The Sun.
London, England, 1850-10-15 00:00:00

ITALY.

We read in the Eisorgimento of Turin the following
letter, addressed by the members of the Municipal
Council of Florence to Sig. Peruzzi, who has been
dismissed from his post of Gonfaloniere, on account
of his having proposed the address we mentioned a few
days ago, praying for the re-establishment of the Con-
stitution .

" Florence, Oct. 1, 1850.

" Very illustrious Sir,-011 the occasion of your
resigning the office of Gonfaloniere, we wish to
express to you, Sir, the sorrow with which the
decree which deprives you of your post has
filled our hearts and those of our fellow-cicizms.
Whatever may have been the opinion entertained by
others, it appeared to us in the municipal sitting, of
the 27th September last, and it appears to us still,
that the respectful petition you were directed by the
Council to present to his Highness, far from being an
illegal act, was, on the one hand the fulfilment of our
duty towards our constituents, and on the other a proof
of our confidence in the benevolent intentions of our
Sovereign. To repel the accusations which had been
made upon the country was a sacred duty of the Mu-
nicipality,. as well as a right of every conscientious
citizen. Our praying for the re-establishment of the
Statute, in the respectful form in which it was done,
was a proof of the confidence we feel in the intentions
which the Government has always declared, and the
Sovereign recently confirmed. The Florentine Mu-
nicipality, which had assumed so great a responsi-
bility, iu the restoration of the 12th of April, could
not, and ought not, to have been silent on so serious
and solemn an occasion.
We have the honour to de-
clare ourselves,

" Your friends and colleagues, &c."
Among the signatures to this letter we find the
names of Cappoci, Ridolfi, Don Ne:i Corsini, and
other eminent men of Tuscany.

THE L ATE QUEEN of the BELGIAN S.
The Independance of Brussels has the following
under date of (Mend, the 12th :—" The mortal re-
mains of the Queen were deposited last night in the
Chambre Ardente. The curt') of the church of Ostend,
he
lri the Coun-
tess
Countess de ev
ander the Countess Hust, Lady of
o d e Lady of Honour
Honour to Queen Marie Amelie, passed the night in
prayer near the royal remains. At seven o'clock in the
t
morning a mass was said in the chapel, at which Queen
Amelie and the Princesses were present. At nine o'clock
the whole of the Royal Family again assembled round
the body. At this mass, which was performed by the
cure of Ostend, the King of the Belgians, the Duke
de Brabant, the Count de Flandre, and the Princess
Charlotte; Queen Marie Amelie, the Duchess of
Orleans, the Princess Clementine, Prince de Join-
ville, and the Duke d'Aumale were present. The
Duke de Nemours was not able to be pre-
sent. In addition to his previous indisposition, he
met vsi h an accident while hastening to be pre-
sent at the last moments of his deceased sister.
The streets being so badly lighted, he struck his
knee against the side of a flight of steps which pro-
jected across the foot pavement. The blow was
very violent, but in the agitation of the moment he
paid no attention to it ; a violent inflammation has
since come on, and the knee is much swollen. The
body of the Queen will not be removed to Brussels
until Tuesday, and it is not yet known when the
King and his family will leave Ostend. It is now
said that the Orleans family will accompany his Ma-
jesty to Lacken. Ths Duke de Nemours will per-
naps be prevented from doing so by the indisposition,
which now compels him to keep his bed. The
Duchess of Orleans will proceed to England." An-
other letter says :—" r
rne Chapel Ardente, which had
been hastily prepared in the Palace, is extremely
simple. A saloon adjoining the bedroom in which
the Queen expired was hung with black, on which
the royal initials were embroidered in silver. A
state bed was placed in the middle of the room,
on which the body was laid ; opposite it was an
altar covered with black. Yellow wax-lights
were placed round the room and round the funeral
couch. The Queen was dressed as in the last days
of her illness. Her calm and mild physiognomy
evidenced the serenity of her mind, and her eyes
were open as though she still lived ; her hands were
clasped on her breast in the attitude of prayer. An
artist of Ostend, M. Van Cuyck, has this morning
drawn the portrait of our beloved Queen.
Queen Marie Amelie, accompanied by the
Princess Clementine, went again this morning
to the hotel Fontaine to visit the Duke de
Nemours. The countenance of the august widow of
Louis Philippe bears the marks of profound grief, but
in her walk and attitude she displays the greatest
courage and resignation. The Princess Clementine is
pale and careworn : the Prince de Joinville can
sc.rely see ; the grief he has lately experienced has
added ten years to the age of the gallant young
Admiral. The Princes display the greatest aciabiaty.
They stipulated as a condition of their remaining at
the hotel that they should be treated as private
individuals. The King came on foot some time after
the Queen Amelie to visit the Duke de Nemours.
It is impossible to depict the impression which is left
on his countenance by the terrible event which
has just fallen en his tenderest affections. The
Countess Mollien, who made part of the suite of
Queen Amelie, left at one o'clock for Paris. There
now remains with the Queen the Duchess Marmier
and the Countess dalulst. If the weather is favour-

