The Sun.
London, England, 1863-09-03 00:00:00

The Pope and the Italian Government.

The Armonia of Turin announces in the follow-
ing terms an encyclical letter of Pius IX. to the
cardinals, archbishops, and bishops of Italy :
" Our Holy Father, Pius IX., under date the 10th of
August, has addressed an encyclical letter to the Italian
cardinals, archbishops, and bishops, in which he deplores
the very cruel and sacrilegious war to which the Church is
everywhere subject, but especially in Italy, through the
acts of the Subalpine Government. The Holy Father
regards the triumph of truth and justice as certain ; he
rejoices over the constancy and firmness of the episcopacy,
he renews his former declarations ; he condemns the cleric°.
liberal societies; he
praises the Italian clergy, who are
strongly attached for the most part to the Holy See, and the
religieuse who prefer to suffer hunger rather than leave the
cloister, and the Italian people who succour the Pope by
means of the St. Peter's pence. He recommends them
finally to pray and wait with confidence."
" This is a document," concludes the Armonia,
" worthy of Pius IX., who in
his paternal solicitude
points out the evil, suggests the remedy, and pro-
mises recovery in the name of Him who has rendered
curable the nations of the earth."

THE POETRY OF SEA-FISHING,
As DESCRIBED IN A RECENT ESSAY, BY THE

AUTHOR OF " WATER BABIES."

Cliffs over head, ribbed and scarred, four hundred

feet in height, over which peeped many a gallant
deer ! Stacks of rock-island at their feet, as large
as great men-of-war with all sails set, ribboned
with yellow, black, and red, pierced with vast
arches, through which shone the infinite gleam of
the Atlantic; round the stacks, and in and out of

the arches, mackarel, in tens of thousands, breaking
water an acre at a time with a soft roar, as out of
the water flashed before them millions of shining
splinters—some water•beads sparkling in the sun,
some " brett"—the herring-fry which they had
chased in shore. In among them the boat slides,
with three lines out, and each taken ere the bait
was two oars' length from the boat; while over-
head and all around was a Babel of wings and
voices, which confused eye and ear alike, of suer and
shearwater, blackback and herring-gull, hacklet,
and cormorant—diving, gobbling, screaming, cack-
ling, laughing, fighting—and overhead two or three
stately gannets, too proud to mingle with the com-
mon herd, sailed round a hundred feet in air, in
search of a vacant spot, and then

Fell from the sky, like a god, while the wind rattled
hoarse in their pinions,
and rushed under water, throwing up a perpendi-
cular jet of spray, exactly as does a cannon-ball.
And, over all, nearest the roof of cloudless blue,
sailed out from her eyrie in the white cliff the great
hen peregrine, the queen of all the shore. Slowly
the falcon slides round and round, eyeing the mob
below, till some fat herring-gull, full gorged with
mackarel, flaps lazily away to digest. In a moment
the great falcon's wings are closed over her back.
With one lung silent rush she has reached him, and
those terrible hind talons, which can strike the life
out of a mallard's brain, and drop him into the mere
at a single stroke, are fast in the gull's shoulders ;
but not to kill. After a moment's flipping and
screaming, adversity gives him wit and necessity
invention. Down drops a mackarel, shamefully
disgorged, and down after it drops the falcon, and,
catching the fish in mid-air, bears it off in triumph
to the ledge where her young are barking for their
dinner. And so goes on the great hungry world,
as it has gone since the first Lingula or Orthis
gaped in pre-Silurian seas, some 199 millions of
years ago, and as much more as Sir Charles Lyell
has need of—conjugating the primary verb, "To
eat." I eat thee; he eats me; they eat him; other
theys eat them : *lnd so forth, ad infinaum.

DONATION BY THE QUEEN.—At the end of last
month Mrs. Maclaren, -wife of a workman at West
Port (says an Edinburgh paper), gave birth to three girls.
The occurrence was made known to Sir Charles Phipps for
representation to the Queen, as it is usual for her Majesty
to give a donation to mothers under such circumstances.
The Queen ordered a Post-Gffice order of £3 to bo sent to
Mrs. Maclaren, which has been duly received by her.
A ROYAL LOTTERY.—A lottery has just been
organised at Bucharest by the reigning Princess, the pro-
ceeds of which are to be devoted to the creation of a found-
ling asylum.

