The Sun.
London, England, 1856-08-08 00:00:00

WHITEHALL, AUG. G.

The Queen has been pleased to give and grant unto Geo.
Millett Davis, of the borough of Liverpool, Gentleman,
eldest son and heir of John Davis, of Liverpool of m-
asa, by Ann his wife, daughter of William Millett, of the
Wand of Saint Mary, in the Scilly Islands, and sister of
William Millett, of Phillack, sometime of Marazion, both
in the county of Cornwall, all deceased, her royal licence
and authority that he and his issue -may hereafter take
and use the surname of Millett, in addition to and before
that of Davis.

And also to command that the said royal conceqsion and
declaration be recorded in her Majesty's College of Arms.
WAR DEPARTMENT, PALL-MALL, AUG. 8.

lot Regiment of Life Guards. —The second Christian
name of Cornet and Sub-Lieutenant Duncombe is Wilmer,
and not William, as stated in the Gazette of 22d July,
1856. - - - •

11th Light Dragoons—Lieut. George Ashby Maddock to
be Captain, by purchase, vice Inglis, who retires.
Coldstream Gnar.ls—Lieut. and Captain the Hon.
Richard Monck to be Adjutant, vice Brevet-Major George
Lord Bingham, who resigns the Adjntancy only.
9th Foot—Lient. Thomas Renant has been permitted to
retire from the service by the sale of his commission.

19th Foot—Lieutenant Henry' Mitford to be Captain,
without purchase, vice Major G. W. H. Massey, whose
Brevet Rank has been converted into Substanti►e Rank,
under the Royal Warrant of 6th October, 1856.
28th Foot—Ensign Frederick Rance). from the 14th
Foot to be Ensign and Adjutant, vice Worthington, pro-
moted.
36th Foot—Ensign Angustns Henry Hartford to be
Lieutenant, without pnrchsse, vice Scarlett, deceased.
55th Foot—Lieutenant W. A. 1). Pat, from the 60th
Fobt, to be Lieutenant, vice truiacke. who exchanges.
60th Foot—Lieutenant N. F. Uniacke, from the 55th
Foot, to be Lieutenant, vice Pitt, who exchanges.
67th Foot—William Digby Lloyd. Gent., to be Ensign,
by purchase, vice Welland promoted.
72d Foot—Dispenser of Medicines Tames Robert MoTark
has been permitted to resign his commission.
77th Foot—Lieut. John F. B. P. Dodd has been per-
mitted to resign his Commission.
84th Foot—The second Christian name of Ensign Hugh
Pearson is Pearse.

91th Foot—Lieut. James Barr has been permitted to re-
tire from the Service by the sale of bis Commission.
MI Foot —Ensign Roderick M`Donald Campbell has
been permitted to resign his C:wamission.
94th Foot—Lient. M. L. V. Reynolds has been permit-
ted to retire from the service by the sale of his Commis-
sion.

3d West India Regiment—Robert Eckford, Gent., to be
Ensign, by purchase, ♦ice Page promoted.
Land Transport Corps,-Capt&in David S. Ogilvy has
been permitted to resign his Commission.

- BREVET..
The following Colonels to have the temporary rant: of
Major-General while in conlinmand of brig ides :
Colonel Wm. Freke Williams, Unattached.
Colonel Robt. Garrett, 46th Foot.
Colonel Chas. Warren, C. 8., 55th Foot.
Colonel Lord Wm. Panlet, C. 8., Unattached.
Colonel Duncan Alex. Cameron,C.B., 421 Foot.
Colonel Chu. Thos. Van Suraubenzee, 3d Foot.
Colonel Hon. Augustus Ahnoric Spencer, C. 8., 41th
Foot.
Colonel John Lawrenson, 17th Light Dragoons.
Colonel William Parlby, 10th Light Dragoons.
'Colonel Arthur Augustus Thurlow,Cunynghame, C. 8.,
half-pay 51st Foot.
Colonel Charles Trollope, C. 8., 62d Foot.
Colonel Arthur Johnstone Lawrence, C. 8.. Rifle Brigade.
Colonel Horatio Shirley, C. 8., half-pay, 88th Foot.
Colonel Randal Burnley, Unattached.
Colonel uharlos R. Sackville, Lord West, C. 8., Provi-
sional Depot Battalion.
Errata in the Gazette of the let August, P 56.
For Colonel John Mitchel to have the local rank of
Major-General at the C
opeape of Good H
John Michel, C. 8., &c. —read, Colonel
For Assistant-Surgeon John Vernon Sheddall, M.D.,
Supernumerary in the 33d Foot—read. Assistant Sur-
geon John Vernon Seddall, M.D., ke. 4,.
For Assistant-Surgeon James Petril Street, M.D., Su-
James Petrie,pe M.D.in th
"oe
e 39th Foot—read Assistant-Surgeon
. .
ADMIRALTY, AUG. 5.

