The Sun.
London, England, 1849-11-17 00:00:00

SICILY.

Letters from Palermo announce the reception there
of the decrees of King BOMBA, regulating the future
administration of Sicily, decrees which, although not
drawn up, signed, or published until the 13th Octo-
ber, were purposely ante-dated 25th September, in
order to bear out the false assertions contained in the
reply of FORTUNATO to the note of Mr. TEMPLE.
These decries place matters in precisely the same
position in which they were in 1816, a state
of affairs which was followed by three revolutions, by
an Austrian occupation, and by a decree deposingfrom
the Sicilian throne the whole of the race of BOMBA—
a decree n hich still remains, and which will, most
assuredly, at no great distance of time, be carried
out. The persons named to carry out this organi•
nation, FRANCO ERAXE, and 'JUMBO, are noted for
their cruelties—for their reactionary principles—for
their HATNAu-like love for courts-martial and
exceptional tribunals, all of which point them out as
fitting instruments for the Tiberius of Italy.
In the meantime arrests continue to be- made
in direct violation of the capitulation of Pa-
lermo. There are in the citadel of Messina more
captives than soldiers. Among the recent arrests
made in Palermo are those of Signor AMARI, a de-
pu%y in the late Sicilian Parliament ; of the son of
the Duke of MONTECONE ; of Count SANPIERE ; of
the son of the Duke of CRAM', and of Messrs. MELT
and CARINI, the printers to the Sicilian Parliament.
Wherever persons assemble in the streets they are
immediately fired upon, and several women have been
shot down by the brave and chivalrous soldiers of the
pious King BOhIBA. The treatment which the
Sicilian prisoners - confined in the castle of St.
Elmo at Naples have received may be judged of
from the following circumstance, which at the
same time illustrates the humanity of King
BOMBA. An announcement was recently made to
the families of two of these prisoners, LAND' and
the Duke of 'MINA, that they would be set at
liberty on condition that
.they should immediately
quit the happy dominions of King BOMBA. The
mothers of these young men were overjoyed at the
prospect of seeing them. The mother of LANDI
embraced a dying man ; D'IMINA did not recognise
his mother, he had been driven mad by the infernal
cruelties of the pious host of the POPE. Let not the
patriots of Sicily, however, despair—the 9th Thermi.
dor of the crowned ROBESPIERRE of Naples is ap-
proaching.

COURT CIRCULAR.
WINDSOR, FRIDAY.
The Queen and Prince Albert took their usual
early morning walk.
The Royal Family took walking and pony exercise
in the Slopes and Windsor Park.
His Royal Highness Prince Albert went out hunt-
ing this morning, attended by Lieut.- Colonel Hon.
A. Gordon. _ _ _

, The royal dinner party this evening will include
her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent (attended
by her Royal Highness's Ladies in Waiting), the
Prussian Mirdster, and the Pro‘iost of Eton and the
Hon. Mrs. Hodgson.. _ _ - _

The Right Hon. Sir Charles Wood left the Castle
this morning.

The Chancellor of the Exchequer returned to his
official residence in Downing-street yesterday morn-
ing from 'Windsor Castle. The Attorney-General
and the Solicitor• General had an interview with the
Right Hon. Baronet.
Dispatches were sent off yesterday evening from
the Colonial-office, for the Governors of the North
American colonies.

Dispatches were also sent off last evening from the
Colonial-office, for the Governors of the 'West India
colonies.

HEALTH of the QUEEN DOWAGER.
(From the Court Circular.)
" The Priory, Friday, Nov. 16.
"The Queen Dowager passed the greater part of
yesterday without much discomfort, but towards
evening suffered considerably from oppression.
"After midnight her Majesty had some quiet sleep,
and. is consequently refreshed this morning.
"DAVID DAVIES, M.D."

PORSTMOUTII, SATURDAY MORNING,— Her Ma-
jesty's ship Pandora, Commander Wood, arrived last
night from California and the Pacific, with gold from
the diggings to the amount of 80,000 dollars, con-
signed to Messrs. Shaw, Maxwell and Co., of Salis-
bury-street, Strand, on account of the merchants of
London. She left Rio on the 21st of September, at
which time she heard nothing of the Neptune convict
ship. Exchange 24d. per milreis. The Constance,
50, was daily expected at Rio when the Pandora
sailed thence, and may be expected in England in
about a week.
'We regret to announce the decease, this afternoon;
of Major Roche Meade, K.H. Deputy-Assistant
Adjutant-General, Horse Guards.—British Army
Dispatch.
Mr. Burge, Q.C., died on the 12th instant, after a
long illness. The deceased gentleman was one of the
henchers of the Inner Temple, and was f'or many years
the treasurer of that institution. He was called to the
bar in 1808, and at one period was in the enjoyment of
a very extensive practice, more particularly as an advo-
cate before the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council,
on colonial matters. About three years since he re-
ceived the appointment of Local Bankruptcy Judge in
the Leeds district.
TUE 11IURDBR OF THE CHIEF CONSTABLE DE
SAFFRON WALDEN.—SAFFRON WALDEN, Nov. 15.
The coroner's inquiry which has been pending the last
few days, concerning the diabolical assassination of Mr.
Carepling, the chiet constable of this borough, termi-
nated yesterday, when the jury returned a verdict
of " 11 ilful murder against some person or perscns un-
known."

MARRIED—On the lith inst., Mr. Septimus
Stainton, of the Park, llighbury, to Eliza, third daughter
' of the late Mr. Edward Martin, of Chingford, Essex.
Sir Bruce Chichester, Bart., of Arlington Court,
made a reduction of ten per cent. on the rents of all his
tenants, at his court on Wednesday.— Western Times.
We understand that Mr. Sergeant Dowling, of the
Home Circuit, has been appointed to the office of Judge
of the County Court for Yorkshire, rendered vacant by
the death of Mr. R. Wharton.