The Sun.
London, England, 1853-08-24 00:00:00

AUSTRIA.

The Journal de Francfort contains a letter from
Vienna of the 19th, which says :—" Count Buol,
Minister of Foreign Affairs, yesterday gave a
oc,rand fête to celebrate the birthday of the Eel-

of
peror. All the Ministers and a great number
dignitaries of State were present. Count de Rob'
berg was likewise invited. M. lendourq ereney
celebrated the St. Napoleon by a g dinn, to
which only French subjects were invited. There
was the same day a grand dinner at Lord West-
moreland's at which were present several members
of the diplomatic body, and amongst others Baron
de Meyendorff, Baron de Stockhausen, 4,-c."
A letter from Vienna states that a commercial
house in that letter has lately, by. order of a bank
at St. Petersburg, made considerable purchases °
metallic bonds, paying for them by bills on Lon-
don. It is stated that these purchases, win9ll
have tended to keep up prices, have been ulnae
for the account of a Russian Archduchess.

ITALY.
The quantity of specie which is now leaving
Piedmont for purchases of corn in foreign mark°tl
has, says one of the journals, caused the National.
Bank of Turin and its branch establishments to
raisa their rate of discount from 4 to 5 per cent. .
The Eco del: Esperienza states that the inhabi-
tants of Melsi having proposed to erect a won"
ment to the King of Naples, his Majesty being ill;
formed of it, has directed that the sums collected
for that purpose be devoted to works of charity'.al'
A grand ball was given to the Queen of S
dinia, on the 16th, on board the Cumberland/
U.S. frigate. The vessel was decorated with tho,
Italian and American flags. Dancing comnieliCal
at eight, and lasted until half-past four in the
morning.

SPAIN.
at Cal
The ex-Queen of the French is expected
in the early part of next month. The Duke 8110
Duchess of Montpensier will proceed to Cadiz 1131
meet their royal relative, who will return
to the Palace of San Telino to pass the winter. 310
Govante, the Minister of Justice, has made km°
through the Gazette that for the future foreiger?!
wishing to exercise the profession of teachers in
for
Spain must, in their demand for authorisation
with th.e,.
that purpose, state the cause of their taking lipt.
their residence in the Peninsula, and accornPalk,
their application by a certificate, proving that they
have exercised the profession for six years. a the
The Three p the er Cents. were done at 44 7-1° ; f
New Three per Cents. at 23 13-16 ; Debt (.::
the First-class at 10 7-16 ; and that of the Second!
at 5 5-16.

ANOTHER ASCENT OF MONT BLANC BY
NAVAL OFFICER.
We have been favoured with the following
account of another ascent of Mont Blanc by.a naval Owe
cer, Lieutenant Augustus C. Murray. This officer,
10,
believe, is well known in the service. obtained ;c6
first commission for distinguished and gallant Sel% a
when mate of the brigantine Dolphin, in boarding
as
capturing a well-armed and desperate pirate on the 5,d,
of Africa in 1841, when he was dangerously wen and
pcl
interestig
He has since served as lieutenant for many
latterly as first of the Terrible, 21, steam-frigate, 3
years, aria