Corps of Royal Marines—Sticond Lieutenant Edward
Willis to be First Lieutenant, vice Johns, deedased.
COMMISSIONS SIGNED BY LORDS-LIEUTENANT.
[This article is substituted for that which appeared in the

Gazette of the sth inst.]

Tower Hamlets—Harrington Take, Esq., M.D., tc, be
Deputy Lieutenant.
Rowiand Edward Walter Perry Standish, Esq., to be
Deputy Lieutenant of the County of Cumberland.
Royal South Gloucester Light Infantry Regiment of
Militia.--James Hodgson Coropigne, Gent., to be Lieu-
tenant, vice Fowler, appointed to the 86th Foot.
2d Regiment of the Royal Surrey Militia.— Charles
Howard Chaplin, Esq., late Captain in the Turkish Con-
tingent, to be Lieutenant.
__lyarwioludsire Militia, 2d Regiment—Lient. John Digby
wingtield to be Captain, vice Captain J. R. G. Pattison,
deceased.
4th or Royal South Middlesex Re*iment of Militia—
pGroeotargoetetancis. Cooper, Gent., to be *Ensign, vice Hale,

13AITKRUP-TS.
William Rose, ship smith, fete of nigh-street, WaP•
ping, bat now of Sydenham, Kent, to surrender, Aug. 22,
at twelve, and Sept. 19, at half-past eleven, at Court
—ocgapfunptcy. C finnan, official assiknee, Aldermanbury ;
Norton, son, and Elam, New.street,-.l3tlLopss#4..
Joseph Walter Day Lockwood, stook roker ite,4er

Our readers will remember that at midnight of the 21st
July, 1851, the steamer Erin ran into thesteamer Pacha
off Mount Formosa, in the Straits of Malacca, the col-
Ligon being attended with frightful loos of life. The
Pacha sailed from Hong Kong and Singapore for Penang
and Calcutta with a full and valuable cargo, amongst
which was a large amount of treasure. The precise spot
where the calamitous collision took place was not known,
and would in all probability have remained so but for an
enterprising engineer, Mr. Lovi, who arrived by the
overland mail in 1853, and after making inquiries here
and at Malacca returned to Europe to perfect his plans
for raising the large amount of treasure on board the
Paella at the time of the accident. Mr. Lovi and his coad-
jutor, Mr. Marshall, for several years past have been
engaged in removing sunken vessels obstructing the navi-
gation of harbours in Europe, Navarino, Scio, Constanti-
nople, and elsewhere, and, notwithstanding the great
depth of water the Pacha sank in, as also the strong and
11 varying currants which prevailed, Mr. Lovi feltsanguiue
el success, his opinions being strengthened by the eminent
engineering and scientific talents which he commanded.
Alter much time lost in treating with the various incur-
ance offices in which the treasure had been insured, as to
the share which the skilful undertakers would receive in
the event of success, Mr. Lovi entered upon the arduous
task. He equipped and despatched from Malta his
schooner the Wizard, which vessel is fitted up with every
kind of apparatus and all appliances for submarine
explorations, and on the 14th June, 1854, the Wizard ar-
rived at Singapore. On the 25th of the same mouth the
Wizard nroceeded to the Straits of Malacca, anchored Off
Mount Formosa on the 29th, and commenced a vigorous
search for the wreck. The search was continued until the
231 of Jule, nearly one month, without success, and as
the south-west monso .n had then set in, all further at-
tempts to discover the wrecked steamer were abandoned,
and the Wizard returned to Singapore. Nothing daunted
by the fruitle-,s labour of a previous careful search, the
exploration was renewed on the 2d Nov., and continued
without interruption until the 3d of May, 1855, when
tbeir efforts were crowned with success. The wreck was
found several miles distant from the spot generally a,--
signed as the scene of the collision. After fixing buoys
to mnrlc the locality, the Wizard returned to Singapore
on the 7th of July to refit and await the advent of favour-
able weather for carrying on operations. On the Ilth
Jan., 1856, the Wizard again sailed for Mount Formosa,
and found the buoys gone. The search for the wreck was
renewed, and on the 20th they were successful. Between
the last mentioned date and the latter end of March the
divers went down frequently, but owiog to the muddy i
state of the water all attempts to examine the condition
of the wreck were in vain, until March 27th, when they
succeeded in finding the treasure room. Operations were
?nailed forward, but the progress was necessarily slow, the
time during which the divers could descend to carry Ob
their explorati,ms being very limited. The chief direeter
of the work, Mr. Lovi, proceeded to Singapore in April,
and on his return to the schooner, in an open boat, he
was attacked by coup de soleil. Mr. Lovi quited
the schooner for medical aid at Singapore, where he
expired a few days after his arrival. The operations
were continued under the directions of Mr. Marshall ;
much treasure was secured, hut the weather becoming
unsettled, on the 26th of May they were obliged to
desist from all further attempts to obtain more, ha sing
already brought up, about f, sur-fif, hs of the entire (pan-
tity on hoard at the time of the cellision. Many of the
trea-Eure box• s wire destroyed by marine animals, and
their contents were scattered about the treasure-room.
On the 29th May the Wizard anchored at New Har
boor, and on the next day the following were landed,
conveyed to town under an escort of the 38th Mediae
Native Infantry, and lodged in the Oriental Bank, viz. :
—37 boxes of geld (bar, leaf, and duet), 26 ditto of
silver (eycee), 17 haw., , f silver (iycee), 2 ditto of dollars.
According to the Pacha's manifest the following trea-
sure was on board when she railed from this port :
From Singapore for Penang, 1 box dollar 3, and 1 box
treasure. From Singapore to Calcutta, 9 boxes gold
Must. From China to Calcutta, 42 boxes (bars and leaf),
6 boxes scene, 1 case diamond rings, and 1 case silver-
ware.

