The Sun.
London, England, 1859-09-17 00:00:00

'THE SUN, LONDON, SATURDAY EVENING, SEPTEMBER 17, 1859 a

TILL EDITION•

SUN OFFICE, Six o' Clock.

AUSTRIA.

A Vienna letter in the Siecle says :

" According to the last advices from Venetia,
the instalments of the forced loan imposed by
Austria on that province are paid with extreme
difficulty. The crops of corn and other agricul-
tural produce are very bad in Venetia this year,
and two of the chief articles of export from that
province, wine and silk, will yield but light re-
turns of cash. The Austrian Minister of Finance
is greatly embarrassed for want of resources, and
has been able to pay the interest of the public
debt only with the aid of the National Bank, which
establishment at present possesses only 75 mil-
lions of florins in specie against a circulation of
450 millions of notes. In this emergency he has
found no other cxpedient to bring back a little
specie into the coffers of the Bank, than the sale
by auction of the Imperial domains, on which the
Bank holds a mortgage for 99 millions. The sale
of part of these lands is already advertised in the
journals ; but at the present moment, when the
low price of corn exercises a most depressing in-
fluence on the value of rural estates, this forced
sale will bt: sacrificing the domains of the State.
The port of Trieste, the centre of our maritime
commerce, lately sent a memorial to the Minister
of the Interior, explaining the causes which have
long injured the trade of that town. Trieste,
which is a free port, has good reason to complain
of the high duties of the Austrian customs' tariff.
One of the points on which the memorial lays the
greatest stress is the equality of the duties on
colonial and beet-root sugar."

The Brussels Independance says that Lord Cowley
and M. Walewski have been commissioned to arrange the
bases of the co-operation between France and England in
prosecuting the Chinese war.
The New York papers by the packet yesterday
state that a positive announcement had been received from
Mr. Lever that he had chartered the Great Eastern, and
that she would sail from Galway to New York.

It is stated that several large creditors of Messrs.
Calvert and Co., the brewers, have formed themselves into
a committee for the purpose of ascertaining, if possible,
whether it will be for the interest of the general body of
claimants to take over the brewery property, as proposed
by the inspectors, and carry on the business as ft limited
joint-stock company, or whether the depositors must sub-
mit to the haavy loss which is now threatened by a forced
sale of the assets.

ETON COLLEGE.—The election vacation at Eton
College, which began on the Ist ult., terminated on 'Wed-
nesday last, in the evening of which day the return of the
boys commenced, the lower school being the first to arrive.
Yesterday the fifth form followed. To-day is the day of
arrival of the sixth form, when the whole school will have
assembled. The number will be further increased, as more
boys have entered than those who left at the vacation,
when the largest number ever at Eton (803) formed the list.
A SAILOR'S FUNERAL.—The remains of James
Riley, the youth who was killed about ten days ago by fall-
ing from the yard arm of her Majesty's ship Donegal, lying
in the Mersey, and whose body was washed ashore at Wa-
terloo, were conveyed to St. James's Cemetery, Liverpool,
for burial yesterday. About 150 of the deceased's shipmates
beaded by Lieut. Buller, R.N., accompanied the remains
to their last resting place, and as the funeral procession
went through the principal streets of the town, it attracted
considerable attention from its novelty.
STATE OF TRADE.—MANCFIESTER, Sept. 16.—
The unfavourable commercial advices from Bombay and
the news of the disaster in China have continued to affect
our market adversely throughout the week, and only a very
limited business has been done. Lower prices have been
offered for twist in consequence of these advices, but with-
out being accepted, and with the exception of lid. per
piece less being taken for India shirtings there is no change
in quotations. The advices from Bombay were good, and
cloths suited to that market continue firm, manufacturers
having heavy orders yet to complete. Heavy domestics,
long, and T cloths, both for export and home trade, have
only been taken moderately. Printinr, cloths are out of
stock, with heavy contracts to complete, and are conse-
quently firm. For 36-inch shirtings there is less inquiry,
but makers aro well engaged for the present. Yarns are
quiet, with but little business during the week either for
the home or export trade. _ .

