The Sun.
London, England, 1857-09-26 00:00:00

ITALY.

Sir James Hudson,lßrita Minister to the Court
4' Turin, gave a grand farewell banquet on the
22d to the Due de GI ammcnt, late French Ambassa-
dor to that court, and now promoted to the
Embassy of Rowo. Among the guests were most
of the members of the diplomatic body, and Count
:be Salmour, Secretary-General of the Foreign
Department.
The Piedmontese Gazette of the 23d denies the
assertion made by some journals that the Sardinian
Government had promised the Neapolitan that 27
refugees should he expelled from Piedmont.
The Milan Gazette states that on the 19th the
King of the Belgians met the Archduke Mxaimi!ian
and Archduchess Charlotte at Como, and after-
wards proceeded with them to Monza.

Thl Austrian Gazette stated a day or two back
that the Russians are constructing a fortress on
Mount Mithridates, at Kertch, to defend the en-

trance of the Set. of Azoff. The Austrian journ
confounds Kertch with Jeni Kale. The first of
these two towns is situated at the extremity of a
bay upwards of three miles long, and is not a stra-
tegical point ' • and it has consequently never been
and is not to be defended. But the Russians have
restored and armed anew, as they had the right to
do, the fortress of Jeni Kale, which is situated in
die narrowest part of the strait=, and commaHds
them throughout all their length. Placed in a
dominating situation, this fortress is sufficient to
defend the entrance to the Sea of Azoff.

A letter from Vienna states that a reduction in
the Austrian army, especially in that in Italy, is to
take place after the autumn manoeuvres shall be
concluded.

The King of Prussia has nominated Marshal de
Wrangel Governor of Berlin—a post which has not
been occupied since the death of Baron Muffling•
All the superior officers, with the exception of the
princes of the blood, are under the orders of the
governor. Lieutenant-General Prince Augustus
of Wurtemburg, has been promoted from the com-
mand of the 2d division of the guard to that of the
3d corps d'arrnee ; Prince Frederick Charles has
been promoted from the command of the Ist division
of the guard to that of the 2d ; and General Bonin,
of the King's suite, has been nominated commander
of the Ist division.

On the first day of the fetes at Brussels, a dis-
tribution of medals to persons who had distinguished
themselves by acts of devotednesss was made, the
Duke and Duchess de Brabant being present at it.
In the evening a grand military retreat was exe-
cuted in the park by all the drummers and trum-
peters of the garrison. Yesterday, as part of the
rejoicings, a number of societies of musicians,
archers, carbineep, crossbowmen, c4.7c., arrived, at
Brussels from various towns and villages, and were
passed in review by the Duke de Brabant, after
which they made a grand procession through the
'principal street.

The Chroniquer of Berne says " The
Federal commissioners in the canton of Vaud have
been directed to recommend the government of
th© canton to execute the Federal decrees ; but
they are empowered to ascertain from personal
inquiry whether or not the time allowed for the
Examination of the railway plans be sufficient. If
Vaud persists in refusing to allow the plans to be
deposited in the communes, the commissioners are
to see that the deposit be effected, and in the mean-
time the works of the railway are to be proceeded
with. Lastly, if Vaud refuses to nominate a mem-
ber of the commission on the railway, they are to
recommend a fit and proper person."

The Madrid journals of the 21st are without in-
terest. Some of them state that rumours of changes
in the ministry were current. A letter from the
Havannah says that confidence had returned, and
that discounts had fallen from 24 to 12 per cent. It
adds that the preparations against Mexico had bees.
suspended.

Sir James Hudson, British Minister to the Court
of Turin, gave a grand farewell banquet on the 2211
to the Due de Grammont, late French Ambassador
to that Court, and now promoted to the Embassy Of
Rome. Among the guests were most of the mem'
bers of the Diplomatic Body, and Count de S3l-
- Secretary-General of the Foreign Depart'
ment.

The Piedmontese Gazette of the 23d denies the
assertion made by some journals that the Sardinian
Governm-nt had promised the Neapolitan that 27
refugees should be expelled from Piedmont.

The Milan, Gazette states that on the 19th the
I..C;ng of the Belgians met the Archduke Maximilian
and Archduchess Charlotte at C,nao, and after-
wardi proceeded with them to Monza.

MURDER AT ABERDEEN.—On Thursday, James Booth,
charged with murdering his wife at Oldmeldrum, near
Aberdeen, was tried by the Circuit Court of Justiciary
at Aberdeen. He pleaded guilty of culpable homicide,
but the plea was not accepted, and ho was found guilty
of murder, and sentenced to be bung at Aberdeen oil
the 21st of October.