We have been somewhat minute in detailing particu-
lars of the Wizard's operations, because we conceive
that the present affords an instance of the triumph of
science and patient zealous application. Between
60,000/. to 65,0001. of treasures, which, in all proba-
bility, would have remained at the bottom of the sea
but for the scientific talents and persevering exertions
of Messrs. Lovi and Marshall, extending ever a period
of two years in the face of difficulties of such magnitude,
that had not success crowned the effort, the wortd at
large would have said—as most folk expressed them.
selves at the time—none but insane men would conceive
the idea or attempt the task. We believe the whole of
the treasure will be sent to Calcutta in the state in which
it was recovered from the wreck, at a depth of one hun-
dred and seventy-four feet below the water ! Whether
the Wiz trd will return to the scene of the wreck, and
the op-rations be extended, will, we hear, depend ou
the amount still under the water being sufficient to jus-
tify the Wizard's waiting until' riest season. The exact
'value of the recovered treasure is not known—the boxes
being =ealed ; but, as stated above, it is estimated at
tour-fifths the total amount on board at the time of the
catastrophe.—Straits Times.

ATTEMPT TO ASSASSINATE A BRITISH OFFICIAL.—A
letter from Jeddah of June 4, iu the IndependaPce
Beige, says :—" An att• mpt was made some days ago to
assassinate the representative of her Britannic Majesty.
Fortunately for this agent, he bad staving with him on
that day an English captain, who perceived the assassin
at the moment he was on the point of stabbing the cny .
SUI, who was sleeping in his saloon. The captain, with
the assistance of his host, succeeded in tisarming the
assassin, who was then handed over to the police."

STRANGE STORT.—The S'iecle contains the following
strange story :—" As long ago as 1835 a wine dealer,
named Hubert, residing in the banlieue, was fined for
having wine on his premises which he had Lot duly de-
clared. Determined on not meeting with a similar an-
noyance in future, he resolved on making a hiding-place
for his stock, the secret of which should not be known
even t 3 Lis wife. To effect his purpose he was accus-
tomed every night to get up and work at a clandestine
cellar, when at length he disappeared, and all the re-
searches made by bis family to discover him were ura-
veiling. Years passed over, and his wife, finding at
length that she could not carry on the business properly
by herself, sold the stock and goodwill and retired.
Her successor lately decided on enlarging his house
by taking in a part of the garden, when the men
employed in diving out the foundation suddenly
came on an opening, in which they found the ske-
leton of a man, and near it a pickaxe eaten up by
rust. The commis.ary of police, on being sent for,
examined the spot, and found that from the place where
the skeleton was discoveted there was a narrow passage
through which the cellar of the wine dealer could be
reached. This fact brought to the recollection of the
commissary the sudden disappearance of Hubert, who,
it ie supposed,
white working at his secret cellar, must
suddenly have come upon some old well or vault, into
which he had fallen, and from which he could not re-
lease himself, and had there (lied.
EBOR HANDICAP.—.WOLVERHA3IPTON STAKES,—
YOUATT war. GRAY advised Lady Tattoo fa- Good wood
Stakes, and if she had not thrown a plate, could not
have lost. lam now confident of wincing the Wolver-
hampton Stakes, and the Ebor Handicap, the winner of
as
the Ebor being now at 25 to 1, as sure Ellington (my
choice) won the Derby. Terms to the York Meeting,
7s. 6d. ; to the end of the season, including the Cesare-
witch, and the Cambridgeshire Stakes, 1/. Advice for
a week, ss. Address, 15, Charing-cross. Lame
Orlando, Bandalore, and Eloquence, ought to win this
cweek.- - _
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