The Sun.
London, England, 1850-09-23 00:00:00

ITALY.

The Constiluzionale of Florence of the 14th states
that the municipal elections took place in that capital
on the preceding day. The minimum of electors re-
quired by law was 1,1.42 ; but 1,377 voted this time,
while at the last elections the legal number was not
attained. The Grand Duke of TUSCANY was to leave
Florence on the 15th, for Naples.
The Giornale di Roma of the 12th publishes a
decree of the Sicred Congregation of Studies, direct-
ing that henceforward academical degrees shall be
granted without any
expense whatever to the candi-
dates. The universities are to be indemnified by the
State for the loss they Kill sustain in consequence of
this decree.
A ll the Prelates of the Island of Sardinia, with the
exception of the Archbishop of CAGLIARI, have de-
clared their intention to observe the promises of
fidelity to the KING and to obey the law. The island
is quite tranquil.
foarg teefed .lawsgtooodan of Siccardi, but also to
According to the Croce di Savoia of the 17th inst.,
six bishops have held a meeting at Villanoveta, and
in their own name and that of many of their absent
address to the POPE,
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treat for the future with the Sardinian Government in
an amicable spirit in all ecclesiastical matters.
The Austrian Government is about to contract a
new loan for the Lombardo-Venetian kingdom. The
loan is to be for one hundred millions of Austrian
lires (about eighty millions of French francs, or
3,200,0001. sterling); and the following are the terms
upon which it will be adjudicated, as agreed upon by
the mandatory of the Austrian Minister of Finances,
and the delegates of the Lombardo-Venetian king-
dom, at a meeting held at Verona on the 9th inst.
The adjudication of the loan is to take place
on the Bth of October next, at the office of the
Director of Finances at Verona by way of free
tender. The rate of interest is to be 5 per cent.
The loan is to be divided into bonds of 100, 300,
300, 1,500, and 3,000 Austrian lires. The revenues
derived from the taxes upon land and other real pro-
perty in the provinces and towns of the Lombardo.
Venetian kingdom, will be mortgaged as a guarantee
for the capital and interest of the loan. The bonds
will be paid off and extinguished by lot within the
period of twenty-five years, commencing in 1853, and
for that purpose the whole of the bonds will be divided
into twenty-five series. The instalments are to be paid
in ten equal portions, viz., the two first on the Bth
November and 9th December, 1850, and on the Bth of
each month of 1851, from January till August, both
inclusive. To facilitate the payment, one-half of
each instalment will be accepted in Austrian Treasury
bonds at par, but the other half must be paid in cash,
either in gold or silver. If more than half the amount
of the instalment be paid in gold coin, the payment
of the interest and the reimbursement of the capital
will also be effected, one-half in gold and the other
half in silver. The instalments are to be paid at the
Lombardo-Venetian Mint at Milan. It is at Milan,
on the lst of June in each year, . that lots are to be
drawn for the series of bonds to be reimbursed, and
the bonds so drawn will be paid off on the Ist of De-
cember of the same year also at Milan,

Baroness de Clifford and the llon. Miss Russell
have returned to her Ledyship's seat in Leicestershire, for
the autumn.

Lord Brooke, M.P., has arrived in town, from
visiting the German Spas. We arc happy to hear that the
health of the Noble Lord has materially improved.

Lord Dufferin is making a tour of visits in the
north of Scotland. Lady Dufferin, after a short tour on the
Continent, has arrived in London.
Sir Robert Peel, Bart., M.P., has left town fOr
Drayton Manor, Staffordshire.
THENAGISTRACY.—Captain John Scully, of Shon-
ballard, county Tipperary, has been appointed a resident
magistrate, in room of the late Mr. William Rysn, deceased.
Captain Scully had been for some time a resident magistrate
in Australia.

MAitYLEBrICE VESTRY.—On Saturday the first
meeting wince the recess took- place, but no business of im-
portance was transacted. On the presentation of a report
from the " slopping committee," recommending that !be
cleansing of the parish should be done by the vestry instead
of by contract, there was a little discussion and some general
charges of jobbing, dui, without specific allegations or proof.
The report was adopted. A motion for restricting speakers
to fifteen minutes was lost by a large majority, and the ves-
try adjourned.

It it understood that Sir Dennis La Marchant will
succeed the late Air. Ley as Clerk of the House of Commons
on a reduced salary cf 2,000/. per annum. Mr. Booth, ti c
Exan,luer of ReOugnizances and Counsel to the Speaker, is
mealy to succeed Sir l'ennis Le Merchant as legal secretary
of the Board of Trade. Mr. Booth's office will be abo-
lished. These changes will cause a considerable saving to
the public. .