The Sun.
London, England, 1867-04-02 00:00:00

Richard Binney, from the Supernumerary List, to LA
Lieutenant-Colonel, vice Brevet-Colonel H. C. C. Owen,
C. 8., deceased ; Second Captain Charles John Darrah
to be Captain, vice C. N. Martin, removed to the Super-
numerary List ; Captain John Gordon Jervois,
from the Supernumerary List, to be Captain,
vice E. L. Bland, removed to the Supernumerary List.;
Lieut. Frederick Tynte Warburton to be Second Cap-
tain, vice Darrah; Capt. and Brevet-Major Chas. Scrope
Hutchinson, on the Supernumerary List, to be seconded
on appointment as additional Inspector of Railways.
The temporary Commissions as Lieutenant of the un-
dermentioned Officers to be made permanent:—Lieute-
nants C. James, H. R. a Georges, W. L. Greenstreet,
G. Hildebrand, J. T. Wright, A. Awdry, W. B. Hurst,
S. Waller IL H. Murphy, J. Matheson.
Coldstream Waller,
Henry Lovell, Gent., to be
Ensign and Lieutenant, by purchase, vice CaledonJames
Alexander, promoted.
17th Foot—Ensign Thomas Drummond Gilbert to be
Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Henry B. Jackson, who
retires. Valentine Herbert Maher, Gent., to be Ensign,
by purchase, vice Gilbert.
19th Foot—Capt. R. D. Barrett to bo Major, without pur-
chase, vice B. M. Deane, seconded on appointment as
Assistant Quartermaster-General, Madras; Lieut. C. V.
Iliffernan to be Captain, without purchase, vice Barrett ; .
Lieut. J. Knox to be Captain, without purchase, vice
Hiffernan whose promotion, has been cancelled ;
Ensign derbert Leigh Gripps to be Lieutenant, without
purchase, vice Camel-an, whose promotion, by purchase,
on March 6, 1867, has been cancelled ; Lieutenant

William Bennett, to be Instructor of Musketry, vice
Lieutenant Robert Gayer Traill, who has vacated the
appointment; Ensign George Fearon Thorp to be Lieu-
tenant, without purchase, vice Hiffernan ; Ensign
bney Hastings Cameron to be Lieutenant, without
purchase, vice Thorpe, whose promotion, without
purchase, on the 21st October, 1866, has been can-
celled.
21st Foot.—Captain Aubrey William 0. Saunders halt
been seconded on appointment as District Inspector of
Musketry in India.
28th Foot.—Ensign Edward Julian Bigg Wither to be
Lieutenant, by purchase, vice John Hampden Waller,
who retires; Ensign Charles Owen James to be

Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Oscar Henry Blount, who
rstires; Charles Lucius Henry Deering, Gent., to be
Ensign, by purchase, vice Wither; John Henry Edward
Hincle, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice James.
32d Foot—Ensign Arthur Christian Tawke to be Lieu-
tenant, by purchase, vice John Garforth, who retires ;
Cecil Lumsden Hornby, Gent., to be Ensign, by pur-
chase, vice Tawke; Gentleman Cadet Lindesay Beau-
mont Beaumont, from the Royal Military College to be
Ensign, without purchase, vice Hornby, transferred to
the Royal Canadian Rifle Regiment; Schoolmaster-
Sergeant Edward Vaughan to be Quartermaster, vice
Francis Stribling, who retires upon half-pay.
35th Foot-Staff Surgeon-Major Anthony Dickson Home,
C. 8., to be Surgeon, vice Surgeon-Major James Carroll
Dempster, M.D., placed upon half-pay.
41st Foot—Lieutenant George West Barnes to be Instruc-
tor of Musketry, vice Lieutenant Nathaniel Montgomery,

promoted. -
44th Foot—Staff Assistant-Surgeon Highgate Henry
Phillips, M. 8., to be Assistant-Surgeon, vice H. E.
Greene, who exchanges. _

46h Foot—Ensign Edward Gambier Serie to be Lieu-
tenant, without purchase, vice Alexander Knee: Mal-
colmson, deceased ; Gentleman Cadet Charles Marsh
Keighley, from the Royal Military College, to be En-
sign, without purchase, vice Serie.
521 Foot -Lieutenant John Philip Mickleburgh to be
Captain, by purchase, vice Stephen Murphy, who re-
tires ; Ensign Metcalfe Studholme Brownrigg to be
Lieutonant, by purchase, vice Mickleburgh ; John Percy
Meade, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Brown-

rigg.
54th Foot —Surgeon Alexander Fisher Bartley, from the
85th Foot, to be Surgeon, vice William Skeen, M.D.,

who exchanges.
62d Foot—Ensign Mathias Robert Soppings Laws to be
Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Edward Podmore Clark,
who retires ; Henry Purdon-Woodroofo, Gent., to be

Ensign, by purchase, vice Laws.
85th Foot—Surgeon Wm. Skeen, M.D., from the 54th
Foot, to bo Surgeon, vice Alex. F. artley, who ex-

changes.
103 d Foot—Ensign Charles Henry Stoddart to be Lieu-
tenant, vice Henry Lowther Nutt, a Probationer for the
Indian Staff Corps ; Ensign Hugh De la Motto Hervey
to be Lieutenant, Tice Stoddart, a Probationer for the

Indian Staff Corps.
108th Foot—Lieutenant John Edward Wetherell to be
Adjutant, vice Lieutenant Francis William Bcdingfeld,
who resigned the appointment.
Rifle Brigade—Lieut. A. Stuart llarington to ho Instructor
of Musketry, vice Lieut. A. Angus Airlie Kinloch, who
has resigned the appointment; Lieut. Wilmot Grant to
be Instructor of Musketry, vice Lieut. E. H. Buller, pro-
moted.

