The Sun.
London, England, 1853-03-14 00:00:00

ITALY.

Affairs in Italy still wear a gloomy aspect. In
Tuscany all the places of amusement are closed,
and in the streets of the town are to be seen nothing
but Austrian soldiers. The Government have
directed the nobility to invite Austrian officers to
their balls and parties, but the Tuscan aristocracy
it wmild seem.hold these gentry in utter contempt,
and the consequence, is festivities of every descrip-
tion have been suspended. A crisis is nearly at
hand, for this sad state of things can never last.
The Opinione of Turin states from Milan, that
the weekly contribution laid upon that city since
the late events has been reduced by half. Since
the 6th of Feb. it has, paid upwards of 400,000 f.,
exclusive of 100 oxen and . 50 milch. cows it is
bound to' furnish the fort of Porta Tosa with.

The Parlaniento of Turin, of the 9th states that .1
the British fleet, now at Malta, is expected at
Villafranca about the 20th or 25th of this month.
A portion of it is to proceed thence to La Spezzia.
The same journal states that the whole number of
refugees. sent to Nice is 40.
It was stated that the rumour of an attempt on
the life of the King of Naples is happily without
foundation.

The true version of the attack on the life of the
King is said to be this :—lt appears that King
Ferdinand, in driving out in the neighbourhood of
his capital, was assailed by two of his loving sub-
jects, who not knowing his Majesty, and taking
him for Inglese rico, importuned him for charity
with more perseverance than was considered re-
spectful. At length the Sovereign, losing patience,
seized upon the whip, and not only laid it upon
the shoulders of the lazzaroni with right goodwill,
but sent for some troops from the neighbourhood to
carry them to prison. In the course of the day the
story got wind, and was soon exaggerated into an
attempt on the King's life, but the above is the
real version of the affair.

The latest accounts from Basle represent that the
Federal Council was. in. deliberation upon the re-
port of Colonel Bourgeois, the contents of which
were very important. Masses of Austrian troops
were marching from the interior of Lombardy_to-
wards the Tessin and Piedmont. Austria had not
yet answered the two notes of the Federal Council.
Colonel Bourgeois had already despatched for Tes-
sin a good number of Lombard refugees.
From Nuremberg we learn that extraordinary
measures have been taken to seize Mazzini, who is
believed to be concealed in the town. The Courier
de Nuremberg had been seized for the 34th time
since the Ist of January.
The Sardinian Government has expelled 16 of
the refugees who had aided the Milan insurrection.
Twice as many have been placed in safe keeping,
and the support of Government withdrawn from
many more.
Orders have been sent to Genoa to prepare the
corvette San Giovanni to convey the exiles that
are about to be removed from the Sardinian States
to New York. Their number does not exceed 40.
On their arrival in America, they are to be pre-
sented with the sum of 100 T. in addition ,"to 'their
free passage. The same ship will also carry, the
Sardinian goods destined for the New York Ex-
pedition.