The Sun.
London, England, 1851-01-27 00:00:00

ITALY.

A letter from Rome of the 11th, in the Augsburg
Gazette, gives a singular instance of the strictness of
the Roman censorship. In an opera of VERDI'S, a
lover, on hearing his mistress sing behind the scenes,
is made to exclaim, " Oh, the voce angelica !" (Oh,
what an angelic voice). But the censors, consider-
ing that a pretty girl ought not to be compared to
an angel, have inserted " armonica" (harmonious) for
" angelica," a modification which was received with
hisses by the public, who knew what the original
words were.

The Chamber of Deputies of Turin has, after a dis-
cussion of several days, voted the Bill relative to
mortmain property by a majority of 98 to 31.
The Chamber of Deputies commenced, on the 21st,
the discussion on the treaty of commerce and naviga-
tion, and the convention relative to literary property,
lately concluded between France and Sardinia. Those
treaties having been strongly attacked by several
orators, the Ministers of Pcreign Affairs and Com-
merce declared that they would resign if they were
rejected.

FIRE AT THE NEW HOUSES OF
PARLIAMENT.-(THIS DAY.)

SUN OFFICE, HALF-PAST THREE,

At the moment of going to press, we have to an-
nounce the outbreak of a fire in the clock tower, at the
north end of the New Palace at Westminster. The
' fire was discovered about three o'clock this af-
ternoon, and is supposed to have originated among
some scaffolding erected within that portion
of the building. When our reporter left large
volumes of smoke were issuing from the windows
of the tower; and an immense crowd had already
collected in the Old Palace-yard and on Westmin-
ster-bridge. Numerous fire•engines had already
arrived, and others were flying to the spot in all
directions.

'We do not apprehend that any serious injury wil
result to the building, alarming though the matter al
present seems, for the fire will soon be got under.

A LAWYER'S EPITAPH.
(Not written by himself.)
" Cheat opponents, not friends, a lawyer did say ;
To cheat either we all should be loath ;
But as to the lawyer, !slack! well-a-day I
Wlsy I'm blessed if he didn't cheat both.
A shame to his brethren he lived and he lied;
All his knowledge was nothing but evil;
But yet he spoke truth when he said, ere he died,
I'll be damned if I dont cheat the devil."
FREDERICK AUGUSTUS LEWIS.
6, London-terrace,-Hackney-road.

Lord John Russell has been slightly indisposed
during the last few days, but has recovered. On Wednesday
next the Noble Lord gives a dinner party at his residence in
Chesham-place, Belgrave-square.
We are informed that the Address in reply to her
Majesty's Speech will be moved by Lord Effingham, and se-
conded by Lord Overstone.
VICARAGE OF HUNTINGDON.---We understand that
his Grace the Archbishop of York has issued a commission
directed to Archdeacon Churton and three other clergy in
the diocese, requesting them to inquire as to the expediency
of building a parsonage-house at Huntingdon, and having a
resident vicar, the population having greatly increased of late
years. We hear that the commission have reported favour-
ably of such a scheme, but that there is no present glebe on
which to build a parsonage-house.
THE MASTER OF THE ROLLS.—Lord Langdale will
retire from the Rolls almost immediately, and will be suc-
ceeded by Sir John Romilly.
BRITISH HOPS.—The revenue authorities having
received an application from the exporters of hops, request-
ing that the article may in future be packed in wooden or tin
packages, instead of painted canvas or tarpaulin, and that
hops se packed on their premises, in the presence of an
officer of the Inland Revenue, may not be subjected to the
usual examination by the outward officers of the Customs
department, upon the shipment thereof, for the Excise draw-
back ; and tke authorities having also received and consi-
dered a communication from the Commissioners of Inland
Revenue upon the subject, and the order of the Lords of the
Treasury, dated December, 1844. by which the examination
of paper to be shipped for the Excise drawback was dispensed
with under certain regulations, orders have been issued, that
when hops packed in tin or wood cases, under the superin-
tendence of an officer of Inland Revenue, are intended to be
1 shipped for drawback, an application from the merchant in
writing, countersigned by the searching officer at the station
where the export vessel may be lying, be made to the ap-
pointer of the weighers, who shall thereupon direct a weigher
to proceed to the premises of the merchant, at the expense of
the latter, for the purpose of receiving the packages from the
officers of Inland Revenue there, and accompanying them to
the export station ; and that the goods be thereupon shipped
without being subject to any further examination or disturb-
ance by the officers of the Customs department, unless they
shall have reason to suspect the committal or intention of
fraud or irregularity in the transaction.
To think well of every other man's condition, and
to dislike our own, is one of the misfortunes of human
nature.—Eliza Cook's Journal.
PRINTERS AND PRINTING.—Many who condescend
to illuminate the dark world with the fire of their genius,
through the columns of a newspaper, little think of the lot
of the printer, who sits up till midnight to correct their
false grammar, bad orthography, and worse punctuation. I
have seen the arguments of lawyers, in high repute as
scholars, sent to the printer in their own handwriting—many
words, and especially technical and foreign terms, abbre-
viated, words mis-spelled, and few sr no points, and those
few, if there were any, certainly out of place. I have seen
the sermons of eminent " divines" sent to the press without
points or capitals to designate the divisions of the sentence ;
also the letters of political and scientific correspondents.
Suppose all those had been so printed, the printer would
have been treated with scorn and contempt. Nobody would
have believed that such gross or palpable faults were owing
to the ignorance or carelessness of the author; and no one
but the practical printer knows how many hours a com-
positor, and after him a proof-reader, is compelled to spend
in reducing to readable condition manuscript that often the
writers themselves would be puzzled to read.—. 4 Proof-
reader.

BRITISH NoßTzr AMERICA.—A few days ago we
asked in what manner had the Colonial-office entertained
the measures submitted to them by the agent from Nova
Scotia? We are glad to have it to announce, on good au-
thority, that the whole case of that colony has only been
brought under Lord Grey's notice by the Hon. Joseph
Howe within the last fortnight; that it embraces several
questions of great importance; and that it is now under
consideration, with every prospect of favourable result.—
Morning Post.

SINGULAR BEQUEST.—The Maidstone Gazette
states that a lady lately deceased, residing at Blackheath,
Nome years ago, made a will, in which she provided that 50/.
should be paid to her medical attendant, on condition of his
performing decapitation at her death, riving tco a dread of
being interred Alive.