The Sun.
London, England, 1855-09-29 00:00:00

SPAIN.

The Madrid Gazette of the 23d contains a Royal
decree which retains the Duke de Baylen,. the
Dowager Duchess de Berwick y de Alba, and M.
de Los Herros in their posts of majordom, camarera
mayor, and intendant of the Palace, but with the
powers set forth in the new regulations. The same
journal announces that the band of Borges, which
recently captured a rather large detachment of
the Queen's troops, had been attacked by a
body of the Queen's troops near Tinrana, and
completely routed. The Queen's forces afterwards
pursued them for a considerable distance, but, it
appears, without success ; a serjeant and three
corporals whom they had taken prisoners, how-
ever, quitted them, and joined the Royal troops.
The newspaper editors bad joined in presenting an
address to the government, representing that, in
their opinion, the recent arrest of the editor of El
Leon was, under all the circumstances, illegal.
Accounts from Cuba to the 23d ult. state that per-
fect tranquillity prevailed in the island, and that
the sanitary situation was satisfactory. A letter of
the 24th says :—" The Queen, in consequence of
her miscarriage, has determined on delaying her
return to Madrid. The budget of 1856 has been
drawn up, but has not yet been examined by the
Council of Ministers. It is not true, as stated in
some of the foreign newspapers, that a treaty for
an alliance between Spain and the Western Powers
has been signed."

A letter from Berlin, of the 25th, says that the
Ambassadors of France, England, Sardinia, and
Turkey joined in giving a grand banquet in honour
of the taking of Sebastopol, and that the Turkish
Minister proposed this toast, which was much re-
marked—" To the generous Powers, who would
not have abandoned us, even if we had not gained
the victory !"

A letter from Munich, of the 19th, states that
out of 50 young German medical students who
some months back entered the service of Russia,
and the majority of whom went to the Crimea, 10
have died from different maladies, and 30 have been
seriously injured in their health by the fatigue and
sufferings which they have undergone.

THE TELEGRAPH BETWEEN SARDINIA

AND AFRICA.

The preparations for laying down the submarine tele.
graph cable between Sardinia and Africa are progressing
most satisfactorily. The last intelligence from is Brett
is dated Cagliari, 22d, on board the ship Result, 2,000
tons, with the submarine cable, 162 miles in length on
hoard, ready to start, and only waiting the two steamers
from England (one of which, the Star, has just arrived)
which he had chartered to tow and assist the Result in
laying the cable.
The French government had kindly sent the Tartare
and M. . Delamarche, hydrographic engineer, who had
previously assisted in taking the soundings by three
distinct lines from Sardinia to the coast of Algeria.
Of these three lines that to a creek to the east of La
Calle was the shortest and least deep, the utmost
being 1,800 metres, while that to Bona direct has depths
of from 2,000 to 3,000 metres. The reports from Algeria
generally coinciding with M. Delamarche's assurance
that the land telegraph line, which is in a very forward
state between La Calle and Bona, would be very difficult
to protect from the malevolence of the inhabitants on
that coast, and the strong recommendations made that
the cable should be carried and laid down direct to
Bona have induced Mr. Brett to change his original
route, notwithstanding the difference in the depths. He
has, therefore, determined that the cable shall be laid
from Cape Spartivento (Sardinia) to Bona direct.
Every precaution has been taken to secure the success
of the operation, and with favourable weather there is
every prospect of a favourable result. The length of
cable is ample for the distance, allowing largely for the
sweep and variation of the vessel's course and the profile
of the bottom of that part of the Mediterranean, as shown
by the soundings previously take.
CAGLIARI, SEPT. 26.—The sinking of the cable which
is to unite Algeria with Sardinia commenced yesterday.
This morning at 6 o'clock the vessel which had the
cable on board was 24 miles from the point from which
she had started. Everything goes on well.

PROMOTIONS IN THE ARMY.

GENERAL ORDER.

Horse Guards, Sept. 14, 1855.
The General Commanding-in-Chief much pleasure
in communicating to the army in•the Crimea that the
Queen, to mark her appreciation of the distinguished
conduct of the troops during the arduous and glorious
achievements of the war, has been graciously pleased to
command :
That in cases where a subaltern officer shall have been
present in the field with his regiment for six months, or
if he should be compelled to quit the field in consequence
of wounds before the expiration of six months, and pro-
vided he is the senior lieutenant of his regiment, he be
considered eligible for promotion to the rank of captain
after he has held a commission for a period of 12 months,
if certified by the commanding officer of his regiment to
be fully qualified for the command of a company.
By command. of the Right Hon. General Viscount
Hardinge, Commander-in Chief.
(Signed) W. A. WETHERALL, Adjutant-General.

UNIVERSITY INTELLIGENCE.

OXFFORD, SEPT. 28.
THE REGIUS PROFESSORSHIP OF GREEK.

Intelligence reached Oxford this morning that her Ma-
jesty has been pleased to confer the Regius Professor-
ship of Greek, vacant by the death of the late Dean of
Christ Church, on the Rev. Benjamin Jowett, M.A.,
Fellow and Tutor of Balliol College.
The Oxford University Commissioners will hold their
last sitting during their present visit to Oxford to-day
(Saturday).

VACANCIES, APPOINTMENTS, AND PROMOTIONS IN THE
CIVIL SERVlCE.—Consulate Department—The office of
Consul at Damascus, Syria, is vacant in consequence of
the promotion of Mr. Richard Wood ; salary 6001.
Post-office—The office of Postmaster of Grantham is va-
cant by the death of Mr. T. Lawrence, late Postmaster.
The Mint—The office of Chief Medallist is vacant by the
death of Mr. B. Pistrucci ; salary 3501. Colonial-office
—Mr. Julian Pauncefoot has been appointed Private Se-
cretary to Sir William Molesworth, Secretary of State.
Admiralty—Mr. Douglas Dent has been appointed a
Clerk in Somerset House, Commander W. C. Forsyth
and Commander J. F. C. Mackenzie have been appoint-
ed Inspecting Commanders of the Coast Guard. The
office of Chief Officer of the Coast Guard at Portscatha
is vacant by the death of Lieut. Best. Devonport Dock-
yard—Mr. Samuel Sleeman has been appointed Lead-
ingman of Storehouses, in the room of Mr. Stevens, su-
perannuated. Police Department—Mr. W. Gifford, late
Inspector of Devonport Market, has been appointed Su-
perintendent of Police at Bideford. Customs—Mr. F.
G. Tulle* Collector at Dea', has been appointed Comp-
troller at Cowes, vice Baumbach. Mr. W. R. Balfour,
1 Comptroller at Catnpbelton, has been appointed Collec-
tor at Peterhead, vice Hay ton. Mr. William Pugh
Gardner, late Collector at Leith, has been appointed
Collector at Dublin. Mr. W. H. Holmes, Comptroller
at Newry, has been appointed Collector at Galway. Mr.
W. Tickner, Comptroller at Ipswich, has been appointed
' Comptroller at Newry. Mr. Saunders, late Collector at
Galway, has been appointed Collector at Shoreham, vice
. Mr. 111`4inlay, .isupuhuattd.—Civil fiorvicc a'444S