RIFLE CORPS, HORNSEY (MIDDLESEX).—At
meeting held on Wednesday evening, at Crouch-end, Wm.
Bird, Esq., in the chair, the resultof the canvass since the
public meeting in the village was communicated to the
members of this corps. Upwards of 30 effectives from
Crouch-end, Hornsey, Muswell-hill, Southgate, and Stam-
ford. hill, have been enrolled, andno doubt these districts will
furnish a full company of at least 60 to the strength of the
county. The members agree to subscribe 10 guineas, if
required, to a general fund, from which all expenses of out-
fit, rifle practice ground, drill, &c., will be paid. This fund,
aided by donations fram the neighbourhood, amounts already
to upwards of VOO. The annual subscription has been
fixed at two guineas for both effective and honorary mem-
bers, and produces already an annual income of more than
£5OO. Contiguous to the Hornsey Station of the Great
Northern Railway, a most perfect natural site, with a range
of more than 400 yards, has been pointed out by the officer
sent
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Rant for adoption in the county. The members decided to
commence the preliminary drill at once.
LANDSLIP.—An extraordinary slip of land has
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the church is only 41 feet from the edge of the cliff. Per-
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of many years, are turned upwards, but
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not a single tree is buried by the soil. A landslip of less
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hers are quite reversed ; the immense
magnitude took place about two years since, which together
with the present one acted on a space of more than 10 acres
of arable and pasture land, in consequence of which the
Coast- guard station at this place being considered unsafe has
recentlybeen taken down. The land for some considerable
distance south-east of the church is still opening in large
chasms, varying from three inches to three feet, and in
depth from three to 30 feet. Great numbers of visitors have
been attracted to the spot, and the curiosity does not seem
at all to diminish.
EXPLOSION OF THE GREAT EASTERN.—The
phenomena connected with the condition of the sufferers
are curious, and offer another proof of the absence of pain
noticeable in cases of violent injury. The men looked be-
wildered at what had happened, they were able to walk up
on deck, and were unconscious of the fact that their skin
had been boiled by the steam. And they felt no pain
when the whole skin of the arm and hand came off like an
old glove. The cause of this may be found in the fact that
the nerves of sensation had been entirely destroyed, and
therefore, as far at least as the skin was concerned, they
were as incapable of suffering as a corpse would be. Never-
theless, the shock was too great, and the system too much
injured for recovery, and the unhappy men gradually,
and no doubt painlessly expired. Another instance of
serious injuries producing no sensation of pain was seen a
few weeks ago, when an excursion train on the North
Devon Railway ran off the line and overturned in a field,
the engineer was lying under the locomotive, with both his
legs horribly crushed, and there he lay ; and, calling for
pen and ink absolutely wrote a letter to his wife, tolling her
of the accident, and informing her that he was not killed.
In fact, the nerves, having performed their office of giving
warning of injury, they are no longer required, and all
further pain is therefore rendered impossible.—Literary
Gazette.
A lad went to the parish minister to be examined
before his first communion. The minister, not wishing to
discourage the boy, led off with a safe question : " How
many commandments are there ?" After some little thought,
the lad cautiously and suggestively answered, "May be a
hunner." The minister, shocked at such intolerable igno-
rance, dismissed this promising catechumen. On returning
home the lad met another boy bound to the manse on the
seine errand. Notes were compared. " Weel, what will ye
say, noo, if the minister spoors hoe mony commandments
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A laughable incident occurred the other day to
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the handsome Miss N—, of London, whose sparkling
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d'orris," said she to the demoiyelle of one of the grand per-
fumery establishments. " Tres Lein; mademoiselle." We
all know that orris root is very good for the tenth. The
mother of the young lady, who is a very High Church-
woman, and has a laudable horror of all French frivolities
and deceptions, was petrified about half an hour after at re-
ceiving, directed to her daughter, a packet ofpoudre de riz,
the secret of the deadly pale complexion of the Parisian
ladies so much in vogue among them. The arrival of Miss
N— and her explanation pacified
who immediately imagined she had brought her child to
the verge of an abyss in allowing her to remain a few weeks
in Paris. The i;oadre de riz was soon exchanged for poadre
d'o» is, with n say apologies on'the part of the demoiselle
of the shop.--Ladies' Sews:paper.'

