The Sun.
London, England, 1850-12-26 00:00:00

SICILY.

The Concordia of Turin of the 20th confirms the
accounts which we had previously given of an out-
break in Sicily ; the districts of Suana, Dorleone and
SC. Joseph were in possession of the patriots, who
had defeated the troops of King BOMBA in a series of
actions, and compelled them to retreat.

T URKEY.
THE HUNGARIAN REFUGEES.

The Gomer Polski announces that the affair
of the Hungarian refugees has been finally
arranged—America has offered them an asylum
which they have accepted, and has undertaken to
provide for their wants ; the Ottoman Govern-
ment pays their expenses to Liverpool, and the
English Government their expenses from thence to
America. This arrangement was proposed by the
Ottoman Government and acceded to by
_England
and America.

ANOTHER DESTRUCTIVE FIRE IN BERMONDSEY.—
Last night a fire, attended with a serious destruction of pro-
perty, broke out in the premises occupied by Mr. Clay, a
GERMAN Y. stick-maker and turner, carrying on business at No. 7,
As we announced yesterday, the Dresden confer- Grangee-road,
avdealeoypedlihnefiwamhoelse wofhicililins Clay'seeil perxo_-
e n cos were opened on the 2Sti at the Bruhl Palace. ? .!'
A telegraphic dispatch from Dresden of the 24th says, teenrdyeu to two became
timber-buildings belonging tyo Mr.
Jenkinson, the leather-dresser. Upwards of three hours
" This morning, at ten o'clock, an assembly was held elapsed ere the fire could be wholly extinguished, and not
to examine the full powers of the plenipotentiaries. The until Mr. Clay's premises were destroyed,two large buildings
next bitting will take place oe the 26th. In the opening on Mr. Jenkinson's estate consumed, and some damage done
sitting yesterday, in addition to Prince Schwarz nberg, by ire, water, &c., to Mr. Westwood's property (a basket
Baron Man teuffel and Baron de Beast (Saxony) ex- maker). The firemen had several narrow escapes whilst as-
sisting in subduing the flames-eone, by the falling of a bias-
Baronpressed hopes for the preservation of peace and concord.
ing shed, by which several of them were nearly buried; and
von der Pfordten (Bavarian Minister) has already
the other by the open tan pits, into which two of the men
announced that Bavaria would demand ' representation fell. The origin of the disaster, like the many others which
of the German people at the Diet.' " have happened lately in the same locality, is enveloped in
A change has taken place in the appointment of obscurity. Fortunately Mr. Clay was insured in the Sun
the Austrian plenipotentiaries, which proves how Fire-office. Mr. Jenkinson was also insured in the Alliance-
completely Austrian independence has been sacrificed office, and Mr. Westwood was protected from loss by a policy
by Prince SCHWARZENBERG, who appears to be in the General Insurance-office.
rather, Russian Viceroy over FRANCIS JOSEPH than SEASONABLE BENEVOLENCE AT NINE ELMS.—A.
his Prime Minister. society, having for its object the relief of the necessitous and
It appears from the Kolner Zeitung that Baron deserving
t a i
Ipwoaoyr of
ttehle s i
e neighbourhood,iBtstbe
thutsd
s beenef
w establishedbie
b are
MANTEUTYEL and Baron PROKESH, the Austrian Am- raised by weekly subscriptions of one penny each member.
bassador at the Court of Berlin, arrived at Dresden On Tues.day last the committee distributed 61bs. of prime
on the afternoon of the 23d, and that they were soon beef, 121bs. of bread, 21bs. of flour, lines. of fruit, ill). of
afterwards met by Prince SCHWARZENBURG, Count suet, 141bs. of potatoes, and 2 cwt. of coal, to 137 families,
RECHBERG, and Baron BUOL. " This latter diploma- hinielhuldincg„sd7it4allrateonaall NaVretiecsoenesnidceerrnetdhis
anmdovteareenteatno
be
tist," says the Kolner Zeitung, " was appointed in nog List it afforded parties
many widows and orphans (who
the place of Mr. Councillor WERNER, who, in the otherwise would have spent a cheerless Christmas-day) a
first instance received orders to proceed to Dresden, hearty meal, with plenty for elle remainder of the week.
but who was afterwards found out to be displeasing Looking at the easy nseaus by which all this is done in so
to the Russian Embassy. Baron Ikon, on the coothnetrraeted neighbourhood, it is mutchabtooutbeeshtoapbelidsbthat
a
contrary, who is eon to the first President of the Fe- similar socie ies, and thus immediatelyinducmeaeny others to "ge and'ng
• t• localitieswill
deral Diet at Frankfort (from 1816 to 1830) has of do likewise."
late years acted as Austrian Ambassador at St. Pe- A CURIOSITY.—The ship William and Ann, of ,
