The Sun.
London, England, 1868-09-25 00:00:00

POARESPONDENCIE FROM PAWL

FROM 017 R OWN CORRESPONDENT.)

PARIS, THURSDAY, September 24.
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The interest in the Spanish revolution hourly r so
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lA4with regard..to reliable information we have still to
poifseeti Our'soull in patience. The latest item of intelli-
gence, yiz., that General Polya was concentrating his
trove for a march on Seville is generally regarded as being
trustworthy. On all hands it is conceded that the ap-
pointment of Marshal Concha as President of the Council
VISA a clever piece of angling on the part of the Queen to
obtain the assistance of France. No doubt there is no,
political man in Spain a greater favourite with the Emperor
than the marquis. He was Ambassador here inDecember
when the Spanish Chambers were deliberating upon the
conduct of Prim in Mexico. Concha resigned in order
to take part in the debates of the Senate, where he extolled
the wise regeneration of Mexico by French arms, and
applauded :the conduct of Prim. After the coup d'itat,
Concha became once more Minister of War, President of
the Senate, and was decorated, eulogised, and enriched by
an admiring people. At the period of the crisis he rose to
the highest rank in public estimation, having to encounter
as his adversaries all his old friends of the Liberal party.
La France confirms the statement of La Presse to the
effect that several French men-of-war have been ordered
to be in readiness to start for the coasts of Spain in the
event of their presence being required. They will be placed
under the orders of the different consuls, and will, it is
assumed, be sent exclusively with a view to the protection
of French subjects in Spain, and their interests.
Adelina Patti is expected here on Thursday. She is to
open the season at the Italiens with Fraschini in " Lucia
di Lammermoor." Her stay will be limited to six
weeks. Two other items of theatrical news may be
given. The Fantaisies Parisiennes will be opened by M.
Martinet with a new work by one of the authors of
" Crispin e Comare," under the title of " :Monsieur de la
Palisse," a comic opera in four acts, the words by M. Wider.
The principal female part will be filled by Mdlle. Marimon.
A novelty has been read to the artists of the Palais Royal in
one act, by Cham, the witty caricaturist of the Charivari,
and M. Lasalle. The title is "Un Malade au Mois."
Gil-Perez, Lheritier, Luguet, and Julie Reynold will fill
the principal parts.
Viscount de la Gueronna.re takes his departure tor
Brussels this week. Owing to the illness of the youthful
prince, the King of the Belgians will receive the creden-
tials of the newly-appointed Minister without any cere-
monial.

The Gioia-Taranta Railway, connecting Taranto with
Bari, and the Gulf of Taranto and the lonian Sea with the
Adriatic, which has been successfully opened, will prove
of the utmost value to commerce. The country which the

line traverses produces much oil, and navigation round
the heel of Italy is extremely dangerous. A large
iron bridge near Castellaneta, one of the works
that distinguishes this line, measures 226 feet
in height, 682 in length, and cost £36,000. In
the opinion of the Naples correspondent of the Times,
the internal dangers threatening Italy have been some-
what exaggerated. Though there is much combustible
matter in the peninsula, there is little apprehension of a
conflagration. The character of the people is against it.
Movements which, among people of cooler heads and
enjoying long-established political institutions, would
reasonably create alarm, are with the Italians nothing
more than the results of a sudden impulse, violent,
but short-lived. " One of the symptoms of the day,"

says the correspondent, "is that very foolish affair, the
contemplated Parlamentino ' in Naples. Yet nowhere
is so little known or heard of it as in Naples. No one

speaks of it, and the journals are almost silent on the
subject, so that doubts may be entertained whether it will
ever be held. But even should it be, it proposes to itself
none of those violent objects which have been attributed

to it, and, indeed, it seems to be so purposeless that it might
just as well, and much better, have been held in Signor
Crispi's, or the Commendatore Rattazzi's house in Flo-

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HER MAJESTY.

B_kLMORAL CASTLE, Sept. 23.

The Queen, accompanied by Princess Beatrice,
went out yesterday morning, and in the afternoon
with Princess Christian, Princess Louise, and P rince
Leopold, attended by Lady Churchill.
Their Royal Highnesses the Duke of Edinburgh
and Prince Christian went out deer-stalking.

