The Sun.
London, England, 1846-02-27 00:00:00

GENERAL AVITABILE.

The East India Company have just dispatched to Naples a mag-
nificent sabre for presentation to this gallant officer and firm and
faithful friend of the Company and British Government. On the
upper part of the scabbard Is placed a gold shield, bearing the follow-
ing inscription :—" Presented by the East India Company to General
Avitabile, in grateful recognition of the eminent services rendered
by him whilst Governor of Peshawur, in co-operation with the Bri-
tish troops during the military operations in Affghanistan." The
sword is accompanied by the following letter from the Chairman of
the East India• Company :

" East India House, Feb. 4,184 G.
" Sir,—l have now much satisfaction in conveying to you the
sword which, in the fttlfllment of the intention already announced,
the Court of Directors of the East India Company desire to present to
you, in testimony of their grateful sense of your eminent services.
Allow me on this occasion to offer my congratulations to you on
receiving a permanent record of the sentiments which the Court
entertain ; and let me add the expression of the gratification which
it affords me to be the medium of transmitting-to you this testi-
monial.

" I have the honour to be, Sir, your very obedient servant,
" General Avitabile." " HENRY WILLOCK."
. The services rendered by the General at the time our troops
passed through the province of which he was Governor were highly
important. ills treasury supplied them with money, his stores with
munitions of war, and even guns and elephants to convey them to the
Kyber pass ; and his splendid hospitality to our officers was upon a
scale so large that few, except those who were partakers of it, can
have any idea of its magnificence. We were informed by an inmate
of his palace that 180 have dined there in one day, and that from 80
to 120 were the usual number. Two large and splendid silver orna-
ments were presented to him by the officers of the army of the Indus
and of Candahar. But not only by those who derived benefits from
/Um have those benenta been acknowledged, the wing of the French
presented to him a gold vase and salver, and his own enlightened
Sovereign, the King of the Two Sicilies, appreciating the brilliant
and noble career of his gallant subject, has conferred upon him the
Order of St. Ferdinand and Merit, in a box set with diamonds, and
the rank of General. The Governors-General of India; Comman-
ders-in-Chief, and a host of other officers in command, have testified
the efficient services rendered by him to other armies ; and it is with
great gratification, that at this peculiarly favourable moment, imme-
diately after reading the news from India of a splendid victory, we
are enabled to record the flattering acknowledgment by the East
India Company of services which, upon a former occasion, so effec
tively assisted our gallant troops when marching to the chastise-
ment of a treacherous and ferocious enemy, and to the restoration of
tile honour of the British anus.

MUNIFICENT BEQUESTS.—By the will of the late
Rev. Henry Campbell, of Conley, near Uxbridge, the following cha-
rities will, upon the demise of his widow, become entitled to an equal
participation in the stun of 15,0001., viz.:—The Hospital for Con-
sumption and Diseases of the Chest; the Church Missionary Society;
the British and Foreign Bible Society; the Society for the Conver-
sion of the Jews ; the London Missionary Society ; the Religious
pact Society ; and the Society for the Suppression of Cruelty to
Animals. The deceased gentleman, who has left so striking a proof
of his benevolence, was the uncle of Philip Rose, Esq., the thunder
and Honorary Secretary to the Hospital for Consumption.
THE LEAGUE QUARTER OF A MILLION FUND.—From
many places no list of subscriptions has been transmitted, or will be,
till the local committees transmit tke collection of the first instalment
thereon, so that probably the total amount really subscribed exceeds
180,0001.-3lanches/er Guardian.

The colonelcies of the 7th Hussars, the 55th Foot,
and 13th Foot, are at present vacant, by the deaths of Lieutenant-
General Sir James Kearney, K.C.H. : General Sir Wm. H. Clinton,
G.C.8.; and Major-General Sir Robert IL Sale, G.C.B.

IMPORTANT POST-OFFICE NOTICE.-MAIL TO NEW
GRANADA DISCONTINUED.—ThiS day a notice WAS posted at the Ge-
neral Post-office, St. Martin's-le-Grand, with reference to the mail
to New Granada, which would have been dispatched on the 2d inst.
It is as follows ;—" The arrangements made i❑ August last for dis-
patching a second mail in every month to Santa Martha will be dis-
continued from this date, as the Government of New Granada has
failed to provide a vessel for the conveyance of such mail from Ja-
maica. Only one mail per month will for the future be made up for
New Granada, viz., ou the morning of the 17th of the month."

THE REPORTED CRUELTIES TO POLISH PRIESTS.—
The Journal de Bruxelles states, that the man who made the report
respecting the escape of the 97 Polish priests from Siberia has been
arrested at Velem!clines, by order of the Prefect du Nord. The
Police, it appears, have ascertained that his statement is entirely de-
void of truth—that he is no priest, and never was at Tebolsk (from
which place he states he made his escape) in his life.
MR. CoBDEN.—A paragraph has been going the round
of the papers implying that the non. Member for Stockport has bad
a relapse " at his residence in Connaught-place ;" Mr. Cobden does
not live them, and is gradually improving in health at Norwood.
Sir George Clerk, it is stated, will proceed jai/12e_
diately to Calcutta. Major-General Sir George Pollock retires from
the Council on account of his health.