The Sun.
London, England, 1849-05-17 00:00:00

SICILY.

The accounts of the renewal of hostilies in Sicily
are confirmed. It appears that the emissaries of
King FERDINAND had succeeded in bribing certain
influential parties in Palermo to betray the cause of
Sicily, and these persons persuaded the Sicilian
patriots to mares to Catania to endeavour to defend
4 comparatively open town against the Neapolitans.
Advantage was taken of their absence to tamper with
tne National Guard (composed principally of shop-
keepers, who, above all things, wished to save their
4' brittle wares"), and the very suspiciously timed
arrival of Admiral BAUDIN (the agent of the present
reactionary Government of France), who, without
the consent or knowledge of the English Admiral,
suddenly appeared alone at Palermo, as the
friend of FERDINAND, adding to the power
of the traitors, they, notwithstanding the efforts of
STABILE and RUGGIERO SETTIMO, succeeded for
a time in ousting the patriotic party from power, and
entered into negotiations with FILANGIERI. No
sooner, however, was the presence of BauniN's squa-
dron withdrawn, than the people of Palermo, discover-
ing the treason, rose against the traitors, expelled
them from the city, disarmed the National Guard,
elected Baron Riso as chief of the Provisional Go-
vernment ; and under the leadership of SCORDATO
(the llofer of Sicily, whose name strikes terror into
the Neapolitan troops), and of MICUELO, are deter-
mined to hold out to the last. The infamous DEL
C.:tarn.° has arrived at Naples.

sumurrs" COURT.—(THIS DAY.)
(Before Mr. Under-Sheriff Boncnnan.)
GARTON ANANOTHER V. PARKER.
This was.an action to recover the sum of 16/. 16s. on
a bill of exchange. pefendant plcadcd that he did not
accept the bill, and secondil, that he accepted it for the
Vommodation of plaintit sy, and without consideration..
Air. GRAY, for the plaintiff's (who are tobacconists at
Lincoln), said that defendant was also a tobacconist at
Leicester. With respect to the first plea the defendant
had admitted his acceptance under a Judge's order, and
4,
circumstances under which the bill was given were
these. , 2
ie The defendant's son, who resides at Nottingham,
ht,att with plaintiffs, and became indebted to them in the
tee
amount, and sent a bill accepted by his father fo,r
Hewed amount, but when the bill became due it was rt..
6,Pecl at defendant's request. He (the Learned Conn-
co—uAdthbeerefore could not conceive what the defence
f• PARRY said that the question would be one rather
n°o- '"u° ljuder-Sheriff than otherwise—the point was
much whether this was an accommo-
buti—as understood in common parlance,
of whether it did not come within the meaning
-w the Q
as no"-' etatute of Frauds. On the face of the bill there
it • IProssion of the consideration given for it, but
debt clearly given in the nature of a guarantee for the
of another, and as such, under the Statute of Frauds,
Writin t° have 'been clearly
.an d distinctly set forth in
g.
•
for • Jon. White Haythorn was called. He was agent
da Plaintiffs in 1845. Goods were supplied to defen-
son to the amount of 2.11.; 8/. had been paid.
GRAY said that ho would admit that the original
n
bi was given for the debt, and that this was a renewed
a!rand open to any objection urged against the firm.
PARRY—As a security fur the son's debt.
The UNDER-SHERIFF—What is the question you wish
to
submit to the jury.
sjhe Learned COUNSEL. said if. the Learned Under-
„'"iff could not decide the question, they would agree
;Vtlt a verdict shoal be taken for the plaintiffs, with
stberty to move the Court above.
This course was then taken.
No attornies were present in the other cases, which
Were struck out.
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, -PECIE SHOAL CHINA.—The vessel Bucephalus, ar-
t2!ed in the Docks from Whampt,a, China, has brought
00 boxes of sped°, consigned to the Oriental Bank, as a
Portion of her cargo.