The Sun.
London, England, 1849-04-17 00:00:00

ITALY.

In the sitting of the Venetian Assembly of tbe 2d,
Manin communicated to that body the painful
intelli-
gence of the defeat of the Piedmontese. He re-
marked that the circumstances were difficult, and
that it was for the Assembly to determine the
course to be followed. A representative having re-
plied that the Government ought to take the lead,
Manin asked, " Are you, citizens and representa-
tives, determined to resist at every cost ?" " We are 1"
was the unanimous cry. " Are you disposed to give
me unlimited powers, that I may do whatever is use-
ful and necessary for the purpose, without my being
obliged to give you explanations ?" " Yes, yes !" was
again the unanimous ans wer. "I did not expect less
from this generous assembly," said Manin, "and I
accept." The loudest applause greeted this declara-
tion. The representatives flocked round Manin and
embraced him; he himself was deeply moved. The
following decree was then passed :--
" The Assembly of Representatives of the State of
Venice, in the name of God and the people, unanimously
decrees as follows:
" Venice shall resist the Austrians at every cost.
" For this purpose President Manin is invested with
unlimited powers.

"President, GIOVANNI MINOTTO.
" Vice-Presidents, Lunovico PASINI, GIO,
BATT. VARE.
" Secretaries, PASINI, RIITFINI, SOMMA, VA•
LIISSI."

SICILY.

The following is an extract from a private letter
from Marseilles, dated the 11th inst.:—
The Philippe Auguste left Palermo the the 2d, in
the evening, with 900 barrels of powder and three move-
able barricades, which it went to deposit at Syracuse.
At four o'clock A.M., and whilst it was landing its
cargo, the telegraph announced at twelve miles distant,
in the waters of Catania, the Neapolitan division ;
consequently hostilities had not yet commenced on the
4th. The Philippe Auguste then proceeded to Malta.
Whilst there the steamer Independant entered the har-
bour from Palermo, which it had quitted on the sth, at
which date the port of Palermo was not yet blockaded,
sind there was no Neapolitan vessel near.
" The Philippe Auguste arrived at Marseilles on
the 10th."

""*Trin ELECTRIC TELEGRAPHr..A remarkable ex-
...
Ample of the skill with which this important engine is
now wurked by journalist enterprise in this country has
during the past week been exhibited :in connexion with
the late banquet at Wakefield to the new Apostle of
Peace. Hitherto special engines, driven at a rapid speed,
have been employed by the managers of the metropolitan
morning journals for the quick transmission of import
ant
ant
intelligence to their columns. Locomotive power
now, however, been distanced, as itself had previously
distanced the old stage-coach; and in the present day the
electric telegraph is fast assuming a most important bear-
ing on the interests of journalism. The banquet in ques-
tion being held at a late hour in the evening, of course
some extraordinary effort was necessary to enable the
morning journals to report the proceedings fully in their
first impressions of the ensuing morning ; and, con-
sequently, some trifling arrangements having been
made on the evening of the banquet, the transmission of
the detailed report trom Wakefield to London was at-
tempted, and with striking success completed. A
resume, comprising not less than three columns of
close, small type was dispatched along the wires with
fidelity and skill within the brief space of less
than four hours ; and by three o'clock on the suc-
ceeding morning copies of The limes containing the
report were issued from the press. It will be observed,
therefore, that the relative talent and effect with which
the electric telegraph is employed in this country is not
by any means inferior to that displayed in the United
States; and certainly the contrast cannot be viewed as
disparaging when allowance is made for the
difference of atmospherical condition in the
two regions under which the operator must
perform his part. Nor is the enterprise and energy of
the journalist less worthy of remark. To this we might
add other examples; but the above will suffice, we trust,
to satisfy our readers of the ability with which the
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