The Sun.
London, England, 1848-02-15 00:00:00

NAPLES, SICILY.

Our Neapolitan letters of the 3d instant state, in
addition to the facts we have before given, that the
resignation of M. Cassaro, President of the Consulta-
Generale de Regno, had caused much regret to the
Liberal party, who attributed that step to the diffi-
culties opposed by the King to his wise policy in re-
spect of Sicily.
" From Messina the late accounts have been alarm-
ing," says one of our letters ; the Generals Cardamina
and Nuunciante promised Captain Codrington, of the
Thetis, that they would not bombard the town
without giving 24 hours' previous notice, and that
if they bombarded it, they would only fire on that
part of it where the insurgents were congregated
in the greatest numbers. Notwithstanding the solemn
pledge thus given, the forts opened on the town indis-
criminately, and without the slightest notice, on the
29th. One shell fell and burst in the drawing-room
of the house belonging to Mr. Sanderson. The bom-
bardment continued for an hour and a half. The
Consuls went in a body to the Generals on the 30th,
and took them to task for having broken their word.
They excused themselves by saying that a subordi-
nate officer had taken upon himself to fire; also that
the people had attacked them first. This Captain
Codrington denied, stating that he was on shore at
the time. The General, however, is said to have
answered, that he did attempt to stop the firing, but
his officers would not obey him. A letter, dated
Messina, 31st, now before me, states, in the first place,
that the General on the 29th took it into his head to
attack the people. The people fought well, and drove
the troops back, killing SG, and capturing two guns.
The General, enraged, immediately commenced bom-
barding the town, and fired 280 shells and shot into
it, doing much harm to the houses. The loss of life
on the part of the Messinese was very small.
" A few hundreds (300 or 400) of the wives and
children of the soldiers have come to Naples from
Messina ; they areinstructed to say nothing. I have
been out again to obtain fresh information. I am
sorry to say
I cannot give you any news from Pa-
lermo. I suppose and believe that the forts have been
taken. It is, I believe true, that the Fort Castella-
mare er tts taken by assault ; that the Palermitans at-
tackeditin three ranks; as soon as any of the front
rank fell, their places were supplied by those who
were behind them, and who had no muskets. The
remnant of the soldiers then escaped out of the fort.
" Lord Napier was applied to by the Sicilians to
mediate, but they would accept no terms from the
King until they had a national Parliament assembled
to consider their grievances.
" A proclamation of pardon for all political offen-
ders, including those heretofore exempted, from 1830
to January 23d, 1848, has been published.
" The more wretched of the troops from Palermo
were landed at Castellamare. I saw some of them
yesterday march into one of the forts here. Most of
those had, however, shirts and neckerchiefs and
muskets, but the greater part of the returned soldiers
are, I believe, destitute of those three necessary arti-
cles for comfort and war. They have certainly been
most completely beat en. A friend of mine, in con-
versation with one of the officers just returned, was
given a description of the horrors of the late scene.
Women and boys,' said he, fought with hot oil,
hot water, guns, and pistols, to the total discomfort
and discomfiture of the royal troops. The cavalry
killed all their horses, to the number of 800, before
retreating'
" The French steamer of war Vabau arrived bare