ONE WAY OF GETTINO MARRIED.—An occur-
rence took place in the superintendent registrar's office here,
a day or two since, of a somewhat singular and altogether
amusing kind. A happy couple, who had duly given the
necessary notice of their intention to be united in matri-
mony, had fixed the day and hour with the registkar
,r the performance of the ceremony. The day, the
hour, and the intended bride arrived, but unaccom-
panied with her lover, and on the former being inter-
rogated- as to the reason of the absence of the latter on
such an important occasion, she said that he was ill,
but as they were both, and she in particular, most desirous
that the ceremony should be performed without the delay of
a day, she had brought the ring with her, and expressed a
hope that the superintendent would, with the aid of that
article, do what was required to effect her happiness. Of
course such a request was received with the merriment it
deserved, and on the registrar explaining to the simple
woman that such duties were not, as yet, within his pro-
vince, and informing her that she must wait till a more
favourable opportunity, she sorrowfully but reluctantly
retired, muttering to herself that if that was law it ought
not to be.—Plymotith Journal.

LATEST NEWS.

The following telegrams have been received at
Mr. Reuter's office :

FRANKFORT, SEPT. 16.

A meeting of friends of the reform of the Federal
constitution was held here to-day, at which 150

persons were present.
The following resolution was passed
" Since the formation of a national party in Ger-
many for the purpose of promoting the unity and
liberal development of the great and common father-
land, the foundation of which has been laid at
Eisenach and Hanover, has become a reality, the
undersigned do hereby establish an association to be
located at Frankfort-on-the-Maine.

The aim of this society shall be to labour for

the patriotic objects of this party with all available
lawful means; and more especially to take upon
itself the moral task of making the people more
and more conscious of the aim and means of the
movement which is being promulgated throughout
the whole of our fatherland."

A committee of 12 has been charged with the
management of the association.

PARIS, SEPT. 16.

The Minister of the Interior has issued a circular
to the Prefects throughout France, stating that it is
not the intention of the Government to modify the
laws on the press, and requesting them to continue
to control the latitude allowed to the provincial

newspapers.
The King of the Belgians has arrived at Biarrits

PARMA, SEPT. 15.

The National Assembly met to-day to hear the
reading of the answer given by the King of Saz-
dinia to the deputation sent to Turin. The Assem-
bly has unanimously voted for the contract of a
loan of 5,000,000 francs. A deputation has been
chosen to deliver an address from the Assembly to
the Emperor Napoleon. The deputation is com-
posed of the following members :—Signors Cantelli,
Torrigiani, Anguitolo, and Ranucci.
The Assembly has been prorogued, with the
power to be re-convoked by a decree of the Dictator
and President of the Assembly, or can at any time
be re-assembled at the request of twenty members

