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

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ITALY.
Sir James Hudson, British Minister to the Court
of Turin, gave a grand farewell banquet on th,
22d to the Due da amm nt, late French Ambassa-
dor to that court, and now promoted to the
Embassy of Rome. Among the guests were moat
of the merubars of the diplomatic body, and Count
do &amour, 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 Le expelled from Piedmont.
Tho Milan Gazette states that on the 19th tl;e
King of the Belgians met the
-Archduke Mxaimilian
and Arcliduches Charlotte at Como, and after-
wards proceeded with them to Monza.

The Ausrian, Gazette stated a day or two back
thAt. the Bassi:ins are constructing a fortress on
Mount Mithridate3, at Kerteh, to defend the en•

trance of the Sea 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
Rio, i
o, the fortress of Jeni Kale, which is situated n
the narrowest part of the strait, and commands
them throughout all their length. Placed in a
dominating situation, this fertres3 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'armee ; Prince Frederick Charles has
been promoted from the command of the Ist division
of the guard to that of the 2d ; and General BODill,
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, carbineers, crossbowmen, 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
the 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 aro
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 mew'
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'
torest. Some of them state that rumours of changes
in the ministry were current. A letter from the
Havaunah says that confidence had returned, 813'1
that discounts had fallen from 24 to 12 per cent. It
adds that the preparations against Mexico had beea
suspended.

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Sir James Hudson; British Minister to the Court
of Turin, gave a grand farewell banquet on the 22,1
to the Duc de Grammont, late French Ambassador,
to that Court, and now promoted to the Embassy 01
Rome. Among the guests were most of the olorl*
hers of the Diplomatic Body, and Count do Sku-
mour, Secretary-General of the Foreign Depart'
ment.

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

The Milan, Gazette states that on the 19th the
King of the Belgians met 'the Archduke Maximilian
and Archduchess Charlotte at Como, and af6er•
wards proceeded with them to Monza.

