The Sun.
London, England, 1851-04-08 00:00:00

ITALY.

All the members of the Municipal Council of Milan
have resigned, in order to avoid the necessity of pay-
iitg homage to the Emperor of AUSTRIA during his
a pproaching visit to the city.
The Genoa Gazette of the 2i inst. announces that
inc consequence of the high price of coal at Palermo,
foreign coal is to be admitted until the end of June
free of duty.

SERIOUS FIRE IN THE THAMES BANK DEPOSI-
TC73.Y. —Yesterday morning, about seven o'clock, a fire hap-
pen ed in the Ranelagh-road, Thames Bank, Pimlico, in a
por don of the building which formed one part of a range of
premises fitting up as model sleeping apartments, and in the
°cc upation of a gentleman named Harrison ; at the time
tillod with valuable property of nearly every description,
amongst which was a collection of pictures belonging to
var ious parties. The men at work in the yard first perceived
thse place to be oc fire. Unfortunately, after the arrival of
thte. enginks, i 5 minutes elapsed before a drop of water could
ba procured, and the flames had acquired such an ascendancy
the .t it was not until noon that the firemen succeeded in ex-
tit/ quishing them. The official report gives the damage es
follows: " A brick building, 180 feet long, called Lire-proof
the furniture, &c, in ditto seriously burned and damaged
by, fire, smoke, and water, on ground and first floors. The
wiintdow-frames broken out. Supposed cause of fire—lron
pipe from hot air furnace. The premises were uninsured; the
can .tents at present not known if insured." Mr. Womb-
will's collection of pictures, valued at 40,0001., were in the
depository, but were saved from destruction.
`THE FRIMLEY MURDERERS.—Levi Harwood and
JorLes will be executed at Horsemonger-lane gaol on Tues-
day moroing the 220 instant, and not on Monday, as
strded in our paper of yesterday. It appears that the
county authorities have very judiciously given directions
that when executions are necessary they shall for the future
take place on Tuesdays, as that will allow the preparations
to 'be made without desecrating the Sabbath, as has here-
tofc ire unfortunately been the case.

CusToms,—Yesterday being the first day of the
ofa,fial year, the arrangement for the annual supply of the
sev. !ral dock establishments, quays, and warehouses, and
Buff erance wharfs cn the river side with landing officers of
the Customs' department for the ensuing year, took place.
By this arrangement a certain sufficient number of
searchers and other landing officers are at•:tioned at each
of •the great dock establishments for general business pur-
pos es, and also at the Custom-house for the supply of the
qua ye and wharfs on either side of the river, the residue
belt ig retained to meet the general requirements of the trade
of t his vast port.

AN INCIDENT OF THR CENSUS.—One of the collec-
tom under the Census Act, in the neighbourhood of Hulme,
ra.tived a blank return from one man ; and he was asked
why it was not filled up? The reply was, that nobody
had slept in the house the preceding night. " Was the
house empty, then ?" he inquired. " No," was the re-
joinder; " but my wife was confined of twins for the third
time, about ten o'clock, and nobody has ever slept since 1"

THE POLISHING BRIGADE.—OH Saturday a num-
ber of young men, dressed in red uniform, and furnished
witl apparatus for cleaning clothes and shoes, were sta-
tion ed in the vicinity of the Exhibition building, and west-
end thoroughfares. They are all lettered, and wear badges in-
scribed " The Shoeblack Society." They have been selected
to these offices from the London ragged schools, previous to
befog assisted to emigrate.

CITY or LONDON PENSION SOCIETY.—A general
meting of this society took place yesterday at the London
Tavern, Bishopsgate-street, for the election of four addi-
tional pensioners from a list of thirty-five candidates; Jas.
IdArmer, Esq., in the chair. The report rtated the great
pluasure it afforded the directors to be attain enabled to pre-
sent to the benevolent supporters of this charity an oppor-
tunity of exercising their privileges of voting in the election
of an ailditional number of pensioners. Since the founda-
tion
of this charity it had been the happy instrument of
affording relief hi old age to no less than 878 poor pensioners,
thereby distributing in monthly pensions the sum of 56,214/.
Dispatches were received at the Colonial-office on
unday, from the Governor of Gambia.
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