The Sun.
London, England, 1847-05-04 00:00:00

ITALY.

Pope Pius IX. bids fair to be the great reformer of
his age. He has already done wonders for the admi-
nistration of the States placed under his sovereignty, for
the freedom of thought and for the liberty of the press,
and he now has intimated his intention of endowing his
country with a constitution, or at all events with an ap-
proach to a system of national representation. The re-
presentatives of the different provinces of the Roman
states have been called on to meet at Rome, for the pur-
pose of discussing with the Government the affairs of
the Administration, and of aiding it in the measures to
be adopted for the amelioration of the condition of the
people. This important measure, which has created a
great sensation in Italy, and which raises the hopes of
all the friends of liberal institutions in that country, has
been announced in the following circular, addressed by
Cardinal Gizzi to the governors and prefects of the pro-
vinces:--

" In the midst of the grave task imposed upon this great
pontificate,,his Holiness does not cease to direct his special
attention, with paternal solicitude, to all the ameliorations
required by the different branches of the public administra-
tion. I have no occasion to repeat at this time all that the
Holy Father, since the day of his advent, has not ceased to
do to attain this great end. All the sensible people who
really desire the welfare of these states, and who certainly
form the majority of the population, acknowledge it, and
express their gratitude to their generous Sovereign. His
Holiness, trusting to the assistance of God, will persist in
the system adopted for the amelioration of public affairs,
always, nevertheless, within the just limits which his high
wisdom has fixed, and with all the maturity of thought
required by a work of that nature. Besides, you will find
a new proof of the beneficent intentions of the Holy Father
in the communication which lam about to make to you. I
will tell you, in the meantime, that his Holiness, always
animated with the desire to regulate the march of the public
administration in the most satisfactory order, proposes to
choose and to call to Rome a person from each province,
who, by his social position, by his fortune, and by his infor-
mation, will unite the qualities of a good subject of the Pon-
tifical g,verninent, and possess the confidence and the esteem
of his fellow-citizens. Ulterior dispositions will regulate
the service of this assembly, whether to co-operate
in the public administration or to employ itself with
the better organization of the provincial councils, and other
analogous matters. The persons who are or will be
hereafter chosen to this effect by the Holy Father will re-
side in the capital for two years at least. You will per-
fectly understand how important it is that the choice of the
persons should answer the intentions of the Holy Father.
The deputies should have no other incentive than the public
good, and no other object but the advantage of the public.
You will have the goodness in the meantime to propose to
me the names of two or three of those persons belonging to
your province, in order that his Holiness may fix his choice.
The enlightened zeal, of which you have given proof, to
second the beneficent intentions of the Holy Father, are to
me a sure guarantee that they will be renewed in an affair of
this kind—an affair which concerns a measure that may pro-
duce the greatest benefits to the state of each province.
(Signed) "CARDINAL GIZZI.
" Rome, April 19, 1847."
When the circular addressed by Cardinal Gizzi to the
governors of the provinces was published, the entire po-
pulation resolved with one voice to repair in the evening
to the Quirinal to thank the Holy Father. At eight
o'clock all the inhabitants of Rome turned out of their
houses, each provided with a lighted torch, and repaired
to the Piazza del Popolo, the place of rendezvous. There
they formed into platoons, and walked in the greatest
order, preceded by banners and bands of music, to the
Pontifical residence. The Corso was spontaneously illu-
minated; the windows and balconies were lined with
spectators waving handkerchiefs, and joining the multi-
tude in cries of " Viva Roma !" " Viva Italia !" and
" Viva Pio IX. !" The Pope presented himself on the
balcony of the Quirinal, and bestowed his benediction
on the people, who, after giving one immense cheer for
his Holiness, quietly dispersed. Several Roman Princes
had, on this occasion, joined the popular procession.

THE LATE MURDER AT DERBY.—DEATH OF
MRS. OSBONNE.—We very much regret to say that Mrs.
Osborne, who was so savagely attacked by the murderer
Cross, after he had perpetrated the murder of his wife, died
on Thursday morning. The murderer cut her lingers so
badly, that mortification of one of them took place, and she
had it cut off about a month ago, an operation which she
bore with great fortitude.—Macclesfield Courier.
ATTEMPTED MURDER AND SUICIDE.—A wretched
woman, 26 years of age, named Sarah Deller, was brought
up at the Police station Court-house, at Newport, Essex,
by Superintendent Clerk, before Captain Byng and Mr.
Birch Woolf, county magistrates, for final examination,
charged with attempting to murder her illegitimate child,
Sarah Ann Deller, aged seven years, and seeking to de-
stroy her own life. It appeared that she had for some
time cohabited with a man in the village of Hayden, near
Royston, by whom she had the child. Some time ago ho
deserted her, and she supported herself and offspring by
needlework. Being reduced to a very distressed state, she
was compelled to seek the union. There she partially re-
cruited her health and strength, and fine weather setting
in, she left. The principal witness against her was her
own child. She stated that she accompanied her mother
to Royston, and there she was requested to go to Mr.
Matthew's and purchases sixpennyworth of laudanum.
This was refused. Tier mother then demanded it, and it
was furnished. On their way home, the mother went be..
hind a haystack in a remote f a plantation, and
pouring some of the laudanum rnaraup desired the child
to drink it. She tasted it, and t o
finding it bitter, declined
to take it. Her parent told her she would run away if
she still refused. The child would not drink it, and the
prisoner then poured the whole of the poison into the cup
and swallowed it. She lay down by the side of the stack,
and in half an hour she became insensible. Her suffer-
ings became most intense. At five o'clock the little girl
wended her way to Royston, and gave information of her
mother's state ; assistance was rendered,) and, after some
hours, the effects of the dose she had taken were somewhat
suppressed. The poor creature„on being asked by the Bench
if she had anything to state, did not deny that she had
attempted what had been stated; she did it to end the
misery she and her child were suffering. The Chairman
then told her that she was committed for trial at the next
assizes for administering poison to her daughter with intent
to kill.
MR. BUNN AND JENNY LIND.—AII action has been
commenced by Mr. Bunn, in the Court of queen's Bench,
against. Jenny Lind, for an alleged breach of contract, and
on Friday last an appearance to the writ of summons issued
a few days previously was entered by a solicitor on the part
of the defendant. The next proceeding will be the declara-
tion, in which the plaintiff will estimate his damages. Sir
F. Kelly and Mr. Cockburn, Q.C., have been retained for
Mr. Bunn. The cause cannot be tried until the sittings after
Trinity Term, commencing the middle of July.
THE GREAT BRITAIN STEAMER.—We learn from
our correspondent, that on the spring-tide of Saturday last
the Great Britain, as soon as the water was about three-
fourths up, rose with it until high water, when she appeared
from the shore to be nearly level. This must be hailed as
a good sign,
.as it shows that the efforts which have been
making to tighten her compartments are likely to be at-
tended with success. At low water the signs of her having
moved were self-evident, as several hundred tons of large
stones, which have been for more than a month accumulating
through the labour of the poor people in her locality
along her sides, were forced off from her for more than a
foot on each side. The next springs will not be so high as
the last, but the engineers are at work in making her bunkers
as tight as they have made her forehold, through which on
Saturday she buoyed herself up, as oar correspondent was
the ship, several
told bsome of the people belonging to
feet at the fore end.—Newry Tdegraph.