The Sun.
London, England, 1865-09-21 00:00:00

WAYS.
Cash.

Acut.

Orleans
Northern
Lyons and Mediterranean
Southern
Western
Eastern
... 533 75
Sardinian
Austrian — ... 412 50
Lombard — —.-. 455
North of Spain — ... 216 25
Saragossa — ... 311 25
Ditto to Barcelona — -- ...
Roman — ... 222 50

- - •.. 875
- - ... 565 -

ITALY.

MINISTERIAL CIRCULAR UPON PUBLIC

INSTRUCTION.

TURIN, Sept. 17.

The Minister for Public Instruction has ad-
dressed the following circular to the Prefects re-
garding the execution of the decree relative to the
seminaries. The special Commissioner mentioned
in the Circular to whom the Minister has intrusted
the care of completing the work, with the aid of
the Prefects, is Cavaliere Edoardo Tusco, inspector
of secondary schools, who will set out for Naples on
his mission next Monday.

t 4 Turin, Sept. 15, 1865.

" The desire of providing for youth suitable in-
struction adapted to the necessities of the present
day and to the spirit of our civil institutions, has
constantly urged the undersigned, as you are well
aware, to especially interest himself in the secondary
schools of the diocesan seminaries, and to acquaint
himself with their present condition. Laying claim
to privileges which the independence of the State
and the dignity of the Government could not allow
to be recognised, many of the above mentioned in-
stitutions refused to submit to the inspection of the
scholastic authorities, which necessitated their being
closed, in conformity with the' law. Others, by
direction of their ordinaries, suspended the usual
courses of instruction for manyyears, against which,
as it was prejudicial to their interests, the popula-
tions repeatedly protested.
" In providing a remedy, as far as it lay in his
power, for such inconveniences, the undersigned, in
concert with his hon. colleague the Minister of
Public Worship, submitted to the royal sanction a
decree by virtue of which the
_Secondary Schools
in the seminaries closed either by their ordinaries or
in consequence of having refused to permit the Go-
vernment inspection, will be re-opened by this
Ministry. . .

" You will doubtless comprehend how important
it is, both in the interest of the country and the
Government, that this decree should receive com-
plete and:careful execution,and how necessary it will
be to effect the active and effieient co-operation of
the local authorities. To them it belongs to remove
the difficulties that might delay the opening of the
schools in question, and to facilitate their regula-
tion. The Ministry will entrust to a special com-
missioner the care of accomplishing this work in
concert with, and assisted by, your Excellency.
Two-thirds of the revenues of each seminary will
be appropriated to the establishment of these schools
and to the opening of a commercial establishment
in the same place, where both may have formerly

existed.
" When the lay administration may not be able
to reckon upon many of those means which as-
sisted the ordinaries, and the funds for the institu-
tions in question be thus deficient, it will be neces-
sary to obtain the aid of the municipalities in
whose benefit they will be opened.
" You are a:•.•are of the cost of founding a com-
munal establishment and a school, and will know
very nearly the amount of the two-thirds of the re-
venues of the seminaries to be reopened in your
province. Wherever, therefore, you may be con-
vinced that the revenues of the seminaries placed at
the disposal of the Ministry will not suffice, the
municipalities of the diocese, according to the re-
gulations established by the Royal decree, will be
invited to afford their support, placing in
their budgets the sum necessary to meet the
expense of organising the above-mentioned schools
and establishments. The undersigned is convinced
that none of the municipalities will withhold this
indispensable aid, in order that the work begun may
be accomplished. The Government has fulfilled its
duty, and will proceed with the same firmness and
alacrity, but it has need to be seconded by the good-
will of the municipalities.

"The undersigned
expects to learn from your
Excellency the result of your labours in the present