The Sun.
London, England, 1848-08-07 00:00:00

BELGIUM.

The Moniteur Beige of the 4th August contains
the treaty of commerce and navigation concluded
between his Majesty the KING of the BELGIANS and
his Majesty the lima of the Two SICILIES on the 15th
of April, 1847. The document is in French and
Italian.

The potato disease has appeared in Belgium.

POLAND AND RUSSIA.
THE CHOLERA.
Letters of the 26th ult., from Tarnopol, Austrian
Gallicia, state that the cholera had broken out with
great intensity at Okopa, in Russia, 30 leagues from
Tarnopol, and that it had extended with extreme
rapidity to the western frontier of Gallicia, where it
was raging with violence.
According to letters received at Cracow on the
27th ult., the cholera is making dreadful ravages in
the Caucasus, carrying off great numbers of Circas-
sians and Russians. All military operations have, it
is said, been suspended in consequence of the malady.
We read in a letter from Riga, of the 28th ult.—
"The cholera is unfortunately gaining ground here.
During the 22d, 23d, 24th, and 25th of July, there
have been 1,043 new cases and 529 deaths. On the
morning of the 26th the number of patients was 878,
or about one in forty of the whole population. The
cholera has also appeared at Mitau, the capital of
Courland."

Her Royal Highness the Duchess de Nemourm,
accompanied by Sir George Courier, left her Majesty's
hospitatt.'.e roof at Osborne, Isle of Wight, on Saturday
afternowt, and embarked at Osborne in the steam yacht
Riiry, which c:•riveyttl the illustri;:u. lady to Gosport,
whenc,2 her Royal Highness and Sir George returned to
London by the hal:-past five o'clock train on the South-
Western lt:olway.
The . annual white bait- Alinisteridl dinner at
Greenwich, indica,Are or the close the session, ir
fixed tor Saturday, the 19th instant, and the prorogation,
by the Queen in person, will take place is the following
week'.

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ITALY.

LOMBARDY AND VENICE.

The Italian correspondent of the Journal (les
Debats gives the following account of the relative
position and forces of the Austrian and Sardinian

armies :
We learn by letters from Milan of the Ist inst. that
the city of Cremona, on the Po, has been occupied by
the Au; trians, and that the Piedmontese army has re-
tired to Codogno, a small town two leagues froin Wzzig-
hetone, a fortress situate on the Lower Adda; 16 leagues
from Milan. From Codogno the l'iedmonteie army
may direct its movements tither on Lodi, on the road to
Milan, or on Pavia, on the north of the Po, or, lastly,
on Placentia, on the south bank, in the direction of
Tertona and Alexandria. As this last movement would
leave Lomb,.rdy completely exposed, we may be cer-
tain beforehand that Charles Albert will maintain
himself with energy on the line of the Adda. Mar-
shal Rade•tzky has at his command not 50,000
to 60,000 men, as was first stated, but 80,000.
It is positively asserted that he has 10,000
Bavarian volunteers who have joined him from the
Tyrol. Since the 22d ult, he has been every day re-
ceiving strong reinforcement!. The troops scot from
Austria and Elyria across the Venetian provinces per-
form two and three stages a day on waggons, which are
hired and regularly paid tor. It is by this means that
the force of the Marshal on the Adige has been doubled.
The Piedmontese commanders appear to have been
completely ignorant of the strength and the preparations
made by the enemy. The veteran Marshal hus taken
every advantage of his success and of the superiority of
his forces. Let us hope that under the protection of
the fortress of Pixzighetone, the Piedmontese army,
reduced at this moment to 45,000 men, may be able to
receive the reinforcements which will be directed from
Piedmont, and arrest the alarming progress of the
enemy."
The following official bulletin was published at
Militia on the 31st ult. :
"On the 29th nit. the King's head-quarters were
established at Cl de 'Quinzani, near Cremona. On tho
following day the King was at Cremona. About half-
past nine, A.M., a cannonade was heard near the
Oglio. The King and his staff hastened to the scene
of action. In the exchange of shots we had one cannon
dismounted, the enemy two. The Italian army, while
sustaining with advantage the enemy's attacks upon the
rear, is directed towards Pixiighetone to take up strong
positions on this side of the Adds. The King has given
the most solemn assurance that he would come to the
defence of Milan. Hopes are entertained that French
assistance, now formally demanded by the Piedmontese
Ministry and by the Provisional Government of Lom.
bardy, will soon arrive to reinforce the Italian army.
The brave inhabitants of Sermide, beyond the Po, have
barricaded their town, and, after fortifying it as well as
they could, twice repulsed the enemy, who the second
time was 800 strong, with tiro cannon. Captain Cas-
trill, at the head of 500 men, arrived there to protect
the surrounding country from further depredations; the
battalion of volunteer Chasseurs of the Upper Reno
marched on the 27th for Bundeno, and on the night of
the 28th the troops of Colonel Morandi, consisting of
the 2d battalion Italia Libera and the legion of the
Italian Association, were sent to Cento. Letters from
Bologna, of the 28th, state that General Pepe made a
sally from Brondolo with 14,000 men. It appears that
he intends taking possession of Rovigo, and turn to-
wards the Po."
A letter from Milan says--" The proclamation of
King CHARLES ALBERT has produced a great effect
at Milan, and drawn to the KING all hearts. The
Republicans, lately so troublesome, have ceased for
the moment all opposition. Adversity enlightens
them ; they are forced to admit that the KING and
his army are the true defence of the country."
The Ventidue Marzo of Milan, of the 31st ult.,

