The Sun.
London, England, 1850-12-26 00:00:00

SICILY.

The Concordia of Turin of the 20th confirms the
accounts which we had previously given of an out-
break in Sicily ; the districts of Suana, Dorleone and
St. Joseph were in possession of the patriots, who
had defeated the troops of King BOINDA in a series of
actions, and compelled them to retreat.

TURKEY.
THE HUNGARIAN REFUGEES.

The Gomer Polski announces that the affair
of the Hungarian refugees has been finally
arranged—America bas offered them an asylum
which they have accepted, and has undertaken to
provide for their, wants; the Ottoman Govern-
ment pays their expenses to Liverpool,: and the
English Government their expences from thence to
America. This arrangement was proposed by the
Ottoman Government and acceded to by England
and America.

ANOTHER DESTRUCTIVE FIRE IN BERMONDSEY.--
Last night a fire, attended with a serious destruction of pro-
perty, broke out in the premises occupied by Mr. Clay, a
stick-maker and turner, carrying on business at No. 7,
Grange-road, Bermondsey The whole of Mr. Clay's pro-
perty soon became enveloped in flames, which speedily ex-
tended to two spacious timber-buildings belonging to Mr.
Jenkinson, the leather-dresser. Upwards of three hours
elapsed ere the fire could be wholly extinguished, and not
until Mr. Clay's premises were destroyed,two large buildings
on Mr. Jenkinson's estate consumed, and some damage done
by ire, water, &c., to Mr. Westwood's property (a basket
maker). The firemen had several narrow escapes whilst as-
sisting in subduing the flames—one, by the falling of a blaz-
ing shed, by which several of them were nearly buried; and
the other by the open tan pits, into which two of the men
fell. The origin of the disaster, like the many others which
have happened lately in the same locality, is enveloped in
olacurity. Fortunately Mr. Clay was insured in the Sun
Fire-office. Mr. Jenkinson was also insured in the Alliance-
office, and Mr. Westwood was protected from loss by a policy
in the General Insurance-office.
SEASONABLE BENEVOLENCE AT NINE ELMS.—A
society, having fur its object the relief of the necessitous and
deserving poor of the neighbourhood, has been established
at the Railway Hotel since 1843, the funds of which are
raised by weekly subscriptions of one penny each member.
On Tuesday last the committee distributed 61bs. of prime
beef, 121bs. of bread, 21bs. of tour, lithe. of fruit, Vb. of
suet, 141bs. of potatoes, and 2 cwt. of coal, to 137 families,
including 574 persons. We consider this movement to be
highly creditable to all parties concerned, and there can be
no doubt it afforded to many widows and orphans (who
otherwise would have spent a cheerless Christmas-day) a
hearty meal, with plenty for ,the remainder of the week.
Looking at the easy means by which all this is done in so
contracted a neighbourhood, it is much to be hoped that
other localities will immediately set about establishing
similar societies, and thus induce many others to "go and
do likewise."

A CURIOSITY.—The ship William and Ann, of
London, 388 tons, which cleared at this port on the 10th of
November for Grimsby, is quite a curiosity in ber way, being
upwards of ninety-one years old. She was built on the
River Thames in 1759, and was employed for upwards of
half a century as a bomb-ship in the British navy. She
carried out General Wolfe to Quebec, and was employed in
that part of the world during the troubles that followed. At
the taking of Copenhagen she was also present, as well as at
the siege of GibrAter, where her mainmast was shot away.
After the taking of the fort, her mainmast was replaced by
the venerable flag-staff of the fortress, which had stood
proof against so many shots. She was repaired at Leith some
years since, and has been employed nearly forty years in the
Greenland whale fishery. The present master states that
her timbers are quite sound even yet. She was loaded at
Musquash by Mr. Henry Garbutt, from the Lancaster Mills.
St. John's ( N. 8.) Courier.

DARING BURGLARY.-011 Tuesday morning, be-
tween 7 and 8 o'clock, a most daring robbery was committed
at some houses belonging Mr. J. Croxford of the firm of
Combe, Delafield, and Co., situate in Union-Court, Holborn-
hill. It appears that the thieves entered an empty house,
broke a hole through the roof, and then stripped the houses
of a large quantity of lead. The neighbours opposite saw
them in the act, but thought they were the plumbers at
work; and the robbery was not discovered till the bricklayer
went to look over the houses, which were undergoing
repair.

THE LATE COLONEL THORNHILL, C.B.—This
distinguished officer, so well known and highly esteemed,
was interred in the family vault, at Youlgreave Church, in
this county, on the 19th instant. He died at Wimbourne, in
Dorsetshire, on the 9th instant, from whence his remains
were brought to be interred in his native county.—Derby
Mercury.

REMARKABLE CASE OF INDIGESTION..—A grey
horse, the property of Mr. J. B. Bedford, of Devizes, lately
died suddenly. It had always been a good worker, and was
a valuable animal. Not having previously shown symptoms
of illness, curiositywas excited as to the cause of its death ; the
stomach was opened and a substance weighing 201b5., and
of the solidity of very bard stone, was extracted. Mr. Bed-
! ford has preserved it.
TRADE OF THE PORT OF BRISTOL..---The in-
crease in the shipping trade of the port of Bristol, in conse-
quence of the dock transfer, has been very considerable.
The number of foreign arrivals for the twelve months
ending the sth of January, 1850, was 646; the number
from that date to the 20th instant is 716—being an in-
crease of 70 ships; to which will have to be added the
arrivals up to the sth of January next, in order to make
the comparison complete. A spirited firm from Bide-
ford has just purchased some very extensive ware-
houses, intending to establish a line 'of packets to trade
regularly between this port and New York. It is also the
intention of the Society of Merchants shortly to appoint eight
new pilots.

BRITISH AND FOREIGN BIBLE SOCIETY.-At
the usual monthly meeting of the committee of the above
society, it was stated that, by dint of unwearied exertion
3,217 district associations had been formed in Great
Britain alone—has circulated during the last 45 years more
than twenty-three million copies of the Scriptures, pro-
moted the translation and printing of the sacred volume
into 140 different languages or dialects, and expended nearly
3,500,000/.

SIR RICIIARD ARKWRIGIIT'S HOUSE IN PRESTON.
The house in Lord-street, in which the late Sir Richard
Arkwright, the eminent cotton spinner and inventor of the
spinning machine, lived, when in business as a barber in the
town, has been pulled down this week in the progress of the
alterations making for forming the new north entrance to the
town.—Presion Pilot.

MEETING AT MANCHESTER.—On Monday evening
a meeting of opuratives was held at the Corn Exchange,
Manchester, to express their disapprobation of the Papal ag-
gression. Mr. Nathaniel Adshead, the chairman, said the
Church of Lome always aimed at temporal power through
the spiritual, and consequently, he urged, civil and religious
liberty could not co-exist with its establishment. Mr. At-
kinson, secretary to the Operative Protestant Asseciation,
moved the first resolution, which was to the effect that
Popery was the same intolerant and persecuting system it
ever was, Mr. J. M. Carter moved another resolution to
the effect that the system of the Romish Church was a
deeply-laid scheme of priestcraft inimical (asocial peace and
national prosperity, ;and its whole gnius, as a religion of
image-,charms, false miracles, &c., being opposed to the de-
velopment of the human mind, the working men were called
upon to resist its principles and progre,ss. Beth reohltios
were curled want dissent.

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