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

ITALY.

According to an official notification of :Field-
Marshal RADETZNY'E loan will •be raised ill LOw-
bardy of 120,000;000 livres for reimbursing the
Trealsury bonds; and' procuring means for the con.
struwion of n railway. If the amount is not covered
by subscription'', P.', 7.ill.liEi.raised on Treasury bonds,
which will be put into. Co.npukory circulation.
• A letter troin F;lorence,.Ostfid April 20, states that
the mediation of Fxsnce in the Anglo-Twat' differ-
ences has been accepted.

SECOND CONCERT OF THE STUDENTS
OF THE ROYAL, .ACADEMY MUSIC,
Tae secoud cencerlef.the.seneoe f r the' exhibitioreof
the students of the Royal. Acedemy ef Music took place
on Saturday morning, et .the Henovor-iqu'ere Rooms,
and we congratulate hofh.the professors and the pupils
on the very marked. irep:eivereent which has taken place
in the performances of the letter. The concert of Satur-
day wGS the bist Aced( my concert at which we have ever
bee present, and the. teanner in which many of the
pieces were performed would not have reflected discredit
on veteran erofessere. Among the more noticeable per-
formances we would eliatieguieh the terz ntie " Pria di
partir" from Mozart's Idomeneo, which was rendered by
Miss Clari Fisher, Miss
.Mary Rose, and Mr. W. Lyon,
with a steadiness ttud usertainty which proves that they
have been most sttee lye. pupils of most excellent masters,
and which augurs well for their future career. The gem
of the concert, however, was the duet Sospiri,"
from lloseini's L:AuriVar.o in Pdnwra, which was
delightfully rendered by Miss Clari 'Fisher and Miss
().yen. We shall watch the future career of those young
!Vies with interest ; they are, if we mistake not,
destined to occupy. a prominent position among our
native vocalists. Miss Helen Taylor is tntitled to high
preise for the vereectlicient menrier in which she gave tee
Caste Dive," and Miss Botibal in the "Pergi Amor:- •
from the N)zze di Figaro., ge.protiiis:o of much future
-tmccaas; The .corepositi•Jos puptlee(sn' overture
by Mr. JohuThoinal, and a part sung by Mr. C. Steggall)
were above the ever:ego run of academical exercises;
and the solo perfermencee of Miss Lehmann- and of Mr.,
Eembridge on the pianoforte, and of Mr. Aylward on •
the violoncello, and Mr. Hill on the violin, were very
creditable. Mr. Swif% gave the very beautiful " Sprito
Gentil" from La Favorita with intense feeling ; and
Miss Holroyd sang the solo parts of Bishop's chorus,
Now tramp o'er Moss and Fell," with great spirit.
The finale to the first act of Guylielmo Tell, in which all
the pupils took pert, ewe 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 concert room vvas
crowded.

THE CLAPHAM. MURDER.
FURTHER PARTICULARS.
The perpetratQrs of this mysterious murder and rob-
bery are trill at large, althonh ♦ery active exertions are
being made by the police to bring the part,es to justice.
A srcret note.bas been sent round from Scotland-yard
to all publicans, Icerabcp-keepers, and others resident in
the metropolis and its suburbs, giving a full description
of four men who ate suspected of having committed the
murder arid robbery, and there is very little doubt, from
their being well known to the police, that they will soon
beapprehanded .

It-t; supposed,, from all the circumstances attending
the murder, that the perpetrators of it used chloroform• to
render the female itiserAble while they plundered the
house; but, unfortunately fur their victim, they gave
more than any .person could bear, and caused instant
deeth. Whet wakes that circumstance more probable
are the particulars which have 13:esi gathered by parties
ehe have tren sent rr'und to the ehetuit;ts' shepa. • It
has been ascertained that on Saturday evening, s'iktsis• -
after seven o'cleck, a tall, thin man; dreesed in- Ishtar' -
black, called at Dr. Hale's, No. 23, Blackfrisrs-read; and
requested to bo aupptied with sixpenny worth of chloro-
fot m. Mr. Hale asked him what he wanted it for, as it
was a dangerous article to be used by non-medical men,
when the party replied that he wanted to draw a female
acquaintance's looth, and to make her insensible -
white the operation. was being perfernied he required
it. Dr. Hale xelused to supply him, although the
men pressed him very hard. He then lefs the shop, and
joined two other men who were waiting at the corner
of the opposite street. The man who applied for the
chloroform answers the description of the man who
was seen to leave the house of Mr. Meddle with a
bundle under his arm. His trousers ere much wore,
and pieced at the bottom with a darker cloth. The
other two, Dr. Hale says, answer the description for-
ward e 1 by the note.
Anooer circumstance of some importance respecting
the probability of chlorolorm being used, and the fa-
cility with which it can be possessed by thieves, has
come to light within the last ten days. The Combined
Vapour Manufactory, 32, Cornmeacial-road, Lambeth,
has been entered during the absence of the workmen,
and 16 gallons t.,f chloroform stolen therefrom, of the
value of 721.

