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

AUSTRIA.

The Journal de Franefort contains a letter from
Vienna of the 19th, which says :—" Count Buol,
Minister of Foreign Affairs, yesterday gave a
grand fite to celebrate the birthday of the Em

peror. All the Ministers and a great nunibeqf
dignitaries of State were present. Count de Rear
berg was likewise invited. M. de Bourquenei
celebrated the St. Napoleon by
which only French subjects were invited. Theri.
was the same day a grand dinner at Lord *5l,
moreland's at which were present several reembel7
of the diplomatic body, and amongst others Baron
de Meyendorff, Baron de Stockhausen, ite."
A letter from Vienna states that a con
maker
house in that letter has lately, by order of a baa „f
a grand dinner,
t:
at St. Petersburg, made considerable purchases of•
metallic bonds, paying for them by bills 0111,°.c1;
don. It is stated that these purchases, w'ilde
have tended to keep up prices, have been lila
for the account of a Russian Archduchess.

ITALY.
The quantity of specie which is now leaving
Piedmont for purchases of corn in foreign warl'ept
has, says one of the journals, caused the eats
Bank of Turin and its branch establishments 1'
raise their rate of discount from 4 to 5 per couti3i.
The Eco del' Esperienza states that the ilibau.
tants of Melsi having proposed to erect a ra°li.
ment to the Kino. of Naples, his Majesty being 113;
formed of it, has directed that the sums collecteu
for that purpose be devoted to works of charitYc:r.
A grand ball was given to the Queen of d
dinia, on the 16th, on board the Curnberlau,
UI .S. frigate. The vessel was decorated with ;
Italian and American flags. Dancing comrlienc,h,
at eight, and lasted until half-past four in "
morning.

SPAIN.
The ex-Queen of the French is expected and
in the early part of next month. The Puheii
to
Duchess of Montpensier will proceed to Cad
thew
meet their royal relative, who will return with g.
to the Palace of San Telmo to pass the winter'
Govante, the Minister of Justice, has made kMws
ers
through the Gazette that for the future foreigu
wishing to exercise the profession of teacher! for
Spain must, in their demand for authoriss,_.,ti°', p
that purpose, state the cause of their tai"l'invb:lny
their residence in the Peninsula, and accalthel
their application by a certificate, prOVIDg that -
have exercised the profession for six Year!' , A: the
The Three per Cents. were done at 44 1 "WA of
New Three per Cents. at 23 13-16 ' the ' d
the First-class at 10 7-16 ; and that Of the Sec
at 5 5-16.

ANOTHER ASCENT OF MONT BLG—Ah7ofir44
NAVAL OFFICER.
resting
jute of.
We have been favoured with the following
account of another ascent of Mont Blanc Via 12ar we
cer, Lieutenant Augustus C. Murray. This cwe2abis
believe, is well known in the service. Re ebtaill-7liee
first commission for distinguished and gallant KJ 'Ol
when mate of the brigantine Dolphin, in besi.tgeeset
capturing a well-armed and desperate pirate on Isieoded•
of Africa in 1841, when he was dangerously wt/
He has sir.ce served as lieutenant for many Yeats, and
latterly as first of the Terrible, 21, steam-M
Hibernia, flag-ship of Sir William Parker. writing
"I have made the ascent of Mont Blanc sine'? 0:00
last to you. We attuned the Grand Mulets, in.
lapight
and remained there, as usual, for the night. Atraw•n
we left them, lighted by a single lantern ; the -icayle
creased from the time of our departure, until it be e uevi
so terrific a gale, that we could not proceed by tb, old
path usually pursued, so we determined to try gip, in
one, the same which Dr. Hamel attempted in
which he forced the guides to the ascent after theYthus
assured him that to advance was to perish' gee
causing the death of three poor fellows, abor
which unhappy circumstance this road has been Of
doned. It was the advice of Jean Dirt, oir
chief guide, which determined me under the exist.7bA
cumstances to attempt it. Following this route, "tools
successfully advanced, notwithstanding incessaut.,,,elv to
of hail and snow which beat full in our faces nervy se
the summit of the Rochers Rouges, when suddeei of
awful crevasse burst open before us with the e.fost di
thunder ; our advanced guide at the same ills" 111084
appeared, and we all feared the poor fellow tea in
when to our joy we heard him cry out, and succeed
rescuing him by throwing down our rope, schieb,„'—,ibl_,
just reached him on the jagged fragment dice, wof
he clung, a narrow escape, for on either Siee -deptP,'
yawned a perpendicular chasm of some 150 feet io_:itisboo
We still kept on, notwithstanding, with undium'„
ardour, in spite of the constantly increasing
of the storms of wind and hail, until we 6.00- vreti• o
naged to reach a small rock just above the, ote
Mulets, xnder which the tempest now compelled toit
creep for shelter, absolutely forcing us to cling dot
with all our strength to prevent our being blowy ose
All the difficulties of the ascent were now over ate
d to be
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summit,
hourfltiabrvvrsee:
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asnoouguu.mlinsdmtot broughthehidmeta.v;usectbholur,ttm
ceased us
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all
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ourtha that
lives,it w
as t near,ahine a steae Jean
rlueirtisanitibg;asbi
ositiose
o'er
asasitmhepowssiinbdl would infallibly blow lie,;ciog
the adjoining precipice did we attem t it. Witheutrrtber
a second thought, undersuch circumpstances, to the'illiooet
ascent, we decided on descending without loss °f us'
every moment of which was now becoming doubly Pr'"sod
Throwing ourselves at full length on the 01)°:12
crawling to the edge of the descent, we slid detnir to
few minutes what had taken us more than an
,T- Gee,:
surmount. Then commenced the labour of Our yr'
as the snow had fallen to such a depth that wve
0
half-buried at every step. Worn out with fetiC
to
finally reached the Grands Mulets, where we i'wool,"
spend the night; and such a night came on our
not have lost it for worlds. Even now it thrillnrecee'
me, far surpassing in grandeur all I could ever ea
avr
ceived. The fearful hurricanes of wind, the fe"
"hoods r
il
lanches, the opening crevasses, the crash oftb
the fierce lightning, riving in vivid flesh, „e°o•-•4/2„,
dark clouds veiling the summit of Mont 13JA-thie*,
combined to form a scene which the absolute
ness of man must truly see and feel to cureAle.sois,,• te
When I looked upon it from our lonely Oa, „"
resting-spot, far above the sweet village of Cue—:roee;
it seemed as though the mountainous worlds oefi
us were warring with an angry heaven. 112„enivsP:a
morning, when I looked in search of our ';'estig:
route, it was impossible to distinguish 3 Oil?,
of it, from the changes that had taken Place i, 1":4
the night. What had been comparatively lev-us
now heaved up into gigantic waves. Nurner°Abell.
impassable crevasses likewise blocked the waY• onateleld
5 a.m, we re-commenced our descent, and for tone a
arrived in safety at Chamounix. We coo' on
our ascent on the Ist of August, at seven a' lone
returned on the 3d, at nine a.m. I werlt aeSelie
taking five guides with me, of whom the chief ce clever
Tairraz, is a fine brave fellow, and is besides atn an}'
naturalist ; I most cordially recommend bin' t',ooo
one willing to try this most arduous asee ri
evasse
man besides, a volunteer, gave up at the last cise per;
and returned. There is one thing I would ad: guided
sons who may wish to ascend Mont Blanc. T4b„,,,. 013,0
at Chamounix are fettered by police regula'l,ard t
are obliged to serve in rotation without rug, be,
their capabilities, to avoid which annoyance gist be,
plan is to select your principal guide at Cha,'▪ ' ,5•
ar
and walk to Turin with him and obtain the to
dinian Minister's order for the ones you '' Theo
select. I should certainly advise five at least'e befe'
walk back, and take a few days' good exercirs. dove_
you attempt it ; I suffered much from not hal. 00
so. A firm determination and good health v"
carry one through."