able, the Duchess of Orleans will leave to-morrow at
high water for Dover. It now fixed that the
mortal remains of her Majesty will leave Ostend on
Monday."
Two national subscriptions have been opened at
Brussels and in other parts of Belgium for tho erec-
tion of a monument in memory of the late Queen,
and the other for founding a charitable institution to
bear her name.

COURSE OF EXCHJ
A.aaßteranin •• 11 18%1
threemonths.. 12 0
d.ottcrdain .... ••.. •• 12 0 A
AJJ.twerp•• •••••• •• • • • • 25 5J
Brussels ..... 25 50
flamburgh .... —31.8. 13 91A
&Rona— • • ....
Pd,rls, 3 days'sight • 25 25
Ditte, 3 months .... 23 471%
DI aseilles • • .......... 25 50
tiourtleaux......... •
Frankforton 616.1na.. a. 119%

Vienna, effect. flo•..• .. 12 16
Trieate, ditto.... •• .... 12 17
Petersburga, a 7%
Siadrid 49%
Cadiz .. 4937.
6,rcelona
Berilla•• •• •• •• •• •• •• •-

NGE.-(TIIIS DAY.)
Gibraltar .. ••
Leghorn ........ ••.. • • 30 90
Genoa .......... .• .. 26 95
Milan ................
Venice.... .... ......
Naples ........ 4114,
Palermo, per0z...... 123 X,
Messina .......... 123. y,
Lisbon.. .. 53 4
Jpotto •. .. • • .... • • .. • • 52%
Rio Janeiro ........ • .
isuenos Ayres —
New York, 60 days'sight
Pbiladelphia

I'ILICBS OF BULLION, PEA OZ.
Foreign Gold in bars.. 43 17 9
Gold Coin .. 0 0 0
Ispanlih Doubloons .. 0 0 0
.17.)w Dollars .... •. 0 4 10%
Silver la bars .......•• 0 5 4:14,

THE LONDON GAZETTE.

(THIS EVENING.)

FOREIGN-OFFICE, OCT. 12. 1850.

The Queen has been pletved to approve of ir. Wil-
liam Tudor Tucker as Consul at Bermuda for the Uuited
States of America.

WHITEHALL, OCT. 14.

The Queen has been pleased to present the Rev.
Donald McFarlane to the church and parish of Muck-
airy, in the presbytery of Lore, and ;.hire of Argyll, va-
cant by the transportation of the Rf!v. Lachlan Mack-
enzie, late minister thereof, to the church of the united
parishes of Jura and Colonsay.
CROWN-OFFICE, OCT. 12.

MEMBER RETURNED TO SERVE IN THIS PRESENT
PARLIAMENT.

