The Sun.
London, England, 1860-05-05 00:00:00

SARDINIA.

A Paris letter, in the Nord, says :—" I have
more than once had occasion to state that the King
of Sardinia and Count Cavour intend to follow a
moderate policy with regard to the affairs of Italy.
As a new proof of their moderation, I am now
enabled to mention that Baron Talleyrand has re-
ported to the French Government that the King
on his way to Bologna intended to stop at Arezzo,
on the frontier of Ombria, but that having learned
that the mountaineers of that part of the Pope's
possessions intended to make a demonstration
in his honour, his Majesty's visit to the town
of Arrezzo was adjourned.
Baron Ricasoli has addressed a circular, dated
the 28th ult., to all the Prefects of Tuscany, in
which he recommend them to make the District-
Councils now about to assemble thoroughly ac-
quainted with the principles on which these insti-
tutions are based. He remarks that they have been
provisionally extended to Tuscany until the National
Parliament shall have published a general law
on the subject for the whole kingdom, in order
to prepare the country for those extensive local
franchises without which liberty cannot exist in a
country like Italy, where municipal traditions form
so conspicuous a feature of the national history.
These franchises will in course of time enable the
Government to depart from the principle of absolute
centralisation, and to allow the municipalities to
manage their own affairs under the supervision of
the Central Government.
The Corriere Mercantzle announces that the Sar-
dinian fleet is to leave Leghorn immediately for
Rimini and Ravenna. A letter from Rome in the
same journal states that numbers of French Legiti-
mist officers arrive daily to offer their services to
the Pope, but that men offering to volunteer as pri-
vates are so rare as to be out of all proportion with
the number of officers.

The principal journals of Italy, the Diritto of
Turin, the Pungolo of Milan, the Sentinetta of
Brescia, and others, have opened a subscription for
the sufferers by the insurrection in Sicily. Their
example will, it is expected, be followed by all the
press of Northern Italy.

Letters from Alexandria mention that the Vice-
roy has appointed officers from among the native
Christians, an act of toleration which has caused a
great sensation.

The Journal de Mayence states that the com-
mand of all the Austrian troops in Italy has been
confided to Prince Alexander of Hesse.

The Count de Brai-Steinburg, who represented
Bavaria at the Court of Prussia, is about to be
placed at the head of the legation of Vienna. He
is to be succeeded at Berlin by Count Monegelas,
Minister at St. Petersburg. The name of the
diplomatist who will be appointed to the Court of
Russia is not yet stated.

The Official Journal of Wurtemburg contains in
its last number a violent article against the Prussian
Government and the Prussian Chamber of Deputies.
This article refers to the energetic conduct of
Southern Germany with regard to the war iu Italy,
and says that it was neutralised by the pusillani-
mity of Prussia. It also calls to mind the share
which Prussia took in the reactionary movement,
and the days of Bronzell and Olmutz, and asserts
that she is not justified in now making demands in
favour of Electoral Hesse. The article concludes
by requesting Prussia to display moderation, and
not to cause division in the Confederation.