The Sun.
London, England, 1850-05-01 00:00:00

ITALY.

According to an official notification of Field-
Marshal R'DITZKY a loau Hill be raked in L mn-
bardy of 120,000,000 livres for reimbureing the
Treasury bonds, and procuring means for the con-
struction of a railway. If the amount is not covered
by subscriptions, it will be raised on Treasury bonds,
which will be put into compulsory circulation.
A letter from Florence, dated April 20, states that
the mediation of France in the Anglo-Tuscan differ-
ences has been accepted.

SECOND CONCERT OF THE STUDENTS

OF THE ROYAL ACADEMY OF MUSIC.
Toe second concert of the season frr the exhibition of
the students of the Royal Academy of Music took place
on Saturday morning, at the Hanover-square Rooms,
and we congratulate both the professors and the pupils
on the very marked improvement which has taken place
in the performances of the latter. The concert of Satur-
day was the best Acallemynoncert at which wehave ever
bees present, and the manner in which many It, the
pieces Were. pSrfoim.ea would not hive refleotia discredit
on vet,ran professors. Among the more noticeable per-
formances we would distinguish the terz tto " Pries di
' Ortiz." from Mozart's Idomenro, which was rendered by
Miss Clari Fisher, Miss Mary Rose, and Mr. W. Lyon,
with a steadiness and a certainty which proves that they
have been most attentive pupils of most excellent masters,
and which augurs well for their future career. The gem
of the concert, however, was the duet Mille Sospiri,"
from Rossini's L'Aureliano in Palmyra, which was
delightfully rendered by Miss Clari Fisher and Miss
Owen. We shall watch the future career of these young
ladies with interest ; they are, if we mistake not.
destined to occupy a prominent position among our
native vocalists. Miss Helen Taylor is entitled to high
praise for the very efficient manner in which she gave toe
" Caste Diva," and Miss Botibal in the " Pergi Amor,'
from the Nozze di Figaro, gave promise of much future
success. The compositions of the pupils (an overture
by Mr. JohuThomas, and a part song by Mr. C. Steggall)
were above the average run of academical exercises;
and the solo performances of Miss Lehmann and of Mr.
Bembridge on the pianoforte, and of Mr. Aylward ou
the violoncello, and Mr. Hill on the violin, were very
creditable. Mr. Swift gave the very beautiful " Sprito
Gentil" from La Favorites with intense feeling ; and
Miss Holroyd sang the solo parts of Bi.,hop's chorus,
Now tromp o'er Moss and F.. 11," with groat spirit.
The finale to the first act of Guglielmo Tell, in which all
the pupils took part, was splendidly sang. There was
a coherence and unity about it which told admirably,
and it would be well if some of our public performers
would in this respect take a lesson from the pupils
of the Royal Academy. The conceit room was
crowded.

THE CLAPHAM. MURDER.
FURTHER PARTICULARS.

The perpetrators of this to) sterious murder and rob-
bery are still at large, although very active exertions are
being made by the police to bring the partes to' just ce.
A secret note has been sent round from Scotland-yard
to all publicans, t,eershop-keepers, and others resident in
the metropolis and its suburbs, giving a full description
of four men who are suspected of having committed the
murder and robbery, and there is very lit le doubt, from
their being well known to the police, that they will soon
be apprehended.
It is supposed, from all. the circumstances attending
the murder, that the perpetrators of it used chloro:orm to
render the female insensible while they plundered the
house; but, unfortunately for their viretan, they gave
more than any person could bear, and caused instant
death. What makes that circum►tance more probable
are the particulars which have been gather, by ptrties
eh() have been sent round to the chemist.' steps. It
has been at e: twined that on Saturday evening, a little
fit-ter seven o'clock, it tall, thin man, dressed in shabby
black, calk d st 1)r. Mile's, No. 23, Blackfciars-r,)ad, and
requested to be supplied with sixpeun) worth • f claloro-
fot M. Mr. tide askel him wha: he wanted it for, as it
was a dangerous ar.icle to be used by non-medical men,
when tle party replied that he 'vented t ► draw a female
acquaintance's teeth, and to make lor insensible
while the opaatioc was being pet fortnt-d he required
it. Dr. Hale reused to supply him, although the
man pressed him very hard. He then hi; the shop, and
jatned two other men who were waiting at the corner
of the opposite street. The man who applied fur the
chloroform answers the description of the Man who
waa seen to leave the home of Mr. Muddle with a
bundle under his arm. Llis trousers are much wore,
and pieced at the bottom with a darker cloth. The
other two, Dr. Hale says, answer the description lor-
e arde I by the note..

Auotaer circumstance of some importance respecting
the probability of chloroform being used, and the ft-
cility with which it can be possessed by thiuvev, has
come to light within the last ten days. The Combined
Vapour Manufactory, 32, Commercial-road, Lambeth,
has been entered during the absence of the workmen,
and 16 gallons of chloroform stolen therefrom, of the
raive of 721.

