The Sun.
London, England, 1853-01-07 00:00:00

ITALY.

The Committee of the Italian Academy of Philo-
sophy met on the Ist inst., under the Presidency
of Count Terentias Mamiani, who pronounced an
inaugural speech in presence of an immense audi-
tory. On the 2d M. Piranelli was to deliver a lec-
ture on the life and writings of the Abbe Gioberti.
The King received, on the Ist, the deputation of
the Chamber of Deputies, to whom his Majesty ex-
pressed his satisfaction for the numerous and im-
portant labours accomplished by the Chamber.
" We owe thanks to that Assembly," he added,
" for having overcome all the difficulties raised in
our way." In the evening the King gave a grand
dinner, at which the Presidents of the Senate and
the Chamber of Deputies, all the Ministers, the
President of the Council of State, and M. Maximus
d'Azeglio, assisted. After dinner their Majesties,
accompanied by their guests, repaired to the Royal
Theatre, where they were received with marks of
respectful sympathy and the most expressive ap-
plause.
The surveys of the Rome and Bologna Railway
line, by Ancona, have. been commenced by order
of the Papal Government.
The fetes of Christmas this year have been fa-
voured by the temperature of spring ; the sun was
so warm that Christmas-day felt more like Easter
Sunday. The attendance in the churches was very
numerous, both at the midnight mass of Christmas-
eve and on the following day. The Bishop
.of
Carcassonne officiated in the Church of St. Louis.
As the church is considered as a national one, and
has for protector the sovereign of the people to
which it belongs, the portrait of the Emperor
Napoleon 111. had been placed in it. A general
subject of conversation at Rome is the recent
conversion to the Catholic faith of Dr. Yves,
the Anglican Bishop of Carolina, in the
United States. Dr. Yves had for a long time
embraced Puseyite opinions, and felt strong
sympathies for the Catholic religion, which
had subjected him to much remonstrance. Since
ho has been at Rome he has put himself in relation
with Monsignor Gill, the Catholic Bishop of Vir-
ginia, United States, and addressed himself to Mon-
signor Talbot, the private caineriere of the Pope, in
order to make his solemn abjuration, and publicly
profess Catholicism. The ceremony took place on
the 26th, the Pope in person administering the sa-
crament to the convert. Dr. Yves, in abandoning
the Episcopal Church of the United States, has
given up a very advantageous position. His wife
at first warmly opposed his intention, but it is said
that she now begins to defend him against the at-
tacks of some Protestant ministers who accompa-
nied the bishop to Rome. The Bishop of Cahors
left Rome on the 27th ult. He has met with the
most marked reception from the Pope, and on
taking leave of his Holiness, the latter presented
him with a magnificently bound book for the altar.
The bishop intends making a pilgrimage to Loretto
before he returns to his diocese.
The Milan diligence was attacked on the road to
Mantua on the 20th ult, near Bazzolo, by eight
armed men. One of the passengers was robbed of
2,000 fr. in gold ; but the money intrusted to the
diligence for conveyance escaped' the robbers I, •
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unable, after repeated attempts, to break open the
chest in which it was contained. Upon hearing a

noise at a distance the robbers took to flight,. and
left the diligence to continue its way.

AUSTRIA.

The three Northern Powers have given Napoleon
to understand that, though they recognise him as
Emperor of the French, it is not as the third
Monarch of his race, Another part of the Reser-
vation is that the treaties of 1815 will be main-
tained to the letter.

The sudden and remarkable improvement in the
rate of exchange must be attributed rather to
the recognition of the Empire than to any
confidence which the new English Ministry
inspires here. As some days have elapsed since
the electric telegraph brought us the names of
the members of the new Administration, people
have had time to reflect on the matter and dis-
cuss it at their leisure. The result is, they have
come to the conclusion that, though no British Ca-
binet ever contained greater political capacities, it is
one with which Austria has little reason to be satisfied.

The Presse says that Baron Prokesch will be sent
to Rome, "in order to restore the former influence
of Austria in the Papal capital, and to neutralise
the present preponderance of France."
The negotiations between Austria and Russia re-
lative to the junction of their telegraphic lines are
nearly terminated. The Russian telegraphic line
is to be taken to St. Petersburgh. The junction is
to be effected on the frontiers of Gallicia by a spe-
cial line, which is not to be connected with the
German telegraphs.
According to the Sardinian papers Marshal Ra-
detsky is aboue to resign the Government of Lom-
bardy. The cause assigned for his disgrace aro
twofold. First, lie differed in opinion with the
Emperor relative to the individuals condemned to
death at Mantua ; and secondly, the Marshal was
charged with having too militarily treated the
bishops, by enjoining them to communicate to him
their correspondence with Rome, and to forbid
Roman clergymen from preaching in Lombardy
without the permission of the Government.
M. Madiai and his wife were in daily expectation
of their pardon. The Grand Duke had ordered
them to be kindly treated in their prison until their
liberation, for which they will be indebted to the
active interference of the King of Prussia.