The Sun.
London, England, 1850-08-30 00:00:00

ITALY.

It was reported in Turin on the 211 that the ➢li-
nister SICCARDI, the great opponent of the Jesuits
and the parti pretre, had resigned, in consequence of
the determination of his colleagues to send S:gnor
PIRELLI to Rome. Written placards were imme-
diately posted on the walls, inviting the inabitants to
assemble on the morrow, and make a demonstration, in
which they were to cry out, " Down with Azegiio—
down with Galvagno. Long live Siccardi—long live
Bianchi Giovini." The Concordia declares that
there is no truth in the report that SICCARDI, who
is so justly popular, will abandon the post which he
fills with so much dignity. The Ministers were
quite unanimons in sending Signor PIRELLI to Rome.

RAILWAY TRAVELLING.—Such is the stimulus
given to railway travelling, that as much space is traversed
over in one day as took our forefathers a whole week, and for
fewer shillings than cost them pounds. Just think of a Sun-
day morning's excursion train to Brighton and back for
3s. 6d. I Two thousand two hundred and twenty persons
availed themselves of this facility last Sunday, and came
home all safe in the evening.

The Fellowship Porters of the city of London, who
conceive that their privileges have been assailed by the dock
companies,especially as to the discharge of corn-laden sships.have
resolved to establish a protection society.
POSTPONEMENT OF THE FUNERAL OF LOUIS
PHILIPPE.— Late last night it was communicated to Messrs.
France and Ranting, the undertakers, that the interment of
Lis late Majesty must be postponed in consequence of family
arrangements and parties being expected from France. The
honorary degree of doctor upon our co-religionist M. •thne
Universitynowfixedi o
slllondiu3 morning, half-past ten.
The Jena
has
recently conferred the
Meyer-
beer. There is a peculiarity attached to this act, which en.
hances the value of the tribute to the composer's talent.
It is the first issued by that university to a professor of music.
—Jewish Chronicie,
A SHABBY THEFT.--A few days- ago a box that
had been placed on the chirnneypiece in the parlour of the
Warwick Arms, Pimlico, for the purpose of receiving the
contributions of the visitors towards the working man's
memorial to the memory of the late Sir R. Peel, was stolen.
The box, it is supposed, contained but a few shillings.
Memory is the friend of wit, but the treacherous
ally of invention ; awl there are many books that owe their
success to two things—the good memory of those who write
them, and the bad memory of those who read them.—Eliza
Cook's Antrnal.

T. E WALKER TESTIMONIAL.—Mr. George Alfred
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Mr. Walkerpublictbe
meeting, over which Lord Dudley Stuart presided, nearly a
hundred guineas were subscribed on the spot; and subscrip-
tions are now received, by post or otherwise, at Messrs. Coutts
and Co.'s. We are always desirous that both fame and its
rewards should alight with equity on the heads of those who
personally deserve them. It is too of,en the casein this world,
that one man originates a great and important movement,
and another reaps and enjoys the honour and the reward of
it; one plants and another eats; one builds and another
inhabits- He who carries a measure in Parliament, is
very apt to carry also away the palm from him who carries
that measure in the hearts and minds of the people. His-
tory is full of such robberies; , and laurels are voted, and
monuments erected, to men Whose chief merit consists in
making use of other men, M the fox made use of the goat in
the well. We are happy to see that the hammer of renown,
in Mr. Walker's case, has struck the right nail on the head,
as, almost single-handed for years, he attacked the prevail-
ing evil, and at last aroused public spirit in the cause of re-
form. His discoveries and disclosures astonished the public,
and awakened their attention to a series of appalling tacts
connected with churches, chapels, churchyards, and other
abominations, of which they had previously no idea, and
, for
mwhouic nh a
years, .
himself believed. and his faith has succeeded in removing a
ialnilythey could scarcely believe. Mr. Walker
d.
en
arc
moHreeraelst
Mt:nn eemed in society than virtues
though the one are artificial, like false brilliants—and the
other pure, like real jewels.—Diza Cook's Journal.
ch house-square •
The late Mr. John Jones, of Herne-hill and Cheap-
side, bequeathed 1001. to each of the following charities:—
The Asylum for the Support and Education of Indigent
Blind; the Infirmary for Fistula and other Diseases of the
Rectum, arter
Gray's Inn- road ; the London 'Society for Teaching the Blind
to Read; and the Free Wa,ermen and Lightermen's Asylum
the Royal Free Hospital, in
at Penge.
THE LATE LOUIS PHlLlPPE.lrrespwctive of
politics, we deeply lament, as Jews, the death of the ex-King
of France. Gratiitule is one of the principal features in the
Jewish moral code; and the Jews will ever remember with
sincere gratitede the perfect equality which the French Jews
enjoyed under his reign.—Jewish Chronicle.