The Sun.
London, England, 1860-09-05 00:00:00

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operation weighs, in the aggregate, 1,9001 b., distri-
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Sappers and Miners engaged in making the neces-
I sari preparations for such an unusually large blast
have bored two immense shafts into the summit of
the cliff, and these have been carried down to a
considerable depth into the solid chalk. From the
base of the shafts longitudinal galleries have
been driven into the cliff in various directions to
receive the charges of gunpowder to be used in
the undertaking, and, as the several barrels of
gunpowder will all be exploded by means of elec-
tricity, the charges will, of course, be fired simulta-
neously. The whole of the operations will be under
the direction of Major Lovell, C. 8., R.E., ''who has
had the superintendence of the undertaking from
the commencement. In order to prevent accidents
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considerable circuit at the base of the cliff will be
kept clear by
sentries. The battery for transmitting
the
upwards of half a mile from the shafts, the spark
being conveyed by wires coated with gutta percha.
Nearly all the principal officers o.f Royal Engineers
at present in this country have been invited to be
present on the occasion.
The Government has given directions for the
whole of the diving apparatus in use by the Royal
Engineers at Chatham tube fitted with Mr. Heinke's
improved eye plates under the personal direction of
that gentleman,
who yesterday paid a visit to the
Royal Engineer establishment for that purpose.
The Malabar, 1,350 tons, Captain H. H. Consitt,
one of the ships chartered by the lion. Council of
India for the conveyance of East India recruits to
Calcutta, will embark her complement of recruits
from the depot at Warley at Gravesend this day,
and is under orders to sail to-morrow. The Barham,
1,200 tons, Captain A. Consitt, which has also been
chartered by the Hon. Council of India, will embark
275 of the East India recruits at Gravesend, for
Madras, on the 11th inst.

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THE VICTORIA CR 06'S,

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(Roth the GnEette of this evening.)
WAR-OFFICE, SEPT. 4.
The Queen hag befki graciously pleased to signify her
intention to confer the.decoration of the Victoria Cross on
the ;undermentioned officer of her Majesty's Army, whose
'claim- to the 'a-time ha`s been submitted for her Majesty's
approval, on account of acts of bravery performed by him
in jndia, as recorded against his name; viz. :
Lientenant Henry -Evelyn Wood, 17th Lancers, for
having, on the. .19L11 of October, 1858, during action at
Sindwahoi when iu command of a troop of the 3d Light
Cavalry, attacked with, much gallantry, .almost single-
handed, a body of rebels who had made a stand, whom he
routed. ,Mso, fc,,r having, subsequently, near Sindhora,
pliantly adva.ved with a liairadar and .`Siowar of Beatson's
horse, and-rescued from a brold of robbers, a Botail, Chem
-
mum §ing,t, whom they had captured anal carried off to the
jungles, where they mfendeO to bang him.