THE MURDER NEAR NOTTINGHAM FOREST.—The
perpetrators of this crime (a short account of which hp-
peered. in The Sun on Monday) have not yet been dis-
covered. Two men were apprehended on suspicion,
but the evidence not being satisfactory against them
they have been discharged. An inquiry has been
commenced before the coroner, and was adjourned till
Monday.
THE MAILS, &C.—SOUTHAMPTON, Friday.—The Penin-
sular and Oriental Company's steamship Alhambra,
Captain J. K. Joy, arrived here this morning from
London, baying completed the repairs of her machinery.
This vessel is ntw appointed to take out the Peninsular
mails on Monday next. The directors have announced
their intention of despatching the new steamship Grenada
from this port to Bombay, via the Cape of Good Hope,
on Saturday, the 31st Oct. Capt. Langdon has been
appointed to the command of the Royal mail steamer
Tyne, which leaves with the Brazilian and River Plate
mails on the 9'h prox.
THE TELEGRAPH BETWEEN LIVERPOOL AND HOLY'
HDAD.—The only means at present in use at Liverpool
by which intelligence can be obtained of the arrival of
vessels off the pert is the old semaphore signal, which 10,
of course, useless in times of fog. The propriety of
introducing the electric telegraph has lately occupied
the attention of the Dock Committee, which body are
now advertising for contracts; for the construction of
line of electric telegraph from Liverpool to Holyhead,
including communication with the semaphore stations.
BTHE ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.—Advices from Palernia
state that the electric telegraph between Malta and
Sicily wid be ready by the middle of October, and that
the British Government will then only have to put down
the cable between Alexandria and Malta to bring 13 )11!,.'
bay within 15 days of London. It is added that even 11
the submarine cable is not laid down between Cagliari
and Malta, the admiral at the latter port can coalmen"
cate the Indian news to the British Government by
sending a di,patch-boat to Reggio, in the Straits. of
Messina, where the electric wires are in cominunicaticll
with Naples ; so that the British vice-consul at Reggio
could transmit the dispatch to the consul at Naples, whh°
could send it on at once to Lord Clarendon, by vibic'
means some hours would be saved.
THE ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH has been in full operation
at Falmouth for about a month, and has proved to
be a great boon to thate port, and of great benefit
to the numerous ships arriving at it, as it enables
the masters of vessels to communicate at once with the
owners. The harbour of Falmouth being the most WO'
terly in the British Channel has for many years been
made a port of call for vessels proceeding to and arriv-
ing from foreign localities. It need hardly be asked of
what importance such a harbour must be to the war
time interests of the country ; situated at a critical Pei°,
in the English Channel on the meridian of the term"
nation of the coast of France westward. It must be
evident, that a few miles westing in the run across from
that point, will carry a vessel clear of Ushapt into the
Bay of Biscay, and it must also be evident, that from
any point of land, only eight or ten miles farther to the
eastward, it could not be effected with the same coons ;
and that every league farther eastward must increase
the difficulty, until it becomes altogether hopeless to b 3
accomplished with the same wind by which it can be
effected from the meridian of Falmouth. Thus it is
clear that vessels might sail from Falm,ith, while at
Plymouth, about 50 miles to the east card, they woe"
not be able to leave the port.
SALOON OMNIBUS COMPANY.—The first annual report
of the directors of the Metnplitan Saloon Omnibus
Company (Limited) states that on the 13. h of April $i
omnibuses were placed upon the roads of the metropolis
—viz., one running from Holloway to the city, two from
Notting-hill to the city, one from Stoke Newingtonto
the city, one from Stoke Newington to the West-end,
and one from Dalston to the city. In four weeks .
August ten omnibuses then running produced the sure
of 7151. On the 17th of August au eleventh oinnibeg
was stsrted, and on the 31st of August the twelfth, both
of which more than justify the expectations of the dire
tore. The number of shareholders is 530, who bola
among them 11,873 shares. The number of omnibuses ev,.
present in possession of the company is 15, and 3 wore
,
are nearly completed. The number of hones is 121 •
and both omnibuses and horses aro in first-rate condition.
The new omnibus, with the necessary number of horse,
has cost under 4501. The balance of expenditure amounts
to 2,4291., which the directors recommend should be
written off to preliminary expenses. The capital account
shows that 12,138/. had been received, including 3,458,L
on loan and acceptances, and 12,1881. expended, icicle's;
ing 3,2001. paid to the patentee, 6,2471. for stock,
2,4291. Warms of loss proposed to be carried to prelims'
nary expenses.
INDIAN ATROCITIES.—MRS. FARQUILIRSON.—Muche
as a general account of the unparalleled brutality. 0`
the rebel Sepoys is calculated to excite our indignation
against the murderers, and our sympathies with their
hapless victims, perhaps a description of a single cases
in which the victim may bo known tr its personally er
by reputation, impresses us neatly as forcibly as evirell
the wholesale butcheries at Delhi and Cv.e.np,ore. N'„i3
have at least experienced a thrill of horror on reading
the following paragrap I re.zpeetine.' the fate of a lad.Y'
well known for many years to the citizens of
which could not be exc eded in poignancy by any accor`.;
of the monstrosities of the Brahmin Thugs. We fin"
the fulloaing paragnnh in the Carlow Sentinel :
o; our readers will recollect Mrs. Farquharson, the "I
fs
of Colonel Farquhareor,
of the 7th Fusiliers, duringfl
ruydence in Duk.ilio, snto few years since, as the spirited
driver of a phaeton drawn by a pair of beautiful
ponies. Her hu,tand commanded another regiment on
his return from China. She j }hied him in India witb
her children, and by letters lately received in Euglanbae
it appears that during the late rebellion the sep,l°-",
nigh caste pet soldiers of the East India Companyh,,
burned her alive, with her family, af er c,mmitting tun.
oust frightful and revolting atrocities on her per ,°,O
We have seen in a private letter another version ?f
fate of this hapless lady, which, we regret to say, is The
more atrocious than that which we have quoted. ,is
statement is that, after suffering a series of indecribapli
barbarities, she was placed alive between two boards an
cut through with a saw !—Dublia Post.