The Sun.
London, England, 1859-10-11 00:00:00

PROPOSED PLAN FOR THE SETTLE-
NEXT OF ITALY.

The Courrier du Dimanche publishes a project
for an Italian Confederation, attributed to Austria,
It as follows :

Art. 1. All the states of Italy, the Papal States,
those of the King of Sardinia, the Kingdom of the
Two Sicilies, Venetia, Tuscany, Modena, and Parma,
shall form a Confederation.

" Art. 2. The confederated states propose to them-
selves for object to secure the maintenance of the
external independence and the internal safety of
the whole of the Confederation and of each of the
confederated states in particular.
" Art. 3. The members of the Confederation are,
and shall remain as such, equal in right. As to the
advantages axd the charges of each of the states,
they shall be fixed according to the respective re-
sources of each.
" Art. 4. The honorary presidency of the Con-
federation devolves on the Pope ; the effective pre-
sidency shall be exercised alternately by the King
of Naples and the King of Piedmont. The Diet
shall sit at Rome.

" Art. 5. The Pope shall have two votes, Naples
and Piedmont three each; Tuscany and Austria
two each; the Duchies of Modena and Parma ono
each.

"Art. 6. AU organic provisions, and all decisions
relat;ve to the constitutive principles of the Con-
federation, must be voted unanimously ; in other
cases the votes will take place by a majority of two-
thirds, and will be obligatory for all the members
of the union.

" Art. 7. The states of the Confederation reserve
to themselves the right to treat individually with
foreign powers, but they cannot conclude any en-
gagement incompatible with the fundamental con-
ditions of the federal compact.
" Art. 8. The said States shall submit their mu-
tual differences to the arbitration of the Council of
the Confederation.
" Art. 9. If the territory of the Confederation be
threatened from without the members of the union
engage collectively and individually to co-operate
iu the common defence, with all the forces which
form their contingents in the federal army.
" Art. 10. The federal contingents shall be
formed exelusively'of national troops.
" Art. 11. The-fortresses of Mantua, Piacenza,
and Gaeta are declared federal fortresses. Venetia
shall furnish half of the garrison of Mantua ; Pied-
mont half of that of Piacenza; and the Kingdomof
the Two Sicilics half of that of Gaeta. The re-
mainder of the garrisons shall be furnished by the
Confederated States in the proportions to be deter-
mined according to the strength of their federal
contingent.

" Art. 12. Each of the confederated States shall
have the right, in the event of internal disturbances,
to call for the assistance of the Confederation.
" Art.l3. In order to secure harmony of views
and efforts, the allied Governments engage to take
for their rule of conduct in their internal adminis-
tration the principles most in conformity with the
object of their alliance, and to devote all their care
to the improvement of the legal institutions.
4'. Art. 14. There shall be municipal and provin-
cial institutions founded on the principle of election,
in each state of the Confederation, and Councils
shall be established, invested with the mission of
voting taxes and regulating the management of the
finances.
" Art. 15. In case of any difference with the
Sovereign, relative to the rights above stipulated,
the parties interested in each state may refer the
question to the Council of the Confederation, which
shall advise on the means to be adopted.
" Art. 16. The Council of the Confederation shall
occupy itself, at its first meeting, with the military
and customs organisation."

