The Sun.
London, England, 1849-06-18 00:00:00

SICILY.

We have received letters from Palermo of the 4th
of June. The following are extracts :
" I took a lively interest in Sicilian affairs, and I
must confess that as an Englishman I blush at the
result, for the people have been trifled with and de-
ceived by our country, and in a manner not very easy
to explain away. All the forts have been disarmed,
and the castle once more filled with mortars, shells,
and rockets; empty promises thus far, but affairs at
Naples cannot be very promising to the Government
after the defeat of the troops in the Roman States and
the Abruzzi. All is done here to keep back infor-
mation from the continent, but things will get out.
The press here is at a stand, as most of the editors of
papers have been called to account. The 'Official
Gazette' now published does not deserve a subscriber.
The Luce finished with No. 30, and the editors are now
at Malta. I have now for perusal a volume of all the
papers printed and presented to our Parliament on
the 4rh ult., on Naples and Sicily, which papers will,
I presume, lead to some discussion in both Houses.
" I have already stated that all is quiet here. Ge-
neral Satriano is attempting to organize all depart-
ments of public serviee, and will have en)ugh to do
ere any success and regularity by established. The
finances are exhausted and require powerful aid.
The Bank-notes issued by the late Government (al-
though only 200,000 dollars' worth, are now in cir-
culation) are peremptorily ordered not to be any
longer received in payment at the Customs, or for any
description of duty. All creditors on the State, by
forced loans, &c., are likely to be left in the lurch.
All public emyloyees are in arrears of pay for nearly
two months. When the troops were suddenly re-
called to Naples, Satriano issued a proclamation
that the King's eldest son would be sent ever as
Vicar-General, with Ministers, &c., and that the
Sicilian prisoners at Naples would be immediately
released. The Neapolitan papers, I find, deny both
these measures.

" Several arrests have been made here during the
last fortnig►ht. Much said of Prince Charles of Ca-
pun, who would be, strictly speaking, heir to the
Crown of Sicily."

THE ARMY AND NAVY.
(From the United Service Gazette.)
THE SURVIVING OFFICERS OF WATERLOO.—Monday
next will be the thirty-fourth anniversary of the Battle of
Waterloo, in which the French army, under Napoleon
Bonaparte. was totally defeated and the fate of the Empire
sealed. Considering the lapse cf time since the great event,
and the rapid decay of life among men who have seen
hard service, it is gratifying to find that so many
still survive to commemorate the victors'. If all
cannot be guests at Apsley House, there are few Who cannot,
is a smaller way, celebrate an occurrence in which they were
honourable actors. We find that there are 520 survivors of
Waterloo, at this moment, among the commissioned officers
of the army. T,ey comprise 2 Field-Marshals, 6 Generals,
20 Lieutenant-Generals, 43 Major-Generals, 64 Colonels, 79
Lieutenant-Colonels, .31 Majors, 61 Captains, 117 Lieu-
tenants, 10 Paymasters, 44 Quartermasters, 41 Medical
Officers, and 2 Veterinary- Surgeons.
TIIE HOUSEHOLD BRIGADE OF CAVALRY.--The change
of quarters of these regiments will take place on the 30th
instant, as follows:-1st Life Guards from ilyde Park to
Windsor ; 2nd ditto, from Windsor to the Regent's-park ;
Royal Horse Guards (Blue), from the Regent's-park to
Hyde -park.
PRISENTATION OF CoLouns.—The new colours for the
Ist Battalion 23rd Fusiliers, will be presented by his Royal
Highness the Prince Albert, on the 12th of July, at Win-
chester, at which place the corps is now stationed.
General Sir Colin llalkett, G.C.8., recently appointed
Lieutenant- (i.vernor of Chelsea Hospital, took his seat as a
Commissioner of that establishment at the meeting of the
Board on Tuesday last.
NORTH AMERICA COMMAND.—IL is rumoured that Lieu-
tenant General Sir John Harvey, K.O 8., now governing in
Nova Scotia, will succeed the late Lieutenant-G-meral Sir
Benjamin D'Urban, G.C.8., as Commander of the Forces in
North America.
TILE CHOLERA IN DUBLIN GARRI6ON..--Six Companies of
the 2d, Queen's, Regiment are under canvass, and have lost
36 privates by death from cholera since the 23d of May.
CAVALRY DEPOT.—Major-General Brotherton, C. 8., In-
specting General of Cavalry, has made the inspection of this
depot. The effective strength consisted of 49 sergeants, 17
trumreters, and 544 rack and file. The Major-Gene7al ex-
pressed himself much gratified with the appearance of the
men, and the manner in which the several evolutions were
performed. •
MALTA.—Great complaints are made that a hospital, ca-
pable of containing 150 men, and situated at Vittoriosa
is, not
now in use. The sick of the 44th, Reserve Battalion,su, at
Fort Ricasoli, are obliged to crawl up, under a burningto
the military hospital in Valletta.
ABANDONMENT OF PORT ESSINGTON.—It is understood
that the Government had decided on withdrawing the. captain
and party of Royal Marines stationed at Port Essington for
many years, and abandoning the establishment altogether.
MORE REDUCTIONS IN THE NAVT.—It is rumoured that
coa.iderable reductions are to take place amongst the ships
at Portsmouth. For instance, the Surgeon and Purser of the
Royal yacht Victoria and Albert are to be discharged on
half-pay, and the old Royal George yacht, hulk, is to be de-
molished, and apartments for the Commander and Master
of the Victoria and Albert are to be provided at the Roya.
Naval College instead.

WALTHAM, THURSDAT.—The Essex Yeomanry
Cavalry marched in here on the 11 th inst., for eight
days training and exercise. On Mon Jay next, the 18th
inst., the corps will be brigaded with four squadrons of
the Hertfordshire Yeomanry Cavalry on Nazing Marsh,
near the Broxbourne station of the Eastern Counties
Railway, about two o'clock in the afternoon, and the
whole of the troops will be reviewed by a general officer
(General Fearon).
MANCHESTER, FRIDAT.-•••It is satisfactory to state
that the operatives of this town and district are in a
much better condition at present than they were a few
months ago. There is employment for all-persons in any
way acquainted with manufactures, and the only parties
unemployed are a portion of the immigrant Irish, the
agricultural labourers, and the railway " navvies." Six
months ago the weekly outdoor relief expenditure was
upwards of 1,5001., with four large extra establishments
for fever; whilst now the cost of outdoor relief scarcely
amounts to 6004, with only one extra fever establishment.
The wages of the labouring classes are not high; yet the
cheapness of provisions somewhat compensates for this
deficiency, and procures for them a tolerably large share
of the cimforts of life. The reports so widely spread as
to the prevalence of cholera in the town are greatly over-
stated. From searching inquiries made, it is doubtful
whether any decided case of Asiatic cholera has oc-
curred.

GREAT NORTHERN.—Gross receipts on revenue of
the Great Norchern and the East Lincolnshire Railway
Companies for the week ending Sunday, he 10th June,
1549, 126 wiles, 2,0374 23. 3d.