The Sun.
London, England, 1867-04-10 00:00:00

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Franconia—had they but heard of the promg a -
tion of a principle so arrogant and peace-destroy-
ing as that of Prussia's " historic mission "
nothing, in their truly God-like mission, would
have enkindled more fiery zeal than the destroying
from the face of this green earth, mother and nurse
of men, so black a " Hero State."

Fort unate circumstances happily retarded the
progress of this disease—in our opinion one o
the direst—in the body politic of Germany : suc
as the school of misfortune Frederick William
111. was trained in—the essentially un-Prussian
turn of mind and disposition of Frederick William
IV.

The influence of not a few statesmen and
generals in the Prussian service, who were not
Prussians by birth, as Stein, Bliicher, Gneisensu,
(Moltke, too, the present chief of the Prussian
army, is, no Prussian.) Nevertheless, Prussianism
played an important part in the years 1848-49 in
Frankfort, and afterwards in Erfiirt, until it wa
defeated at Olmiitz. Nevertheless it was Prussi-
anism that conferred upon Frederick William IV
what he termed a " highly valued claim." Since
then the Berlin Chambers have sympathised with
the Italian spoliators. Vincke, one of the chief
leaders there, is pre-eminent for this. lie is said
to be a personal friend of the Italian King, that
prince of the Masonic Lodges in which Bishop
Ketteler sees the cradle and the school of Prussi-
anism ! Where, then, can one find a reasonable
ground for the painful astonishment he ex-
presses, that the rottenness that had penetrated
everywhere else had reached the green wood?

Naval and Military Intelligence.

It was stated yesterday at Woolwich that Major-
General Sir H. K. Storks, Governor and Cora- a'l,
mander-in-Chief of Malta, is about to be recalled -,or
He has been appointed to the newly-establiNed
post of Director-General of Supplies at the War.
Department.
On Monday Major-Gen. A. J. Taylor, Inspector-
Gen. of Artillery, accompanied by his aide-de-
camp, Capt. S. L. Nicholson,. visited Sheerness for
the puDrpiovsiseioonf,mpakeipongt
Brigade,hisannual
Royalinspe ctionofthe
First Artillery,
Stationed in that town. On Monday the inspection
was confined to putting the troops through the
great gun drill in the Central Battery, visiting the
barracks, schools, hospital, the new fortifications,
and inspecting the battery books. On Tuesday
the inspection was resumed. The General arrived
on the parade-ground about half-past 12, and was
received by the division, numbering nearly 400
officers and men, with the usual salute. The troops
then marched past in slow and quick time, after
which they were drawn up into line, and their arms
and accoutrements were examined. This over, the
manual and platoon exercise and a number of bat-
talion movements were executed, under the com-
mand of Col. Crofton, the Commandant of the bri-
gade. The inspection was closed about 2 o'clock,
when Gen. Taylor, addressing the troops, compli-
mented them upon the efficient manner in which
they had gone through their drill, spoke in eulo-
gistic terms of the clean and orderly appearance of
the barracks, and expressed himself as highly satis-
fied with the result of the inspection.
The head-quarters of the 6th (Enniskillen) Regi-
ment of Dragoons, consisting of seven troops, with
the regimental band and colours, arrived in the
Thames, at Gravesend, from Bombay, in the Aga-
memnon, Capt. N. Marden, Royal Naval Reserve,
on Monday, and disembarked in the afternoon,
under the direction of the Quartermaster-General's
Staff at Chatham Garrison, and ware forwarded the
same evening, by special train, to Colchester, where
the regiment is to be quartered. The strength of
the regiment is one field officer, two captains, six
subalterns, five staff officers, 33 sergeants, eight
trumpeters, and 339 rank and file, with two officers'
wives and three children, 20 soldiers' wives and 43
children. It embarked at Bombay, on the 4th of
January last, and left on the 6th, the passage to the
Thames being an unusually fine one of 91 days, dur-
ing which very fine weather was experienced. Dur-
ing the voyage three deaths and one birth took place
on board.
The Ist Dragoons have been ordered to Dublin to
relieve the 4th Dragoons, who return to England.
Yesterday the first division of the Ist embarked at
Liverpool on board the steamer Trafalgar. The
detachment was under the command of Captains
Coleman and Radford, and consisted of 7 officers,
107 men, 13 women, 19 children, and 100 horses.
The first division of the 4th will leave Dublin for
Liverpool to-day in the St. Patrick, and the other
three divisions of each regiment will interchange in
due course, the last division of the 4th leaving Dublin
on the 17th inst.
According to the regulations of the War Depart-
ment, the newly-appointed Military Store Staff Corps,
composed of volunteers of various regiments of her
Majesty's service, employed iu Woolwich Arsenal,
are marched at working hours to and from duty,
and are exempt from the ordinary "police search-
ing," which the civilians of the establishment have
all to undergo. Consequently, much dissatisfaction
has arisen between the civil and military corps on the
superiority of privilege. For some time past, Mr.
Carnelly, the chief inspector of police there, has
been apprised that a system of pilfering of stores
has been discovered by the authorities, and orders
were given for renewed caution on behalf of the
police. At 8 o'clock on Sunday morning Detective-
sergeant Randall had his suspicions aroused by
the appearance of a girl carrying a box to the rail-
way station. He accosted her, and asked her what
was the contents. The girl gave her name as Sarah
Cattaway, residing at Billericay, in Essex. He
found in her possession 16 paraffin candles, Govern-
ment property. She was immediately arrested, and

