The Sun.
London, England, 1850-05-09 00:00:00

MALTA.

We learn with pleasure, by the last advices from
Malta, that the health of the venerable RUGGIERO
SETTIMO, is completely re-established. He owis his
recovery to the skill of an English surgeon, who
undertook to perform an operation on him after the
physicians of the island, had declared his case to be
desperate. The Sicilian emigrants, who are at
Malta, attended upon the illustrious invalid with
filial tenderness, and the Governor and other princi-
pal authorities of the island paid the kindest and
most delicate attention to him during the whole of his
dangerous illness.

THE PROJECTED IMPROVEMENT OF ST. PAUL'S
CATHEDRAL.—Yesterday Mr. Daw, the principal clerk to
the City Commissioners of Sewers, received an official com-
munication from the Dean and Chapter of St. Paul's, tin
reply to a request from the Court of Sewers that a deputa-
tion from their body, with the Members for the City and
other gentlemen, should be permitted to wait upon the ec-
clesiastical authorities, with reference to the proposed im-
provement of St. Paul's Churchyard. by the removal of the
dwarf wall and iron-railings from the western elevation of
that magnificent structure the Catkedral, as proposed by
Air. William Barber. The Dean and Chapter have conse-
quently named an early day for the reception of the depu-
tation.

FRENCH PLAYS.—Her Royal Highness the Duchess
of Kent, accompanied by his Serene Highness the Prince
Leinengen, attended by Lady Anna Maria Dawson, the
Baroness de Speth, the Comtesse Van der Straten, Colonel de
Moerkerke, and Sir George Cowper, honoured the perform-
ances at the St. James's Theatre last evening with their
presence.

FALMOUTH, MAT 6.—(From our Private Corres-
powlent.)—ller Majesty's packet Peterel, Lient. Creser,
sailed this morning for Rio Janeiro, conveying the mails for
Madeira, Teneriffe, the Brazils, and the River Plate. Pas-
sengers for Rio—Captain Rowley, R.N., lady, and family;
Messrs. Cantor, Malet, Rusden, Petrocochino, and Bergueiro,
and Lieut. Branck, R.N. She conveys on froight about
28,0001. in gold.
THE TAILORS' TRADE IN LIVERPOOL.—A public
meeting took place at the Amphitheatre, in Liverpool, on
Tuesday, at which the Mayor presided, for the purpose of
bringing before the public the evils engendered by the slop
sweating and middleman system rife in the above trade.
Resolutions were passed deploring the evils of the present
system ; calling on the clergy to exercise their powers in de-
nouncing the system and advocating the necessity of an Act
of Parliament rendering it compulsory on all employers to
have their work done on their own premises; and a petition
to both Houses of Parliament was adopted to that effect. Mr.
Charles Goodfellow attended the meeting from London. Two
of the speakers, Mr. Smith and Mr. Williams, gave a variety
of facts, showing that the sweating system prevails in Liver-
pool to as fearful an extent as in London. The meeting con-
cluded with a vote of thanks to the Mayor.
PALACE ARRANGEMENTS.—On the death of Sir T.
Marrable, an office of 1,000/. per annum, in the Board of
Green Cloth, and a house in St. James's Palace, became
vacant. The appointment was premised by Lord J. Russell
to Mr. Norman Macdonald, in consideration of the long and
arduous duties of Adjutant-General, faithfully performed by
his father, the late General Sir John Macdonald. The ap-
pointment of Mr. Macdonald, though it is one in the gift of
the Prime Minister, did not take place. The house has been
conferred upon the Hon. Colonel Grey !—(when will there
be an end to the good things that fall into the lap of the
Greys?)—and a gentleman, a clerk in the office, has obtained
the vacant post, the salary being limited to 500/. per annum,
thus leaving a surplus of 500!. to the privy purse, and which
will doubtless be judiciously appropriated.—Morning Paper.
THE WEATHER.—The weather for these some
days has been very cold for the season, but generally dry—
Saturday night, however, was an exception. In the course of
that night there was a considerable fall of snow, and on
Sunday morning Arthur's Seat and the Pentlauds appeared
in winter's covering; and even yesterday white spots were
to be seen in the hollows of the hills. Oats and barley are
suffering in many places from want of moisture and of heat,
and the shoots of early planted potatoes which had begun
to appear above the surface have been injured by the frost,
but the amount of damage is not great. The wind has been
this week blowing from every point of the compass, though
generally from the north-east. —Scotsman of Wednesday.

INAUGURATION OP EARL FITZWILLIAM AS HIGH-
STEWARD OF TEE TOWN OF CAMBRlDGE.—Yesterday being
the day appointed for the inauguration of Earl Fitzwilliam
as High Steward of the town of Cambridge, his Lordship was
received at the railway station by the Mayor (Mr. IL S.
Foster) and the municipal authorities. and escorted to the
Town-ball shortly after one o'clock. The town-clerk having
read the letters-patent, the Mayor presented them to his
Lordship, accompanying the presentation with an appropriate
speech. His Lordship then took the oaths, &c., after which
he replied to the speech of the Mayor, and acknowledged the
gratification he felt in having been unanimously chosen to
till the chair, formerly occupied by Bacon, Cromwell, and
Clarendon, to whose characters he paid an eloquent tribute
of respect. The proceedings were then concluded, but in the
evening a banquet was given in the hall, at which the Mayor
psesided, to upwards of 100 guests, amongst whom were the
High Sheriff of Cambridgeshire, Lard Monteagle, Mr. Adiir,
M.P. ; the lion. Mr. Campbell, M.P. ; Professors Sedgwick
Pryme, &c.

AIUSLIN TRADE IN CONNAUGHT.—Through the
aid of a Scotch firm, muslin-sewing, drapery,and embroidery,
has been introduced in Mayo. In the Marchioness of
Sligo's schools some hundreds of poor females are already
employed, and arrangements have been made for the exten-
sion of this industrial system. It is one of the good signs of
the times. •