The Sun.
London, England, 1850-10-12 00:00:00

ITALY.

On the Ist inst. Ids Holiness the Pope received
Cardinals Cosanza, Wiseman, Pecci, and Roberti,
Cardinal Antonelli presented them to the Holy
Father, who gave them the insignia of their new
dignity.
After the Consistory of the 2d, at Rome, noble
messengers were dispatched to announce to the new
dignitaries of the Church the intelligence of their
promotion to the rank of Cardinal. The Marquis
Pio del Papato proceeded to Besancon, Count Nicolas
Liberati to Paris, Duke Francois Gaetani to Rheims,
and Count Pompee Troili to Toulouse.

THE GREAT FIRE IN MARS-LANE.—Three weeks
fihraedin yesterdayarkanmorningelapsed from
broke out,
evening a great body of flame remained in various parts of
the ruins, so much so that the firemen were obliged to be
an the
actively engaged in pouring water upon them. In some
places the fire was still ten feet deep. Thirty men have
been daily employed, under the direction of Mr. Toplis, his
assistant, and Mr. Mackay, one of the engineers of the Fire
Brigade, in removing salvage from the ruins. Up to last
evening they had recovered about six tons of Italian hemp,
nearly twenty tons of ironwork, and soldiers' muskets
and sabres. They also recovered about five tons weight
of buffalo horns, 300 bags of tumeric, two tons of madder,
one ton of chicory, twenty tons of jute, two tons of horse-
hair, about 1,0001. worth of pigs' bristles, and an im-
mense quantity of cloth and soldiers' clothing. It is ex-
pected that it will take at the least another fortnight to get
the remainder of the salvage out. The ruins at the present
time present a singular appearance, for, owing to vast quan-
tities of shellac having become melted and afterwards set
together, the men are unable to break it, and during the day
they work completely under it. The army acoutrements'
that have been extricated are nearly all destroyed ; and the
splendid Oriental vases, sent as presents by Indian officers to
their friends in England, have all been melted. There are
still known to be 100 pipes of oil in the ruins, 40 cases of
castor oil, and !ix tons of loaf sugar. The bristles known to
be in the premises when the fire occurred were worth 22,0001.
The surveyors to the fire offices anticipate getting about
three times as much property from the ruins as they have
yet recovered.
PROPOSED NEW ME TROPOLITAN BTSLIOPRIC.
Araegements, which it is very generally stated have received
the sanction of her Majesty's Government, have been made
for introducing early next session a Bill into Parliament
providing for the erection of Southwark into a distinct epis-
copal see. To accomplish this object it is intended to sub-
divide the present immense dioceses of London and Win-
chester (in the latter of which Southwark is situate), in
other words to divide amongst three bishops the labour which
is now p,rformed by two. The new diocese of Southwark
will comprise the whole of the county of Surrey, and all that
portion of the Archdeaconry of Middlesex lying eastward
of the city of London, as well as those portions of Kent which
are now comprised within the boundaries of the metropolitan
see. Under the new arrangement the diocese of Winchester
will consist of the entire county of Hampshire, the Channel
Islands, and the Isle of Wight. The diocese of London will
consist of the parishes within the City, and of that portion
of the Archdeaconry of Middlesex westward of the City.
The new Bishop of Southwark will have under his jurisdic-
tion a large cumber of benefices, and arrangements will be
made for conveying to him that portion of the patronage
now held in the proposed new see by the Bishops of London
and Winchester on the avoidance of one or both of those
diocesses. A provision will be made for a seat in the House
of Lords for the new prelate, in rotation with other bishops,
on terms similar to those introduced into the Bill fur the
erection of the new see of Manchester.

TUE EMPEROR OF RUSSIA'S STEAM TACIIT.—The
Peterhoff steam-yacht, for the Emperor of Rus,ia, fully
rigged, and with all her boats and spare gear on beard, and
30 tons of coals, which brought her 3LA inches below her
calculated draught of water, went down the river yesterday
on an experimental trial to ascertain her capabilities when
ready in every respect for the service of the Emperor. The
Peterhoff left Blackwell shortly before twelve o'clock, and
arrived opposite Gravesend in one hour and a quarter against
a strong vied and tide. She then held on to the measured
mile in Sea Reach, about seven miles below Gravesend, and
made four runs up and down the measured mile during 4
heavy gale and pouring rain, and the result gave a speed of
14 knots, or rather more than 1.6 miles per hour. The gale
was blowing from the north-west, in the same direction as
the rising strong tide, which was very disadvantageous in
taking the real speed of the vessel; but she gave great sa-
tisfaction, owing to her steadiness and the excellent work-
ing of her engines during the severe test they had to mider-
go. Mr. Waterman, the designer of the vessel, was highly
complimented for having produced a vessel able to attain
such speed, although flat-bottomed, and drawing se little
water. The vessel is fitted with Gray's well-arranged title
scuttle, with a very ingenious apparatus for lifting and se•
curing these fitted in the imperial cabin, which are plated
with silver. Those fitted in the after. cabin and berths are
japanned, and they work with the greatest ease, justifying'
without the least trouble, the opening of the plate-glass to
any required position. She is also fitted with a simple and
sure contrivance for letting go the enehor instantaneously.
Mr. Gray has also fitted several of his patent self-screw-
ing ;deck illuminators, and Sir William Harris's lightning
conductors.

BOTANICAL SOCIETY 01' LONDON.—TEe ordinary
meeting cf this society was held last evening, A. Henfrey,
Rig., Vice-President, in the chair. ➢lr. G. E. Denims, the
secretary, announced that several very valuable parcels of
British plants had been received since the last meeting, and
also many valuable works for the library. ➢lr. Oliver ex.
hibited specirmns of Naias jlexills, a new British plant, dis-
covered by hi:n near Roundstone, Galway, Ireland, in
August last. ➢lr. Stock communicated a paper "On the
Botany of Bungay, Suffolk."