The Sun.
London, England, 1850-06-13 00:00:00

TURKEY.

According to a F. taternent conveyed to us, through
the Austrian Lloyd's, it seems that a society of English
capitalists has offered to the Ottoman Government to
establish railways from Constantinople to the sea and
to Salonica.

ITALY.
INSURRECTION AT PALERMO.

The Costituzionule of Florence quotes a letter
from Palermo, May 20, giving an account of a new
attempt at insurrection in the vicinity of that
city. It states that on the evening of the 18;11
some soldiers from the country stations arrived
at Palermo, bringing the information that armed
men %ere assembling in the neighbourhood and
approaching the city. The generale was immedi-
ately beaten ; the troops, including the cavalry
and artillery of the garrison, marched out to
meet the insurgents, and a serious conflict, which
lasted several hours, took place on the
plains of St. Paolo. Overcome by numbers, the
insurgents retired and dispersed. Not one of
them was arrested. Five persons of the neigh-
bourhood were taken up and afterwards released,
their innocence being evident. Many arrests had
been made in town before the occurrence, but few
after. A rumour was current that a movement was
to have taken place at daybreak on the 19th in
Palermo itself.

The French soldiers at Rome are beginning to
grumble at the number of parades they are obliged
to attend in all weathers, in soaking rain as well as in
broiling sunshine, while the ecclesiastical ceremonies
and pontifical processions are proceeding.
An Englishman, writing from the Eternal City,
pays the following earnest and deserved tribute to the
late gifted sculptor, RICHARD WYATT, a man of great
genius and ability, who recently died tbere pre-
maturely :
" I have today the painful duty of recording the
death of Mr. Richard Wyatt, the eminent British
sculptor, whi.se works are so well known at home,
and whose fame is spread in every part of the world
whole the fine arts are valued. It was only a few
days since I visited his studio. and admired the last
touches which his graceful chisel had given t.) the
finished statue of Flora, on which he had been for
s, .me time engaged. Judging from the health h then
enjoyed, and the elasticity of his mind, I could not
anticipate that ere the week was out I should have
to attend his funeral ; but he was take❑ off after a
brief interval, and he lives now only in his works and
in a fame that will, no doubt, be everlasting. lam
more than partial to his style, as, in my opinion, be
surpassed all living artists in representing the pure and
delicate beauty of the female form. His ' Nymphs'
are the perfection cf id( al and physical grace, and I be-
lieve in that department of sculpture he was unrivalled.
I understand that • the Penelope' in possession of her
Majesty, which I have not seen, is a work of higher
merit, but I only know him from those statues now in
his studio—' A Nymph coming ant of the Bath,' A
Shepherd-boy protecting his Sister in a Storm,' and,
above all, from the Flora,' on the perfection of
which his whole mind was engaged. As Mr. Wyatt
was as much respected in private as he was eminent in
public life, his funeral was attended, not only by artists
of all countries, but oy every English gentleman now in
Rome. His value as a friend will be long remembered
oy those to whom he was attached, and his fame as a
sculptor will outlive this age."
The only reply likely to be conceded to the re-
monstrances addressed to the Pro-Secretary of State
by Mr. FREEBORN, in reference to the examination
of the hou,e of M. ERCOLE, seems to be that of the
old adage—" Do at Rome as the Romans do I"

NEW MAP OF CUBA.-With that surprising ra-
pidity for which Mr. Wyld has long been remark-
able, he has just issued from his establishment a
brilliant and complete map not only of that splendid
island of Cuba, which has recently been the scene of a
disgraceful movement, but of the whole of the neigh
bouring possessions of Great Britain and the United
States. The map consequently includes the Ba-
hamas, St. Domingo, and Jamaica, besides a glimpse
Of Florida and Yucatan—while a smaller map in the
north-east corner gives a comprehensive sketch of
the relative position of the whole in regard to the
Gulf of Mexico and the adjacent margin of the two
continents. The entire production is as singular for
its clearness as for its elaboration.

BRITISH AND FOREIGN SCHOOL SOCIETY. -- The
annual examination of the girls' school took place yesterday,
the 12th, at the central school, Borough-road, when the
Right Hon. Fox Maule, M.P., presided. The large room
was crowded to excess, hundreds going away unable to ob-
tain admittance. The attainments of the children appeared
to afford the highest gratification to the assembled company.
At Vhe close Ilr. Fox Maule addressed the meeting at some
length, in a very effrctive speech, enforcing the value of
education; expressing the high sense he entertained of the
labours and efficiency of the society, and imprissing many
excellent counsels on the minds of the children and their
parents.

LIVERPOOL CORPORATE BATHS.—No treaqure
carried into effect by the town council has, perhaps, been of
such extensive advantage to the community generally as the
establishment of cheap baths; and that they are highly ap-
preciated is evident from the increasing patronage they re-
ceive, especially from the working classes of our popu-
lation, for whom they were more particularly intended. In
the Paul-street baths the increased demand for bathing has
been particularly remarkable during the past year. It ap-
pears that, for the quarter ending the 24th of Nay, 1849, the
number of bathers was 11,000; receipts, 2001.; while for the
same quarter in the present year the return was—bathers,
13,951 ; receipts; 2301. For the week ending the sth inst.,
the number of baths used was 2 677: receipts, 361. 13s. 9d. ;
and for the corresponding week in 1849, 1,634, showing a dif-
ference of 1,043. The result is such as • fully to .justify the
efforts now being made by the council to extend the advan.
tages of these baths to other districts of the town.—Liverpool
Mercury.
• IMPORTATION OF TALLOW.—A vessel has arrived
at one of the wharfs on the river side, with 86 casks, and a
quantity of tallow, from Yarmouth, salved from the ship
Samuel, wrecked on her voyage from Cronstadt ; and ano-
ther vessel, arrived in the river, has brought 85 casks of
tallow from Yarmouth, being a further portion of the same
cargo. •
Twelve hundred lizards have been imp,rted into
Plymouth from Jersey, and are intended for ext,ibitiois is
that town. They are valued St nearly 3004