The Sun.
London, England, 1850-02-21 00:00:00

SICILY.

We have received the following letter from Pa-
lermo, describing the events which have recently
occurred in that island. FILAINGIERT is the ape of
11-NAU, as his master, BoMBA, is the 'ape of the
Red EMPEROB.

" Palermo, Jan. 29, 1850:

" This town was yesterday filled with horror and in-
dignation by a most atrocious act perpetrated by the
Government of Wilangieri, which rivals his own ac-
tions at Messina in September, 1848, and a year since at
Catania.
"Towards 9 o'clock on the evening of the 27th there
was a popular demonstration on the place of Furavechia,
where a number of persons assembled, in order to pro-
tect against a Government which, trusting solely to
physical force, had committed actions of the most un-
heard-of violence and spoliation, and reduced the entire
country to a state of misery and despair. It was
very courageous of any persons to make this
protest in the face of a tyranto. who, like his master,
recognises no law, does not wish to be on good terms
with the people he governs, and only desires to rule by
the sword. It is supposed by some that his infamous
police, in order legally to get rid of certain brave and
popular men, of whom, they were afraid, lured some of
them into a guet-a-pens by means of this fatal demon-
stration, which the Government itself admits to have
been of a pacific nature ;. as appears by the
billowing extract from the supplement to the
Giornale Officiak of yesterday—' A few re--
sons were rash enough to attempt to appeal
to the people of Palermo by means of seditious
clamours. . . . . The police authori •

ties, always watching over the preservation of public
tranquillity, having previously been inLrmed of this
miserable attempt, had placed a patrol on the place ,:con-
silting of an inspector, three of the police, and four
pioneers, who wore sufficient to break up the meeting
of these criminals, six of whom fell into their bands.'
Surely, if instead of a pacific demonstratior, this had
been an attempt at a revolution, as General Filangieri
afterwards characterised it, such a small force could
not have sufficed to suppress it. It is certain
however, that the unfortunate persons captured by the
police were entirely unarmed. The official paper adds,
that before any rumour of this meeting could have
penetrated into the other quarters of the town, even
before any suspicion could be entertained of its exist-
ence, the guilty parties were already arrested, and order
and tranquillity had been restored in the place where
they had momentarily been disturbed; nor bad any ill
would have supposed
consequences followed, nor any Injury been done, (luring
the short struggle that had taken place to prevent this
criminal attempt.' who, however,
that this mere attempt at crime, as it is called by the
official organ of General Filangieri, would have given
rise to such a frightful scene as that we y•eiterday wit-
nessed? Tho General ordered these unfortunate men,
egainst whom there was no other proof than the testi-
mony cf his infamous spies, and who, perhaps, were in-
veigled by them to the spot where they were arrested, to
be shot before six o'clock. I-Ie pretended to call a
.
council of war, but . is well known that
these villanous ercepitonnel tribunals are merely
the blind instruments of his tyrannical will. The
greater portion of the town know of this barbarous exe-
cution benre knowing of the attempted revolution that
had been suppressed by four of the police and four
soldiers. I repeat that the horror and indignation of all
claszes of the people was at its height. Some of the vic-
tims were of good family, and one et them, Mondini, had
served with distinetion in the constitutional army as
lieutenant of engineers. After having deluged Sicily
with the blood of her sons for eight months, under the
pretext that his victims had been guilty of the detention
of arms; after having filled the citadel of Messina and
aiLlsththoaptriosfonbseiinngthseusipsleacnteddwibtyh men whose only crime
him, after having re-
duced this unhappy country to a state of the greatest
misery by the Enormous and arbitrary tax of 4,300,000
ounces (2,150,0001. sterling) upon the richest branches
of her trade, General Filangieri now considers himEelf
sufficiently powerful to stifle, by sanguinary executions,
the well-founded complaints against his insupportable
tyranny; possibly, however, he may be mistaken, and he
may not be rendering better service to his august
thanDmaelsctserretto.' ' did his infamous predecessors, Vial and

