The Sun.
London, England, 1860-03-17 00:00:00

RAILW AY S.

- Cash. Account.
Orleans
Northern .-... 927 60 .. 925
New ditto.... — 835
Lyons and Mediterranean .. 897 50 .. 895
Geneva 473 75 .. 472 50
Southern s 5Ol 25 .. 500
Western 582 50 .. 582 50
Eastern
Sardinian 4OO
Austrian

Lombard

Exchange on London, at sight, paper, 25f. 10c. ; money,
25f. 71c.; three months, paper, 24f. Sac. ; money, 24f 85c.

SARDINIA.

A letter from Turin of the 13th, in the Constitu-
tionnel, says :—" The meeting of the Sardinian
Parliament will not, it is said, take place until the
12th April, The King intends, when the expres-
sion of the wishes of the population of the Romagna
is made to him in a few days, to deliver a speech
in which he will declare that he 'postpones his ac-
ceptance for the present, adding that negotiations
have been opened for the purpose of reconciling
those wishes with respect for the rights of the Holy
See. Unfortunately these negotiations will not, it is
feared, lead to any result. The crisis will, there-
fore, be only postponed for a few days. The Rus-
sian Envoy at, this Court has made some remon-
stances to Count Cavour on the subject of popular
sovereignty in general, and particularly with regard
to Savoy. The departure of Prince de Carignan for
Nice has been countermanded, although every thing
had been prepared for his journey, the object of
which was to pay his respects to the Empress of
Russia. The difference of opinion which is said to
have arisen between the two Courts of St. Petersburg
and Turin, may perhaps be the cause of the journey
being suspended. Perhaps also this act of courtesy
which his Royal Highness was about to pay to
her Imperial Majesty was considered as being
inopportune, and not very pleasing to France, where
it must re well known that the Russians, who re-
side in great numbers at Nice, have shown them-
selves as the warmest opponents to annexation
to France. The annexation of Central Italy
to Piedmont is everywhere accepted with the
greatest enthusiasm. This great event will be
celebrated here by fetes of all kinds. There
will be a grand representation at the Theatre

Royal, at which the King will be present, accom-
panied by the members of the Provisional Go-
vernments, who will come to Turin for the pur-
pose. At the end of the week his Majesty will,
it is said, leave this capital and make a tour in the
provinces which have voted for annexation. One
of the first acts of the Government as soon as the
annexation shall have been declared will be to open
a loan of 100 millions, one half of which will be
negotiated abroad and the other subscribed for at
home,"

Another letter from Turin of the 13th in the
Nord has the following :—" The regiment of cuiras-
siers in garrison left this morning for Genea,:where
it will remain at the disposal of the ministry. lithe
vote of Tuscany is in favour of annexation, this regi-
ment will be ordered to proceed to Florence, and
will enter that city on the day the Tuscan Ministry
receives the acceptance of the King. The bersag-
lieri who were at Chivasso, and a regiment of the
grenadiers from the garrison at Turin, have left to
take up their quarters nearer Emilia. General
Fanti, in prevision of the annexation, has just orga-
nised the army into four corps. Each will be
composed of three divisions, two Piedmontese and
the third of Central Italy."
It may be remembered that some time ago
the Tuscan Government, with M. Ricasoli at its
head, abolished the concordat concluded on the 25th
April, 1851, between the Grand Duke Leopold 11.
and the Holy See. The four Archbishops of Tus-
cany have just published a protest against that act.
They defend the concordat on the ground that it
did well to set aside what are called the Leopoldine
laws, inasmuch as those laws encroach on the
liberty of Catholicism ; and they argue that a con-
vention entered into by two parties cannot be
legally terminated by one alone. The Archbishops,
moreover, take occasion to express surprise that
whilst the liberty to print freely is accorded to all
by law, bishops arc—in virtue of a circular dating
from 1788—interdicted from transmitting to their
flocks the" word of life," not only by means of the
press but oven in manuscript.
The King of Sardinia has raised the Marquis
Orso-Serra, Governor of Chambery, to the dignity
of Senator of the kingdom.
The Corriere Mercantile of Genoa publishes a
letter from Bologna, describing in glowing colours
the enthusiasm of the population after the vote.
The whole city was illuminated, from the most
sumptuous palaces to the smallest hovels. The cries
of "Viva PAnnessione ! Viva it Re ! Viva Napoleone
111 !" were incessant. At the theatre the ladies
formed a chain with their scarfs all along the
boxes amid cheers and cries of " Viva PUnione."
Marquis Pepoli was loudly applauded. Another
letter states that on the first announcement at
Milan of the vote in favour of annexation, all the
bells of the city were rung by order of the parish
priests.