tersburgh, and the last number of the St. Peters- London, 388 tons, which cleared at this port on the frith of
burgh Gazette shows that he left in that place a fa- . November for Grimsby, is quite a curiosity in her way, being
voureble impression behind him, since his Majesty upwards of ninety-one years old. She was built on the
the CZAR has conferred on him the insignia of the River Thames in 1759, and was employed for upwards of
half a century as a bomb-ship in the British navy. She
Order of the White Eagle.
carried out General Wolfe to Quebec, and was employed in
Were Austria in the situation of Poland, and no- that part of the world during the troubles that followed. At
initially, Si well as virtually, a province of Russia, the taking of Copenhagen she was also present, as well as at
she could have given no stronger proof of utter sub- the siege of Gibraltar, where her mainmast was shot away.
serviency and submission. After such au occurrence
Alter the taking of the fort, her mainmast was replaced by
the venerable flag-staff of the fortress, which had stood
it is a mere mockery to talk of Austria as an inde•
pendent state. proof against so many shots. She was repaired at Leith some
years since, and has been employed nearly forty years in the
,The Wiener Zeitung publishes at length the text Greenland whale fishery. The present master states that
of the circular which the Austrian Government has her timbers are quite sound even yet. She was loaded at
Musquash by Mr. Henry Garbutt, from the Lancaster Mills.
sent to the various Governments of Germany, invi•
ting them to attend the Dresden Conferences. The - St. John's ( N.. 11.) Courier.
following is a translation of this important docuthent : DARING BURGLARY.—On Tuesday morning, be-
" The want of a suitable (to the time as well as to the tween 7 and 8 o'clock, a most daring robbery was committed
at somebe houses
fi i d belonging
and .
thieves
situate
Jtees.
ieCnnrtt
Toe xrn fidoornd...o ofeu
Union-Court,
the
efihlrbmo
rcnoe.f
state of affairs) strengthening:of foundations of the con-
stitution of the Germanic Confederation, by means of a
revision, has long been felt in Germany, even before the f'ilml. It appeears' that thee"
broke a hole through the roof, and then stripped ee:11.111 houses events of the last three years rendered the supplying of a large quantity of lead. The neighbourspp opposite saw
this want an affair of the last necessity. Even at them in the act, but thought they were the limbers at
the time to which we allude, all thoughtful men work; and the robbery was not discovered till the bricklayer
and patriots were agreed as to the insufficient organiza- went to look over the houses, which were undergoing
lion of the chief administrative board of the Con- repair.
federation, that the means were wanting for the realize- THE LATE COLONEL THORNHILL, C.B.—This
tion of useful and improving plans among the members distinguished officer, so well known and highly esteemed,
of the Confederation; that the foreign representation of was interred in the family vault, at Youlgreave Church, ia
Germany was not and could not be arranged in such a this county, on the 19th instant. Ile died at Wimbourne, in
manner as to be suitable to the real power, the resources, Dorsetshire, on the 9th instant, from whence his remains
and the historical greatness cf Germany. The events of were brought to be interred in his native county. —Derby
the year 1848, the ease with which at that time it was Mercury.
found possible to shake the foundations of the Confeder- REMARKABLE CASE OF INDIGESTION.--A grey
ation and to paralyze its legal acivity, and, more than horse, the property of Mr. J. R. Bedford, of Devizes, lately
all this, the state of internal disunion (Zerrissenheit) died suddenly. It had always been a good worker, and was
which has ever since prevailed in our common country a valuable animal. Not having previously shown symptoms
has tended fully to justify the apprehensions and the of illness, curiositywas excited as to the cause of its death ; the
wishes of those who pressed for a radical revision of the stomach was opened and a substance weighing 20_11ersa_and
Federal Constitution. Various ways have, since 1848,
has preserved
fordof
the solidity
veryit hard stone, was extracted. M . Bed.
been proposed and attempted, but none has led to the
resu!ts welch were desired. And yet is is necessary TRADE OF THE PORT OF BRISTOL.-110 ill-
that these results should be obtained, and speedily
crease in the shipping trale of the port of Bristol, in copse-
too, to prevent the bonds which legally and na- quence of the dock transfer, has been very considerable.
turally unite the German States from beeom: ending
