The Sun.
London, England, 1849-12-17 00:00:00

ITALY.

A letter from Rome, of the 7th inst., states that
the POPE appears to be inclined to look to the
Emperor of RUSSIA for support rather than to submit
to the French. It was believed that his IkeiNess
would not return to his capital for some time at least.
A litter from Turin, 10th inst., in the Debais,
says—" The elections commenced yesterday through.
out the whole kingdom of Piedmont. If they con-
tinue as they have begun, the KING and the Ministry
will be secure of having a strong majority, and there
will be some hope of seeing a regular constitutional
state established here. Twenty-four nominations
have been already made known, out of which
1 eighteen may be regarded as purely Ministerial;
three belong to what are called the Left Centre, and
three only to the Radical Opposition. The Opposition
has already lost seven. Three Ministers have been al-
ready elected, M. D'AZAGLIO, Minister of Foreign Af-
fairs; M. SANTA RosA, Minister of Commerce; and M.
GALVAGNO, Minister of the Interior. The nomina
tion of M. PINELLT, ex-Minister of the Interior, and
whom the Ministry had been obliged, or believed
themselves to be obliged to sacrifice to the exigencies
of the Opposition, is very significative. M. PINELLI
has been elected at Turin itself, although it is cer-
tain that he will be also elected in the provinces. At
i Turin, which is divided into seven colleges, the
Conservative party has gained a complete triumph;
no uneasiness had however been ever felt as to the
result of the elections in Turin, from the fact of
but few voters abstaining from the exercise of their
rights ; if such were to be the case throughout
the country, it is certain that the Chamber would be
very Conservative. But Turin is, in the first place,
the capital where the greatest political movement
exists; in the next place it is a city where electors
can pass through paved streets to the polling places,
while in the country districts it is not so convenient,
particularly in weather like the present. For the last
week the cataracts of heaven appear to have been
opened, and with but little prospect, at present, of
their being closed. The communal roads in this
country are abominable, and become almost
impassable after a few days' rain. Added
to this, the electoral law has fixed the chief town of
each district as the place of voting, so that the country
voters have some of them several leagues to walk to
give their votes. Another impediment also exists, in
the mode of taking the votes, which compels the
elector either to return on the following day or stop
two days in the place, a sacrifice which few are
inclined to make. It is for that reason that, notwith-
standing the result of the nominations already known,
a hasty opinion must not be formed as to the final
returns. There are 204 nominations to be made,
and only twenty-four are yet known. Everything,
however, looks well. P.S. It has just been
announced that the five elections for Chambery are
, all in favour of the Constituticnal party."
The Concordia, the most democratic journal of
Piedmont, states it as its opinion that the democratic
party will be left in a minority at the present elec-
tions. Up to the llth the elections known at Turin
were 44, amongst whom 21 State functionaries.
The Left had lost eleven deputies in that num-
ber. According to the Concordia the proportions
are as follows :-I!elinisterialists, 22 ; Opposi-
tion, 16 ; uncertain, but probably Ministerial,
6. The Corriere Mercantile has the elections
of Genoa and the coast the majority belong to
the Left Centre. M. PARETO has been elected at
Genoa, M. RADICE at Vercelli, and M. SANGUINETTI
at Chiavari. The Courrier des Alpes gives the
elections of Savoy up to the 12th, the result are nine
Ministerialists and three Oppositionists. The Legge
of Turin states the numbers (not including Savoy) at
35 for Ministers, '22 for the Opposition, and 3 for the
Left Centre; to which, adding the 15 of Savoy, hitherto
known, the numbers will stand as follows :—Mi-
nisterialists, 47 ; Opposition and Left Centre, 28.
The Osservatore Romano of the 4th says that there
is an intention of restoring the order of Knights of
Malta as it was formerly constituted.