The Sun.
London, England, 1849-11-24 00:00:00

ITALY.

Colonel FoßisEs, an Englishman, who acted as
Aide-de Camp to GAxIBALDI during his heroic
defence of Rome, was arrested on the 10th at Genoa,
and conveyed to a fort as a prisoner.
An Austrian army of 25,000 men has been con-
centrated at Piacenza, and Austrian troops are
assembling along the line of the Tesino. The Aus-
trian officers declare that they are destined for the
invasion of Piedmont. A military expedition into
Tuscany and Romagna is also contemplated by the
Austrians.

COURT CIRCULAR.
WINDSOR, FRIDAY.

The Queen and his Royal Highness Prince Al-
bert, with their Royal Highnesses the Prince of
Wales, Princess Alice, Princess Helena, and Princess
Louisa, and attended by the Viscountess Canning,
the Hon. Miss Dawson, Colonel the Hon. C. Grey,
and General Bowles, left Windsor Castle at twenty
minutes past ten o'clock this morning for Osborne.
The royal party travelled by a special train on the
Great Western Railway to Reading and Basingstoke,
and from thence by the South-Western Railway to
Gosport.

The Marquis of Donegal had an interview with
Sir George Grey yesterday at the Home-office.
Dispatches were sent off last evening from the
Colonial-office, for the Governors of the North Ame-
rican provinces.

HEALTH of the QUEEN DOWAGER.
(From the Court Circular.)
" The Priory, Nov. 23.
" The Queen Dowager had some quiet sleep last
night, but her Majesty continues in the same state as
during the last few days.
" DAVID DAY/E5, M.D."

FRAUD ON THE NOBILITY AND
DIGNITARIES OF THE CHURCH.

TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN.

Sts,---leainestly request you to make known, by
the publication of this letter in the columns of The
Sun, that an audacious fraud has lately been practised
on the nobility and other persons of influence, and
by so doing to clear me from the foul stigma which it
has endeavoured to fix upon me.
Letters have been written in my name, from 16,
Upper Stamford-street, Blackfriars, falsely represent-
ing myself and family as in abject circumstances,
and begging for pecuniary aid. Considerable sums
of money have been obtained in this infamous man-
ner, at the above address, where rooms were hired for
the purpose.
I have been furnished with one of these letters by
Lord John Russell, and I beg here distinctly to state
that the whole is a gross falsehood and forgery.
Communications have also been received from Lord
Brougham, the Bishop of Oxford, and Lord Mahon,
which give important information on the subject.
Any person to whom application of this kind has
been made will greatly oblige me, and further the
ends of justice, by transmitting to me, if possible, the
letters in question, and also by stating what money,
' if any, was sent in consequence, as the case is now in
the hands of the proper authorities, and every evidence
is desirable for the conviction of the offender, who is
known. _

It is but justice to add, that the person from whom
the rooms were hired was, at the time, ignorant of the
deception.

I am, Sir, yours sincerely,
MARY HOW ITT,
28, Upper Avenue-road, Regent's-park,
November 22.

THE HALL ON COMMERCE.—Yesterday the Hall
of Commerce, Threadneedle-street, was put up to auc-
tion, at the Auction Mart, by Mr. Norton, when there
was a very numerous attendance of capitalists and
others, who were in the habit of attending the establish-
ment. The auctioneer stated that the cost of the Hall
of Commerce was about 80,000/., and that its value at
present as a fair investment was 60,0001. The first offer
was 20,0001., then the biddings reached 35,0001.; the
auctioneer said that was about the sum given for the
site, which contained about 9,000 feet. The property,
after an active eompetition, was eventually knocked
down for 44,9004, which was stated to be below the re-
served sum.
THE WEATHER.—The weather continues uncom-
monly mild for the season. Copious rains have fallen at
intervals during the week, and tho Ness flows in large
but as usual beautifully pure volume. At Dunean, and
probably other !arms in this neighbourhood, the autumn-
sown wheat is already peeping through the ground, and
is coming away exceedingly well in uniform breadth. A
Caithness correspondent writes:—" Our crops were never
better harvested; all are safe, but the quality is not good.
Oats weigh from 351bs. to 4Olbs. per bushel-381bs.
being about the average; hero from 451bs. to 491bs.—the
average being 461bs; turnips are a good though not so
large crop as was expected. '—lnver ness Courier.
FINE ROOT ON POTATOES.—An isolated root of
potatoes, dug up the other day in the garden of Mr. F.
Bletcher, of the Mail Coach inn, Rotherham, yielded
fully half a peck. The largest potato weighed a pound
and three- quarters. They are of the description known
as the "farmer's glory."—Sheffield Times.
FRENCH ACCOUNT OF LONDON THIETES.---One of
the Lyons journals gravely relates that the thieves of
London constantly carry chloroform about them, and
when they select a victim seize him by the throat, and
compel him to breathe the stupifying vapour until ho
falls senseless I
It is curious with what moral fortitude men can
bear with the misfortunes of others.—Eliza Cook's
Journal,