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LONDON GAZETT.Th-r THIS EV:ENING).
FOREIGN-01FVICE, AUG. 31.
The Queen has been pleased to approve of M. Jules
Joseph Fleury as Consul-General in London, for leis Ma-
jesty the Emperor of the French.
The Queen has also beer pleased to approve of Mr.
William. Luscombe as Consul at Plymouth, Dartmouth,
Salcombe, Loos, and Poway, for his Majesty the King of
the Netherlands.
WAR-OFFICE, pu,L-mALL, sE4O.
Corps of Royal ,EneitAfe---- .'elajor• Genet* Harry
David Jones, K.C.8., to be Colbnel-Coman ant, vice
General Nicolls, na
deceased.
Royal Regiment of Horse Guards—Cornet Jobn Alexander
Burn Callender has been permitted to retire from the
service, by the sale of his commission.
6th Dragoon Guards—Major Edward Lennox Jervis from
the 13th Light Dragoons, to be Major, vice Dickson, who
exchanges.
sth Light Dragoons—Captain Edward Bo d from the 13th y
Foot, to be Captain, vice•Salis, who exchanges.
13tn Light Dragoons—Major Alexander George Dickson,
from the 6th Dragoon Guards, to be Major, vice Jervis,
who exchanges.
18th Light Dragoons—Thomas Fuller, Gent., to be Cornet,
by purchase. vice O'Shea, promoted ; Surgeon-Major
Melville Neale, M.D., from the Staff, to be Surgeon, vice
Docker, who exchanges.
Royal Artillery—For Claudius Buchanan Piers, Esq., to
be Paymaster, inserted in the Gazette of 25th May, 1869,
read, Claudius Buchanan Piers, Esq., formerly a Captain
in the Osmanli Horse Artillery, to be Paymaster.
Royal Engineers—Lieutenant Robert Grant to be Second
Captain, vice Stopfordto , deceased ; Second Captain Wil-
liam Butler Gosset be Adjutant, vice Stopford, de-
ceased.
Grenadier Guards—Serjeant-Major John Hockey to be
Quartermaster, vice John Lilley, who retires on a mili-
tary, allowance.
2d Regiment of Foot—Surgeon, John Hendlay, from the
Staff, to be Surgeon, vice Doherty, appointed to the
Staff.
3d Foot—Arthur William Hill Gelston, Gent., to be En-
sign, withoutpurchase, vice Philip Walker, appointed to
the 34th Foot.
4th Foot—The Christian names of Gentleman-Cadet n
Tlunpp, appointed to an Ensi-ncy, without purchase, i
the Gazette of the 3d August, 1860, are Morton Frederic,
and not Moreton Frederick,' as then stated.
6th Foot—Lieutenant John Augustus Staines to be Cap-
tain, by purchase, vice Parkinson, who retires; Ensign
Jacob Biggs Hopkins, to be Lieutenant, by purchase,
vice Staines.
Bth Foot—Lieutenant Edward Tanner to be Captain, by
purchase, vice Gray, who retires ; Ensign William Jas.
Watson, to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Tanner.
12th Foot—Ensign Edwarl Fideles to be Lieutenant, by
purchase, vice Moorhead, who retires.
13th Foot—CaPtain Henry Norman Sells. from the sth
Light Dragoons, to bF.e Captain vice Boyd, who ex-
, ,
changes.
14th Foot—Captain James Bunbury Hamilton, from half-
pay Unattaelied, to be Captain, vice Captain and Brevet-
Major William Temple Parrett, who exchanges.
17th Foot--Captain James Creagh, from the 86th Foot, to
be Captain, vice Lees, who exchanges.
19th Feot--Frederick Knowles, Gent., to be Ensign, with-
out purchase, vice Fryer, appointed to the 60th Foot ;
Lieutenant Edward William Evans to be Adjutant, vice
Thomas Thompson, deceased.
27th Foot—lienn.elon Digby Murray, Gent., to be Ensign,
