The Sun.
London, England, 1853-08-16 00:00:00

ITALY.

The Parma Gazette, of the 9th, states that Baron
Ward, Prime Minister to the Duke of Parma, has
just made an excursion into the mountains of the
Duchy, in company with Professor Piroli, of Per"
ma, and three eminent English engineers, for the
purpose of ascertaining the mineral wealth of those
districts ; and that the result has been most satin"
factory, showing the existence of coal, copper, ana
iron in sufficient abundance to be profitably el-
tracted.

SPAIN.
Our accounts from Madrid are of the 10th inst.
The Gazette publishes a circular from M. Esteban
Collantes, the Minister of Public Works, to the
governors of provinces, demanding of them a full
and complete report of the various works of public
utility commenced in their departments, of those
that are under consideration, and of those that have
been commenced or interrupted. The governors
of provinces are urged to stimulate the zeal Of
the municipalities and to see that the engineers
.
employed in public works carry them on with
energy and activity.
The thermometer at Madrid marked upwards of
34 degrees Reaumur.
The Three per Cents. were done at 43a cash ;
Deferred, 231.

AUSTRALIA.

(BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.)

PLYMOUTH, TUESDAY, 9 A.M.
The barque Henry Tanner, Captain Vaggar,
from Adelaide 19th March, is off the port, and 110
landed here nine passengers, among whom is CaPt'
Sturt, Colonial Secretary at Adelaide, and falai,'
The Henry Tanner has 17,000 ounces of gold,
1,000 bales of wool, and 250 tons of Burra Bur1"1,
copper. She left her Majesty's ship Britomart 311
St. Helena on the Bth of June, and north of the
line spoke the Sir William Jardine, from Jamaica'
with returned Coolies for Calcutta.

THE VON BECK CASE.—Mr. Hayes (of the 3fidluVi,,
Circuit), instructed by Mr. Griffiths, attorney for taa
defendants in the case of Derra against Dawson,
others, appeared on Saturday before Mr. Justice
..:.
Hams, in chambers, in support of a summons calif:
upon M. Derra de Moroda to show cause why all PL"ni
ceedings should not stand over until the fifth dal ;
next trm, the defendants undertaking to pay in3ll/"-
diately into court the whole of the damages and ctsi—,;.
The learned counsel said the object of the present aPP'-n:
cation was to enable the defendants to argue the exuera
tions to the ruling of Mr. Justice Maule, which they ecul„t
not do until Michaelmas Term. Mr. Hayes then wen
through all those exceptions, and commented fully nP°l
them, as well as on every other point raised upon the I
of the case. Mr. Sergeant Miller, instructed by Mr. „,
Harding and Mr. John Powell, attorneys for Mr. Derl,l
appeared on behalf of the plaintiff, and contended that
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application of Mr. Hayes must be refused, and that
the exceptions and objections were utterly untenable in
point of law ; furthermore that the plaintiff was eletirly
entitled to require immediate payment of the daraubc„.
and costs. The learned judge heard the different ache,
cates for upwards of two hours and a half, and then
livered his judgment, by which he refused the aPrf boe
tion of Mr. Hayes altogether, and declared tha"the
certainly should not stay the execution to recover or,
damages and costs. He thought the summing uP or.
his learned brother (Mr. Justice Maule) was quite cthe
rect, and that there was abundant evidence to go,tf
ail
jury. " I most assuredly," added his lordshiP,sould
not interfere to stay the proceedings, and I feel it ss will
be indecent of me to do so." The defendants_ith,
therefore have to pay the damages and cost forthweseut
including the costs of the plaintiff of opposing the Pr Bit.-
application for staying the proceedings.--Aril 3
mingham Gazette.
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THE GREEK CATHOLICS IN SYRIA.— areel‘.
Catholics in Syria are deserters from the Orthodox gala
Church; the harvest of a most profuse sowing c'oe the
by emissaries from Rome, abouf the beginning, foot-
eighteenth century. They retain all the prayers 3!l_"ctriveo
days of their former Church, with such additional ow
.„ their
b
as were unnecessarily entailed upon them eof the
allegiance to the Pope. They can boast of solve es in
best built and best endowed convents and nunt'' uie of
f this P
the Lebanon, and, from whatever cause arising, seer
the most respectable merchants in Syria are 0d it „,fiy
suasion. The ductility of gold is proverbial, id Nov
perhaps not unjustly be surmised that the sp.le
neestors
mencement of the Papal connexion by the,g neitbof
laid the foundation of a worldly prosperity scry?e, ol'
their position, their talent 3, nor opportuniti
(probably) have enabled them to attain.—Col•
Mount Lebanon, &c. wont
tablis
WHAT RUSSIA GAINED IN 1827.—The es
roteetlep
of the kingdom of Greece in 1827, under the p itb no
of England, France, and Russia, was regardesdr,w_ with
favourable eye by Austria ; but she did not int e
,ie_Jr;opy
the proceedings of the other powers, nor was the of
between her and Russia disturbed until the v.rn 10,
Churchill's
Turkey by the latter had excited her alarm;
A.,,"-nrevent,
England and Austria peremptorily intervened_b`ecrnresseu
the impending fall of Constantinople. Fran?! eel_
her readiness to unite with Russia, and tu_inst
the Austrian rear in case troops were sentar 709
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Russians. Prussia, however, presented herself,7_ 152 9,
to
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diator, and a treaty was concluded at Adriatnioeptlitou'e
by which Russia, though compelled for 1
eerald the most
store the booty already seized, gained some
advantages, being granted possession of se
0, Asi,
important mountain fastnesses and passeso,
btY
a right to occupy and fortify the mouths
c, autio
so important to Austria, and a prot,,e L°
Continuatem,
over Moldavia and Wallachia.—Kelly 3
Leicester,
COXe' 3 Austria. At Le'-- iv
ROMAN WATER-PIPES ON POTTERY•
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they are opening the roads to lay wat v
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the street near to the old spot called Sou
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dry and cleanAlioniee
the insides of course, are
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specimen obligingly forwarded a proi,
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and
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