The Sun.
London, England, 1853-01-27 00:00:00

BELGIUM.

The Belgian journals contain accounts of inunda-
tions in several parts of Belgium from the overflow-
ing of the rivers. At Hal and Vilvorde the streets
were inundated, and in many parts of the valley of
the Senne the water had arrived with such violence
that considerable property had been destroyed.
In some parts of the capital also the water had
entered the cellars to the depth of more than 12
inches. At the date of the last accounts, however,
the water appeared to be subsiding.
Some of the Belgian journals having given cur-
rency to an unfounded rumour that the Marchioness
de Larochejaquelein had expressed herself in very
severe terms against the Marquis, her son, for join-
ing the present Government in France and consent-
ing to become a senator, the Marchioness has ad-
dresssd the following letter, dated Orleans, the
22d, to the Independance of Brussels :
" The Belgian journals have attributed to me a
remark against my son, the Marquis de Larochejaque-
kin, to which I give the most positive contradiction.
If I might disapprove of his determination to take part
in the Government, notwithstanding the good intentions
which have no doubt inspired it, the indignation which
I have long felt against the system of calumny with
which he has long been assailed would prevent me from
blaming him."
The Independance of Brussel. having, in a notice
of the success of the Bank of Exchange at Mar-
seilles, represented the editor of the Courrier de
Marseille to have said that it was of a nature to

bring the ideas of M. Proudhon on this subject
into favour, the Marseilles editor has written to
the Independance to declare that he did not make
such an observation. The Exchange Bank at
Marseilles, he says, has nothing of the character of
the institutions recommended by Proudhon. It is
founded on the influence of capital, whereas Proud-
hon proposes the annihilation of capital.
In the sitting of the Belgian Chamber of Repre-
sentatives, on Tuesday, the Minister of Finance
presented a bill for a credit of 4,800,000f..f0r various
works upon the railroads of the State.. The bill
was referred to a secret committee for examination.

ITALY.

The accounts from Rome reach to the 18th

instant. General Gemeau was expected to leave
as soon as his successor, General Montreal, had
arrived. It is, however, again reported that
General Regnault de St. Jean d'Angely is to have
the command of the French forces at Rome. The
King of Bavaria was still at Rome. He had re-
ceived the visit of the College of Cardinals at
Rome on the 18th. The members of the Diplo-
matic Body and the Ministers of his Holiness
also waited upon his Majesty on the same day.
It is very generally believed that a purely eccle-
siastical Ministry is about to be re-established.
The following are the names given :—Cardinal
Antonelli, Secretary of State for Foreign Af-
fairs ; Cardinal Amat, of St. Filippo, Interior ;
Monsignor Mertel, instead of the actual Minister
of Grace and Justice; Monsignor Grassellini, Com-
missary at Bologna, to be Treasurer ; Monsignor
Matteucci, Director of Police, to be Governor of
Rome ; and Monsignor Pentini, President of the
Arms. The Ministry of Commerce to be abolished,
and to be placed under the Cardinal Camerlengo,
of the Santa Romana Chiesa. Nothing official has,
however, yet appeared.
Several congregations of cardinals have of late
been held.

The Roman troops have receivea orders to renew
their oaths of fidelity to the Sovereign Pontiff.
Rome has been shocked by a terrible case of
Poisoning, which has just been made public. The
Marquis Sigismund Baudini and his family are the
unfortuna.Le victims. Poison had been secretly ad-
ministered to them, in small portions, during the
space of three weeks. Professor Baroni discovered
the presence of it, by chance, in a cup of coffee,
which was handed to him at a morning's visit. Pri-
vate revenge is supposed to have been the stimulus
to this vile act. The life of the Marquis Baudini is
despaired of, though all that science can do for him
has been resorted to.
The Council of State, on the 14th, finally voted
for the projected amortisation of the paper money,
as follows :—The debt of the paper currency
amounts to 3,700,000 scudi. One million is to be
converted into bonds, and consolidated at 5 per
cent. Another million will be changed into
Treasury Bonds of 100 scudi each,p,aoyin,ogoo2isopuderi
cent. interest ; and the remaining 170
will be changed into silver currency. This project
has been unanimously approved of by the Consulta
di Stato, and has been submitted to the Council of
Ministers for approval. Before being carried into
execution, it will have to pass several formula. and
be sanctioned by the Holy Father.
A loan of 2,000,000 of scudi is said to be in treaty
with Rothschild. The agent of this house M.
Hecht, is at Rome, and pays frequent visits to the
Ministry of Finance.
Visitors are numerous at Rome this winter, and
the weather continues splendid, with an unclouded
sky.