The Sun.
London, England, 1849-10-17 00:00:00

T URKEY.

Up to the 30th no answer had been received at
Constantinople from St. Petersburgh or Vienna. The
Turks, however, were most actively preparing for the
worst; and the greatest activity prevailed in repairing
the fortifications of Constantinople and raising new
defences around the city—the troops and artificers
being engaged night and day on the works. A
feeling of perfect unanimity reigned throughout the
country.

The British fleet, under Vice-Admiral Sir W.
PARSER, had left Corfu, on the 4th, for Athens.
The fleet was in the most excellent order, well
manned, well equipped, and well commanded. It
consisted of three three-deckers, Caledonia, Howe,
and Queen ; and three two-deckers, Prince Regent,
Vengeance, and Powerful; with the frigate Thetis,
the steamers Odin, Dragon, and Rosamond, and
some smaller vessels. It was reported that the
Admiral had a twofold object in taking this cruise
into the Archipelago—namely, to put down piracy,
which has increased very much of late, and to wait
at a shorter distance from the Dardanelles the turn of
events at Constantinople,

ITALY.

The French Journal des Debuts publishes the fol
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Lowing letter from Naples, dated Oct. 9th :
" Warrants have been issued in all directions, and ar•
rests hare been making for the last three weeks. Out of
120 members who composed the Elective Chamber, about
eighty have left the kingdom, or have been detained, and
it is stated that orders have been given to arrest all the
others. M. Cegnazzi, a man, ninety years of age, who
was President of the Assembly by seniority, is concealing
himself ; M. Ruggiero, member of the Chamber of
Peers, who was named Minister of Finance, after the
15th of May, and who remained in that post until Au-
gust last, when the Fortunate Cabinet came into office,
has been obliged to take to flight ; M. Conforte,
Minister of the Interior of the Progressist Cabinet of
April 3d, 1848, is the object of similar pro-
ceedings, and has fled, as well as M. Imbri-
ani, a distinguished author, and also a member of that
Cabinet. Less fortunate, and relying on his innocence,
Scralaga, their colleague in the department of pub-
lic works, and an enlightened Liberal, has been thrown
into prison, with the Marquis Dragonotti, Minister of
Foreign AffAirs in the same Cabinet. The President of
that Ministry, M. Carlo :Troia, is with great difficulty
protected by his brother, a man of completely opposite
opinions, and who forms part of the present Cabinet.
It must also be observed that all the men of the ultra
party, and who are really dangerous for the security of
the cotntry. have quitted the kingdom for more than a
year. The Prince de San Giacomo, deputy of the Right.
and Chamberlain and personal friend of the King, had
been inscribed on the lists for prosecution, and only
owes his liberty to the direct intervention of his Ma-
jesty. The Cour Royale has just been constituted into
an exceptional tribunal. In presence of these facts, it
is vainly asked what can be the object of King Ferdi-
nand: in authorising, not the Ministers, for they have
taken no part in the affair, but the Director of the Po-
lice to adopt such measures. Is it to put to flight en-
lightened and moderate liberalism, and to suppress a
Constitution, which, for the last eighteen months, has
been as if it never existed ? Is it to strike terror into
the public mind, in order to render it afterwards more
sensible of the benefits of an amnesty ? Or is it the
commencement of rigours which will end in san-
guinary executions ? All these suppositions suggest
themselves to the minds of the people; for my part,
being an impartial spectator of passing events, I cannot
find any plausible explanation of a measure, of which
neither the cause nor the object can be seen."
From Roman correspondence of the 7th, in the
Statute of Florence, we learn that the rumour of the
return of the Porn was gaining ground, owing to the
arrival of a courier from Portici. It was also said
that a commission of finances had been named, com-
posed of Messrs. GALLI, TonLosaa, Commandant
FEOLI, and Chevaliers BIGIIETTI and MINGIII.
In the sitting of the Chamber of Deputies of Turin
of the 11th, M. Cam asked the Minister of Public
Instruction why ecclesiastics were admitted to teach
without having passed an examination, stating it as
his opinion that in so doing the Minister had violated
the law. The. Minister answered that be could not
dismiss masters till he had persons fit to take their
places, and that for the present there were no such
persons to be had. After a rather animated discus-
sion, the Chamber passed to the order of the day, thus
approving the Minister's conduct.
By a royal decree of the 6th the Bank of Genoa is
authorised to make a further issue of 100 f. bank-
notes, to the amount of one million of francs.
The Legge of Turin of the 12th quotes the follow-
ing correspondence from Florence :—" A profound
mystery envelopes the Grand Duke's journey to
Vienna. It is currently asserted, however, that he
has obtained from the EMPEROR. the limitation of
the Austrian troops in Tuscany to 10,000 men.
The occupation is to last ten years; the number of
troops is to diminish from year to year till it is
reduced to 5,000, who will stay in Tuscany till
the expiration of the ten years. The Tuscan fi-
nances are in a very bad state ; Florence alone owes
four millions of francs, and the municipality has sig-
nified to Government that unless the latter comes to
its aid it will resign. The cost of military supplies
is excessive. The loan of twenty-five millions, said
to be concluded, will be insufficient to cover the
actual arrears. Priests and absolutists are gaining
ground daily; the laws of PETER LEOPOLD, which
curtailed the privileges of the clergy, are become a
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