The Sun.
London, England, 1864-09-24 00:00:00

The Battle of Balaclava,

Mr W. IL Russell, in a letter to the Times, says
•
" With reference to the statement which appears in the
Times of Aug. 16 from Mr liedworth. Joliffe, late Lieute-
nant of the 4th Light Dragoons, I have two remarks to
make-Ist, that the brilliant charge of the Chasseurs
d'Afrique on the Russian guns on our left was not made,
as Gen. de Todleben writes, and as Mr.Joliffe seems to be-
lieve, ' to alleviate the retreat' of our Light Cavalry on the
day of Balaclava, but was an independent charge to which
the Chasseurs advanced (as could be seen by all who were
on the ground above the scene) almost simultaneously with
the advance of our leading squadrons. The battery
which the Chasseurs charged was on rising ground
on the right of the Russians, and some distance
from the guns attacked by the Light Brigade,
and it is no doubt true that the 4th Light Dragoons,
who diverged rather to the left as they advanced, were ma-
terially benefited when they retired by the results of the
charge, as the gunners had not recovered the effects of it
as the remnants of our horse were falling back; but a little
attention to time and position (which it is no discredit to
Mr Joliffe not to have been able to bestow on the situation
at the time) might have satisfied the writer of the letter
that the denial of Da Todleben's statement that the Chas-
sours charged after the English were obliged to retire was
correct. The second point in his letter which I desire to
notice is Mr John's assertion that 'this charge has been
ignored by our historians.' The contrary is the case; at
least I am not acquainted with any account in print of the
Light Cavalry combat of Balaclava which does not mention
in terms of praise, if it does not do full justice to the gal-
lant onslaught of the Chasseurs d'Afrique on the Russian
Euns."

IGENCE.

(REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.)
AUSTRIA.

VIENNA, SEPT. 23, Evening.

The Obendpost (the evening edition of the Wiener
Zeitung) of to-day says :—"lt was owing to the
relations of Austria, both at home and abroad, that
she has hitherto failed in concluding a loan. Now, I
however, the position has changed. Instead of an
absence of producers, and an importation exceed-
ing the exports, producers are now numerous, and
our exports arc considerable, trade, commerce, and
shipping being thereby favourably influenced.
'Faxes are most regularly paid. A speedy CODCIIIs
sion of peace will cruse the extraordinary war ex-
penses to cease, and the outlay already incurred
will be returned by Denmark. We may therefore
hope that the moment is favourable to the negotia-
tion of a loan, if not abroad, at least at home."

FRANCE.

PARIS, SEPT. 23, Morning.

The Constitutionnel of today, in an article exa-
mining the Franco-Italian Treaty, shows that " the
Imperial Government has been faithful to its mix.
sion. Ever convinced that the temporal power of
the Pope was not opposed to the liberty and inde•
pendence of Italy, it was sufficient for the Govern-
ment to know bow to await the proper moment to
effect a solution which should at one and the same
time put an end to the retrograde tendencies of
the Holy See, and the revolutionary tendencies of
Italy. We ought to congratulate ourselves that
time has rendered possible the combinations which
will accomplish this double result so necessary to
the tranquillity of Europe."

ITALY.

LOCARNO, SEPT. 24.

Advices from Turin to the 22d inst. Bays :—" The
mob, after repeatedly insulting the soldiers at the
Hotel de Ville,were at last fired upon by the troops
several times, and numbers were wounded. Several
arrests were made. Among those wounded atd
arrested, several were found armed with daggers
and revolvers. Tratquillity was restored at 11
o'clock at night.

THE BOMBAY MAILS.

SOUTHAMPTON, SEPT. 24.

The Peninsular and Oriental Company's steam.
ship Ellora, with the above mails, arrived here this
morning. She brings 35 passengers and a general
cargo, including 720 bales of raw silk, to the value

of L 60,000 sterling.
The Admiralty steam yacht Enchantress, with
Rear-Admiral Robinson, Comptroller of the Navy,
arrived at Gibraltar on the 19th from Portsmouth.
The Ellora spoke the following steamers—on the
14th the Masailia, on the 15th the Euxine, on the
19th the Brazilian, and on the 22d the Poonah.
At Gibraltar—Exchange on London, at 90 days,
501 501 ; on Paris, 5.29 ; on Marseilles, 5.30.
Freights unchanged.

