The Sun.
London, England, 1861-09-25 00:00:00

the very Florence, which is so worthy a site for the
first Italian Exhibition, recals the memory of
that gifted sou who " sleeps afar" from its ungrate-
ful soil. The fervent imagination and susceptibility
of the South find their due expression in art, and
the festive scene at Florence is a happy augury
that the world may yet increase:its debt to Italian
taste and genius. The occasion is the more interest-
ing, coming in such close proximity to the opening ot
our own Exhibition of the ensuing year. The Exhibi-
tion of 1862 is, we are told, to eclipse its predeces-
sor in size and character, as it will include paintings,
sculpture, and other works of art, The coincidence
of two such undertakings is striking, and gives rise
to a host of memories and anticipations. But
though there may be generous emulation between
the old monarchy and the new, between the coun-
try which has so long led the van of freedom and
unity, and the nation which is just struggling
out of ages of tyranny ana feud; between the
"cradle of the arts and sciences " and that rough
northern land, which is but just learning that
beauty may be combined with utility'; though there
may be all these grounds of comparison and com-
petition, we are certain that the full development
of Italian art, Italian genius, and Italian unity i;
nowhere more eagerly watched, more earnestly
hoped for, than among her rival exhibitors.

Their Royal Highnesses the Prince and Princess
Hohenzollern - Sigmaringen have arrived at Claridge's
Hotel, from Southampton.
His Royal Highness the Duke of Oporto has
arrived at Claridge's Hotel, from Southampton.
THE LORD-LIEUTENANCY OF DEVON.—It is ru-
moured that the Lord-Lieutenancy of Devonshire, which
has become vacant by the death of the Earl Fortescue, will
be conferred by her Majesty upon Earl Russell.
Lord and Lady Proby have arrived at Elton
Hall, Oundle, from the Continent.
A VETERAN ROPE DANCER.—Madanle Saqui
performed on the fight-rope at the Paris Hippodrome on
Thursday and Sunday last. Although now eighty-three
years of age, she danced with considerable vigour and
graco, and was loudly applauded.
THE TEMPLE CHURCH. Tbis magnificent
church, which has been for some time closed, is to be re-
opened on Sunday, the 6th of Oct., with a full choral ser-
vice and a sermon by the Yen. Archdeacon Robinson, D.D.,
Canon of Rochester. Hitherto buildings have almost en-
tirely hidden the view of the south side, but, these having
been removed, that portion of the building may be seen
tolerably well, and also the elaborate Norman porch.
REV. C. H. SPURGEON. The Rev. C. H.
Spurgeon's visit to Scarborough has been indefinitely post-
poned, owing to a serious nervous affection under which he
has of late been labouring. The following note was re-
ceived from Mr. Spurgeon a few days ago by the Rev. Dr.
Evans :—" Clapham, London, S.—My dear Brother,—l
have made another experiment at preaching abroad, and the
result has painfully demonstrated to me that I must not
attempt it again for some months. My nervousness is just
now so great that it is not merely an affliction, but a warning
that the worst results may follow unless the mind shall be
left at ease. lam deeply grieved to be compelled to post-
pone my engagement with you, but I have been driven to
it by a necessity before which I bow with sorrow.—l am,
dear brother, yours most truly, C. H. SPURGEON."
AMERICAN REPRISALS.—NEW YORK, Sept. 9.
Accounts from Charleston of the sth September state that
the whole coast at St. Augustine was blockaded, and ,
re-
ports that several vessels, laden with coffee and fruits, ran
the blockade on the 29th August, under a heavy fire from
the blockading fleet. Sept. 10.—The following schooners,
owned wholly or in part in the Southern States, were seized
at Newport, Rhode Island,'yesterday :—The S. P. Brown,
with cargo ; and the Maine Law, the Wabash, and the R.
Balch, without cargo. Sept. 11.—The Mary M‘Rae, of
Wilmingt)n, North Carolina, from Liverpool, with a gene-
ral cargo, has been taken in charge by the United States'
Inspector. Sept. 17.—The Laura Ross, from Sl. Jago de
Cuba, with sugar, has been confiscated, on account of 1-16th
being owned at Navy Bluff, Florida.
SERIOUS RESULT OF A PRIZE FIGHT NEAR
LEEDS.—One of those disgraceful exhibitions of human
brutality took place near Leeds yesterday, and resulted, we
regret to hear, in the serious, and probably fatal, injury
of one of the combatants. The fight was between Samuel
Webster, of Woodhouse, and Thomas Kelve, of York-
street, for £5 a side, and it commenced yesterday morning
in a field called the Fifty Acres, near Bothwell, in the juris-
' diction of the West Riding constabulary. After fighting
for nearly an hour, the police interfered, and drove them
into the Leeds boundary. They resumed the fight in a re-
tired place called Gipsy-lane, between Beeston and Middle-
ton Wood, when Webster, who had previously had the
better of the contest, was worsted and rendered insensible,
He was subsequently taken to his mother's in a cab, accom-
panied by a number of the ring, and was attended by Mr.
Loe, surgeon, who pronounced him to be in great danger.