GRAND DINNER AT THE MANSION-HOUSE—yes-
terday the Lord Mayor and Lady:Dstayoress gave a splen-
did entertainment to the Surrey magistrates, the Mem-
bers for and the principal gentry of the county, and a
number of ladies. The chief officers of the household
were in attendance. The dinner, which was supplied by
Messrs. Ring and Brymer, and did great credit to their
taste and exertions, consisted of all the delicacies of this
most prolific season. Amongst the company, which
numbered about 150, were the following:-...Mr, J.w.
Freshfield, High Sheriff for the County of Surrey; Mr.
E. Penryhn, Mr. T. Puckle, and Mr. J. E. Johnson,
Chairmen of the Quarter Sessions, and the magistrates
of Surrey, the Right Hon. C. Tennyson D'Eyncourt,
M.P., Hon. P. J. Locke King, M.P., Sir William Moles-
worth, Bart., M.P., Sir Benjamin Brodie, Bart., Sir An..
thony Rothschild, Bart., Mr. T. Alcock, M.P., Mr. H.
Drummond, M.P., Mr. W. J. Evelyn, M.P.. Mr. J.
Masterman, M.P., Mr. Alderman Copeland, M.P., Mr,
Alderman Humphery, M.P., Mr. Alderman Sidney,
M.P., Mr. C. Pearson, M.P. Mr. M. Forster, M.P., Mr.
W. Cubitt, M.P., Mr. R. D. Mangles, M.P., Mr. T. S.
Cocks, M.P., Mr. Alderman Farebrother, Mr. Alder-
man Gibbs, Mr. Alderman and Sheriff Lawrence, Mr.
Alderman Musgrove, Mr. Alderman Salomons, Mr. Al.
derman Carden, Mr. Under-Sheriff Millard, Mr. Under-
Sheriff Wire, Mr. R. Baggallay (treasurer of St. Tho-
mas's H
Colonelospi ta l
)6. MareShertogieoannetr,Cchaanpntaelinl,
PMarg.e, Captain
Wood, Messrs. W. Clarkson, Russell, Gurney, Hankey,Sergeant
Sti ,
J. Goodhart, W. Evans, B. Cohen, C. Barclay, G.
A'Beckett, D. Mildred, W. Paynter, A. Pott, H. Sturt,
A. K. Barclay, J. Cliff, L. Redhead, W. D. Starling. 1).
H. Stone, the Rev. C. Marshall (chaplain to the Lord
Mayor), the Rev. A. C. Onslow, and their ladies. The
vocalists, under the direction of Mr. Hobbs, were Miss
Birch, Miss E. Birch, Mr. Francis, Mr. Lockey, Mr.
Lawler, and Mr. H. Phillips.
RIMMED'S TOILET YINEGAR.--MT. Itinumel, the
Queen's perfumer, has recently invented an article which
may be classed either among the most delicious perfumes
or among the most potent disinfectants, for his Toilet
Vinegar possesses hygienic and prophylactic qualities of
a high order, while as a perfume it is far superior to
Eta de Cologne, or any other scent of which spirit
forms a basis, inasmuch as it preserves its refreshing and
invigorating qualities to the last, and does not become
faint and faded, as do spirituous essences shortly after
they hare been poured on the handkerchief. During
the recent visitation of cholera it was extensively and
successfully used as a disinfectant, and we can bear cur
testimony to the fact that a few drops of Toilet Vinegar
poured into a glass of water form a most agreeable, a
most effectual, and a most cleanly dentrifice. Mr.
Rirnmel has laid all lovers of a cigar under a great
obligation, for if after smoking the mouth is rinsed out
with a glass of water, into which has been poured a few
drops of Toilet Vinegar, the unpleasant odour of tobacco
is completely removed. Henceforth no toilet-table can
be considered complete without a bottle of Rimmel's
Vinegar, and it should be also found in every sick room.
CroanAss v. THE BISHOP OF EXETER. Th
Gwzrdian •,tats; that the judgment of the Coma.ittea of
Privy Council in this ease will not be given this week,
but, if possible, on or before the 2d of March.