The Sun.
London, England, 1851-12-13 00:00:00

ITALY.

The Minister of Finance at Rome has issued a no-
tification, dated the 22d ultimo, announcing that the
treasury-bonds now in circulation, representing the
value of one, two, five, ten, or twenty scudi respec-
tively (the scudo is about M. 50e.), shall continue to
be received at All public offices until the 31st of De-
cember next. From that period until the 10th of
January they may be exchanged at the general
treasury-office at Rome, after which they are to be
valueless.

We regret to hear that the Chairman of Commit
tees of the House of Commons, Mr. Bernal, is suffering from
indisposition.

ROYAL Oft.TROPIEDIC HOSPITAL, BLOOMBURY-
SQUARE.—Yesterday afternoon the friends of this important
charity met at the board-room of the institution, in Blooms-
bury-square. It appears that the committee are making
strenuous exertions to obtain the necessary funds for enlarg-
ing the accommodation of the building. The early comple-
tion of this object is of much importance to the many
afflicted and helpless creatures who are waiting for admis-
sion, and it is to be hoped that the benevolent will volunteer
their assistance in so good a cause. The facility of admis-
sion to the benefits of the hospital, and the fact of patients
being received from all parts of the kingdom, occasions a
very numerous attendance of patients, and upwards of 700
crippled individuals are now under treatment. The hospital
was established twelve years since for the cure of club-foot,
lateral curvature of the spine, and all other contractions and
deformities.

The Council-General of Genoa has just contri-
buted 15,000 f. towards the erection of the monument to Co-
lumbus, which is to be erected in that city.

PLAY GROUNDS .FOR THE PEOPLE.—A petition to
the Commissioners of Works from the clergy and medical
men of St. James's parish, is now in course of signature,
praying the Commissioners to set apart a space in Hyde-park
and elsewhere for the exercise of quoits and other athletic
exercises.

SALISBURY MONTHLY NEW CHEESE MARKET,
Dxc. 11.—The first market was held this day. The spacious
temporary building was not large enough to contain the
immense quantity pitched, which exceeded 300 tons. The
sale was first-rate Chedder fetched 60s. to 70s. ; Sage, 503.
to 555. ; North Wilts, 48s. to 545. ; Skims, 18s. to 255. ;
Somersets, Us. to 60s. ; second ditto, 465. to 525. per cwt.
We noticed dealers from London, Fareham, Portsea, Land-
port, Ilorndean, Portsmouth, Bishops Waltham, Lymington,
Poole, Cowes, and Newport (1. W.), Chicheste?, Petersheld,
Midhurst, Harting, Guildford, Godalming, Chertsey, Win-
chester, Arundell, Southampton, Alton, Ringwcod, Romsey,
Dorking, &c. A dinner in celebration of this event took
place at the Council Chamber. The bells rung merrily
throughout the day, and the city was full of animation.

The growth of towns is chiefly westward, a circum-
stance which I cannot say I have ever seen noticed, but have
observed to be generally the case, with:a southerly tendency.
It is natural to seek the sunshine, and hence the sites for
their villas and cottages are by business men sought, by
choice, westward—still westward ; while, in order, it pos-
sible, to prevent some neighbour squatting down between
them and the sun, they keep edging also, of necessity, to-
wards the south ; not even deterred by boisterous sou'-
westers ; and thus the growth of towns is influenced. In
this south-west position, those same prevailing breezes,
which might be considered as a drawback to its selection,
exempt it from the currents of smoke that often form a
canopy over the opposite quarter.— Correspondent of the
Builder.

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FUNERAL OF THE EARL OF SUFFOLK.—The mortal
remains of the late venerable Earl of Suffolk were interred in
the family mausoleum at Charlton, near Alalmesbury, yester-
day. The present Earl, the youthful Viscount Andover, the
Hon. James Kenneth Howard, M.P., and other relatives, at•
tended the obsequies.

