The Sun.
London, England, 1849-09-24 00:00:00

ITALY.

" Therefore you must—
" Draw the inference for yourselves, and if you will not
remedy the present state of affairs, at least permit us to
do it.
"Down with the Government of the priests."

THE WEST INDIA MAILS.
SOUTHAMPTON, SUNDAY EVENING. The Royal
Mail Steam-packet Company's ship Trent, Captain
W. Clarke, arrived here at five o'clock this evening,
with the usual West Indian and Mexican mails. She
brings on freight 90,712 dollars for account of the
Mexican bondholders, and 1,152,862 dollars on mer-
chants' account, and the usual cargo.
Our Jamaica advices by this arrival are to the
22d ult.

The general elections were progressing. Up to
the time of the packet's departure thirty-five members
had been returned, of whom twenty-three were
advocates of retrenchment ; and there was no doubt
the final result would show a considerable majority in
favour of the popular cause.
Two new daily papers had been started in Kingston,
advocating retrenchment principles.
The weather bad become rather more agreeable,
and some fine showers had fallen. The crops
promised fair for 1850. The island was rather
unhealthy, and some deaths by dysentery and yellow
fever are reported.
The commercial intelligence is again generally un-
favourable. Business in all departments was very
dull. Sugar was quoted 19s. to 225. per 100 lb. Rum
was also in active demand.

We learn from Demerara that :the Tax Ordinance
for 1847.48, which expired on the 30th of September
last, had been revived by the Combined Court for
three months from the Bth of August, imposing the
old scale of duties fur that period. The effect of
this measure was to throw the market into a state
of confusion, and an advance in some description of
articles resulted._ The weather was more favourable,
and produce was expected to become more plentiful.
Our accounts from Barbadoes are to the 25th of
August. Agricultural affairs were in a highly gra-
tifying condition. The sugar crop for 1849 was
finished and exported, and fine rains having pre-
vailed during the past two months, an excellent
yield was expected in 1850. The brig Lilly, from
Newport, laden with coals, was wrecked on the 19:h
ultimo, on the rocks in Long-bay. Trade was rather
depressed, and transactions were chiefly for home
consumption.
In Antigua the weather was very dry, and in some
parts of the island the distress for want of water was
very great. Agricultural prospects were in conse-
quence of a disheartening nature.

COWES, ISLE OF WIGHT.
(FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.)
COWES, SEPT. 22, 1849.
REMOVAL OF TIIE COURT TO OSBORNE 110 USE—
. Majesty, Prince lbert, and suite are ex-
pected to arrive at Osborne on Friday. The stay of
the Court in the Isle of Wight was originally in-
tended only to be fa a wEek or ten days, but in con-
sequence of the appearance of the cholera at Windsor,
the Royal Family, it is now expected, will remain
here some weeks, probably till nearly the middle of
November.
SAILING MATCH FOR 200 GUINEAS.—UN-
FORTUNATE ACCIDENT.
About half-past eleven o'clock this morning (Sa-
turday) the two yachts Tartar and Drift were started
from off Cowes Castle, with a fresh breeze from the
eastward, so fresh indeed that all thought that there
was no chance for the little Tartar; but she showed
the knowing ones how easily even they are to be
deceived, for in beating up to the Nab she weathered
the big 'un, and but for standing too far in would
have continued ahead, but on rounding the light-
vessel she was 3i minutes astern. In running for the
Noman she gained a minute on the other yacht, though
the large one had her gaff topsail set : in attempting
to set the Tartar's, the topsail yard got foul of back-
stay, and one of the hands attempting to clear it, fell
from the masthead on to the deck. He pitched on
his shoulder and side—a most terrible crash—breaking
his ribs, &c. The yacht immediately bore up and
ran into Portsmouth harbour. The unfortunate man
is still living, but senseless : so great was the fall that
the deck was splintered. His name is said to be
Munday.

