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

ITALY.

The Dec 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 li-altli of the Etnpn-
ror Napoleon lIL, to which the Diic de Grammout
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 Duo de Grammont,
now appointed ambassador to the Holy See as al-
ready stated.
Tue Piedmontese Gazette publishes the new law
on public instruction, lately voted by the Piedmon-
tese chambers. The following are the chief points :
—"lt 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 religioui
bodies, the latter cannot appoint professors or school-
naistresse4 without the sanction of the minister.
The discipline of public schools and univers:ties,
and the power of conferring degrees, &c., is in the
hands of the Government. 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 maters relating to that depart-
ment." The remaining clauses of the law relate to
details.

A letter from Kiel (Holstein), in the :Hamburg
_News, sti.tes 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 :
e
" The Duchy of Holstein will, as far as its spe-
cial
aaffnadirasdreini
arecsotnracteirZ.d, 'sla-
In these specid m enjoy a distinct leaters
which are common both to Holstein and Schleswig
are comprised the University of Kiel, the order of
knighthood, the Eider Canal (wi:h 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 HOlstem and
Lauenburg. No new law can be decreed, and no
existing law can be modified, relating to special
matter of the duchies, without the previous consent
of the provincial states, given in a legal form. This
does not, however, refer to resolutions of the Ger-
manic Diet which may be published in the duchy
of Holstein in virtue of the Federal constitution.
The King, finally, rezerves to himself the right of
decreeing, in urgent circumstances, pro visionallaws
without the co-operation of the chambers."
" Private 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,
would proceed at once on his cruise, visiting several
ports in Spain and Italy, as well as Algiers and
Tunis.