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

GREECE.

Antkicr,.- March 22.—The Court and Govern-
ment of Athens are alarmed at the rePresentations
which the Envoys of England and Franco- have
lately made;:and public feeling is somewhat excited.
The First Seeretary of the RuSsian Embassy, M.
de Neclondoff, has, been sent to Germany' and St.
Petersburg,on a special mission.. M. Eundouri,
whom AdMiral Dundas once designated in his de-
spatch as a spy of the Queen of 'Greece,- is to, ViJit
.London and Paris' to plead, it is •said, the :royal
cause. M. Tricoupi, the Greek Ambassador at
London, and M. Rogue, Secretary of Ligation at
Paris (who published the celebrated letter of Gene-
ral Kalleigi), have been changed by the Cabinet of
Athens to afford every assistance to this gentleman.
All this is'verrsignificant, and worth watclqog.:

LITERATURE.

Gleanings aft "Grand Tour",ists. B mworth

and Harrison.

The author-of-these pleasant,' if somewhat diffuse,
pages is not' on% of those people who ''Vlie`-Pver
they travel fincleverything barren and cannotgetnp
a sensatiOr:, On good terms with liiinselfe,,atid
party, and determined to make the -best of , wh4
came across'him, we find him pursuing his way p
the length of Italy; ," chasing, as it were," to lir
his own language, "the summer with its Successiou
of fruits and flowers before us, from thn strawberries
of a sunny March at Naples, until we u fondthein
at the edge of the yet unthawed .snows of.Jutie do
the Upper Cffisonsi" making, in truth,- "a progrehs
in the sun'' in all its stages, save (shall we sair)
where he Comes iu contact with What' :isOffe,nsive
to good Prokestant eyes, when 4 little ohscuratiOn
comes ovbr wiihout, however, materially
affectiqhis-gond temper and inclination tow4rds
epigram, Versification, and, inn ocen t fun. V tit*
Napleh of nurse 119 pays a visit to Vesuvius, and
when 'tfiere, has by no means, as a matter Pf
course, "a momentary glithpse -of -the aetua,l
bottom." lilt -is ithus described For a few
seconds theft; was
,a complete cessaiioh of :vapour
and I could 'discern:a dark, profound deepening at
the bottom to a.dull red heat; over which a lighter
flame seethed ta. flicker. I called all to look,b4t
as I spoke it was gone !" Toe stones of Piestuin
suggest the " Why has not Riskin :beeii
here?" On that curse of Italy, mfi/aria-,
some sensible remarks. His mode of dealing with
it could-do no harm - , and in all probabilitywould be
effectual. It is "to open up the outfall drainage
oii the 'West:Coa St of Italy,' for which a few.:iegi-
inents c,f "navvies," under scientific direetioi,
would suffide. Of its effects on children extiosefil
to its influence we have; this description As
we looked on their sea-green faces, swollen 1)01E4,
and spindled limbs, we received so forcible aPropf
of the poisonous nature' of the air theyilived in
and we were` inhaling, that we determined to 'loiter
no longer in this pestilential region." -r Ar'rived it
Naples, the'." Carnp6 S4l to Di PoVerr gives, (air
author an opportunity to, exercise his. descrlptiVe
powers, Which he does with effect,- while in the
hydra of lazzaronism and 'the towering situation
of St. Elme, which commands every street in the
town, he dispovers,how it was the King of, the Two
Sivilies regainee his.absolute ascendancy; over the
revolted pecple of his capital. The "
of St. Peters, at Rome,-are graphically prodnceil;"
and irf'-a visit to the Vatican by torchlight,"aid
more especially "Ad Cttacumbas," the anthipr
gathers the,Oaterials fgt the most iuterestind pqr-
, tion of his work. Some of. the inscriptions on the
tombsitil the early' disciples of the -Christian
faith, which he describes, are irresistibly 4ffet-
ing from tl+ truly;_enristian spirit thoy rc'Yeal, full
of inspired Dope and childdike, but well-grountlnd
faith. Of ?Ate consolidation _of the Italian Mates
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 een-
nectiiiV With- the visit,. of the late Czar
Nicholas: to Rome,
,when it would appear on
one occasion none but scruples of violating
the Popp's safeguard stood between Jilin and
the veng!fance bf n Poliah'soldier, who had fled
from thelpe,rseeution of his faith in White Russia
to the servrfe of „Pio Nono. Of. this Pontiff we
have a briefiglimpse,' the result-of which is at least
confirmatory of his sincerity. The author's love!of
Pasquinage leads him into an adventure of rather
excititig.description. The catastrophe. of the
story is sufficiently -appalling and instructive,
showitig, as it does, how the "red arm ",,of pcivite
vengeance Still holds its own in Roane.; Bol~'igrta,
Venie theTasFiei tg,'Otliavonna, and Spl ugh en, and
the Righi,, by morning and evening, each fiirnis'les
usatbir: for pleasing description' and comneeut—
thb!ridleauinp".;44,a whole, let us ,say, in cenclu-
sion, constituting-,a.W'el.come store of, information
andmidertfajnmeet even to those'who have appro.%
priated Vlliflharvest of the Grand Tourists."

