The Sun.
London, England, 1848-09-19 00:00:00

SICILY.

The Risogimento of Turin of the 14th contains a
proclamation from the Government of Palermo, an-
nouncing the fall of Messina after four days' defence,
and the necessity in which the Messinians were to
abandon their town, become a mass of ruins.
It then proceeds to call upon the people for
vengeance; a levy en masse is decreed. "War,
then," it says, war of extermination against
the Bourbons ! Messina, Messina! shall be
our war•cry, and recollecting that that heroic city,
whose name will live eternally in history, has suffered
itself to be destroyed and reduced to ashes, without
consenting to any conditions, without treating with
the enemy, our courage like that of the Messinians,
will become fury !"
Further accounts add that the reported defection
of Catania from the Sicilian camp is false.
The Piedmontese Gazette of the 14th publishes te-
legraphic dispatches, stating that the Vesuvius
steamer had been ordered by the Sicilian Govern-
ment to land troops at Milazzo ; that the Neapolitan
troops that had advanced from Messina had been re-
pulsed on the Bth, and that the Government had
ordered the immediate formation of seven camps, viz.,
at Milazzo, Taormina, Catania, Syracuse, Girgenti,
Trapani, and Palermo. All the armed forces are
divided into national guard, regular troops, and com-
panions of arms ; voluntary squadrons and paid
squadrons under the command of the first officers of
the island.

CRIMINAL COURT.-(THIS DAY.)

OLD COURT:

PERJURY.—The trial of John Brooks (continued from
our Afternoon Edition).
Mr. J. Blanchard Howard swore positively that his
brother came to his warehouse on the 10th of April,
1834, and directed the transfer of the 471. 3s. 6d. to his
account.

Mrs. Chadwick proved that the debt owed by her
husband was deducted from the purchase money of the
property referred to.
Several most respectable witnesses—Mr. Evil, Mr.
J. K. Welch, Mr. Parker and others, stated that they
had known the defendant for many years, and that they
believed him to be a man of the highest character.
Mr. PARRY replied, and the jury unanimously returned
a verdict of Not Guilty, declaring that they gave
credit to the evidence for the defence, and not for the
prosecution.

SOUTH-EASTERN AND CONTI-

NENTAL STEAM-PACKET COMPANY.
(THIS DAY.)
A half-yearly meeting of the shareholders of this
company was held this afternoon, at the Bridge House
Hotel, London-bridge, M. L. Pritchard, Esq., the deputy
chairman, presiding.
The report stated that the amount received on shares
was 109,242 L, and that the outlay for ships, machinery,
&c., exclusive of the reserved fund of 610,619/. 25., was
121,771/. 7s. 7d., leaving a balance due on shares of
12,735/. 7s. 7d. The amount of revenue for the last six
months was 10,7591. 195., and the expenditure 7,8111.
13s. 9d., leaving a balance applicable to the dividend of
2.9481. ss. 10d. The directors recommended a dividend
of ss. per share, which would leave a balance of 1671. 15s.
in the hands of the company.
The CHAIRMAN made a few observations upon the
subject of the report, and stated that there was a falling
off, as compared with the previous half-year, of
3,5121. 2s. 6d., but said he hoped, from the tranquility
which was now partly established on the continent, and
the opening of the Great Northern Railway, that brighter
prospects were before them.

- Tlie report was then received and adopted, a divi-
dend of five shillings per share declared, and a vote of
thanks passed to the chairman, when the meeting se-
parated.

COURSE OF EXCHA
Amsterdam •... 12 1%
Ditto, at sight •• .... 12 0
Rotterdain .. • . 12 5
25 75
Elamburgh .... • • M.B. 13 12
Altona— .......
Paris, 3 days' sight .. • • 25 32%
Ditto, 3 months .... 25 70
tdarseilles ...... • ..... 25 75
. 25 75
Frankfort on Maine.— 12114
Petersburgh, 911. Rble.. 37%
Vienna, effec. fib.. •• .. 11 6
Trieste, ...... 11 6
tpdrid 46.74

LNGE.-(THIS DAY.)
Gibraltar.. .
Leghorn 21 45
•25 95

Milan .....

Venice.

L Palermo, per 0.......

Lisbon . :: .... ....... ..

Oporto.

Rio Janeiro • • ...... • .

Messina ..............

Buenos Ayres .. • ... • •

New Yuri, 21 dAys'slght

Philadelphia ..........

38%

Bircelona •••.. • .. ••
Sallle— •• •• •• •• .

l'i

Palm or suudoN, FEB, OZ.
Foreign Gold in bars.. £3 17 9
New Dollars U 4 16%
Portugal Gold Coin .. 0 0 0
Spanish Doubloons .. 0 0 0
Silver isk bars ........ 0 4 11h

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