The Sun.
London, England, 1850-02-20 00:00:00

SCHLESWIG-HOLSTEIN.

The negotiations respecting the prolongation of
the armistice, or rather the conclusion of a new one,
will probably terminate in a few days. An English
diplomatist, en route from Berlin, accompanied by
the Schleswig Secretary of Legation, passed through
Schleswig yesterday on their way to Copenhagen,
bearing, it is said, the proposals of mediation.
Nothing whatever has transpired respecting the
terms of this armistice ; but it is stated that Lord
PALMERSTON decidedly disapproves of the terms pro-
posed by Denmark in regard to the prolongation,
and that under every circumstance the Prussian
Cabinet will not permit that any portion of the Duchy
of Schleswig shall be occupied by Danish troops.—
Hamburgh Correspondent, Feb. 16.

DENMARK AND THE DUCHIES.
The Copenhagen papers of the 11th inst. publish a
bulletin, from which it appears that the King of Den-
mark's indisposition has taken a favourable turn.
Similar news is contained in the Copenhagen journals
of the 12th inst.
Altona letters of the 14th inst., in the Borsenhalle,
announce the appearance off Eckenforde of a Danish
squadron.
In the same paper we find an account of the
Schleswig-Holstein navy, from which it appears that
the Duchies have sixteen gunboats, one crew gun-
boat, three war steamers, one schooner, and one
cutter, with crews numbering from 750 to 800 men,
while the Schleswig-Holstein sailors on shore amount
to from 8,000 to 9,000 men.

ITALY.

DREADFUL EXPLOSION AND FIRE AT

NAPLES.

A letter from Naples of the 6th states that an event
had occurred there on that day which had already
occasioned immense damage, and which threatened
the most destructive consequences. The cellars of
the Darsena, or closed port, extend from the water's
edge to a considerable distance under the principal
buildings of the city, including the magnificent palaces...
of the Princes of SALERNO and CeruA, and the King s
palace. In these cellars were warehoused 277,000
cantara of coal, and on the morning of the 2d an ex-
plosicn of iire'damp took place underneath the pa-
laces of the Princes of SALERNO and CArue which
threw down large portions of the walls, and it was
1 with gust difficulty that the inhAbLtants escaped

with their lives. Labourers were immediately set to
work to clear the cellars, but on the morning of, the
6th it was ascertained that the coal had ignited, and
that there was every reason to fear that the King's
palace and the church of St. Francesca de Paula
would be destroyed.
The Tuscan Moniteur contains a letter from Rome,
dated the Bth inst., stating that on the pre►ious even-
ing, during the Carnival, when the promenade of the
Corso was drawing to a close, an unknown hand
threw into the carriage of the Prince DE MUSIGNANO,
the son of the Prince DE CANINO, a beautiful nose-
gay of white and red camellias, in the centre of
which was a glass grenade. The Prince picked it
up, and was in the act of presenting it to his sister,
when the grenade exploded, and wounded his thumb
and lore-finger, as well as his thigh, the latter being
laid open, and an artery nearly lacerated. The
Princess was also slightly injured, and fainted away.
The chief surgeon of the French army, who hap-
pened to be on the spot, immediately rendered his
assistance to the sufferers.
The parti-pretre have, it would appear from the
abo►e, not forgotten their ancient methods of ridding
themselves of those who are obnoxious to them ; but
we progress in everything, and the explosive bouquet
of the "clerical party" of 1850 is certainly a more
formidable affair than the poisoned bouquet of the
Jesuits of 1750.
The Opinione of Turin says that the French are
fortifying themselves at Civita Vecchia on the land
side.

It is stated that more Austrian troops, to the
amount of 4,000 men, are about to enter Florence,
and that orders have been given to make preparations
for them.

