
the Octavia, to be Seniort Officer
I :m
dian id Co
o
the Eecon ar-Admiral ; Richardn, B.
icd
class on e East n Statie
Ilillyer, promoted to be Re
Euphrates ; George 1;.
O'Toole, assist.-surg., to the t, _
Beale, assist.-sure., to the Juliana ;G. It. Lawren-
•
son, assist.-surd., to the Excellent ,G.II . Bradley,
ke of Wellinon Chas.
assist.-paymaster, to the Du Victor
0. Salmon, assist-paymaster, to
.the y, as
secretary's clerk ; Ferdinand J. Fairclough and 11.
White (B), first-class as-sist.-engineers,_ to the 'Mi-
notaur ; and George F. Laird, acting second-class
essist,-engineer, to the Minotaur. itzd .

What! such things shall be done in the presence
of us who are more than spectators, who are wit-
nesses ! What ! the old savage penalties shall still
subsist ! to this hour such sentences as these shall be
pronounced, ." Such a one, on such a day, you shall
be drawn on a hurdle to the place of your Punish-
ment ; then your body shall be cut into four quar-
ters, which shall be at the disposal of her Majesty,
who will command to be-done with them according
to her good pleasure !" 'What !on a May or June
morning, to-day, to-morrow, a man, because he has
a political or national faith, because he has struggled
for that faith, because he has been vanquished, shall
be bound with cords, shall have a black cap drawn
over his face, and be hanged and strangled until
death ensue I No ! you are not England for that.

You have at present this advantage over France,
that you are a free nation.. France, as great as
England, is not mistress of herself, and that is a sad
diminution. You pride yourself upon it. Be it so.
But beware. It is possible to go back a century in
one day. To recede even to the political gallows !
You, England Then erect a statue to Jefferys...
Meanwhile, we will erect a statue to Voltaire. -- -
Do you give it a thought? You have Sheridan -
and Fox who founded Parliamentary eloquence ;
you have Howard, who ventilated the prison and
made punishment merciful ; you have Wilberforce, •.
who abolished slavery ; you have Rowland Hill, who ' A,'
vivified postal circulation ; you have Cobden, who_
created Free Trade ; you have given to the world--
the colonising impulse ; you have constructed the
first Transatlantic cable ; you are in full possession
•
of political manhood ; you exercise the grand right
of citizenship magnificently in all its formS ; QU_ •
have a free press, free speech, freedom of conscience,
freedom of association, free trade, household free-
dom, personal freedom ; you aro about, through re—.
form, to arrive at universal suffrage; you are the.
land of the vote, the poll, the meeting ; you are the
mighty people of the habeas corpus. Well, then, to
all this splendour add this, Burke hanged : and pre-
cisely because you are the greatest of free peoples
you become the least.
It is unknown what a ravage one drop of shame
makes in glory. From being first yott Fink to be
last. What means -his inverted ambition'?? What ••
rdaii3-this thir.it-f4r degradation ? ,
these gibbet;, worthy of the insanity of
the Continent would no longer recognise the august
Great Britain of progress. he nations Would turn
away their Lice. A frightful blunder against eiyi-
lisation woul I have been committed, and by whom ?
By England! Lugubrious surprise !' Swpor of
indignation! IVhat more hideous than a sun whence •
all at once night should issue ?
No, no, no I repeat, you arc not England for

that.
You are England to set an example to the nations
of progress, work, initiative, truth, right, reason,
justice, the majesty of freedom. You arc England
to present the spectacle of life, and . not the example
of death.

Europe recalls you to your duty.
To speak at this moment in behalf of these con-
demned men is to come to the aid of Ireland ; it is
also to come to the aid of England.

The one is in danger as regards her autonomy ;
the other as regards her glory.
The gibbets will not be erected.
Burke, M'Clure, WAfferty, Kelly, Joice, Culli-
nan shall not die. Wives and daughters who have
written to a proscribed man, it is needless to make
yourselves black robes. Look with confidence on
your children sleeping in their cradles. It is a
woman, dressed in mourning who rules England.
A mother will not make orphans, a widow will not
make widows. VICTOR liIGO.
Hauteville House, May 28.

SCOT—ROYAL ASCOT.
t. CALLAGHAN'S RACE GLASSES, 23A, New
Lund-Street, W., corner of Conduit-street.
N.D.—Sole Agent to Voigtlitnder, Vienna.