TIIE ENGLISH LEGATION AT TURIN.-The
number of the lndependance Beige, received to-
day, has the following on the subject :—" It appears that it
is intended to make a complete change in the English Le-
gation at Tulin. Sir James Hudson has already resigned
his functions in the hands of the First Secretary, pending
the arrival of Mr. Elliot, a near relative of Lord Russell.
It is rumoured that the present Charge d'Affaires, Mr.
West, is to be replaced by Mr. Russell, nephew of Lord
Russell, lately at Rome, at present on leave in England, and
for some time past attached, for form's sake, to the Turin
Legation. It is maintained, as you know, and with some
appearance of reason, that nepotism has a great deal to say
to the nominations of the British Minister for Foreign
Affairs. Two of the Under Secretaries of Legation at
Turin are also to be changed ; one goes to the United
States, and the other to Pekin I One might really suppose
that Lord Russell had discovered a conspiracy in the heart
of the Legation in question, and that he is resolved to
scatter its elements to the four c-rners of the earth. Mr.
Hudson, it is believed, will continue to live in the North of
Italy, and it is even said that he will pass a good part of
his time at Turin. His presence there might be a little
embarrassing for his successor."

LATEST INTELLIGENCE

(REITTER'S TELEGRAMS.)

SPAIN,

MEETING OF THE PROGRESSISTA DEPUTIES.

MADRID, SEPT. 2 (EVENING).

The leading Progressista deputies will hold a
meeting on Saturday next. Friends of the Ministry
assert that the Ministers continue to enjoy the con-
fidence of the Queen.

PRAYERS FOR POLAND.

ROME, SEPT. 2.

A printed notice has been issued relating to a
solemn procession ordered for the 6th September.

The Cardinal-Vicar announces it to be the desire
of the Pope that special prayers shall be offered up
for unhappy Poland, which his Holiness observes
with grief to have now become the scene of san-
guinary massacres. Poland, always Catholic, and
a bulwark against the invasion of error, deserves
that the Almighty should be implored to deliver
her from the evils by which she is inflicted. Peti-
tions should be put up that while retaining her
character, she may remain faithful to the mission
God has given her, and may maintain the Catholic
banner thoroughly intact.

EGYPT.
ALEXANDRIA, SEPT. 2.
The Annamite Ambassadors have left in the
Labrador upon their voyage to France.
The rise of the Nile continues to create uneasi-
ness. Measures are still being taken to avert
disaster.

The cattle disease is diminishing.

FRANCE.
MEXICO AND THE CONFEDERATE
STATES.

PARIS, bEPT, 3.

An important pamphlet has been published by
Dentu, entitled, " France, Mexico, and the Con-
federate States.'

The writer advdcates the necessity of prompt
recognition of the Confederate States by Mexico.
BOURSE, Sept. 2.—Sales for realisation have
caused a retrogade movement, Threes, for the
Account, being nuw at 68f. 65c. Railway Share
Market firm. The market closed as follows :

4i per Cents. ...... 97 50 i Italian Loan 73 50
Do. cad month.... Do. end month —
3 per Cents
..... 68 60
blew ditto
Do. end month..... 68 60 Do. end month —
Credit, Mobilier....llBs Russian
Do. end month..., 1180 Austrian
Bank shares ...... 3385 Spanish Threes.., 53
Credit /oucier ....1320 Rome Debt

RA IL

"AYB.
Cash. Account.
Orleans 1036 25 .. 1040
Northern . ...
New ditto - — • • --
Lyons and Mediterranean 1050 .. 1045
Geneva 493 75 .. 495
Southern .. 755 .. 755
Western
Eastern
Sardinian 420 .. 422 50
Austrian
I,olpbard
North of Spain
Saragossa 686 60 .. 687 50
Ditto to Barcelona

AMERICA.

SOUTHAMPTON, SEPT, 3.

