The Sun.
London, England, 1852-10-30 00:00:00

DEPOSITS OF GUANO.

The following lctters on the subject of guano have
been received by Captain Gore, R.N., Her Majesty's
Charge d'Affaires at Buenos Ayres, from Mr. Harris,
in command of a vessel engaged in the seat trade on the
coast of Patagonia. The island of Toys, to which they
refer, lies about 45 10 S., and that of Leonea in 45 S.
The attention of the Argentine Republic has lately
been called to the fact of deposits of guano being dis-
covered in these islands, and a steamer and two celiooners
are fitting out to obtain information regarding them.
An establishment is also about to be formcd by that
Government at the River Chapel in lat. 43 20 S., with
a view to them. Meantime the information allaJed to
is contained in the following letters:—

"Buenos Ayres, Aug. 27, 1852.
" Sir, —According to your request, I herewith give
you all the information in my power so to the guano
coast of Patagonia. All the old gum° deposits nre
clean swept off Penguin Island, and the two Isla de-
posits which have been discovered are the Island of
Toys and Isla de Leon, which lie in tho bay of St.
George, and the reason these two island 3 escaped the
guano-hunters so long is on account of thorn being two
feet of earth on the top of the guano, and, from hear-
say, I believe it to bo inferior quality to what has been
seen heretofore; and I do not think any cargo of same
has gone to England as yet; bat should this guano an-
swer the English market, it is my firm belief that Tova
and Leon will turn out the largest deposits of guano
that have as yet been found on the coast.
" Respectfully, &c.,
(Signed) "JAMES ITARB,I2.
" lion. Robert Gore, &e."

" Buenos Ayres, Ang. 28, 1852.
" Sir, Should you require more information than
what I have stated to you, allow me to inform you that
Alr. Powell is now in Monte Video, who has just ar-
rived from the coast of Patagonia, and has been there
for the last seven years interested in the guano, who
oould give you every information requisite, and probably
has samples of the different guanos from each neposit;
and his judgment would tell him more or less the quan-
tity of each deposit.
" You will excuse the liberty of introducing to you
another branch of lucrative business on the coast of
Patagonia, which is the right whale fishery. The nu-
merous bays on the coast where those whales go in to
calve, particularly New Bay, where this business could
be carried on afloat or on shore, would turn out very
advantageous, as several vessels have been filled up in
these bays in the calving season.

- " Most, &0.,
(Signed) " JANES HARRIS.
" lion. Robert Gore, &a."

Subsequently to the receipt of these letters from Mr.
Harris, Captain Gore obtained further information on
the subject, which shows that the guano at Tova and
Leones is of very inferior quality. The letter commu-
nicating this intelligence is as follows:

"Buenos Ayres, Aug. 29, 1852.
" Sir,—Having accidentally fallen in with Mr. Powell's
steward yesterday, I learned from him that Mr. Powell
has left Monte Video for the coast of Patagonia again,
and that the guano from the islands Tova and Leon
turns out of no available account, tho French company
having thrown overboard cargoes of same in Monto Vi-
deo. Penguin Island is cleared off, and the different
companies are about abandoning the coast entirely.
" You will please excuse this note; but knowing your
anxiety for information on this subject, caused me to
take this liberty, and beg to subscribe, yours,

_
(Signod) " JAMES I:I4DRIS.
"Hon. Robert Gore, Sco."

?'HE TITLE OF LOUIS NAPOLEON.

