The Sun.
London, England, 1860-10-30 00:00:00

COLONIAL.

TEA.—The market has remained very quiet owing to the
large quantity to be offered at public sale to -day ; prices,
however, have been steadily maintained.
SUGAIt.—A fair amount of business has been done in the
better descriptions at slightly enhanced rates, and, in the
refined market, increased activity has been apparent,
holders refusing to sell unless at higher prices.
COFFEE.—In the private market the dealings have been
limited owing to the large quantity announced for public
competition during the present week; prices, however, are
flat. The stocks on hand, compared with those of the same
period of last year, show a falling off of 3,400 tons.

RICE.—The inquiries for good and medium qualities
have been on the increase, and the late advance has been
fully sustained.
FRUIT.—A steady business has been done in currants,
and Valencia raisins continue in good demand, at full
values.

SALTPETRE.—The market has been steady, previous
quotations being realised for all qualities.
TALLOW.—A fair amount of business has been done for
consumption. Speculative business has been moderate,
and owing to the high prices ruling at St. Petersburg, full
rateshave been current here. P.Y.C., on the spot, 59s 3d,
and spring delivery 59s 3d per cwt.

A STRONG WILL AND A FAIR TlDE.—Under
this title the great niece of the celebrated Lawrence Sterne,
author of " The Sentimental Journey," has given us a
novel of immense talent and interest—a novel that, for
brilliancy of colouring, charming descriptions of scenery,
a clear perception of men and things, and a rare talent for
fun and pathos, will add fresh lustre to the name of
Sterne.

SACRILEGE AT ST. MART'S CHURCH, OLD KENT
Roan. The Rev. W. Snape, M.A., the incumbent of the
above church, on Sunday informed the congregation that
an entrance had been forced into the sacred building on
Friday night last, and a number of the books belonging to
seat-holders stolen. The affair is in the hands of the
police, who will, we hope, be successful in discovering the
robbers.

ROBBERY OF ONE THOUSAND POUNDS' WORTH OF
JEWELLERY.—On Friday night, between half-past seven
and eleven o'clock, the shop of Mr. Batty, jeweller, Albert-
bridge, Manchester, was broken into by thieves, who carried
away jewellery to the value of £l,OOO. The entrance to the
premises was gained at the back by breaking a pane of glass
in one of the windows and lifting the latch of the door.
Between the shop of Mr: Batty and that of Mr. Goadsby is
a shop recently occupied by a tobacconist, but now closed,
though some of the stock still remains. The thieves appear
to have entered this shop from the street, and passed out at
the back, and then climbed over a very high wall, to get to
the back of Mr. Batty's premises. Having once opened the
back door at Mr. Batty's, they passed without encountering
any obstacle, into the shop, where they selected the follow-
ing watches and articles of jewellery :—One gold verge
watch, two silver lever watches, one silver Geneva watch,
120 to 130 gold guard chains, 80 gold rings, a quantity of
seals and keys, a case of gold lockets, and 40 gold breast
pins, valued at £l,OOO. From the state in which the shop
has been left it is surmised that the thieves were not long on
the premises. A young man, an assistant in the shop,
whose duty, it is said, was to take care of the premises, was
absent from half-past seven to half-past eleven o'clock, and
on his return he discovered the robbery. During the even-
, ing some policemen on duty found that the shop adjoining
was unlocked. From a cursory examination all appeared
right, and they secured it with a chain and staple, the usual
method in such cases. As yet no clue whatever has been
discovered which is likely to lead to the apprehension of the
robbers. A reward of £lOO has been offered.—Manchester
Guardian.

FUNDS OF THE ROYAL FAMILY OF NAPLES.—
The Tatrie publishes the following letter from Gaeta
The Minister of Police of Garibaldi having heard that
considerable sums had been accumulated by the Princes of
the House of Bourbon to the prejudite of the people, adopted
measures to procure their restitution to the state. The
official report on the subject particularly alludes to the
transfer of two rentes, amounting, one to 184,000 ducats (4f.
39c. each), and the other to 317,000, the annual produce of
the majorats and private savings of the Royal House, and
estimates the capital of them at 11 millions of ducats. But
the former of these rentes represents the inheritance left by
Ferdinand 11. to his ten children and to the poor, the fruit
of the savings of 30 years by the late King. As to the
latter of 317,000 ducats, it is composed for the most part of
tho majorats and dowries of the Princes and Princesses of
the Royal family—majorats constituted in virtue of the old
laws of the country. This important sum represented sav-
ings made in favour of orphans, and devoted to the wants
of their infants. There is, in fact, only 5,415 ducats be-
longing to the King—savings of the civil list which he
received as Hereditary Prince, and 67,000 ducats of inte-
rest and compound interest for 23 years, arising from the
inheritance of his mother, the Princess of Savoy. This
dowry of the Princess Marie Christina, established by a
treaty with Sardinia, is therefore the inheritance of Francis
11., her only son, and it is a decree of Garibaldi which has
confiscated it. Francis 11. made the sacrifice of this sum
on the day when he refused to sell his rentes and invest
them abroad ; and, moreover, whatever may have been said
on the subject, it is but just to declare that his Majesty re-
fused to take out of the country any of the property which
was in his possession." The ancient laws of the kingdom
of Naples contain no enactment whatever relative to the
children of the Royal family. When Ferdinand 11. found
that his children were becoming numerous, he published
of his own authority, in 1836, a decree constituting a majo-
rat of 590,000 ducats, taken from the State Treasury, for
each child then existing or to be born, which sum was to
increase by the annual interest until the child became of
age. As to the savings of tke late King, the Court of Naples
never had a civil list properly so called, but drew its income
from the Customs receipts and the surplus of the different
budgets at the end of the year.