The Sun.
London, England, 1850-10-01 00:00:00

ITALY.

The 2lfonitore Toscano publishes two important
grand-ducal decrees, dated Florence, Sept. 21st and
22d. The first runs as follows _ _

" We, LeopOldll.,-&c., considering that the poli-
tical circumstances of Europe, and especially those
of Italy and Tuscany, have not permitted, and do
not permit us, for the present, to restore that sys-
tem of representative government, which, granted
by us in February, 1848, was afterwards overthrown
by revolutionary violence in February, 1849, and
which we nevertheless declared it was our intention to
revive, so as not to incur a renewal of similar scenes of
disorder; considering that, under the imperative influ-
ence of the aforesaid circumstances, it is not possible
to define the period when the present precarious state
of things may cease ; and lastly, considering that it is
meanwhile indispensable to provide speedily and ef-
ficaciously for the better administration of the country,
and the consolidatio❑ of of der and public tranquillity,
retaining, as far as the times will permit, the princi-
ples sanctiored by the statute,—we have decreed and
decree as follows :—Art. 1. The Council General of
Deputies, the sess'on of which was opened on the 10th
of January, 1849, and then interrupted by the subse-
quent revolution of February, is dissolved.—Art. 2.
Until a new convocation of the Legislative Assembly
be possible, ail power shall be exercised by us, after
consulting the Council of State in the cases requiring
its advice. and retaining, as far as possible, the prin-

ciples sanctioned by the fundamental statute.—Art. 3. I
Our Council of Ministers is charged to execute the
present decree. (Signed) " LEOPOLD.
(Countersigned) " BALDA.SSERONI, LANDUCCI, LAMI.
The second decree modifies the laws on the press.
Proprietors of newspapers in actual existence ate
authorised to continue their publications on condi-
tion of observing the articles of this decree. The
Minister of the Interior may suspend a journal at a
moment's notice, and the Council of Mtnisters may
suppress it. The suspension cannot last more than
a month. The proprietor may appeal to the Coun-
cil of Ministers against it. Governors and pre-
fects may. seize, and prevent the distribution of
any number of a journal or periodical which
may appear dangerous. In that case they must im-
mediately inform the Minister of the Interior of such
measures. The penal articles of this decree prescribe
fines of 100 f. to 500 f., and imprisonment varying from
five days to two months. The editor, printer, and dis-
tributor of a paper during its suspension are all equally
liable to be punished for such infraction.
The Provincial Congregation of Milan, abolished
by the Intendant of the Imperial Army, has been re-
stored by order of Field-Marshal Itidetzky.

THE LONDON GAZETTE.

(THIS EVENING.)

DOWNING-STREET, OCT. 1, 1850.
The Queen has been pleased to appoint Sir George
William Anderson, Knt., Companion of the Most
Honourable Order of the Bath, now Governor of the
Mauritius, to be Governor and Commander-in-Chief in
and over the Island of Ceylon and its dependencies.
Her Majesty has also been pleased to appoint James
Macaulay Higginson, Esq., now Governor of the Lee-
ward Islands, to be Governor and Commander-i❑-Chief
in and over the Island of Mauritius and its dependencies.
Her Majesty has also been pleased to appoint Robert
James Mackintosh, Esq., now Lieutenant-Governor of
the Island of St. Christopher, to be Governor and Con-
mander-in-Chief in and over the Islands of Antigua,
Montserrat, Barbuda, St. Christopher, Nevis, Anguilla,
the Virgin Islands, and Dominica..
Her Majesty bits further been pleased to appoint Ed-
ward Hay Drummond Hay, E q.. now President and
Senior Member of the Council of the Virgin Islands, to
be Lieutenant• Governor ot the Island of St. Christopher.
WHITEHALL, SEPT. 30.
The Queen has been pleased to grant unto Sir Denis
Le Merchant, Bart, the office ot Under-Clerk of the
Parliament, to attend upon the Commons of the United
Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland in Parliament
assembled, in the room of John Henry Ley, Esq., de-
' ceased.

WHITEHALL, SEPT. 28.
The Lord Chancellor has appointed Samuel Bar&ld,
of Thatcham, in the county of Berks, Gent., to ba a
Master Extraordinary in the High Court of Chancery.

WAR:-OFFICE,—OcT. 1.
Ist Regiment of Life Guards— Cornet and Sub-Lieu•
tenant Tbeophilus John Levett to be Lieutenant, by
purchase, vice Crawley, who retires, Oct. 1.
2d Regiment of Lite Guards—Cornet and Sub-Lieu-
tenant James Alexander George, Lord Loughborough to
be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Johnston, who retires,
Oct. 1.