Sr:GAIL—The market for British Plantation continues
heavy, and the sales only amount to 60 hhds, at previous
rates. The public sales consisted of 1,315 bags Mauri-
tius and 5,800 bags Bengal; the former was withdrawn
at previous rates, viz., 37s to 4ls for low to good yellow,
but about one-half te Bengal was realised at 25s to 495
for grainy brown to good yellow, and at 41s to 43s for
low to mid white Benares, being steady rates. Privately
150 chests brown Bahia were disposed of at 37s 6d.
The stock of British Plantation in the Port of London
on the Ist inst. was 20,451 hhds, 2,600 tres, against
4,211 hhd,, 493 trcs at the same time last year. The
stock of East India is also larger.
st andsnt
Rica.
Plantation a
Then
COFFEE —At auction there were offered 420 bags, 27
casks, Plantation Ceylon, 800 bags Native ditto, 105
balesol Mocha,
to 65s Gd, and Native 33s 6d to 37s for low ord to tC4e2yslo6nd
d w h spirit at
very 1,54ful l bags
prices; Costa
su-
perior quality; Mocha brought an advance of 2s to 31,
viz. 62s to 65s for very good clean garbled, whilst Costa
Rica barley maintained the previous currency, the prices
obtained varying from 32s 6d to 37s 6d, according to
quality. The stock of British Plantation is 2,180 hhds,
2,877 barrels and bags against 1,912 hhds, 1,739 barrels
and bags at the corresponding period of 1847.
RUM.—The stock in Londoa on the Ist inst. was
17,570 puns 4,398 hhds against 11,034 puns 2,620 hhds
at this time last year.
TALLOW.—P.Y.C. is 53s Gd per cwt. on the spot, and
Town 54, 6d per cwt.
TEA.—The market is firm with moderate deliveries.
INDIGO.—The sales continue to progress briskly.
KAY MARKETS.
SMITIIFIELD.—Meadow llay, 21 lOs to 3/ I2s ; Clover,
ditto, 31 lOs to 41 13s ; and Straw, 1/ 4s to 1/ 8s
per load. A good supply, and a heavy demand.
CUMBERLAND.—Meadow hay, 2/ 13s to 3/ 15s ;
Clover ditto, 3/ 12s to 4/ 12s; and Straw, 1/ 45 to 11 is
per load. Trade dull, at the above quotations.
WIIITECIIAPEL.—Meadow hay, 2/ 12: to 81 14s;
Clover ditto, 3/ 14s to 4/ 16s ; and Straw, 1/ 4s to
11 8s per load, Supply good, and trade dull.

COAL MARKE
Bate's West Hartley Ibs 6d
Buddle's W. Hartley 16s Od
Carr's Hartley
Chester Main lss Od

Dipton Tanfield l3s Od
Hasting's Hartley l6s Od
North Percy Hartley lss 6d
North Pontop ..
New Tanfield l4s 6d
South Peareth
Tanfield Moor Butes_ 14s 6d
Wylam
West Wylam
West llartley
Wall's End, &e.
Ball and Brown l6s Od
Bewicke and Cc.
Barton
Hed ley
Hilda lss Od
Killingworth l6s Gd
Ramsay l3s Od
Riddell's lss 6d
Walker
Wharncliffe

T. —YESTERDAY.
,'Eden Main l7s 6d
ißelmons l7a 64
;Braddyll's Helton lBs 3d
'Bell
,'East Helton
,!Haswell lBs 9d
lilletton ... ISs 911.
LlKeepier
Lam bton
i
18s 34
[Shott en
17s 6d
1 iStewart's
!Cassop. ... ...
Caradoe ..... ..
Castle Eden
High Thornley
Trimdon
Adelaide Tees

(Cownden Tees ... l5l 641
South Durham 166 64
Tees ..
Cowpan Hartley
Dervrentwater Hartley 'Gs 04
'Sidney's llartley
1i Ships at market 460

WORSHIP-STREET.—(THIS DAY.)
Thomas Fenly, a porter in the employment of the
company of the Eastern Counties Railway, was
charged with stealing 2.1 b. of rope-yarn, the property
of the said company.
Sparkes, one of the employes at the Brick-lane
station, said he stopped the prisoner at about six
o'clock this morning, and found upon him the rope-
yarn now produced. It was the property of the
company. Witness had since searched the prisoner's
lodgings, and had found four sacks and a wrapper,
but could not identify either of the latter as the pro-
perty of the company.
The prisoner said that the sacks and wrapper were
his own property. lie had been twelve months a
porter in the company's employment, and had, from
the commercement of his servitude, invariably been
allowed the refuse pieces of yarn similar to that pro-
duced.

Mr. Sparkes said that all refuse was disposed ( f
by the company, and strict orders had been issued by
the latter that none of the servants should take any-
thing off tl:e premises.

Mr. HAMMILL said he believed the prisoner had
acted under an erroneous impression, and discharged
him.