A Paris letter, in the Independence of Brussels, allud-
ing to the title of Napoleon lIL, which, it is expected,
will be assumed by Louis Napoleon, says:—
"There is no analogy, either in ideas, in principles, or
in resolutions, between the representative of the Divine
right of the Bourbon family and Louis Napoleon, demand-
ing his right from France. Louis Napoleon will not,
therefore, call himself Napoleon 111., for the same rea-
son which led the brother of Louis XVI. to call himself
Louis XVIII. Let us see whether there are, in order for
him to assume that title, more motives than those which
there were for Louis XVIII. The son of Louis XVI.
languished in prison from the 21st of January, 1793, to
his death, under the Government of the Convention. His
right alone, according to the Legitiniist doctrine, made
him King, and not any act of the country, or of its re-
presentatives. This, on the contrary, is the way in
which things took place in 1815 for the son of the Em-
peror. A proclamation of the Emperor of the 22d June,
published in the Alcniteur on the 23d, announcing his
abdication, expresses itself thus:—' My political life is
terminated, id I proclaim my son Emperor of the
French, under the title of Napoleon H.' If this act,
with the condition of the abdication, had remained per-
sonal to the Emperor, and had not been accepted by the
country, it might only be considered as a wish arcs an
intention, not followed by effect, as has since happened
under other circumstances. It is important, therefore,
to see how it was esnfirtued and sanctioned. The Em-
peror addressed, on the same day, the 22d, his proclama-
tion, in the form of a IneSSlgo, to the two Chambers.
Both of than accepted his ebdication unanimously, in the
terms expressed by him, and sent con:mimic:las, selected
from their respective bodies, to inform him of their reso-
lution. The Emperor's reply to these commissions was,
If I have handed the right which France has given me
to my son' while I am alive, I have only done it for the
welfare of the nation, and for the interest of my son,
whom I have in coneelluenee proclaimed Emperor.' Thus
was Napoleon IL proclaimed in the face of the °Nein!
delegates of the two Chambers. The Chamber of 11.0
presentativea decided, on the 22d, soon after having
accepted the abdication, that a commission of the Pros, i-
sional Government should he named. This commission,
composed of five members, three elected by that Cham-
ber—the Duke of Otranto, Carnot, and General Grenier ;
and two by the Chataber of Peers—De Canlincourt,
Duke de Vicenza, and Quinetto. In the sittings of the
22d and the 23d numerous propositions were made and
developed. At the end of the latter sitting, the Chamber
of Representatives adopted the following resolution (I
copy literally from the Moniteur of the 24th June, 1813,
page 725, the text of the resolution and the account of
the vote):—' The Chamber of Representatives, deliberat-
ing on the different propositions made, passes to the order
of the day motive.--1. Napoleon IL having become Em-
peror by the abdication of Napoleon I. and by the con-
stitution of the Empire, and the two Chambers having,
by their decree of yesterday, nominating a oommheiion
of Provisional Government, desired to give to the nation
the guarantees which it requires for its liberty and
repose, the present Act shall bo transmitted to the Cham-
ber of Peers.' The proposition was cidopted unani-
mously. A loud and prolonged cry of Vivo FEmpe-
reurr followed the announcement. On the same day the
Chamber of Peers adhered to the resolution. It is thus
clearly shown that the Chamber of Representatives, in
nominating a Provisional Government, only intended to
organize a means of administration. Napoleon 11. was
Emperor."
In the Haute-Saono 580 out of 583 communes hello
sent petitions to the Prefecture for the re-establishme
to
ntof the Empire. The number of signatures e
amountsv votes of
72,80 G; in the election of 20th December t h
Oui were 81,000. The petitions of thsetscbo communes iu the
l of the
department of the Marne, for the re-establishment
Empire, are now com
and adhesions amount to 70,468.
plete. Tho number of signatures

IKON FOR SHIP-B
HSUILDINGCOVERE.-IMPOI?TANT
I

Under this title we find the following in the Glas-
gore Chronicle. Our Scotch friends appear to be
altogether ignorant of the discovery by Mr. Hay, the
Admiralty chemist at Portsmouth, which has for
many years been successfully to applied the preserva-
tion of iron ships' bottoms :
" The advantages of iron as a material for buildirg
ships, whether as respects economy, strength, stowage,
or adaptation for fast sailing, aro now uniaersulty ac-
knowledged among shipowners. The proof of this is
exhibited in the great number of vessels already cou-
structed, or in process of construction, not only for coast-
ing but for foreign trade. Indeed, but for ono material
drawback, there is reason to believe that, by this time,
iron would have gone far to supersede timber entirely
in the construction of ships' hulls. That drawback con-
sists in the liability of iron, when immersed, especially
in the seas and harbours of warm climates, to get covered
with barnacles and other growths hurtful to a vessel's
sailing power. Differentbut they have hitherto been at.
suceesv. We ate in hopes that
efforts have been made to
a problem so important to the interests of commerce is
otevnadrcer weitthhibsedtiffilizacuiltteyd,
solution
now about to obtain a favourable through the
Patient experiments of
ingenuity and __, a Glasgow ship-
owner. Mr. Robert Bai Liam, of the firm of MT UM
direct
and Thomson, has long had his attention I
directed to
this subject, and has fallen on a method
iron plates, by which there seems good of preparing
that the evil we have adverted to will be avoided.reascalto believe
preps red iu conformity with this d• Plates
t
subjected to severe tests. They have been
have been
to ships' bottoms on long vo
ya
the world and through agreat variety of latitudes. They
country. Aputest s of jetties and wharves in
different parts of this
suit has been perfectly satisfactory. Yesterday we had
the in
all
cases
the
re-
ad
the gratification of seeing
been 1 emoved
from two plates which heve just
lost of the wharf at the lioly
Island, opposite Lunla , where they have been exposed
to the action of tho as
The
one
plate
was ,:ft for more. than a twelvemoethf.
iron prepared according tocommon
uriror;i4aGnadv i
ot the oth other
method.o
While the former, and the boards to which both were
attached, are more or lees covered with shells, the piece
of prepared iron is entirely free from any uttecbment
or growth whatever. The plates were also seen by
, several gentlemen belonging to the marine board for
this port, who expressed in a document subscribed by
them their gratification at the result of the experiment.
Experiments conducted by on eminent professional
chemist, and mechanical tests, have also been empio}(d
to ascertain whether the toughness of the iron is likely
to be injuriously affected by the substance which is
mixed with it, and the result has been, not only to re-
move apprehension, but to induce a belief that the effect
will be quite in as opposite direction. Mr. M'Gavin has
already secured patents for the application of his dis-
covery, and, we suppose, will immediately take means
for making its advantages known to those whom it
chiefly concerns. In the meantime we recommend such
of our readers as are connected with ship-building and
commerce to inform themselves on a matter which ap-
pears likely to bear so closely on their interests."