The Sun.
London, England, 1850-12-18 00:00:00

SICILY.

The news of the outbreak of an insurrection in
Sicily and of the victory of the Patriot troops over
the mercenaries of the usurping King BOMBA, is con-
firmed, with this important addition, the Swiss troops
have refused to act against the Sicilians. The Paris
Evenement says that it has received accounts from
Sicily which confirm the news of the disturbances
said to have broken out in that island. At the de-
parture of the courier a band of 600 men was as-
sembled on the mountains of Suacca. Smaller bands
were seen every day in the neighbourhood of Barleona
and St. Gueseppo. In the first attack on the insur-
gents the Royal troops were driven back, but General
PRONIO had since left Palermo with some regiments
of the line and artillery. The correspondence of the
Government and some Government money had fallen
into the hands of the insurgents. The Swiss troops
had refused to act.

The latest intelligence is given by the Croce di
Savoia of Turin, which publishes a letter from
Palermo, of the 26th ult , stating that three carts
full of wounded soldiers arrived at Palermo on that
day, from the valley of Gigenti, where 600 insur-
gents are said to hold out against the Government
troops, who, it would appear from this statement,
have suffered a second defeat.

MORE TRACTARIAN RESIGNATIONS.—A report
reached us last night that the Rev. Mr. Dodsworth had ten-
dered his resignation to the Bishop of London, as incumbent
of Trinity Church, Albany-road, Regent's-park, and that the
resignation, as was to be expected, had been accepted.
From the quarter whence the information reached us we are
inclined to believe it is correct. Before the week is out, the
resignation of Mr. Richards, of Margaret-street, and Mr.
Murray, of St. Andrew's Church, Wells-street, may also, we
are assured, be expected.—Merging Advertiser.
THE EXHIBITION OF 1851.-.... THE CARRIAGE AND
FOOTWAYS. - The subject relative to the carriage and foot-
ways around and approaching to the Crystal Palace, which
appears to have been hitherto overlooked, has latterly be-
come a matter of consideration, as the old roads and paths,
however appropriate they may have proved for all the pre-
vious traffic to which they have been subjected, are not ex-
pected to be equally so for the accommodation of the antici-
pated myriads of visitors from the probable annoyances of
clouds of dust in dry weather, or of mud after heavy rain.
Paving has been recommended, but objected to oa the
ground that it would destroy the usual characteristics of a
park, while asphalte is equally disapproved, on account of
its general dingy colour. Attention has accordingly been
called to some footpaths which have been laid down during
the recent extensive alterati ,ns and improvements at the
Zoological Gardens, Regent's-park. These are laid with a
material which, while it has all the brilliant colour and plea-
sant pebbly surface of the best garden gravel, imbibes no
moisture, and cannel* by the greatest wear and tear be so
disturbed as to create dust or mud, either when used as a
carriage or footway, and this material it is believed will be
adopted by the Commissioners for the purposes of the Exhi-
bition.