The Paris correspondent of the Times (second
edition) says :
" Letters from Zurich, of yesterday's date, say
that the Plenipotentiaries had for the previous four
days completely suspended their proceedings, and
that they had not even had those tete-a-tete inter-
views which before had been of frequent occurrence.
This inaction was considered due to the note in the
31onitear and to the mission of Prince Metternich.
Count Colloredo awaited fresh instructions from his
Government, which, it was supposed, could hardly
be sent until it was informed of the result of
Prince Metternich's interview with the Emperor
Napoleon. The Prince will be in Paris to-morrow,
and has taken Zurich in his way. On his
arrival here he will confer with Count Walew-
ski, who will leave for Biarritz on Monday.
The Count's departure was announced as to have
taken place sooner, hut he has been waiting for
Prince Metternich, and the Chinese affair has also
given him occupation. We are justified in sup-
posing that some progress will at last be made in
the tedious and complicated negotiations that have
sprung from the preliminaries of Villafranca. If
we may believe the report of the day, there is a
possibility of a settlement that should satisfy all
parties, and the general impression hero seems to
be that the political horizon is likely soon to be
clearer than it for some time past has been. Great
curiosity will, of course, be felt to see what
ingenious combination has been found to content
both Austria and Italy—if, indeed,- that end be
attained, which appears scarcely possible. It is
here confidently asserted, however, that the Austrian
Government is content ; and letters from Turin, of
incontestable authority, confirm the statement al-
ready made, that the Government of Sardinia is
tranquil as to what is coming—the note in the
111oniteur having made little impression upon it,
because it had previously received satisfactory as-
surances from the Emperor Napoleon. Such is the
political situation of the moment, as far as it can
be ascertained. In a very few days we ought to
know more. Some persons here are sanguine that
such an arrangement and agreement are being come
to by the two Emperors as may do away with the
necessity of a European Congress."

FRANCE.

PARIS, FRIDAY,

The Emperor and the Empress reached the Villa
Eugenic at Biarritz on the day announced. On
reaching the railway station at Bayonne their Ma-
jesties were received by General Montenard, the
prefect of the department, and the mayor of the
department, and the mayor of the town ; and after
a few words addressed to those personages, their
Majesties entered an open carriage and proceeded
to the villa, amidst loud shouts of "Vive I'Empe-
reur !" " Vive I'lmperatrice" " Vive le Prince Im-
perial !" from the numerous persons assembled
along the road to welcome them. At Biarritz
the reception was equally enthusiastic, and in
the evening the town was illuminated, and
there was a brilliant display of fireworks.
The following day the Emperor received M. de
Man zano, governor-general of the Basque provinces,
who had come to congratulate their Majesties in
the name of the Queen of Spain.
The King of the Belgians, on arriving at Bor-
deaux, as already stated, received immediately a
visit from the prefect, and afterwards took a drive
through the city in an open carriage. In the even-
ing the King went to the theatre and sat in the
prefect's box, where was also Mme. de Mentque,
the Nyife of the prefect, the general commanding the
department, the persons of the royal suite, and the
Belgian consul. On the following morning the King
left by special train for Biarritz, where he arrived
about three o'clock in the afternoon. _ _ .

Count de Chasseloup-Laubat, Minister of Algeria,
arrived at Bayonne the day before yesterday, on
his way to Biarritz.
The Courrier de Bretagne of Lorient announces
that the Minister of Marine has commanded
200,000 bomb shells for the navy and 30,000 rifles
for the marines.
" The share which France will take in the expo,
dition against China," says the Independence of
13russels, " will be very important. It is said that
a corps of from 10,000 to 12,000 men is to be sent
out, under General de Wimpffen. This general,
who now holds a command in the army of Lyons,
was in the war of Italy in command of the troops
which were destined to disembark on the coast of
Venetia. He has been summoned to Paris to re-
ceive instructions ; and Lord Cowley and M.
Walewski have been charged to discuss the bases
of the co-operation of France."
A Paris letter in the Independence of Brussels

Si!) :
" Ferdinand IV., the new Grand Duke of Tus-
cany, has addressed to all the Sovereigns of Europe
a sort of memorandum in reply to that of the Tus-
can Government. This document is accompanied
by a letter announcing the abdication of Duke
Leopold and the accession of his son. • Several
sovereigns have replied to this letter, and I am
told that the Cabinet of Vienna has within the last
few days received a note on the subject from Rus-
sia. The journal de .St. Petersboury, in reference
to an assertion of a journal that M. de Balabine
read on the 21st ult. to Count de Recbberg a note
on the necessity of submitting to the sanction of
Europe the conditions -of peace, declared that no
note on that question had been sent by Ru sia. The
assertion is exact ; but the journal referred to took
for a note relative to the Congress the commuica-
tion mentioned."

