The Sun.
London, England, 1848-12-22 00:00:00

ITALY.

We have received the following statement in the
Contemporaneo of Rome, of the 10th inst. :
"Cardinal Castracane, as we are assured, has ex-
plained the state of feeling in the country to the Pope,
which, if his Holiness does not return forthwith, or it he
does not fully accept the programme of the Ministry, is
disposed to establish a new Government. The reply of
the Pope is expected to•morrow, and if the reply be a
refusal, there will be an end to the domination of the
Popes in Rome. The Government of the Popes is, in
truth, not so heroic or so glorious that it ought to be
preferred to civil war, nor can we suffer society to be
exposed to such serious perils in order to wait until it
shall please the Pope to return to a city which he has
abandoned. The Roman people by their reiterated ap-
plications to the Holy Father have shown their respect
for Pius IX. on account of his previous conduct, but
that respect ought not to induce them to betray the
country, to sacrifice principles to an individual, and rights
of the people to a man. Why does not Pius IX. address a
proclamation to the entire Italian nation convoking a
constituent assembly ; why does he not abandon the
wretches who have ruined him, and return to Rome, he
who cannot move a step at Gaeta without being escorted
by two colonels of the King of Naples ? Ohl if
France comprehended her interests, or rather if her
statesmen really loved their country, all would come
right in a few days. Rome and Paris would give each
other the hand, and an Italian-French alliance would be
founded on principle and on religion."
Il Peneiero Italiano, of Genoa, of the 16th instant,
applauds the acts of Sterbini
We believed you hitherto, Sterbini," says that
journal, " to be an intelligent man. We shall henceforth
count you amongst our most courageous men. But, for
God's sake, do not suffer the opportunity to escape of
saving the country. That which must be done instantly,
is to convoke the Italian Constituent on the basis of uni-
♦ersal suffrage and assemble it in the capital. But watch!
watch! To arms! To arms!"

The Alba of Florence states from Avenze (Carrara),
that on the 12th two hundred Piedmontese entered
that town, accompanied by the sub intendant and
the syndic of Sarsana, with the intention of
occupying it under the pretence of maintaining
order and tranquillity. But the energetic remon-
strances of the Tuscan authorities induced them to
retire again beyond the frontier.
Some disorders took place at Parma, on the 9th,
against the police, who are all Austrian agents ; but
the National Guard, fearing to give a pretext for the
Austrian troops to enter, restored order mainly by
persuasion.
In the sitting of the Deputies of Rome on the 9th,
the project for a Constituent Assembly, as proposed
by Minister Mamiani, was approved by a large ma-
jority. The 4th and sth articles were adopted unani-
mously.
We find in the Alba of Florence the following de-
tails of the events that took place at Rome on the
11th :—"This day the Chambers were to assemble
to decide the fate of the country. The agitation of
the people is at its height. The Chambers opened at
1 P.M. The tribunes were filled to suffocation.
However, at half-past two, the legal number of Depu-
ties had not not yet been completed. The people
evinced great indignation at this circumstance, and
threatened to decide the question alone if the Chamber
was not able to do so. They loudly demanded a
Provisional Government, and a convocation of an
Assembly by universal suffrage. At four P.M., the
Chamber declared unanimously that a Regency should
be formed of three persons, not deputies, to act
in the name of the Pope, and receive from him the
proper authority. This junta to cease its functions
on the return of his Holiness. On the same day,
the Bulldog steamer had arrived at Civita Vec-
chia with the son of Lord Napier, who had imme-
diately proceeded to Rome. As this steamer had
brought no answer in writing from the Pope to
the declarations of the Romans, the Chamber, with
much solemnity, proceeded to name a provisional
power, composed of three persons, Corsini, senator of
Rome; Zucchini, senator of Bologna, and Came-
rata, Gonfaloniere of Ancona. It ordered a
Constituent Assembly to meet immediately, having
the power, should the Pope refuse to recognise
it, of declaring him fallen from his temporal power,
and of constituting a new form of government.
Sherbini• declared that the Pope might return
to Rome as a Bishop, but not the Cardinals or
Prelates. The people cried in the streets :—` Down
with the Pope 1 Death to the Cardinals ! Long live
the Constituent Assembly !' No disturbance, how-
ever, took place. At that date the following foreign
Ministers had left Rome. viz., those of Sardinia,
Prussia, Belgium, Russia, Chili, Mexico, and Ecuador.
The Roman Government has issued a declaration con-
cerning Cavaignac's determination of the 28th ult."

Sir George Grey has left town for his seat, Fallodon,
Northumberland.
LONGEVITY.—The following extraordinary case of
longevity is to be found in Paris Girard de Bury
was born on the 17th of December, 1746, and has, con-
sequently, entered his 103 d year. He is the senior ad-
vocate of Franee, and is in full possession of all his
faculties. He placed 900 f. (361.) in the Lafarge Savings
Bank, which was reduced to 300 f. by the reduction of
two-thirds of the national debt by the law of the 9th
Vendimiaire, the work of the great financier Cambon,
so much admired by M. Ledru Rollin, and for this sum
of 300 f. he now receives, and has continued to do so for
several years past, an annual income of 30,000 f. (1,2001.)
from the Tontine Lafarge.
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