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A Bnia ri HT ~OBIET.—For some few eveningg the
conspicuous comet has been visible a little o,l)°,°L the
N.W. horizon at dusk, and will continue so noelsder"ug
is of the second magnitue
present week'. On Saturday. at 3 o'clock, the which
was brighter than the well-known star Cor Caroll, Jig'
.tin '
guished with the naked eye, but was trace is
much greater distance with an ordinary' nightgl°s6,,ri: °°
;ashort tail eeuldcibeto f.
evening the comet will set three hours after tatter hith•
the 27th two hours, and on the 31st one hour aitteii it i 5
Its brilliancy will increase rapidly each night until
on tbjez
finally lost below the horizon. It is at presenvocts i'
borders of Leo and Ursa Major, moving O, con'
Leonis, from the stars v and :-," ill the Tattelbelc!'
stellation. The tail streams off directly from tbanivet °
without any appearance of division, and the eh-, lovi
altogether a very pretty object when viewed with
magnifying power. AS agf°
SCOTCH LEGISLATION IN THE LATE SE55l°-g.--; 00'r
1,
as we can remember, or can make out from thei scot(/'
of the Parliamentary proceedings, the number ° t Were
measures introduced or adopted' by Governteesoeptio:
eight, of which seven are now law. The en° rather
is the Edinburgh Annuity Tax Bill, which wilf;,i'easre'
local and private than a national and publie,'-„ su,'
and the causes of whose failura have alrea,df ves" '.'",
solidation
ciently discussed. The seven successful bills 3,,i1.-tcf I
Sheriff Courts ; 2. University Tests • 3. 133°Ig:,Tetr
4. Entails ; 5. Burgh Harbours ; 6. 'SheriffihiP-of the
; 7. Evidence (which was a erlearre/0111).
Lord Advocate, though adopted by Lord .10,_.°%r oil!
This does seem a pretty fair quantity of welixa ahooov
session, and a session, too, crowded and Wort° osures.
beyond precedent with important imperial 111 which
Restricting our comparison to those measureso, sy°
apply only to one or other of the three during
tb°
make out the facts sufficiently to see that, ;f
whole session, the purely Scotch business has been the
ther advanced than either tha merely Englis t ore
merely Irish. It ought not to be omitted te.o seer),
one of the measures carried—which, as we 133vh3,1 the
were all that the Lord Advocate introduced-- Qcotoi
support of an overwhelming majority of the ',esion
members. What, then, is the sum of the who-e l'echillf,
as regards Scotch business ? That no bill OP dce°
affe •
cting Scotland has been carried or
but such as had the support of the Scotch rer_,orfet,
tives ; and that every Scotch bill which they slrot got
has become law. If, therefore, Scotland has 14;
"justice" this year, it is entirely her own fae,:lieddle..'
Englishman has refused anythieg she asked, laind, ot°
with anything that belonged to her. Can Ire_ ber of °.
her special officers of state and double the ue,
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presentatives, say half as much ?—Scotsman• neal
THE BIGHTS OF NUNS.—A petition of rthe dere;
been presented to the House of Lords ageins _tot e6_,
of the Lord Chancellor of Ireland, in the jut
of fait
of Blake v. Blake, and early in the next sesesi „i;ouse °,
liament the question will come before the9r....3-10, :lye
Lords. as to the rights of persons or inherit
..:_ii or per'
having taken the vows, to acquire or inherit
s=l estate.
even intr,oesoo;

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