The Sun.
London, England, 1850-03-23 00:00:00

ITALY.

The Roman official Gazette of the 15th contains
the following announcement:—
" The most eminent and reverend Cardinals, compos-
ing the commission of Government, having received the
joyful intelligence that his Holiness the Pope Pio IX.
will, in the first week alter Easter, enter into his do-
minions, communicate the same to the respective Mi-
nisters of State, tu order that they may make the neces-
sary disposition for all that regards their respective
administration."
The same gazqte contains a notice relative to
railroads. The object of it is to declare that, in case
Messrs. Alfieri and Conte, to whom the execution of
the railway .uniting the two seas, from Ancona
through R •me to Civita Vecchia and Porto d'Anzo,
was confided, do not, before the month of September
next, make sufficient progress in completing the con-
tract •signed by them on the 7th of November, 1846,
the engagement will be declared null and void, and
that flesh tenders, to be hereafter decided on, will be
received from other parties in the meantime.
The Cqstituzionale cf Florence, of the 15th, states
that the Austrians intend sending a garrison to the
fortress of Portoferrajo (1;',1b).

NINING bLLI CE.
(From the Mining Journal of this day.)
An average amount of business has been transacted
this week, and the market generally continues firm, with
an inquiry for shares in most of our lending mines.
Alfred- Consols and WheAl Tremayne are represented
to have improved, particularly the former, in the 60 fm.
level, where the lode is now worth 70/. per fm.
South Tolgus, Treviskey and Barrier, South Frances,
Condnrrow, and Devon Great Consols, have been in re-
quest durinz the week.
Botallack is reported t 9 have improved, and shares
have been sought for at a considerable advance on our
former quotation. •
The directors of the Devon Great Consols, at their
meeting yesterday, declared a dividend of 5,120/., or 5/.
per share, being for net profits arising from sales of
ores raised in the months of November and December
last. After payment of. the dividend, there remains in
hard a balance of 21,6391. 2s. 7d. in cash, ore bills not at
maturity, and Excht.que.-tills applicable to the general
purposes of the company.
By private and official letters from Tincreft, we learn
that the mine continues progressively improving, im-
portant discoverits having been -made during the week.
At North Tincrott engine•slieft, the lode is worth 50/.
per fm. Tlr, 100 fin. west is worth 401. per fin., with a
load ‘ix ft. wide, and no north wall. The 90 west is
orth 451. per fathom ; three it. of the lode• is solid.
atines loci,' is worth 701. per fni. Chappel's lode, in
the 100 west, is worth 251. uttr fin., and a wirs3 under
this level is now worth 20/. per fm.
The al, eting of Wheal Buller adventurers was held
on Ttorid4y last, when the sec,nnts for January and
February were passed, and a dividend of 191. 10. per
share declared. ri'te urine was represented to hare con-
siderably improved, and dividends cf2o/. per share were
promised in tuturi, iitilance from ks.t account, 376/.
10i. 3d.; ores .old (less dues), 2,356/. 164. 9d.=2,7331.
7s. Costs and rne%liant,' iaus, 655/.35.; by dividend
of 121. 103. p‘:lr sik,r..t, 1,6001.; leaving bstne,T in hand,
4981 4s.

The usual two-monthly meeting' of the Consolidated
Mines was held at the mine on Wednesday last, when
the aecouuts for January and February were presented,
showing—Balance last .ecuunt. 1,1001. 8.. $.1,; ores sold
(less dues), 5,8811 9s. 2!1.=7,281/. 1 51 By c.rsts
and merchants' bilis, 6,470/. Is. 9J.; leaving balance in
hand, 811/. 15:r. Bd.
At l'owey Corools account for icily months to the end
of Ddcember, 1849, the stkt-mint snowed profit of 2031.,
which, added to balance Iron last meeting, gives 6.990/.
A divider-id of 11. per share was declared, carrying to
credit of c..ruploy 6,4961. The prospects of the mine
continue just toe sin as they have been for a consider-
able period. _ _