County of Montgomery— Herbert Watkin Williams
Wynn, Esq., of Saint James's square, in the county of
Middlesex, in the room of the Right Honourable Charles
Watkin Williams Wynn, deceased.
WAR OFFICE, OCT. 15.

4th Regiment of Light Dragoons—Lieutenant John
Williams Wallington to be Captain, by purchase, vice
Grant, who retiree; Cornet Henry Astloy Spai ke to be
Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Wallington, Oct. 15.
14th Light Dragoons—Arthur Edmund Manse], Gent.,
to be Corne•, by purchas vice Gozdon, prompted,
Wt. 15.

15th Light Dragoons—Thomas Francis Maude, Gent.,
to be Cornet, by purchase, vice Howell, promoted,
Oct 15.

Ist (or Grenadier) Regiment of Foot Guards—Alex-
ander Mitchell, Gent., to be Ensign and Lieutenant, by
purcha,e, vice Rowley, promoted, Oct. 15.
30:h Foot—George Francis La Touche, Gent., to be
Ensign, by purchase, vice Lux more, promoted, Oct. 15.
31st Foot—George Flower Herbert, Gent., to be En-
sign, by purchase, vice Barry, prouoted, Ocr. 15.
47th Foot—Major John Gordon to be iLieufenant-
Colonel, without purchase, vice Philip Dundas, who re-
tires upon full-pay; Captain John Sutton to be Major,
vice Gordon; Lieutenant John Sinnott to be Captain,
vite Sutton; John Sherwood Gaynor, Gen'., to be Ensign,
by purchase, vice Ellison, promoted, Oct. 15.
48th Foot—Quartermaster Edward McNitilin to be
Paymaster, vice James Mastermen Pennington, who has
retired upon half-pay; Lieutenant and Adjutant James
Anderson, from half-pay 67th Foot, to be Qaartermas-
ter, vice McMullin, appointed Paymaster, Oct. 15.
51st Foot—William Agg, Gent., to be Ensign, by
purchase, vice Robbins, who retires, Oct. 15.
52d Foot—Augustus Tapps Gervis, Gent., to be En-
sign, by purchase, vice Coote, promoted, Oct. 15.
59th Foot—Monteford Spread Morgan, Gent., to be
Ensign, by puichcse, vice Burns, appointed to the 24th
Foot, Oct. 15.
65th Foot—Thomas Walter Still, Gent., to be En-
sign, by purchase, Oct. 15.
69th Foot—S, If Assistant- Su7geon, Alexander Brown
Cleland, M.D., to be Surgeon, vice John Bathurst
Thomson, M.D., deceased, Oct. 15.
74th Foot—John Edmondstoune, Gent., to be Ensign,
by purchase, vict Pretyman, promoted, Oct. 15.
79th Foot—Charles Francis Browne, Gent., to be
Ensign, by purchase, vice Harrison, promoted, Oct. 15.
93d Fout—Ma•k George Sprot, Gent., to be Ensign,
by purchase, vice Macdonald, promoted, Oct. 15.
UNATTACHED.—Lieutenant Gt orge Hilliard, from the
18th Foot, to be Captain, without purchase, Oct. 15,
HOSPITAL ST., FL—Assistant-Surgeon John Riggs
Miller Lewis, M. 1)., from the Rifle Brigade, to be St AI
Assistant-Surgeon, vice Cleland, promoted in the 69th
Foo', Oct. 15.
MEMORANDUM.—The date of Lieutenant Andrew
Baxter's commission, in the 86th Foot, is the 14th De-
cember, 1847, instead of the 13th or January, 1847.
TREASURY WARRANT.

Whereas by an Act, passed in the fourth year of the
reign of her present Majesty, intitulel "An Act for the
regulation of the Duties of Postage," the Postmaster-
General is authorized to charge on all letters conveyed
by packet-boats between one post in any foreign country
and another port in the same or an) other foreign country,
where post communications shall be established, such
rates of postage as the Commissioners of her Majesty's
Treasury, by warrant unclor their hands, :hall from time
to tirno direct.

