The Sun.
London, England, 1847-08-28 00:00:00

The following is an extract from a letter, dated

" LEGHORN, AuG. 21.—We have just received the
information that the Austrians, alarmed at the energetic
protests of the Pope, and still more by the menacing
aspect of all the towns of Romagna, particularly Bo-
logna, where, as soon as the occupation of Ferrara by
the Austrians was known, thousands of young men took
up arms, and swore to die for the defence of their coun-
try, have withdrawn to the citadel, leaving the town
completely free. It appears, according to the rumour
generally accredited, that it is in consequence of orders
received from Vienna that this retreat has taken place.
The call to arms was beaten, the tocsin was sounded,
and the National Guard at once assembled in full num-
bers. The population en masse demanded arms, and
they were distributed to all good citizens. What is
wonderful is that thousands of peasants also presented
themselveA in the town, swearing that they were ready
to die in defence of their country and of the Pope. As
to what regards Tuscany, it is almost certain that it will
soon have a new Ministry thus composed—Prince Cor-
sini, Governor of Leghorn ; Serristori, Capponi, and
Ridolfi. The speedy organization of the National Guard
is also a certain thing."

A letter, dated frontiers of Italy, 21st inst., says—

'• To every protest of Cardinal Ciacchi, the Legate of
Ferrara, Count Radeteky, the Commander-in-Chief of
the Austrian army in Italy, replies by new menaces.
The second protest of the Cardinal reached the head-
quarters in the evening of the 14th, and in the morning
of the 15th an order was issued for another reinforce-
ment of Imperial troops to pass the Po, and march to
Ferrara ; and, in fact, a corps of cavalry did cross the
river on the 16th. In spite of these demonstrations the
enthusiasm for the Pope extends in every part, and even
in Lombardy. The people of Milan have assembled in
the Grand Square, and sung the hymn of Pius IX., in
spite of the opposition of the police, which, however,
has nut yet ventured to use rigorous means. At Parma
the inhabitants have taken up arms, fearing some ex-
cessive treatment from the troops, and the more so, as
an additional Austrian battalion, as it is said, was
coming to reinforce the garrison of Placentia. In Pied-
mont, it is to be hoped, the moderate liberal party will
endeavour to lead the King to enter openly on the path
or reform, and declare himself for the Pepe. Charles
:filbert is expected to publish some important measure
on the occasion of the meeting of the General Congress
of the Agricultural Societies of the Kingdom, which is
to be held on the 30th or 31st. It is remarked that the
Piedmontese Gazette, the official journal of Turin, has,
within these last few days, published articles from the
journals of Rome, Bologna, and Tu-cany, in favour of
reform, and against the Austrian intervention."

In a letter, dated Turin, 22d August, we find it
stated that the King of SARDINIA had formally pro-
tested against the occupation of Ferrara, and for-
warded copies of that protest to all the Courts of
Europe. CHARLES ALBERT had, moreover, written
to the POPE, offering to place at his disposal both his
army and navy, should the independence of the Pon-
tificial dominions be menaced by the Austrian troops.
It was expected that the protest would appear on the
following day in the Piedmontese Gazette, and the
inhabitants of Turin were preparing a general illu-
mination to celebrate the event.

Madrid papers of the 21st have arrived.
It was surmised on that day that PACHECO had
summoned NARVAEL to Madrid to assist in the con-
struction of a new Ministry. No further commu-
nications had taken place between the KING CONSORT
and the Ministers. The contract for the loan which
bad been taken by the Union Bank had been an-
nulled. The Funds had fallen considerably in con-
sequence.

A telegraphic dispatch of a later date than these
papers announces the arrival of NARVAEZ in Madrid,
and states that he has been commissioned by the
QUEEN to form a new Ministry.
Letters from Catalonia speak of the capture and
immediate execution of CARRERA on the coast of
Valencia.

MADRID BOLSA, Ata. 21.---The Three per Cents.
were done at 25j for cash; the Coupons, at 15 ; the
Debt without Interest, at 51, for paper; and the Five
per Cents., at 17-1. After the close of business the Three
per Cents. sold at 26 for cash.

