The Sun.
London, England, 1856-04-04 00:00:00

GREECE.

ATHENS, - March 22.—The Court and Govern-
ment of Athens are alarmed at the representations
which the Envoys of England and France have
lately made, and public feeling is somewhat excited.
The First Secretary of the ussian Embassy, M.
de Neclondoff, has been sent to Germany and St.
Petersburg on a special mission. M. Bondouri,
whom Admiral Dundas once designated in his de-
spatch as a spy of the Queen of Greece, is to viait
London and Paris to plead, it is said, the royal
cause. /11. Tricoupi, the Greek Ambassador at
London, and M. Rogue, Secretary of Legation at
Paris (who published the celebrated letter of Gene-
ral Kallergi), have been changed by the Cabinet of
Athens to afford every assistance to this gentleman.
All this is very significant, and..worth watching.

LITERATURE.

Gleanings afe3r " Grand Tour"-ists. Bosworth

and Harrison.

The author of these pleasant, if somewhat diffuse,
pages is sot one of those people who wherever
they travel find everything barren and cannot get up
a sensation. On good terms with himself and
party, and determined to make the best of what
came across him, we find him pursuing his way up
the length of Italy, " chasing, as it were," to use
his own language, "the summer with its succession
of fruits and flowers before us, from the strawberries
of a sunny March at Naples, until we found them
at the edge,of the yet unthawed snows of June on
the Upper Grisons;" making, in truth, "a progress
in the sun in all its stages," save (shall we say)
where he comes in contact with what is offensive
to good Protestant eyes, when a little obscuration
comes over him, without, however, materially
affecting.hiS .good temper and inclination towards
epigram, versification, and innocent fun. Visiting
Naples, of course he pays a visit to Vesuvius, and
when there has by no means, as a matter of
course, " a momentary glimpse of the actual
bottom." It is thus described :—" For a few
seconds there was a complete cessation of vapour
and I could discern a dark, profound deepening at
the bottom to a dull red heat, over which a lighter
flame seemed to flicker. I called all to look, but
as I spoke it was gone 1" The stones of Paestum
suggest the inquiry, " Why has not Ruskin been
here ?" On that curse of Italy, malaria we have
some sensible remarks. His mode of dealing with
it could do no harm, and in all probability would be
effectual. It is "to open up the outfall drainage
ou the west coast of Italy," for which a few regi-
ments of " navvies," under scientific direction,
would suffice. Of its effects on childr©n exposed
to its influence we have this description :—" As
we looked on their sea-green faces, swollen bellies,
and spindled limbs, we received so forcible a proof
of the poisonous nature of the air they lived in
and we were inhaling, that we determined to loiter
no longer in this pestilential region." Arrived at
Naples, the " Campo Santo Di Poveri" gives our
author an opportunity to exercise his descriptive:
powers, which he does with effect, while in the
hydra of lazzaronisin and the towering situation
of St. Elme, which commands every street in the
town, he discovers how it was the King of the Two
Sicilies regained his absolute ascendancy over the
revolted people of his capital. The " notabilia"
of St. Peter's, at Rome, are graphically produced,
and in a visit to the Vatican by torchlight, and
more especially Ad Catacumbas," the author
gathers the materials for the most interesting por-
tion of his work. Some of the inscriptions on the
tombs of the early disciples of the Christian
faith, which he describes, are irresistibly affect-
ing from the truly Christian spirit they reveal,.full
of inspired hope and child-like, but well-grounded
faith. Of the consolidation of the Italian States
he expresses little hope, yet here and there we have
indications that the old Roman spirit is not extinct
even in quarters where its existence would not be
looked for. . A curious story is told in con-
nection with the visit of the late Czar
Nicholas to Rome, when it would appear on
one occasion none but scruples of violating
the Pope's safeguard stood between him and
the vengeance of a Polish soldier, who had fled
from the persecution of his faith in White Russia
to the service of Pio Nono. Of this Pontiff we
have a brief glimpse, the result of which is at least
confirmatory of his sincerity. The author's love of
Pasquinage leads him into an adventure of rather
an exciting description. The catastrophe of the
story is sufficiently appalling and instructive,
shOwing, as it 'does, how the "red arm'' of private
vengeance still holds its own in Rome. Bologna,
Vetnci, the Passes to Chiavenna, and Splughen, and
the Righi, by morning and evening, each furnishes
matter for pleasing description and comment—
the " GlAninga" as a whole, let us say in conclu-
sion, constituting a welcome store of information
and entertainment even to those who have appro-
priated the hariest of the " Grand Tourists."

THE NATIONAL GALLERY.—The estimates for the
National gallery-will be- laid before the House of Com-
mons this evening. We trust that hon, members will
take care to see.that the abuses in this establishment are
thoroughly,gone into before the votes are granted.
How THE.- PEACE HAS BEEN RECEIVED IN SARDINIA.
—We learn from accounts which arrived in town last
night from Sardinia, that the intelligence of the signing
of the Treaty of Peace has been received in that country
with the deepest disappointment and disgatiwfaction.
The Government and the inhabitants equally feel that
the peace which has been concluded is one which is not
honourable to the Allies, and that it will not assure the
future tranquillity of Europe.
HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY OF LONDON.—At a special
general meeting of this society held this week in Regent
street, Sir P. Egerton, M.P., in the chair, on the motion
of Earl Grey, seconded by Mr. Evelyn Denison, M.P.,
it was resolved unanimously :—" That the council be
authorised to terminate the tenaney of the Garden at
Chiswick as' soon as the lease will permit, and that the
property therein be sold, unless such a sum as the coun-
cil may require for maintaining the garden shall have
been subscribed before the let of May.
The shipments of specie by the Peninsular and Orien-
tal steamer Peta'amount to 417,1441., of which 102,559/,
is gold, for. Alexandria, Ceylon, Calcutta, Singapore,
and Hong 'Kong ; and 884,585/. silver, for Bombay,
Madras,' Singapore, Hong Kong, Canton, and Shanghai.

IREL AN D.

DUBLIN, THURSDAY MORNING.
THE-NEW LAW APPOINTMENTS.

announcethent of the vacancies in the
boroughs of Athlone and Ennis reached Dublin this
morning, and thus put an end to a world of specu-
lation as to the successor of Judge Torrens in the
Court of Common Pleas. It is believed that no
opposition will be offered to the re-election of the
new Attorney-General, whose popularity with his
constituents is something beyond the crmmon. Of
course it is not yet known who will be the candi-
date for Athlone—probably that most restless of
seat-seekers, Mr. John Reynolds, ex-member for
the city of Dublin.

A Newry paper gives the following account of the
la/Own:keno of Mr. Justice Torreus
" On Easter Sunday the venerable Judge Torrens at-
tended Divine worship at the cathedral at Derry, and
there partook of the Sacrament of the Lord's Supper.
He afterwards was overcome with faintness, and was
carried out by the Mayor and others. He, however,
rallied soon after, and was able to attend to his judicial
functions on Monday morning, and finished the business
of the assizes. His Lordship then proceeded to his re-
sidence, near Tobermore. On Wednesday he wrote his
reply to the address of the grand jury, and was so well
on Friday that he shaved himself and dressed. On
Saturday he again took unwell, and expired calmly that
evening."