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

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.
Does 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
_ltalian, 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 1 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 all
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. But
Goo 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 effects 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 Plus 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 Piedmontese Gazelle of the 13th announce,
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.

REPORTED CAPTURE OF TREVISO BY
THE AUSTRIANS.

It is stated that Treviso has been carried by the
Austrians under the command of Count NUGENT.
The bombardment of Peschiera is still expected as of
immediate occurrence. The Provisional Government
of Lombardy has determined, by decree, upon calling
on the inhabitants to pronounce upon the question of
an immediate reunion with Piedmont.

The following debate in the Turin Chamber of
Deputies is important, inasmuch as it elicited from
the Minister for Foreign Affairs a declaration that he
had received from M. LAMARTINE a distinct assu-
rance that no French troops should cross the frontier
except upon the demand of the Government of
CHARLES ALBERT.

After the minutes of the last sitting had been read,
and some conversation relative to the contested
elections,
M. Palluel, deputy from Savoy, spoke as follows.--
Before the Chamber proceeds in the examination of its
powers, the deputies of Savoy wish to put some ques-
tions to the Ministry relative to the results which appear
again to threaten their country. They are authorised to
put these questions on account of some articles which
have been inserted in various French journals, an-
nouncing positively that the army of the Alps has re•
ceived orders to pass the frontier, which has also been
confirmed by letters just received from their friends.
These letters testify the great uneasiness which Savoy
experiences at the present time. She was able by her
own heroism, without any other assistance, to escape
from recent perils; but she does not wish to be exposed
to them a second time certainly, although her citizens so
gloriously shed their blood for the Italian cause, which is
also its own. Savoy has the right to ask and to obtain
some security for the protection of its territory, and also
for the political destiny which may be reserved for it in
the future. We ask of the Minister, then, that he will
unreservedly inform us whether he has obtained from the
French Government any definite explanations upon that
subject, and whether he hatt adopted measures for de-
fending Savoy against another attempted invasion. In-
deed, we ask of him whether he is willing openly to de-
clare, in the presence of all the representatives of the
kingdom, that Savoy is as beloved by all the nation as
by our much esteemed King, and that it belongs to his
capital itselti? Only this assurance is wanting to restore
tranquillity to our country, for which it has so much need.
The Minister of Foreign Affairs replied, I am grati-
fied at being enabled to give a satisfactory ar swer to the
Honourable Deputy's question. Some of the public
journals have announced that the French Government
had ordered the army of the Alps to pass over the fron-
tier; that announcement having caused some uneasiness,
I immediately wrote to the French Ambas- odori desiring
him to ask some explanation on this subject from the
Minister of Foreign Affairs. M. de Lamartine "assured
him of the good feelings which existed between the Sar-
dinian and French Governments, anit told him that he
was quite ready to insert in the Illoniteur an official
declaration that the French army would not pass the
frontiers of our kingdom unless it should be requested
to do so by our Government. Therefore, Savoy may be
quite easy and tranquil. We all regard it as the
bulwark of Italy; we cannot separate it; it will
always be one of the provinces dear to us, and
the Government will take every possible care
for its defence and preservation. I can also
assure the Deputies and the whole country that the
greatest amity exists between the Government of France
and that of his Majesty the King of Sardinia. The
French army will never enter our country unless we
desire it ; and, as we shall never desire it, it will conse
quently never enter.
The Minister of Justice—lf the Chamber will permit
ma, I should like to add my testimony to the lepresenta-
tives'of Savoy, by informing them that the King and the
Government are filled with gratitude to the magistra:y.
of Chambery for their admirable conduct on the 4th of
.
nce,
April last. This feeling has already been publicly made letter from
known by the King and Government.A private
the King, and an official letter from the p
gallant Prince,
which have been published, openly attested the sattstac-
tion which they had experienced, but I wished to take.
this opportunity of declaring that the magistracy of
Savoy, by its firm and noble conduct, is entitled to the
gratitude of the King and of the Government, and every-
thing proves that the Government knows how properly
to appreciate the suntiments which Savoy has maw-
fest,d.

M. Ambrois, the Minister of Public
Works, said,
will add but a few words to what has been spoken by in'
colleague,. After the roistiou which had the hon"ur
to fill in Savoy on occasion' of late events, I was able to
itoorm the King of the pattiotic and generous sentiments
of which the inhabitants of Chauibery had given such
splendid pro9fs, and which were participated in by.all.the