The Sun.
London, England, 1850-04-11 00:00:00

ITALY.

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The discussion of the law abolishing Ecclesiastical
privileges in the Sardinian dominions commenced in
the Senate of Turin on the sth inst.
The English Ambassador at Florence gave a grand
fete on the 2d, at which the Grand Duke of TUSCANY'
and the Duchess of BERRI were present.

DEATH OF Da. PROUT, Fits.—This
member of the medical profession exp*Al at his residence,
Saukville-street, Piccadilly, on the 9th inst., at an advanced
age. Dr. Front was deservedly well known to the members
of the medical profession and the public generally by his
distinguished
various contributions to the advancement of medical science,
particularly by his Bridgewater Treatise on Chemistry, Me-
teorology, and the Function of Digestion considered with
reference to natural Theology, The lamented deceased :had
also contributed many valuable papers to the Philosophical
Transactions.

DEATH OF THE REP,
CANON EATON.-It iS
with deep regret that we have to announce the death
of the Rev. Joseph Eaton, which took place on the sth
instant, in the 82d year of his age. He was the oldest
member of the cathedral, to the service of which he de-
voted his energies; having for many years, as well as being
a Minor Canon and Precentor, held the appointment of
Chapter Clerk, during his -retention, of which last-named
office he was presented with numerous testimonials for the
improvement he effected in the cathedral property. He
also held the living of Handley, and the Perpetual Curacy of
St. Michael's in this city. His scientific entertainments
were of the highest order, being one of the first mathemati-
cians of the age. He was also one of the oldest members of
the Royal Society of Antiquaries.—Clester Courant.
BIDEFORD, TUESDAY, Arias. 9.—(Prom a Corre-
spondent.)—Yesterday's examination of the Birds terminated
in a remand of the prisoners until Friday next, for the pur-
pose of procuring two additional witnesses on behalf of the
prosecution.

In the Bankruptcy Court yesterday, in the case of
Chisholm and Chisholm (father and son), wholesale drug-
gists at Dakir,g and Ludgate-hill, the Commissioner sus-
pended the certificate of the elder Chisholm for three years,
and that of the younger Chisholm for twelve months, and
refused protection ; the principal charges against the bank-
rupts were reckless trading, imperfect book-keeping, making
false representations to creditors, and dealing in accommoda-
tion bills. The bankrupts, it appeared, had dealt largely in
accommodation bills with a person named Henry Leigh
Hunt, who, since the failure of the concern, was, according
to the statement of the bankrupts, nowhere to be found.
TUE NEW POSTAL CONVENTION WITH FRANCE.
—lt appears that the visit of the Right Hon. the Marquis of
Clanricarde, the Postmaster-General, to Paris, for the pur-
pose of entering into a new postal treaty with the French
Government for the reduction of the postage on letters be-
tween the United Kingdom and France from 10d. to ed., and
an assimilation of the weight from under a quarter of an
ounc ounce
stopanin, not
tehxece3eiceliunigtehrraalut
Mediterranean, Egypt,
igypt, In'tia, Hong-Kong,
ounce, as on inland letters in
England, to the British colonies, the United States, Por-
tugal,and China (by the monthly mails, Tin Southampton), Hol-
land, Hamburgh, &c., has been most successful. This
important arrangement it is stated is not only confined
to letters between the two countries, but it is to be ex-
tended to all letters passing through France from Great
Britain to other parts of the continent. 'the high postage
on letters to the Mediterranean, Egypt, Aden, Ceylon,
India, &c.-Is. Hid. per quarter of an ounce, and on news-
Fapers 3d.—by the fortnightly overland closed mails through
rance, via Marseilles, has also been the subject of his
Lordship's consideration, and a reduction in the tariff, or
postal tax, is likewise to be ex tended to them. When it
is considered that the average number of closed iron boxes
passing fortnightly from this country (on the 7th and 24th
.
of the month) by the overland mails, Marseilles, to our
eastern empire, is from 50 to 60, closely filled with letters
and newspapers, this alteration in the charges will be wel-
comed not only by the commercial interest and public at
home, but by those in India. The example shown by
England in the reduction of her postage on inland letters to
ld. has had a most beneficial influence on the Continental
Governments. France has already followed a similar system