The Hamburg and American Company's steam•
ship Saxonia, Captain Trautniann, from New York
on the 22d ult., has arrived here. She brings 144
passengers for this port, Havre, and Hamburg ;
85,619 dots. in specie for England, 25,826 dole. for
France, and 500 doll. far Hamburg.
The Saxonia passed the Germania, bound out-
wards, in lat. 50.8 north, long. 27.30 west.
During the first four days of her voyage the
Saxonia experienced very thick fog.

(REtTER'S EXPRESS.)
The following additional despatches appear in
;he New York journals :

NORFOLK, VA., Aug. 21.
The Richmond Whig of to-day contains the fol-

[owing :

CHARLESTON, S.C. Aug. 20.
The enemy's operations during the last 24 hours
have been mostly confined to a steady and continu-
ous bombardment of Fort Sumter from their Parrot
guns on Morris Island.
Their fire begins to tell on Fort Sumter, which
replies only at long intervals.
The defence of the harbour does not depend mainly
upon Sumter. Even if that fortress should be bat-
tered down, the harbour may still be held.
governor Bonham has issued a proclamation
Urging the removal of all non-combatants from
Charleston as soon as possible.
The two hundred pounder Parrot Funs of the
enemy are too much for the walls of Samt er, and the
fort only replies at intervals.
It has been determined to defend the city, street
by street and louse by house, as long as a: foot of
earth is left.

(From the Chattanooga Rebel.)

We look for the worst at Charleston. It Will
never be taken as it stands, however. It would be
mined and blown from its foundation first- We
do not anticipate any very encouraging news from
that quarter. The journals of the city may pat
the best face on the matter from motives of pa-
triotism ; but we had as well be prepared for any

emergency.
(From the Macon Telegraph.)
_ .

We think the Chattanooga Rebel is unnecessarily
despondent about Charleston. It is true she may,
in time, succumb to superior numbers and heavier
ordnance; but the numbers are not here yet, and
the hopes of successful defence have grown with
every day since the beginning of the siege, and so
has the strength of the position. The Charles-
tonians don't believe that their city will be taken,
and we shall not believe it until it is done.
CHICAGO, August 21.

Special despatches from Memphis say that only
the Seventeenth army corps is now stationed at
Vicksburg.

A species of intermittent fever is prevalent among
the soldiers there, and those who are taken sick are
promptly removed to the hospitals here.

Very few troops are quartered at the city of
Vicksburg; only enough to do police duty. The
rest are encamped on the heights back of the city.
General Sherman's corps is still encamped near
the Big Black, on Bear and clear Clear creeks.
This corps has had the hardest service of any in the
campaign, yet they enjoy better health than any
other.

The Thirteenth army corps, under General Ord,
has moved to Natchez for sanitary reasons. They
will remain there for the peesent.
Admiral Porter's fleet is scattered along the
Mississippi river from New Orleans to Cairo. The
intermediate distance between the points where the
gunboats are stationed are patrolled
draught boats. by light
There is no special news from below.
Advices from General Steele's Arkansas expedi-
tion are looked for soon from Helena.
The following are the latest despatches from the
army'of the Potomac :

WASHINGTON, Aug. 21.
Information is current here that Lee's army has
been moving off from our front upan the Virginia
Central Railroad to Richmond ; but officers arriving
here tonight, whose position in the army entitles
them to know what is going on, assert that no such
intelligence is in the possession of our commanding;
generals.

Lee is undoubtedly upon the Rapidan and Rap-
pahannock. His pickets are extended from the.
Upper Rappahannock along that river to Frederickr,.
burg, and the region about Potomac creek is ill.
fested with rebel cavalry.
Everything indicates that the enemy intends to
remain in his present locality, unless our own move.

ments should necessitate a change of base ; and it
is not impossible that the next battle may be fought
upon that river. Indeed, it is apprehended that
Lee will assume the offensive rather than retreat,
and many expect an attack from him at an early
date. Preparations for such an emergency are now
being made.

MR. F. G. CHAPMAN'S DESPATCH.

Headquarters, Army of the Potomac,
August 21.

I have information from three different sources
which leads me to believe that the rebels have left
our front and gone south to Richmond.

