The Sun.
London, England, 1857-08-20 00:00:00

ITALY.

The Due de Grammont gave a grand dinner at
Turin on the occasion of the Emperor's fete on the
15th. Count de Cavour, General de Lamarmora,
M. Ratazzi, Count Nigra, the Chevalier Cibrario,
Sir James Hudson, Count Stackelberg, and other
personages of distinction, were among the guests.
Count de Cavour proposed the health of the Empe-
ror Napoleon 111., to which the Dec de Grammont
responded by proposing that of Victor Emmanuel
11. General de Lamarmora gave the health of
the Empress of the French. The Piedmontese
Gazette, in giving an account of the banquet, ex-
presses much regret at the loss which Turin is about
to sustain in the person of the Due de Grammont,
now appointed ambassador to the Holy Sae as al-
ready sta`ed.
The Piedmontese Gazette publishes the new law
on public instruction, lately voted by the Piedmon-
tese chambers. The following are the chief points
—" It distinguishes three branches of instruction,
v.z., the elementary, secondary, and superior.
The minister has authority over all public schools,
except the military and naval colleges, which are
under the control of the minister of war. In such
public schools as are under the direction of religious
bodies, the latter cannot appoint professors or school-
mistresses without the sanction of the minister.
aThend thediscipline
power
of conferring degrees, &;c.,:c., is in the
hands of the GoveremPn t. The episcopal semina-
ries are under the superintendence of the Minister
of Public Instruction. The Roman Catholic reli-
gion is alone to be taught in the schools ; pupils of
other creeds must receive religious instruction
through the care of their parents. A council of
public instruction, composed of ten ordinary and
five extraordinary members, takes cognizance,
under the presidency of the Minister of Public In-
struction, of all matters relating to that depart-
ment." The remaining clauses of the law relate to
details.

A letter from Kiel (Holstein), in the _Hamburg
News, states that the bill relating to the projected
constitution for the special affairs of the Duchies
has been distributed amongst the members of the
Hoistein Assembly. The principal points of the
new constitution appear to be the following :
" The Duchy of Holstein will, as far as its spe-
cial affairs are concerned, enjoy a distinct leg sla-
tion and administration. In these special matters
which are common both to Holstein and Schleswig
are comprised the University of Kiel, the order of
knighthood, the Eider Canal (with the exception of
the customs), fire insurances, penitentiary esta-
blishments, and hospitals. The sovereign power
will be exercised by the King-Duke, represented
by the Ministry of the Duchies of Holstein and
Lauenburg. No new law can be decreed, and no
existing law c m be modified, relating to special
matter of the duchi,-s, without the previous consent
of the provincial sates, given in a legal form. This
does not, however, refer to resolutions of the Ger-
manic Diet which may be publiAted in the duchy
of Holstein in virtue of the Federal constitution.
The King, finally, reserves to himself the right of
decreeing, in urgent circumstances, pro visionallaws
without the co-operation of the cliambrs."
"Pj ivate letters horn Stockholm," says the
Nord of Brussels, "state that the health of the
King of Sweden has become much worse, and in-
spires the greatest alarm."
The Madrid journals of the 15th are not of any
interest. The Queen had ordered apartments to be
prepared in the palace at Barcelona for the Prince
of Orange, should he think fit to make any stay
there. The Prince, however, it was thought,
dugalnit,
would proceed at once on his cruise, visiting several
ports in Spain and Italy, as was Algiers
Tunis,