I3ounsE, Sept. 16.—The market has been more
buoyant. Threes, after having been done at 68f.
80c., advanced to 68f. 95c. Mobilier varied from

785 f. to 792 f. 60c. ; Austrian, 535 f. to 537 f. 50c. ;
Lombard, 542 f. 50c. to 545 f. ; Orleans, 1,372 f. 50c.
to 1,375 f. ; Lyons, 872 f. 50c. to 875 f. ; Southern,
503 f. 75c. to 505 f. ; Northern, 920 f. to 922 f. 50c.
The following were the last quotations :-
4V per Cents. .... 94 50 Credit Foncier 670
Do. end month .. Belgian 41 —
3 per Cents 6B 90 Piedmontese (5) 86
Do. end month 6B 95 Roman B5 50
Bank Shares 2780 Austrian

Credit Mobilier 795
Do. Account

Spanish Threes -
Home Debt 44 25

RAILWAYS.

Cash. Account.
Orleans
Northern 920 —915
New ditto Bl5 .. 810

Lyons and Mediterranean 875 .. 875
Geneva 525 .. 522 50
Southern
Western .. 575 -- .. 580 --
Eastern
Sardinian
Austrian
lAnnbard.... -

Exchange on London, at sight, paper, 25f. 15c. ; money,
25f 121 c. ; three months, paper, 24f. 971 c.; money, 24f. 95c.

The Siecle contains the following :

" The imagination of our newsmongers is most
active at present. It was necessary to allege some
plausible reason for the journey of the King of the
Belgians, and they have discovered a score. We
will be content with mentioning the most curious
of these inventions, and which declares that King
Leopold is simply gone to Biarritz to ask for the
throne of Central Italy for his second son, Count
de Flandre, who, in case the return of the Italian
Dukes is found impracticable, will have the sup-
port of Austria, and reign constitutionally. This
prince would also be supported by England. Others
say that the candidate for the Italian throne is
not the Count de Flandre, but the Duke de Bra-
bant himself. If accepted, he would renounce his
claim on Belgium, which at Leopold's death would
be restored to France as a compensation for her
sacrifices. We need hardly remark that we men-
tion these rumours solely on account of their ab-
surdity."
The Italia' correspondent of th• Si ecle, writing
from Florence, on the 12th, says :

" All that passes here is truly novel. These re-
volutionary governmerits are solely occupied with
one thing—with putting down all the germs
of revolution ; these men, whom the reactionary
journals decry as the enemies of order and law,
watch with the most vigilant care over every-
thing that might cause excitement. At Bologna
they arrested a man (a stranger) who was singing
verses containing a personal attack on the Hely
Father. At Florence, M. Ricasoli, president of
the council, suppressed, by a single stroke of his
pen, a journal which published caricatures against
the Grand Ducal family. Perhaps you think the
.people will be irritated by such measures ? Nothing
of the kind. This intelligent population is fully
aware that liberty itself must be temporarily sup-
pressed to assure the triumph of independence, and
therefore support the Government. The Tuscan
people are the gentlest, most pacific, and most
easily governed in the world. Remove from their
sight the phantom of Austria, incarnate in the
Grand Duke, and they will be perfectly satisfied.
A Florentine remarked to me : I cannot help
smiling when I read in two or three of your Paris

journals that we are revolutionists. Strange re-
volutionists, truly ! For the last three months we
have been on our knees imploring Europe to let
us have a King.' The sincere conviction I bring
back to Paris after this short tour in the
Duchies and Romagna, is that with every
Italian, no matter to what part of Italy he belongs,
two ideas prevail over all others—those of na-
tionality and unity. When offered constitutional
guarantees with an Archduke, he smiles bitterly,
or seems not to understand what is said. The Ita-

Tian would prefer despotism with a national prince
to liberty with a foreign sovereign, and he is right.
Before thinking of political liberty, a nation ought
to secure its independence from all foreign influ-
ence. A constitution, however liberal it might be,
given by the Archduke, would satisfy nobody, be-
cause behind the Archduke they would always see
Austria, and every Italian looks upon Austria with
religious horror. Ask the first Tuscan you meet,
whether noble, tradesman, or labourer, what he
thinks of the Grand Duke, and he will answer,
He is not a bad man ; but he is an Austrian.' To
sum up, all, I may say that with national inde-
pendence there will be peace, order, and oblivion of
the past; with the restoration of the Grand Duke,
war, vengeance, and perpetual disorder."

