The Sun.
London, England, 1849-11-28 00:00:00

ITALY.

A letter from home of the 20th, published in the
Debats, gives the following account of the state of
affairs in that city
" General Barraguay Hilliers arrived here yesterday
morning. At ten o'clock he went to Monsignor Saville,
the Minister of Interior and Police, and at noon to the
Quirinal, where he was received' by the three Cardinale.
In two Lours afterwards their Eminences went to the
Palais Colonna, where the General has fixe d his resi-
dence, to return his visit. Nothing has yet transpired
as to the plans of the new General, nor as to the subject
of his conferences with the high personages he has
visited since his arrival. All I can therefore state is,
that a certain degree of uncertainty, and even uneasi-
ness, has been felt at his nomination. Ido not suppose
that this feeling will last long, for the appointment of a
new commander to the army can change nothing in the
state of affairs. All we have to wish for is the return
of the Pope, and an honourable motive for the with-
drawal of the troops. These two objects, far from
caning for the employment of violent measures, exclude
them, since the mole proprio was accepted by the
Assembly. All that the Pontifical Government
has, therefore, to apprehend will be confined
t• advice more or less agreeable, to insinuations
more or less energetic, and to demands more or less
persistirgs If anything else is attempted the position
will become more complicated and the solution be driven
off. The Roman question, as has been already found
by experience, is not one of those affairs which can be
settled by the sword. It is a gordian knot, but one
which will turn the edge of the steel which attempts to
cut it. The return of the Pop is indefinitely postponed.
Without believing, as there was a report of yesterday
that Cardinal Antonelli had written a latter to contradict
that determination of the Pope, we do not throw doubt
on it. No ono will bo astonished at it under existing
circemstsnces; and nevertheless, at least in our opinion,
it is much more prejudicial than useful. Setting aside
the greater number of the questions which are con-
nected with the presence of the Pontiff in his capital,
there is one of the greatest urgency, which should hasten
his return, and that is the financial question. The man-
ner in which the different services have been kept up to
the present time is really a miracle, but it is one which
must come to an end. A few days since the coffers of
the treasury were completely empty. It was compelled
to have recourse to the Mont-de-Piete, which advanced
10,000 piastres (50,000 f.); that will suffice for the wants
of the moment—but how will tho expenses at
the end of this month, and for the next
month, be provided for ? No one knows, and
no one can foresee. Two plans have been
presented to the commission of Cardinals to obviate
those difficulties—a loan or fresh taxes. The former
does not appear capable of realisation. Several agents
have presented themselves to offer their assistance in
contracting it, but no direct offer has yet been made.
As for new taxes, at the present time, they would be
both an economical and a political fault. The presence
of the Pope at Rome might to a certain degree improve
the state of atTairs. The confidence of capitalists depends
on the Pontifical Government. The return of that Go-
vernment into its normal conditions would offer them a
moral guarantee, the first basis of which is the residence
of the Pope at Rowe. From that moment, and only
from that moment will the Papal restoration be complete,
and as the territory is rich enough to offer security for
certain reimbursement, the lenders, who are now
alarmed, woad eagerly come forward. General Rostolan
relinquished his functions this morning. Last evening
the proclamation of his departure was posted up. He
will leave behind him the most honourable souvenirs.
110 leaves to• morrow for Portici, from whence he will
proceed to France. M. de Corcelles will also leave, for
Naples. in a few days. The medals in commemoration
of the Pontifical restoration are ready for distribution to
the different corps of the expeditionary army. A medal
of the same kind, but larger, and in gold, of a value of
1,000 f., will be struck for each of the diplomatists who
took part in the conferences of Gaeta."
A letter of the 16th from Rome, addressed to the
Nationale of Florence, speaks of the arrest of the
mother and three sisters of PAOLO NARDUCCI, who
had been killed in the defence of Rome on the 30th
of April. The French soldiers, it states, took a part
in the arrest. The Statuto has a letter to the same
effect, and adds that the above arrests produced great
excitement at Rome.
The Tempo of Naples, a Ministerial journal, which
is understood to be under the special patronage of
Cardinal ANTONELLI, contains, in its number of the
15th, the following remarkable passage on the French
PRESIDENT'S late message :
" The message, in so far as it relates to the Roman
question, can only be looked upon as a dead letter. As
the policy of the Holy See is not subject to change,
obstacles would only inspire it with renewed vigour.
All Europe, and the vote of the French Legislative As-
sembly, the true and last expression of the will of
France, are in its favour. It has no need of concen-
trating itself in tho conscience of its own right, in order
to triumph, since no one will think of opposing it, and
of complicating a position which is on the point of
being simplified. We know, besides, how positively
the President of the French Republic has de
nied the false interpretations attributed to his letter,
and the assurances he has personally given to the Di-
plomatic Corps at Paris. We therefore confide in the
words and the good sense of Prince Louis Bonapal te,
and hope that the preparations for the return of the Su-
preme I'entiff in his dominions will take place at the
same time that the evacuation of the States of the Church
will be effected by common agreement."
The Giornale di _Roma contains the following
announcement of the discovery of a masterpiece of
ancient art in a small street in the Trastevere :
" A ft w days back Signor Camillo Jacobini, Minister
of Commerce and of the Fine Arts, ordered the exca-
vations lately commenced to be continued in the Traste-
vere, and particularly in a small street called ' Vicolo
dells Palme.' In the middle of that street, not far
from the spot where the celebrated horse of bronze was
discovers d, the workmen dug up a naked statute of
Greek marble, and of a semi-colossal size. In the
opinion of several distinguished artists who have seen
it, it may be classed with any of the chefs d'oeuvre of
Greek sculpture, on account of its great beauty and ex-
treme elegance. Although both the arm and the legs
were broken, fortunately none of the pieces were
missing, and Signor Tolerant, who was employed to