The Sun.
London, England, 1847-10-27 00:00:00

EVENING, OCTOBER 27, 1847.

ORLEANS 1 The blow is levelled through a provincial
newspaper, and is conceived in the daring heart of
a poet, a dreamer, and an historian—ALPHONSE DE
LAMARTINE ! The ultimatum of the illustrious De-
puty of Macon, originally printed in the Bien Public
of that town, and copied yesterday into our own
columns, is the compression, into a few brief but
emphatic requisitions, of that spirit of disaffection
towards the degenerate policy of LOUIS PHILIPPE,
which has been long fermenting in the mind of every
liberal Frenchman, and which has latterly betrayed
its existence, its earnestness, and its audacity in a
succession of Reform banquets, convened not merely
in the capital itself, but in the principal cities of the
more important departments. M. DE LAMARTINE
has sympathised in the dissatisfaction of his
fellow-countrymen, and his voice has at last re-
sponded to their enthusiasm. After weaving an
historic crown for the memories of ROUGET DE
LISLE, Of THEOPHILE FERNIG, and of his heroic
sister, FELICITE FERNIG—the bard and the amazons
of the " Great Revolution"—ALPHONSE DE LAMAR-
TINE evinces a solicitude to struggle himself for the
realisation of those seductive visions of freedom
which evoked the immortal strain of the Ztfarseillaise,
and the memorable valour of those young and beau-.
tiful girls, who courted death amidst the murderous
volleys of Jemappes. Time can alone show whether
FELICITE and THEOPRILE fought in vain in the ranks
of France, or whether the aspirations of ROUGET DR
LISLE were to remain unrealised, until explicitly
enumerated and explained by a kindred bard—the
poetical historian of the Girondists.

A letter from Bologna, of the 16th, says—
" Letters from Ferrara state that, instead of eva-
cuating the city, the Austrians have doubled the
posts, and have fired on the people. This event is
related as follows :—A young man having passed be-
fore an Austrian sentinel with a cigar in his mouth,
the soldier gave him a blow with his bayonet. A
struggle then took place between the young man and
the sentinel ; and the soldiers of the post fell on the
young man, and struck him with their swords. A
priest having taken his defence was also ill-treated.
'The people of the city became irritated, and assembled
around the guard-house, whereupon the Austrians
seized their arms and fired on them. The population
desired to sound the tocsin, and to avenge themselves
for the excesses committed by the Imperial troops,
but Cardinal Ciacchi calmed the people, and at the
same time caused the young man, who had been ar-
rested, and who was grievously wounded, to be given
up to the Pontifical authorities. Numerous patrols
of Austrians on foot and horseback traversed the city
of Ferrara during the whole of yesterday."
A letter from Rome of the 12th says—

"The Prince de Canino is still under arrest in his
palace. It appears that proceedings are being insti-
tuted against him ; it is not astonishing, that if certain
dynastic circumstances be remembered, this personage
should inspire the Government with apprehension
It is said that M. Ferriero, who was Chargé d'Affaires
at the Hague, is to be sent to Constantinople to pre-
sent to the Grand Seignior the compliments of his
Holiness, and,that he is to proceed thence to Washing-
ton on an extraordinary mission. The congregation
of revision, composed of a cardinal as head, four pre-
lates as councillors, and of an equal number of lay
councillors, is about to be suppressed; the council
of deputies will have its attributions. Prince de
Roviano has been charged with the task of drawing
up a code of regulations for the navy. Count Car-
lesshi has been placed at the head of the Customs.
Father de Sanctis, one of the most able men of the
time, who at first was a warm advocate of the cause
of Italian reform, and who afterwards embraced the
opposite views, being dreadfully annoyed by the fact
of his not being able to obtain a bishopric, has aban-
doned the Catholic religion and turned Protestant
We have now here at Rome M. Granier de Cassagnac,
formerly editor of the Globe, and afterwards con-
nected with the Epoque. It is stated that he is
charged by M. Guizot to found a French journal
here, the columns of which are to be open to all the
inspirations and views of that Minister. The new
journal, which is to be the organ at Rome of the pre-
sent French Ministry, is to bear the title of the
Courrier de Rome."