contains several decrees of the Provisional Govern
ment, ordering the admission of all sorts of pro-
visions into Milan duty free, menacing with destitu-
tion any public functionary who neglects his post,
establishing a permanet Council of War, and putting
in requisition all breaks possessed by private indi-
viduals for the service of the State. A circular has
also been issued to all the curates of Lombardy, re-
commending them to preach patriotism " from the
pulpit, in the squares, and wherever the people meet."
In a proclamation to the people the Committea of
Public Defence states that General MAM'REDO FANTI
has arrived, and that consequently the Committee
is complete, and hopes to derive great advantage
from his experience of guerilla warfare acquired in
Spain. It further states that the Piedmentese army,
concentrating along the Oglio, is re.organizing---its
artillery is complete ; Brescia is placed in a state of
defence ; the enemy has been repulsed with loss from
the Tonale; the defiles of the Stelvio and Cafraro
are secured; and that, in a council of war held that
morning (30th ult.), after a mature examination of
the means of defence, it had been unanimously
decided that Milan would resist at all costa. " Let
us, then (says the proclamation), be seized with the
same ardour of the five immortal days. Let us raise
our barricades again, cut the bridges, the dykes, the
roads; let us put desolation between us and the
enemy; let us prove that we can resist misfortune,
and that, should an overwhelming force menace us,
we deserve the assistance and sympathy of all
Europe. We possess many elements of secure con-
fidence, but we must be prepared. And, should
GOD call us to a terrible trial, we will sustain it in-
trepidly, in the faith that the day of his justice will
dawn."

The Avvenire d'ltalia of Milan, of the 31st, an-
nounces that ANTONINI and GARRIBALDI had left
Milan, at the head of 6,000 men, on their way to
Brescia.

The Piedmontese Gazette of the Ist inst. publishes
a letter from General IiVELDEN to the Provisional
Government of Venice, in which, after informing-
them of the victory of the Austrians, he advises them
to treat for peace. The Provisional Government, in
its answer, informs General WELDEN that Venice
cannot treat alone in a cause which belongs to all
Italy ; and that, even though that cause were re-
duced to Venice alone, it would still be far from

being lost.
The Venice Gazette of the 27th tilt. publishes the
following bulletin :—" The brave garrison of 13ron-
dolo marched out on the 26th to the attack. The
Austrians were repulsed beyond their advanced posts,
and our troops re-occupied the positions of Casa
Pasqua, and along the canal of Pontelungo that of
La Casette. Thus the ground we lost yesterday has
been regained. It is now being fortified, and will be
maintained."