SICILY.
The Corriere Mercantile of Genoa, the Concordia
and the Risorgimento of Turin (the latter in ultra-
moderate paper) publish correspondence from Palermo,
representing the execution of the six persons shot in
consequence of the late insurrectionary movement in
the light of a judicial murder. The court-martial
which was held to judge them was a mere farce.
The following is a summary of the principal facts as
represented by those journals. One of the prisoners,
a man-servant, named DELUCCA, was condemned be-
cause one of his fingers was black, which some of
the gendarmes, who were called to give their opinion,
declared to be a proof of his having torn cartridges
and handled powder, while others attributed the
circumstances to the ashes of a cigar. Another pri-
soner, GARZILLI, a young man who had just completed
his legal studies, was condemned because he was found
wearing the military great coat of a national guard, a
practice which had been tacitly allowed by the mili-
tary authorities, and generally adopted at Palermo,
notwithstanding the dissolution of the national guard,
because of the unusually cold season. The proofs
adduced against the other four, whose names are
CALDBBERA, AIELLO, GAROFALO, and MONDINI,
were of the same strength. Three advocates having
offered their services for the defence of the six priso-
ners, only one was accepted by the President, on the
ground that the matter was urgent; Gastzmu asked
permission to make his own defence, and was refused.
After a short trial they were shot, not twelve hours
after their arrest. None of them had been arrested
with either arms or ammunition about them.
Letters from Palermo, which are published in the
Risorgimento of Turin, state that one of the officers
forming part of the Council of War, which con-
demned these six individuals to be shot, had
refused to sign the condemnation, and that
another officer only consented to do se after the
repeated entreaties and commands of FILANGIERI.
A report has been made to the KING, and these two
officers are to be punished in order to show the
veneration in which King BOMEA and his man
hold the purity of the administration of justice,
and the independence of the judges, without the
maintenance of which every execution is a judicial
murder. The popular aversion to the Bourbon yoke
and hatred to the Bourbon name is greatly increas-
ing in intensity throughout the island, and is becom-
ing daily more difficult to repress. Every promise
made to the Sicilians by the KING, every engagement
entered into by FILANGIERI at the capitulation of
Palermo, has been flagrantly violated. As the Pores
gaoler, King BOMBA no doubt procures dispensations
at an easy rate.

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.
BETTING AX MANCHESTER.-TUESDAY.

LIVERPOOL STEVPLECHASE.-10 to 1 agst Vain Hope
(t)-11 to 1 agst Sir John (t)-12 to 1 agat Rattrap
(t)-100 to 7 agst Peter Simple (t)-100 to 6 agst Farn-
ham (offers to take)-100 to 6 agst Meath (offers to
take)-20 to 1 agst Shinrone-25 to 1 agst Quadruped
—3O to 1 agst Maria Day-30 to 1 apt Rescue.
NORTHAMPTONSHIRE STALES.-6i to 1 *gat• Oster-
ley (t).

CHESTER Cur.-14 to 1 agat Glauca-16 to 1 agst
Miss Ann-20 to 1 agat Peep-o'-Day Boy (offers to
take)-20 to 1 agst Roland-20 to 1 agst Whim colt-
-22 to 1 agst Ellerdale (offers to take)-25 to 1 agst
Cossack-1,000 to 15 agst Vesta (t)-1,000 to 15 agst
Sir Richard (t).

INTELLIGENCE EXTRA.
CROXTON-PARK MEETING, 1650.
Weights for the Grandby Handicap of 20 soya. each,
10 ft, and 5 ft only if declared on or before March Ist.
If the highest eight accepting is under 12st, it will be
raised, and the others in proportion.
Age at lb"
Collingwood a 13 13
\Vanota
Vesta
Ballinsfad
Defaulter
Joc-o'-Sot 6 11 5
Drakelow .
Lady Hylda 6 11 4
Pelham 4 11 4
The Fiddler 5 11 3
Thringarth
*Rat-Trap
Cockermouth
Imperatrix
Giselle
Quiz 6 11 1
Priestess
Eagle's Plume
Sunnysidc 5 11 0
St. Antonio
New Forest Deer a 10 13
Rathmines
Alp
Doter
Mrs. Taft 5 10 10
Sagacity
Backbiter 5 10 8
K

C Chorister
ardin
Cardinal's
s Niece 6 10 4
Age st lb
Magnet a 10 6
Lord Saltoun a 10 3
Rodney 4 10 3
Mefferd 6 10 2
Mantle
Reversion
Yardarm
Gulliver 4 10 0
Ferule 4 10 0
Black Doe 5 10 0
Gilnochie
Jack-of-all-Trades 5 9 12
B g by Coronation
out of Proof

Print's dam 4 9 11
Normandy
B g by Alpheus,
d by the Hero 4 9 10
Dulcamara
Cottisford Lass 5 9 9
Forest Monarch 6 9 9
Seaman' . . 3 9 6
"Modesty
Warwick .. 3 9 5
Bellissima 3 $ 13
Wren ' 3 8 12

ng Hal 6 10 8
Iron Crown 5 10 7

Those marked thus • having been entered without
the knowledge of their owners, will be struck out by
the time prescribed, unless specially :ordered to re-
main in.

WEIGHTS FOR THE GOLD CEP.

Age bt Age st lb
Wanota 6 12 9 Rathmines
Ballinafad

Lady Hylda ...... 6 11 3 Mrs. Taft 5 10 II
Polbam 4 11 4 King Hal 6 10 8
Eagle's Plume ... 5 11 3 Rodney
Thringarth
Quiz
St. Antonio
Alp 4 10 13 The Wren
Match-50, h ft Four Miles.—Lord Cardross's b g the
Knight of Brecongill, late Snuffbox, by St. Martin, 5
yrs, lOst, agat Mr. D. F. Handeox's Banby, by Rover,
aged, 10#t 111 b.