The Sun.
London, England, 1850-05-08 00:00:00

ITALY.

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Accounts from Naples announce the arrival in that
city of the Count of SYRACUSE, the brother of the
KING. Ile was the bearer of a letter from M. DE Le-
MARTINE to DON MICHAEL SOLIMENE, a man of
letters, • who has never interfered with politics. The
day after the receipt of this letter the house of DoN
MICHAEL was taken possession of by the police, and
subjected to the most rigorous search, and although
nothing of an inculpatory nature was found, Dori
11.1icman was arrested, and is at this moment in pri-
son, his only crime being the receipt of a letter, of
which the KING'S brother was the bearer. . _

We read the following in the Consiituzionale of
Florence of the 30th ult.:—
" We can affirm that about the 24th of this month the
prefects of all the departments sent a special notice to
the Gonfalonieri of the new municipal councils, to in-
form them, by the express order of the Cabinet, that
the Government would convoke the Parliament at the
first opportunity, and that it,was therefore desirable that
this new confirmation of a necessary measure should re-
store tranquillity to the public mind, after the enthu-
siasm excited by the late municipal votes in favour of the
Constitution."

HER MAJESTY'S HEALTH.
The following bulletin of the Queen's health was
issued this morning :
'‘ BUCKINGHAM PALACE, MAT.B, 1850, 9 A.M.
" The Queen and the infant Prince continue well.
" JAMES CLARK, M.D.
"CHARLES LOCOCK, M.D.

"ROBERT FERGUSON, M.D.
" Her Majesty's recovery is so far advanced that
no mole bulletins will be issued."

HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE.
The performances went off with the greatest eclat
last night. Our English tenor, Reeves, 'and
Mademoiselle Parodi sung with the utmost fervour
.and pathos, and were encored and recalled several
times during the evening. The last scene of the
opera (Erman° was sublime. Signor Lorenzo was
also encored in the grand scene, " Sommo
which be gave with artistic finish and was recalled.
The new ballet Les Trois Graces increases nightly in
attraction. Marie Taglioni was graceful and inte-
resting ; Carlotta Grisi, piquante and sparkling;
Athalia Ferraris, bounding, brilliant, and charming.
On concluding her celebrated echo, in which she gives
les entrechats en huits, a shower of bouquets were
thrown to her.

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Stamp Abolition Committee—and James Crowther.
FATAL ACCIDENT ON THE CHESTER AND HOLY-
HEAD RAILWAY.—A shocking accident occurred on Monday
in the Belmont Tunnel. Samuel Medway, inspector of
works, was walking through the tunnel, as was usual with
him, it being a nearer way to Bangor than by the common
road, when the 7.45 A.m, up-train entered the tunnel at one
end, and a ballast engine at the other end. The tunnel is
quite dark in the centre, where they would meet, In account
of the curve, and it is supposed that he must have heard the
whistle and got out of the way of the ballast engine, but
forgetting that the up-train was due, and not noticing the
whistle, as both engines whistled at the sante time,
he got into the way of the latter, and was struck by
the butler, for his cap was upon it when the train reached
the station. A plate-layer coming through the tunnel after
the train had passed, kicked his foot against the body, which
was lifeless on being brought to the station a quarter of an
hour afterwards. It was found that the lett heel of his boot
had been taken quite off, but the foot was uninjured. The
head was very much mutilated.
SALE OF THE WORKS OF THE LATE Ma. ETTY,
R.A.—The sale of the remaining portion of the works of
this late celebrated artist, is now being conducted by Messrs.
Christie and Manson. The collection comprises numerous
sketches and unfinished works, in the style of art, and on
the subject for which this gentleman was particularly re-
markable. There are 1,034 lots, and out of this number
there are but two finished pictures. The first two days of
the sale was concluded yesterday ; front the number of lots
sold, the following may be mentioned :—.Oil studies on mill-
hoard : a fernale seated on a white drapery, with a crimson
curtain behind her, 71. 15s. ; a female reclining, with an
hour glass before her, *l. 105.; a female reclining on a mat-
trass, 141. 15s. ; a female kneeling before a red drapery,
171. 10s.; a female sleeping, 61. 15s- ; a female seated, 91. fis.
Mill-boards, with sketches on both sides ; male and female
figures, W. 15s. ,• a female figure, life-size, 111. Copies by
Mr. Etty from old masters • Time leading Truth to heaven,
after Rubens, 22/. ; Jupiter and Juno, after Rubens,
151. 4s. 6d. ; Bacchanals, after N. Poussin, 8/. 12s. ; Death
of Dido, after Sir Joshua Reynolds, 10/. 15s. Oil studies,
stretched two male figures, 16/. ; two females, 28/. 73.; two
female figures, 71. 17s 6d.; a female reclining, 81. 18s. 6d. ; a
female seated before white drapery, 61.; three male figures,
71. 53- The majority of the works were purchased by artists
to whom they will be of great value.
Mr, ,:1.1,
ARDURTON'S HISTORICAL ROMANCE, RE-
GLNALD HASTINGS.—The success of this work has been
greater than the author's most sanguine friends predicted.
A second and revised edition has just appeared, with a new
-preface. "Mr. Warburton brings us into contact with the
high-spirited and chivalrous Cavalier, and the zealous and
fanatical Puritan ; and by means of those strongly-marked
contrasts which no writer can manage with more of skill and
dramatic effect, has placed before us a series of striking and
powerfully-wrought pictures of the stormy times and im-
portant events, the social life and domestic manners of the
period of our history in which his story is laid. With all the
°,llarta of a romance we have all the truth and precision of
"istery; with all the graceful and artistic grouping of a
highly-finished composition we have combined the most ac-
curate historical portraits of the statesmen and warriors who
filled the public eye and guided the interesting events which
marked the rise and progress of the great civil war of Eng-
land. The fortunes of Reginald Hastings and of the high-
souled and enthusiastic Zillah Demiroy enchain the attention
throughthe varied chances and changes of the war; and
all
our sympathies are enlisted in the gratifying and unexpected
termination of their trials, to an extent that indicates at once
the present triumph of the writer and the future success of
his work."— Standard.
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LETTERS FOR CAPT. AUSTIN'S ARCTIC SQUADRON.
I —Letters posted for any one on board Captain Austin's
Arctic expedition this evening, and addressed to Stromness,
will most likely reach the ships before their departure thence
for the icy regions.
KIDD'S NEW PROCESS FOR ILLUMINATING AND
SILVERING GLASS MIRRORS.—In' a paragraph which ap-
peared in The Sun of Monday evening, on the subject of the
above novel invention, the word " soldering" was, by a mis-
print, substituted for the word "silvering." Mr. Kidd's
process is one for illuminating and si/veriry glass mirrors.
THE LATE POISONING CASE AT HACKNEY.—Ann
Merritt, the unfortunate woman under sentence of execution,
for poisoning her husband at Hackney, but respited, in order
that further inquiries might be made, has had the capital
punishment commuted, and is ordered to undergo transpor-
tatiou for life.