The Sun.
London, England, 1863-09-11 00:00:00

THE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING-, SEPTEMBER 11, 186fi.

THE PATENT GHOST,

We have been favoured
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aitnusrpaelc inspection
cf
ka.n,
old translation of the work by John Bap-
tista de Porta, in 1558, upon:kwimithritten
It was translated into English in 1658. The fol-
lowing passage, in the 17th Book, will show that
Professor Pepper's Ghost is not new because it is
patented :—" How we may See in a Chamber Things
that are not.--I thought this an artifice not to be
despised;
in, see
those things
for
if a man
look
; wherefore, tot describeba tweren evheirkthhere.;
and there is no man
mistakenwillthe think he
yt
there be a chamber whereinto no other light comes
unless by the door or window where the spectator
looks in ; let the whole window or part of it be of
glass, as we used so to do to keep out the cold, but
let one Fart be polished, that there may be a look-
ing-glass on both sides, whence the spectator must
look in ; for the rest do nothing. Let pictures be
set over against this window, marble statues, and
such like; for whet is without will seem with'n,
and what is behind the spectator's back he will
think to be in the middle of the house, as far from
the glass inward as they stand from it outwardly,
and so clearly and certainly that he would think he
sees nothing but truth. But lest the skill should
be known, let the part be made so where the orna-
ment is, that the spectator may not see it, as above
his head, that a pavement may not come between
above his head ; and if an ingenious man o this,
it is impossible that he should suppose that he is
deceived."—Building News.
[More remarkable even than this—as an antici-
pation of Mr. Dirck's and Professor Pepper's Patent
Ghost—because the account we are about to refer to
may be found in a work of great fame and popula-
rity : far more remarkable than the above is the
fact that this very optical illusion is fully explained
(illustrated
the e , too, with several c ever woodcuts) iv
Natural Magic" of Sir David Brewster.—ED.
Sun.

The island of Monte Christo, which owes its cele-
brity to Alexandre Dumas' popular novel, has just been
chosen by the Italian Government as a penal settlement,

LATEST INTELLIGENCE.

(REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.)

THE BANK OF FRANCE.

PARIS, SEPT. 11.
The Moniteur of this morning contains the usual
monthly return of the Bank of France, which
shows the following results, as compared with the
August account :

INCREASE. Francs.
Cash in hand l3l millions.
Bank-notes - millions.
2
Treasury balance
DECREASE.

Bills discounted, not yet due 191 millions.
Advances ............ 10 1 6 millions.
Current accounts

AUSTRIA.

VIENNA, SEPT. 11.

The Grand Duke Constantine has arrived here
and was received by his Majesty, the Emperor, at
the railway station.

THE POLISH INSURRECTION.
LEMBERG, SEPT 10.

In the recent engagement with the Russians,
Lelewel was left dead upon the field, pierced by
two bullets.

ITALY.

TURIN, SEPT. 10.

The evening papers announce that the king wil;
review 51 batteries of artillery on the 20th inst.,
on the plain of Somma, after the other reviews have
taken place at Milan.

GREECE.
ATHENS, SEPT 5.

Owing to disquieting rumours the National
Guard is still
nightly kept under arms. Distur-
bances have taken place in Messenia.

PRANCE.

PARIS, SEPT. 11.

The Constitutionnel of this morning. says :
"The law-suit between the owners of a French
and an English ship, which was to have been
tried before the court at Sunder:and, has been
transferred to French jurisdiction at the request of
M. Drouyn de Lhuys." _ _

TOULON, SEPT. 10.

The Annamite ambassadors arrived here yester-
day evening.
the harbour. A salute was fired by the ships in

The ambassadors will disembark to-day, and will
be officially received by the authorities.
The captain
of the frigate Aubaret will act as
interpreter to the embassy.
BOURSE, Sept. 10,—The market has not shown
much animation. Prices at the commencement of
business were rather lower, but they have since
rallied, and are now about the same as yesterday,
Threes having been last called at 68f. 75c. Railway
Share Market quiet, with but little change in quo-
tations up to
this hour. The market closed as
follows :

1 per Cents 96 --
Do. end month
3 per Cents . 68 85
Do. end month 68 80
Credit Mobilier..., 1197 50
Do. end month
Bank Shares 3390
Credit k oncier l4OO

Italian Loan 74
Do. end month 74 05
New ditto
Do, end month 73 75
Russian

AllStrl3ll .••••••
Spu,ni,h Threes.,... 53
Home Debt ......

. AYB.
Cash. Account.
Orleans
Northern
New ditto ............ , — • • --
Lyons and Mediterranean 1040 .. 1035
G eneva ............
Southern
Western ......
Eastern 5lO .. 510
Sardinian 426 15 .. 430
Austrian ..... •
Lorphard
North of Spain ......
Saragossa..
Ditto to Barcelona

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