THE 78th HIGHLANDERS.

TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN.

SlR,—When will the authorities at the Horse
Guards learn real practical wisdom ? They find a
difficulty in obtaining a sufficient number of recruits
for the army, and yet they can so act as to damp,
not kindle, the military spirit among our people.
The 78th Highlanders—that gallant regiment which
did more than any other to save India at the crisis
of its peril—has just arrived on the shores of Eng-
land, and instead of being allowed to land, that they
might be seen and honoured by the people, the
authorities at the Horse Guards have ordered them
to be transferred at Gravesend from one ship to an-
other, and sent off at once up to Inverness, where
they are to be stationed. This, I happen to know,
is a sore disappointment both to officers and men,
as it must be to all their friends and relations living
here in England. It must not be forgotten that,
though this is a Scotch regiment, it contains many
who are either English or Irish, both among the
officers and the men, and that the parents even of
those who are Scotch live, many of them, in or near
this great metropolis. Surely, then, it was very
unwise to disappoint and disgust all these persons,
especially when, by allowing this noble regiment
to land and march through London, in their own
picturesque and magnificent uniform, the military
ardour might have been kindled in many of our
stalwart youth to offer themselves to fill up the
places left vacant by the brave dead ? The sight
of such a number of soldiers returned safe from
all the hardships and dangers of the Indian
campaign would have inspirited them, while the
soldiers themselves would have felt rewarded for
all that they had endured by the honour which
they would have received at the hands of the people.
As it is, they have been permitted only to creep,
as it were, silently back to England, and then have
been smuggled off in equal silence to the remotest
extremity of Scotland, as if they had covered them-
selves with shame, and not with glory.
It may not be generally known that the 78th
Highlanders landed in India from the Persian war
at the very crisis of India's danger ; that their first
act was, by a sudden night march from Chinsurah
to Goruckpoor, to put down an intended mutiny
there of the sepoys, and a descent upon Calcutta;
that immediately after this they hastened up to
Ailahabad, where the immortal Havelock took
command of them, together with the 64th Regi-
ment and the sth Madras Fusileers ; that thence
they proceeded to the relief of Cawnpore, and beat
the Nana Sahib and his troops against great odds
in five successive engagements ; that after having
relieved Cawnpore they made three attempts,
fighting battle after battle. and in the third attempt
succeeded in relieving the beleaguered garrison at
Lucknow, holding the place till Lord Clyde arrived ;
that subsequently, under Sir J. Outram, they kept
the enemy at bay for a long time at the Alumbagh ;
and that, finally, they held Bareilly till, the war
beimg over, they were ordered to return to England.
Surely it was not good policy to allow the deeds of
such a distinguished regiment to pass unnoticed, if
we wish our country to be securely protected against
all coming dangers ? It is true, we are not a
demonstrative people, but if we would have the
.
martial spirit exist among us against the tune of
need, we must, as the French do, cultivate it by
honouring the brave.—l am yours,
London, Sept. 13. HIGHLANDER.

SWIMMING MATCH IN THE
.THAMES.—Yester •
day morning a swim-lining match, which created much in-
terest among persons who are inclined to such sports, took
place in the Thames for the championship and a purse of
The competitors were Beckford, of the Lambeth
Baths (the present champion), and Walker, both swim-
mers of first-rate character. The. start took place shortly
before eight o'clock, and the swim was from Hammersmith
to Putney. Beckford had the advantage throughout, and
won by more than a hundred yards, thus retaining the
championship and gaining the more solid advantage of 60
pounds.