The Sun.
London, England, 1849-08-24 00:00:00

ITALY.

The Committee of the Sardinian Chamber of De-
puties has decided on adopting the Ministerial pro-
ject, and voting the indemnity of seventy-five millions
to Austria.

The Milan Gazette of the 18th publishes the fol-
fowing decree of amnesty :
" EMPIRE OF AUSTRIA.—PROCLAMATION.'
_ _

" Authorised by our most merciful Emperor Francis
Joseph 1., I avail myself of the happy occasion of the
glorious anniversary of his birth, to extend the pardon
granted by my proclamation of the 12th inst. to the
greater part of his subjects in flight from the Lombardo-
Venetian kingdom, to those who remain in those pro-
vinces. I therefore proclaim:—
" 1. Those who for political offences, that is to say, of
high treason, rebellion, insurrection, or participation in
such crimes, are the objects of prosecution, or, at least,
in a state of arrest, shall be tat liberty.
" 2. All the preliminary inquiries on account of such
offences shall be suspended and discontinued. In general
no one shall be called to account for the political events
of 1848 and 1849.

'.3. Those who, besides political offences, are tainted
with any action punished by the penal laws, or who
in the past political convulsions have been guilty of the
murder, wounding, or capture of Austrian subjects (ex
cept in open warfare), are excepted from the amnesty.
Moreover, are excepted all the royal and imperial
functionaries, and officers. The former, even though
they may not have committed other taults, shall not be
allowed to remain in their offices if they have taken a
notorious part in the revolutions. The officers on duty
and enjoying pensions will be subject to the conse-
quences of their criminal rroceedings. Officers who
have abandoned the service and continued the military
character, must lay down the latter; and those who have
abandoned the service, and tilt retained the military
character, shall be free from further responsibility. Also
all royal functionaries, priests, masters, and employes,
must resign their offices it they have been guilty of the
aforesaid offences.

"4. Those who have already been sentenced for
simple political offences shall be set at liberty
" 5. The respective authorities will take speedy mat-
ures to set at liberty all those coming within the terms
of the amnesty.

"6. There shall also be set "at liberty all who have
been condemned or who are under arrest by way of pre-
caution for secondary political crimes. Arts. 1 and 2
will be applicable to the latter. Among these crimes are
the expression of political opinions, the carrying party
banners, singing songs misnamed patriotic, and the pro-
pogation of political writings, &c.
" 7. As circumstances will not allow the taking off
the state of siege, the dispositions relative thereto will
remain in force.

" 8. The amnesty is extended to those (not being of
the army) who have enrolled in foreign service.
"9. The present amnesty is confined to past offences,
and any future transgressions of the law will bo rigor-
ously and severely punished. The effects of this pro-
clamation will not extend to Venice and its depen-
dencies.

" May the people of the provinces acknowledge with
gratitude, in this new act of the inexhaustible clemency
of our Sovereign, his ardent desire to render them
happy ; and may I soon be enabled to free liberty from
her remaining link—the state of siege. " RADETZKY.
" Milan, Aug. 16."
The Government of Austria, in return for the ser-
vices rendered by it to the POPE and to the Dukes of
PARMA and MODENA, has required that the naviga-
tion of the Po shall be rendered free. This principle
was adopted by the Congress of Vienna in the year
1815, but it has never been carried into execution in
consequence of the opposition given by the above three
States, who found a pecuniary advantage in resisting.
The Governments of Parma and of Modena have con-
sented to the demand of the Austrian Government,
and it is not doubted but that the POPE will withdraw
his opposition. The negotiations relative to this affair
were directed by the Austrian Minister of Commerce
during his last journey in Italy.

YORK RACES.

(THIS DAY.)

(BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.)

The Convivial Stakes.

The Italian ... ... ... ... walked over.
Great Yorkshire Stakes.
Old Dan Tucker ... ... l
Nunnykirk ... ... ...
Weatow ... ... ... ... ...
Honeycomb ... ... ... ... ... !
Twelve ran. Won by a neck.

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