This M. GRANIER DE CASSAGNAC, the chosen of
M. GUIZOT, was the intimate associate of the con-
victed perjurers BEAUVALLON and D'ECQUIVILLY.
He was the man who lent BEAUVALLON the pistols
with which he shot DUJARRIER, and at the trial of
D'Ecconvxmor attempted to suppress evidence by
threatening to call out one of the witnesses, for which
he was severely reprimanded by the Court. M.
GRANIER DE CASSAGNAC was the agent through
whom was negotiated with the Government the sale
of the permission to open the third lyric theatre, and
he was accused of having offered to procure the pass-
ing of a Bill through the Chambers, " for a consi-
deration," for compensating the post-masters of France.
This is the gentleman whom M. GUIZOT has dis-
patched to Rome to be his representative. The
POPE has, it is said, refused permission to this moral
and incorruptible friend of the moral and incorruptible
M. GUIZOT to establish his journal in Rome. It is
rumoured in Rome that Lord MINTO is charged to
'leliver to the King of NAPLES the ultimatum of
England against any intervention in the affairs of
Italy by Austria, even if demanded by the Neapolitan
Government.

The Alba of Florence, of the 18th inst., relates that
a deputation of Pontremolese, and of inhabitants of
Fivizano and Bagnone, the districts destined to he
annexed to Modena, had presented to the Grand Duke
of TUSCANY, at the door of the church of San Mar-
tino of Lucca, a petition couched in the most moving
terms, praying that he would negotiate for their being
under his government. It is added that the Grand
Duke shed tears on receiving this unexpected petition.
All the journals of Tuscany have warmly espoused
the cause of the above towns.

A letter from Florence, of the 19th, says—
" The protests of the inhabitants of Fivizano and
Pontretnoli, against the arrangement with the Duke
of Lucca, which transfers the former to the Duke of
Modena, and the latter to Parma, occasion great
anxiety. The people appear resolved to oppose all
attempts at possession by the troops of Modena and
Parma, and have already destroyed the bridges and
parts of the roads, to prevent the arrival of artillery.
As the Duke of Modena has only an army of 800 men,
he cannot venture upon an attempt to subdue a popu-
lation of 45,000 persons resolved upon a vigorous
resistance, and relying upon support from Pisa, Lucca,
and Leghorn, where the people have bt en excited in
their favour by popular orators. Austria will thus
find a pretext for intervention, and a casus belli may
arise notwithstanding the efforts of diplomacy to
effect a friendly arrangement. The Grand Duke of
Tuscany has offered to purchase the territory of
Fivizano, but it is not supposed that Austria will
permit such a transfer, as Fivizano is in the defiles of
the mountains, and is ,of great importance in a
strategic point of view. You have probably heard of
the insult offered at Leghorn to the Neapolitan
Consul. This affair was considered of sufficient im-
portance to induce the Count de la Rochefoucault,
the French Minister at the Court of Tuscany, to set
out in great haste for Leghorn."

Accounts have been received from Berne of the
22d. As was expected, the Government of Lucerne
has refused to receive the delegates from the Diet.
Mr. JAMES FAZY has not accepted the mission of
Federal Representative in the Valais, as the internal
affairs of his own canton require his presence at
Geneva. In consequence of reports from Lucerne,
additional troops have been called out, and one party
of them has marched in the direction of Lucerne,
and the other in that of Priburg.

The Madrid mail had not arrived in Paris when
the post left.

We have received the Paris papers of Monday.
If the following intelligence, which we extract
from the Commerce, be correct, there is still room to
hope that Switzerland may be spared the horrors of
civil war. The POPE, it is hoped, will offer to
mediate between the Sonderbund and the Diet.
" Switzerland," says the Commerce—
" May still reckon on a beneficial intervention,
which will be better appreciated than the interference
of which France has reaped the disgrace. The Pope
is said to entertain a project, which would be perfectly
in harmony with the high mission of peace, liberty,
and charity the chief of Catholicism pursues in Italy,
amidst the applause of the entire world. Pius IX.
proposes to interfere in the Swiss question by wise
counsel, by the authority of his word and his virtues.
It is even said that the St,vereign Pontiff will profit
by that solemn opportunity to introduce various re-
forms into the internal government of certain reli-
gious corporations. We consider that the solution of
the deplorable intestine dissensions of a generous
nation, emanating from Rome, would be the best, the
most efficacious, and rational of all ; for it would in
future divest a question exclusively political of the
appearances of a religious struggle, which rouses
the passions, bewilders the conciences, and implants
in the heart of Switzerland inextinguishable elements
of discord. Papacy has suddenly resumed, under
the auspices of an enlightened Pontiff, its former