The Austrians entered Cremona soon after the
Piedmontese army had left it on the 31st ult., and
imposed a contribution of two millions of francs. The
KING'S head-quarters are established at Casal Puster-
lerzo, on the Adda.

The following are the terms on which RADETZKY
would consent to accede to the KING'S proposition
fur an armistice of ten days :
" Ist. The Piedmontese army shall retire to the
Adda, and separate its cause from the Venetian.
" 2d. Venice, Reggio, Modena, Parma, and Pia-
cenza shall be immediately given up."
The KING'S reply was--" Let RADETZKY learn
that the Piedmontese army can only answer such
conditions with the cannon."
RADETZKY has issued a proclamation to the people
of Lombardy, recalling them to their allegiance, and
promising them liberal institutions.

IVIA.RKET NEWS.-(THIS DAY.)

CORN EXCHANGE-MONDAY.

The arrivals of all kinds of grain of home produce up
to our market last week were on a very moderate scale,
but those of Flour were on the increase. From Ireland
and Scotland very little grain came to hand. The im-
ports from abroad consisted of 14,232 quarters of Wheat,
1,531 ditto of Barley, 17,093 ditto of Oats, 855 ditto of
Beans, 286 ditto of Peas, 8,245 ditto of Linseed, 9 ditto
of Rapeseed, 106 ditto of sundry sorts, and 212 sacks of
Flour. The quantity of English Wheat received fresh
up for this morning's market was but moderate, the tia e
quite equal to the wants
oeff yth-ecarmcillnerssidaenrdedc!thyeerts
,itwwhaosse attendance was tolerably
extensive. The show of samples of both red
and white was small, compared with that on Mon-
day last, while the demand for all descriptions
was steady, at prices about equal to those obtained on
this day se'nnight. The market, however, notwithstand-
ing the changeable state of the weather, closed somewhat
heavily; and a total clearance was with difficulty
effected. There were a few samples of new Wheat in
the market from Essex and Kent. The prices asked
ruled from 543 to 563 per quarter; but we heard of no
transactions. The quality of the samples was by no
means first-rate. The heat samples of fn e Foreign
Wheat moved off steadily, at full rates of currency. The
middling and inferior kinds were, how:Aer, dud,
and to bo purchased on somewhat easier terms.
Parcels in bond and on board were neglected.
Scarcely a sample of English Bar.!ey was brought for-
, ward, and the supply of foreign vtas small. On tha
whole the Barley trade was steady, but we have no
change to notice in prices. The sale for all kinds of
Malt was slow. Parcels n the spot, however, produced
full currencies without difficulty. With Oats we were
very scantily supplied. Really uound Corn was held at
a trifle more 'Bowl', and the value of other kinds was
well supported. One • r two cargoes have arrived 0-du)
from Germ,:ny. All kinds 0, Beans moved ff ~.each:)
at last aeek's prict.s. Peas were steed) at Iftst Mohan)
currencies. Ia Indian Corn and Meal very little doing.
The Flour trade was steady. In prices we have no
change to notice.

(WItItENCY
4Theat—Essex. a, Kent, , 31411,--ChevAll,

394 t‘.> 6e:4

, ...
Red. ........ 47s to 54s Oats Yorkshire and
Dltto,Wl,ite, New 5.,s GOs Line°lrish., Feld. Ms 211
Norfolk and Lin- Potato
- coin, lied. •• 441 48s Youghal and Cori:,
Ditto, White ••• . • • ttis 52s Black . 155 174
Irish, Red ...... • • —s —s Cork, White ..... 1711 21s
Dit to, White.. —• . —s —s Scotch, Feed. •• • . 21s 23e
Ryo—Old .... .. .• • ... —a s Beans—lick - 341
New. •••••• • • • • • • 31s 33s Pigeons ........ 319 384
barley—Grinding..... 26S 29s Peas—Grey
Malting ...•• • • • • no 31a Map1e........... liss go
CheYaller .... • 323 33s white...... • ... 361 3711
NI alt —Suffolk and Nor- Boilers •..•• • • • • 37s 390
folk ...... ••• . .. 558 5Rs Flour—Town-rivtde ... 418 464
Brown . ... •• • 4Gs 54si Suffolk ..•.
Kingston and Ware 5Gs ns Stociati & Norfolk 34s VS
SMITHFIELD.

