The Sun.
London, England, 1848-05-20 00:00:00

THE SITN, LONDON,

national war ; we defend our own rights, so long
trampled upon and despised; we fight in order
to become what GOD has designed we should be.
To no prince is it then allowed to oppose it, and the
purest conscience must bow before the Divine will,
which is rendered manifest by so many visible signs.
Dces the prince commit a crime when he condemns
a murderer to death ? What is the supreme law
which forces his hand to sign a warrant of blood ?
The welfare of society. Let us ask now, what are
the Austrians with respect to the Italian society ?
Armed assassins, who certainly not called by the
people, but imposed by brutal force, had possessed
themselves of the property and of the lives of
several millions of men, to do what they pleased, to
enjoy all kind of luxury with the wealth of Italy, to
transport in their territories so many thousands of
Italians, just as the negroes are transported to the
' Antilles ; and there, after dressing them with the
livery of slavery, after portioning them with a crust
of bread, they submit them to be flogged; they
obliged them to serve as slaves for interests not
Italian, to fight against people in no way enemies to
Italy, to make roads and build bridges, which were
by no means destined to be beneficial to the commerce
and to the industry of Italy, and in order to
prevent any chance that might disturb this foreign
tyranny in the beautiful Italian provinces, and that
their brethren, already rendered free, might not in a
happy moment come to the help of their brethren still
slaves, Austria contrived to usurp, either by force or
by deceit, an indirect authority over the remainder of
Italy, and by such means she had reduced to the con-
dition of slaves the other people of the Peninsula.
Who is guilty, then ? He, who expels and kills the
assassin, or he who withdraws in the moment of the
battle, and forsakes his brethren ? It is you that are
guilty—you, wretched advisers of the thrones—you,
for so many years accomplices of our assassins ! It is
time you shared with them the fruit of so much in-
famy, who fattened yourselves with the wealth of the
people. It is you, who became the executioners of
your brethren, when by invoking a mother-country
and an equal law, they disturbed your sleep. It is
you who allured our princes to the bloody path
of tyranny—and now, raving mad, because your
kingdom has fallen, are endeavouring by the most
nefarious means, without sparing calumnies, and . .
. . . to maintain Austria in Italy. It is you who
are guilty, who incessantly poison the princes' ears
by persuading them that there does not exist in Italy
a national will, which demands war to conquer in-
dependence, but merely an unbridled liberal party,
whose only aim is to expel the foreigners from Italy,
in order to pave the way to the destruction of al
thrones.

"It is you who are guilty, who undeservedly heap
calumnies upon calumnies on those who, actuated by
noble and generous sentiments, were desirous to
associate the glory of the regeneration of Italy to the
glory of the Popedom, with the view of rendering
greater and stronger that moral power, before which

Italy and the whole world would have bowed. Bu

OD will scatter your councils to the winds,

The times are almost nigh in which the truth

of our words will be proved to the world.

The effEets will show whether it was

dear to us the glory of that PONTIFF, whom we

honour so much, but with sincere affection,

without hypocrisy. Oh ! wretched advisers, in spite

of you, Catholic Rome shall be placed on the very
summit of every rational thought—it is towards her
that the people and the Italian Princes will come
together, bringing in homage the crowns of the

victories conquered in the plains of Lombardy, to be

deposited in the Capitol. In spite of you, people
and Princes will invoke the blessings of Pius IX., as

well as his word of peace, to quell any dissension--
to give solid foundations to our future glory. You
have attempted to lower the Eternal City to the level
of a provincial town—you have attempted to calum-
niate that national love which GOD awoke once more

in our breasts—incapable of conceiving great pas-
sions, plunged into the mire of despicable ambitions,
with a heart frozen by egotism—you abjured all
glory, all grandeur. You are doomed to remain in
your nothingness—ltaly despises you : when crowned
by victory, with the banner of Pius IX. in her right
hand, she puts aside her sword, she will find an
invincible strength in the wisdom and national love of
her children."

The Piedinontese Gazette of the 13th announces
positively that the POPE has sent an autograph letter
to the Emperor of AUSTRIA, offering him his media-

tion, on the condition, however, of his abandoning
Italy entirely.

