The Sun.
London, England, 1850-07-25 00:00:00

ITALY.

The Tuscan Monitore of the 17th states, from
Naples, that the French fleet sailed from that port on
the 13th.

The Giornale di Roma states that his HOLINESS re-
ceived the officers of the Pontifical army on the 7th
instant. The reception took place in the great hall
cf the Consistory ; General LEVAILLANT, who pro-
visionally commands the first division of the Pontifical
troops, was present. The pro-Minister of War,
General KALBERMATTEN, approached the throne,
kissed his HounEss's foot, and said that the troops
desired to offer him the respectful homage of their
fidelity and gratitude. His HOLINESS made a suit-
able reply. The officers then approached the throne
in rotation to kiss the sacred foot, and his HOLINESS
afterwards gave them all his benediction.

AN ENTERPRISING VOYAGER.—The following ex-
tract is from a letter dated Chagres, June 27, 1850 :--B.
Butler, from the State of Wisconsin, 2,500 railesiabove New
Orleans, built a boat of five tons, carted it forty miles to the
river, and with three companies started with this craft for
California. Their intention was to cross by Nicaragua, go
by the lake, and, with wheels to the boat, take her overland
to the Pacific, launch her afresh, and go on to San Francisco.
They had never see❑ salt water before, and with an old
chart and compass off they went, reaching Cuba first, where
they were seized as pirates, and detanied thirty days. Two
of the four left here, and then the other two started, coasting
it all along Cape Caroche to St. Juan. When they arrived
at that place, they found it impossible to get the boat up the
Nicaragua River, and they then brought her to Chagres,
sold her for a good price, and started back for their own
country, to build a more suitable craft ; but unfortunately
they were capsized in the American barque and lost all.
There was about 30,00) dollars on board of her. Thus
ended the romance of the Yankee, whose perseverance cer-
tainly deserved a better fate.

ST. THOMAS'S CHURCH, WOOLWICH. This new
church, in the ecclesiastical district of St. Thomas, Wool-
wich, will be consecrated by the Lord Bishop of London on
Wednesday, the 31st instant, between the hours of ten and
eleven, A.M.
LONDON AND NORTH-WESTERN RAILWAY. A
meeting of the inhabitants of Kilburn was held on Monday
at the Bell Tavern, to consider the propriety of memorializing
the board of directors of the above company on the subject of
establishing a station at Kilburn. It was stated that 50,000
persons resided in the neighbourhood, the majority of whom
would gladly avail themselves, if an opportunity offered, of
speedy transit to the city and elsewhere on the company's
lines. Resolutions were passed in favour of a railway station
at Kilburn, and appointing a committee to wait upon the
directors of the railway with the memorial on the subject.
EXPERIMENTS AT THE ROYAL ARSENAL.—WOOL-
wicn, JULY 24.—Experiments were carried on yesterday
afternoon at the butt in the Royal Arsenal, under the direc-
tion of Lieutenant-Colonel Chalmers, Assistant Director-
General of Artillery, to test a gun-carriage on a principle
submitted by Captain the Hon. W. E. Fitzmaurice, for sim-
plifying the means of following the course of a ship or
steam-vessel at sea. Commodore Henry Eden and Mr.
Lang, master shipwright of her Majesty's dockyard here,
with Mr. Howels, gunner to the Dockyard Boat Brigade,
were present to witness the experiments, and to ascertain
the possibility of the invention being applied to the gun-
carriages on board of men-of-war or war steamers. The
gun experimented with was one of 8-inch calibre, 9 feet
long, and weighing 65 cwt., mounted on a common ship
or garrison carriage placed on a low platform, on which is
fixed a section of a toothed-wheel, in which a pinion at-
tached to the gun-carriage is worked by one man, the
handle being shaped in the form of a Maltese cross. The
platform was lashed to the representation of the inside of a
man-of-war, and a charge of 101 b. of powder and an 8-inch
solid shot having; been loaded, the gun was directed against
the butt at a small angle and fired, when the recoil of the
whole apparatus and gun was 6 feet. The gun was charged
and fired a second time at a greater angle, and a third and
fourth time at an angle of 25 degrees from the centre, being
Equal to a range of 50 degrees in aiming at a passing vessel.
The firing did not appear to affect the pinion or wheel-
work, or any part of the platform, as every part was minutely
examined after each round. The experiments are to be
continued to-morrow (Thursday) afternoon, to test fully the
strength of the platform and works attached to it, which
enable the gun to be moved with the greatest correctness,
an object very difficult to accomplish with the common
hand spikes at present used for that purpose. When the trials
of strength are completed here the platform and carriage
will be taken to Portsmouth to be tested by Captain Chads,
C. 8., by firing from the Excellent, gunnery-ship, at a mov-
ing object.

DINNER AT YORK TO THE LORD MAYOR OF
LONDON.—His Royal Highness Prince Albert has graciously
signified his intention to dine with the Lord Mayor of York
upon the occasion of the entertainment of the Right Hon.
the Lord Mayor of London in that city in October. Prince
Albert will very shortly fix the day.
DINNER AT SOUTHAMPTON TO TIIE LORD
MAYou OF LONDON. —The Guildhall of Southampton is un-
dergoing repair previously to the entertainment of the
Right Hon. the Lord Mayor of London in that town in
August.

LIVERPOOL AND MANCHESTER SAW MILLS
COMPANY.—The Master in Chancery (Senior) has notified
his intention of making a call of 01. per share upon those
shareholders in'this company who have not compromised or
claimed to be excluded from the list.