from further information the house of a labourer
named John Farr was searched, where were found
205 stearine candles, 111 paraffin ditto, 75 mould
ditto, and 251 b. of soap. Farr said he had received
them from Lance-corporal Cardigan (late of the Ist
Dragoons), of the Military Store Staff Corps, with
whom he was employed in the stores. On making a
search at the lodgings of Cardigan, the police dis-
covered 131 stearine, 133 mould, 188 paraffin can-
dles, and 421 b. of soap. Cardigan having got in-
formation of the affair immediately absconded, but
he was apprehended yesterday morning at six
while in bed at No. 92, St. John-street, St. Luke's,
and was brought before the police-magistrate sitting
at Woolwich. lie was remanded.

The departure of the armoured screw frigate
Royal Alfred, 18, Capt. F. A. Herbert, with Rear-
Admiral Sir George Rodney Mundy, K.C.8., from
Spithead for the West Indies, is expected to be de-

ferred until the settlement of the present difficulty
between this country and the Spanish Government,
all orders for the reception of supernumeraries on
board, and other measures preliminary to sailing for
her station, having been suspended yesterday. The
trials of the frigate's iron carriages and slides with
the 12k-ton guns, firing full charges, off the east end
of the Isle of Wight on Monday, were most satis-
factory, all the carriages and slides holding the
immense guns well and firmly to their work, and
without giving signs of weakness in any part.
The Lord Clyde left the Mersey yesterday for
Devonport, to be prepared, as was understood, for
a cruise in Spanish waters.
The Portuguese sloop-of-war Duc de Terceira,
Commabder Albuquerque, from the eastward and
bound for Lisbon, put into Falmouth on Monday
to replenish fuel.
The screw steam gunvessel Sparrow was removed
yesterday (Tuesday) morning from No. 3 dock at
Devonport, and placed in Keyham steam-yard to
be fitted for active service.

The iron screw steam storeship Megra, 4, Capt.
J. Simpson, from Malta, March 25, and Gibraltar,
April 3, arrived at Plymouth yesterday (Tuesday).
She brought a quantity of naval stores, and about
40 invalids from various ships in the Mediterranean.
The Megera went at once into Ilamoaze, and will
in all probability be placed in the dockyard for a
thorough refit, which is very necessary.
The crew of the screw steam corvette Racoon,
22, Capt. It. Purvis, in Plymouth Sound, was in-
spected yesterday (Tuesday), by Port-Admiral Sir
W. F. Martin, K.C.B. She will probably sail to-
day for the Cape of Good Hope, to relieve the
Valorous.

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