The Sun.
London, England, 1853-09-14 00:00:00

ITALY.

Some Italian emigrants, says the Parlament° of
Turin, on recently attempting to cross the Eastern
frontier of the Sardinian states, not far from Sar-
zana, were prevented from passing by the Pied-
montese police.
The Savoy Gazette announces that the cir-
cular of the Minister of War, which declares the
Christian Brethren and the Brethren of the Holy
Family liable to military service, received its exe-
cution for the first time at Chambery on the Bth,
when one of the former, named Father Monarchon
of St. Ivoire, was incorporated in a regiment.
A letter from Faenza of the 2d, in the Ticinese
Gazette, states that several arrests have taken place
at Forli, and several houses have been searched, is

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aaveinia. The
ketiur a.,.Lis that, tile road to is in°
ested by robbers.

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SPAIN.
The Madrid Gazette announces that the Vice-
►
Consul of Spain at Bordeaux had informed the
Minister of Foreign Affairs that the Archbishop Of
that diocese, has evase:l a, colieetion to he made for
the relicf (,; WC Sc:acity iuGa.

licia.
M. Meudizabal is seriously ill.
The Council of Ministers has resolved to abandon
the prosecution commenced against M. Olozags for
his address to the electors.
The Minister of Marine has been to Madrid to
consult M. Cortina on the affair relative to the con-
tract for coal for steamers entered into London;
M. Cortina gave him a written opinion that he bad
acted with perfect regularity. This he presented
to his colleagues ; but they, thinking that M. Cor"
tiva did not know all the details of the affair, de-
cided. that the President of the Council and t
te he
Minister of Public Works should have an inr-
viewwith that gentleman on the subject, and cora
municate to him all the papers respecting it.
The Bth being the holiday of the Conception
the Stock Exchange was not open.

JAPAN.
The Weser Gazette, under date of Amsterdatatt
says :—" It is stated that the Russian Govertinieus
has resolved to resist the attempts of the Atnerisllo
against Japan, and that the Russian squaurled
which recently sailed for those seas was into
for that purpose. The Russian Government 11
resideag
for the Dutch Professor Siebold, who resresideon the banks of the Rhine, to obtain from 111,111
every information relative to Japan, and on tilovf
best means to be adopted to defeat the attemptted
the United States. M. Siebold is well accrual°,
with Japan, having resided there for manY Ye,i
The Dutch Government is said to be pleased
this determination of the Cabinet of St. Peti
burg, as the Americans also threaten the Pit%
Archipelago, and as moreover the English Pr
express themselves in favour of the Americans/ 1,
have lately begun to throw doubt on the Dll'e
rule in the East Indies."

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ARRIVAL OF THE MARCO POLO F13°31

AUSTRALIA.

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LIVERPOOL, SEPT. 13.—The clipper ~,,ey
Polo, Captain J. N. Forbes, arrived in the 0-Le'ing
this morning from Melbourne, Australia., h,oO
made another remarkable run. She sailecy'ti
Australia on the 10th of June at 5 p.m., anucithe
noted in the log that there were no accounts (:)__nos-
steamer Antelope, which sailed from Liverrd
five days previous to the Marco Polo, neither
the ship Earl of Charlemont, which sailed fbag
Liverpool on the same day. The Marco Polo_,/,
brought about 40 cabin passengers, and 28°'°uu
in golddust on freight. e
It will be recollected that the Marco Polo rider
her last voyage in five months and 21 daysl-I,en
favourable auspices ; the present voyage has urn
made in exactly six months under very unfalas
able auspices, she having been detained five 7,-,1
in the ice, and 15 days by calms on the line ;
for a ship to have made two voyages to Austr
and back in 10 days under 12 months is the 111-0,
remarkable achievement ever recorded in the d'
nals of navigation.
Captain Forbes appeared on 'Change about °Alle
o'clock, and met with a hearty welcome from gthe merchants assembled. The cheering was 1°

and loud. 4..01
The following is an abstract from her
and homeward logs :
The Marco Polo sailed from Liverpool on out
outward run on the 13th of March, and on the
tit
of April she passed the ship Erasmus, 28 days °„a
from Gravesend. She experienced variable :13-st
moderate winds for the first 30 days ; after
~."90
time for some days she had strong fav°,n4
winds, and on the 16th of April she was gewtoke
knots. On the 25th of April, at 2 a.m., she s'for
the ship John Fielding, of and from Liverpool
s 9
Moreton-bay, 45 days out ; and at 11 a.m. she /root
out of sight astern. On the Ist of May eue,l,°eo
into the strong N.W. and S.W. winds, and 'OO
the ship began to show her good qualities.
our,
the Ist she ran 12, 13, 14, and 15 knots per Wit;
and at the close of the day had logged 314 k113°0;
On the 2d she ran 300 miles; 3d, 310; 4th, the
sth, 285 ; and 6th, 288 miles. From the 6th 00
9th she had light changeable winds. On theetb,
she ran 280 miles; 10th, 276; 11th, 266;
lob
299; 13th, 267; and on the 14th, during
N.E. and N.W. squalls, 266 miles per diem'
the 15th she was in lat. 49.51 s and ran and
miles; 16th, 272; 17th, winds N., V8;on-ch,
18th, winds W.S.W., 288. On the .1904
21st, and 22d, she had variable W.and S.S."„;
winds, and ran from 6 to 10 knots per 11%i--
throughout. On the 23d, with westerly:in2-84
294 miles were logged ; 24th, winds N. by -To'th,
miles; and on the 25th, 26th, 27th, 28th, and he
light S. and S.W. winds were experienced. Oil
29th of May she arrived at Melbourne, havingli3

