The Sun.
London, England, 1858-06-10 00:00:00

can expect effective support ? So long as this an-
tagonism between the leaders and the followers
exists, we may have intermittent, ephemeral ac-
cessions of the Liberal party to office, bat we can
have no permanent, powerful Liberal Government.
Unless the Liberals who have hitherto led can be
brought to concede the point of the Ballot, the
Party of Progress must be contented to remain in
its present disorganised and unsatisfactory state
until new leaders can form themselves, and earn
the confidence of the public, in the Parliamentary
arena. Did we believe that it was reasonable con-
viction that rendered the old leaders hostile to the
Ballot, we would not urge this consideration upon
them : but no man who watches their sayings and
can fail to see that there opposition to it is simply
a matter of personal feeling. Are we to accept the
absence of Sir James Graham and Lord Stanley
from the Division as an indication that their eyes
have been couched ?

NAVAL AND MILITARY INTELLIGENCE.

The assembling of the garrison in honour of the
visit of his Excellency' the Swedish Ambassador
and some other foreign personages, who intend
visiting Woolwich to-day, is ordered to take place
at two o'clock p.m. Col. Bloomfield, aide-do-camp
to her Majesty and senior officn of the garrison,
attended by the local staff will receive the distin-
guished visitors, and accompany them to the re-
view ground and over the departments of the
Royal Arsenal. . .

For some time past serious complaints have been
made by the military au: horities connected with the
several branches of the service at Chatham of the
scarcity of water in that garrison, and this scarcity
has within the last week increased to such an extent
that garrison orders have been issued directing that
the troops are to discontinue their baths in the se-
veral ablution rooms, and that every precaution be
taken to prevent any waste of water. The garrison
is supplied wish water from several old wells and
tanks which have been in use for some period, and,
although there are waterworks established for the
supply of the whole of the barracks, the authorities
have not yet taken the necessary steps to obtain an
unlimited supply from that source. In addition
to the inccnvenience arising from a deficiency of
water the barracks at Chatham are in a very
crowded state. The authorities have attempted
to get over the difficulty by placing several hundred
troops under canva., but owing to the continued
arrival of recruits to join the various East India
regiments at Chathaua the nuwbar of men
occupying the barrack-rooms is still dispropor-
tionably large. At Brompton barracks a large por-
tion of the building has bean set apart for a hospital,
in which about 200 s'ck soldiers are packed in the
very centre of a barrack crowded with troops.
Already there have been several cases of measles
and small-pox among the troops, caused, there is
no doubt, by the overcrowding of the men.
In accordance with a divisional order the whole
of the troops attached to the head-quarters of the
Chatham division of Royal Marine Light Infantry
were drawn up on their parade-ground yesterday
morning, for the purpose of witnessing the cere-
mony of reading the sentence of a district court-
martial on private John Moulton, 73d company,
who was tried on a charge of having deserted from
head-quarters, and not returning until brought back
by military escort. The prisoner, who has borne a
very bad character in the corps, was sentenced to
be imprisoned for 168 days in the military prison,
Fort Clarence, Rochester.
The Cadmus, 21, steam screw corvette, is ordered
to be brought lor ward at Chatham for commissioning.
Capt. F. W. Haultain, 10 Battalion Royal Are il-
lery, has taken up his appointment as Captain In-
structor of Artillery in the Royal gun factories,
Woolwich, vacant by the resignation of Captain
Vandeleur.

The gunboat Misletoe and Julia have been docked
at Woolwich, and the Spanker and Sandy un-
docked and admitted into the fitting basin.
The Admiraltyc.B„of yachtthe VVictory,oievtidr/ in command of Capt.
Seymour,y,
in the special ser-
vice of the Prince Consort, returned to Woolwich
yesterday.
The following appointments were made yesterday
at the Admiralty :
Commander M. B. Cockraft to be Inspecting
Commander of the Coastguard, vice Commander
St. Ledger, whose period of service has expired ;
R. N. Tarraway, second master, to the Oberon ;
and F. Gilbert, paymaster, to the Imaum.