The Sun.
London, England, 1859-08-11 00:00:00

France, as matters now stand, has her credit asso-
ciated with the utmost possible independence for
Italy, and more influence to hope for by procuring
that independence than by acceding to any plans
for its covert suppression. At present, therefore,
our support of French views would be no real injury
to Austria, if the latter could but think so,
while we might do great service to Italy. Under
the circumstances, much as we distrust the pro-
bable doings of any English plenipotentiary in
a Conference, we could not tie up our hands for
the future. If Austria and France cannot agree
over the arrangements consequent on their peace—
if they frankly show us the conditions they have
agreed to, and those conditions are such as
we cannot object to— if, in what remains
unsettled, they agree to accept as the basis
of action, Italian independence of foreign interven-
tion, and to hold us to be assenting parties to
nothing which does not receive our explicit sanc-
tion, then of course we may co-operate with ad-
vantage to the land we desire to see free. Austria
retaining Venetia is indeed a bad beginning, though
the Tories think it a good one, that cannot be
helped. We can protest against it as an injury to
the Italians, and to Austria too ; but it is, accord-
ing to the arrangements of 1815, legal. War has not
changed those arrangements in Venetia, and hence
leave it as it is, we must, if Austria remain, as she
doubtless will do, pertinacious. For the rest,
whether by diplomacy or by conference, we ought
to do what we can for the freedom of Italy.

LATEST NEWS.

The following telegrams have been received at
Mr. Reuter's office :

BERLIN, AUG. 11.
OFFICIAL BULLETIN.

The symptoms of congestion of blood on the brain,
which his Majesty experienced yesterday, have
diminished a little, and they did not increase to-
wards evening in the same degree as the day before.
The state of his Majesty's health is, in fact, much
the same.
Sanssouci, 10th August, 8 p.m.

Dr. GRIMM.
Dr. BCEGER.

TURIN, AUG. 10.

Besides all the Ministers the following have been
elected :—MM. Masi, Torrigiani, Rubieri, Ginori,
Zanetti, Peruzzi, Franchini, De Rossi, Vannucci,
Cini, Capponi, Strozzi, Montanelli, Bartolommei,
Ruschi, Del Re, Garzoni, Galeotti, Caselli, Fabrizi,
Giorgini, Malenchini, Adami, Romanelli.
The inhabitants are full of confidence.

Another telegraphic despatch from Turin of the
Bth says :—" The new elections of deputies which
have taken place in consequence of the change of
Ministry have been nearly all Ministerial. M.
Ratazzi has been re-elected at Alexandria, and
General Garibaldi has been nominated at Stradella.'

PARMA, AUG. 8.

King Victor Emmanuel having withdrawn the
mandate given to the Sardinian authorities at
Parma, the Piedmontese governor informed the
municipality that he was about to leave. On his
departure, the governor announced that he should
transfer the sovereign powers to his secretary-
general, M. Manfredi, of Piacenza, to govern in the
name of the people. This measure, from its ille-
gality, has produced a bad effect on the public mind.
MARSEILLES, AUG. 10.
Advices have been received. from Constantinople
to the 3d. inst.

The squadron which had accompanied the Suttan
on his cruise returned yesterday from Chio to
Constantinople.
The Constantinople papers announce that the last
earthquake has entirely destroyed the town of Erze-
roum, and has even demolished the ramparts of the
town.

ST. PETERSBURG, AUG. 10.

The Inualide Russ publishes an article insisting
that a Congress be assembled for the settlement
of the Italian question.