The Sun.
London, England, 1854-04-03 00:00:00

ITALY.

The Parma Gazette of tho 27th ult. contains the
following account of the assassination of the Duke
of Parma :

"A horrible crime was committed yesterday, 26th, at
5i p.m., by an infamous assassin on the sacred person
of his Royal Highness our august and beloved Sove-
reign, while returning from the public walk, and in the
midst of a number of quiet cit lams ; he was on his way
to the royal palace on foot, accompanied by one of his
adjutants. It appears the ;o4Rasoin stood in ambush at the
corner of the Borg° San Biagio, leading to the street of
Santa Lucia, and when lie sew the al,ett:t Prince ap-
proach he stepped in way, and wounded'' him with a
stiletto. His Royal Highness fell under the stroke, but
was immediately taken up and carried to the Royal
Palace, which was close by. The wound being exa-
mined, it was ascertained that the stiletto had penetrated
to the depth of nearby three inches into the cavity of the
hypogastriutn, causing injuries to the periteneum, and
at the same time wed log toe ventricle, from which
proceeded most violent hmtnorrhages, repeated six times
in the course of tour hours."
The Opinions of Turin quotes a private letter
from Parma confirming the above statement and
adding some further particulars. It states that
the assassin was unknown to the Duke ; that
be approached as if to speak to him ; that the
Duke made a sign commanding him to stand aloof,
and that it was t!'en he struck the blow. The
officer who acconipatoed tho Duke upon this
drew his sword, but stumbled and fell while at-
tempting to pursue the assassin, who, turning a
corner, disappeared without leaving any clue to
tile place of his concealment. The Opinions also
mentions a rumour by which it is attempted to
explain the motive for the crime, but which does
not coincide with the circumstances above related.
It is said that the Duke having invited several of
his favorite officers to his table, he became rather
gay, and happening to mention more than lightly
the name of a lady who was sister to one of the
officers present, that the latter stepped forward and
bid the Duke retract his statement • in answer to
Which the Duke threatened to strike him ; that the
officer then snatched up a knife from the table and
stabbed tile Duke. The other officers were then
stated to have connived at the escape of the culprit.
The refugees from Parma. who had established
themselves at Stradella, as soon as they learnt
the death of the Duke, returned to their homes,
after a short struggle with the douaniers.
A number of Piedmontese officers have applied
to the Minister of War for authorisation to enter
the French service in order to proceed to the East.
The Minister of War is said to have given a nega-
tive reply to all these demands, because he pro-
bably thinks that Piedmont may have to take its
Part in the approaching war.

SPAIN.
Our accounts from Madrid are of the 28th ult.
M. Isturitz had arrived at Madrid.
We read in the Espana "For some days ruii.ours of Ministerial crisis or modi-
fication of the Cabinet have circulated. Messrs. Isturitz,
Narvaez, and Bravo Murillo were talked of as likely to
be charged with the construction of a new Administra-
tion. General Cordova was previously said to have been
entrusted with the same mission, and Messrs. Llorente,
Pastor, and Mugs were reported to have accepted
office under him. If we be correctly informed, all these
rumours are totally unfounded, at least for the pre-
sent. Nobody was deputed to Marshal Narvaez, none
of the above-mentioned perso pages were summoned to
the. Palace, and no partial renewal of the personnel of the
Cabinet was even thought of.
New
Three per Cents. were done at 33 50 ; the
levi. Three per Cents., at 17 50 ; the Debt of the
First Class, at 8 ;and that (y. the Second, at 4 23.