without purchase, vice Cobbe, cashiered y sentence of a
general court martial.
38th Foot,-Major ancle Brevet Lieutenant-Colonel Frederic
Arthur Willis, C. 8., from the 84th Foot, to be Major,
vice Farrer, who exchanges.
40th Foot—Ensign John Thomas Whelan to be Lieute-
• nant, without purchase, vice Tod, who resigns.
60th Foot—Ensign Robert Fitzwilliam de Barry Barry to
be Lieutenant, without purchase ; Ensign John East
Hunter Peyton to be Lieutenant, without purchase, vice
eelledges,, deceased ; Ensign Charles Gilbert Frym, from
• the 19th Foonerbaarisign, without purchase vice
Barry; Frederick Edward Lonsdale, Gent., to be En-
sign, without purchase' vice Peyton.
73d Foot—Ensign Henry Robert Eyre, from the 99th Foot,
to be Ensign, vice Giteone, promoted.
74th Foot—Ensign Charles John Rolleston to be Lieute-
tenant, by purchase, vice M'Crummen, promoted , John
Francis Duvall, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice
Rolleston.
75th Foot—Capt. Wm. Henry Urquhart, from half-pay,
Unattached, to be Captain, vice Justice, appointed Ad-
jutant of a Depot Battalion ; Assistant-Surgeon Hamp-
den Healy Maclean, from the 6th Foot, to be Assistant-
Surgeon vice Semple, appointed to the Staff.
79th Foot--Ensign Alexander Peter Mille Baillie to be
Lieutenant, by purchase, vice M‘Nair, promoted.
83d Foot—Herbert Grant Davies, Gent., to be Ensign, by
purchase, vice Whitlock, promoted.
84th Foot—Major:James Steadman Hawker Farrer, from
the 38tliFoot, tobe Major, vice Major and Brevet-Lieu-
tenant. Colonel Willis, C. B.; who exchanges.
86th Foot—Captain. Edward John Lees, from the 17th
Foot, to be Captain, vice James Creagh, who exchanges.
89th Foot—Lieutenant Wm. Drage to be Captain, bv 'pur-
chase, vice Beck, who retires ; Ensign Wm. Attieill to
be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Drage.
90th bentFooeutenat Francis rnard Bleazliwhy, from the
100th Foot, to ieutenantße, vice Eyre, o retires
upon half-pay.
Rifle Brigade—Lieutenant Alexander Angus Airlie Kin-
loch to be Instructor of Musketry, vice Moorson, who
has joined the Depot.
2d West India Regiment—Edmund Ashton Ross, Gent.,
to be Ensign, without purchase, vice Gow, who resigns.
3d West India Regiment—Captain Aylmer Strangford
Craig, from half-pay Gold Coast Artillery Corps, to be
Captain, vice Metge, who exchanges.
Royal Canadian Rifle Regiment—William Edmondes
Harness, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Dunn,
promoted.
STAFF.—Brevet-Colonel Frederick Edward Chapuian,
C. 8., Royal Engineers, to be Deputy Adjutant-General
of the Royal Engineers, vice Brevet-Colonel J. W.
Gordon, who resigns that appointment.
RECRUITING DlSTRlCT.—Lieutenant Francis John Con-
trti:gltli Foot,* td' Adjutant, vice J. 11.
.11amilton, promoted to al Unattached Company,
out purchase.
MEDICAL DEPARTMENT. —Surgeon Daniel John Doherty,
from the 2d Foot, to be Surgeon, vice Hendley, appointed
to the 2d Foot; Surgeon lidward Scott Docker, from the
18th Light Dragoons, to be Surgeon, vice Surgeon-Major
Neale, who exchanges; Assistant-Surgeon Charles W.
Semple, from the 76th Foot, to be
,Assistant-Surgeon;
Surgeon-Major Edward 'W. Stone, M.D., has been per-
mitted to retire on half-pay, under the Royal Warrant of
Ist October, 1858.

