The Sun.
London, England, 1849-02-19 00:00:00

POLAND.

Poicasix FRONTIERS, FEB. 4.—The German jour-
nals have been for some time teeming with rumours
of an intended riot in the kingdom of Poland, these
rumours are however founded upon imaginary sup•
position or invention. In Poland perfect tranquillity
prevails, and no one dreams of an insurrection, while
there is a Russian army in the country of more than
100,000 men, and in Modelin 150,000, and in War-
saw more than 300 pieces of artillery. The slightest
movement in Warsaw would be followed by
the reduction of that city into ashes ; added
to this Poland is destitute of young men
capable of bearing arms, and few as there are, they
are now again to be decimated by an extensive con-
scription, which has just been ordered, and the
recruits are immediately sent to the interior of
Russia, generally speaking to return no more. The
assertions of foreign journals respecting the tyranny
of Prince PASKEWITSCII is totally unfounded. The
Prince is exceedingly mild ; but by command of the
Petersburgh Camarilla, whose puppet he is, he is
constrained occasionally to act with severity.—Allge•
?mine Zeitung, Feb. 14.

ITALY.

TUSCANY.

The following is a complete list of the Ministry
appointed by the Provisional Government of Tus-
cany

Antonio Mordini (Advocate) Foreign Affairs.
Francesco Constantino armoc -
Interior.
chi (Professor)
Leonardi Romanelli (Dottore) Justice and Public
Worship.
Francesco Franchini (Dottore) Public Instruction.
Mariano d'Aylala .. War.
Pietro Augusto Adami ........ Finance and Com-
merce.
The decree appointing the above Government is
dated February 8, and bears the signatures of
GUERAZZI, MAZZONI, and MONTANELLI.
Dr. CLEMENTS Bust has been appointed Secretary
of the Provisional Government.

The Tuscan Monitore publishes the following letters
from the Grand Duke :
" TO THE PRESIDENT OF THE COUNCIL OF MINISTERS.
" Sir,---Do not believe that my quitting Sienna implies
an intention on my part of abandoning Tuscany, for
which I feel too strong an attachment. I anxiously, and
with confidence recommend the persons of my household
at Florence and Sienna; they are completely ignorant of
my intentions. I desire that the persons I absolutely
want be allowed to follow me; they are those actually at
Sienna. I also desire that all my effects and those of my
family may be permitted to reach me (they are also at
Sienna), else we should be deprived of the absolute
necessaries of life. Among the persons whom I desire
to have with me are the tutor of my children and their
equerry, as also my secretaries. By taking the direc-
tion of the royal road of the Varemme, the persons of
my suite will receive information of the place to which I
shall have repaired.—With perfect esteem, I am your
affectionate _ " LEOPOLD.