Two FATAL CASES OF CHOLERA IN MANCHES'
TEL—We regret to state that two fatal cases, the one of
malignant, or Asiatic cholera, and the other of choleraic
diarrhoea, have occurred in Manchester within the last few
days.—Manchester Guardia*.

DIRECT BIRMINGHAM, OXFORD, AND READING
RAILWAY.-A call of 10s. per share is to be made on She
contributories in this company, in number between 2,000 and
3,000, to discharge liabilities, estimated by the official mana-
ger at 10,1761., with disputed claims of 6,7491. The call is
estimated, with other payments, to produce 15,0001.

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BANWEN IRON COMPANY.—Yesterday the Master
in Chancery Kindersley further proceeded with the settle-
ment of the list of all those shareholders liable. His
Honour has issued an order for the sale of the estate, con-
sisting of 1573 acres, near Neath, in Wales, and comprising
mines of coal and anthracite ironstone and quarries. The
proceeds of the sale will form assets in liquidation of debts
for the discharge of which a call of 11. has already been
made.

A few weeks back Mr. George Ccoke, of Down-
ham, in the isle of Ely, farmer, had 107 sheep maliciously
forced on the railway lino by some person or persons nn-
known, 22 of which were destroyed. In consequence of
this diabolical act, the owners and occupiers or land in
Downham on Monday last presented Mr. Cooke with some
sheep, purchased at St. Ives, of the same value from a purse
voluntarily raised by them for that purpose, and as a mark
of the high esteem in which Mr. Cooke is held in the parish.
—Bury Herald.

CREMORNE GARDENS.—Great preparations are
being made at this establishment for the reception of the
Nepaulese Ambassador, and suite, who have signified their
intention of visiting the gardens to-morrow (Friday), first
proceeding up the Thames as far as Twickenham, for the
purpose of witnessing the Regatta, and returning in the
evening to Cremorne, to be present at the night balloon as-
cent of Lieut. Gale. It is to be hoped no second disappoint-
ment will take place, Mr. Simpson having upon this occa-
sion, as on a former one, when a visit was promised, spared
no expense in rendering the celebration of the event in every
way worthy of the honour to be conferred.
Loss OF AN INDIAMAN AND A FRENCH GUN BRIG.—
' ONE HUNDRED PaRSONS DROWNED.—On Saturday letters
were received at Lloyd's from Madras and Martinique, com-
municating the melancholy intelligence of the loss of an In-
diaman,
,the Sulimary, from Bombay, bound to England,
and of the wreck of the French Republican war brig
L'Aigle, lost between Fort de France and Trinidad, both of
which were attended with frightful loss of human life. The
Sulicoary Indiaman was riding at anchor off the coast, and
encountered on the 24th of May a dreadful gale of wind, in
the height of which she parted from her anchors and was
driven ashore, when the splendid ship speedily became a
wreck. An attempt was made to save the passengers, of
whom there were several, by means of the boats. They
were, however, quickly destroyed by the fury of the sea and
upwards of forty, including the captain, his wife, and thirty-
three seamen, perished. Another Indiaman, named the Guna,
was driven ashore on the same coast about the same time,
and became a wreck. The crew of the vessel were more for.
tunate ; they all escaped. The loss of both vessels is said to
exceed 50,0004 The sad calamity to the L'Aighs happened
on the 10th of June. She was suddenly overtaken in a heavy
squall, and almost instantly capsized and went down. Her
crew and officers amounted to sixty men. With the excep-
tion of two every soul met with a watery grave.
THE COUNT DE NEDILLY.—The ex-King of the
French returned to :Claremont unplonday last. His retinue
was composed of above seventy persons; and the luggage,
consisting of portmanteaus and bandboxes, weighed upwards
of four tons. The greatest solicitude was expressed by his
suite for the comfort of the ex-King, and they wished to
carry him from the railway platform to his carriage; but he
very good humouredly opposed their good intentions. Pre-
viously to quitting the metropolis the Duke of Wellington
called on the royal exile.
ANCIENT ORDER OF OLD FRIENDS.—OH Monday
last the 43d anniversary of this social body took place at the
flittlibury Barn Tavern, Islington, when a numerous body
of the members, which included several past and present
officers, partook of an excellent dinner. P.S.C. Davies was
chairman, and P.S.C. Dawes deputy on the occasion. After
the customary loyal toasts had been given, the chairman
proposed " Prosperity to the Ancient Alfred Order of Old
Friends ;" "Success to the Gift Funds," acknowledged by
P.C. Noel; and the." Friend in Need Fund." P.S.C. Dawes,
in reply, stated that the management of this fund was simi-
lar to that of the Loyals, which had given so much satisfac-
tion. After several other toasts had been given and songs
sung, the company amused themselves until the evening,
when a ball took place in the large dining-hall, and con-
cluded the day's proceedings.

FOOL-CATCHING.—A correspondent says :—" A
wry large number of letters have lately passed through the
Dead Letter office, each containing a shilling's worth of
stamps, addressed to a person who called himself a professor,
and who, for some reason or other, was 720 h est when the let-
ters arrived for him. These letters were addressed to the
professor, in consequence of his advertising that he would,
for a shilling, give plain directions to enable ladies and
gentlemen to win, by a simple but captivating and enthral-
ling process, the devoted affections of as many of the opposite
sex as their hearts may desire.' From the handwriting of
these letters, it was evident that they came from old, middle-
aged, and young persons of both sexes, in every rank and
station of life. Such a fact as this enables an estimate to be
formed of the almost marvellous extent of human credulity
in this enlightened age and country.