The Sun.
London, England, 1848-06-20 00:00:00

SWITZERLAND.

Letters from Berme, of the 16th instant, mention
the receipt of dispatches from the Government of
Grisons of the Isth, announcing that an engage-
ment had taken place on the Stelvio, between the
Austrian and Lombard troops, in which there were
several killed and wounded on both sides. The
Government of Grisons, fearing an invasion of the
valley of Munster by the Austrians, had adopted
precautionary measures, and demanded that the dis-
banding of the troops, ordered by the Diet be ad-
journed. The Directory had approved the conduct
of the Grisons, and directed that those troops should
remain under the command of Colonel Gerwer until
further orders.

LOMBARDY.
The Piedrnontese Gazette, of the 15th instant,
states, that the blockade of the port of Trieste, by the
combined Italian fleet, has been officially announced
by the Italian Admirals to the Consuls of the different
nations residing in that city. The communication is
v‘igned Albini, Sardinian, de Cosa, Neapolitan, Buor,
Venetian.
The Piedmontese Gazette says, that, on the 14th,
the Duke of GBROA occupied the important position
of Corona, abandoned by the enemy after a short
defence. The Kiss, after having transferred his
head-qtucters to Valleggio, was preparing to march
to Verona on the 15th.
The Risorgimento states, that all the villages
depending on Luniago wish to effect their imme-
diate unio❑ to the kingdom of Upper Italy.

ROME.
The last
baccounts, received from Rome, to the
10th inst. thet Castor steam-boat, are of con-
siderable inst.,
importance.
She has brought the de-
claration Chambers on
ntieleiples announced to the Roman
by which the dififirst day of their sitting,
cult problem of the separa-
tion of the spiritual trotmort4he temporal power has been
solved. The deputy
UTE having asked whe-
ther the declaration read tO'it'l-Al Assembly was merely
the expression of the Ministry, or whether it was the
exPression of his Holiness
to recognize the
• sacred and impescriptible rights :r the people, Signor
AIADAIANI, the Minister of the Interior,
repl.ied as
follows :—" The programme is thei
the entire Ministry, of whom all the ntntreoduction of
consequrnry pro-
bers have
pal ticipated in its composition, I
claim' loudly that the declaration is the
approved
animous
expression of the Ministry, ratified and
entirely by his Holiness."

TRIESTE.
A letter from Trieste, of June 9, says—
" On Tuesday evening, the 6th instant, the Sardinian

fleet weighed and stood in for the town, with a very light
wind, keeping the English men-of-war between them and
the batteries, until, at the request of the Trieste people,
the British ships, accompanied by the AsmoLia
(French frigate), weighed and stood over to
a little bay to the ri;ht of the town. Shortly after
they anchored out of gunshot. Just after sunset,
a brig belonging to the Sardinians drifted in and was
fired at by the batteries. Two steamers advanced to tow
her out, and they came in for a share of the pepper-
ing also. They likewise, I suppose, in the excitement of
excessive valour, contrived to run foul of each other, and
in the morning both appeared without bowsprits, and
one without figure-head or cutwater. The figure has
been picked up, and now figures as a trophy in the centre
of the Exchange here.
" The promise given by the Sardinian Admiral that
Lloyd's steamers should be permitted to run was broken
on the first attempt. A packet started from Cortu on
Tuesday, and was sent in again, the Admiral refusing to
look at the certificates, and threatening to fire on her if
she was not off with all speed.
" On the evening of the 7th there was some firing
between twelve and four. A Sardinian steamer re-
connoitered near the town; what doing no one knows.
" A report existed yesterday that forty-eight hours'
notice of bombardment had been given by the Admiral,
but I cannot find there is any truth in it."
The Neapolitan fleet has not separated from the
Sardinian.