The Sun.
London, England, 1863-09-17 00:00:00

THE ARMY.

On Friday, the 25th inst., the 2d battalion of
Coldstream Guards, now stationed at the Sheet-
street Barracks for garrison duty it Windsor, will
leave for the new barracks, Pimlico. This battalion
will be relieved by the 3d battalion of Grenadiers,
from St. George's Barracks, Charing-cross. The
change of the troops being earlier than usual is in
consequence of the lease of the Portman-street Bar-
racks having expired, and the building being about
to be pulled down.
The undermentioned draughts are ordered to be
held in readiness to embark for New Zealand, to
complete the strength of the service companies of
their respective corps—viz., 2 officers and 119 men
of all ranks, 70th Foot, 27 men of the Royal Horse
Artillery, and 15 men of the Royal Engineers, with
one Medical Staff surgeon. They are to embark at
Gravesend. The following draughts embark at
Cork :-1 officer and 144 me❑ of all ranks, 23 bat-
talion 18th Foot, from Buttivant ; 2 officers and 30
rank and file, 40th Regiment ; 5 officers and 36 all
ranks, 65th Foot, from Birr ; and 2 officers and 41
men, 57th, from the 20th depot battalion at Cork—
making a total of 13 officers and 412 non-commis-
sioned officers and privates.

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Lieut. C. S. Beauchamp, with Lieut. G. W. Gif-
ford and three other officers of the Royal Engineers,
arrived at Gravesend yesterday in charge of 75 non-
commissioned officers and privates, to go through
the annual course of ball firing at the rifle ranges
below Gravesend, under the instructor of musketry,
Capt. C. R. Lempriere, Royal Engineers.
During the present week the whole of the officers
and men belonging to the first division Depot Bri-
gademending) have undergone
inepection at headquarters, Sheerness, by Col. W.
R. Nedham, 8.A., commanding the garrison at that
Royal Artillery
,(nLeietuhte.-i(r3oul.sußal. Talbothalf-y half-yearly
and staff. At the conclusion of the inspection
the troops received the warmest praise of the gal-
lant colonel for their martial appearance and gene-
ral efficient state.
Preparations are now being made by the contrac-
tors for commencing the construction of the large
semi-circular casemated fort at the entrance of the
Medway, which is intended to guard the passage
completedb art the
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passage
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to Chatham harbour, the foundations having been
allowed to elapse to allow for their consolidation.
The position of the fort will enable it to effectually
etiomfe
any
yece and a sufficient period
proach either Sheerness or Chatham dockyards.
It is intended, on the completion of this and
the other forts which command
the heaviest
to the Medway, to arm them with the moat
projectiles, recent events at Charleston proving
throwingin exact pro-
portionrapidly nt used. The
position which the work occupies in relation to the
adjacent defences which command the main chan-
powerful
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worked with decisive effect against shipping at a
comparatively short range, while its formation will
allow of a concentration of fire at any given point.
The passage of the rivers Thames and Medway will
also be guarded by the extensive fortifications, now
approaching completion, erected on the Isle
of Grain, the guns mounted upon which will have
entire control of the mid-channels of both streams.
Both sides of the estuary of the Medway will, on
the completion of the works now in progress, possess
a line of powerful batteries.

A BODY FOUND IN A GLACIER.—The body of a
man, a native of Passy, near Chamounix, who bad
been missing for the last 19 years, has just been discovered
is the crevice of a glacier de Bruet, near Mont Blanc. He
left his home on 14th Sept., Sept. 1544, on a pilgrimage to
the Great St. Bernard, and had not been since heard of
until a few days back, when a pedestrian, exploring the
glacier, came upon the body, which wrs in a perfect state
of preservation. After being identified, the body was
strapped to a plank, and conveyed on the back of a COMEOi3-•
sionaire over the mountains to Passy, where he was buried
—after "layin& stato" for 24 hours,—Gallinani.

spires the following retlectims to M. Fore* in de
Revue des Deux Mondes, the new number of which
appears to-day :—" How nervous speculators must
have felt after the panic of Saturday when they
tore open the Momiteur on Sunday morning ! How
relieved they must have felt when they found that
the official sheet contained nothing but the decree
making M. de Persigny a duke. It is undeniable

that the anxieties of the readers of the Moniteur
could not be more happily dispelled. It is a real
piece of good fortune for the ex-Minister of the
Interior that the publicity given to his exaltation
should have occurred just in time to dissipate such
intense alarm. We have then another civilian for
a duke. We have already stated our opinion on the
subject of the institution of civilian dukes, and
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that the collection of civilian dukes will be enriched
in course of time with fresh
shall be provided with a fresh institution. Persons
among us who still cultivate the science of heraldry
are likely to make some remarks on the subject.
It is to be noted that both under the second as well
as under the first Empire no marquises are created.
A count takes a sudden leap upwards and be-
comes a duke. The marquises have no reason
to complain of this system, which will make their
title (the object of so much ridicule at the hands
of Moliere and St. Simon) rare and recherch
in Francs. Another remark is, that in making
dukes the second Empire does not follow
the mistakes of Napoleon I. There were civilians
who were made dukes under the first Empire, but
names of towns or provinces were tagged on to
their titles, and effectually swamped a lawyer or
financier under a cloud of feudalism and aristocracy.
Such is no longer the case. Spain has a custom
which seems appropriated to the creation of a civi-
lian nobility. The Spaniards couple the title with
some word expressing a moral idea. Thus they have
Dukes of Victory or Fidelity, and Princes of Peace.
Had M. de Persigny become a duke in Spain, he
might, in the most natural way in the world, have
received the title of Duke of Devotedness, or Duke
of the Elections, but no one will regret that in our
newfangled mania for titles we should have refrained
from imitating Spanish usages. Neither do we feel
inclined to question the claims of M. de Persigny to
the honour bestowed upon him, The political an-
noyances he may have caused us have never pre-
vented us acknowledging his merits, nor applaud-
ing sincerely the sober and useful zeal with which,
during his last tenure of office, he applied himself
to the' beneficial promotion of country roads, as is
proved by his report to the Emperor on the subject.
M. de Persigny, moreover, has long shown himself
deeply learned en the subject of nobility, and the
title of duke could not possibly be conferred on. a
man more capable of appreciating or enjoying it.
Surely if such honours can give pleasure to any one
we have no hesitation to admit that they cannot do
anybody any harm. They no longer even excite
the jealousy and envy which the creation of a new
title used to cause in former days. On the con-
trary, the new comer is well received by his prede-
cessors, and his bran new title makes theirs which
date from yesterday appear more respectable be-
cause more ancient, for even our new nobles must
grows
sheoalderrdt2h, at nobility, like wine, improves as it