Ist Dragoon Guards—Lieutenant Stanley 011ivant
Black, from 14th Light Dragoonr, to be Lieutenant, vice
Wyatt, who exchanger, Oct. 1.
Ist Dragoons—Surgeon Luke Barron, M.D., from 39th
Fon', to be Surgeon, vice Bartley, who exchanges, Oct. 1.
14th Light Dragoons—Lieutenant Charles Edwyn
Wyatt, from Ist Dragoon Guards, to be Lieutenant, vice
Black, who exchanges, Oct. 1.
15th Regiment of Foot—Captain William Cairnes
Armstrong, from :the 45th Foot, to be Captain, vice
Charles Edward At 4711, who retires upon half pay,
45th Foot, Oct. 1.
16th Foot—Ensign William Maunsell, from 38th
Foot, to be Ensign, vice Vaughan, who exchanges,
Oct. 1.

24th Foot—Ensign Samuel John James Burns, from
59th Foot, to be Ensign, vice Tilibrook, promoted, Oct. 1.
38th Foot—Ensign John Crosby Vaughan, from 16th
Foot, to be Ensign, vice Maunsell, who exchanges,
Oct. 1.
38th Foot—Surgeon John Metge Bartley, M.D., from
Ist Dragoons, to be Surgeor, vice Barron, who ex-
changes, Oct. 1.
41st Foot—Ensign John William Swaby, from 51st
Foot, to he Ensign, vice Morley, appointed to 51st Foot,
Oct. 1.
51st Foot—Ensign Arthur George Evelyn Morley,
from 41st Foot, to be Ensign, vice Swaby, appointed to
the 41st Foot, Oct. 1.
71st Foot—Ensign Otway Wemyss to be Lieutenant,
by purchase, vice Meason, who retires, Oct. 1.
79th Foot—Ensign and Second Lieutenant Francis
Joseph Harrisson to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice
Forrest. who retires, Oct. 1.
93d Foot—Captain William Bernard Ainslie to be
Major, by purchase, lice De Burgh, who retire; ;
Lieutenant Francis H. Crawford, to be Captain, by
purchase, vice Ainslie; Ensign William Donald Mac-
donald, to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Crawford,
Oct 1.

Rifle Brigade—Lieutenant William Robert Churchill
Spencer, to be Captain, by purchase, vice Beresford,
who retires, Oct 1.

UNATTACHED.—To be Captains without !purchase—
Lieutenant Francis Bernard Ilingstun, from half pay
84th Foot (Staff-Officer of Pensioners) ; Lieutenant
Bo)le Alert:olth, from halt-pay 16th Foot (Stuff Officer
of Pensioners); Lieutenant John Taylor, from half-pay
90th Foot (Staff- cfficer of Pensioners), Oct. 1.
MEMORANDUM,—The Inspecting Field Officera of
Recruiting Districts to le commissioned from the
date of their respective appointments as such:—
Colonel Nicholas Hamilton, June 10th, 1813; Colonel
Chesborough Grant Falconsr, October 18th, 1839;
Coknel John Wharton Frith, December 30th, 1842;
Colonel Frederick Maunsell, June 19th, 1846 ;
Colonel William Bush, Jan. 1, 1841 ; Colonel James
Campbell, Jan, 1, 1847 ; Colonel Juhu Gregory Baum-
garde, C. 8., Jan. 1, 1847 ; Colonel Sir Richard Do-
herty, Jan. 1, 1847 ; Lieutenant-Colonel John Patton,
Fen. 8, 1850.

The Christian names of Brevet Lieut• Colonel Smith
half-pay Unattached, are Joshua Simmons, not Sim•
mends, as previously stated.

OFFICE 0F ORDNANCE, SEPT. 28.
Royal Regiment of Artillery—First Lieutenant
George Henry Vesey, to be Second Captain, vice Rod-
well, deceased; Second Lieutenant William George Le
Mesurier, to be First Lieutenant, vice Vesey, Aug. 10.
The datas of promotion of the undermentioned offi-
cers to be altered as follows, viz.:_
Second Captain H. P. Newton to Bth July, 1850.
First Lieutenant J. A. P. Adams to Bth July, 1850.
Second Captain A. C. Gleig to 9th July, 1850.
First Lieutenant R. Makeniie to 9th July, 1850.
Second Captain Hon. W. C. Yelverton to 6th Aug., 1850.
First Lieutenant R. H. R. Rowley to 6th Aug., 1850.
Commission by the Lord-Lieutenant of Middlesex.
Royal West Middlesex Regiment of Militia—Captain
Viscount Cantelupe, deceased.
the Hon. George Henry Charles Byng to be Major, vice

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