The Sun.
London, England, 1858-10-18 00:00:00

ST. LOUIS.

tters from St. Louis, in Senegal of the 19th
ult.., give an account of a visit made by the governor
to the gold mines at Bambouk. As the place is
25G leagues distant, and as the rivers by which it
is r.; cached were low, the expedition was one of great
di ff iculty-, and not unattended even with danger,
bu t it was safely accomplished. The governor,
ha' ring inspected the mines, entered into arrange-
me,Ms for getting them worked. He also concluded
a t:reaty with a native chief, named Bougoul, of
Fan abana, who possesses a sort of suzerainty over
the gold mine district ; and by this treaty the
chi of concedes to the French, to the exclusion of
any r other European nation, the right of working
the mines in conjunction with the natives, and that
of cultivating lands and building houses. The
Go vernor also induced the chiefs of the Bambouk
and! the Almamy of the Bondou, to sign a treaty
bet ween themselves putting an end to their dis-
put es about frontiers, and he entered into another
tre: ay with -Boabakar-Soule, the Tonko of Guoy,
by which that potentate cedas to France the
ten itory between the Bakel and the Faleme, and
is lin. return recognised by her as King of the rest
of the, Guoy, and is placed under her protection.

Acc founts from Athens of the 7th state that the
journ-als of that city are loud in their praise of the
Queema for opposing a project of the municipality
for re taining a public market on the ground which
is thought to have beneath it some relics of anti-
quity. The Esperance, which had strongly attacked
the mayor of Athens and his colleagues on this
subject, stigmatising them as Vandals, announces
that excavations are about to be made near the
market.

Lord Loftus, English Minister at Vienna, has
retuna ed to that city, after an alklence on leave.

A B erlin letter states that the French Minister
in that city, M. de Moustier, had, in the name of
the En iperor Napoleon, congratulated the Prince
of Prussia on his appointment to the Regency, and
that H.R.H., was much pleased at the attention.

Advio es from Dresden state that a new census
of the inhabitants of the States of the Zollverein
will take place during the present year. It is fixed
for Saxony on the 3d Dec.

ATTEMPT TO MURDER IN TZATHER-LANE.—
Yesterday (Sunday) morning between 12 and 1 o'clock, loud
cries of "Murder 1" were heard in Le.e.ther-lane, Holborn,
and several men were observed to be in 1 the act of assaulting
a man, whose name was subsequenlay • ascertained to be
Nicholas Barnes, a basket-maker, w.ho was soon after
knocked down. Police-constable Dal G 175, upon
hearingthe; disturbance, proceeded to .the spot, where he
found a quantity of blood streaming fr, au an incision on the
man's cheek, and near him were two . men, whose names
were ascertained to be John Sullivan and Wm.:;B(illivan.
The officer asked the wounded man how. he received the in-
jury, and he stated that he had been stagy bbed by John Sul-
livan with a knife. Daimon(' on that in! formation took him
into custody, and upon further hearing • that Wm. Sullivan
and also Dennis Sullivan, another broth er, had assisted in
the attack upon Barnes, got the asaistil cop of
i other con-
stables for the purpose of taking the othe r men into custody.
They were apprehended, but a mob ccii'lected, and a most
determined attack on the constables too.k place, and Dennis
was rescued. With much difficulty Joh e t and William Sul-
livan were taken to the station-house, r where the charge
against the prisoners was taken by Mr.. Inspector Spiller.
In the meanwhile Barnes, who was in. a most exhausted
state from loss of bloody was placed in I i cab and conveyed
to St. Bartholomew's Hospital. He ss as there promptly
seen by one of :the house surgeons, who found a portion of
the blade of a knife firmly fixed in the clip sek bone, of which
(singular to say) the unfortunate man Irt Ls not aware. It
was so firmly lodged in the bone that a p air of forceps was
obliged to be used to extract it. Barnei ; resides in Port-
pool-lane, and is described to be avi y inoffensive man.
There appears_ to have been some g,7c ound of animosity
sgainst Barnes on the part of the Sullis a ns, as in the course
;A* the Saturday one of them had thret ened to serve him
out. John Sullivan was lately a priva ein the Royal Ar-
tillery, Woolwich, from which he was i ischargod for some
misconduct, having previously received , a whipping for the
offence ho committed. Wm. Sullivan ia, a costerraonger.

THE CHRYSANTHEMUMS IN Ti LE INNER-AND
MIDDLE TEMPLE.—These autumnal fic (veers, so much in
favour in these city gardens, and grow n with such success
by Mr. Broome, are now looked upon 1 the public as one
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of the annual sights of London. Among he working classes
the interest created is very great. Tb gardens are daily
visited by hundreds, inquiring when tb 0 "show" will com-
mence. Mr. Broome informs us that al to ut the first week in
November the chrysanthemums will be ii t full perfection, and
this season they bid fairto eclipse all oth( ire. The beds ofpom-
panes in both gardens are splendid, a ad Mr. Broome has
specimen plants, grown in 8-inch p ots, measuring four
feet across, from one stem only, on which thousands of
om already appear. The large vari 'eties, in a bed 150
feet; long and six wide, are also very pro inising for a display
of nionster blooms, such, perhaps, as ha ye never been wit-
net ;sed. Last year the Temple-garden is were visited by
tho usands of people, and doubtless it wi 11 be the same this
tirx,e, and those desirous of cultivating 9 Le chrysanthemum
wil I be repaid by a visit, especially sin re Mr. Broome, as
the( gardener, most courteously give eV 'O7 information.