The Sun.
London, England, 1849-09-13 00:00:00

ITALY.

According to a later from Bologna, the Italian
officers had broken their swords rather than sur-
render them. Thee Swiss alone had given up their
arms.

The Arazionale of Turin states from Rome, 31
inst., that a rumour was current of matters having
been amicably tettled between Gaeta, Rome, and
Paris. A Consulta, a lay Ministry, and lay func-
tionaries in the chief offices of the State, had been
consented to, with a reserve respecting the latter in
favour of any prelate having the requisite qualities.
A general amnesty, excepting only the members of
the Constituent Assembly, the Triumvirs, the chiefs
of clubs, all prefects, several other chief, &c., had
also been agreed upon. The army was to be in-
creased to 24,000 men. _ _

A letter from Chioggia of the sth inst. announces,
that a solemn mass was celebrated there to return

thanks to the ALMIGHTY for having put an end to the
calamities which oppressed Venice; the Bishop
FEOETTI officiated.

A letter from Florence of the sth inst. states that
the Austrian army is to continue to occupy TuEcany
for a long time to come. A contract has been con-
cluded for supplying the Imperial troops Nt it h beds
and blankets. I'he writer adds, that a severe law
regulating the press is being prepared by the Govern-
ment.

THE WEST INDIES.
(BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.)
SOUTHAMPTON, THURSDAY MORNING —The Royal
Mail Steam-packet Company's ship Reindeer, Captain
Onslow, arrived here this morning from the West
Indies, vid St. Thomas, Bermuda, and Fayal. She
brings no mails, passengers, cargo, or specie, and no
later intelligence of importance than that received by
the Dee.

On the 24th of August the Reindeer spoke the
French barque Prosper, from Porto Rico to Fal-
mouth ; on the 31st the Lancashire Witch ; and on
the 11th passed the Bangalore in distress, with loss
of rudder. _ _

The Royal Mail steamer Severn, with the mans
of the 2d of August, arrived at Bermuda on the 18th
ult., akid proceeded to the Gulf of Mexico.

THE CHOLERA.
FORM OF PRAYER.

The following is a Special Form of Prayer to be
used in all churches and chapels throughout those
parts of the United Kingdom called England and
Ireland, instead of the Prayer used during any time
of common plague;or sickness, on Sunday, the 16th
of September; and to be continued during the pre-
valence of the Cholera in this country ; for obtaining
pardon of our sins ; and, particularly, for beseeching
God to remove from us that grievous disease with
which many places in this kingdom are now visited :
" 0 Almighty God and Father, whose power no
creature is able to resist, and in whose hand are the
issues of life and death : look down, we beseech thee,
from Heaven, thy dwelling-place, upon us thine un-
worthy servants, who turn to thee, their only refuge,
in this season of sickness and great mortality. 'We
confess, 0 Lord, that we have not deserved to be free
from that visitation of thy wrath, which has afflicted
other nations of the earth. 'We acknowledge with
shame and contrition that we have shown ourselves
unthankful for many special mercies vouchsafed to us,
and have not made that return fur our national bles-
sings, which thou mighest justly require at our hands.
We have departed from thy commandments ; we have
followed.too much the things of this present world; and
in our prosperity we have not sufficiently honoured
Thee, the Author and Giver of it all. If thou wert
to deal with us after our sins, or reward us accord-
ing to our iniquities, we could not stand in Thy
sight.

" But Thou bast revealed Thyself unto us as a
God of mercy and forgiveness, 'towards those who
confess their unworthiness, and turn to Thee in
repentance and prayer. When Israel had provoked
Thee to wrath, and thousands fell by the destroying
pestilence, Thou didst stay the sword of the avenging
angel, when the purpose of Thy judgment was
fulfilled. When the men of Nineveh repented
of their iniquity, thou didst lay aside the fierceness of
thine anger, and sparedst the guilty city, when thou
sawest that they turned from their evil way.
" And now, 0 Lord, we entreat thee after thy rich
mercy to grant unto us thine afflicted servants the like
spirit of repentance, that thou mayest withdraw thy
chastisements from our land, and stay the plague and
grievous sickness which is abroad, making many deso•
late. May the judgments which thou has sent, work
in us a more lively faith, a more entire obedience, a
more earnest endeavour to confcrm to thy will, and
to advance thy glory. Make us duly sensible of thy
goodness, in maintaining the domestic tranquillity of
our land, in preserving us from intestine commotions,
and in granting a plentiful return to the labours of our
husbandmen. Teach us to show our thankfulness for
these mercies, by an increasing desire to relieve distress,
to remove all occasions of discontent and murmurings,
and to promote goodwill and concord amongst our-
selves. And may the frequent instances of mortality
which we have beheld, remind us all of the nearness of
death, and dispose us so to number our days, that we
may apply our hearts unto wisdom ; that, whether
living or dying, we may be found faithful disciples
of Him who has taken away the sting of death, and
opened the gate of everlasting life to all believers.
" Hear us, 0 Lord, for Thy. goodness is great ;
and according to the multitude of Thy mercies receive
these our petitions, through Jesus Christ our Lord.
Amen."

