The Sun.
London, England, 1869-04-27 00:00:00

THE REWARD OF BRAVERY.

Is the Royal Humane Society in want of money
that it can afford neither a gold, nor even a silver
medal ? We are compelled to suppose so when WE
find that it has awarded only a bronze medal
to Mr. West, of the ltit't Middlesex, whc
w gallantly plunged into the sea during
the hurricane at the rover and saved
a brother volunteer Illicit he w7-s at the last g:lsp. 11
anyone dcerved the gold mi_dal, Mr. West certainly
deserved it.

DTATIIKENNEES IN TIIE ARMY.

A general order has just been issued from the
Horse Guards, deliug with drunk ennt s 3 in the army.
The offence is to be punished by flues increasing in
amount according to the frequency of the offence.
There is a right of appeal to a court martial. TI e
following is the scale of fines :—" First and second
acts, admonition or confinement to barracks, at
the discretion of the commanding oflicer.
For every subsequent act of drunkenness, if within
three months of a former act, 7s. 6d.; if over three
and within six months, es.; if over six and within
nine months, 2s. ed.; if over nine and within twelve
months, company entry ; if over twelve montlits, to
be treated as the first act; when the four preceding
acts have been committed in twelve months, 2s. ed.
to be added to the foregoing scale. The fines to be
levied in colonial corps (the Royal Canadian Rifle
Regiment excepted) will in each case be one-half the
amounts above specified, and the maximum daily
stoppage is to be 2d." In one part of the order the
curious provision occurs that "all defaulters are to
be permitted to enter the canteen during certain
gt
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or
pwaoyrdas , sr •he
Ifeo fora bine hatgli srusite,
fixedeh fjourrst.l"nwl-ilnliio)
he 111:-.y go into the canteen and spend his money in
getting drunk again. Or, to put it in anothe
r form,
the man who is still undergoing punishment for
having y!elded to tempt • t -on, is, the wisdom of
the Ilona Guards, to be exposed to temptation a
second time.

FOREIGN NOTES.

THE CONSPIRACY AT MILAN.

The plot discovered at Milan was got up by Mazzioians.
According to the rersertranza, it was very skilfully
arranged. The conspirators had been divided into sections
and subdivisions, Milan being only one of the principal
centres. Revolvers and Orsini bombs had been dis-
tributed. It was agreed that at dawn on a certain day
the discharge of a number of bombs should be the
signal for the rising at Milan to commence ; all the
principal civil functionaries and military authorities
were to be arrested as the first step, in the hope that the
police and soldiers would be powerless without leaders.
A considerable number of the conspirators have been
captured, including not a few army officers of the lower
grades. Letters by Mazzini have been found on
some of these individuals. What chance of success the
Mazzinians anticipated it is not easy to divine ; but it is
evident that, at all events, a serious attempt was
meditated.

The Italian papers express much dissatisfaction at the
conduct of the Swiss Government in harbouring Mazzini
and his accomplices within its territory. According to one
letter, General Menabrea had addressed an " energetic
note" to the Government at Berne demanding the expul-
sion of the Mazzinians from the canton of Ticino. The
Italian Government, it is said, will even blockade the
canton if satisfaction be not given.