PROGRAMME OF HER MAJESTY'S
VISIT TO LOCH KATRINE,

The following is the programme of the proceed-
ings to be observed on the occasion of the inaugura-
tion of the Glasgow Corporation Waterworks at
Loch Katrine, on the 14th instant :
" Her Most Gracious Majesty the Queen and his
Royal Highness the Prince Consort, with several
members of the Royal Family, and their suite, are
expected to leave the Palace of Holyrood on Fri-
pay, the 14th of Oct., about ten o'clock a.m., and
to reach Callander by railway about hal-past
eleven, where the royal carriages will be waiting
the arrival of the train.
" The royal cortege will proceed through Callan-
der and onward by the road leading to the Tros-
sachs and Loch Katrine, which is expected to be
closed for carriages from 10 a.m., in order to pre-
vent obstruction to the royal progress. Triumphal
phal arches and other demonstrations of loyalty
are in course of erection in Callander and neigh-
bourhood.
" The military arrangements will be subject to
the commanding officer who may be charged with
them ; but it may be stated that the Queen's Own
Royal Regiment of Glasgow Yeomanry Cavalry
(numbering about 80) have loyally tendered their
services, and will, if approved of, be in attendance
at the railway station to act as a guard and escort
the Royal cortege from Callander to Loch Katrine,
or to perform any other duty that may be assigned
to them.
" A strong body of police will also be stationed
at Callander, on the road, and at Loch Katrine.
The Chamberlain of the Earl of Moray (who is
lord of the manor for a large portion of the land.
between Callander and the Trossachs), will, if per-
mitted, escort or accompany the royal cortege
through his lordship's estate.
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ceremony of opening
and to accompany the royal
party to the mouth of the aqueduct (situated on
the south bank of the lake), where the intended
the works is to take place.
" The steamer will sail close up to the platform
constructed at the mouth of the aqueduct, so as to
admit of the royal Party stepping on to it from the
steamer.
" The Duke of Montrose, as lord of the manor,
the Lord Lieutenant and Sheriff of Perthshire, the
members of Parliament for the city of Glasgow, a
deputation from the Celtic Society of Glasgow
(numbering about 80) in their national Highland
costume, and other distinguished guests, will be
in attendance at the place of ceremony, and several
companies of the recently formed Glasgow Volun-
teer Rifle Corps will, if permitted, line and guard
the place of ceremony and road to the cottage.
" When the Royal party is arriving at the plat-
form the band will perform the 'National Anthem.'
" The Lord Provost will present an address by
the Lord Provost, Magistrates, and Common Coun-
cil of the City of Glasgow, as water commissioners.
" Thanksgiving for the accomplishment of the
work, and prayer for a blessin upon it
g ,will be
offered up by one of the city clergymen.
"The Queen, if it please her Majesty, may then
give instructions for opening the sluices—or do so
herself—by opening a small tap which will set in
motion machinery for raising the shutters—thereby
admitting the water of the loch to the aqueduct.
" The Queen, if it please her Majesty, will then
declare the waterworks open.
" The band will perform Rule Britannia.'
" The discharge of artillery on the adjoining
heights will announce the completion of the cere-
mony, and this, it is expected, will be immediately
followed by similar discharges of artillery from
Stirling and Edinburgh Castles, and by the ringing
of bells in the city of Glasgow.
After the ceremony, the Royal party will be con-
ducted to the commissioners' cottage, situated about
150 yards distant from the aqueduct, where lun-
cheon will be provided.
" After luncheon the Royal cortege will return
by the same steamer, carriages, and route, to the
palace at Holyrood."

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DEATH OP REAR-ADMIRAL BOWYER.—We regret
to announce the death of this gallant officer, Which took
place at Southampton on Saturday, in the 70th year of hi.
age.

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THE DERBY BANQUET.—The arrangements for
the great Conservative banquet to Lord Derby, to take place
on Saturday, the 29th inst., are now nearly completed. The
banquet will be given in the Liverpool Philharmonic-hall, a
place admirably adapted for the purpose, as combining
brilliancy of display with facility of hearing. Six o'clock is
the hour appointed for the dinner, and the chair will be oc-
cupied by Mr. Francis Shand, chairman of the Liverpool
Conservative Association. It is intended to be a party de-
ilonstration, and an imposing array of illustrious names
10 the Conservative ranks is presented in the list of dis-
tinguished persons who are expected to attend, among
whom refry be mentioned Lord Malmesbury, Mr. Disraeli,
Sir John Pakington, Lord Chelmsford, Sit H. Cairns, the
High Sheriff of the county, Sir R. Gerard, the members
for the Southcon Division of Lancashire, Lord A. Egerton
and Mr. J. W. Legh ; Mr. T. B. Horsfall, member for the
borough; Mr. Seymour Fitzgerald, Sir William Jolliffe,
Lord Stanley, Lord Ravensworth, General Peel, Lord
Hardwicke, Lord Eglintoun, the Marquis of Salisbury, the
Marquis of Bath, the Hon. Joseph Napier, the late Lord
Chancellor of Ireland, Lord Wilton, Lord John Manners,
Col. Taylor, &c. The pr ice of the tickets has been fixed at
two guineas, Already the demand for these has been great,
and there is no doubt the demonstration will be one of the
most splendid and successful ever witnessed in Liverpool,
or indeed in any part of the kingdom.—Liverpooe Courier.