SHERIFFS' COURT.—(THIS DAY.
(Before Mr. Under-Sheriff BURCIIELL.)
HARRISON V. MARRIOTT.

This was an action to recover the sum of 181. 15s. 6d.
for board, lodging, &c., of defendant's brother.
George Harrison, the father of the plaintiff, was called
arid proved that defendant's brother boarded and lodged
with plaintiff, for which 15s. per week was charged.
Letters were put in showing that the defendant wished
plaintiff to take his brother to teach him the trade of a
cooper, but nothing was arranged as to the apprentice-
ship, as the brother was 17 years of age.
A verdict as given for the plaintiff for the amount
claimed.
THE BRITISH EMPIRE MUTUAL LIFE ASSURANCE CON
PANY V. PELLEY AND OTHERS.
This was an action brought by the plaintiffs to recover
certain instalments due on an annuity deed granted by
defendant, Pelley, andfor,which the other bankrupts had
become security. There was a further claire as damages
for breach of contract in not keeping up a policy on the
life of Peliey.
Mr. Guyer, the actuary of' the company, was called,
and proved that defendant Pelley granted the annuity
to the company for money advanced, and that the two
other defendants became security for the payment of the
instalments, and the premium on a policy of insurance
effe-cted by Pelley for 200/. The instalments due
on the annuity amount to 81. 155., and the damages
through allowing the policy to lapse were estimated at
211. 6s. 41.

The UNDER SHERIFF asked what would have been the
net profit to the company.
Mr. Gover said they calculated on an average of lives
and deaths extending over the eight years for which the
assurance was effected, and the calculation was on the
profits of the premiums, and that was the sum he stated.
The UNDER-SHERIFF—But if he (Pelley) had died the
company would have been the losers.
Mr. Gover—Certainly, they would have had to
pay 2001.
The plaintiff's ATTORNEY said that they had lost
their security by the premium not being paid and the
insurance lapsing.
The UNDER SHERIFF said that there could be no
doubt as to the instalment on the annuity, but the
amount of damage was a question for the jury.
After a short consultation the jury gave a verdict for
the full amount claimed.

MIDDLESEX SESSIONS.
(THIS DAY.)
(Be fore Mr. WITHAM, Chairman.)
Martha Martin was indicted for stealing a 51. note and
two sovereigns of James Langley.
The prosecutor, a seafaring man, bad gone abroad
with his ship since the prisoner was committed, and was
still absent, and the evidence against the prisoner was
that of one of the servants in a lodging-house in Stepney,
where the alleged robbery took place. She stated that
on the 31st of August, Mr. Langley was asleep in a chair
in the kitchen, having been drinking the night before,
when the prisoner put her hands into his breast pocket,
and took out of it a note-case, which she opened and
extracted the .51. note, and also took the two sovereigns
from another pocket. She then went out, and the wit-
ness awoke the prosecutor, and informed him of what had
occurred.

i The prisoner's defence was that the prosecution was
nstigated by " Black Bet" through spite, because she
(the prisoner) would not divide the money with her.
Mr. Langley had desired her to take the money, for the
service she had rendered him in the t o days previous,
in going round with him to several places in London
and Greenwich. Ile had give her two sovereigns, and
told her to take the note out of his pocket-book.
The Learned CHAIRMAN thought that in the absence of
the prosecutor it would scarcely be safe to convict the
prisoner upon'the unsupported evidence of the other
woman, as there might be some truth in the prisoner's
statement.
The jury accordingly acquitted her.

