The Sun.
London, England, 1851-08-27 00:00:00

MARRIAGE OF MISS HELEN FAU CIT.
At tho church of St. Nicholas. Brighton, on Monday I
morning, was celebrated the nuptials of Miss Helena
Ii aucit Saville,.the charming Helen Faucit of the dra-
matic world, with Mr. Theodore Martin, solicitor—re-
puted one of the writers in the Edinburgh Review. The
ceremony was conducted in a comparatively private
manner, though the rumour of it, quiet as it had been
kept, drew a considerable number of persons to the
sacred edifice. The wedding party arrived about ten
o'clock, the bells pealing forth merrily on their approach.
The bride looked charming, though she appeared much
agitated, and was in tears. She woof orange re a white silk dress
trimmed with lace; a wreath
encircd he head. and hence depended a rich veil. She
mightle haver walked straight from the last act of the
Lady of Lyons, so naturally did her costume become
her. The bridal party included Mr. and Mrs. John
Saville, Mr. and Mrs. mu
Ednd Saville, Mr. Diddear,
Mr. W. Farren, jun., Mr. and Mrs. Henry Farren, and
Mrs. Fawcett, the bride's mother. The ceremony was
performed by the Rev. H. M. Wagner, vicar of Brigh-
ton. Mr. John Saville gave the bride away. The
s• signing" bridemaids were the Misses Kate Saville and
Eliza Bruce. The ceramony was conducted throughout
in the most serious and= mpressive manner. At itscon-
elusion the wedding paty returned in their carriages to
the Pier Hotel, where an elegant dejeuner awaited
them; and soon afterwards the bride and bridegroom
departed, via Newhaven, for Paris.

LOUIS NAPOLEON AND THE PATENT
GL ASS SILVERING COMPANY•
The cup exhibited lately at Liverpool, on the occa-
sion of the Royal Commissioners dining on board the
Atlantic with Mr. W. Brown, M.P., and which was
ao greatly admired, having been presented to the Pre-
sident of the French Republic during the present fetes
in Paris, its receipt has been thus acknowledged, in
Au autograph letter to the patentee of the ingenious
invention, of which it is so admirable a specimen.
The " portrait" alluded to is that of Queen Victoria,
after Wyon's medal, and hence the gallantry and good
taste of the reference :

Elysee, August 8, 1351.
Monsieur,—You have graciously offered to me a very
beautiful vase, the production of your scientific re-
searches. I accept it with great pleasure. The form,
the colour, the design, are all in the best taste, and the
portrait with which it is embellished gives it the highest
value. Will you then be good enough to receive my
felicitations, and my best thanks, with the assurance of
my most distinguished sentimen Loins NAPOLEON B.

Hale Thomson, Esq.,
43, Berners-street, Oxford-street, London.

SWITZERLAND.
The Suisse of Berne, on the subject of the differ-
ence); with the Austrian authorities, says—" The se
complications have arisen in consequence of the in-
correctness of the reports transmitted by the chiefs of
the Austrian posts to their superior commandants.
They state that the Austrian soldiers had never set
foot on the Swiss territory, and that all the arrests had
taken place on the Lombardian territory, whilst the
reports transmitted to the Swiss authorities state quite
the contrary. Since the Federal Commissioner has
been in the canton of Tesino explanations have taken
place, and the military authorities show themselves
disposed to listen to our remonstrances. As to the
principal fact, the seizure of the merchandise and the
arrest of the smugglers at Il Pianazzo, Lieutenant-
General Giulay is said to have transmitted a decla-
ration that, even if the fact were doubtful, he would
restore the merchandise taken, and release the smug-
glers, unless it were proved that the right lay entirely
on the side of Austria. The most essential point,
however, is not mentioned, which is as to who is to
be the judge of this fact. It results from the infor-
mation given by M. Druey to the National Council
that the Austrian authorities have not hesitated to
order an inquiry, and to give all the satisfaction which
has been admitted as due."
The German Customs Union having increased the
duties on certain articles of the produce of Switzer-
land, a motion for reprisals, by an augmentation of
the duties on morchandizs coming from the States of
the Union into Switzerland, was made in the Swiss
National Council. This motion, after long discus-
sions, has been rejected.