Deserters who came across the Rappahannock say
that the movement of troops towards Fredericks-
burg from Culpepper was only a ruse to cover Lee's
real object, i.e., to enable him to move his troops
southward by way of Gordonsville.
Day before yesterday large bodies of the rebel
cavalry dashed down towards the Rappahannock
at the separate fords, driving in our pickets. They
come boldly out in sight of our lines and deployed
in fine battle order, immediately all the corps
along the river were put under arms, in which posi-
tion they remained until morning, when, behold
the enemy had withdrawn !

A cavalry reconnaissance was then made, which
went as far as Culpepper, but found no enemy;
but, on the contrary, obtained such information as
leads to the belief that the whole rebel force has
gone in the direction of Gordonsville. The reason
for my belief I am not at liberty to give.
Richmond papers of the 18th brought into our
lines speak most despondingly of affairs, but parti-
cularly deplore the prospect, now in view, that
Charleston must fall. A complete panic prevails in
Richmond to obtain greenbacks. Many of the
dealers will take no other money for the commodi-
ties they have to dispose of. The Enquirer mounts
the Jew speculators rough shod, and classes Mr.
Benjamin as the king thief of the tribe.

ORDERS OF GENERAL MEADE.
GENERAL ORDERS-NO. 80.

Headquarters, Army of the Potomac,
• Angust 21, 1863.

1. For the purpose of giving full freedom of choice to
this army in the selection of newspapers, it is ordered that
any officer or enlisted man wishing to purchase any daily
journal not now furnished by the agent appointed under the
provisions of the circular of June 2, may give notice thereof
to the provost-marshal of the command to which he belongs,
who shall forward the same through the provost-marshal
of his corps to the Provost-Marshal General, who shall in-
struct said agent to furnish the same without delay, and a
neglect on his part to comply with such instructions shall
be held sufficient cause for vacating his appointment-
2. It appearing in several instances that the payment of
the sick and wounded of this army has been delayed by
reason of their descriptive lists having been signed by non-
commissioned officers temporarily commanding companies,
it is ordered that whenever from any cause the signature of
a commissioned officer cannot be obtained, the said list
shall be signed by a field-officer, or by the adjutant of the
regiment to which such company belongs.
3. The reports called for by paragraph 5, General Orders
No. 62, of June 12, 1863, from these headquarters from
captains of companies, will be made monthly, and will
state, in addition to the name and rank of every officer
having a soldier in his service, and the name and regiment
of the soldier so employed, and the length of time such
service has been rendered.

4. No non-commissioned officer or private can give his
parole except through an officer, and no officer for himself
or his command can, under any circumstances, give a mili-
tory parole not to serve until exchanged, except when deli •
vered to an officer of the United States, duly authorised to
receive him at one of the points agreed upon by the Govern-
ment for the exchange of prisoners of war, or at some other
point agreed upon by the commander of an army to which
he belengs. All other paroles are null and void. Any offi-
cer or soldier of this army giving them will be returned to
duty without exchange, and will be punished for disobedi-
ence of orders.

By command of Major •General MEADE.
S. Williams, Assistant Adjutant General.

The Confederate Navy.

In an interesting article, in which the Patrie
glances at recent events and the present aspect of
affairs in America, and declares the cause of the
South to be very far from lost, and that it would
be difficult to understand the Hosannah! of the
North, if one had not long been familiarised with
Yankee exaggeration, we find some rather curious
statistics and details respecting the Confederate
men-of-war or privateers, whichever they may be
called. The Siecle, as we know, discards both
names, and roundly treats them as pirates :
"Since the destruction by its captain of the Ta-
cony and the capture of the Archer, the Confede-
rate privateers, the identity of which is well esta-
blished, are five in number, the steamers Alabama
and Florida, and tl:e three-masted Lapwing, which
cruise in the Atlantic Ocean ; the steamer Georgia,
which has selected for its arena the Sea of the
Antilles; and the three-masted Robert Lee, which
watches the waters of the Bermudas. There is a
sixth, which keeps about Cape Horn, and to which
several ships have fallen a prey, but her name is
not known. With the exception of the Sumter, it
was some time before the names of any of those ves-
sels reached us, and it is to be observed that we do
not even yet know them all, and that many other
anonymous ships furrow the waters of the two
oceans in search of the merchantmen of the North.