Ai the,Wes: P‘d,.zowli meeting., the rt.p:,rt stated that
the coat .f it the mon hot Februaiy had been 901. 3s. 73.
The th,t% was down 15 .me., and a new lode had been
cut, producing good tinst
At. the 1-'4,Yn-arian int wing, the accounts shiwed—
Ores sold, 230/. 4s. 10. i.; calls received. 9181. 6.. 6d.;•
lyttvin;; balance rigs nit the mine of 81/. 2i. There
art, unpaid calls, amounting to 281/. 135. 6d.;
to mart liabilitte,, a call of 2s. 6d. per share was made.
At the Bwlch Consolida e.l Mines meeting a resolution
was passed declaring all shares ab.olutAy forteited on
which the till of 2/. per share, made in DO3. last, be not
paid on or. before t-40 19,h April next. The report from
the mines is highly favourable, the prospects being very
gratifying, lud SO tons of ore will be sampled on Satur-
day (this day).
At 'West Tolgus and Treloweth meeting, the accounts
for the twelve months ending February showed a balance
of 256/. Bs. 3d. against the compiny. The shares were
lucre:lied to 940, and a call of 10s. per share made.
At Caradon Wheal Ilooplr account nat eting, accord-
ing to the statement t f assets cud liabiLtics, a ba'a.nce of
4741.15. sd, was found against the company. The re-
maining shales were quadrupled, making them 572, and
a call of ss. per share made.
At West Wheal Treasury account meeting, for five
month?, a balance of 1,482/. was found against th, mine;
but for the erection of a new engine-house, and other
requisite machinery, a profit of 42:3/. I Is. Ild. would
have ato ued. The shores were in..rca:ed to 1,024. The
mine is represented in a progresi,ing and improving po-
sition, and likely t) pay coati by the end of the year,
Upwares cf :3,0001. worth of ore have been sold since
August last.
Shares in the following rn;Lei have changed bands
since our last:—lic:ron Great Consols, Tzeviskey and
Barrier, Tincroft, South Tolgus, Trelawny, Mary Ann_
Tse.hatie, Penzance Consols, East Gunnis Lake, Kirk-
cudbright, South Tamar, Bedford United, East Tamar,
Condurrow, Alfred Consols, Tremayne, Berodsfoot,
Stray Park, Spearne ConsoP, Balleswidden, Botalla.ck,
Esgair Llee, South Wheal Frances, &c.
In Foreign Mines, the principal business transacted
has been in St. John del Copiapc, United Mexican,
Linares, Santiago, Cobre, &t..

THE ARMY ANI) NAVY.
(Prom the United Service Gazette of this day.)
CAPTAIN COLLINSON'S BEHRING'S STRAITS E.XPEDI-
TI9N`.—The last opportunity of catching the .130 ring's
Straits Arctic Expedition, overland, was by the last West
Judi.' M.til, via Panama. By this route we believe
Captain Collinsou has been officially informed that no
intelligence has,beert r, ceived of Sir John Franklin, and
that in the: Enterprise, commanded by himself, and the
Investigator, by C,-.)inalander M'Clure, he is to proceed
in execution of the orders given him by the Admiralty,
on, his quitting England in January last.
THE 'BEAR•skIN CAP.—We understand that Lord
Gough has expressed a wish to defray the expense that
would be incurred in provieung the men cif hi.
Lb.' 87!.11,- Fuslii, Y 0 with the bear-skin cap.
()I;RATI ;NS, CHATIIA3I.—Active operations
fur the preso,it i.atruct ohs of tile officers and men
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NLIV BLYONET.— Wo hrliere it ha; been finally re_
solved to.ntatipit
ice a re 4 bayonet Into the kritish army.
The:ifesper4 .we h. ar, differs frt m the ere actually in
use; ivajrnucb ai it disp-Lses wit!, ti,e angle. This will
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makeAhe,bayonet wound something less c7ea Ily, but it
will ientier the instrument lighter, and so f.ir assist the
• gotit of the soldier's thrust.
Major-General Le)rd Frederick Fitzelsle 'cP,
compasnding thT district, int?uds to erect!: tt his OTVII