SURREY SESSIONS.—(THIS DAY.)
(Before T. PUCKLE, Esq., and a Bench of Magistrates.)
ROBBERY BY A PROSTITUTE.—Ann Smith, a good-
looking young girl, was indicted for stealing the sum of
41., from the parson of Henry Noakes, in St. George's,
Southwark.

The prosecutordeposed that he was a market-gardener,
residing at Croydon, and on the 24th of August he came
to the Borough-market, to dispose of some property.
In the evening he enjoyed a few hours with some friends,
and at ten o'clock left them to go home. When he got
to the railway station he found the last train gone, and
he was about to return to his friend's house when he met
the prisoner. She asked him to treat her with some
brandy, and he accompanied her to the White Hart
public-house. While in her company he suddenly
fell asleep, and on his waking up he discovered that
the prisoner had decamped with all his money except a
few shillieP- lie made inquiries of the landlady of the
house, and ascertained that she ran out of the house an
hour after they entered. Information was given to the
police, and it was found that the prisoner Lad changed
two sovereigns on the day after the robbery, and that
she had exhibited two others.
In defence the prisoner said the prosecutor was drunk,
and had bee❑ with other women prior to his going
with her.

Verdict, Guilty. Sentence, twelve months at Brixton.

THE WEATHER IN BIRMINGITAIII.—WEDNESDAY
EVENlNG.—Yesterday it commenced raining, and has
continued without intermission, but without any injurious
effects upon the health of the town. We find so many
deaths returned in the London list from diarrhce.t in
Birmingham, but we cannot hear who they are that have
been carried off. The surgeons and physicians generally
do not know of any such mortality.

MONEY arni COMMERCIAL NEWS.

CITY, QUARTER TO THREE.

Tho sal=t of Cotton at Liverpool yesterday were about
5,000 bales, including 4,000 American and 300 Pernam
t.nd Yarnham, at 51d. to ad.; 100 Bahia at ad. to
5P.; 200 Eg:,i,tian at Gel. to 7, d.; 250 Surate at 4d. to
4:11d.; and 100 Sea Island at 10id. to is. 2d. per lb. The
itkports since Friday last were 10,000 bales. The market
closed tamely, and in prices there was but little change.—
ItAilway shares WE ra dull, and generally at lower prices.
The official returns of the sales of grain made in the
markets which regulate the duties show a slight in-
crease.

We are still without any news of the Hibernia
steamer, from the United States, land much interest is
felt for her arrival.

The reports of the different stock markets abroad
have been received in due course. At Berlin, on the 10th
instant, the Three-and-a-Half per Cent. Bonds were quo-
ted 87k. The market was rather unsteady, and foreign
securitits were heavy. At Frankfort, cn the 10th
instant, there was a moderate demand for the
Metallics at 88i. The Amsterdam market was
very firm, though not animated, and the Two-
and a-Half per Cent. Dutch Stock was quoted
54. The shares of the Society of Commerce were still
in great favour, and Peruvian and Austrian Bonds were
in demand. The Funds at Paris declined yesterday
morning, but rallied afterwards, and left off at 88f.
40e. for the Five per Cents., and at 55f. 50c. fur the
Three per Cents. At Vienna on the Bth inst. the Me-
tallies were 98k.
Accounts from Venice give a desponding statement of
the condition of that town. Its marine school is to be
removed, and also the chief military command of •the
district will be taken to Trieste, but the naval com-
mand-in-chief is to be left. Since the termination of
hostilities, no less than 50,000 passports are said to have
been granted.
We may take the opportunity, now the approach of
the winter season reminds us of the icy chain which will
cut off the navigation of the St. Lawrence, to advert
again to the many advantages of a railway through
British America, and although unfortunately the exist-
ing political excitement will operate as a check upon
the carrying out of such an undertaking, it must
ere long be executed, The official investiga-
tion upon this subject has proved that a railway
from Shediac to the Port of St. John, which
is open at all seasons of the year, would enable the
various products of the, fisheries to reach a port of ship.
ment in four hours, and the necessity for the long
voyage around Nova Scotia would be obviated. The
fishing vessels could winter at any of the ports on the
Gulf shore which they found most convenient; their
stores and outfit could be sent up by railway,
and they would, in such case, enjoy the advantage
of being on the fishing grounds at the earliest
moment in spring, and the tiaharman could protract
his labours until the winter again had fairly set in.
The fresh salmon packed in ice which were sent
last season from St. John's to Boston by the steamers,
owing to the facilities of transport in the United States,
in two days after they left St. John's, apps aced at table
in prime condition at Albany, Buffalo, Niagara Falls,
New York, and Philadelphia. If the salmon of the
northern rivers could be transported by railway to St.
John's, they would find a ready market in the Numerous
towns and villages of the United States, and the salmon
fisheries alone would prove a perfect mine of wealth to
the northern part of the province.
Aided by railways the fisheries of the Gulf of St.
Lawrence, now of so little importance, and such limited
value, would take rank as one of the highest privileges
of New Brunswick, its unfailing sourcetof wealth for ever
hereafter. And while the efforts of the people were
successfully directed towards securing these bounties of
Providence, lavished with such unsparing hand, they
would rejoice in the goodness of an all-wise Creator.
The French exercise an almost exclusive right of fish
ing upon the western coast of Newfoundland, the ferti-
lity and great mineral wealth of which have only recently
become known, and are not yet fully appreciated. From
seven hundred to eight hundred sail of American fishing
vessels enter the Gulf of Saint L.iwrenco annually, and
scattering over the whole of its wide extent, with little
heed of the limitts to which they are restricted by treaty,
pursue their business unmelested, and but rarely
leave their stations without full and valuable fares.