dinngumthbeersotfb
efofre
jigannuaarryr,ivlaBll.of,owr
atsh6e46t;wetlbvee ni
number()n t h s
in; more loose ; to stop the affairs of Germany from teat date to the 20th instant is 716—being an in-
in their progress to a perfect dissolution and a state crease of 70 ships; to which will have to be added the
of entire prostration among the European States. Under arrivals up to the 6th of January next, in order to make
these circumstat ces, no plan appears suitable and likely the comparison complete. A spirited firm from Bide-
to effect our purpose except the plan of Ministerial con-
ford has just purchased some very extensive ware-
ferences, which are recommended by experience. It is, houses, intending to establish a line of packets to trade
therefore, desirable that the representatives of all Ger-
intention regularlypil
ot
sob.fetthweeesnoctiheitsypoofrAtuarncdhaNhets York.shortly
to appoint eight
It is also the
man Governments should meet at a place which they new
have freely chosen (frei gewahtlen orte). It will then be
their task (leaning on the principle that the Confeclera-
BRITISH AND FOREIGN BIBLE SOCIETY.--At
tion is indissoluble, and that its fundamental laws are the usual monthly meeting of the committee of the above
sacred and inviolable until their revision shall have been society, it was stated that, by dint of unwearied exertion
completed) to enter upon a discussion which tends to im- 3,217 district associations Lad been formed in Great
prove those fundamental laws. It ought to be a leading than twenty-three million copies of the Scriptures, pro-
idea of this important work, that the interests of the , rooted the translation and printing of the sacred volume
totality require a powerful representation at home as into 140 different languages or dialects, and expended nearly
well as abroad, 1:0 as to enable them to satisfy the wants 3,500,0001.
of the time, the just wishes of the nation, and the pod- SIR RICrIARD ARRWRIGHT'S HOUSE IN PRESTON.
tion which belongs to Germany amidst the system The house in Lord-street, in which the late Sir Richard
of European States. The results of the discussions Arkwriglit, the eminent cotton spinner and inventor of the
of that Assembly will afterwards, accord to Art. 4 spinning machine, lived, when in business as a barber in the
of the Vienna Closing Act, be submitted to all the town, has been pulled down this week in the progress of the
members of the Confederation; their assent will give them alterations making for forming the new north entrance to the
the requisi'e sanction' and they will afterwards become town.—Prealbn Pilot.
leas by being published by the chief federal authority, MEETING AT MANCHESTER.— On Monday evening
v.,ll:ch will yet be formed. His Majesty the Emperor, a meeting of operatives was held at the Corn f 'change,
our most gracious lord and master, and his Majesty the Manchester, to express their disapprobation of the Papal eg-
,
King of Prussia, being impressed with a conviction that gression. Mr. Nathaniel Adshead, the chairman said the
one plan to which we adverted will ultimately lead to the Church of Rome always aimed at temporal power through
goal in view; and being, moreover, equally desirous to the spiritual, and consequently, he urged, civil and religious
lib
restore the affairs cf Germany to a state of solidity, legs- erty could not co-exist with its establishment. Mr. At-
i eo
lity, and right, have both expressed a wish that on the klaxon,
pve
e rtyi
the
w secretaa
firstt 1i e
same
resolution, which was to the effect that
m,
ary to the Operative Protestant Asseciatiort,
intolerant and persecuting sy t it
23d of this month all the German Governments may
send their representatives to Dresden for the purpose of
ever was. Mr. J. M. Carter moved another resolutsioenin
tc,
there opening the Ministerial conferences, in imitation of the effect that the system of the Romish Church was a
those of 1819. Your Excellency is herewith instructed deeely-laid scheme of priestcraft inimical to social
a religioncialpeaceanedf
to communicate this invitation immediately to the Go- national prosperity, and its whole genius,
as
vernraent to which you are accredited, and his Majesty images, charms, false miracles, &c., being opposed to the de-
has no doubt but that all his allies will readily make use velopment of the human mind, the working men were called
of the :opportunity which now offers to restore the tran •
upon to resist its principles and progress. Both resolutions
quillity and legality of the common country by means of , were carried without dissent.

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