It is the struggle of the weak against the streong,

The amount of damage inflicted on Federal com--
ecerce by the Confederate cruisers is considerable
(by' the Alabama and the Florida alone it exceeds
50 millions), and the incessant stings of these auda-
cious skimmers of the seas have excited to fury the
anger of the North, which finds it impossible
to tear from its flank this well-barbed dart. In
vain does it equip whole fleets, in vain despatch its
swiftest steamers. Some privateers have certainly
been captured and destroyed, but the most famous
arid dangerous, those which the Federal cruisers are
so anxious to take, have hitherto escaped scot free.
Captain Semmes, the South American Surcouf, has
hoisted his flag on board the Alabama. This daring
sailor is- commander in the Confederate navy, he is
the terror of the merchant navy of the North and
the torment of the Federal cruisers, through
whose hands he slips like an eel. The Washing-
ton Government has sent a whole fleet on the
track of the privateers. The gunboat United
StEc'es, steamers Erichsen, Honduras, Governor
Buck in ;halm, and Star of the South, have long been
traversii tg the ocean in every direction. From Bos-
ton have just sailed the steamers Howqua, Iron Age,
Admiral De:Tont, Expoender, Daniel Webster, the
school-shi p .Massachusetts, the revenue cutter
Morris, at Ld the ochooner Thomas Woodward ; from
Newport the sloop of war John Adams; from
Princetom i the steamer Shattuck ; and finally,
from Palle idelphia, the steamer Young America.
All Vat se efforts are particularly directed
against the Alabama and the Florida. To escape
this am umnlation of enemies, Captain Semmes
and Mi iffit will have to redouble their energy,
audacity, and skill. They are not caught yet. Like
the far nous Red Rover of Fenimore Cooper, they
seem t o have a talisman that protects them, anti.,
enable s them to set both man and the elements at
defiant se."

Son .e of the vessels above enumerated seem
hardl3 of sufficient force successfully to cope single
haudev 1 with the Cnnfederate steamers. I think it
was tb Erichsen which some time ago fell in with
Florid av and was glad to beat a hasty retreat after
receiving a broadside, while the Florida, after a vain
attem to overtake ner, consoled herself by burn-
ing 0. Vat.kee merchantman before her eyes.

JCTOR JOHNSON, in referring the English word
"c fa' mudg.?.on'' to the :French cceur and anechant,
give as his authority for the etymology "an unknown
corn spondent"---this suggestion having been one of the
y hundreds made to him during the progress of his
worl kby correspondents in all parts of the country. It
sear as almost incredible, but it is nevertheless true, that
A A 1, having appropriated the suggestion, actually repro-
c a es it in the following form : " Curmudgeon, from the
Fri anch occur, unknown, and reechant, a coy respondent,"
VEATH OF A MARZCIIAL (!) OF THE FRENCH
:EmTVRE.—One of the oldest officers of the Grand
rEe•r has just terminated his existence at the village of
G arch es, near St. Cloud. Lieutenant-Colonel Marechal
ias be trn at Troyes on the 12th of March, 1774, and died on
1 ,he 6th. of August, 1863, in his 90th year. He entered the
service in 1791, and made all the campaigns of the Repub-
lic and the Empire. He was wounded ten times, and, among
other battles, at Eylau, Heilsberg, Eckrauhl, Wagram, and
the Moscowa. He was created officer of the Legion of
Honour on the 6th of April, 1813.

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HER MAJESTY.

The Queen in Germany.

ROSENAU, COBURG, Aug. 30.
Her Majesty the Queen drove to the Kailenberg
on Friday evening, and took tea with the Duchess
of Coburg.

Mr. Barnard, her Majesty's Resident at Coburg,
had the honour of an interview with the Queen on
Wednesday.

The Queen, Princess Helena, and Prince Alfred
attended Divine service at the chapel at the Kallen-
berg this morning.

