The Sun.
London, England, 1852-03-27 00:00:00

ITALY.

Five shocks of earthquake were felt at Mein, in the
Neapolitan territory, on the 28th and 29th of Fe-
bruary. They lasted from two to eight seconds each,
and were both sub3ultory and undulatory. Rapolla,
Basile, and Rionero were also visited by them. The
inhabitants of all these places, that had but so re-
cently experienced the terrible effects of that phe-
nomenon, were so panic-struck, that they not only
left the few ricketty houses still standing, but also
their temporary barracks, and encamped in the
open air.
The mother of GARMILDI died at Nice on the
19th, at a very advanced age.

CABINET COUNCIL.— (THIS DAY.)—A Cabinet
Council was held at the Foreign-office to-day, at half-past
one. There were present—the Earl of Derby, the Earl of
Malmesbury, the Marquis of Salisbury, Lordionsdale, Lord
John Manners, the Right Hon. Mr. Henley, the Right Hon.
Spencer H. Walpole, the Right Hon. Sir John Pakington,
the Duke of Northumberland, the Right Hon. J. C. Herrin,
the Lord Chancellor, and the Chancellor of the Exchequer.
The Council were sitting when we went to press.
BLOWING UP A WRECK IN THE THAMES.—Yeg-
terday morning the wreck of the collier brig Resolution,
which was sunk by a collision with a steam-vessel in the
Northfleet Hope, near Gravesend, some short time back, was
blown up, in order to free the navigation of the obstruction.
The divers, under the superintendence of Captain Rowland,
the principal harbour master, have been for some time past
at work on the wreck, and it being known that the works
were completed, a great many persons assembled to witness
the explosion. About eleven, the ground having been
cleared, and boats with green flags stationed at proper dis-
tances, to keep approaching vessels out of danger, the gal-
vanic battery was brought into action, and the sub-marine
explosion took place, the only visible effect was, that the
surface of the water was raised in a sort of mound, from
banks emanated
for aseinlinCCeession distanceof circularw i t
with
considerablew aves,
that wan quickly followed by the appearance
of
donefloating
masses of timber, proving
on n bothwhence
divers its work. Sufficient time having elapsed, the
and
des-
cended, and reported the work of destruction complete,f the
the dredgers will now quickly clear the remains out o
channel.
11 the Prince
THE DEFENCE OF THE COAST.--W-en ..
row-ship,
that the gunpowder .
Regent, 90, Captain Harris, and Hogue, 60,
which
violence;
with fleet of
at Portsmouth will amount to 7,000 men,
er i 53,700.
Captain M'Dougall, have reached Spithead, the
steamers in commission whose aggregate horse-
Pewel, with the
Giving a cruising urge of ten miles to each vteses
h half-doz.:a
eight sea. going steamers in commission, and
at
Portsmouth,
advanced steam-squadron ready for service
to the Isle of
the whole coast of Eng'and, from Sheerness force
Wight, could be efficiently covered by the Portsmouth
of steamers alone.—Herold,_
it RAILWAY.—In
LONDONDERRY AND COLERAIN- Ea naval force
construction of a
company's Bill for sublcription towards
the city
new bridge over the river Foyle, and a quay at We of
Mr. Bernal's.; Committee, yesterday, the preamble. of this
Lendektderryi was declared prrreut