The Sun.
London, England, 1848-12-25 00:00:00

ITALY.

The Roman journals, of the 15th, announce that
the Pore, before consenting to return to Rome, re-
quires the dismissal of the present Ministry, the dis-
solution of the Chambers, the suspension of the
liberty of the press, the dissolution of the national
guard, and the suppression of the clubs.
Letters from Gaeta, of the 13th, say that, if the
POPE does not go to France he will go to Caserta,
near Naples. He was to have held a consistory on
the 11th.

The King of NAPLES has, it is said, requested the
POPE to remove from Gaeta.

The Alba of Florence, of the 16th, publishes the
following letter from Plus Ix. to Count SPAUR :
" The assistance and support we have received from you,
Count, at the moment of our departure from Rome, im-
poses upon us the duty of giving you a proof of our
gratitude. It is therefore we name you a Grand Cross
of the Order of Pius, and your son a Knight of the Order
of Christ. We hope, however, that more propitious
circumstances will soon permit us to express to you all
our sentiments. And, in the meantime, we pray the Al-
mighty to shed his grace upon you, upon your consort
the Countess, and upon your son. Receive the apos-
tolical blessing we give you in the effusion of our heart.
Pius IX.

Gaeta, Nor. 24.

A ciange of ministry is, it is said, about to take
place in Naples. FILANGIERI will be the new Presi-
dent of the Council.

Advices from Ancona of the 12th state that on the
following day the Sardinian fleet would sail for Venice
and Trieste. Roman troops were being embarked
for Venice. The Austrian naval commander had
been changed. Rear-Admiral SORDA had replaced
GUDRIATMI.

The Spener Gazette announces, on the authority of
a Vienna letter, of the 17th, that Venice had entered
into an armistice for two months, on condition that
the negotiations for the independence of Italy should
be continued. The citizens were allowed to pass the
barriers, and provisions were carried into the city.
The Genoa Gazette of the 18th says that DOMI-
NIQUE BUFFA, the Minister of Commerce, and royal
commissioner, on arriving at Genoa, published a pro-
clamation, preceded by the words " Viva In Consti-
tuante Italiana 1" in which, after stating that ithe
Ministry was resolved to adopt the " constituante,"
and had, in fact, already proclaimed it, he said they
had appointed persons to go to Tuscany and Rome, to
concert with these Governments the mode of immedi-
ately effecting it. The proclamation ordered the
troops to leave the city, and offered to the National
Guard the occupation of the forts.
The Univers publishes the following address to the
Pope, agreed to on Sunday last at the Cercle Catho-
lique

-"
Most Holy Father,—The Catholic world shud-
dered with indignant grief at learning the violent at-
tack lately made on your Holiness at Rome. May
the unanimity of the public sentiment afford some
consolation to the heart of our well-beloved Father !
Your Holiness, with that kindness and benevolence
which you derive from Divine sources, loaded Rome
and Italy with benefits ; you guaranteed the rights of
the weak and recalled the memory of their duty to
the strong ; you made use of power to establish li-
berty ; you spoke to the populations, and the popula-
tions, inspired with the sacred enthusiasm of each of
your words, transmitted them to each other as a
strength and as a light to march more surely
towards the future. The universe, moved by
a voice so tender and so lofty, learned once more
the civilising virtue of that holy seat of Rome,
which substituted right for force, which created
the Christian Republic and snatched Europe from its
barbarous state, and the world from chaos. The
spiritual sovereignty of souls, borrowing from the so-
vereignty of that city, which is doubly queen, its in-
dependence, its serenity, and its splendour--that was
what struck men's minds, and was a light for all con-
sciences ! The supreme pontificate and the sacred
principate formed at Rome a glorious and necessary
union ; for it is useful that there should be at preent a
throne where the Prince is a Father, and a State where
men are less subjects than sons ! This union cemented
by ages madmen have sworn to break to pieces. They
have sworn to destroy that temporal sovereignty of
the popedom which is the guarantee of the indepen-
dence of Catholic consciences in the whole world ' •
they have sworn this but their evil designs will
perish The true Romans reanimated by their an-
cient love, will arise from the torpor which freezes their
courage ; they will return to you their father. Your
enemies will fall under universal reprobation. Most
Holy Father, that is our hope; but should it not be
realised your children in France will cry out to you,
' Come to us !' or rather, Here we are, our arms, our
property, our life. Speak, most Holy Father, we
await your words, bowed down in our grief at the
venerated feet of the visible Head of the Church, the
Spouse of Christ.' As Catholics, we are ready to
follow you as Peter followed the Lord; as French-
men, we wish to maintain the foundation of Pepin
and Charlemagne. Such is the French tradition
The popedom at Rome is not merely Italy, it is
Christendom I And meanwhile with our brethren,
with our pastors, we conjure God to touch the hearts
of these madmen and to enlighten them ; may Rome
return to its senses, may it restore you to its affection,
and may it thus resume that glorious' path in which
it marched after you, under the reign of the whole
world."

MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS.
CITY, QUARTER TO THREE.
All the places of business and public resort in the
City are closed, and we have, consequently, nothing to
report under this head.

MARKET NEWS.-(THIS DAY.)
SMITHFIELD.
The imports of foreign stock into London last week
were seasonably extensive,-or as under:—
From Beasts. Sheep. Calves.
Harlingen ... 104 ... 1,041 ~,
Ostend... . • • 168
Antwerp ... • 30
Rotterdam 398 ... 1,010
Amsterdam ... 527
Hamburgh ... 24 54
Tonningen 102 ... 54

Figs.

•• -
... 133

.....1
• • •

- - -
Total 628 ... 2,8 M ... 144
Corresponding "'
week in 1847 4lO ... 2,400 ... 64 ...

Difference ... 203 more. 484 more. 80 more.
At the northern outports, the arrivals have been con-
fined to about 1,200 head of stock, mostly.from Holland.
For the time of year, our market to-day was very scan-
tily supplied with Beasts both as to number and quality.
Although the atteudance of buyers was limited, the
Beef trade was somewhat brisk at, in most instances, an
advance in the quotations of quite 2d per Blbs, and at
which a clearanee was readily effected. At least two-
thirds of the beasts came to hand from Lincolnshire.
The supply of Sheep (5,500 head) was very small. All
breeds were in good request, and the currencies had an
upward tendency. Only four Calves were in the market,
and which sold at late rates. The sale of Pigs was
steady, at fully previous figures.

- Per Sibs. ti el
a. d. to s. d.
Inferior Beasts-- 3 4 3 8
Second quality •• 3 310
Prime large Oxen.. 3IS 4 •
Prime Scott; •• .• • • 4 2 4 4

Ink the •ffal.

Large coarse Calves 310 4

Prime small ditto .. 4 6 4 19

Suckling Calves ..

Inferior Sheep • • 3 2 3 6
TOTAL SUPPLY
I Sheep.
5,5 nO
FOREIGN
I Sheep.
1,210

Beasts.
1,017

s. d. to I. d.
Second qual. Sheep 2 8 4 0
Coarse-vreolled ditto 4 2 4 6
Southdown Wether 4 8
Ditto out of the wool 0 0 0 0
Large flogs
Small Porkers •••• 4 6 4 8
Quarter old Pigs • •
Lambs ••• • •• 0 0 0 0
AT MARKET.
Calves. I Pigs.
4 60

Beasts.
101

SUPPLY.

Calves. I Pigs.

NEW'GATZI AND LEADENHALL.
An inamense supply of country killed meat has arrived
for these markets since this day se'nnight, viz., 2,100
carcases of Beef, 1,800 ditto of Mutton, 400 ditto of
Veal, and nearly 5,000 carcases of Pork. We have
been rather heavily supplied with Meat slaughtered in
London; nevertheless, owing in a great measure to the
comparatively low prices ruling here for the time of
year, a very large business has been transacted, at our
quotations. Clearances have, however, not been effected.
About 500 carcases of foreign Meat have appeared on
sale. From Hamburgh 60 packages of Beef and Pork
have come to hand, in good saleable condition.