SEPT. 23.
SUICIDE.--A lad by the name of Godsell was taken
up this morning and placed in the station-house for
stealing a coat. On the policeman going to the cell
this afternoon he found him dead. He had hung
himself with his braces. He was an old offender.
TIIE PUBLIC HEALTLI ACT....-Many who would
gladly avail themselves of the benefits derivable under
this Act are deterred by their fears of the probable
expense of obtaining and working it. It, therefore,
cannot be too generally known that the having a
superintendent inspector down, if the Act, after in-
quiry, be not adopted, would be no expense to them
whatever, as no charge would be made to the place ;
if it were adopted, the expense chargeable would be
the time of the superintendent inspector, an engineer,
at the rate of S guineas per day, and of the report—
probably from 401. to 501., or perhaps 801., while a
bungling local Act would cost 8001., -without any
examination, engineering, plan, or report, and from
which not one-half of the benefits could be derived.
The usual estimate, the maximum estimate, for com-
plete drainage, including the abolition of cesspooli,
and the substitution of a soil.pan apparatus, is about
51. per house, payable by a rate of about 6s. per
annum, or a little more than a penny per week, which
is 'cheaper than the emptying and cleaning the cess-
pools. When better known, we have no doubt but
this Act will be generally adopted ; by it the inha-
bitants of towns may obtain a better and cheaper
supply of water than by any other means. Mono-
polists naturally oppose its introduction.

THE SOUTH-WESTERN (WINDSOR) RAILWAY...-.
By a recent arrangement the system which was adopted
on the first opening of the Windsor extension of the
Richmond Railway for such of the trains as were not to
proceed to Datchet, has been abandoned, and the whole
of the trains from Waterloo on the Richmond and
Windsor line prcceed beyond Richmond, such of the
trains as do not prcceed to Datchet making Twickenham
the terminus, where an extensive depot is being formed
for the reception of the trains on their arrival at that
pace. In consequence of this alteration in the arrange-
ments Richmond is now only a station, although the
mcst important one on the line, and the branch rail
which led off the main line into the Richmond
terminus, as well as the original terminus itself, has
ceased to be of present public service. The new station
at Richmond on the main line is handsome, includes
every requisite for the convenience and comfort of the
i public, and is n every way in accordance with the
im-
portance of the place.
COLLECTION FOR SUFFERERS BY THE CHOLERA.-
The collectioi s in the Scotch National Church, Crown-
court, yesterday, after the solemn services of the day,
amounted to nearly 100/, which Dr. Cumming all-
nouncrd Rai to be divided among the medical praca-
cioners in the congregation for distribution at their dis-
cretion among families known to them who have suffered
by the endemic._

INCENDIARY FIRES IN FRANCE.—A letter from
Montargis states that incendiary fires are becoming of
alarming frequency in the department of Loiret. On
Saturday lust two farmhouses at Artcnay, with their
offices and a vast quantity of agricultural produce, were
totally consumed. Assistance was afforded by tho troops
in the neighbourhood. On the same day a farm-house
was burnt at Oison, and property to the, amount of up-
wards of 20,000 fpncs totally =mined.

The following placard was extensively posted at
Rome two nights after the publication of the letter of
the French PRESIDENT to Colonel NET :----
" We have read the letters of the President to Colonel
Ney; it is vet), good; it is excellent. But now for the
facts!

"Do you aid, yes or no, in the re-establishment of the
Holy Inquisition?
" Do you aid, yes or no, in the re-establishment of
the tribunals of the Vicariate of the Sacred Consulta,
and of other exceptional tribunals?
"Do you aid, yes or no, in the institution of a Com-
mission to make a judicial inquiry into the religious and
political opinions of every citizen?
" Do you aid, yes or no, a Government formed by
priests, tor the exclusive benefit of priests, and which is
opposed to every idea of progress, of liberty, and of civi-
lization?

"Do you, yes or no, afford active assistance to a
Gregorian police, to a commission of Cardinals, among
whom is one who is a personal enemy to Pius IX. and
to his family, whom he prosecuted at the time that he
was Bishop of Pesaro?
" The letter of the President is very good, but the
facts are very bad; therefore your flag is draggled in the
mud.