The Sun.
London, England, 1852-10-22 00:00:00

ITALY.

A letter from Florence of the 14th, in the Daats,
says :—" Three objects occupy at this moment the
political circles of Tuscany—the new loan, the coin-
mercial league with Austria, and the change of
Ministry. The new loan is to be 70,000,000 fr. or
80,000,000 fr., and is to serve to pay off the loan of
05,000,000 tr. made in 1850, of 10,000,000 fr. made in
1851, and the residue of the loa❑ of 4,000,000 fr. of
the ex-Duchy of Lucca; also to pay the old and new
debt of 15,000,000 fr. to Austria, and the floating
debt of 13,000,0001 r., and, finally, to employ the re-
mainder in constructing a new port at Leghorn, and
draining the marshes of Bicatine between Lucca and
Florence. M. Bastoji, banker at Leghorn, is charged
to negotiate the loan, which may produce fortunate
results far the country, especially if the government
determines at the same time on introducing some
reforms in the administration. The commercial
league with Austria may be considered as concluded ;
but as it is to be feared that it will not make a very
good impression on the country, a favourable oppor-
tunity of carrying it into effect is waited for.
The construction of the new port of Leghorn is
a consequence of the Austro-Italian league, for it is
to be at the same time the military and mercantile
port of Austria in the Mediterranean. It is stated, in
fact, that amongst the conditions is one that an Aus-
trian garrison shall always remain at Leghorn ; and
another, that the Austrians shall be charged to pro-
tect the coasts from the Sardinian frontier to the Ro-
man frontier, to prevent smuggling. All opinions
agree in considering as inevitable the change of
Ministry. The Grand Duke does not appear satisfied
with his present ministers, who have often opposed
his ideas, especially in the question of the Concordat
with Rome. It was not known by whom they are to
be replaced."
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GERMANY.
The Cologne Gazette, under date of
says :—" It is scarcely possible that the th,
the Conferences of Vienna can take place before
the
molt has not confined itself to sending invitationesrfitO
the allies of Darmstadt. It is. said that separate
negotiations continue between Vienna and Baden, as
those which were opened by Baron de Rudt
berg., the Baden Minister, had not led to the desired
result."
The Diet of Mecklenburg Schwerin has been
convoked by the Grand Duks for the 18th of Nov.
The surveys for the railway from Strasburg to the
Bavarian frontier are actively going on, and those for
the section from Haguenau to the frontier will very
shortly be submitted to the Government. The length
of the line will he about 40 miles.
The Official Gazette of Hanover contains the fol•
lowing remarks on the speech of the Prince-President
at Bordeaux :
" It is of groat significance that the President pro-
claims the Empire in the city of Bordeaux. He chooses
Bordeaux,
in order to take away every revolutionary or
warlike appearance from the Empire. Bordeaux suf-
fered much as the seat of the Girondins, and as a coca-
alerCi4l city it Ranted ,50 ;Dutch by the wars of the