The Sun.
London, England, 1848-11-11 00:00:00

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LONDON, SATVRDAY, NOVEMBER 11, 1145.

Lombardy has again risen to conquer Italian inde-
pendence since we had, last an opportunity of com-
menting upon the position of affairs in the Roman
peninsula. It was scarcely possible that the capital of
Austria should revolt against the treacheries of the
Imperial Government without such an occurrence
galvanizing the importunate Italians into a new de-
monstration. The difficulties which latterly had
begun to accumulate upon the councils of FERDI-
NAND, requiring him to concentrate all his attention
upon the preservation of his authority in the very
heart of his enormous dominions, afforded the people
at its more remote extremities a propitious occasion
for a rising. While all the vigilance of Austrian
statesmanship, and all the resources of Austrian arms
were required to be impinged and amassed at the centre,
it was inevitable that there would be a loosening of
both at the circumference. And the more inevitable
was this consequence of the Viennese revolution upon
the southern millions of Lombardy from the fact that
MIDETZKY'S arrey was in a great measure composed
of regiments of the Hungarians—men ripe for mutiny
against the sway of Germany, and predisposed for a
thousand reasons to sympathi,e in the popular move-
ment of the peninsula. What might have been anti-
cipated actually occurred. No sooner had the in-
telligence of the great outbreak of the Viennese, to-
wards the commencement of October, crossed the
pinnaces of the Carpathian Alps, than the whole soul
of Lombardy leaped with a responsive exultation.
The flight of the EMPEROR to 011mutz was
the signal for a systematic insurrection, and the
insubordination of the Magyar soldiers under
the banners of RADETZ&T only confirmed
the resolution and exalted the aspirations of the
Italian patriots. A profound scheme was contrived
by which the flames of revolution should spread with
the greatest rapidity in those quarters where the
enemy was least capable of extinguishing them under
the tread of their battalions. Every conceivable pre-
caution was taken to prevent an
accidental discom-
fiture. Every means was
adopted to inflame the
patriotism of the population. Every preparation
enthusiasm
was
made to prosecute the undertaking w
immediately upon the first outburst, sad hy
i that
evidence of foresight to ensure the ultwima.texterumph
was e
of the new revolution. The ground avated,
the mine was dug, the explosive materials were
collected together—there was only wanting the spark
which was to ignite the gunpowder, the stamp of the
foot which was to be echoed by a tremendous politi-
cal detonation throughout Lombardy.
At last the signal was given, the first brand was
lighted, the awaited sound WAS audible among the
mountains which border upon Switzerland. The
voice of Mazzim called upon the men of Lombardy to
arise against their oppressors, and his electric elo-
quence was answered by the manifesto of GA RI•
BiLDI. The effect of the summons was soon visible
among the lakes and ravines of the northern provinces.
Como was soon in a blaze of insurrection ; the revolt
spread to Bergamo, and afterwards to Sondrio ; it
traversed the valleys of Upper Seriono, of Intelvi,
of Torlezze, and of Cemonica. Chiavenna was
captured by the insurgents ; Cie Austrians
ere defeated at Pallozago ; the movement resulted
in a simultaneous outbreak at Argegoo ; and the
triumphant army of liberation, order the command of
the brave and patriotic veteran General GUGLISLMO
PEPE, had soon driven back the German soldiers as
far even as the battlements of Padua. Such up to
our latest dispatches o m the Roman peninsula was
the result of the revolution newly germinated aenong
the inhabitants of the different pr winces of Loin
barely. If indicative of roaring else, it is a token of
the retribution which will sooner or later descend
upon the diabolical and blood-stained councils of a
criminal dynasty and a ruthless government. It is a
premonition of the vengeance awaiting the EMPXROR
who still grasps his sceptre with a hand almost un-
nerved by terror and remorse, and a testimony that