The Sun.
London, England, 1854-09-29 00:00:00

ITALY.

A letter from Rome of the 19th in the Part
mento of Turin gives the total number of Papi. tl
troops actually enrolled as follows : two regiment g
of native infantry, and one foreign ditto, 3,59
men ; one battalion of chasseurs, 700 men ; o II:
regiment of artillery, comprising 7 batteries, 7t'l`
men ; one regiment of dragoons 500 men ; gen )."
armery, both foot and horse, 1,000 men. TotL 4
6,400 men...

The Cardinal Vicar of Rome has just pulished al
edict, in which, after attributing the cholera to
the sins of the Romans, he directs that the fang er
of St. Peter, the arm of St. Roc, the heart of S
Charles, and other relics shall be exposed to ti
adoration of the faithful, in order to avert the wra 111
of the Almighty.

MISCELLANEOUS.

The result of the numerous reconnoitrings of t lie
coast of the Crimea proves the Russian charts ,tOA
be entirely false. Where cliffs and inudbanks al eg
marked down in these charts, neither the one non
the other were to be found ; and on the othel
hand, where a good anchorage is marked, there tilt
coast was found to be dangerous. The Russia! s
Government has engaged all the bricklayers aIP I
masons which were to be got in Poland, with tl 6
intention—as is believed, at least—of sending the' n
to Kiev, where fortified works on a very extensly es
scale are being constructed.
A letter from Vienna of the 24th, in the Ha;;;"'
burg News, says :—" In a Council of Minister,
held the day before yesterday, the augmentation
of the Austrian army in Gallicia, and some impor-
tant arrangements of the army in the Bukowina,
were resolved on.

The King of Prussia, attended by the Ministers
of the Interior and Finance, left Baden yesterday
morning, the 25th, for the inundated Silesian dis-
tricts. -his Majesty will not return from his hu-

mane and useful inspection until the 30th inst.
Letters from Vienna state that the King of the
Belgians is expected to arrive shortly at that place,
and that his Majesty has been confidentially in-
formed from St. Petersburg that his niediation
would be acceptable.
According to general reports from the Rhine, .
the fruit harvest and vintage of this year have com-
pletely failed, so that prices threaten to be as dea.
as they were in 1846.
According to accounts from Darmstadt the Zol
verein conference there assembled has, in consider
tion of the continued high prices of grain, a;
indeed of the necessaries of life, determined P,
recommend the prolongation, until the 31st. . 01-
December, duty fre.?., imports of all kinds of grail ty
peas, and farinaceous articles.
Accounts have been received from Newfound-
land to the 28th ult., from the Iphegenie and the
Penelope, French frigates. They had quitted the
Havana in consequence of the yellow fever.
The Moniteur publishes a decree and a series et
regulations relative to the organisation of the band. I
of the different regiments of the Imperial Guard-
MUNICH, Sept.27.—A Prussian note has, bee.
presented to the Diet, promising a moral supper
to the four guarantees required from Russia, be "
urges a postponement of auy discussion.
The Archduke Albrecht arrived at Lemberg Ole
the 21st, perfectly recovered from his late attack
of cholera.
Mr. Wenland, secretary to the King of Greece,
is at present at Berlin. The Lopes entertained by
the Russian party of that country being converted
into a powerful diversion against the Sultan haves
long been dispelled by the vigour of the French.
and English Cabinets.
Dr. P%uli, of Berlin, has published a
pamphlet";
upon " the existence and cure of cholera, sporadic
and Asiatic." The work is learned and instructive,
but throws no light on antidotes, unless it be that,
lie regards "moral courage" as the best preserva-
tive against attack. But how is the public to be{
innoculated with this essential ?
Letters from Chourouk-su announce that the
Russian gunpowder magazine at Gori, near Kutais,
exploded on the 24th August, and that the expli9-
sion caused the death of 250 Russian soldiers, mild
destroyed a great portion of the village.

THE BRITISH. ASSOCIATION FOR Tl!]

ADVANCEMENT OF SCIENCE.

LIVERPOOL, Thursday.—The proceedings of the Briti,
Association were brought to a close yesterday afternool /LI
by the final general meeting of the association in St
George's Hall, the president (the Earl of Harrowby), iri
the chair.
The CHAIRMAN congratulated the .assembly on the,
success attendant on their meeting in Liverpool, and-
proposed the cordial thanks of the association to tlae•
mayor and corporation, and the different scientific and
societies of the town, which was seconded by Sc"
_Roderick Murchison, and carried.
Sir WILLIAM liAlimroN, in an eloquent address, Pro'
posed a vote of thanks to the foreign visitors, whiola
was responded to by L'Abbe Moigno, and Professog.•
Dove, of Berlin.
A vote of thanks having also been tendered to tide`
local committee, the president declared the meeting au
journed to Glasgow, to be held next year.
Last evening a soirée was given by the Historic Society'
of Lancashire and Cheshire to the members of the 33T
tish Association, in the Philharmonic Hall ; and tbia
morning a great many of the members started on vari;
ous excursion trips to the towns and objects of jute"
in Lancashire and Cheshire.