The Sun.
London, England, 1863-09-17 00:00:00

AUSTRIA.

The Correspon
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dance Generale of Vienna has the
following
""" The .turope of Frankfort of the 10th
far in the Polish
contains a letter from a Paris correspondent, assert
the French
Government that Austria would go as
Metternich some time hem assured
and uvcn wonla not shrink from a war with Russia.
W to e are ablequestion as France might desire,
declare positively that no such ae-
surance has ever been given, nor any such inten•
tions expressed• There consequently has been no
reason whatever for the Austrian Cabinet to dis-
avow its representative in Paris, as stated by the
correspondent of
the Europe. The conjectures of
this flame correspondent relative to the projects of

A letter from New Caledonia of the 4th July, in
he Paine, gives the following account of the dis-
covery of gold i❑ that colony :—ln March last some
miners, in laviur of whom a subscription had been
raised, left Porte de France in search of gold. The
part of the island comprised between that place and
the river Hyenguene was examined without result,
but from the latter point indications of the precious
metal showed themselves in all directions, and on
arriving at a place called Honehiahomme, about a
mile from the church:of Puebo, a missionary station,
they found auriferous grounds on the borders of a
ravine. The gold was found in flakes clOse to the
surface, lying mixed up with particles of quartz.
Auriferous soil was also found at Bonde, Arama,
and in all the parts of the country comprised be-
tween the Hyenguene and the Diahot. The Go-
vernor was on a tour to Napoleonville with M.
Coelogon when he received the news of the dis-
covery, and proceeded immediately to Puebo with
the miner who was at the head of the exploring
party. Some of the earth was washed in his pre-
sence, and he was able to convince himself of the
existence of the gold. Even with the means now
used, by simply putting the earth into a vessel and
washing it in the rivulet, a good workmen may
earn of. to 6f. an hour. The Governor has come to
no decision es to the working, but he has sent
specimens to the Minister of Marine, and requested
instructions ; in the meantime exploration© but no
workings will be allowed."

THANKSGIVING FOR THE HARVEST.

The following letter has been addressed by the
Lord Archbishop of Canterbury to the clergy of
his diocese

"Aidington-park, Sept. 11.

"Rev. and dear Sir,—The spectacle we have just wit-
nessed of the in-gathering of a most abundant harvest dur-
ing a singularly favourable season calls for our devout
acknowledgments to Almighty God for this instance of
His providential care in thus blessing the labours of the
husbandman. Believing that it will be congenial to your
own feelings as well as to those of your parishioners that
public thanks should be offered in the Church for our
Heavenly Father's goodness towards us, I trust that you
will set apart some early day on which the inhabitants of
your parish may meet together in the house of God to offer,
through the services of the Church, the outpouring of their
grateful hearts for the signal mercy thus vouchsafed to our
land. In recollection of the past sufferings of a large por-
tion of our manufacturing population, our sense of this
mercy will we deepened when we reflect how vastly such
sufferings would be aggravated by a scarcity of the staff of
life during the coming winter.
" It will be fitting that a collection should be made as a
thank-offering after the sermon which will be preached ;
and, as there is no diocesan church•building society, I
would recommend that the amount gathered should be de-
voted to the use of the Inc ,rporated Society for Building
and Enlarging Churches, which has, doubtless, made very
many grants to wards building churches in this diocess.

" That this solemn occasion may be so improved and
blessed as to impress us all with a deeper sense of our de-
pendence on the bounty of our Gracious Father for our
daily bread and our daily comforts is the sincere prayer of
" Your faithful and affectionate friend and brother,

"C. T. CANTUAR."

The Bishop of Winchester has addressed 02. e fol-
lowing letter to the Venerable Dr. Jacob, Arch-
deacon of Winchester

"Jersey, Sept. 12.

" My dear Archdeacon,—On inquiry of the Archbishop
of Canterbury I do not learn that a day of general thanks-
giving for the late harvest is expected to be appointed with
the sanction of the Queen in Council. Under these circum-
stances 1 request you will communicate to the clergy of
your archdeaconry my recommendation that they should set
apart some convenient day in their several parishes for the
purpose of offering collectively humble thanks to Almighty
God for His great goodness in vouchsafing us the abundant
harvest of the present season. It is probable that in most,
if not in all, instances collections will be proposed after the
sermons in the churches; and I would suggest as a very
appropriate object the devotion of the alms so given to the
fund for rebuilding the Hampshire County Hospital.
I am, my dear Archdeacon, your affectionate friend and
brot her, " C. WINTON."
In a similar letter to the Venerable I. S. Utter-
ton, Archdeacon of Surrey, the Bishop recommends
that the alms collected in that archdeaconry shall
be given to the new Surrey Hospital at Guildford.

WDITIIER BOUND ?—There are several steam
ships of war now building in France under the
same mysterious circumstances as those at Messrs. Laird's
yard, Birkenhead. The two building in a private yard at
Nantes are represented as pierced for 22 guns each, with
engines of 409 horse power, and intended to have a speed of
14 knots an hour, A condition of the contract is said to be
that these vessels are to be delivered to the owners 20 miles
out at sea, off Belle Isle, Two others, of similar character,
are building in the yard of M. Armen, at Bordeaux.
THE POPULATION OF THE GLOBE.—A professor
of the University of Berlin has recently published
the result of his researches as to the population of the
earth, according to which Europe contains 272 millions ;
Asia, 720 millions ; Africa, 89 millions ; America, 200
millions, and Polynesia 2 millions—making a grand total
of 1,283 millions of inhabitants. As in places where deaths
are accurately registered tho annual mortality is at least 1 in
40, the number of deaths must be about 32 millions every
year, which gives 87,761 per day, 3,6.53 per hour, and 61
per minute, so that every second witnesses the extinction of
one human life. Another calculator states that the number
of persons who have lived on the earth since the creation is
36,627,813,27,5,075X5 I

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