The result of the injuries cannot be known for some hours.
—.Leeds Mercury.
WRECKS ON THE GOODWIN SANDS.—RAMSGATE,
Sept. 23.—This morning at as.yi...ah, Curing a strong gale
11.0111 IV W ana squally, a barque was observed ou snore
on the North part of the Goodwin Sands. The Northum-
berland lifeboat, in tow of a steamer, immediately put off
from Ramsgate to the vessel's assistance. On proceeding
to the wreck the tug also took in tow the Broadstairs life-
boat. A teal lugger which hal. been cruising about was
found with the vessel. Through the joint exertions of the
three boats' crews the vessel was fortunately got off. She
proved to be the barque Cereal, of Sunderland, from Dun-
kirk to New York. The wreck having also been observed
from Walmer, the lifeboat on that station, belonging to the
National Lifeboat Institution, immediately put off to her
assistance, and reached the vessel shortly after the other
boats, but leer services were not required. The Walmer
lifeboat is a new one. It was said that she behaved re-
markably well on the occasion. Having to cross Goodwin
Sands through a heavy surf she was frequently filled with
water, which, however, she speedily freed herself of.
REPORTED MASSACRE OF A SHIP'S CREW.--
Intelligence has reached Glasgow that the ship's crew who
sailed in the barque Prince of Wales, which left the Clyde
for Buenos Ayres on the Ist April, and was wrecked, it may
be remembered, 70 miles to the southward of Rio Grande
in the month of June, have been massacred. In a letter
dated 25th June, H. Vereker, H.M.'s consul at pie Grande,
communicated the intelligence of the loss of the vessel, and
that the crew (14 in number), most of whom shipped at
Glasgow, had been lost ; but, from a communication
recently received, it would appear that a belief is now enter-
tained, which is thought to be too well founded, that the
men had met with foul play. No legal proof of this his
yet been obtained, but an investigation was 'abo it to take
place into the circumstances, the result of which, it is ex-
pected, will be known on the arrival of the next mail, due
in the beginning of the next month.—Seottisle, guardian.
THE FIRST ENGLISH CHURCH IN AUSTRIA.—On
Friday, the 13th of September, the first stone of au English
church was laid at Carlsbad, in Bohemia, the " King of
German watering places." For upwards of five years
this "project has been under discussion, and many
hundreds of English families yearly visiting Carlsbad
have had meanwhile no better place of worship than a
ba'lroom or the saloon of an almost inaccessible
Gasthaus. The Colonial and Continental Church
Society had given its aid, and a subscription had
been raised, but a commencement this year was only
rendered practicable through the exertions of the Rev. R.
W. Greaves, a member of the sogiety's committee, who
chanced to be a visitor. Ho was warmly seconded by Sir
Henry Bentinck, Colonel Thoresby, the Rev. Augustus
Hewitt, .5.7. c. The design, by Mr. Ewin Christian, is that
of a simple early English chapel, with high pitched roof and
bell turret. A portion of the " Garthenthal," a site both
quiet and easy of access, was purchased for the sum ofXlOO,
and vested, by direction of the Austrian Government, in
the names of five English noblemen and gentlemen.
AN AMAZON QUEEN.—A letter from Rome of
the 16th says : Riding a few days since in the Campagna
I was passed by three equestrians—two certainly men, the
third a puzzle, but seeming rather of the epicene' or doubt •
ful gender. It wore a yellow Zouave jacket; a black gar.
at sol
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of its two companions, who, dressed in tight
and suffering
suits of black, and one at lost with his feet thrust into his
Providencein a
--that is, very fast and recklessly—to the evident terror
stirrups the wrong way, were tempting
trot. A wide ditch was before them—l have seen men turn
from a smaller. It, however, went straight at it, and got
well over ; and turning round, and taking off her hat to
her pounded ' companions, there was the beautiful face of
the ex-Queen of Naples, who stopped to light her cigar,
while the two men went ignominiously round by the
bridge."

FATAL CATASTROPHE AT ST. VINCENT'S ROCKS,
BRISTOL.—A shocking catastrophe occurred at St, Vin-
cent's Rocks, near Bristol, on Sunday morning. About
hall-past 8 o'clock a man from a packet which wai steam-
ing down the river observed a man falling from the rocks
near the pier. Tic raised an alarm, and the police went to
fully fractured, and the brains lay scattered on the grass.
tihlie s
sellootth. eOsaweelamnoirturiteina:itnhtehy found the skull was fright-
fully
fall, but one of his boots—
probably from having come in contact with a projecting
piece of rock in the descent—was ripped several inches near
the ankle. He was subsequently identified as a shoemaker
of Bristol, named Crocker. The cause of the poor fellow's
falling from the rock is at present involved in mystery, but
it is quite certain that at that particular spot ho could not
have been placed in imminent peril except by crossing tbe
rails which the Merchao.t Venturers have erected for the
safety of the public.