MURDER AT ABERDEEN.—On Thursday,
charged with murdering his wife at Oldrneldrum, near
Aberdeen, was tried by the Circuit Court of Justielsrl
at Aberdeen. He pleaded guilty of culpable homicide,
but the plea was not accepted, and he was found guilty
of murder, and sentenced to be hung at Aberdeen
the 21st of October. James Booth,
THE MURDER NEAR NOTTINGHAM FOREST.---The
perpetrators of this crime (a short account of which :IP'
peered in The Sun on Monday) have not yet been die
covered. Two men were apprehended on suspision•
but the evidence not being satisfactory against theta
they have been discharged. An inquiry has been
commenced before the coroner, and was adjourned till
Monday.
THE MAILS, &I.—SOUTHAMPTON, Friday.—The Pepin'
ruler and Oriental Company's steamship Alhambra,
Captain J. K. Joy, arrived hero this morning {NO
London, having completed the repairs of her macrlinery.
This vessel is now appointed to take out the Peninsular
mails on Monday next. The directors have announced
their intention of despatchirg the new steamship Grenade
from this port to Bombay, via the Cape of Good LW°,
on Saturday, the 31st Oct. Capt. Langdou has been
appointed to the command of the Royal mail steamer
Tyne, which leaves with the Brazilian and River Plate
mails on the 9th pros.
THE TELEGRAPH BETWEEN LIVERPOOL AND IDLY'
HDAD.—The only means at present in use at Liverpool
by which intelligence can be obtained of the arrival
of
vessels off the part is the old semaphore signal, which
of course, useless in times of fog. The propriety.el
introducing the electric telegraph has lately occuP"
the attention of the Dock Committee, which body Are
now advertising for contracts for the construction of
line of electric telegraph from Liverpool to Holyhee3'
including communication with the semaphore stations%
EaTHE ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.—Advises from Palern3','l
state that the electric telegraph between Malta Iry
Sicily will be ready by the middle of October, and tee
the British Government will then only have to put w
doe
the cable between Alexandria and Malta to bring Bulli
bay within 15 days of London. It is added that
he"
the submarine cable is not laid down between CeO
and Malta, the admiral at the latter port can conelle°111;
crate the Indian news to the British Government /31
sending a dispatch-boat to Reggio, in the Straits.%
Messina, where the electric wires are in cornmunioe"io
with Naples ; so that the British vice-consul at Reg Go
could transmit the dispatch to the consul at Naples)
could send it on at once to Lord Clarendon, by "
means some hours would be saved.
THE ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH has been in full operatitllo
at Falmouth for about a month, and has proved fit
of glee
to a great boon to thats port, and great beee
lee
to the numerous ships arriving at it, as it COa
the masters of vessels to cimmonicate at once with t 0,
owners. The harbour of Falmouth being the most well
terly in the British Channel has for maul, years heel,
made a port of call for vessels proceeding to and erralof
ing from foreign localities. It need hardly be eel° ie•
what importance such a harbour must be to the 10.01
time interests of the country ; situated at a critical Pe&
in the English" Channel on the meridian of the ter be
nation of the coast of Franca westward. It unlietnies
evident, that a few miles westing in the run zeroes Jribe
that point, will carry a vessel clear of Ushant into no
Bay of Biscay, and it must also be evident, that .11,7b0
any point of land, only eight or ten miles farther to
eastward, it could not be effected with the same Nerg::3
and that every league farther eastward must mere be
the difficulty, until it becomes altogether hopeless t° be
accomplished with the same wind by which it 011, ie
effected from the meridian of Falmouth. Thus ,"
at
clear that vessels might sail from Falmouth, whil°4l,
Plymouth, about 50 miles to the east ard, they we'
not be able to leave the port. - ors
SALOON OMNIBUS COMPANY.—The first ennuis, ree 00
of the directors of the Metropolitan Saloon Oraoibsi%
Company (Limited) states that on the 13th of APril be
omnibuses were placed upon the roads of the metropeol
—viz., one running from Holloway to the city, two fre,„
Notting-hill to the city, one from Stoke Nevvingtoori%
the city, one from Stoke Newiogton to the West-e
and one from Dalston to the city. In four weeketo
August ten omnibuses then running produced the Ls
of 7151. On the 17th of August an eleventh oteleluth
was eterted h
, and on the 31st of August the twelfth, e(),,,
of which more than justify the expectations of the dif:id
tors. The number of shareholders is 530, eche bat
among them 11,873 shares. The number of ornnibuseso.o
present in possession of the company is 15, and 3 ;
are nearly completed. The number of horses is .013,
and both omnibuses and horses are in first-rate cond"'
oet,
The new omnibus, with the necessary number of liors
has cost under 4501. The balance of expenditure Mill be
to 2,4291., which the directors recommend ellol3ooot
written off to preliminary expenses. The capital aecose
shows that 12,1881. had been received, including 3, jud.
on loan and acceptances, and 12,1881. expended, iecol
ing 3,2001. paid to the patentee, 6,247/. for etoe,ao,,,i.
2,4291. balance of loss proposed to be carried to Pre
nary expenses.
INDIAN ATROCITIES.—Mne•
of
as a general account of the unparalleled brutaloo
the rebel Sepoys is calculated to excite our indigv%eif
against the murderers, and our sympathies with se,
hapless victims, perhaps a description of a singlefic: or
in which the victim may be known to persoeol-voe
by reputation, impresses us nearly as forcibly a 5 essre
the wholesale butcheries at Delhi and Cewnpore• d jog
have at least experienced a thrill of horror on r°
di'
the following paragraph respecting the fate of a 1:10)
well known for many years to the' citizens of Pe" t
which could not be exc eded in poignancy by any t'refild
of the coorertrosities of the Erabinin Thugg• "mad
the following paragraph in the Carlow Sentinel:--- fife
of our readers will recollect Mrs. Farquharson, the bee
of Colonel Farquharson, of tee 7th Fusiliers, during lied
residence in Dublin, some few years since, as the 81),:bsla
driver of a phaeton drawn by a pair of beautiful Fu't
ponies. Her husband commanded another regireel3witb
his return from China. She joined him in ledi3' lava
her children, and by letters lately received in grig tbe
it appears that during the late rebellion the seper
high caste pet soldiers of the East India Cowl° any_
burned her alive, with her family, after comMittinegrsou.
most frightful and revolting atrocities on herp the
Wo have seen in a private letter another version `!:still
4 fate of this hapless lady, which, we regret to say, I'' The
store atrocious than that which we have quoted. ibola
statement is that, after suffering a series of inde6°l.,esaid
barbarities, she was placed alive between two boards
out through with a saw !--Dublin Pod.