The Sun.
London, England, 1852-06-01 00:00:00

ITALY.

The Roman Journal of the 21st inst. publishes an
official list of the merchant navy of, the' Papal States.
It consists of 1,430 vessels, of Which 863 measure
28.204 tons, manned by 9,110 seamen.
Vespers were chaunted on the eve of the Ascension
in the Sistine Chapel of the Vatican in the presence of
the Pope; the Sacred College, the Roman Prelacy,
and Magistracy. Toe Pope was afterwards carried
in great pomp to the balcony, whence, amidst the
roaring of artillery, he' gave his benediction to the
people. The French and Roman troops, drawzi up
on the open ground, gave additional splendour to the
solemnity.
The Chamber of Deputies of Turin approved on
the 26th inst., after a short discussion, a Bill pre-
sented by the Government, granting an extraordinary
credit to the Ministers of Marine and Public Works.
Accounts from Florence, of the 231 inst., state
that on the preceding day his Excellency Henry
Lytton Bulwer had the honour to be received at a
private audience by the Grand Duke, when he deli-
vered the letters accrediting him as Minister Pleni-
potentiary to the Grand Ducal Court..

THE SHIPS SEEN ON AN ICEBERG.
The Governtnent have received the following reply
to the inquiry made at Newfoundland concerning the
vessels seen, or supposed to have been seen, by the
crew of the Renovation:—

" Government-house, St. John's, New-
fbundliind, May 6.
" Sir,--I have the honour to acknowledge the receipt
of Mr. Merivale's dispatch of the 16th of April, 1852,
together with its enclosure from the Board of Admiralty,
respecting two vessels reported. to have been seen on a
fiekl'of ice attached to an iceberg off Newfoundland, in
April, 1851, and wircb it is surmised may possibly be
Sir John Franklin's ships; and, .in compliance with the
.iustruaions ther.-in contained, I have caused inquiries
to be made through the Comu3ereittl 'Society of
.Sc.
John's, but can obtain no information whatever relative
to the above deserthed vessels.

" I enclose herein a letter received from the President
of the Chamber of Commerce, and I Share in the opinion
therein expressed, that it is well nigh impossible that
tco vessels on a field of ice attached to an iceberg of
the magnitude- and description spoken Of by the men of
the Renovation could have passed Meng his coast from
the north and have reached the latitude of Cape Race
without having beqn seen either by some of the numerous
sealing vessels which intersect the field ice in the months
of March and April, or by some of the many vessels
that pass this islsnd at that season en their way to or
from the Gulf of St. Lowrance, Nova Scotia, or New
Brunswick, •

"In the season of 1851 no vessels engaged in the seal
fishery of this island were lost, and therefore I agree in
the opinion that there mast have been some misappre-
hension on the part of the persons who supposed the 3•
had seen such'vessels, occasioned, perhaps, by the de-
ceptive appearance that icebergs assume under some
_peculiar action of the atmosphere; whereas, had the in-
quiry been made with reference to the spring of this
bear, not two, but many vessels, might have been seen in
positions somewhat, similar to teat deserioed by the men
of the Renovation; for, owing to. two disastrous gales in
the last month, very great damage has been sus-
tained by our sailing ii .et, and, out of 400 vessels en-
gagG•d in that fishery, upwards of 60 have either foun-
dered ur been abandoned at sea among the field ice, and
many of the derelicts have, after being deserted by their
own crews, bee❑ brought in by those of other vessels,
and vessels have also been dispatched by the local Go-
vernment in search of others, and to bring off from dif-
ferent parts of the coast the shipwrecked sealers,
amounting nearly to 3,000 in number.—l have, &c., •
" J. OASPARD .LE MARCHANT.
" The Right Hon, Sir John S. Pakington, &e."

Newfoundland, a 5.
" Sir,--1 had the honourh to receive your letterM of this
date, and in compliance with your request I have made
inquiry from several members. of the Commercial So-
ciety, and can obtain no information relatiie to the
vessels said to have been seen in the ice in April,,lBsl.
"It is evident that there 'must have'been 80010 mis-
appr'heosion on the part of the persons who suppused
they had seen such vessels; occasioned perhaps by
the deceptive appearance that icebergs assume under
some peculiar action of the atmosphere; for it is
almost impossible. that an iceberg of the mag-
niide and description, spoken of by the crew of
the. Renovation could have passed along. this coast
from the north, and have 'reached. the latitude of Cape
Race, without having been seen by pOILIti of the. nume-
rous sealing vessels whioh constantly, intersect the field
ice in the months of Kroh and April; and if it had es.
caped their observation it must. have been seen, when
within 30 miles of Cape Race, by others. of the very
many vessels that pass this island at that season on their
way to or from the Gulf of St. Lawrence, .NOVa Scotia,
and New Brunswiciroye -by one of ' the' steamers -that
weekly pass within a' fe'v,itniles of the Cape; on their way
from Liverpool to Halifax or 'the States. -
"The opinion is very getioral here that no such vessels
could have been saws by tho Crow of the RepOCitiOn.

" I have, &e.,
" TRONA!.
00 Hon. J. Crowdy, Colonial Secretary, &c."

. . ,
-OLD LONDON 116 USES, AND THEIR INTERESTING
ASSOCIATIONS —Many a weary step in the streets of London
is lightened by the knowledge that in one, the house still
exists (with shoemakers working in the' observatory" en the
top) where Isaac Nelerton. produced the works which have i 0
much trenefit?d the world; that in another, Reynolds pro-
duced his greatest pictures; in another, Hogarth ; in another
Lawrence; that above the gateway of Doctors' Commons,
Christopher Wren' resided during the building of St. Paul's
Cathedral; that in Cock-lane, Smithfield, is the house in
which was enacted the famous Cock-lane Ghost imposition,
and that not far from this, is the crypt of St. John, Cierken-
well, almost the only remaining portion of the sumptuous
hospital of the Knights of St. John of Jerusalem; where Dr.
'Tobiason went with others in all due solemnity to summon
the troubled spirit of Cock-lane. These and tk,nsands of
other recollections, loth varied and curious. come thick upon
the mind when wandering in London.—Builder.
CURIOUS INTERIOR Cr A TREE.--Liist week, the
sawyers employed at the carriage manufactory of Messrs.
Wright and SOD, of Harrogate, while engaged as usual in
cutting timber, were very much astonished on dividing a
large chesnut tree to see in the centre, about nine feet from
the roots, the figure of an eagle perfectly delineated, the eye
keen, and the feathers as distinctly marked as if the hand
of a talented artist had been most fortunate in his toubhes.
This figure, it is imagined, is of some depth in the wood, and •
presents a very valuable curiosity. Already several hun-
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Leeds Mercury.
ANTWERP, ANTWERP, 29.--Captain 2929.--CaptainCockburn, R.N.;
and lady, Major Keno
and_ family, Sir William. and Lady
m.—
Miller and family. and
Captain Price, arrived here yesterday
morning, by the General Steam Navigation Conspany eW
deans-ship Bweusbourue, after a splendid passage. ----