The imports of foreign stoei intciZondon- last week
ware as under:—
From whence. Beasts. Sheep.
Havre ...... 15 ...
... 421 ... 2,851
Amsterdam ... 79 ... 828
11amburgh ... 128 ... 210 ...
Harlingen ... 148 ... 818 ... 65
New Diep... . 27 ... 338

Lambs. Calv.v.

Total BlB 5,015
Corresponding
week in 1847 1,373 ... 5,141

/72 343

... 315 ... 586

Difference ... 555 less. 96 less. 78 less. 17 more
About 2,000 head of stock have been landed at the
northern out ports from Holland and Germany ;
and 120 Oxen at Southampton from Portugal, in
wretched condition. The latter have been dis•
posed of at an average price of only 91 per head.
We were somewhat heavily supplied with the foreign stock
to-day, in the general quality of which, with the excer
Won of the Beasts from Portugal, in number twenty-nine,
a decided improvement was noticed. On the whole the
demand was steady, and a fair clearance was effected, st
about last week's prices. From our various grazing die-
tricts the arrivals of Beasts fresh. up this morning were
moderately extensive as to number, but their general
quality was by no means first-rete. As the weather
continued changeable, and the attendance of buyers was
far from large, the Beet trade was in a sluggish state,
at prices about equal to those obtained .00
this day se'nnight, The highest figures for
the best Scots were from 4s to 4s 2d per 81b.
The arrivals of beasts for to-day's market from Norfolk.
Suffolk, Essex, Cambridgeshire, and the northern cowl'
ties, consisted of about 1,200 Scots, short-horns, See.
From the western and midland counties, there were re'
ceived 800 Herefords, Runts, Devons, &c.; from other
parts of England, 500 of various kinds; from Ireland, bf
sea, 40 Beasts; and from Scotland, 180 horned and polled
Scots, partly by railway. With Sheep, we were season'
ably well supplied. Their general quality, how'
ever, was not to say prime; and there was a great
scarcity of the best old Downs. For all kinds we
have to report a very steady inquiry, at fully, but
at nothing quotable beyond last week's quotations,
and at which a good clearance was effected.
There was a full average supply of Lumbs. on offer;
nevertheless, the demand for that description of stock
was firm, at Friday's advance in the currencies of 2d per
81b. The primest Down qualities sold at 5s 4d to 56 6d
per 81bs. Prime small Calves were in steady request, at
full prices. Otherwise, the Veal trade was in a sluggish
state, at late figures. In Pigs exceedingly little buoineet
was transacted, and prices were with difficulty supported'
Per 81bs. to sink the offal.
a. d. to a. .1. a. d. to S.
Interior Beasts— ... 3 0 3 2 Second quality ditto 4 2 4
7,econd quality • ... 3 4 3 8 Coarse-woolled ditto 4 6 4 •A
Prime large Oxen.. 3 8 310 Southdown Wether 410 5
trims Scots ... •.. 4 0 4 2 Ditto sub of the wool 0 0 0
Large coarse Calves 3 4 3 8 -Large Hogs ...... 310 4
Prime small ditto .. 310 4 4 Small Porkers .... 4 4 4
Suckling Calves •• 16 0 23 0 Quarter old Pigs .. )5 0 22 1!
Inferior Sheep .3 10 4 2 Lambs .......... 4 2 5 •
TOTAL SUPPLY AT MARKET.
B 3 easts
659 I . Sheep. i
Calves. 1 Ptah.
20.090 t 236 280
FOREIGN SUPPLY.
Beasts. 1 Sheep. 1 Calves. 1 rigs.
427 I 3,130 74
NEINVGATE fiND 1411ILDIGIITHS.1.31.•
Very moderate supplies of country killed meat he.
been received up to these markets since Monday laid/
viz , 300 carcasses of Beef, 600 ditto of Mutton. 500 ditto
of Lamb, 300 ditto of Veal, and 300 ditto of Purk. For
the time of year those on offer, slaughtered in the me'
tropolis, have been good, but of very middling quality''
Prime Mutton and Lamb have commanded a eteadi
sale, at very full prices. Otherwise the demand h 5
ruled inactive, at barely late rates. About 1,000 car'
cases of foreign meat, killed in London, have been dir
posed of at low currencies.