Her Majesty and the royal family continue to
take drives in the neighbourhood, and have visited
the widow of Baron Stockmar and the Prince Con-
sort's former tutor, Mr. Florschuts, at Coburg.
Her Majesty's health is much the same. She is
unable to bear any great exertion or fatigue.

The King of the Ilellenes,

It is not certain whether King George will visit
the Queen at Windsor or whether he will join the
Court later at Balmoral. His Majesty is at present
paying a short visit to his relations at Rumpen-
heim ; but in consequence of the unpleasant relations
between the German States and Denmark, and also
the position of Greece itself towards the ex-King
Otho, it has been determined that the King of the
Hellenes shall stay but a few days at Rumpenheim.
The vote for the annexation of the lonian Islands
cannot be taken before the second week in October,
and his Majesty intends to arrive at Athens imme-
diately after that event.

His arrival here may be looked for either during
the Queen's stay at Windsor or immediately after
her Majesty's departure for Balmoral. In either
ease King George would go to Scotland to takFi
leave of the Princess of Wales.

Foreign Courts.
PARIS, Sept. 1.
The Empress Eugenie is travelling to Biarritz
under the strictest incognito. The authorities at
Orleans received notice not to make any preparation
for her Majesty's reception.
The marriage of the reigning Count Olten de
Stolberg-IYernigerode, with the Princess Anna de
Reuse, was celebrated last week at Stonsdorff, in.
Silesia.

BERLIN, Aug. 31.
A despatch from Baden-Baden states that the
King left there this morning on a visit to Queen
Victoria at Rosenau. It is expected that his Majesty
will remain but a few hours at Rosenau, and that
he will leave Coburg in the evening on his journey
to Berlin.

The Marchioness Marchioness (Dow.) of Normanby is staying
at Hamilton Lodge. Kensington, Her ladyship's health
greatly improved.

The Earl and Countess of Chesterfield have ft
select party assembled at Bretby Park, near Burton-upon-
Trent, for the Derby races.
The Earl and Countess Grey will return to
Howick Hall, Northumberland, the week after next, from a
tour in the north of Scotland.

Viscountess Clifden gave birth to a son and heir
yesterday afternoon, at Dover House, Whitehall. Her
ladyship and infant son are progressing favourably.
Lord and Lady Stanley of Alderley, awl the
Hon. Misses Stanley are expected to return home from their
tour in Germany early in the ensuing week.
The Right Hon. Charles P. Villiers, IVL.P., left
town on Tuesday night, to pass a few weeks at Spa, in
Belgium.

We understand a marriage is arranged to take
place between Lieutenant-Colonel the Hon. Henryßyng, of
the Coldstream Guards, second son of the Earl of Strafford►
and the Countess Henrietta Danneskiold, eldest daughter
of Count Christian Danneskiold Samsoe, and niece of ti
Marquis of Ailesbury.

THE Catholic bishops have decided, at their con"
ference in Dublin, to complete the Catholic University',
and erect a building at a cost of 4100,000. They ex.pect to
raise the sum in five years by collections in Great Britain,
America, and Australia.—The Reader.

Parisian society has just sustained a loss by the
death of the Marquise de Grammont, at a somewhat
advanced age. The deceased lady Nve.s eldest daughter of
the Duc de Crillon, and in 1829 married the Marquis do
Grammont, deputy for the Haute—Saone, and head of a
noble house, but who bears no relationship to the family of
Gramont of Navarre, or to that of Gramont-Caderousse.
The Marquise de Grammont leaves four sisters, married re-
spectively to the Marquis de Chanaleilles, the Due rozzo
di Borgo, the Duo de Caraman, and the Comte de Levis-
Mirepoix.

