The Sun.
London, England, 1850-04-29 00:00:00

ITALY.

Letters from Rome of the 20th have arrived.
On the 18th the POPE bestowed his benediction on
;he French troops.
The political tribunals have been abolished, and all
trials not completed abandoned. The Papal army is
:o consist of 12,000 men.

Accounts from Florence state that the good offices
of France have been accepted to settle the differences
between England and Tuscany.

REPORTED SAFETY OF SIR
JOHN FRANKLIN.

DEVONPORT.—The following is an extract from a letter
received by Mr. George Tucker, of Pembroke-street, Devon-
port, on Wednesday, dated Hong-Kong, February 27th,
from his son, who is a master's assistant on board her
Majesty's ship Hastings :

"We have just received intelligence by an American
whaler, of the arrival of Sir John Franklin and his
party at the Sandwich Islands. They Fainted that place im-
mediately they anchored, after an absence of five years. They
have discovered the north-west passage; most probably they
have been frozen up in the middle part of that passage for
nearly 3 years. The captain of the whaler informed us that Sir
John Franklin dispatched his first-lieutenant over the
isthmus, to sail immediately for England with the intelli-
gence."—Devonport Independent of Saturday.

THE ELECTRO-CHEMICAL TELEGRAPH.-An ex-
periment was made yesterday at the Elysee, by order of the
President of the Republic, of the electro-chemical telegraph
of M. Bain. The telegraph was fixed up in the grand saloon
of the palace, and soon after one o'clock the experiments
commenced. M. Bain, the inventor, was accompanied by
Mr. M'Dougall, by Mr. Walltinshaw, and by Dr. Lardner.
The President was attended by the Minister of the Interior,
his chef du cabinet, and M.Chevalier, secretary-general of the
Presidency. M. de Persigny, the French Ambassador to the
Court of Berlin, was also present. M. Leverrier, of the In-
stitute, who has taken great interest in the invention of M.
Bain, and who was present on Thursday at the Ministry of
the Interior, when the telegraph conveyed a long dispatch
to Lille and back, a distarce of 325 English miles, in less
than one minute, explained the process to the President of
the Republic. The Prince comprehended rapidly- the prin-
ciple and the mode of execution, which, he said, were almost
marvellous, and complimented M. Bain on the labour and
intelligence which he had displayed in bringing his invention
to such perfection. As an instance of the extraordinary
powers of this telegraph, we may mention that in the pre •
Bence of the President of the Republic, a dispatch contain-
ing 1,327 letters was conveyed in 55 seconds being at the
rate of nearly 1,500 letters per minute.—Galignani of Sa-
turday.

A SIVIASIL—On Friday afternoon one of the so-
s called safety cabs, with a spirited horse, the property of Mr.
Rickards, of Unicorn-yard, Oxford-street, dashed into the
shop window of Mr. Fitchew, silversmith and silver-metal
manufacturer, No. 400, Oxford-street, destroying the large
plates of glass together with the sash-frame, scattering the
pavement with Mr. Fitchew's valuable stock, a great portion
of which was so crushed and bruised as to become only valu-
able as old silver. Several articles were stolen by the mob,
' which, in so great a thoroughfare, is soon collected. The
horse was severely cut and otherwise injured, but fortunately
the driver escaped with little apparent injury. This is one
of the numerous evils arising from cab-stands occupying the
best parts of our greatest thorougfares, and of the bridles
or bits being removed to feed the horses while on the stand,
and the drivers dozing on their seats the while ; thus, if
anything occur to startle the horse, the lives and property of
the public are entirely at its mercy.
FALMOUTH, HELSTONE, AnD PENZANCE RAILWAY
—On Saturday the Master in Chancery i Sir George Rose)
proceeded with the settlement of the third list of shareholders
in this concern, containing 275 names, and decided that all
those were liable to contribute towards defraying the 6,0001.
outstanding liabilities, who had not by letter or otherwise re-
pudiated their allotment of shares after application made far
such allotment. It was contended that in consequence of the
company not being completely registered there was no part-
nership and no liability; but his Honour decided that the
objection, if entertained at all, must be taken to the court.
WEALTH AND PROSPERITY OF LEEDS —We
un-
derstand that at the sungestion of Jos. Bateson, Esq., the
mayor, and several other gentlemen warm,y interested in its
prosperity, a subscription has been commenced for the pur-
pose of giving prizes for three essays "On the Elements
of Wealth and Prosperity in the Borough of Leeds, with
suggestions for their further Development." It is hoped
that a sufficient sum will be raised by private subscription
to enable the subscribers to offer such an amount of money
in prizes as will be an inducement for able writers to employ
their talents in the competition. It has been proposed that
2001. be awarded for the best essay, 1001. for the second, and
501. for the third. For the last few years Leeds has not kept
pace with the progress of some of the other manufacturing
and mercantile towns in the West Riding, and it behoves its
inhabitants to know, in order to provide a remedy, what is
the cause of that depression which has for some time affected
the value of much of its building and other property; but
the depression is capable of removal if the natural advantages
and numerous resources of the borough and district be pro-
perly cultivated.--Leeds Intelligencer.