The Sun.
London, England, 1852-09-28 00:00:00

ITALY.

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The Piedmontese Gazette of the 24th contains the
following article :—" The Prince President Louis
NAPOLEON has given the most gracious reception to
the Sardinian Minister of War. General DABORMIDA
has received the Cross of Commander, and Major
PETTITI that of Chevalier of the Legion of Honour.
All the French officers have expressed the most
friendly sentiments towards the Piedmontese officers."
The Corriere Mercantile of Genoa states from
Cagliari, 18th inst., that a rich coal mine has just
been discovered in the vicinity of the village of
Gonezza. The quality is said to be excellent. Several
companies have already applied to the Sardinian Go-
vernment for concessions of land, for the purpose of
in the hopes of finding more of that
g mineral.
Telegraphic 'Aces for the use of the public were
opened on the Ist inst. at Florence, Leghorn, Lucca,
Ppsirinsekaci,inotiagndslifSaietnna. They are all in communication
with Modena and the Austro-Germanic lines.
Letters from Palermo of the 10th, in the Piedmon-
tese Gazette, state that the grape-blight has entirely
ruined the vintage throughout Sicily, and that, in
order anything like tolerable wine, it is
ss
y°tbopiinck out the good grapes from the bad,
anieic to
necessary
obtain
labour, which will greatly increase the
price of the article. The bad grapes are not even fit
to make vinegar with.
The Sardinian Gazette of Cagliari announces that
by the exertions of the Chev. CONTE, Intendant of
Tempio, a solemn peace was
and thoseconcludedasof Monti, betwetein,
the
shepherds of that p
be-
tween whom a bloody feud or vendetta had existed
for years.

SCANDINAVIA.
The Swedish and Norwegian charge d'affaires in
America, M. SIBBERN, has addressed to his Govern-
meat a n interesting communication on the numerous
desertions from the ships of the two nations, on the
uncertainty of the American law as to whether appli-
cations for delivery of the deserter shall be made to
the State or to the federative authorities, and on the
general difficulties thrown in the way owing to a fac-
tious application of the Habeas Corpus Act. The
following table of desertions in New York alone is
very instructive :

SWEDISH VESSELS.

Number of Number of Number
Yesr• of Ships. Deserters. recovered.
1846
1847
1848
1849
1850

..... 9lO 36
NORWEGIAN
25
VESSELS.
1846 ...... 21
1846 ...... 30
1848
1849
139
1850 .....

212 502 26
He calculates the average wage of Swedish seamen
at 12 to 16 kd. bko. per month, and of Norwegian at
6 to 9 spd. The difference in favour of the Norwegian
he thinks explains the less number of desertions from
Norwegian ships. The American wage in New
York is usually about fifteen American dollars, and
therefore the temptation to desert is very great.
They are mostly encouraged by crimps and speculators.
We learn from Copenhagen that the electrie tele-
graph line is advancing rapidly. The wire arrived
last Thursday from England. It is of copper, sur-
rounded by gutta percha in a leaden pipe, and is half
an inch in diameter. Between three and four hundred
men are employed. The Roskilde Railway extension
line to Korsor is not commenced, but will probably
be so shortly, the necessary preliminaries having
been going on for some time. Major DREYER, of the
Engineer corps, has been appointed by the Home
Minister " technical cocsulent," or chief inspector.

ARRIVAL OF ADMIRAL CORRY'S FLEET
QUEENSTOWN, SUNDAY 2 O'CLOCK.

This moment Rear-Admiral Corry's fleet, the
Channel squadron, has arrived, consisting of her
Majesty's ship Prince Regent, 90 guns, Captain
Hutton, bearing the Admiral's flag, blue at the
main ; Rodney, 90, Captain Graham, brother to Sir
James Graham ; and Leander, 50, Captain King, in
20 days from Lisbon : all well. The fleet had
boisterous weather during the voyage, and for seven
or eight days were under close-reefed topsails. It
was a work of considerable difficulty for the fleet to
come to anchor, crowded as the station of Queens
town is with foreign vessels laden with bread-stuffs.—
Times.
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