PIEDMONT, LOMBARDY, AND
VENICE.

people of Savoy. I am happy to be enabled to tell the
deputies of Savoy, and all the Chamber, how highly the
King admires them, and that ho feels that Savoy has
shown itself worthy m t only of his affection but of that
of the country. A handful of men coming from the
French territory (for we must always distinguish these
few men from France, because of the explanation just
given by the Minister of Foreign Affairs, that she is the
friend of Italy and Savoy) wished to impose on Savoy a
Government which she disliked. This violation gave
occasion to the most heroic and generous acts on the
part of the population, and I am happy in being enabled
to make them known publicly. I can to-day repeat
before Savoy and the whole country how much the
heart of the King has been affected by these instances
of patriotism.
The remainder of the sitting was occupied by the ve-
rification of its powers.
Milan on the 12th was in a state of the greatest
agitation. A revolution appears imminent, and the
greatest efforts are making to effect it without a col-
lision. The parties in presence are the democratic
party, which wishes for the independence of Lom-
bardy, and the party which, by uniting Piedmont to
all the smaller states, wishes to form the kingdom of
Upper Italy. The latter party has the most friends
at its command, and has, therefore, hitherto shown
the most signs of success.
A very imposing manifestation was to have taken
place on the 12th, but the Milan journals of the lath
make no mention of it.
Massa and Carrara have decided on uniting them-
selves to Tuscany.
The Piedmontese Gazette of the 13th states that
the position of the army was still the same on
the 11th. The battle of Cornuda was. a very
serious encounter, which lasted two days. General
FERRARI, on the 9th, retired to his old head-
quarters of Montebullena. General DURANDO
on that day was at Bassano, and it was believed
he had already driven the enemy back beyond Feltre.
The two regiments of Pontifical Volunteers, com-
manded by Colonel Duke of LAaTE, have arrived at
Treviso with the celebrated Father GAvAzzr, their
chaplain. The 3d Roman legion and part of the 4th,
under Lieutenant-Colonel GALLIENA, occupy a point
on the line of the Piave.
The Parma Gazette has the following official
declaration :
" The Provisional Government of Parma has

neither the power nor the will to take upon
themselves to solve the important question of
the union of this Dutchy with the Sardinian
States. That solution must be founded on
the vote of the whole population only, therefore, in com-
pliance with - the wish expressed to the Provisional
Government, they have decided that registers shall be
opened in every district to receive the votes for the
union of the Duchy and Sardinia. Every citizen will be
at liberty to state on what conditions he tenders his ,
vote; and to make any proposition he may think best
calculated to forward the happiness of this state in
particular and of Italy in general. These registers
must be forwarded by the 17th instant to the Provisonal
Government who will order the reckoning of the votes."
We read in the Risorgimento of Turin, of the 15th,
that DURAND() and FERRARI have been obliged to
retire beyond the Brenta. NU( ENT and his army
are not far from Treviso.

The Libero:ltaliano of Venice, of the 10th, an-
nounces the arrival on that day at Venice of a batta-
lion of Italian soldiers of the Austrian regiment
Zanini, stationed at Goritz, who have deserted with
their army and baggage, and under the command of

most of their officers. They had several skirmishes

with the Austrian troops during their march, and
with the arms they took from them they armed se-
veral peasants who accompanied them.
_ _

The Libero Italian° of Venice, of the 11th, pub.
[ishes a declaration of MAZZINI against the proclama.
;ion of the Provisional Government of Lombardy, re.

commending the immediate junction with Savoy.

SWITZERLAND.

The commandant of the federal troops in the canton
of the Grisons has addressed a letter to the Federa,
Council of War on the position which he occupies
and on those at which are concentrated the Austrian
army, ready, he says, to violate the Swiss territory.
On its part, the Federal Council of War, appreciating
the danger of this state of things, has proposed to the
Federal Directory to increase the troops destined to
cover the south-eastern frontier.

REPORTED VIOLATION OF THE
SWISS TERRITORY.
At the moment of going to press, says the Nouvel-
lisle de Marseilles, the following important intelligence
has reached us :
An Austrian division is reported to have violated
the Swiss territory, by marching through the Canton
of Grisons to attack the Piedrnontese army in the
rear.

The siege of Peschiera is actively carried on.
General DURAND() has retired to the Brenta.

FINE ARTS.

PORTRAIT OF ROW LAND BILL, Esq., Secre-
tary to the Postmaster-General. Painted by A. Wivel4
jun. Engraved by W. 0. Geller.
A life-like portrait of the founder of the system of
the Penny Postage, must always be interest-
ing to those who have so largely benefited by the
adoption of his proposals ; but when, in addition
to its being a life-like portrait, it is, as in the present
instance, a work of art of the very highest order, its
value is very considerably enhanced. Mr. A. Wivell
has secured to himself a high place among artists, not
only by the manner in which he has caught the like-
ness of Rowland Hill, but by the exquisite beauty of
his performance as a work of art. It is a finished
picture.