The public ought to be on their guard while passing
along the streets in the night:time, and beware of being
accosted by btrangera, as there is no telling how exten-
ive the chloroform may be circulated amorg the thieves
and their companions.
_ _

Several pit :ie6 have been in custody on suspicion of
;he robbcry and murder; but on being confronted with
he authcrities at the police stations, they %w ire set at
iberty.

GRELT CIRCLki SAILING.— By the South Austra-
lian Gazette of Xnvember `29 (just received), we perceive
that the recent achievement of Captain Godfrey, of Dart-
mouth, in performit g 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 Godfrey
had been honoured by an• invitation to a public dinner at
Adelaide, over which Mr. J. H. Fisher, barrister, presided.
Tl:e chairman, in proposing Captain Gcdfrey'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 passene.rs Mr. Burnley, who said that the result of the
the effectrco of luck; h
t e shortness o
se
andf
ro3traegheanlC'aeabfaadr determinedftongit. v hein
the voyage was rendered more extraordinary by the fact
that the Constance bad experienced ten days of bafflin
and contrary winds; and he felt certain that if their
guest cernmanded a screw-propeller he would render
the voyage between England and South Australia as
short as - that between Adelaide and Hong-Kong.
Captain Godfrey, in returning thanks, attributed his
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 bad tried the same "course in the former voyage
(which had occupied ninety-nine days), but not with the
swine success, owing to the calculations not being then so
well understood as at present. He had kept a good way to
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
voyage would at first be a matter of astonishment. South
Australia, he observed, was so placed as to be the first spot
at which steam-vessels to tbe Australian colonies should
touch. Captain Godfrey passed a very creditable examina-
tion before the Plymouth branch board in the spring of 1848,
when he was granted .a master's first-class extra certificate, to
obtain which it had been necessary for him especially to
study, among other attainments, the art of great circle
sailing. Of sixty-four masters examined by, the Plymouth
board, only two besides Mr. Godfrey, have obtained the
highest certificate.—Plymouth Times.
al
It is in the power of any writer to be origin by
deserting nature, and seeking the quaint and the fant-itstiFaq
but literary monsters, like all others, are generally Anon
lived.—Eliza Cook's Journal.
A meet-
GOVPRNIKENT INTERMENT BILT.---m. r-
concludihg
sae
eoetting or e
ing was held on `londay afternocn at the CravenHote lo,fCtrhae-
yen-street, Strand, of the objectors to the provisions
Government Interment Bill, for the poubrpHoosme
arrangements preliminary to a future
eswittooul.wdasbe
called onsider
t e od thast
subject, when the Bill and its clauses
length. Mr. James Wyld, P
/81. ''
chair, addressed a few words theto meeting, condemning in
clauses of the Bill, directing
against the injustice of giving
sion clergyfor atnhdo sne owt
who
general terms the purpose and g
his observations particularly
theoasia.ve establishedp r,vi
compensation for fees to
dissenters; and making no p
derived large incomes from burying-grounds and cemeteries.
He believed the power of assessment vested in the Board of
Health would hajuriously interfere with private interests,
and become onerous to the community at large; nor did it
dstodla
away
ywith the practice of burying in the town; for a
permitted the use of vaults as places of interment.
Several gentlemen, principally churchwardens from the seve-
ral parishes or London, spoke against the Bill in very strong
terms; after which Mr. Hargrave Stephens moved that a
committeetshould be appointed to watch over the progress of
the Bill in Parliament. 'Phis 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.

"A
6ouni ArnicAN MIISEUIC—This exhibition was
visited on Monday by his Royal Highness Prince 'Albert,
who seemed much interested in 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, jan., the son of a gentleman re.
siding in Skinner-street, Clerkenwell, was yesterday sen-
tenced at the Clerkenwea 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 trom 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: lie will be able to resume his Parliamentary duties.