" Sienna, Feb. 7."
"TO THE PRESIDENT OP THE COUNCIL OP MINISTERS

" Being informed that, during my eight days' stay
at Sienna numerous rumours have been spread in the
capital and in other places, that my absence excites
apprehensions of a serious nature, I may and must ex-
plain the real cause. The desire of avoiding serious
disturbances obliged me on the 22d of January, 1849,
to approve of the presentation in my name of the dis-
cussion and vote by the Legislative Assemblies on the
Bill for the election of Tuscan representatives to the
Italian Constituent Assembly. While the discussion
was to take place in the Chamber of Deputies and the
Senate, I reserved to myself the care of following its
progress, and reflecting whether I might not by that
law incur the excommunication specified in the brief of
his Holiness from Gaeta, January 1, 1849. I commu-
nicated my doubts to some of the Ministers, declaring
to them that the intrinsic danger of the above censure
seemed to me principally to depend upon the mandate
which would be conferred on the Deputies of the
Constituent Assembly, and not mentioned in the Bill.
But in the discussion of the Chamber of Deputies, the
question was raised as to what powers should be confided
to the Deputies of the said Constituent Assembly; and
it was decided and unanimously approved that their
mandato should be considered unlimited. Then my
doubts became conviction in my mind, and I thought I
ought to submit the question to the secret judgment of
several consistent persons of authority. All these per-
sons respectively concurred in the view that, by such
an act, the censure of the Church would be incurred.
Still, the news having spread, with a great appearance
of truth, that the Pope not only did not intend to
condemn the Italian Constituent Assembly, but that, on
the contrary, being questioned on the subject, he had
not disapproved of the vote on the Constituent As-
sembly, I determined to follow the surest means of ob-
taining a solemn and decisive opinion on this important
affair, and accordingly, in a letter of the 28th January
last, consulted the Sovereign Pontiff, to whose judgment
as a Catholic Sovereign in such a matter I owed implicit
submission. The answer of his Holiness arrived later
than I expected, in consequence of unforeseen circum
stances. This is why I have to this day refused to this
law the final sanction which the statute attributes to the
prince. But the desired letter has actually arrived ; it
is in my hands. The expressions of the Holy Father
are so clear and explicit, that they leave not the shadow I
of a doubt. The law of the Italian Constituent As-
sembly cannot be sanctioned by me. The Constituent
Assembly being an act calculated to endanger my
Crown, I have judged I could not act differently, having
only in view the good of the country, and the pre-
vention of reactionary attempts. I have accepted a
Ministry who had proclaimed it before, and who have
proclaimed it again in their programme. I have alluded
to it in my speech on opening the Legislative Assem-
blies. But since the question now is, whether or not I
am to expose myself arid my country to the greatest
danger, namely, to incur, and make so many good Tus-
cans incur, the thunders and the censures of the church,
I must refuse my adherence to the law, and I do so with
the calmest conscience. In this exaltation of minds, it
is easy to foresee that my return to Florence might now
expose me to such extremities as to prevent me from
exercising the freedom of mind I have a right to. I
therefore abandon the capital, and I abandon Sienna,
that it may not be sail that this town has been on my
account the scene of hostile reaction. But I hope that
the good sense and the conscience of my people will ac-
knowledge the gravity and importance of the reason
which obliges me to give my veto, and I hope that God
will take care of my dear country. I, lastly, beg of the
Ministry to give every publicity to my declaration, that
all may know the motive which induces me to refuse
my sanction to the law for the election of the Tuscan
representatives to the Italian Constituent Assembly. If
this publication were not immediately and integrally
effected, I should see myself forced to have it published
whither Providence will ordain that I shall repair.
" Sienna, Feb. 7, 1849." " LEOPOLD.

The Corriere Mercantile publishes a telegraphic
dispatch sent from Leghorn to Florence on the Bth,
at half-past eleven, P.M., announcing that AIAzzINI
and Colonel D'APICE were on their way to Florence
by special train, and that the expedition to Elba
would be ready to start at two. I: appears that the
Government had directed the Giglio steamer, and
several gun-boats with tirailleurs, and numerous
patriot volunteers on board, to proceed to Elba, cause
a rising at Portoferrajo, and to arrest the GRAND'
DUKE wherever he may be found. By a decree of
the Provisional Government, the decisions of the
tribunals, and the acts of public notaries, are to cease

to be given in the name of LEOPOLD 11., and hence-
forth bear the name of the Provisional Government.
The Corriere Mercantile of Genoa states from
Florence, 9th inst., that on the evening of that day
some crowds assembled in the suburb of San Fre-
diano uttering cries against the Provisional Govern-
ment; the people, however, did not join in the demon-
stration. MONTANELLI, member of the Provisional
Government, happening to pass by in his carriage,
stopped, and addressed the multitude, who soon
cheered him, and dispersed. Some of the ringleaders
were arrested, and MONTANELLI was accompanied by
a numerous crowd, saluting him with loud vino.
About ten P.M., about thirty peasants entered the city
with the same intention of raising a disturbance, but
were arrested by the National Guard. At Empoii
too some attempts at reaction have taken place. Pisa
has declared its adhesion to the Provisional Govern-
ment.; Lucca was perfectly tranquil.