THEATRE ROYAL DRURY-LANE.
Sole Le3BCC and Manager, Mr. F. B. Chatterton.
TIIIS EVENING, THAT RASCAL JACK. Messrs. J.
Rouse, J. Neville, C. Warner ; Mesdames B. Aleyne, C.
Thompson.
To conclude with T El E GREAT CITY. Messrs. C. Warner
F. Morton, J. Fitzjames, C. Harcourt, F Vi liers, J. C•
ConTer, W. M'lntyre, J. Rouse, J. Irvilw, J. B. Johnstone ;
Mesdames A. Robertson, R. G. Le Mere, C. Thompson.
Commence at Seven.

TPIIEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET,
olc Lessee and Slana.4,a, Mr. Buckstme.
ri.WS EVENING, DEA I,' AS A POST. Mr. Corßpton.
To be fullowel by A MIA) GOOSE. Messrs. Eothern,
Bucks onts, Rogers. Gordon, White, Vincent, Weattiersby,
o%'' J. ; li.'sdamcs Burke, Hill, Chippendale, Laws, Sidney, .ke.
'Co e3nzlude with r EC VIjN. Ll*. Kendal and Miss
Burke.

Commence at Seven.

ROYAL OLYMPIC THEATRE.
New Mana.gemont.
Sole Lessee, Mr. B. Webster ; Manage:, Mr. 11. Vc igan.
THIS EVESING, THE, BEST WAY. Messrs. Clayton
an,i 11. Wigan ; Mrs. St. Henry.
After which, T III.; LIAR. Air. and Mrs. Chas. Mathews.
Followed by PATT ER VERSUS C L A.T TER. Mr. Chas.
Mathews.
To conclude with OLYMPIC G A.MES. Messrs. 11. J.
Monta;;Lte, G. Vincent. 1). Murray ; Mesdames E. N'arren, G.
Moore, Sheridan, H arris, N. Harris, St. Relay, and Roselle.
Doors open at half-past Six; commence at Seven.

HOLBORN THEATRE ROYAL
Sole rroprietor and Manager, Mr. Sefton Parry.
TIIIS EVENING, a new Farce, 311 'TURN NEXT. Mr.
Belniore, Miss Foote, Miss Lennox.
A.:ter which, Boucicault's drama of FLYING SCUD.
I.
IkleJostphs, ssc. NevC.l Saunders, B. Foote , aßaymond. lmore, Bake, Gr.len,Vollaire ; Mesdames

ROYAL STR.,,A.ND TIIEATRE.
Sole Lessee and Marlegeress. Mrs Swanborou,h.
THIS EVENING, THE 'kItENCII EXHIBITION.
leo:lowed by COURT FAVOUR.
After which PYGMAL lON ; or, The Statue Fair. Messrs
Thorne, D. .lame , and N'enton Mesdamea A. Swan-
borough, Itaynhain, flatland, Newton, and Holt.
To oonco.de with TuE LITTLE SAVAGE.
Commence at Seven.

ROYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE.
Solo Lessee and Manager, Mr. Vining.
THIS EVENING, at 8 o'clock, ANTONY AND CLEO-
PATRA- Marc Antony, Mr. 11. Loraine; Enoblrbus,
"V. Vanef ; CharMiAll, Miss rage; and Cleopatra, Miss
Glyn.

THEATRE ROYAL ADELPIII.
Sole Proprietor and Manazer, Mr. B. Webster.
TINS EVENING, a new Musical Drama, GARIBALDI
IN SICILY. Miss Roden, Miss Emily ritt ; Messrs. R.
Phillips, J. G. Taylor, and Ashley.
After which, 1114:NRY DUNBAR. Messrs. 11. Neville, R.
Phillips, Ashley, J. G. Taylor, Stepheneon, C. J. Smith, R.
Romer ; Miss Kate Terry, Misi E. Pitt, and Miss A. Seaman.
To conclude with GOING TO THE DERBY. Messrs J.
Clarke, J. G. Taylor ; Mrs. Billinqtun and M iss Seaman.

110YAL AIII'IIITIIEATPLE,
HIGH HOLBORN.
MIS EVENING, SCENES IN THE ARENA.—
Austin's Lightning Zouave
And the Great Illusion Farce (the joint production of J.
Pepper and John Oxenford, Esqs.), Tll E SECRET ; or,
the Hole in the Wall. Messrs. James Francis, Richard J.
Sheridan, and Henry Lynn; Misses Macgregor and
T imam