The Sun.
London, England, 1860-01-26 00:00:00

LATEST

NEWS.

The following telegrams have been received a
Mr. Reuter's office :

FLORENCE, JAN. 25.

The Monitore Town° publishes an official ex-
planation of the reasons for the reserve manifested
in the decree proclaiming the Sardinian statutes in
Tuscany. The Tuscan Government only intended
to reserve the organic laws of Tuscany on freedom
of commerce and industry, and some other special
laws.

The National Parliament will decide whether
those laws are to cease in Tuscany, or whether, on
the contrary, they are to be extended for the com-
mon benefit.

PARIS, WEDNESDAY

The Patric, of this evening, gives the following
as the principal points of the treaty of commerce
between France and England.
The import duty on French wines will be re-
duced in England from 150 to 30 per cent.
Silk will be admitted free.
The duty on iron imported into France will be
7f. per 100 kilogrammes.
Wool and cotton manufacturers will be protected
by a duty not exceeding 30 per cent., which will
be fixed after the termination of the enquiry.
Materials of primary importance will enter
France free of duty after July, 1861.
The prohibitions will be removed on the Ist of
October.

The treaty will be executed by England, from
the date of its promulgation, about the beginning
of February, 1860.

FRANCE.

PARIS, WEDNESDAY,

M. Thouvenel, yesterday, as Minister of Foreign
Affairs, took the usual oath to the Emperor. The
ad interim direction of Foreign Affairs, confided to
M. Baroche, has now ceased.

The Speech of the Queen of England on opening
Parliament was transmitted to Paris by telegraph
in the exceedingly short time of 42 minutes. The
document, being divided into three parts, was com-
mitted each to a separate wire, the first words being
sent off at 33 minutes past one, and the last at a
quarter past two.

TIrE BOURSE, Jan. 25.—The market continues
heavy. Threes after having been done at 68f. 60c.,
declined to 68f. 40c., and are now at 68f. 55c.
Mobilier varied from 760 f. to 757 f. 50c. ; Lyons,
890 f. to 895 f. ; Orleans, 1,355 f. to 1,360 f.; Northern,
900 f. to 905 f. ; Southern, 602 f. 50c. to 505 f.
Austrian, 513 f. 75c. to 511 f. 25c. ; Lombard, 555 f.
to 552 f. 50c. The following were the last quo-
tations:—

4f per Cents. 97
Do. end month 97
3 per Cents
Do. end month 6B 65
Bank Shares. 2830
Credit Mobilier
Do. Account

Credit Fonder 750
Belgian 41 991
Piedmontese (5)
Roman Bl 25
Austrian
Spanish Threes
Home Debt 43k -

RAILWAYS.

Cash. Account.
Orleans
Northern 907 50 .. 907 60
New ditto 822 50 .. 825

Lyons and Mediterranean 895 .. 895
Geneva 5lO 507 50
Southern
Western 575 .. 575
•
Eastern 632 50 .. 632 50
Sardinian 4OO 400
Austrian
Lombard

Exchange on London, at eight, paper, 25f. 6c. ; money
25f. 5c.; three months, paper, 24f. 91c.; money, 24f. 90c.

CENTRAL ITALY.

A letter from Florence, dated Jan. 20, says :
Yesterday Prince Alfred left Florence, to return
to Leghorn, where the Euryalus is stationed for the
present. lam glad to inform you that on entering
the harbour of Leghorn she returned the national
salute, a circumstance which has been the topic of
much conversation in this town. Political news is
rather scanty to-day, but general regret prevails
here on account of the sad intelligence of poor
Poerio's dangerous illness. In consequence of this
momentary dearth, I cannot do better than send
you the grotesque, half Chinese, half mediaeval edict
of the Holy Inquisition just fouud at Bologna.
Who can read this document without shuddering
at the idea that a poor population have been for
long years under the demoralising action of such
dark and iniquitous power! An Englishman could
be hardly brought to believe that in our century a
man who calls himself a minister of the God of
peace and mercy could find the courage to publish
and sign such a revolting document.
" We, brother Filippo Bertolotti, of the order of
preachers, professor of theology in the towns of
Pesaro, Rimini, Fano, Pennabilli, and the sur-
rounding places, inquisitor-general of the holy
apostolic see, and especially appointed against
heretical depravity
According to the charge imposed upon us by
this holy office we desire to maintain the Catholic
faith pure from every heretical contagion ; but it
being manifest that many, from malice, disobe-
dience and ignorance are slack in fulfilling their
duty to denounce such crimes to the holy office, giv-
ing thus cause to great inconvenience and errors,
not only against good morals but expressly against
the Catholic faith, we, who are bound to take the
glory of the Lord to heart, and to promulgate and
preserve the holy faith, to watch over the salvation
of the souls, command accordingly, under pain of
excommunication and other penalties.of the Pontiff,