The Sun.
London, England, 1849-10-29 00:00:00

SICILY.

The King of Naples has issued the following decree
for the organization of the Government of Sicily :

DECREE.

"Art. 1. The administration of all affairs regarding
alike the Home Service, Courts of Law, Finance, and the
Church of our Royal dominions beyond the Faro, shall
be distinct and separate for ever from those of our Royal
dominions at this side of the Faro, ou condition that the
said parts of our dominion shall contribute in the pro-
portion of one-fourth to the ordinary expenditure,
namely, that of the Royal Household, Foreign Affairs,
and the Ministry of War and Marine of the whole
kingdom.

Art. 2. The administration of our Royal dominions
beyond the Faro, when we shall not reside there, shall
be confided to a Viceroy nominated by us, who shall be
assisted by a Council, composed of a Minister, Secretary
of State, of three or more directors for the Affairs of
Grace and Justice, Ecclesiastical Affairs, the Interior,
Police, and Finance.

" Art. 3. Our Viceroy in our royal dominions beyond
the Faro shall be either a Prince of our Royal Family
or some other distinguished personage.
Art. 4. The'affairs, according to the instructions we
reserve to ourselves the right hereafter to give, which
cannot be adjudged without our Royal consent, shall be
submitted to us by our Viceroy, with the opinion of his
Council, and referred by them to our Secretary of State,
resident near our Royal person.
" Art. 5. All our Ministers, Secretaries of State, and
our Viceroy are charged with the execution of the pre-
sent acts.

" Naples, Sept. 27, 1849.
(Signed) " FERDINAND°.
(Countersigned) " FORTUNATO."

HER MAJESTY'S HEALTH.

'We are gratified to state that the accounts received
at Buckingham Palace this morning from Windsor
Castle, per a special messenger, state that her Ma-
jesty was well, but her medical attendants did not
consider it advisable for her Majesty, although con-
valescent, to leave the Castle. Sir James Clark
remains in attendance on the Queen.

CRIMINAL COURT.-(THIS DAY.'

NEW COURT.

(Before the RECORDER and Mr. Alderman SIDNEY.)
Henry Thornton, a labourer, aged 17, pleaded Guilty
to an indictment charging him with breaking into the
dwelling-house of Mr. George Boorer, at Woolwich, and
stealing therefrom a pistol, a tobacco box, a pair of
boots, and other articles, value 34 He was sentenced
to ono year's imprisonment with hard labour.
STEALING LEAD.—Robert Holbrook, surd, h, 37, and
Edmund Beddick, smith, 24, were indicted with steal-
ing, in the parish of Stepney, 241 b. of lead, the property
of their masters.

The prisoners, it appeared, were employed in making
some rt-p.tirs at the City of London Union, Stepney, and
they took advantage of the opportunity afforded them to
steal the lead in question, which they were about to dis-
pose of at a marine store shop when they were taken
into custody.
The defence was, that they had taken the lead to the
shop, in order to ascertain whether it was of the weight
required for certain purposes connected with the works,
and it was proved that they were in the act of weighing
when taken into custody by the policeman.
Several persons who had known the prisoners for
many years gave them a good character fur honesty and
sobriety of conduct.
The jury found them both Guilty, but recommended
them to mercy on account Of their previous good con-
duct, and
The RECORDER sentenced them to one month's impri-
sonment in Neweare.