the run froin Liverpool in 75 days. A on
She made but a brief stay at Australia, 11,11;00
the 10th, at 5 p.m., started on her homeward from
At 7 p.m. she passed the bark Resolution,
Singapore and Liverpool and the schooner
forward, of Plymouth, 104 days from PlP:firt°
both bound in. On the 11th she had itous-16,9
N.E. winds, and ran 183 miles; on the 12th, s;
miles ; on the 13th and 14th experienced 010
op. the 15th, with E. and N. winds, ""th,
miles were logged ; 16th, 322 ; 17th, 294
260 ; 19th, winds N., 324 • 20th, words 0,1161316
316 ; 21st, wind N. by E., '322 ; and 22,. the
23d, from seven to nine knots per hour. la in
23d large quantities of ice were encounteri, the
longitude about 60 S., which tore off A'"in
copper from the bows. On the 26th, at 7 3.11 w hip
latitude 141 W. (still in the ice), saw a large hsich
astern, which proved to be the ship Kent, vi the
sailed from Melbourne five days previous
Junet
Marco Polo, for London. From the 27th of 9,11
to the Ist of July ice was met with, and 0114,1:ice
distances were made. On the 2d of July an
was cleared and strong N. winds encountered,
the ship made 303 miles ; on the 3d, wind N•J'nrig,
336342 mmilileess;;4atnhd, v,tinned
sth,
,anwdithN.Wsam.,evewryintsuce44
miles ; making a total for the four days oinri,blo
miles. From the 7th to 12th of July,,c"eru
winds, accompanied with sleet showers an9,5;11, „%a
cearimws.ereonnletthewlistthh: tr6idth,onantdhe
wht
14etaht,h 17th, 30 s,,
S.E. winds ; on the 18th, in latitude 4993igth,
met with S.W. winds, and ran 323 miles ;
270
winds N.W., 284, and 20th, winds N.W,",jull,
miles. From latitude 42.23 S., on the 22d of fable
to latitude 27.30 S. on the 3d of August, varopr
winds, generally N.N.W. and N.W., were
no,
rienced, the ship running good average dist% be-
From the 3d to the 7th of August she wasnags„224;
calmed. On the Bth she ran 220 miles ; 'out/3e
10th, 196 ; 11th, 208, and 12th, 214 miles. sand
13th, in lat. 6.52 S., again met with cal' the
light S. and S.E. winds, which continued i 28th,
24th of August. On the 25th, 26th, 27th'„ Reel
and 29th, with E.N.E. and E. winds, she rilA-400
7to 10 knots per hour. From the 30th of the
to 4th of September had light winds a.nd....„ea1,,i4/010
ship being in lat. 34.40. N., S.E., and S. vv 3.30
were experienced till the 7th of September, at 3,3
cot•
p.m., when the Western Islands were ter,,,,cle-
From the Western Islands inwards she hau..,'-erse.l
rate and fine weather, and arrived iu the Jx.-
°ay
at noon to-day, making the voyage in exa
months. Jam°
The Marco Polo belongs to Messrsi,,trathat
Baines, and lack Ball line of
A Wilt%
In
packets, and will Co.,'sail on her return to A.us
about a monti:DJll).
3IARLBOROUGII-STREET. - (Vag
of
worto'n
SUSPICIOUS CASE.-Mary Keighly, a lovciardvriep,
the town, was placed at the bar before Mr. of PIC
charged with having in her possession two Ban''___„osea
land notes, one for 1001. and the other for 501.,
swr
to have been stolen. be res'
William Woods, the son of the landlord of t
thers Tavern, Oxford-street, stated that about 10
scL.O,l
last night the prisoner came into his father's horu hieh
called for a half.quartern of gin, in payment fu and
she put down a shilling, which she again t00k.;,„ to
placed a bank note on the counter, and requested niti'ook
give her change. His mother, who was at the blinrAi. de.
it up, and perceiving it to be of the value of 17Aiose
tamed her, while he went for a constable, upon v"
arrival she was given in charge.
Police-constable 96 C said he took the PriB(nie.r-Vs°o
custody and conveyed her to the station, where !3.e:nd „
gleeeiPt
searched, and in the bosom of her dress was
pocket-book containing a 501. bank note and psira
for 351., being the amount of
one Thomas Denham for his passage from erelongsio.oeci
England by the Ballaratt. This receipt was
Dalgatey and gents. ccoulit
passage moneY to
The prisoner, Co.,Who gaie a very unsatisfactory a
of the affair, was remanded for a week.

THE DOWLAIS \VoaKs.—TheseWoris are now in. Pcl
tl ity again, the whole of the colliers who remove
upon the spot continuing in the labour they have 11;
sumed. They do not, however, number more than 3°
men, whereas the force that struck for the advance w°
fully 1,200. The others have gained employn3ent else'
where. A number of the best men have emigratedotni°
Australia ; and so great has been the emigration fr,
Merthyr, that by 30 per cent. does it exceed the 10'
flux. The ironmastere cannot depend upon an
Irish in,
ply, as the natives of the sister isle prefer America, or
Australia, and labour is scarce in all the
Welsh rnaritetl.
The works at Dowla,is have been eut into a stAted °
thorough repair, new brickyards having been erects