At per stone by the Carcase.
s. d. to a. d. s. d. to g•
Beef,inferlor....•• 2 6 210 I Mutton, inferior .. 3 6 3
- middling •• 3 0 3 It i
prime large • • 3 2 3 4 -prime .... 4 6 4 g
- prime small .• 3 e 3 5 Pork, large . ..• 3 6 4 6
Vea1......... 3 2 4 2 - small •••••• •• 4 4 4
Lamb. 4s 2d to 5s 4d.
BOROUGH AND SPITALFIELDS.
Very large supplies of Potatoes are on sale in the°
markets. An extensive business is, however, passing
them, at from 31 104 to 51 15s per ton. The import,
from abroad are falling off.
BOROUGH HOP MARRXT.
Our market is tolerably well, bat not to say heavilf
supplied with hops, all descriptions of which are a ted
dull inquiry at barely the late decline in the quotatiolle.
The duty is called from 205,000/. to 210,000/. Susse%
Pockets, 2/ 2s to 21 6s; Weuld of Kent ditto, 21 43 t°
2/ 10s; Mid and East Kent ditto, 218 s to 51 per cwt.
WOOL.
The imports of Wool into London, last week, we"
confined to about 1,000 bales from Adelaide, 110 ditto
from Odessa; 100 ditto, from Hattburgh; and 100 ditto,
from various other quarters. • Thero is a slight improve'
meat in the demand for the best combing sorts of Englis,S.,
Wool, at full prices. Colonial qualities are tolerabll
steady, at unaltered quotations.

O.
For most kinds of TallAL
ow L,
booth on the spot and for
forward delivery, the demand is veady, at prices Borne'
what in advance of th,.se paid List week. Y.Y.C.
the spot is quoted at 44s 641 fur new and 44s fur Olt!,
Town Tallow, 44s 6d to 44s 9d per cwt. net caw'
Rough Fat 2s 6d per Blbs.

MARLBRO'-STREET—(THIS DAY')
Edward Adonis, a well-dressed young man, ws:
brought'before Mr. Bingham, in custody of luspect°'
Lund, of the A division, under the following circuot'
stances:—
Inspector Lund said, on Saturday evening he wag
od
duty at her Majesty's Theatre in the Haymarket, whop
he saw a lady drop the pocket handkerchief, now pro'
duced, near the box entrance. A gentleman who wtl
passing at the time drew it accidentally 4111:
the pavement with his walking stick. Tti
defendant, who was standing close by witnes;:
saw this and ran forward, and snatching it up put it '-
his pocket, and was walking off with it, when a or!:
stable who was present stopped him and brought hi
witness. He asked the defendant to deliver up Ir
handkerchief, and told him that it belonged io a
1/1" ~.1
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who had gone into the theatre. The defendant said
1'
should do nothing of the kind, it did not belorg
witness, and he, therefore, could not 11,_11:3
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anything to do with it. Witness then ass,/
him for his name and address, and informed him that
Ps
had seen him pick up the handkerchief, and if be did 13°
give it up he (witness) should take him into custody'
As defendant refused to comply with either etques"
witness took him to the station.
In answer to the charge, the accused said he 1111,g/:
waiter, and had been out of a situation six months.
admitted picking up the handkerchief, and thought "
had as much right to it as any one else.
Mr. BmcsuAm—What might have been the 19a4-1
character of defendant's act before he was told by ge
constable that the handkerchief was dropped by a 14A"f,
jest before, and that the moment he was told by te'•
constable that he had seen it drop ; by detaining it ray
an act of positive theft, or, in the term of the law, lan
ceny. It might have been just possible that he mig"
have been ignorant of that tact. He would, therefore,
give him the benefit of that doubt, and discharge 131/13
with a caution.

