The Sun.
London, England, 1850-09-14 00:00:00

ITALY.

M. PINELLI, Envoy of the Court of Sardinia, has
been admitted to It private audience by Cardinal AN-
TONELLI and by his Homyma. Nothing has tran-
spired as to the result of these conversations; but it
is difficult to foresee an early solution to the deplo-
rable collision, so long as the Cabinet of Turin shall
not make concessions on its starting poin t. The
Court of Rome is offended, both by the nature of the
Piedmontese reforms, and the manner in which they
have been effected. It is too prudent not to resign
itself to a concordat which would regularise such of
those - innovations which seem to have become a
necessity. But so long as an attempt shall be made
to impose the concordat as an approbation of all that
has been done, it is to be feared that it will accord
nothing. The Ist battalion of Chasseurs a Pied leaVes
to-morrow for Africa. The sanitary state of the
army is little satisfactory. Summer, fevers are ra-
ging, but the mortality is almost null.
The Nazionalc of Florence, of the sth inst., states
that a modification of the Tuscan Cabinet was seri-
ously talked of. It was believed that M. CAPOQUADI,
Minister of Grace and Justice, and M. MAZZ!, Mi-
nister of Ecclesiastical Affairs, would be replaced ;
the first by M. NERvI, President of the Royal Court
of Florence, or by the Prefect, M. SAMMINIATELI
and the second by M. RANI, President of the Court of
Cessation. Persons generally well informed believed
that the constitution would likewise undergo some im-
portant modifications. The Nazionale invites the
official organs to contradict those rumours, should they
be unfounded.

GRAND NATIONAL CONCERTS AT DER MAJESTY'S
THEATRE.—The committee are making the most strenuous
efforts for the completion of the several arrangements for the
opening of these musical reunions. The orchestra, under the
direction of Balfe, will embrace 98 executants, seleoted from
amongst the most distinguished instrumentalists in Europe.
The ballet-music will be confided to M. Musard, and Herr
Molique is to be the leader of the band. An engagement
has been effected with the entire choral force of the King's
Chapel at Berlin, which comprises 87 male voices.

EXTENSION OF THE SOUTH WALES RAILWAY.--
The directors of the South Wales Railway, in reply to a
memorial from the authorities and inhabitants of Haver-
fordwest, state that until the line between Chepstow and
Gloucester is completed they will be precluded from taking
any steps for a recommencement of the works westward of
Swansea, and that this will depend on the disposal of the
forfeited and unissued shares, which, if taken locally, would
expedite the object. The town council, on the receipt of
this communication, passed resolutions to the effect that after
the promises made by the directors it was highly unsatisfac-
tory, as there was no understanding that shares were to be
taken, and urging on the company the simultaneous prosecu-
tion of the line westward of Swansea, and should 'it not be
done, pledging the cooperation of the inhabitants with the
view of restraining the company from an expenditure of their
capital contrary to the original promises and intentions of the
promoters of the line.

A brilliant talker is not always liked by those
whom he has most amused, for we are seldom pleased with
those who have in any way made us feel our inferiority.—
Eliza Cook's Journal.

Mr. Wilson Patten, M.P., and not Lord Stanley,
will preside at the approaching meeting of the Manchester
and Liverpool Agricultural Society.

The departure of the Rev. T. Jackson, bishop
designate or Canterbury, New Zealand, his family and at-
tendants, is finally fixed for the 25th inst., in the ship Castle
Eden.

'lhe Marquis of Bri.ltol has appointed the Rev.
W. Reade, M.A., to the Rectory of Chedborough, Suffolk.
A new church is about to be erected in the district
of St. Thomas, Lambeth, contiguous to the Roman Catholic
Cathedral, in St. George's-fields.

Arrangements are in progress on the part of the
directors of the Society for the Propagation of the Gospel in
Foreign Parts for a grand celebration of the 150th anniver-
sary of the establishment of the society, which was incorpo-
rated by charter from King William 1., in 1700.
The Admiralty have advertised for tenders to sup-
ply the navy with tea. The quantity required is 30,0001b5.
THE WATER INQUIRIES IN LITERPOOL.—The in-
quiry in Liverpool cost 2,3001.; the two payments to the
Woods and Forests, 5581. lls. 10d. ; Stephenson's inquiry
(when paid for), 4,0001.; and 24,000/. for inquiry in commit..
tee ; or nearly 31,000/. in round numbers, saying nothing of
expensive plans; nothing of the expense of the Adnairalty
inquiry ;
and, lastly, nothing of the probably equal total ex-
penditure of the opposition._

FATAL EFFECTS OF GOOD FORTUNE.—An'inquest
was held yesterday on Alfred Hill, aged 30, foreman to Mr.
Helensford, bootmaker' Battlebridge. Last Wednesday de-
ceased was found -dead, with his throat cut, in the back
kitchen of his house, 4, tipper North-street. It appeared
hat Mr. Helensford had signified hid intention of retiring
:rom trade, and consigning his business to deceased, which
sudden turn of good fortune so affected him that he became
insane, and destroyed himself. Verdict--:Temporary insanity.
At Sholton, in Durham, a new seam of coal has
been d ecoyored nearly six feet thick.