Now, we the undersigned, being two of the Commis-
sioners of her Majesty's Treasury, do, in exercise of the
power and authority in us for ~uch purp use vested iu
and by the said Act, and of all other powers and autho-
rities enabling us in this behalf direct, that on every
letter not exceeding half an outice in weight, transmitted
by British packet-boats between Liab,n or any other
port in Portugal and Madeira, the Canary Isles, the Capa
do Verde Isles, Brazil, Buenus Ayres, or Monte Video,
or between the Cape de Verde Isles and the Canary
Isles, Madeira, Brazil, Buenos Ayres, or Monte Video
(without in any case passing through the United King-
dom), there shall be charged and paid in lieu of any rates of
postage now payable thereon a rate of postage of one
shilling.

And we further direct that on every letter trans-
mitted, as is mentioned in this warrant, exceeding half
an ounce in weight, there sh ill be charged and paid
progressive and additional rates of postage as follows
(that is to say):—
On every letter exceeding half an ounce in weight, and
not ( xceeding one ounce in we ght, two rates of

postage.
On every letter exceeding one ounce, and not exceeding
two ounces in weight, four rates of postage.
On every letter exceeding two ounces, and not exceeding

three ouuccs in weight, six rates of postage.
And on every letter exceeding three ounces, and not
exceeding four ounces in v eight, eight rates of postage.
And for every ounce in weight ebove the weight of four
ounces there shall be charged and taken two additional
rates of postage, and every f, action of an ounce ele we
the weight of leer ounces shall be charged ae one ad.
ditional ounce, and each progressive and additional
rate chargeable under this clause shall be estimated
and charged at the sum which any such letter would
be charge d with under this warrant, if not exceeding
half au ounce in weight.
And we further direct that nothing herein contained
shall be deemed or construed to annul, prejudice, or
affect any of the exemptions and privileges granted by
the said recited Act, or by any other Acts of Parliament
relating to the Post-office, or by any Treasury Warrant
issued under any of such Acts, and that all such ex-
emptions and privileges shall remain in full force.
And we further direct that the terms and expressions
used in this warrant shall be construed to have the like
meaning in all respects as they would have had if in-
serted in the said Act passed in the fourth year of the
reign of her present Majesty.
Provided lastly, and we hereby declare and direct,
that it shall be lawful for the Cemcnissieners of her
Majesty's Treasury, or any two of thorn, by warrant
under their hands, at any time hereafter to alter or re-
peel any of the rates hereby fixed, or the regulations
hereby made, and to make and establish any new or
other rates or regulations in lieu thereof.
Whitehall Treasury Chambers, Oct. 10, 1850.
IL
R. M. BELLEW.

BANKRUPTS.

Thomas Wesley, hotel-keeper, Newport Pagnel, to
surrender Oct. 29, at one, and Nov. 28, at eleven, at tbo
Court of Bankruptcy. Johnson, cfficial assignee, Bs-
singhall-street; Pooley, Beisley, and Reed, Lincoln's
lan-fields.

Henry Pooley, carpenter, Wisbeach Saint Peter's,
Cambridgeshire, Oct. 23, at eleven, and Nov. 26, at
half-past twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Graham,
official assignee; R. M. and C. Baxter, Lincoln's Inn-
fields; Metcalfe, jun., Wisbeach
Thomas Dalby, builder, Hythe, Kent, Oct. 23, at one,
and Nov. 26. at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy.
Graham, official assignee; Reed, Langford, and Mars-
den, Friday-street, Cheapsidp.
William Henry Boon, ironmonger, Plymouth, Nov. 7,
and Dec. 5, at eleven, at the Exeter District Court.
Hernamsn, official assignee, Exeter; Edmonds and Sons,
Plymouth; Stogdon, Exeter.