MURDEROUS ASSAULT AND ATTEMPT AT ROD-.
BERy.-13RItTOL, MONDAY.—A daring outrage was
committed yesterday at the house of the Rev. Mr.
Strickland, living in Great George-street, in this city.
Between seven and eight o'clock last night two men
called at Mr. Strickland's house, and asked if he was at
home, as they wished to see him. The servant ques-
tioned them as to whether they knew her master, and
they replied that they did, adding, that their business
was important. She then requested them to walk in, and
wait till Mr. Strickland (who was officiating at Christ
Church, of wl ich he is the rector,) should return. The .
men were asked into the kitchen, and as the servant was
putting chairs for them to sit down, one of them struck
her a violent blow upon the head with a mallet, which ho
had hitherto concealed. The blow felled her to the
ground, rendering her insensible. The other female
servant, walking down the stairs at the time, saw the
blow struck, and immediately ran up stairs and into the
street, and cried " Murder." The villains quickly
followed her, and escaped, leaving the mallet, a
formidable weapon, behind them. Their object was
evidently to rob the house. The poor servant has
suffered concussion of the brain, and lies in a very
dangerous state. A reward of 20/. has been offered for
the apprehension of the fellows.—From a Correspondent.
APPROACHING MARRIAGE. The preliminaries
have been definitively arranged for the marriage of Vis-
count Enfield, M.P., son of General the Earl of Straf-
ford, and Miss Harriet Cavendish, youngest daughter of
the Hon. Charles and Lady Catherine Cavendish. The
noble bridegroom is a widower, having married in 1829
Lady Agnes Paget, daughter of the Marquis of Angle-
sey, by whom, who died in October, 1845, he had a
family of six children. The fair fiancee is in her 28th
year. The marriage is to be solemnised early in the
ensuing month.
DEATH OF THE COUNTESS OF CHAELEVILLE.—The
Countess of Charleville died suddenly at Naples on the
Ist inst. from an affection of the heart. The deceased
Countess, who was third a -ausbter of Lady Charlotte
Bury, by her first marriage with the late Colonel John
Campbell, was sister of Lady Arthur Lennox and Mrs.
Langton', Brook, and cousin of the Duke of Argyll. Her
Ladyship was in the prime of life. She married 26th
February, 1821, the Earl of Charleville (then Lord
Tullamore), by whom her Ladyship leaves a family of
three sons and a daughter, namely, Lord Tullamore, the
lion. Jt hn J. and the Hon. Alfred Bury, and Lady
Beaujolais Bury.
Sir John Cam Hobbouse will receive the mem.
hers of the Cabinet at dinner to-morrow evening, at his
mansion in Berkeley-square. The Right Honourable
Baronet has also issued cards for a grand banquet, to
come off early in the ensuing month.
Mr. Bunn s period of management at the Surrey
Theatre terminated, after a brilliant season, on Friday
last, and Mrs. Davidge, the lessee, has resumed the reins
of government.
We regret to state that the Dowager Lady Cawdor
is very alarmingly indisposed, at her Ladyship's villa at
Twickenham. The Earl and Countess of Cawdor have
arrived on a visit to her Ladyship from Wales.
NEW PACKET Sum—Another new ship named
1,280 tons
f her register,
timbers
Liverpool trade, was launched on the 19th ult., at Wi
the Andrew Foster, intended for the New York anid.
she would leave New
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remarkableUn
of the 6t. Patrick.—
and fastenings, which are almost equal to those of a
York for this port on the 13th instant, under the com-
reaSthsetriesnl;
50-gun frigate. It is expectedthat
Liverpool Albion.
It is rumoured that his Excellency Count Die-
mend of Captain Howes, formerly
trichstein, the Austrian Ambassador, is on the eve of
leaving England for Vienna, accompanied by the Countess
Dietrichstein and Count Potocki. The Ist proximo is
fixed for the departure of his Excellency and suite, and,
according to the statement promulgated at the Austrian
Embassy, the Count and Countess will certainly be ab-
sent five or six months, but probably longer.
THE SALMON FISHERT.—The take at Worcester
since the opening, January 1, has been very fair and
almost, if not quite equal to last year's, and, as the sea-
son advances, the fishery is becoming more abundant.
On Tuesday eight fine fish were taken at the old draught,
at Diglis. The fishers in the country below Gloucester
are begining to catch fish. Some fine salmon, one about
301b5., were caught in that district last week. It is very
rare, indeed, that the salmon is taken so plentifully in
that quarter during January or Vebruory, its at Wore
Getter.—Worcester Herald