We hear that Earl Cowper is about to break up
his establishment in Great Stanhope-street, the Noble Earl
and Countess intending in future to reside, during their so
journ in town, with her Ladyship's noble father, Earl de
Grey, in St. James's-square.

A SWORD Fisa.—A sword fish was caught a few
days ago at the mouth of the Liban, on the Baltic, in Cour-
land, in Russia. It is the, first fish of the kind caught in
the Baltic. It is seven feet long, and the sword is more than
five. It has been purchased by Count de Goltz, who intends
to stuff it, and send it to an exhibition of manufactures
which is about to take place at Moscow.

A New York paper advertises " Bookbinders'
skins" for sale. This is positively shocking.
"Do you keep matches? " asked a wag of a re-
tailer, "Oh yes, all kinds," was the reply. Then I'll
take a trotting-match."

CROWDED STATE Or MARYLEBONE WORKHOUSE.
—Yesterday, at the weekly meeting of the Board of Guar-
dians of the above workhouse, an intimation was received
from the master of the house stating that the whole of the
wards were full, and that he should be compelled to refuse
admittance to further applicants. The total number in the
workhouse is 1,764, of which 264 are in the sick wards. Mr.
Messer, the assistant overseer, suggested the propriety of a
committee being appointed to go over the house, and select
such inmates as might be sent out with a weekly allowance.
The suggestion was adopted.

LARGE IMPORTATIONS OF FOREIGN FRUITS.—Tho
arrivals of the last few days from foreign parts have com-
prised a very large number of ships from the south of Europe
and other places, laden with every description of dried and
other fruits , so much in request at this season of the year.
So numerous have been the simultaneous arrivals of this
nature that extraordinary exertions have been made by the
revenue and other authorities to effect the discharge of the
cargoes with all practicable dispatch to meet the require-
ments of the trade at the present time, and it has been found
requisite to work beyond the ordinary hours of business, in
order to afford the despatch required.
THE SMITHFIELD CLUB CATTLE SHOW.—Yester-
day, despite the dense fog which every . way prevailed
throughout the metropolis, the number of visitors at Baker-
street was fully as great as on any of the preceding days of
the exhibition, though it might have been presumed that the
show had by thatl time lost much of its novelty. The cir--
cumstance of its being the last day probably tended to swell
the number of persons who were found gazing at the spec-
tacle of fat cattle, field, produce, and agricultural implements
on the last opportunity they would have of witnessing it on
this occasion. We were given to understand that the whole
of the anin'tals exhibited, with very few exceptions indeed,
had been sold; and to-day they will be removed from the
premises and conveyed to their several purchasers, by whom
they will in due time be converted into delicious fare for the
approaching season of "merry Christmas."
THE FOG.—The City and suburbs of London were
yesterday visited with a fog more dense than any which has
occurred this year, or indeed during any year for the last
eight or nine. All the shops, public offices and buildings
were lighted up with gas. On the river, the railways, and
in the streets the traffic was considerably interrupted, but
we are happy to say that no accident of a serious character
occurred.

THE SUBMARINE TELEGRArn.--The directors of
the Submarine Telegraph Company have at this moment
several new metallic cables making, which will be sub-
merged in addition to that already in operation, one con-
ductor being already insufficient to convey .tho multitude
of dispatches now exchanged between London and the Con-
tinent. The directors are also anxious to be no longer
dependent on a single line. Although the telegraph has
been opened but a few weeks, the facility and certainty
with which it has worked have effected a great revolution
in commercial arrangements, which would be thrown into
confusion by the rupture of the communication.
THE GREAT BRITAIN STEAM-SHIP.—The pro-
prietors of this leviathan vessel now lying in the Sandon
graving dock at Liverpool, are about to gut her of her steam
machinery and sell it.

We hear that all the Commissioners of Customs
have tendered their resignations, but Lord John Russell will
not accept them till after an inquiry into their conduct.
Herald,