The Sun.
London, England, 1851-08-06 00:00:00

ITALY.

We read the following in a letter from Rome, in
the Venice Gazette of the 31st ult. :—" Everything
considered, the friendly feeling which formerly ex-
isted between the Papal authorities and the French
garrison no longer exists, although great pains is
taken on either side to dissemble the true state of
affairs. The total occupation of the Palace of the
Holy Inquisition has undoubtedly contributed to
aggravate matters. The French authorities have
taken possession of all the sulphur in powder ex-
isting in the warehouses of the manufacturers, and
had it transported to the Castle of St. Angelo,
without paying the proprietors anything, on the
plea that they only keep it in deposit. Cons.-
, quently, the merchants, who can't sell their stock,
loudly complain of this measure, but in vain. The
French have also transported to the Castle of St.
Angelo all the artillery belonging to the Papal army.
The Milan Gazette, of the 31st ult., publishes a
notification from the military commandant of Lom-
bardy, which, after announcing that the proclama-
tion of March 10, 1849, establishing the state of
siege, is again in vigour since the late proclamation of
Marshal RADETZKY, fixes a period of eight days fur
the delivery of arms and ammunition to the competent
military authorities, after which time any persons
having such articles in his possession, without a special
license, will be treated with all the rigour of military
law.

HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE.—Her Royal Highness
the Duchess of Kent honoured the performances at her Ma-
jesty's Theatre yesterday (Tuesday) evening with her pre-
sence. The suite in attendance upon her Royal Highness
consisted of Lady Fanny Howard, Lady Augusta Bruce,
Lady Frances Bruce, and Lord James Murray. Amongst
the noble and distinguished individuals also present in the
theatre on this occasion we noticed the following :—His
Grace the Duke of Wellington and the Marchioness of Douro,
the Duke and Duchess of Cleveland and Lady Augusta Pau-
let, the Marquis of Donegal, the Prince Demidoff and party,
the Countess of Glengall and Lady Margaret Butler, Earl
Bruce, the Count and Countess de Morella, Viscount Ex-
mouth, Viscount Cranbourne, Lord and Lady Ernest Bruce,
Lord Alfred Churchill, General the Hon. H. Cavendish, Hon.
A. D. Willoughby, Sir Henry Webb, Bart., Sir Thomas B.
Lennard, Bart., and Lady Barrett Lennard, Sir George
Wombwell, Bart., *cc.
THE ROYAL ITALIAN OPHRA..—Her Majesty's
box was occupied last night by the Earl and Countess of
Bessborough, the Ladies Harriet and Kathleen Ponsonby,
the Honourable F. Byng, Sir W. Rose, &c. Among the
fashionable company honouring the theatre by their pre-
sence we observed the Duchess of Richmond and Lady Au-
gusta Gordon Lennox, the Marquis, Marchioness of West-
minster, and Lady Octavia Grosvenor, the Earl Grosvenor,
the Countess Poulett and Miss Dormer, Viscount and Vis-
countess Ebrington, Visceuntess Sydney, Lord H. Gordon
Lennox, M.P., Lord George Manners, M.P.,Lady Burgoyne,
Lady Morgan, Lady de Bathe and Captain de Bathe, Sir
William Clay, M.l'.. and Lady Clay, Sir John Yards Huller,
M.P., and Lady Yards and Miss Bulier, Baroness Von Stentz,
the Honourable J. Fortescue, M.P.' Sir George and Lady
Armytage, Sir Charles Marshall, Colonel B. Knox, Colonel
Blanc, Colonel Crombie, Mr. Martineau, Mr. and Mrs. Wil-
liams, Miss Williams, M. and Madame Ralli and party,
Madame Lizardi and party, Mrs. and Miss Hoghton, Major
Gage, Captain Shuson, Mr. De Blaquiere, Captain and Mrs.
Villiers Hatton, &c.

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IMPORTANT TO TAVERN-KEEPERS AND LICENSED
VrartraeLEas —At the Court of Burgesses, Westminster (of
which the Duke of Buccleuch is high steward), yesterday, a
party appeared on behalf of Mr. J. B. Simpson, of the Al-
bion-tavern, Russell-street, Covent-garden, who had been
fined by the leet jury for having a number of silver mea-
sures representing pints and quarts, which were not stamped
with the Westminster stamp; and it was alleged Mr. Simp-
son had said he would not send them for the purpose to the
office, as it would be the means of disfiguring them. Two
of them were produced in court. The chairman told Mr.
Simpson's representative that every tradesman who lived in
Westminster was bound to have his weights and measures
stamped with the Westminster stamp, and it was no excuse
in this instance to say the measures were of silver; they
would be used no doubt as if they were made of any other
metal. The party said Mr. Simpson was engaged, or he
would have attended himself, and be was directed not to dis-
pute the tine, which he would pay, but simply to know whe-
ther it was necessary that plate, such as he held in his
hand, was obliged to have the Westminster stamp. The
chairman told him unquestionably it was. The foreman of
the jury here observed that Mr. Simpson told them when
they went to his house that he would not have his plate
knocked about by sending them to the stamp-office. The
applicant said Mr. Simpson had changed his mind since
then. —(A laugh.) The chairman told him to pay the fine ;
the officers of the court would take care the plate was not
injured in the course of stamping. The line was then paid,
and so the matter ended.
At the risk of being termed hypercritical we ven-
ture to suggest that the phraseology of some of the old forms
of our criminal courts are hardly creditable to a nation which
is trying to make the mass of its people lovers of literature.
If silence is commanded by " My Lords the Queen's Judges,"
at least let it be done grammatically and in order, and not in
the ludicrous phraseology of the crier:—" whilst the Queen's
most gracious proclamation is publicly read in open court
on pain of imprisonment." The intention, is, we know, to
command silence, on pain of imprisonment, whilst the Queen's
proclamation is read, and it might easily be so expressed ;
but at present, grammatically and legally speaking, the only
person who is threatened with imprisonment is the clerk of
assize, or whoever else may dare to read the proclamation.
A somewhat analogous error is observable on the doors of
the Central Criminal Court, where the curious philologist
may read the words " Female entrance only" (intended to
indicate " Entrance for females only"); but, good Heavens I
what a horrible picture do these words conjure up i Female
entrance only ! Like the inscription over the portal of
Dante's " Inferno"
" Al! hope abandon, ye who enter here."
The fatal threshold allows of no return ! Hear it, my Lord
Shaftesbury, and ye other explorers of the mysteries of Lon-
don :—ln the very heart of the City, and under the canopy of
justice, there is (at least there is every reason from the
official announcement to suppose there is) a second castle of
Blue Beard filled with the unfortunate females who ha
passed that fatal entrance from whence no traveller returns.—
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Sherborne Journal
The accounts of the state of trade in the provinces
remain on the whole satisfactory. At Manchester there has
been increased activity, and with few exceptions prices are
now described as remunerative. At Nottingham the favour-
able indications lately noticed in connexion with the lace
and hosiery branches continue, and notwithstanding the aci-
tation prevalent art ono. some classes of work-people, the
amount of employment has further increased. Birmingham
is profiting to a certain extent by export orders obtained
through ihe Great Exhibition—a circum,tance regarded
with gratification by ttioe interested in this description of
industry. In the Irish Linea trade everything wears a heai thy
I apriaranee.