THE INVASION OF CALABRIA.

A letter dated Bagnara, Calabria, Aug. 24, says:
We were resting this morning with General Gari•
baldi and his staff on the terrace of a pleasant house •
near Altafiumara, eating bread and cheese and re-
galing on the luscious grapes and figs of this happy
land, when a huge war frigate loomed in the dis-
tance at a high pressure of steam, making straight
towards us, as if bent on something like real mis-
chief. Garibaldi just issued orders to load the can-
non of the two adjoining forts of Fiumara and
Torre Cavallo, from which the paltry garrisons had
not yet packed themselves oill, and to make ready
for her reception. He kept his glass steadily
watching her movements, but after two or three
hours' veeriLg from Scylla to Faro, and from Faro
to Scylla, always keeping miles and miles uff, she
turned her back, whi2o, I doubt not, the Admiral,
or whatever her commander might be, sat down to
his maccaroni with the pleasant conviction that he
had discharged his duty. Now, it is my private
conviction, backed by the opinion of good Eng-
lish naval authorities, that an English frigate would
just have come within pistol-shot of all these forts,
and dismantled them one after another by a mere
couple of broadsides, as the forts are not very for-
midable in themselves, and we had manned them
with volunteers, most of whom had never seen a
cannon in their lifetime. The fact is, however, that
the Neapolitan navy is fully as much disorganised
and demoralised as the Neapolitan army, men and
officers at war between themselves, and only agree-
ing on the expediency of corning off from this
impious struggle with a whole skin. No man
in the world could do justice to the enthu-
siasm,
the gentleness, and naivete of these good
Calabrians. They accost Garibaldi as a Messiah,
.and they would really throw themselves into the
fire to oblige him and the meanest of his followers
if they only knew what to do for them or how to do
it. They are helpless and awkward to an incon-
ceivable extent; the primitiveness of their ideas, of
their habits and manners, of their mode of life is
something astounding, but no man can doubt either
the excellence of their nature or the genuineness
of their good will. Some of their National Guards,
which are everywhere speedily organising them-
selves, had caught a sinister-looking priest, whom
they charged with 13 years' persecution of the
Liberal party, and with the ruin, death, or impri-
sonment of some of the most notable patriots of this
neighbourhood. They had ferreted him out of some
secret lurking-place, and hurried him into the pre-
sence of their liberator and avenger at Fiumara,
begging that justice might be' done on the old
treacherous, ruthless offender. The wretched caitiff
expected to be hurried off to instant destruction ;
he did not kneel, but crept and crawled on the
pavement at Garibaldi's feet—such a picture of
abject terror as I could not believe to see evinced by
any human being, and forcibly reminding me of the
scene in "Rob Roy" where the Southron traitor is
brought before the vindictive wrath of the female
Macgregor. Who could depict the disdain and dis-
gust of the great-hearted Garibaldi at such a
hideous exhibition ? He shrank from the sickening
object as if from the touch of a reptile,
and it
only when the ill-advised culprit dared to
adjure
him " for the salvation of the soul of his belovedwas
wife" (that Anita, who had died
friends,a dark
who
a victim to her
conjugal devotion) that he started
ny with
cloud on his brow, and
ordered his
ed from laying their hands
could scarcely be restrained m
on the monster, to remore him by main force and
to bear him from the ground he was polluting by
his touch. He then calmly directed the officers of
the National Guard to hold a council of war on
their murderer, and abandoned him to his fate.
We left Bagnara this morning at five o'clock.
Garibaldi and his staff rode away at a brisk trot,
leaving the very vanguard of his troops at a great
distance behind, advancing upon a country still
crowded with his
disbanded
enemies. There was no
rashness or bravado in this
movement, as the
Neapolitans dis-
heartened
were too glad to be allowed
to run away from the long trampled-onCalabrians,
who are willing to forego the vengeance so long
justly treasured up in their bosoms. Their for-
bearance and generosity are above all praise. Not
a hair of the head of any of the fugitives, so far as
we hear, has been touched. They sell their muskets
to the highest bidder, and " Home, home!" is their
cry. Very few, men or officers, dream of joining
the patriot bands, who truly would rather not be
burdened with them.
It is but three hours' ride from Bagnara. to Palmi;
we halted on the road at 6, and made a still longer
stay in a charming wood on the summit of the hill
hanging over the latter place. What a heaven of
a country this Calabria is ! What gorgeous, ex-
pansive views as we rise at every turn in the ter-
raced road ! what vastness of land and sea! what
atmospheric purity in the fresh, though not cool,
hours of the morning, before dust began to r!!.°
under our horses' hoofs ! The hills, blessed
with
unmatched, unwearied fertility, are mantied
ming with
green to the loftiest summit, the soil tee anJ hard-
the produce of a backward but diligeen
move away
toiling husbandry. At every p
ste- ' as;
verdant and
from the Strait, the land looks axed, rne
by the cool
more beautiful ; the Plants, leoststh e
Strait, reach a
and, at times, keen breeze We crossed vast
higher degree of luxuriant cY•a:hi ,
cii shoots
up much
olive woods, the timber o
either in the Riviera of
loftier than I
ever sav'lls of Frascati , •
and Tivoli
Genoa, or even on the ,
Brills
this
country is truly
The territorial we:
..i i.
and the P . .
r.
coi° are extremely well off,
boundless,
of all the effort -3 ot the Government to drain
in spite
all sources of prosperity ; but commerce and indus-
aro at so low an ebb that the country may be
try
said to be utterly destitute of silver. We are
obliged to forego all purchases, as the people are
unable to give us change either for our gold napo-
leons, or even for our piastre of the country. The
innkeeper who serves us must needs let us go with-
out payment, as he really cannot accept 20f. for
a glass of wine, and the copper change he en-
deavours to scrape together for the difference be-
tween our little bill and 2s. is a load too heavy
for the strongest pocket.

BREVET.
Lieutenant Colonel and Brevet-Colonel Terence O'Brien,
half-pay, unattached, Assistant Quartermaster-General at
Head quarters, to have the local rank of Major-General in
Ceylon, while commanding the troops in that island;
Captain James Bunbury Hamilton, retired full-pay, 14th
Foot, to be Major in the Army, the rank being honorary
only.
The following promotions which appeared in the Gazette
of the 24th July, 1860, to be antedated to the 19th January,
1858 :

TO BE LIEUTENANT-COLONELS IN THE ARMY.,
Major Henry Boye, of the 22d Bombay Native Infantry.
Major L. S. Hough, 31st Bombay Native Infantry.
TO BE MAJORS IN THE ARMY.
Captain W. F. Hunter, 2d Bombay Light Cavalry.
Captain John Augustus Wcod, 20th Bombay Native In-
fantry.
The date of the Brevet-Majority of Brevet-Colonel W.
W. Davidson, 32d Regiment Bengal Native Infantry, to
be changed from the 16th January, 1849, to the 7th June.
1849.