There has been a very flat market for Public Securities
this morning, and yet it is difficult to assign any new
and special cause beyond the heavy tone of the Paris
Bourse, and the fact that the Consul account has been
arranged, and the Bulls having lost money, are in-
disposed just now to renew operations. Many have left
town, others look with apprehension to foreign loans, a
Neapolitan contract having been already taken, as
is said, and the prospect of greater activity
in trade induces the belief in some quarters
that the Funds will rule very little above, if not
under, the current prices for some time to come. We
can scarcely form a conclusion at present, and may more
reasonably await the dividend payments. Consols have
been 921 t, and are now 92,1 1 for Transfer, while time
bargains have beea effected at 92-a and since at 921
The New Three-and-a- Quarter per Cents. have been
93:1 to 94. Exchequer-bills have been 355. to 385.,
and India Bonds 71s. to 755. premium, the former con-
tinuing depressed.
The Foreign Market has been very quiet. Mexican,
212 to 28. Peruvian Active, 54 to A-. Portuguese Five
per Cent. Converted Stock, 27i ; and Spanish Three
per Cents. 343,1 ; Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cents.
have been 54 to *.
Railway Shares are all worse again,'the old and new
lines being equally affected. Caledonian, North-
Western, Llidland, Great Western, and South- Eastern,
are decidedly lower. Eastern Counties are much the
same, and also the French shares.
BRITISH FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK.
(From the Official List.)
3 per Cent. Consols Anns
New 314 per Cent. Aims 94 94:!4
India Stock
Do. Bonds, 1000/ 7l 75 p
Ditto under 1.0001
Consols for Account ..... ••• ............ ••• 921.0 e
xtxchequer 1 %d. 2d.
March. June.
,0001.
Small 3B 35 p
5001 3B 35 p
FRICE OF FOREIGN FUNDS AT ONE O'CLOCK.
Mexican 80nt15,1846, 5 per Cent., Coupons
Ditto Ex Coupons
Peruvian Bonds, 6 per Cent ...
Ditto, 4 per,Cent., Active 54 54%
Portuguese Bonds, 5 per Cent
Ditto Converted, 1841
Spanish Bonds, 5 per Cent,lB4o 17A
Ditto Passive Bonds
Spanish Bonds, 3 per Cent 34%
Dividends on the above payable in London.
Dutch 2% per Cent., 12 Guild
Ditto 4 Der Cent. Certificates

I3C;ticif;•S DONE IN RAILWAY SHARES AT ONE O'CLOCK
RAILWAYS. PAID. PISS SHASIZ.