COURSE OF EXCHANGE.—This Evening.

Amsterdam Short. 11 16} 11 17
Ditto 3 Months.ll 19 11 19
Rotterdam
Antwerp — 25 37 25 45
'7l 25 45

Brussehi — 25 371
Hamburg — 13 84 13 9
Paris Short 25 15 25 25
Ditto 3 Months. 25 35 25 40
Marseilles
Frankfort on the Maine 1201 1201
Vienna — 13 30 13 40
Trieste — 13 30 13 40
Petersburgn
Berlin
Madrid — 48 4 81

Cadiz
Leghorn
Milan
Genoa
Naples
Palermo
Messina
Lisbon
Oporto

48} 49
2G 95 - 27 5
26 95 27 5
26 0 27 10
26 95 27 5
26 95 27 5
26 95 27 5
511 521-
52 b2k

Bianchi the Brigand.

In 1860 Pietro Bianchi was 20 years of age, a
day labourer at Soveria, noted from his early boy-
hood for his agility and surprising strength. He
was the best hunter in those mountains, and was
reputed quick with a blow and dangerous to offend.
When Garibaldi entered Calabria he took to the
road. At first he stole sheep, but soon he betrayed
sanguinary instincts, and his atrocities on various
occasions made his name a sound of terror. By
long and rapid marches he constantly eluded pur-
suit ; the authorities despaired of taking him, un-
less by surprise or strategem. A girl of 17, Gene-
rosa Cardamone, accompanied him in all his expedi-
tions, and was often seen on horseback at the head
of the baud, encouraging them in the fight. She
was worthy of her lover, and almost surpassed
him in ferocity. She is s.tid to have repeatedly
Cooked human flesh and served it up to him and
".5 companions. This monster in the form of a
mug and pretty woman is now 21 ; priests of
country are said to have thrown her into the
arms of the brigand by working on her religious
fanaticism. When lately arrested a religious book
and a Madonna were found on her person. She
believed they rendered her invulnerable. Bianchi
loved her passionately, and was madly jealous of
her. One day one of his band dared to kiss her.
Just then Bianchi came up and requited his auda-
city with a score of dagger stabs. A lieutenant of
gendarmes, stationed at Soveria, lately received in-
formation as to the position of a den to which
Bianchi from time to time retired with his mistress
for a few days's repose. With some gendarmes and
a detachment of the line he betook himself to the
village of Colla, near Castagna, in the district of
Nicastro. The village was surrounded by surprise,
and Lieut. De Angelis went directly to the house of
a certain Colosimo, whom he believed to be Bianchi's
manutengolo—his "fence" and secret agent. But he
was unable to discover the entrance of the cave
where Bianchi ought to be. After a long search a
gendarme noticed some freshly picked chicken bones
in a ditch. Presently an artificial hedge was detected,
placed so as to conceal the entrance of a cavern. The
hedge overthrown, a stentorian voice was heard
"Fate largo!" it cried, "Stand back!" "Surrender,
or you are dead," retorted the lieutenant. "Save this
woman 1" It was Bianchi, who wanted to save
Generosa, probably intending afterwards to defend
himself desperately. But De Angelis left him no
time. No sooner had the woman passed out than
he rushed in with his men, and seized the bandit
before he could defend himself. Seeing escape im-
possible, Bianchi dashed his revolver to the ground
and resigned himself to his fate. The cave was
spacious within ; a lamp was burning before an
image of the Madonna. Generosa's prayer-book
was there, the places marked with bills given for
ransom. The brigand was provided with abundant
ammunition, a double-barrelled gnu, and a revolver.
In a corner was a bed of blankets and a good store
of wine, cheese, bread, and sausage ; also a little
the maluitengo/o of Colosimo's
pastry, supplied by
rghoeld threw and Silver
house. On Bianchi were found a gold hunting-
watch
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We notice the following in Frank Leslie's illus-
trated Paper:—" Mr. J. W. Farmer, of 47, Ludlow-street,
New York, whose philanthropy is always leading him to
do such eccentric things as feeding the poor, gratis, with
excellent soup, distributing tobacco to the soldiers of the
army when they
had none provided for them, opening
free lodging-houses for the homeless when the winter is
at its severest, and other schemes of the same timely
nature, now advertises that his ball is at the free disposal
of persons who desire a place for meeting to discuss
schemes of co-operation. Also, that a supply of soap and
other appliances for the toilet is kept constantly on hand
at the same place, for use gratis."