THE, F.SA4';IONAr4..GALLIMY.—The er.timates tor the
Natro9al Wailery Will be laid before he HoUse of com
mons this evening. We trust. that hon. members will
take care *to see that the abuses in this establishment are
thotottithly gone into before the, votes are granted.
1144W1 fIE PEACE HAS BEEN RECEIVED IN SARDINIA.
--WestearnArom accounts -which arrived in town 4'4
night from Sardinia, that the intelligence of the signing
of the Trfatz of Peace' has been received io that country
with thO eteepest disappointment and dis:ati,-factiAl.
The Govekninent acrd the inha')itante equally feel that
the pepcei which has been concluded is one which is not
hunquiole-to the Alliea, and that it will not assure the
future'tranquillity of Eul'ope.

HORTIOU4TURAL SOCIETY OF LONDON.—A.t a special
general meeting of this society held this week in Regent-
street, Sir P. Egerton, M.P., in the chair, on the inotion
of:Wri .GreA seconded by Mr, Evelyn DenisOn, M.P.,
it Ai; resolved- unanimously:—" That the Council 'be
autherised to te:iminate the tenancy of the' Garden at
Chiswick A 4 soon as' the lease will permit, and that the
property therein be,sold, ,unless such a sum as the.coun-
cil may req.uire,,foi :maintaining the garden, shall have
been subectibed.:before the let of May." . I
The shim-neat of fpecia by the Peninsular and Orien•
tal steaniea Pera atio,tint to 41-7,1441., of which 102;55b1,
is gold, fur Alexan'lria, Ceylon, Calcutta, Siogap4e,
anu . Mug . Kong ;- and 354; 5851. Banab4yi
Madras, Singaporerliong Kong, Canton,'Eind

IRELAND.

DUBLIN, THURSDAY MORNING.

THE YEW LAW APPOINTMENTS.

•,Tlye. announcement of the vacancies in the
loOriiinglisi-of Athlone and Ennis reached Dublin this
morning, and thus put an end to a world of specu-
lation au'''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-Generp,l, whose populaiitY with his.
constituents is. something beyond the cummon. 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
le cityiof Dublin.

A IT,ewry paper gives the following account of the
last fiThrhents of Mr. Justice Torrens

" On Easter Sunday the venerable Judge Torrenv 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 opt by the Mayor and others. He, however,
rallied soilh after, and was able to attend to his judic;al
functions ~on, Monday morning, and finished the bu4iness
of the
,s.ss,izes. His Lendship then proceeded to his re-,
siclenci.,'Wear Tuber:llore. OaWednesday he wrote his
reply to the address of the grand jury, and was L-o well
on Friday. that he shaved himself and dressed. On
Saturday he again took unwell, and expired calmly that
evening."