The Sun.
London, England, 1863-07-09 00:00:00

THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING., JULY 9, 1863,

MAJESTY'S ships were lost. Why should not the
mercantile navy end the coasters enjoy the same
protection as the vessels in her MAJESTY'S service
and the emigrant ships ? What is possible for one
is, undoubtedly, possible for all, and we advise our
officials not to put a little trouble and expense in
the balance against the protection of trade and the
safety of the public.

Among the most important and practical projects
for developing the resources of our Indian Empire
must, without doubt, be reckoned an improvement
in the existing means of carriage and traffic. Sup-
posing that all the present obstacles in the way of
obtaining land were to be suddenly removed, and
that the cultivation of tea, coffee, sugar, and cotton
fulfilled the most sanguine expectations, there
I would still be difficulties in the way of the mer-
chant, the trader, and the producer so long as the
risk, delay, and expense attending the carriage of
goods remained what it ia. Even Sir CHARLES
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tance of an improved system of water communica-
tion throughout a country whose noble rivers offer
every facility for extended canal works. Progress
is, however, being made in more ways than one,
and a design projected some time since, which has
just been brought to completion, is likely to be of
great service to Indian trade and commerce, while

it brings relief to the crowded port of the City of
Palaces. The late Lord DALHOUSIE, when Governor-
General, was aware of the evils arising from the
pressure on the port of Calcutta, and being desirous
of improving matters, he laid down the plan of a
new harbour at the Mutlah, another of the many
mouths of the Ganges. This new port, which was
styled by Lord CANNING the Birkenhead of Cal-
cutta, has been named Canningtown, in tribute to
the services rendered by that lamented statesman

to the internal administration of India. Since the
scheme was first projected by Lord DALHOUSIE
the shipping has more than doubled. The Mutlah
river has been surveyed and buoyed, and a floating
light ship stationed at the entrance; the usual Ad-
miralty chart has been prepared, and every ar-
rangement made for the accommodation of vessels.

It is said that the dangers of the Hooghly are un-
known in the Mutlah, and that a steamvessel can
always go up and down in a day. Vessels of the
largest size will be able to lie alongside the jetty,
and thus transfer their cargoes to trucks,which will
take them to Calcutta—the new line having been

just completed the whole distance. It is but 28
miles, so that the task was not a very formidable
one; but the advantage■ which it will confer on
Calcutta will be very great. Without any unne-
cessary delay, goods can be transmitted to and fro,
embarked and disembarked, with that ease and
rapidity so necessary to business transactions on a
large scale. The enlargement and deepening of
harbours and construction of new ports confers a

lasting public benefit on any country, and the in-
habitants of India have cause to thank Lord DAL-
HOUSIE for the design. There is little doubt, judg-
ing from the rapid increase that bas already taken
place in the shipping, that the new port will soon
rival our English Birkenhead in activity and good
service to its more important neighbour.

LATEST INTELLIGENCE.

RETJTER'S TELEGRAMS.

COBURG.
COBURG, JULY 9, 9 A,m,

Baron Stockmar died last night.

THE POLISH INSURRECTION.
WARSAW, Jut 7.

A Russian patrol is said to have taken from a
traveller near Radomsk a large portion of the bonds
and Imperials abstracted from the Treasury of
Warsaw by order of the National Government.

BROMBERG, JULY 9.

Two small detachments of Russian troops have
been forced to take refuge upon Prussian territory
near Podwioz and Slupce.

POSEN, JULY 9.

Intelligence received here from Warsaw states
that four Italians captured simultaneously with
other insurgents, and condemned to death by court-
martial, have bad their sentences commuted by the
Grand Duke Constantine to transportation, and
will be sent out of the country by the earliest oppor-
tunity.

RUSSIA.

BERLIN, JULY 9.

Private letters from St. Petersburg, dated the
7th inst., received here, state that the Council of
the Empire will be reinforced by the addition of the
marshals, of the nobility, and the burgomasters of
St. Petersburg and Moscow.

SPAIN..

MADRID, JULY 8.

It is asserted that on the proposition of Senor
Sierra, the reform in the tariffs introduced by Senor
Salaverria will be annulled.

GREECE•
ATHENS, JULY 6.

The National Assembly has obtained the simul-
taneous removal of the troops of the two parties

'rom Athens.

The City is again restored to tranquillity.

PRANCE.

PARIS, JULY 9.

The rumour that the Emperor intends going to
Cherbourg to hold a review of the fleet is without
any foundation.

The Moniteur of this morning pubiishes several
appointments in the department of the Marine.
BOURSE, July
8. The market has been rather
dull, buy prices, which at the commencement of
business slightly receded, have again recovered, and
Threes, for the
Account, are now unvaried at 68f.
60c. The Compagnie Immobiliere is now amalga-
mated with that of the Ports de Marseil!e,
shares of the former being required for one of the
new Company. The Railway Share Market has
been heavy, and some few of the lines at present
show a slight decline. The market closed as fol-

lows :

it per Cent 5....... 96 90
Do. end month.... 97 10
3 per Cents ...... 68 50
Do. end month.... 68 60
Credit Mobilier....ll9o
Do. end m0nth....1188 75
Bank Shares . ..... 3400
Credit F oncier ....1335 ---
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Italian Loan 72 10
Do. end month 72 20
New ditto
Do. end month 72 60
Russian
Austrian
Spaniel. Threes.,,
Home Debt .. —

'A.YB.

