The Sun.
London, England, 1849-01-06 00:00:00

" On New Year's-day, while the Rev. Mr. Scanlan, of
Bourns, and his curate, the Rev. Mr. Maher, were at-
tending their chapels at Clonakenny and Corraguneen,
two men armed with pistols, and having their faces dis-
guised, entered the house of the former at Bourne, pre•
seated a pistol at the servant girl, Bridget Tracey, the
only inmate of the house at the time, and ordered her
,to go on her knees and hold down her head. Having im-
mediately complied with this threatening mandate, one
of the fellows stood over her as a sentinel while the
other proceeded to Father Scanlan's room, and having
ransacked every portion of it, he came to the object of
his search, a box, which he broke open, and robbed of
141. in silver, which Father Scanlan had received as part
of his Christmas collection.
" The pauperised state of this union may be ascer-
tained from the fact that there are 2,800 inmates in the
workhouse, scarcely fifty of whom can be called able-
bodied.' In the electoral division of Toomevara—a
second Skibbereen—there are about 1,000 persons,
more than half the population, in the most destitute cir-
cumstances. Two hundred persons were admitted into
the workhouse last week, and a similar number the week
before.
" On the night of the 31st ultimo, nine men, armed
with guns and pistols, entered the house of Mr. Patrick
Slevin, Lisbony, miller, and demanded fire arms. Mr.
Slevin was not at home at the time, and on their demand
not being granted they administered an oath to Mrs.
Slevin as to whether there were any fire arms in the
house. Not finding any, they wreaked their vengeance
on the servant girl by beating her in a cruel manner.
On going away they fired some shots, and used intimi-
dating language."

ITALY.
The Roman Ministry had promised the deputation of
the clubs that the question of the Constituent Asembly
should be decided on the 26th. On that day, accord-
ingly, the Minister of the Interior communicated to
the Chamber of Deputies a letter from the Junta,
declaring that if the Cabinet and the Chambers did not
immediately proclaim the Constituent, it would itself
assume the initiative. He afterwards read a report
on the subject, and presented a project of electoral
indispensable
to The Minister added that it was
to publish the Constituent immediately, in order to
prevent popular movements, so that the deputies wet.*
placed under the alternative of adopting or reject-
ing the proposition. The majority, however, was
averse to it ; but it would have been dangerous to re-
ject it, as the people in the galleries were becoming
clamorous, and might resort to violence. An attempt
was consequently made to arrive at a mezzo-terming.
Several members contended that the Chamber
was incompetent to decide the question ; but ulti-
mately the majority declared against the convocation
of the Constituent. This result created the utmost
excitement in the galleries ; and a deputy having
withdrawn, the Chamber was no longer sufficiently
numerous to deliberate. The Assembly then ad-
journed, notwithstanding the protest of the Deputy
Audinot, who demanded that the discussion should
take place immediately, in order to save the country
from anarchy. The Ministers announced that on
the following day they would of themselves promul-
gate the measure.
The Corriere Mercantile of Genoa, of the 30th
ult., states that the Ministry intended to apply to
the French Government for a general officer to com-
mand the Piedmontese army. It had fixed upon
General Bedeau, and it was said that an envoy,
charged with that confidential misssion, had left for
Paris.