The public ought to be oa their guard while passing
along the streets in the night-time, and bewsre of being
accosted by strangers, as there is no telling how exten-
bive the chlorotorm may be circulated amorg the thieves
and their companions.
Several parties have been in custody on suspicion of
the robbery and murder; but on being confronted with
the authorities at the police stations, they wore set at

GREAT CIRCLE SAILING.— By the South Austra-
lian Gazette of November 29 (just received), we perceive
that the recent achievement of Captain Godfrey, of Dart-
mouth, in performing the passage to Adelaide in the extra-
ordinary short space of 77 days, had been made the subject
of a public demonstration in that colony. Captain Codfrey
had been honoured by an invitation to a public dinner at
Adelaide, over which Mr. J. H. Fisher, barrister, presided.
The chairman, in proposing Captain Godfrey's health, ob-
served that that gentleman had made the best passage to the
colonies ever known, and this was corroborated by one of
the passengers, Mr. Burnley, who said that the result of the
voyage was far floe' being the ,effedt of luck; science, and
not chance had determined it. Moreover,. the shortness cf
the voyage was rendered more extraordinary by the fact
that the Constance had experienced Aen days of baffling
and contrary Winds; and he felt certain that it their
guest commanded a screw-propeller he would render
the voyage between England and South A ea as
short as that between Adelaide and Hongeßong.
Captain Godfrey, is returning thanks, attril?uted tus
success more to the system which he had adopted, that of
sailing by the arcs of great circles, than to any merit of his
own. He had tried the same course in the former voyage
(which had occupied ninety-nine days), but not with the
same
to the calculations not being then so
well slat present. He had kept a good way to
osnudcocresstso,
oodwai as
the southward,, and got into cold weather; but in order to
make a quick passage, that was necessary. He was fully
satisfied of the soundness of the system he had adopted, and
was convinced that, by means of steam, the rapidity of the
ewaasmatter l
acoef d asatso ntoisbh
emtehnet .
first South
AvoLatgrael
iwa-,ouhled
oabt s first
db,
at which ves steam- ..sels to the Australian colonies ,should
touch. Captain Godfrey passed a very creditable examin
tion before the Plymouth branch board in the spring of 1848,
when he was granted a master's first-class extra certificateeto •
obtain which it had been necessary for him especially to
study, among other attainments, the art of g•eat circle
sailing. Of sixty-four masters examined by the Plymouth
board, only two besides Mr. Godfrey, have obtained the
highest certificate.—Plymouth Times.
It is in the power of any writer to be original by
deserting nature, and seeking the quaint and the fantsstica •
.but literary monsters, like all others, are generally short
lived.—Eliza Cook's Journal.
GOVERNMENT INTERMENT BILL.—A public l meet-
ing Cr-
aven-street, was held on M onday afternoon at the Craven. Hot:itecefthe
Strand, of the objectors to the provisions
Government Interment till, for the puro.oesemeoetieg oii
tue
arrangements preliminary to a future'
-"libel(' be considered at
subject, when the Bill and its clauses shoo
was called to the
length. Mr. James Wyld,
M•P" welting, condemning in
chair, addressed a few words to tlamosmese
of the directing
general terms the purpose and
st the injustice of his observations particularly again h d 1 giving
tablis e c ergy and not to
compensation for fees to the e!.
>salve provision for those who
dissenters, and making no et,
rounds and
derived large incomes from bore' cemeteries.
He believed the power of assessment vested in the Board of
• h •
Health would injuriously interfere with private interests,
and become onerous to the community at large; nor did it
do away with the practice e.f burying in the town ; for it
still permitted the use of vaults as places ot interment.
Several gentlemen, principally churchwardens front the twee-
ral parishes or Loudon, spoke against the Bill in very strong
terms; after which Mr. Hargrave Stephens moved that a
committee should be appointed to watch over the 'proerese of
the Bill in Parliament. •I'hie resolution having been unani-
mously carried, it was further resolved that the committee
should appoint the day for discussing in public the clauses of
the Bill, and that Mr. Shaw should, act as honorary secre-
tary- A vote of thanks to the chairman concluded the pro•
ceedings.
SOUTH AFRICAN MUSEUM.—This exhibition was
visited on Monday by his Royal Iligh.ness Prince Albert,
who seemed much interested the..many curious and un-
common objects of natural history collected together by
Mr. Cumming during his travels in the wilds of Southern
Africa.

Mr. John Smith, jun., the son of a gentleman re•
siding in Skinner-street, Clerkenwell, was yesterday sen-
tenced at the Clerkenwell Police-court to pay a fine of 51., or
be imprisoned for two months, for indecently assaulting Mrs,
Sarah West in the public street. '
Mr. Spooner, M.P. for North Warwickshire, has
been suffering for several days from severe indisposition. We
are happy, however, to state that the Hon. Gentleman is
considered convalescent, and that there is little doubt, in a
few days, he will be able to resume his Parliameatrary duties.