The Sun.
London, England, 1870-09-08 00:00:00

AFFAIRS IN ITALY.

A letter from the Florence correspondent of the
Temps says :—" The Marquis Spinola, Colonel °f
the Guides, the husband of the morganatic daughter
of the King, -went to. Paris, to see the Prince'
Clotilde and learn her intentions: The Princess
very positively refused to return to Italy for 0,6
time being. She would even have detained her childrena
this had been allowed. Prince Napoleon is still at
Florence, and is to be seen every evening driving with 139
aide-de-camp and one of the aides-de-camp of the 160
Having fulfilled his mission, which was somewhat vogue'
the Prince seems to have reflected that as the Emperor
would not have him at the camp, and did not want
be in Paris, he had better remain where he was. But there
is no denying that the Prince at Pitti finds himself sore,
what in the position described by Cicero when Caesar visit
his villa at Poussoles. The King, leaving him at
Florence, has gone to ruralise at Petraja, on the neighi
bouring hills, where he has one of the Medicean villas

the 17th century, which are full of ~frescoes'
illustrating the history of France and its re;
lations with Tuscany. Italy is not without
apprehension of a compulsory extension of the war, I'l3'
.she is inclined to convert the affiance of neutral Pow erg
into an alliance for mediation. She seems inclined to
support firmly, under any circumstances, the integrity °`,
France. There are, moreover, some serious political Or
rests which rest in the idea of peace at any Price'
for fear of a greater evil. As for RI
the Government has assembled on the P3P,
frontier forty thousand men ready for a future strugg't
It will not be begun under present circumstances withal
incentive and without some diplomatic support, but it ie
plain that it is hoped circumstances will bring about,:
solution of some kind. The Left accuse
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Moderate party and the former Roman coninlitt,-
of preparing a movement towards Viterbo in concert :
the Government to occupy the territory without home,
thus seeking, a partial and unsatisfactory settlement,
instead of the grand and true solution which consists '"
occupying Rome itself with resolution and promptitticl°'
This is not denied by the Government supporters, sllll°
' declare that they will proceed in due course. I "
about to post this letter, when I received terrible n°,4 "
The rumour is current that Italy is not without f°`'6.
respecting the intentions of Prussia in regard to Pei 6.
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The Left urges the Government to enter the Papal tety
ritory, and declares that the fate of Italy deP°llei
perhaps on an immediate entry into Rome. The Depiltjh
of the Left residing at Florence, with M. Rattazzi at
head, are in favour of passing the Tiber, and march 7,
on Rome. If this is ;lot done, they threaten to agittl
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and meetings have been held at Parma, Milan, Turin,
All is ready on the frontier. Everything is arrange
an entry into the Papal territory at the first sign
Trains, ambulances, nothing is wanting. Will the entb
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be made. The Ministers have held several councils wit];
out coming to a decision. NOthing is known of the•
determination, though much was said yesterday of ill°
table delays, of the opposition of Prussia, the influence (3f
Bavaria, &c. To-day all this is contradicted. Prlsei,
we are told is willing to agree to the solution of th
Roman question in the Italian sense ; the troops
enter the Papal dominions and march straight to 8011.
I have no private information. The moderate partYl3:!,
some French sympathies. The Left, since the last co"
asters, has grown more and more frantically prussil
The .Reforms, of M. Crispi, sets forth the demands Wit
Italy should make in a Congress when she is
Rome, It is as follows :—" Italy should be read
to speak to s Congress of the States of Enrl:
from the height of her seat at Rome. 'of
have to demand Nice, Corsica, the neutralisation to
Savoy. The list of the restorations which we hav°4
claim is not a short one. It will be a misfortune if 17
only demands what she should freely take—her capit79
Such is the language of the advanced party, NOW e
suitable moment for demanding Corsica ! The Or
language is held by the Gazette of Milan and the otilet
advanced organs. I gather, from these indications tl',e
you must not allow yourselves to be influenced at Prf,,
by the highsounding words of the Left. They will lout
their tone, I hope, when France redresses her wrong'
Do not be misled by them as your Government was '.fie
merly by ambassadors respecting the sentiments of
mark, Bavaria, and other places.

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CRYSTAL PALACE.—The Fireworks will 011,,;
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PIMA° MONEY ADVANCED FOR LAND D.TPRO
bIENT.—A Parliamentary paper just issued gives a ret_, to
of the public money advanced in each year from 1847,
186'9 inclusive to promote the improvement of lancll.o
Great Britain by works of drainage. The ret9
from the Inclosure Commissioners shows the t
p
amount advanced during the period named, to have bye
£3,929,450. The return from the Inland Revellaj
Department shews that since 1849 0,762,266 12s. a
been paid into the Exchequer on account of these lno
The amount advanced from 1846 to 1869 inclusive, J,
promote the improvement of land in Reid.
£2,044,315 Os. 4d. ; and there had been £1,999,5516x•
repaid. The rate of interest was 3i per cent.
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• TREACHEROUS AMMUNITION. —A • story Al
rouses terrible indignation is circulated in the press aili4
in the streets. The .Rappel thus tells it :—The other,Wi
an artilleryman in garrison at Vincennes hid himsel'o,
a magazine of mitrailleuse cartridges, to avoid goiev
duty. He took up one of them and opened it. In P the
of powder he found sand. A second and third gavlt.
same result. His comrades came in and verified the l;e,
They tried to explode the cartridges, but to no purao
The officers experimentalised, but without success.
the commandant ordered off the soldiers and
a picket of cavalry over the place. But the %ix
leryman slipped a quantity of the fraudulent the
tridges into his pocket. These he carried to
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new Government, to the newspaper offices, and all sPee,
There appears to be no doubt at all that such satt,o'os
tridges have been largely stored. Twenty cnue.
were seized in the magazines of Vincennes Trait‘,
Several others have been taken at the Hotel de ;el/
One of the reclacteurs of the Soir asserts that he hini, be
has handled a hundred of them, and found thew I?bet
utterly worthless. A gentleman tells me that his brobtio
has discovered cartridges of mingled chaff and sand /0,4
stores of his regiment. There will be a terrible 01,070
about this. France is not yet accustomed to Mr.
Bright's principle of free trade in adulterations, and
is now but little in the mood for learning.—Telegraph.

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