EXTENSIVM FIRES.—Two extensive fires °mored
this morning, both of them attended with great losit,ol,
property, and one with severe injury to a female. The
last fire happened at a private house in Duke-streui. -
Aldgate, about three o'clock, and although one of the
best localities in the City for assistance from the firei
stations, the upper part of the premises were consumed
and the adjoining house damaged. The loss is coverra
by insurance in this instance. The first ISre eccufref
in a broker's shop at Dockhead, and from the nature 9
the property in the house, caused the whole to be tit:
stroyed. The female above alluded to, in the confustt;
that prevailed, threw herself into the street. She °P.
removed in a dangerous state to Guy's hospital.
EIPEItIMENTS IN THE MARSHES. WooLWICv°
Ave. S.—Lieutenant-Colonel Crittenden, Lieuteneni'.
Colonel R. Ilardinge, K. 11., Director of the Laboratoti
Department, and Lieutenant-Colonel J. A. chahner'
Assistant Director-General, attended at the Practic:
Range of the Royal Arsenal, in the Plumstead-marsbe;
yesterday afternoon, to witness experiments with a
concussion shell, the invention of a Mr. D. A. Tuckers
and which, in military circles, has caused almost 17,
much curiosity as the long range of Captain wave.,
partly from the difficulty of procuring an effective
cussion shell, and partly from the very high luen`:;
which the inventor laid claim to for his shells. Be rid
it can be manufactured "to any calibre," can be fired
from " cannon on the old principle," explodes by sirq -
contact with body, hard or soft, ensures a longer range'
greater certainty of range, safety in handling and tral:c
porting, so that it can be stowed on a vessel's deer
during engagements; explodes equally well under water'
not being dependent upon ignition, and is fearfully ie,
structive. lie also guarantees to alter all the existit'li
shells in the service to his own principle. Six rollo,oo
only were fired from 32-pounder guns at a range of 4 4
yards. The four first shells burst on striking the terfile3o
the fifth a few seconds after striking the target, and
veers
sixth appeared to be a failure. The experiments us
constantly interrupted by the movements of various
vessels which passed up the river within the line of "ig4
IRISH PRovistoNs.—The vessel Queen Vic? g87
arrived in the river from Waterford, has brought 1,00
firkins of butter, 227 bales of bacon, 70 barrels gad
kegs of lard, &c ; and the Corkscrew, from Cork, 174
brought 2 845 firkins of butter, 150 kegs of lard•
packages of salmon, several of eggs, and otht r artier,:
the City of Limerick, from Dublin, 131 firkins of butter,
156 of paper, and a general cargo cf merchandise; 11„,
Ajax, front Cork, 1,650 packages of butter, 434 rc'of
ages of fish, 80 baies of bacon, 150 boxes of eggs-
general provisions, 210 of soap, 41 head of live coo her
and several ..
packeges of porter, lard, .hisky, cud ~11.1:03
articles, the. peutfuee of Ireland. would aprwar it
1,00
these that hea pi esent disturb. ct state ' irog
soothe' t. portion ot th.• surerdoes not Pre
the u,sal siii•lpy ••t 11C0 I
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CONVICT,.—Fifty- convicts fruin COcitztWO
and the gaol were put on board the Governor Phillip °a
Wednesday, fur transportation to Norfolk Islata--'4""
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