expense, a bust (on a pedestal) of the Duke of Welling-
ton, on the esplanade, South-tea Beach, in commemora-
Aiu of his Grace's landing on that spot on his return, in
1814, from the campaign in the Peninsula.
REGIMENTAL BENEFIT SOCIETIES.—The Secretary-at-
War has issued a circuler to the several staff officers of
pen,ioners, to the effect that the Commissioners ap-
pointed by the Act of 12 and 13 Vic., cap. 71, to make
an equitable distribution of the funds of the abolished
regimental benefit societies, have decided that the pen-
sions shall be continued to the men as a public charge,
except when it may be satisfactorily shown that it
would be more to the advantage of the pensioner and
his family t) redeem the annuity by an immediate pay-
ment of a sum of money. The staff officer is, therefore,
called upon to report whether the pensions should be
continued, or whether the man is of such prudent habits
and in such circumstances as would justify the commu-
tation of the tension.
PLYMOUTH GARRISON.—The 32-gun battery at St.
Nicholas Island is ordered to be re-formed, as also the
battery on the Bluff. There has been no brigade day or
" trooping" during the week, in consequence of the ab-
sence of the Major- General.
A defensible guard-house in the main ditch of the
Citadel at Quebec is ordered to be erected, at an expense
of 738/.
Staff-Surgeon Mapleton. M.D., attached to the Depot
Battalion at the Isle of Wight, is on leave of absence to
the 31st of March.

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RECRUITING SERVICE.—The appointment of superin-
tending officer of the Gloucester Recruiting: Station i 5
about to become vacant by the retirement from the ser-
vice of Lieutenant Evans of the 69th Foot.

CANTERBURY BARRACKS.—The Scots' Greys will
commeace their march to Dublin on the 10th of April,
for embarkation to England; and as the regiment will
occupy these barracks, they are being put in a thorough
state of repair.
Captain Herbert Gall, of the 14th Light Dragoons,
has been appointed Aide-de-Camp to Major-General
Barr, commanding the southern division of the Bengal
Army.
Staff Assistant-Surgeon Peile arrived at Southampton,
from Gibraltar, on Monday, in charge of invalids of the
34th, 56th, and 67th Regiments, and proceeded with them
to Chatham on Wednesday.
ORDNANCE MEDICAL DEPARTMENT.—Senior Surgeon
Stewart arrived from Nova Scotia on Tuesday last,
having been ordered home to assume the duties of the
head of the department at Woolwich, as Resident Sur-
geon, consequent on the retirement of Sir John Webb,
the Director-General, and Dr. Thomas, the Deputy In-
spector-Geeeral.
THE TROOPS IN SCOTLAND.—The 13th Light Dra-
goons will replace the 2d Dragoon Guards at Edinburgh
and Glasgow; the 13th Light Infantry from Beltast to
Fort George and Aberdeen; the 21st Fusiliers will move
from Edinburgh to Glasgow; the 27th, Inniskilling,
from Glasgow to Stirling, Perth, and Dundee; the 93d
Highlanders from Stirling, &c., to Edinburgh.
NINEVEH ANTIQUITIES.—We are enabled to an-
nounce 'pat the antiquities and curiosities lately dis-
covered in Nineveh will be conveyed to England by
her Majesty's frigate Cambrian, 40, Commodore Plum-
ridge. The gallant Commodore has sent the ship to
the Persian gulf to receive them.
We understand that the Right Honourable Fox
Maule, M.l'., the Secretary at Wer, is shortly expected
at Portsmouth, on an official visit.
D, puty Commissary -General Bowers has embarked
at Gibraltar for England, in the steam-ship Madrid, for
the purpose of proceeding on duty to the West Indies.

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