THE CAPE MAILS.
SOUTHAMPTON, SEPT. 24.
A telegram received here from Madeira via Lisbon

says :
The Union Company's steamer Roman, Captain
Strutt, from Table Bay, with the Cape mails, put
in here to coal, and sailed on the 20th instant for
Southampton via Plymouth.
PLYMOUTH, SEPT. 24.
The Union Company's steamer Roman, with the
above mails, has arrived here.
She left Table Bay on the 20th ult., St. Helena
on the 29th, and Ascension on the Ist inst. She

brings 60 passengers.
The Briton arrived out on the 11th August, and
the Cape Parliament waa proronged on the 26th
July.
The Legislative Council had passed a resolution
for the annexation of British Kaffraril.
The Kaffrarians had petitioned her Mairsty to
withhold her consent to the measure.
The Govarnor was in Kaffraria, and about to
proceed to the Free State.
A clerk in the General Post-office at Cape Town
had been committed on a charge of robbing the
Government of £1,700.
The Hon. Richard Southey had been appointed
Colonial Secretary in the room of the Hon. Rawason
Rawson, pending her Majesty's approval.
The prospect of a good harvest in the colony
continued.

The Victoria Cross.

(From the Gazate of Friday,)
WAR OFFICE, Sept. 22

CALCUTTA AND CHINA MAILS,
MALTA, SEPT. 23.
The Euxine will leave with the above mails for
Marseilles at 8 p.m. to-day.

The Queen has been graciously pleased to signify
her intention to confer the decoration of the Victoria
Cross on the undermentioned officers and drummer
of her Majesty's army, whose claims to the same
have been submitted for her Majesty's approval, on
account of acts of bravery performed by them in
New Z2aland, as stated against their names,
viz :

Assistant-Surgeon William George Nicholas Manley,
Royal Artillery, for his conduct during the assault on the
rebel pah near Tauran ga, New Zealand, en the 29th April
last, in most nobly risking his own life, according to the
testimony A f Commodore Sir William Wiseman, C. 8., in
his endeavour to save that of the late Commander Hay, of
the Royal Navy, and others. Having volunteered to accom-
pany the storming party into the pah, he attended on that
officer when he was carried away mortally wounded, and
then volunteered to return in order to see if he could find
any more wounded. It is stated that he was one of the
last officers to leave the pab.

Assistant Surgeon William Temple and Lieut. Arthur
Fredk. Pickard, Royal Artillery, for gallant conduct during
the assault on the enemy's position, at Rangiriri, in Now
Zealand, on the 20th November last, in exposing their lives
to imminent danger in crossing the entrance of the Maori
keep, at a point upon which the enemy had concentrated
their fire, with a view to render assistance to the wounded,
and more especially to the late Captain Mercer, of the
Royal Artillery. Lieut. Pickard, it is stated, crossed and
recrossed the parapet, to procure water for the wounded,
when none of the men could be induced to perform this
service, the space over which he traversed being exposed
to a cross fire; and testimony is borne to the calm-
ness displayed by him and Assistant Surgeon Temple
under the trying circumstances in which they were placed.
Ensign John Thornton Dawn and Drummer Dudley
Stagpoole, 67th Regiment, for their conduct at Pontoko, on
the 2d of October, in rescuing a wounded comrade from the
rebel Maories. They succeeded in bringing in the wounded
man, who was lying at about 50 yards from the bush, al
though the enemy kept up a very heavy fire from the Wish
at short range, and also from behind fallen logs close at
hand. The man had been wounded during an engagement
with the rebel natives, and Ensign Down and Drummer
Stagpoole responded to the call if the officer commanding
the detachment of the regiment for volunteers to bring him
in. The medal for distinguished conduct in the field has
already teen conferred on Drummer Stagpoolo for the
energy and devotion which ho displayed on the 25th of
September, 1863, at the effair near Kaipakepake, in having,
though wounde 1 in the head, twice volunteered and brought
in wounded men.

REPRESENTATION OF HAS riNos.—The Speaker
has issued his writ for the election of a member for the
borough of Hastings, the representation of which became
vacant through the elevation of Lord Harry Vane to the
House of Peers.
EXTRAORDINARY DEATII.—A law days since
Mr H. Leggatt, of the firm of Hayward and Leggatt, of
Cornhill, inadvertently swallowed a small iron nail which
had by accident got mixed with the food he was eating.
Mr Leggatt expired yesterday morning from the accident,
after undergoing intense suffering: