The Sun.
London, England, 1848-06-17 00:00:00

RUSSIA.

A St. Petorsburgh letter of the 2d says :—" The
importation of works printed and published abroad
has hitherto been allowed in Russia free from duty.
Our Government, however, has now imposed upon all
books and pamphlets, however small may be their
size, a duty of 5 kopecks a volume; journals are
to pay by weight, that is, five kopecks on every 480
French grammes, or as near as may be 17 ounces
avoirdupois, English weight. Printed works, ad-
dressed to diplomatists resident in Russia, are alone
exempt. - During the last few years, the foreign works
imported into Russia have amounted to about 700,000
volumes per annum. It remains to be seen whether
the new duty will cause any reduction in this number."

ITALY.

!ROME.

The Contemporaneo of Rome of the 6th publishes
the new law on the liberty of the press. The censor-
ship is abolished. Every publication must bear the
same of the printer and the place of publication.
Clandestine publications are punished by fine and
imprisonment. Public journals must have a respon-
sible editor. Attacks against the Church or its mi-
nisters, or against the temporal power of the POPE,
or insults against foreign Powers or their Ministers,
are punished with imprisonment for six months
or a year, and a fine of from 60 to 100 scudi (600 f.)
The law contains four chapters and thirty-two
articles.

HOSTILE DEMONSTRATION OF THE •
COMBINED ITALIAN FLEET.
We extract the following from a letter dated
Trieste, June 6 :
" According to an agreement with Rear-Admiral Al-
bini, commander of the combined Italian fleet, Aus-
trian Lloyd's steamer, for the Levant, was to have
sailed the day before yesterday. It did get under weigh
when, to our great astonishment, it was ordered back
by the Admiral on some frivolous pretext, to which he
added that he hoped to drink a glass of wine with the
captain that very night in Trieste. In fact, at _eleven
o'clock the combined fleet, consisting of eight frigates,
three corvettes, and three steamers, approached the
port and fired three guns without doing any damage.
Our batteries returned the fire, and kept it up so briskly
that the fleet was compelled to get beyond range, two
firigates being much cut up in the rigging, and one
havincr her bowsprit shot awaY, which was

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afterwards picked up by a boatman, and now adorns
the hall of our National Guard, a, a trophy. To-day
the fleet was visible from the Molo San Carlo, at anchor,
about two cannon shot distant from our outermost bat-
tery, on the Istrian coast."

MARKET NEWS.-(THIS DAY.)
COVENT-GARDEN.
Our market was heavily supplied with Fruit and
Vegetables, even the time of year considered. Still,
however, a large business Was transacted, at prices
about equal to those paid on this day se'nuight.
Fruit—Peaches and Nectarines, 203 to 25s per dozen;
Melons, 7s to lOs each; Pine-apples, ;;; to 9s each ;
Hothouse Grapes, 4s to 8s; and black Hamburgh ditto,
3s to 6s per lb ; Strawberries, 3d to 8d per pottle;
Ripe Cherries, 4d to 10d per lb; Gooseberries, 2s to
2s 6d; and Apples, is to 4s per Ralf-sieve; Currants,
4d to 6d per pottle; Oranges, Os to 12s, and Lemons, 5s
to 8s per 100; Almonds, 8s to 10s; Brazil Nuts, 3s 6d;
Spanish ditto, 3s 6d; and Barcelona ditto, 4s to 5s per
peck. Vegetables—Cucumbers, Gd to 2s 3d per brace;
Greens, is to is 6d, per dozen bunches; Rhubarb, 3s to
53 6d per dozen bundles; Old Potatoes, 4s to 5s per
bushel; Spinach, 9d to 10d per junk; Cauliflowers,. I s.6d
to 4s per dozen; Sea Kail, Gd to is 6d per punnet ;
Parsley, 6d to is per half sieve; Cabbage Lettuces, 3d
to Gd per score; Cos Lettuces, 8d to is 31 per score;
Radishes, 4d to 6d per dozen hands; Horseradish, 2s to
3s 3d; and Celery, is to is 6d per bundle; Small
Salads, 2s to 2s 6d per dozen punnets; Asparagus, 10d
to 2s 3d per bundle; Endive, is per score; Kidney Beans,
10d to is per 100; New Potatoes, 2d to 6d per lb;
Summer Cabbages, 6d to 9d per dozen; Green Peas, 2s
to 3s Gd per bushel; Young Turnips, 8d to Is; and
Young Carrots, 9d to 10d per bunch.