A RED RAINBOW !--A curious and rare pheno-
menon was observed on the 25th of June last by
Dr. Mohe of Coblentz, in the shape of a completely red
rainbow formed by the rays of the setting sun. The 01'
terior outline was well defined ; but in the interior the
colour faded away towards the centre. The secondary
bow, equally red, was observed only at intervals; the two
were separated by the dark band observed on former occa-
sions. We need scarcely remark that monocromatic
bows are very rare.
TOMB OF LEONARDO DA VINCI.—The Gazette des
Etrangers says :—" An important discovery in the
history of art has just been made. A few months back ISL
Arsene Houssaye was commissic,ned by the State to direct
researches at Amboise (Indre-e1..-Loire), with the object of
finding the temb of Leonardo da Vinci, the position of
which was unknown. Last week the pursuit was crowned
with success. A sort of caso, found in an old church at
Amboise, and containing a coffin, was pointed out to the
notice of M. Houssaye. An inscription on the lid of the
coffin is said to leave no doubt of the authenticity of the
remains which it contains. Thus are refuted, as was ex"
expected, the suppositions that Leonardo da Vinci had died
elsewhere than at Amboise."

THE CONGRESS AT MALINES.—Major O'Reilly,
in a letter to the Morning News, says :—" As I per-
ceive that my name has been mentioned as one of the Irish
who had purposed attending the Catholic Conference at
Malines, will you allow me to explain, through your
columns, that not only had I purposed doing so, but had
devoted what little leisure I possessed to preparing materials
for a paper on the progress of Catholicity in Ireland since
the commencement of this century. Unfortunately, the
very serious illn.riss of one of my children compelled me, at
the last momerit, to abandon my intention. The rector of
the Catholic 'University of Ireland, who had also made ar-
rangementF, to be present, was likewise obliged, by urgent
busirks (of the university, to remain in Ireland. I felt the
more ibis disappointment, as I had taken the deepest inte-
rest from the first in the project of my Belgian friends,
which has produced such glorious results."
A MAGNETIC MOUNTAIN has been discovered is
Swedish Lapland, on the left bank of the Rautus-
joki ; and the vein, which is several feet thick, promises to
be ono of the richest scurces of natural magnets at present
known. Mr. Berg, to whom it belongs, hopes to obtain
from it en.ough to supply specimens to all the collections in
Europe. Among the facts mentioned in proof of the mag-
netic force which these magnets derived from this source,
it is fgtated that a galvanometer traverses 10 degs. or 15 dege•
in tb.eir presence, and that a contact of a few minutes im-
parts a sufficient charge to a piece of soft iron to enable it
to support a weight of one or two Swedish pounds.
natural magnet weighing 400 pounds has already been ob-
tained, and larger ones may be expected. M. Done of
Berlin has already possessed himself of one weighing GS
Swedish pounds; the price varies from eighty centimes to
three francs the kilogramme. The Abbe Moigno, from
whose admirable journal, Les Iliondes, we have borrowed
the above account, remarks that the extraordinary mar
netism of this mountain suggests the question whether the
magnet pole of the earth mast not be sought in Lapland
rather than in Siberia, the more so as the existence of the
pole in Siberia is more than doubtful.
EGGS FOR THE MILLION.—What a fact it is that
we have not only not eggs enough for the very
limited use we make of them in our cookery, but are import'
ing them to the value of more than half a million of pound°
sterling a-year ?In the last table of imports, the number
for 18b1 stands as 203,313,300. Idp not forget that eggs
are largely used for some of our manufactures; bat that
does not affect the question why they 'are not produced at
home. Upwards of two hundred millions of eggs pr°°
duced for us by foreigners, while Englishwomen.are want:
ing employment at home I Surely this is a mistake which
i
must soon be rectified I The thing is, we have not stud!
the art of poultry-rearing as foreigners have, and as we
ought to have done long ago. Even at this day, 1n
occasionally asked whether I believe in the possibility
e°_.'
regularly inducing hens to lay all the year round, and span
whether it is possible to obtain a succession of eggs throu:
the four seasons. Such points would not be left 11.
foreigners to answer at this time of day.---Once a week.
la
FORTUNATE RESCUE AT EA.--The Phare de
d.
Loire states that on the 20th ult. Capt. Leveque,
ing a vessel sailing from St. Nato, while in lat. 37.15
,110
long. 15.50 W., saved 13 men, forming the crew- 1,.. the
Seaman, Captain Stopwith, bowed I,
a.
or.
the North Seaesrtvhse, l
to Shields with a cargo of corn. A'll
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time after the English sailors were taken off the vessel
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