The Sun.
London, England, 1852-10-29 00:00:00

ITALY.

The Genoa Mercantile Courier of the 22d inst.,
states'that,,Lcrd Minto was. expected to spend some
months next winter, at' Genoa.

The Savoy Official' Gazette states :
"'lf the liberation of Abd-el-Kader be, a political fault,
(which can only be ascertained by the consequences of
that act,) it was necessary for the honour of France that
that fault should be committedXor the detention of
Abd-el-Kader at Paa or Amboise,would have been the
justification of the detention'of Napoleonly England at
St. Helena; and it was important for Louis 'Napoleon
not to give that satisfaction to the policy of treat Bri-
tain."
The same journal announces that the vintage_had
terminated.in Savoy, that the quantity of wine was
inferior'to that of last year, but that its quality was
far superior.
The Grand Duke of Tuscany and the hereditary
Princeeembarked at Piombino on-the 15th, and, after
visitingithe islands of Monte Christo and Pianosa,
landed at La Marina on the 19th.
With respect to the destiny of Edward Murray,
Sir Henry Balwer has been' able to obtain an assur-
ance that his life will be spared, and the capital pun-
ishment commuted into perpetualtimprisonment, with
a further probability of subsequelltrdiminution
long term. Sir Henry will leave Rome for `Florence
before the end of the week.

PROVINCIAL CEMETERIES - INTEN-
TIONS OF THE GOVERNMENT.

Correspondence between H. J. Davie, Esq., Mayor o;
Newport, and the General Board of Health:—

" TO THE GENERAL BOARD OF HEALTH.

" Newport, Monmouthshire, Oct. 11, 1852.
" Gentlemen —I take the liberty of calling your at-
tention to the following. In this town there is but one
burial-ground connected with the Church of England,
which is full to overflowing, so much so that the remains
of the dead are often disturbed before they are wholly
decomposed. In Mr. Clarke's report to your honourable
board, dated 24th October, 1849, pages 35, 36, &c., your
attention was called to this matter, as also to the crowded
state of several burial-grounds attached to dissenting
places of worship; the local board of health soon after
sought a convenient spot for a cemetry, arranged with
the owner for the purchase, and applied to you for ad-
vice as to the management and regulation thereof, when
you informed them that the law officers of the Crown
had advised that the Health of Towns Act did not give
local boards sufficient powers to purchase and make
cemeteries, but you hoped that a Bill would be brought
into Parliament for the purpose. Last session passed
away, and no Act to meet the difficulty was passed; the
consequence is, that the local board has not yet com-
pleted the purchase of the ground. The churchyard,
which in 1849 was so overcrowded that Mr. Clarke re-
ported " the sooner it is closed the better," is still
the only consecrated ground for burial whilst
the population is increasing most rapidly. In
1851, it was 7,000 ; in 1841, 13,000, and in 1851,
nearly 20,000. The locomotive department of the
South Wales Railway is to be at Newport, which alone
will probably add 1,000 souls to us next year. And yet
with all this, and the rapid approach of the cholera, we
know not what to do for a burial-place. The local
board of health is not only ready, but anxious to pro-
vide one. Fourteen acres of land in a most eligible
place, are offered for the purpose. The price is agreed
upon, but the board's hands are tied.

•
"In this emergency I— apply to you, on behalf of my-
self and fellow-townsmen, and beg and entreat of you
to bring in a Bill in the coming session which shall
enable boards of health to purchase land from cemetries
partly consecrated and partly unconsecrated, deal with
vested and other rights, close all burial-grounds which
are full, and arrange the terms, fees, &c., connected
there with.

Trusting that my appeal will meet with a ready
response from you, I am, Sco.,

" i 3. J.DA;ns, Mayor of Newport."

" TO H. J. DAVIS, MAYOR OF NEWPORT-
" Sir,—l am directed by the General Board of Health
to acknowledge the receipt of your letter of the 11th
inst,' pressing upon the board the importance of
providing in the ensuing session a legislative remedy
for the evils arising from the inability of local
boards of health to close noxious burial-places,
and to establish new public cemetries ; and in reply
I am to inform you that the board are authorised
to state that her Majesty's Government entertain a hope
of being able to introduce into Parliament during the
approaching session a measure to facilitate the creation
of provincial cemeteries.—l am, &0.,
" C. MACAULAY, Secretary.
" The General Board of Health,
Whitehall, Oct. 20, 1852."

FLIGHT OF A SWEEPSTAKE HOLDER.—At The Man-
°hosier Borough Court on Tuesday morning, a licensed
victualler, named David Duckworth, was called upon to
answer a summons charging him with permitting gam_
Wing in his house, the Manchester Arms Inn. Mr.
Duckworth did not appear, however, and Mr. Beswick,
chief superintendent of police, stated that he had left the
town, that he was a man that had dealt largely with
racing "sweeps," and had gone off with some hundreds of
pounds. He had in his possession the proceeds of a sweep
for the Cambridgeshire Stakes, to be run at Newmarket
that day—a sweep to which the members had paid half-
a-crown each. He was reported to have gone to Aus-
tralia.
A FEMALE RAILWAY PICKPOCKET.--A very stylishly-
dressed female, of ladylike manners, was brought up in
custody at the Leeds Court-house on Tuesday last,
charged with robbing the lady of the Rev. John Ward,
rector of W'eth, near Ripen. On the previous day Mrs
Ward arrived in Leeds by the express train of the Great
Northern Railway, and at the station in Leeds was met
by her husband. A cab was engaged for her, and just
as she was entering it her husband observed the prisoner
in the act of withdrawing her hand from his wife's
pocket. Mr. Ward at once seized both arms of the de-
linquent, and she then dropped the purse just abstracted
from
Mrs. Ward's pocket upon the pavement. She was
given into custody, and, after a full examination before
the
justices, she was committed for trial at the next ses-
sions.

THE COLONIAL MAIL.—The Panama Star of the
7th instant contains a notice to the effect that the mails
by the British steamers will in future be landed at As-
pinwall, Navy Bay, instead of Chagres, the government
of New Grenada having transferred the post-office from
the latter to the former place. By this change the
British mails will be received in Panama within two days
after the arrival of the steamer at Aspinwall, instead of
Blivreitih os
r six
days as formerly. It is also stated that the
steamers in the Atlantic will receive and disem-
barkpassengers at Navy ILy in future instead of
e hng
r their
es.