I,erdeen -

Ditto, Preference 6jq
I tuber., A otting., Boston, &c. 6
4. y-rshire and Galloway
P Qlfast and County Down .. 26 L/2 .. ..
3erks and Hants Extension

(Gt. West. Perpet. 5 per et.) 6 - „„ .. to --
L;irmingham& Oxford J unet.,
calls duly pd, or with guar. 20 - to -
Do., without a guarantee... 20 ... - -
3irmingham,Wol., & Dudley,
calls duly pd, or with guar. 10 ..... - -
Do., without a guarantee... 10
Binning., Wol., & Stour Val. 131.145., - -
Birkenhead, Lancashire, and
Cheshire Junction.., 2O
Boston, Storni., & Birming...7/. 4s - ...... to -
Bristol and Exeter - -
Do., Thirds - ....„ to --
,;uckinghamshire.. - 17% - -
'aledonian
Ditto, Quarter Shares l2l/2..... _
Ditto, New 101. Preference 10 ..,... - -
Ditto, Clydesdale Junction 50 - to -
.2hester and Holyhead-- ..... 50 ..... 13 -
Ditto, Preference -
iarence. - ...,.. to -
Do., let Class, 6 per Cent... 10
D0.,2d Class, 5 per Cent... 10 - to -
Do., Gov. Loan, 4 per Cent. 10 - ...... to -
direct London & Portsmouth 514 - to -
Dublin and Belfast Junction.. 40 - -
Dundalk and Enniskillen ... 27% ...... - -
ast Anglia, 251. L. & E.,
sod L. & D . . 25 -
Ditto, 18/. E. & H lB ... - - -
Ditto, 31. 10s., E. & H... 3% - -
Eastern Counties .... -
Do. Eaten., 5 per ct.N o. 1,6/. 13s. 4d - -
Do., do N 0.2,61. 13s. 4d... - -
Do., Northern & Eastern... 50 - to -
Do., 5 per cont. - to -
Do., Quarters-- ...... ...... 12%... .. - -
Ditto, Need .. .. 43 . .... - ~.. to -
Eastern Union, Class A (late
E. U. Shares) ...... ... .. 25 - ••••,•• te --
Ditto; ditto, Class A, ditto 3% ..... , -. -
Ditto, do, Class B (I. &B) 25 ....„ - -
Ditto, do, Class C, ditto... 22% __ to -
Ditto Scrip (gua. 6 per ct.) 20 . - ...„ to -
~ast Lancashire ... 25 - ...... to --.
Ditto, New ... 25 - to -
Do., New Quarters - to -
Do., 6 per Cent. Preference
Quarter Shares -
East Lincolnshire 25 - ..... to -
Edinburgh and Glasgow 5O
- ..... to -
Ditto, Half Shares -
Edinburgh and Northern ... 25 -
Ditto, Sew port.. ... ..... .. 15 - ••...• to ....
Exeter, Yeovil, & Dorchester 2% __
to --.
Exeter and Exmouth 2ls. ...... -- -. to --
.41asg., Dumfries, & Carlisle 81. 65.8 d... - .. to -
;lasgow, Kilmarnock, & Ayr 50 ...... _ -
Do. Preference Consolidated -
..... _
.. ••• to
Great Northern 2O -
Do. 1,4 A Deferred ..... ... 12% 314 to
Do,, 5 per Cent. Pref.. 7%.....• 5%
Do. 1/, B 6 per Cent. ..... 7% 4%14... to -
A. South. & West. (Ireland) 47%
Great North of England 100 ...... -- -„
... to -
Ditto, New 404... .. 4O ...... • t
Ditto, ditto .... -
o -
.... •
-- •• • • to --
Ditto, New 301 •
30 „. .., _, -
Ditto, New 151......... l5 ...„ to
• ..".. • •• • sr ••••
G r eat Western 100 ..... 65 ...... to 64%
Ditto, Half Shares 5O ...... _ -
Ditto, Quarter Shares 23 ...... 13%,.•.. to -
Ditto, Fifths 2O ...... 12%..... to -
Do. New 17/ ..... 15 -.„ - •••••• to -
Hull and Selby 5O ...... -
...... to
Ditto, Halt Shares .. - -
Ditto, Quarter Shares 12% _
...... to -
.
Lancaster and Carlisle.... -... 50 -
Do., Thirds ... lO ...... - -
Lancashire and Yorkshire ...100 -
Ditto, ditto, M. B. & B ... 96 ...... -- -
Ditto, ditto - •••••• to -
Ditto Half Shares , _ 46 ...... -. -
Ditto Quarters 22%...... - -
Ditto Fifths -
Ditto. Thirds l5 - •• .. to -
Do., NOW Guar, 6 per cent. 10 - ....•• to