NAKIL AND MILITARY INTELLIGENCE•

MALTA, Sept. IS.—ller Majesty's steam frigae
Endymion, which arrived yesterday from Augusta
Bay, in the island of Sicily, with despatches from
the Naval Commander-in-Chief, and mails from the
ships cruising with him, left at the same anchorage
on the 10th the Caledonia (flagship), Lord Warden,
Prince Consort, Arethusa, and Rapid, which, with
the Psyche, had left Corfu GO the 9th. The Enter-
prise on the 10th remained at Corfu, whence she
will probably be despatched to Malta (communi-
cating en route with the Admiral), in order to be
newly masted, after which it is expected she will be
ordered to Beyrout for the winter. The squadron,
after remaining ten days in Augusta, will look into
Syracuse, and proceed thence to Messina, Naples,
and Palmero, without any prospect of repairing to
Malta for winter quarters before then th of Novem-
ber. Lieut. Lockhart, R.N., of the Enterprise, has
been invalided, A marine of the Arethusa has been
condemned by sentence of a court-martial to five
years' imprisonment for striking the sergeant of a
picket when at Trieste, and is now iu the Royal
naval prison at Malta, awaiting a conveyance by
ship of war to England. The Admiral Superinten-
dent of Malta dockyard has been giving a series of
dinners to the officials of the naval establishments
and their families, which the absence on excursions
to Corfu, Venice, Sicily, and other places of Mrs.
and Miss Fanshawe has prevented his doing earlier.
Lord C. E. Paget is said to have intimated to his
Anglesey constituents that he has made up his mind
to serve out his Mediterranean command, and given
up all idea of a seat in Parliament until he returns
to England.
Major-Gen. Sir C. Staveley, K.C.8., Lieut.-Col.
Edward Bray, 4th King's Own Royal Regiment,
Lieut.-Col. George Bray, 96th Regiment, Captain
Marsh, 82d Regiment, and Lieut. Carnac, 19th
Hussars, visited Berlin recently, for the purpose of
seeing the Prussian army and being present at the
reviews and manoeuvres of the Prussian troops in

the neighbourhood of the capital, which began oa
the 25th of August and concluded on the 16th of
September. These officers were received with
marked attention by the King, the Crown Prince,
and the Generals and officers of the Prussian Guard,
and the greatest attention and kindness was shown
to the English officers during their visit. They were
entertained by the King and the Crown Princess,
and the Crown Prince took them with him to see his
division near Stettin in Pomerania, where they re-
mained three days, during which time the troops
bivouacked without tents in the open country, and
manoeuvred against each other as two opposing
armies over several miles every day. This division
consisted of about 13,000. At Landesburg, near
Berlin, the troops, about 16,000 in number, con-
sisting entirely of cavalry, artillery, and infantry of
the guard, were also manoeuvred for three daY3
across country, without tents, in a similar manner.
The English officers were most favourably impressed
with the soldierlike bearing, the excellent drill and
organisation of the Prussian army. According to
their report, the troops move rapidly, and are tho-
roughly, well, and skilfully commanded. The men
—the Line regiments as well as those of the Guard
—are fine, stout, broad-shouldered soldiers, and
although all young soldiers (under four years' ser-
vice) they move remarkably well. The cavalry is
particularly good, well mounted, and well coin-
manded, and move about the field with great cele-
rity. The outpost and vedette duties of the cavalry
were admirably executed.
Yesterday Major-General Freeman Murray, ili
command of the infantry and other troops in the
Chatham district, commenced his autumnal inspec-
tion of the corps attached to the 2d battalion
garrison infantry; under the command of Col. IY.
Rickman, comprising the depot companies of the
battalion of the 2d (Queen's Royals) Regilllent,
battalion of the Bth (the King's) Regiment, 29tn
,s
Regiment, 30th Regiment, 82,1 (Prince of Wales
°
Volunteers) Regiment,• and the 106th (Bonl'aia
Light Infantry) Regiment. The troops asserabie.
in front of their quarters on the general Pode
ground, at 10 a.m., in review order, and Weed
marched to Chatham lines, where they reeeiv
Major-Gen. F. Murray, attended by the divisThebint_
staff, in line, with the customary salute. .ach
talion was then inspected by companies, after Wlll,O
Major-Gen. Murray saw the officers and wen:l,
through a few manoeuvres, and the customarteer
vitation was given to any non-commissioned nu'the
or man who had any complaint to make. 00,
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close of the inspection on Chatham lines Majored
Murray inspected the officers and non-cometissi°l3o
officers in sword drill in the square at Chat
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barracks, after which he went through the r
quarters, and inspected the barrack rooms and °theooo
hider
being lathe afternoon the officers and troaa
were again formed on Chatham lines, each
being furnished with ten rounds of blank,
es-
ammunition, when they were put through an,,eo,
tended course of manoeuvres to enable
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Murray to test their efficiency in light in with,
battalion, and company movements. 'Mt:lived
standing that there were a large numberelle,
young soldiers in the ranks, the movements e,
rally were executed with great steadiness and %if
cision, the marching past being well and stea,.'loo
performed. The further inspection of the 1)09
will be proceeded with to-day.