Hibernia, flag-ship of Sir William Parker. citing
"I have made the ascent of Mont Blanc since w_sety,,
last to you. We attained the Grand Mulets, in ,EL"l„.lt
and remained there, as usual, for the night. At It 'Ala.
we left them, lighted by a single lantern ; the vi'' tee
creased from the time of our departure, until it becaevi
so terrific a gale, that we could not proceed by tb,e,, °old
path usually pursued, so we determined to try t 7,7) in
one, the same which Dr. Hamel attempted in 1'" 'bad
which he forced the guides to the ascent after thei,,o
assured him that to advance was to perish, rio
causing the death of three poor fellows, 61)13,,,
which unhappy circumstance this road has been 3 03,
doned. It was the advice of Jean Tairraz,
chief guide, which determined me under the existingbad
cumstances to attempt it. Following this route, vie rips
successfully advanced, notwithstanding incessant sl° to
of hail and snow which beat full in our faces nearilY 3
the summit of the Rochers Rouges, when SUddell 0f
awful crevasse burst open before us with the cr3s dir
thunder ' • our advanced guide at the same instantiost,
appeared, and we all feared the poor fellow was A io
when to our joy we heard him cry out, and succeeded
rescuing him by throwing down our rope, which 1151 i-eh
just reached him on the jagged fragment of ice to Vi
bial
he clung, a narrow escape, for on either side of
yawned a perpendicular chasm of some 150 feet in '7hed
We still kept on, notwithstanding, with undisainisfuri
ardour, in spite of the constantly increasing 0•
of the storms of wind and hail, until we finallY-pptite
naged to reach a small rock just above the "-s to
Mulets, under which the tempest now compelled 11,,, it
creep for shelter, absolutely forcing us to cling wi,to,
with all our strength to prevent our being blown 8 „„a
All the difficulties of the ascent were now overcome' to
half an hour more would have brought us with eas?,bt
the summit, which, had the storm ceased, a child
with ease have surmounted. It was tantalising,: to
so near, after enduring so much, without being 3°04
attain the absolute summit ; but Jean Tairrazof
me that it was impossible to proceed without the ."","yer
all our lives, as the wind would infallibly blow us -•og
the adjoining precipice did we attempt it. without gt ;ber
a second thought, under such circumstances, to the
ascent, we decided on descending without loss 0' ",-I'ls
every m ornent of which was now becoming doubly prec- oci
Throwing ourselves at full length on the sn°",„'i3
crawling to the edge of the descent, we slid dove„rlito
few minutes what had taken us more than an he",e-
surmount. Then commenced the labour of our des-were
as the snow had fallen to such a depth that we pe
half-buried at every step. Worn out with fatigue, to
finally reached the Grands Mulets, where we
ivie;otila
spend the night ; and such a night came on - ugh
not have lost it for worlds. Even now it thrills thr°ooo.
me, far surpassing in grandeur all I could ever havesva•
ceived. The fearful hurricanes of wind, the falling der,
lanches, the opening crevasses, the crash of thnn the
the fierce lightning, riving in vivid flasheso„oll
dark clouds veiling the summit of Mont Blanthisg"
combined to form a scene which the absolute °e; of
ness of man must truly see and feel to conce"niste
When I looked upon it from our lonely and
resting-spot, far above the sweet village of Chan and
it seemed as though the mountainous worlds artiest
us were warring with an angry heaven. The 00
morning, when I looked in search of our nClstigo
route, it was impossible to distinguish a wring
of it, from the changes that had taken place ", wasi
the night. What had been comparatively 'eve" an°
now heaved up into gigantic waves. Nurner/boat
impassable crevasses likewise blocked the waY. atelY
5 a.m. we re-commenced our descent, and fortOoetal
arrived in safety at Chamounix. We comm and
our ascent on the Ist of August, at seven eerejLee
returned on the 3d, at nine a.m. I went 3 Jean
taking five guides with me, of whom the chief en
clever
Tairraz, is a fine brave fellow, and is besides a
any
naturalist ; I most cordially recommend hintto
frone
one willing to try this most arduous asce:evasse
man besides, a volunteer, gave up at the last ,r per,
and returned. There is one thing I would advtaide;
sons who may wish to ascend Mont Blanc. The s and
at Chamounix are fettered by police regulation,ci to
are obliged to serve in rotation without regf best
their capabilities, to avoid which annoyance tue„tioilt,
plan is to select your principal guide at Chart)" sar
and walk to Turin with him and obtain thesh to
i
dinian Minister's order for the ones you may W Then
select. I should certainly advise five at least. before
walk back, and take a few days' good exercised
you attempt it • I suffered much from not havi oleo
so. A firm determination and good health nu"'
carry one through."
evening's 1311:e
A BRIGHT COMET.—For some few even--- v•4e
-
conspicuous comet has been visible a little all_°,og. the
N.W. horizon at dusk, and will continue so durn'ticleo,4
present week. On Saturday, at 3 o'clock, the,i
was brighter than the well-known star Cor Caro' ,b 0
is of the second magnitude ; a short tail couldii to :
tinguished with the naked eye, but was traicess. 010
much greater distance with an ordinary nigbtgeasun:
evening the comet will set three hours after the Mips
the 27th two hours, and on the 31st one hour
ufliwtii it po
Its brilliancy will increase rapidly each nightent on iba
finally lost below the horizon. It is at pres.owaras v
borders of Leo and Ursa Major, movingit
Leonis, from the stars v and in the atoteerhee°:l:s
stellation. The tail streams off directly frora coet
without any appearance of division, and the„',, low
altogether a very pretty object when viewed vvo'
fser
magnifying power. rd 4
SCOTCH LEGISLATION IN THE LATE ," reeo
as we can remember, or can make out from tro_,. scoter_
of the Parliamentary proceedings, the number Tot weof
measures introduced or adopted' by Governn'e'vepti
eight, of which seven are now law. The ones other.
is the Edinburgh Annuity Tax Bill, which ivease;
local and private than a national and pub!' been se 1,
and the causes of whose failure have already are
ciently discussed. The seven successful baNruptc;
Sheriff Courts ; 2. University Tests ; 3. 133.
..hns 01,0
4. Entails ; 5. Burgh Harbours ; 6. Sheriff- rof the
solidation ; 7. Evidence (which was a ine'sure“,life,
pro oee
Lord Advocate, though adopted by Lord 4. tor
This does seem a pretty fair quantity of wni. d
session, and a session, too, crowded and hurric_casur.ci.
beyond precedent with important imperial orhivi!!
Restricting our comparison to those measurLsios,
bee
apply only to one or other of the three kinfitiriag t
make out the facts sufficiently to see that'll_ beep fT,O
whole session, the purely Scotch business lig, everytf
ther advanced than either the merely Eng,"t
be omitted seen,
merely Irish. It ought not to
Svc hav d the
one of the measures carried—which, as
were all that the Lord Advocate introdus seo
,00
support of an overwhelming majority 01
,',7)1, seSssi,if
members. What, then, is the sum of the espeo_le•A
as regards Scotch business ? That no 1)_.1 jutrodu.uo.
affecting Scotland has been carried or evFiti_enrcse",ed
fj7tilt• dale('
but such as had the support of the Scotele
tives ; and that every Scotch bill which Liiot ft/0
has become law. If, therefore, Scotlan,dn
" justice" this year, it is entirely her ond,
nor We oith
Englishman has refused anything she aske „Ind,
_•
Can Ire' of I.'
with anything that belonged to her.
be n'imb"
her special officers of state and double the bo
presentatives, say half as much ?—,Scotsman 81 aof sppeaLcree
THE RIGHTS OF NUNS.--A Lords the 7case
ins3tortan
rat,
of the Lord Chancellor of Ireland, ion 0
been presented to the House of
inthaeglnli
of f
the 110 god
come before
liament the question will
ofesseu as n
of Blake v. Blake, and early in the next Fess Ilse
Lords, as to the rights of
sonal estates. -
having taken the vows, to Paecrsqt°linrse Porr inherit resl 0"