The Sun.
London, England, 1852-06-18 00:00:00

ITALY.

The Messaggere of Modena, of the 7th, announces that
the telegraphic lines between Reggio and Parma, and
between Massa and Modena, have both been opened, and
are at the disposal of the public.

On the 31st ult., ninety-seven veterans, remnants of
the French army under the Empire, met at a banquet at
Vico, near Mondovi (Piedmont). Their ages collec-
tively gave a total of 6,246 years, making an average of
64 years and 143 days, or nearly 5 months. Theeis-
tercian monks of the placo placed their refectory at the
disposal of these living relics of a stirring period, and
the band of the national guard of Mondovi played at the
banquet.
The Giornale di Roma of the Bth announces the re-
turn to Rome of Count DE RAYNEVAL, the French Am-
bassador to the Holy See, from Paris.
The Count of REDUCE, Archbishop of Munich and
Freisingen, arrived at Rome on the 7th.
The Giornale di Roma publishes a list of thirteen in-
dividuals, condemned by he French court-martial to
periods varying from 5 ye arts' to 6 months' imprisonment
tor wounds inflicted upon French soldiers. Another in-
dividual has been condemned to 3 months' imprisonment
for having had ammunition in his possession.
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NAVAL IN TELLIGEN CE.
APPOINTMENTS.
Master--James F. Beckett, to the Vulture.
Second Master—Francis Taylor, to the Sans Fuel
master's Assistant—W. A. Cronin, to the Sans Pared.
Master's A‘sistants—John O'Connell, James Camp-
bell, and --- liellow, to the Victory.
PoRTSMOUTH,
which TITURSDAY.—A melancholy accident,
was very nearly attended with most disastrous
consequences to a party of distinguished officers, occurred
in this garrison yeeerday afternoon. The scene of tne
"fire-barn" on Southsea-common,
catastroph© was the
in which is the laboratory of the Artillery corps at-
tached to the Marine division of this port, and where are
made and kept in store divers detonating missiles tor the
use of the Royal Alarine Artillery battalion. About
oonol 1..u0 vv ay is
huli.psst four o'clock, whilst Major-Geueral Simpson,
the. Lieutenantovernor; of Portsmouth, was in the
"etas f inspectiug the laboratory before-named, a
case " was ignited, when, from the presence of
detonating powder, or some other improper ingredient
haying entered into the compusition, it exploded with
whiche pvvith a
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thaveet rw,orecsuirdeiodg a
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terrific results. The fragments of the shell were scat-
in every diveti„n, striking down the instructing
(Wilson) of the laboratory, and fracturing his aboutnsTit_ in the Leg.--Patrick
Ointment and
Sergeant
leg in two places. It is feared amputstion must ensue. m idable wound, years Plough ,whichi
Ilon, injudraedmobsirs
for-
Nicholson, a gunner, wai also struck by another piece extent, so that he could not
ever the leg t:aansmeest r.
of the shell in the groin, just escaping the femoral despite of all his efforts not put his foot to the ground, and, ing
infEctiug a wound three inches in extent, and wolf(' not heal. In this very the various remedies he used, it
artery, very
.hwering some of the lingers of both hand 3. The Holloway's Ointment to • bad state he applied some of
' fellow fell upon the ground writhing iti the most treatment had such an effect on the wound that in litt:e more
excru.i Professor as perfectly cured Sold by all d
lt under the thigh, near the knee. Major-General gists, and at H 1 .
rug-
suite London. o loefay's Establishment, 244, Strand,
simpson was struck by some of the pieces of the ex-
loded missile on the cap and on the breast with con- SLEEP.—Men
P
siderabla violence, but happily doing him no serious excitement—felons rest '
sleep during periods of distressing
Colonel Meezies, K H., the Commandant of Indians, in the intervalsqourttlttheniflht before they suffer—
harm-
the Portsmouth division of the RoyA Marines, who stake.s '•'With me (says the authorrur
e,
ofarlssislutnbered at the
was standing by the sick of the Major-General at oon.toreathedhardest bed ; and Ido not remember sleep fell
the time of the explosion, was also struck, and his n eja th a aeeper repose than when I stretcherdto have ever
The from lasting initiTY is most remarkable. harraq walnut-tree after the fight of Quatre Bras;myelf be-
The glasses he wore over Ins eyes were smashed to couch..esed. and hungry, at the retreat of 111 or when,
dln my cloak on a sword of w ont St. Jean, I
pieos f3Y the fmments ofpbell ,but although the glaiatb di till b et rve th
0 battle of WAteXIQQ.".••-4 Soldier' --13 night before
s pie,

Her Majesty's ship Howe, 120, will be under the
hands of the duck)ard artificers for several months to
come. The expenses of putting her into a state of effi-
ciency are estimated at 40,0001.
Some preliminary experiments connected with the :v.
prouhing trial of anchors took place yesterday in the
parade ground of the dockyard.
ship London,
slr. Day, midshipman, her Majesty's
passed his examination in seamanship 011 board the
Waterloo flag-ship, on the 15th.
The Admiralty marine sheriff arrived here yesterday,
and of
day,
and took into his custody George Rare (the p
Marines serving in her Majesty '4 ship Waterloo, 120, re-
cently sentenced by a court martial to six months' im-
prisonment), fur removal to the HOll3O
of Correction at
Maidstone.