The Sun.
London, England, 1849-02-12 00:00:00

ITALY.

The French National of Sunday publishes an ex-
tract from a letter from Florence (without, however,
guaranteeing its authenticity) which states that
a serious emerste broke out at Florence a few days
ago, and that th. GRAND Duitn had to fly for his life
to Siena.

It appears by the Italian journals that disturbances
of a serious character had taken place at Naples.
The Tiemp• of that city of the 30th ult. states briefly
that disturbances had broken out on the preceding
day, but without giving details. Order, it says, was
restored after the first commotions, and no calamity
was to be apprehended, the Government being vigilant
and prepared to repress every attempt at disorder.
The Alba of Florence states the cause of the dis-
turbance on the 29th ult. as follows :—" The 29th of
January, being the anniversary of the granting of
the Neapolitan Constitution, was to have been cele-
brated by a popular illumination throughout the town.
The Government, to prevent it, prevented the sale of
lampions. This caused crowds to assemble, which
were dispersed by the troops, who fired upon the
people. The Corriere Livornese mentions further
disturbances as having broken out at Naples on the
Ist, at the opening of the Chambers. A violent
excitement prevailed throughout the city. The troops
were under arms. When the regiment of hussars
drew up in order of battle, the people cheered them.
The hussars answered by cries of Long live the
Italian Constituent Assembly I' The regiment was
then ordered back and put under arrest. At the de-
parture of the steamer the shops were closing, and
Naples had a very serious appearance."
The Concordia of the 7th inst. has the following
intelligence from Naples, dated 31st of January :
" The 29th and 30th were days of bloodshed (giorni
di sangue). The anniversary of the 29th of January,
1848, gave occasion for a serious demonstration,
seconded by the constitutional lazzaroni. The
troops showed themselves in imposing force, and
sabred and fired without distinction. This
conduct increased the hostility of the people. The
opening of the Chambers has taken place under very
menacing auspices for the tyrant of Naples. There
were many wounded, and some seriously. The
courage of the people was a subject of remark. The
troops have made many arrests. It being seen, how-
ever, that the contest was unequal, they gave up.
The Chamber is to be surrounded by a permanent
garrison for its defence,"

The Piedmontese Gazette publihes an official con-
tradiction of the report that the Cabinet of Turin had
proposed to that of Naples an alliance, defensive and
offensive, in consideration of the renunciation by
the Duke of SAVOY of the Crown of Sicily ; and
also that GIOBERTI had invited the King of
NAPLES to occupy the States of the Church,
offering to acknowledge the sovereignty of the
Government of Naples over Rome and the Le
gations, on condition that the Neapolitan Government
should acknowledge the sovereignty of King CHARLES
ALBERT over the Lombardo-Venetian provinces and
the duchies. The Piedmont Gazette adds, "Not only
has the Cabinet of Turin neither made nor authorised
any such proposition, but would have repulsed such
overtures if made to it by any parties whatsoever."
The Costituante Italiana, of Florence, quotes a
letter from Rome of the 2d instant, in which the
writer states as a piece of positive news, that the
POPE " had escaped from his gaulors at Gaeta for
France on board a French steamer." The news of
the departure of the POPE from Gaeta seems to us to
be not entitled to credit.
Letters from Siena, of the 2d, state that, in conse-
quence of the late reactionary demonstration, a conflict
had taken place in that town, in which the Liberals
had the upper hand, but not without the loss of some
dead and wounded.

The Swiss, at Bologna, under General LATOUR,
have given in their adhesion to the Provisional
Government of Rome.

II Pensiero Italian of Genoa, of the sth instant,
publishes the following letter, dated Gaeta, the 30th
ult.:—

" Gioberti has prevailed over the intrigues and the
proposals made by the Governments of France, Spain,
and Austria, who each endeavoured to captivate the
Pope for their own purposes. Count Martini, the
Sardinian Envoy at Gaeta, had been intimately con.
nected with the Count de Spaur. The Count and
his wife are the most intimate associates of his Holi-
ness. The latter, who at first had been enraged against
the representatives of the Democratic Sardinian Minis-
try, at length consented to receive Count Martini. The
Count spoke on his first interview with the Pope in the
following terms:.--' We are Italians; your Holiness is
Italian; your subjects are Italian. Why suffer Labella,
with her Spaniards, or the French Republic, or Marshal
Radetsky to meddle with our affairs? The King of Sar-
dinia is the eldest son of the Church. Suffer the Abbe Gio-
berti to act and he will reconcile the difference existing
between your Holiness and the Romans. The Marquis de
Rivas announced at the same time the arrival of troops
from Spain. He placed the frigates Isabella, Lepanto,
Mazaredo, and Volador, at the disposal of the Pope,
and he pressed his Holiness to accept the services of the
Catholic Spanish Government. General Zucchi presented
to the Pope the carabineers who had deserted. The
Austrian troops were advancing towards the legations to
concert a plan of operation with Zambini. French intrigue
was not idle. M. de la Tour d' Aubergne had arrived. The
French fleet was ready. at Toulon. A signal to the
Marquis d'Harcourt was all that was required to set the
troops in motion. But Count Martini promised that his
Government should withdraw from the Constituent As-
sembly at Rome, and that not a single Sardinian deputy
should be sent there. On those conditions Pius LX.
promised to be governed by the advice of his dear son in
God, Gioberti, who should arrange the conditions of
his return to Rome with Mazzarelli, Sterbini, and Cam-
pello."