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.
TATTERSALL'S.—YRSTERDAY.
DERBY.
7 to 4 agst Lord Clifden's Surplice
11 to 2 agst Mr. J. B. Day's Nil Desperandum—tkn
7 to 1 agst Mr. Payne's Glendower—take 8 to 1
10 to 1 agst Mr. Bowes's Springy Jack—taken
14 to 1 agst Lord Clifden's Loadstone
15 to 1 agst Mr. B. Green's Shylock
15 to 1 agst Mr. B. Green's Swiss Boy
25 to 1 agst Mr. J. Scott's The Stinger—taken
25 to 1 agst Mr. T. Parr's Sponge
33 to 1 agst Mr. Lillie's Great Western—taken
33 to 1 agst Mr. Baker's Oscar
40 to 1 agst Duke of Th.ttland's The Fiddler
40 to 1 agst Lord Eglinton's Eagle's Plume
50 to 1 asst Mr. Hussey's Telegraph
500 even atween Great Western and Besborough
1,000 even between Great Western and Oscar
There was not much done about the four leading fa-
vourites, but they were steady at the prices quoted.
Swiss Boy gave place to Shylock, who was backed with
a good deal of spirit; The Stinger and Oscar were also
in favour, but did not make any material advance. The
Fiddler and Eagle's Plume were sent to the right about;
their starting appears somewhat doubtful.
OAKS.
4 to 1 agst Mr. Dixon's Do-it-again
7 to 1 agst Mr. Pedley's Cymba—taken
9 to 1 agst Baron Rothschild's Sister to Satirist—t
10 to 1 agst Mr. Foljambe's Queen of the May
10 to 1 agst Sir J. Hawley's Vexation
12 to 1 agst Mr. S. Conway's Lady Elizabeth
14 to 1 agst Mr. Quin's Attraction—taken
15 to 1 agst Mr. Bowes's Miasma
16 to 1 agst Lord Eglinton's Astrtea.
BETTING AT MANCHESTER—FRIDAY.
DERBY.— 7 to 4 agst Surplice (2 to 1 taken freely)-
6to 1 agst Nil Desperandum (taken)-8 to 1 agst
Glendower-8 to 1 agst Springy Jack-14 to 1 agst
Loadstona-14 to 1 agat Swiss Boy-20 to 1 agst Shy-
lock-25 to 1 agst The Stinger-25 to 1 agat The
Fiddler-33 to 1: agst Sponge-33 to 1 agst Great
Western-40 to 1 agst Besborough-40 to 1 agat Eagle's
Plume-500 to 10 agst Oscar (taken)-50:to 1 agst Tele-
graph-50 to 1 agst Fugleman.
OAKS-5 to 1 agat Do-it-again (taken)-8 to 1 agst
Cymba (taken)-8 to 1 agst Queen of the May (taken)
—8 to 1 agst Sister to Satirist-12 to 1 agat Lady Eliz4-
beth—and 12 to 1 agst Vexation (taken).
MANCHESTER TRADES C11P..-4 to I agst Peep o'Day
Boy (taken)-11 to 1 agst Chanticleer (taken)--12 to 1
agst Lady Wildair (taken)-12 to 1 agat Mrs. Taft
(taken)-13 to 1 agst Brandyface (taken).

BANK OF ENGLAND.
(From last night's Gazette.)
An Account, pursuant to the Act 7th and Bth of Victoria, cap. 32, for
the Week ending on Saturday, the 13th day of May, 1848.
USUB IMPLIMMENT.

4.
Notes i55ued........ 26,364,090

X.
Government debt • • 11,015,100
Other securities •• • • 2,984,900
Gold coin and bullion 10,921,09
Silver bullion .... • • 1,442,391

£26,364,090

26,364,090
M. MARSHALL, Chief Cashier.
Dated the 18th day of May, 1848.
BANKING DEPAZTNBNT.
X.
Proprietors' capital.. 14,553,000
Rest .. ••.•• • • • • • 3,438,576
Pubile deposits (in-
cluding Exchequer,
Commissioners of
National Debt, Sav-
ings-banks, and Di-
vidend accounts). • 3,442,607
Other deposits 9,756,433
Seven day and other
bills •••• • • • • •• • • 1,101,270

Government seenri-

ties (including Dead
Weight Annuity) • • 11,713,630
Other securities • • 11,815,920
Notes .. • • • • • • • 8,036,820
C old and silver coin. j 725,516

£32,291,886

£32,191,886
M. MARSHALL, Chief Cashier.

Dated the 18th day of May, 1818

EXTENSIVE ROBBER? AT SomEnsET HOUSE.--Yes-
terday information was received by the police that one
of the clerks in the Stamp and Tax office, Somerset
!louse, had gone off, stealing between 3001. and 1,000/.
worth of medicine stamps and licenses, the property of
hex Majesty's Government.