We have received the Paris papers of Thursday.
The additional particulars which they contain on
the subject of the horrible affair of the Duke of
PRASLIN will be found in another column.

The Spanish plot is thickening. Queen CHRIS•
TINA, as appears from the following article in her own
journal, the Presse, ambitious of emulating the bad
fame of the mother of RICIIARD SAVAGE, is actually
engaged in the praiseworthy and parental occupation
of calumniating the character of her own daughter.
CHRISTINA preaching against immorality is " the
devil turned precisian" with a vengeance. If the
Spanish people are so shocked and scandalized at the
levities of ISABELLA, how comes it that they tolerated
so long the rule of the mistress of Muxoz ? But we
do not give the slightest degree of credence to the
calumnious insinuations of this most unnatural mother.
Levities are not necessarily immoralities, nor is vice
always hereditary. It is possible for IsAnELLA to be
virtuous, although she is the daughter of CHRISTINA.
The following is the article from the Presse, which
explains the secret of the journey of NARVAEZ to
Spain :

" The Spanish question, complicated rather than re•
solved, as yet at least, by the marriage of the Queen
s
and of the Infanta, is progressing evidently to a solo
tion. Everybody says so, but nobody dares to say what
will be its character. It becomes necessary, therefore,
to take into consideration the condition of a country
whose affairs create so much interest in France. In
order to acquire a perfect knowledge of Spain, we must
examine the situation of the throne and that of the Go•
vernment, the tendencies of parties and the state of
public opinion. In Spain, as in every monarchical
country, the throne as well as the Royal Family is per-
sonified in the monarch. Isabella lives at present in a
complete state if isolation; Queen Christina is at Paris;
the Infante Don Francisco at Saint Sebastian; the ~ing
at the Pardo. The ancient servants of the Palace have
been dismissed, and the friends and relatives of General
Serrano appointed to their place. The Queen of Spain
rides and drives alone, both by night and day, through
Madrid—the alleys of Aranjuez—the gardens of La
Granja—the solitude of Paular, and in the midst of the
persons who, without title or right to that honour,
surround her, there is one distinguished man, to whose
influence is attributed the strange political changes
which Spain endures, indignant and ashamed. Queen
Isabella, a child of 17 years of age, lives exclusively
under the influence of a general whose incapacity is
t the other
by General proverbial throughout Spain. The daughter of Ferdi-
nand is the instrument used on the e oneera
hand by
banker Salamanca,
Serrano, to
satisfy the scandalous ambition and interests which are
not those of the nation. The King refuses to
_,h. authorise
such excesses by his presence. T President of the
Council has not been able to succeede' •
less flagrant. They have becomethel°
subject
them
discussion. The palace question has been surrounded
public
with invincible difficulties, and throuoil
the
int
parties that is now the principal question in Sparinguelhoef
Spanish nation, which perceives public tranquillity
deeply compromised by the every day increasing com-
plications of that question, is seeking on all sides to find
an issue through the inextricable labyrinth into which
Spanish policy has been cast. The Spanish people,
religious and monarchical, lives more than any other in
the midst of its families, and worships more than any
their domestic hearth. According to the ancient law
of the country, the husband and wife cannot live
sepal ate. Separation in marriage is in Spain
a scandalous exception, condemned alike by law,
by custom, and by religion. The separation of the
King and Queen is consequently the scandal of scan-
dals. The Spanish people, whose monarchical faith
has hitherto resisted all the attacks of revolutionary
doctrines, armed at present with the liberty conferred by
a constitutional Government, excited by the turbulent
discussion of parties, must inevitably examine that
palace question. The irresponsibility of the Monarch
no longer exist; the personality of Ministers has dis-
appeared, and the Spanish nation sees undisguised the
personal morality of the Monarch. There is but one
step from the examination to the sentence. In order
to arrive at that extremity, to induce the Spanish nation
to judge the individual acts of the Monarch, notwitn-
stealing its traditional respect for monarchy, desperate
contests and imprudent recriminations were sufficient. ,
fhe defenders of the ancient regime, supported by the
clergy, whose misery is denied by none, raised their
ancient standard, exclaiming to the liberals of every
colour, Behold your work. That is your monarchy,