Cas. .
Orleans lO2O h-- .. 1015 Account
Northern 995 995
New ditto ..... • ......
• • Lyons and Mediterranean 1032 50 .. 1030
Geneva 467 50 .. 470
Southern 667 50 .. 667 50
Western
Eastern
Sardinian 415 412 50
Austrian
UM' bard
North of Spain
Saragossa .. 696 25 696 25
Ditto to Barcelona .... 367 60 ..

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Highness a reception befitting his exalted rank, and there
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they awaited his arrival. There is an obscure entrance to
the hall from Ironmonger-lane, which is used on ordinary
occasions—that in Chearside being available only on
high festivals—and it 80 happened that the Prince was
driven down the lane to the side-door unperceived. On
alighting there his Royal Highness was received by a very
respectable old woman connected with the establish-
ment, and who happened to be waiting for some one
else. To this good woman the Prince was extremely
polite, and she in turn after her own manner vat; not the
less so, though considerably disconcerted at the moment by
an honour so unexpected. His Royal Highness, so greeted
proceeded up stairs, followed by the gentlemen of his suite,
and had nearly reached the hall before the Mercers con-
gregated at the Cheapsido entrance heard of his arrival,
and, it is needless to state, did what they could to rep air
the mistake the moment they discovered it. The authori-
ties at the hall felt some shame that a guard of honour
from the Honourable Artillery Company, which they had
expected, and for which they had applied, was not in at-
tendance on the auspicious occasion. This civic force,
perhaps the oldest Volunteer regiment in the kingdom—
certainly in the city of London—dating back its origin, as it
does, some centuries, is understood to claim as a right, in
preference to any Volunteer corps of the present day, and
even to regiments of the line, the privilege of acting as a
body guard to any member of the royal family within the
limits of the city. The corps has usually had for its com-
mander, in an honorary capacity at least, a member of the
reigning family, His Royal Highness the late Prince
Consort stood in that relation to the regiment, so did the
late Duke of Sussex, and it is understood that the men
composing it, about 900 strong, are desirous of enlisting
the Prince of Wales as their chief. The band of the regi-
ment was in attendance yesterday at the reception of his
Royal Highness, but how the corps forewent so favourable
an opportunity of showing their loyalty is at present a
mystery. As it was, a few policemen guarded the entrance
to the hall.
A GONDOLA.--It is very hot. By-and-by, at
sunset, the sea will be of a deep purple, the sky
of an intense azure, but both are now as sheets of burnished
gold. But lam as cool as a cucumber inside the gondola.
The windows are slightly drawn on one side, and hot as is
the sun, a cool breeze comes stealing through. Al I that
breeze, how well I remember it a week afterwards at Milan,
howling in the agonies of the toothache. The cabin of the
gondola is a little black chamber with a high-coved ceilin
in g.
It is panelled with rich carved work. There is room t
for three persons to sit at ease on the soft black leather
cushions trimmed with black lambswool ; but I desire no
company. There are a couple of mirrors in carved ebony
frames, garnished with gilt bosses. The door is a wonder of
carved work. There are arm-rests, and leg-rests, and every
enticement to be lazy. The transverse bench has a raised
and sloping back, like an arm-chair, but the space between
that and the tilt is covered only by the pendant portion of
the black awning, which you can lift at will, to converse
with the gondolier. In one instance only is the sable rule
departed from. The carpet, which extends from stem to
stern, is of a lively polychromatic pattern. In winter-time,
of course, the cabin door is shut, the curtains are drawn, a
false panel is inserted in the back, and all things are made
snug and comfortable. In summer, the black awning
forms the most delightful of sun-shades. But
why is it black? Tell me Venetian antiqua-
rians. Tell ma chatty correspondents of Notes and
Queries. I was always given to understand that
black absorbed heat, and that white was the only
wear for hot climates. I stretched out my arm
and touched the roof of the cabin, but it was cool. Do they
put saturated felt, or wet cloths, between it and the awning ?
Many travellers, on their first arrival in this enchanted
town, and in their eager impatience to drink in its beauties,
rush from the cabin, and sit or stand in the open, in the fore
part of the boat, drinking up the glorious perspective which
surrounds them. That I think is a mistake. The windows,
the open doorway, form picture. frames, and in those frames
are set, in gentle succession, all the marvellous pictures the
world has been wondering at for centuries. There is the
Grimani Palace, there the Vendramin, there the Dogana,
there Santa Maria della Salute; there, by Jove I there's the
Waite, which is not unlike the Burlington Arcade on
arches. " Signor Antonio, many a time and oft—" but
Signor Antonio politely asks me whether we shall turn
back, and I say him yea, and bid him land me at the Mole.
--.DiCkene " 4114 the Year Bound,"

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HER MAJESTY,

OSBORNE, July 8.
The Queen walked and drove yesterday, attended
by Viscountess Jocelyn.
His Royal Highness Prince Leopold arrived at
Osborne to-day from Windsor Castle.