The Sun.
London, England, 1859-09-08 00:00:00

BOLOGNA.

A correspondent of the Siecle, writing from
Bologna under date of 2d, says :
The Constituent Assembly of Romagna was
installed yesterday with great solemnity. I need
hardly tell you that Bologna had an appearance
of unusual animation. All the streets were
decked out with flags of the Italian tricolour. As
early as ten o'clock in the morning an immense
crowd was pressing towards the Piazza Maggiore
(the forum of Bologna during the Middle Ages),
bordered on one side by the Government Palace,
and on the other by the Podestat's Palace. The
crowd there awaited in silence the arrival of the
deputies assembled at the Legate's Palace, whence
they were to repair in procession to the great
church of San Petronio. The National Guard and
the troops of the line were drawn up along the
road. As soon as the procession left the court of
the palace, headed by the Governor-General, M.
Ciprinni, it was saluted by universal vivats, which
were continued during the whole passage. Our
French cheers are but tame things as compared
with those raised by the Italians. What lungs !
What expression of voice and gesture ! What
animation ! What enthusiasm! The Governor-
General had written to the Cardinal Arch-
bishop of Bologna, requesting him to officiate
in the religious ceremony, but his Eminence
did not even deign a reply, and at once started
for the country in all haste. As the Arch-
bishop was not there, mass was said by one of
the canons. At noon, the deputies left the church,
and returned in the same order to the Govern-
ment Palace, where they found carriages sent
by the aristocracy to convey them to the place
appointed for their sittings. The chair was at once
taken by the senior deputy, the Advocate Zannoli,
and the names of the deputies were then called
over. Among the 124 members composing the
Assembly, there are two princes, seven marquises,
thirty counts, three chevaliers, tweny-seven physi-
cians, seventeen advocates, twelve professors, three
military men, the rest being either merchants or
persons of independent property. You perceive that
the aristocracy forms about one half the Assembly,
which we had been told was to be composed of all
the revolutionists in Romagna. The first sitting was
devoted almost exclusively to hearing a document
read by the Minister of the Interior, M. Montanari.
Before he began, however, the Governor-General
briefly explained what he had done as the first
functionary of the country, and then resigned his
authority into the hands of the Assembly. The do-
cument read by M. Montanari is a statement, spi-
rited and straightforward, but at the same time
most respectful in form, of the grievances of the
inhabitants of Romagna against the Papal Govern-
ment. It occupied an hour and a quarter in the
reading. The administration which replaced the
clerical Government has rendered the task of the
Assembly an easy one. It required no less than
two months and a half to sweep away the old sys-
tem and reorganise everything afresh—the army,
the national guard. the tribunals of finances, and
all the administrative services. Romagna now has
her soldiers, her nationsl guard, which may be mo-
balised ; she has also the civil code—a glorious ac-
quisition. The state of the finances, in spite of all
the unforeseen expenses whichthey have had to met,
is excellent. The budget for the months of August,
September, October, November, and December
estimates the receipts at 8,748,697 f., and the ex-
penditure at 8,393,447 f„ with a surplus of
355,250 fr. This result has been obtained without
any new taxes or forced loan ; and, in fact, the
salt-tax has been reduced as pressing unduly upon
the poorer classes, and the entrance dues on provi-
sions are also lowered. The net revenue has been
increased by diminishing the expense of collecting
it. Last evening the whole city was illuminated,
and the front of every palace was ornamented with
tricoloured flames, This day the Assembly elected
the Commander Minghetti to be its Presdent by
110 votes out of 117. After which Count Bentivog-
lio, the Marquis Vereno, Count Malvezzi, and some
other members presented a proposition declaring
that the populations of Romagna would no longer
consent to remain under the temporal Government
of the Pope. The Assembly decided unanimously
that the motion should be taken into considera-
tion."

It will be perceived by our telegraphic despatches
that the proposition in-question as been adopted.

SPAIN.

The Madrid journals of the 3d have arrived. The
British Minister had had an audience of the Queen
to present an autograph letter from the Queen of
England. According to the Espana, the English
Government has presented a note, drawn up in
very friendly terms, requesting explanations as to
the object of the concentration of troops at Alge-
ciras, which is in the immediate vicinity of Gib-
raltar. " The note," says the journal, " cannot be
regarded as opposed to the African expedition."
It is stated that the Emperor of Morocco, who was
in danger of death, has, notwithstanding his great
age, which is 86, recovered. The Iberia and Dis-
cusion had been seized. The provincial deputation
of the province of Biscay is, says one of the jour-
gals, making preparations at San Sebastien for an
expected visit from the Empress of the French.
The Government had prohibited the Democratic
party from getting up a public subscription, as it
desired, for the family of the late Sixto Camara.

The cologne Gazette states that it was currently
reported on the Bourse at Vienna, on the 4th, that
Austria had consented to a Congress, and expressed
her readiness to send plenipotentiaries to it.

The Vienna Gazette contradicts some disquieting
rumours which had become current relative to the
progress of the conference of Zurich. The official
journal thinks that those meetings will lead to a
satisfactory result. As to the presence of the
French troops who remain in Italy, it considers
that circumstance as favourable to the interests of
order.

A Berlin letter, in the _Hamburg News, says:—
" It is asserted that, in the answer to the Stettin
address, the Prussian Government will chiefly insist
on three points : 1. The increase of the defensive
force of the Confederation by means of a more united
direction ; 2 Greater unity in the diplomatic re-
pusentation abroad; and 3. A stricter adherence
to the constitutional regime in the different German
States."

" Several German journals," says the Post Ampt
Gazette, " p 1 Jtend that Russia is demobilising her
army. The truth is, that aboit 1,500 horses belong-
ing to the artillery and waggon train have been sold
by auction, because they are unfit for the service,
not having been selected with due care when pur-
chased laut the army has not been reduced, since it
lead not been unduly augmented."

Late accounts from Constantinople state that an
Imperial decree has just fixed the annual salary of
the Archbishop of Constantinople at 000,000

piastres. The agitation in the Isle of Crete still
continues but has not become more serious.

Among the documents published at Modena to
show the system of government followed by the
ex-Duke, we find the following :

" To the Supreme Department of Police (Buon
Governo).—Having seen the list of prisoners now
under custody in consequence of criminal sentences,
their number being 254 on the Ist of April, we de-
cree that all shall be transferred to the new prison
at La Saliceta as soon as convenient. Having, more-
over, ascertained that, in consequence of the ex-
treme mildness of the tribunals, about one-third of
these prisoners will have finished their time by the
end of this year, we decree, in virtue of our Sove-
reign authority, that these individuals shall not be
restored to society until they have given proofs of
good conduct in the said prison, and learnt a trade
there. " FRANCIS.
" Reggio, May 22d, 1853."