HATS.—Men, in their dress, are stiff' to an excess.
There is not a particle of taste displayed in modern male
clothing. The coat, with its swallow tails swinging about
behind, is a hideous invention, and so is the pilot sack, in
which we are wont to conceal ourselves in winter. The
latest paletot is only an exaggeration of the ugliness; and
this the ladies have borrowed. The fair sex certainly have
retained some grace in their clothing. The shawl and scarf
afford a beautiful drapery when neatly assumed—as, for in-
stance, by a Parisian woman. And the beauty of their oval
figure cannot be altogether concealed. But that horrid
paletot I What is there about it but ugliness and comfort
Ah ! the secret is there, we fear. English ladies love to be
comfortable as well as fashionable. But what good word can
be said of the modern Golgotha, the male hat? Look at it!
Straight up and down, stiff, erect, hard, and black, of most
uncouth shape, whether its rim be narrow or broad, cramping
to the head, which it marks in front by ite pressure, uncom-
fortable, and stupid : the sooner its crown is kicked out, and
a more graceful and comfortable covering obtained for the
human head, the better. The only worse thing that we
know of in the way of headgear is the Albert tile, which is
certainly a disgrace to the otherwise excellent taste of the
Prince Consort. Cannot our artists invent something mere
becoming? Let us have a cap, a bonnet, or a turban, so
that we escape from the stiff castor now in use. Even a
" wide-awake" is infinitely preferable—more soft, comfort-
able, and defensive. Indeed, wide-awakes have taken "
run" of late, nor do we wonder. Anything rather than the
erect, modern, black funnel I We see it suggested by the
ilthenseam that the exhibition of 1851 should include new in-
ventions in the way of dress, and we hail the idea, longing for
an improvement on the hat. Anti-hat societies are also said
to be springing up in England, and we wish them success.
Till a better covering for our head has been devised, we shall
certainly continue to sport our "wide-awake," hoping that
some ingenious artist may yet be able to invest it with the
gracefulness of a Greek cap.......Diza Cook's Journal.
THE GREAT COAL FOB THE EXHIBITION OF 1851.
—A few days ago this large block of coal was drawn cut of
one of the pits in the Hange Colliery, Tividale, near Tipton,
belonging to Mr. Daniel George Round. Upon the first at-
tempt being made, such was the great weight of the coal
that the niche ring upon which the rope is wound broke
through in two places, it being cast-iron, six inches broad
and one inch thick. A new niche ring being put on, a
coal was brought to light up the shaft, 200 yards deep, in
t h secondespa
space
attempt r
ee was
minutes. made, when,The amidst great suspense, the
waggons being run over the
pit the coal was landed amidst the shouts and cheers of all
assembled. The coal was then transmitted, by an inclined
railway, about 300 yards, to the wharf, the colliers holding
it back by ropes. It had to be brought to the bottom of the
pit some considerable distance, the ponderous mass at times
breaking the cast-iron rails and sleepers forming the rail-
road, as it moved slowly along. The weight of the coal itself;
exclusive of any chains, &c., is about five tons, ascertained
by means of steelyards. When lifted to be weighed the
hook by which the coal was suspended broke through, being
of wrought iron, 11 inch square. The sise is 6 feet high and
18 feet in circumference, necessarily of a circular shape to
admit it up the pit shaft; the largest size that could possi-
bly be produced, and probably the greatest weight ever at-
tempted to be drawn out of a mine, and must have been at-
tended with great risk to the machinery and ropes. No
other than the 30-feet or thick coal-seam of South Stafford-
shire could allow of such a large piece of coal being pro-
duced. Its height, upon the skip and Waggon is nearly 9
feet. It is a fine coal, remarkably bright and clear. We
are glad to learn that no:accident occurred to any of the men.
There can be no doubt it will form a very interesting addi-
tion to the great Exhibition, more especially in Loudon, where
the sea-coal is principally used. It is worthy of remark,
that the services of the nen were gratuitous in getting the
coal, and sending it from the mine to the wharf, thus showing
the good feeling existing between Mr. Round and his work-
men.—Birmingham JOUrsal.

FORCE or CONSCIENCE.—A letter bearing the
Devonport post-mark, and containing 45. 6d. postage stamps,
was received yesterday by an artisan in the dockyard, stating
that the writer picked the pocket of his son eleven years
since, when employed as a weeding boy, of half-a-crown, his
week's wages, and that it rested so heavily on his mind that
he returned the above as an atonement. —Plymouth Journal.
FRIGHTFUL SUICIDE.—A man named John Lam-
bert, who resided at 39, Holywell•street, Westminster, took
a dose of poison, and before the sante had time to operate he
cut his throat from ear to • ear, nearly severing the head
from the neck, and died yesterday at the Westminster
Hospital.

MR. HUDSON'S SPECULATIONS.—It is confidently
step(' that within the last few weeks Mr. Hudson has
cleared from 40,0001. to 50,0004 by speculations in the Lan•
cashire and Yorkshire Railway.—Advertiser.

SOUTH DEVON RAILWAY.—It is stated that Ply-
mouth is likely to be the port of departure and arrival for
Government packets, instead of Southampton; and this be-
lief is connected with the rise which has recently taken place
in the South Devon Railway shares.

A MODERN HERCULES—There lives on the banks
of the Dee-side, immediately opposite Balmoral Castle, her
Majesty's Highland home, a farmer, well known by the name
of Street of Moualtrie, who is renowned in that mountainous
district for his astonishing feats of strength and agility. Our
informant tells us that he has witnessed him raising on his
shoulders the heaviest horse (equal in sine and weight to our
own farm horses) in that locality, and elevating him nearly
two feet from the ground. It was under this same indivi-
dual's roof that her Majesty the Queen, on her last visit, par-
took so cheerfully of his hospitable fare, cakes and milk, and
pree'd his bottle of " Royal Loch-na-liar," after enjoying hit
facetious remark, " that she would ha'e nae better than that
at hame."—Scottish Guardian.

There are in the world 'three kinds of things—the
valuable, the non-valuable, and the invaluable; and it is `a
long rime before we decide in our minds which of them we
have been endeavouring,to obtain.—Eliza cook's Journal.
WHEAL CURTIS COPPER MINING ComPANy.—This
company is the first which will be wound up under the
Joint Stock Companies' Winding-up Act. The per centage
due in lieu of all fees; in respect of all proceedings under
the Act, has been paid into the Bank of England, to the
credit 9( the Suitors' Ft o-fvuad.