The Sun.
London, England, 1853-01-06 00:00:00

TUSCANY.

The Genoa Mercantile Courier, of the 31st ult.,
quotes the following letter, dated Florence, 28
" Marshal Haynau has been here for some time. Se-
veral aristocratic families, known for their attachment to
the Austrian Government, have received him with the ut-
most distinction, and invited him to 'entertainments and
banquets. The Orsini family, in particular, distinguished
itself by its demonstrations, and caused him to be admitted
on Sunday last to a sitting of the Philharmonic Society,
which, notwithstanding his presence, was most brilliant
and gay. But this is not all. The arts, of which Tus-
cany is the centre, also wished to honour in a becoming
manner such a guest, and the pencil of Bezzuoli, and
the graver of Dupre are to portray his effigy. The
first of these artists demanded 500 scudi for the task,
but ultimately accepted 300. The Marshal wishes to
be painted at full length, surrounded with all the acces-
sories commemorative of the part he acted in the events
of Hungary. Thus, while the Austrians themselves,
the companions in arms of the Marshal, endeavour to
avoid him, Italian families, Italian artists, offer him
their good offices, and celebrate him by works of their
genius. These are fortunately very rare exceptions,
and so repulsive that we cannot dwell upon them any
longer. The wife of Madiai is better. Her pardon,
however, has not not yet been granted."

TURKEY.
•
The Augsburg Gazette, under date of Vienna,
28th ult., says :—" We learn that the Vladika of
Montenegro is about to take advantage of the
armistice concluded with the commander of the
Turkish troops to visit our capital. If he comes he
will not find much sympathy for his warlike pro-
pensities and projects of conquest."
A letter from Constantinople, 15th ult., in the
Trieste Gazette, says :—" We learn that the Mon-
tenegrins have made another incursion on the
Turkish territory, and have gained possession of a
fort, two towns, and twenty villages, after having
massacred all the Mussulmans."

THE TELEGRAPH LINES OF THE WORLD UP TO 1853.
The extent of telegraphic communication, completed and
in operation throughout the world, at the beginning of
the present year, may be estimated, as far as can be
gathered from the returns, at nearly 40,000 miles. Of
this amount there were nearly 4,000 miles in Great
Britain, of which 100 miles only were underground, with I
about 400 or 500 miles in course of construction in Eng-
land, Scotland, and Ireland, and as many more projected.
In America there were 20,000 miles of telegraph com-
pleted and in operation, with 10,000 more in process of
construction. Russia has just commenced her system
of telegraphs between St. Petersburg, Moscow, and
Cracow, and the ports of the Baltic and Black Seas.
About 4,000 miles are about to be constructed in India.
The only unsupplied portions that will soon present
themselves on a telegraphic map of the world will be
Australia, Africa, and China.
THE SOUTH SEA COMPANY.—The ordinary half-yearly .
court of the proprietors was held yesterday at the South
Sea House ; Mr. Franks in the chair. The statement
of accounts showed that the income of the society was
147,1151. 7s. 7d., while the outgoings amounted to
81,8871. Os. 3d. A dividend was declared of 1. per
cent., leaving a balance of 1,1291. 12s. 10d.
THE BURGLARY AT RAVENSWORTH CASTLE.—No clue
has yet been obtained to the perpetrators of this bur-
glary. The following is a list of the property stolen :
A small green leather dispatch box, containing 1001. in
51. Bank of England notes and sovereigns ; a small blue
leather box, containing shirt studs, gold buttons, shirt
pins, and a small seal with arms ; a doubled-cased gold
watch, with a long chain and two small chains appended;
a small Geneva gold watch, heavy gold chain and seal,
cypher, and gold locket attached, and two gilt keys ; a
diamond half-hoop ring, a ruby and diamond riog, one
diamond single-stone ring, one engraved seal-ring for
little finger, garnet and diamond rings, plain gold rings,
diamond and emerald ring, gold eye-glass, gold pin (dark
red stone and diamonds), enamelled gold pin, garnet pin,
locket pencil case, clasp for a cloak, pair of silver tweez-
ers, twisted gold ring, &c.
LOVE IN THE SEVENTEENTH CENTURY.—Men and
women whose life was ceaselessly occupied with ideas
and intrigues of love, were naturally always susceptible
of its influence ; and if, as Rochefoucauld observes,
" there are some people who would never have fallen in
love, if they had not heard love mentioned," many per-
sons, through hearing it talked of wherever they went,
fancied they had found it where it did not exist. Sur-

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rid of him, ran him twice through the body with a
sword. Ile did not die of his wounds, but, strange to
say, when he had recovered, said Segrais, "He felt as
much indifference for the princess as if he had never
loved her, and he attributed this to the loss of blood."
—Guizot.