The Sun.
London, England, 1856-10-29 00:00:00

BRITIStI MEN OF WAR AT CIFITA

VEC lA.

ROME, Oct. 23.---The messenger hearing the.
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ultimatum of the British Government to the King
of Naples was expected to arrive at Civita Vecchia
last Sunday morning by the French steamier, and
Captain Clifford left Rome on Saturday
in order to be in time to receive the messenger, ancl;
the despatch announcing the final resolution of hx,_
Bourbonic Majesty, in reply to the intimations 01
the Western Powers. But either the King .hact-.
evening?,
not made up his mind to the momentous decisions
in time, or the cabinet messenger was apprised that
delay would be incurred at Civita Vecchia by the
steamer being subjected to quarantine, on acc9unt
of the cholera being declared to have shown itself
at Malta, for he did not arrive, and the Brit
ishvessels Centaur and Osprey are consequently 8,411
waiting at Civita Vecchia. On receiving the de:3-
sired intelligence the commanders will communi-
cate it to the admiral, who will of course act ac-
cording to the exigency of the case; but after per-
using the very mild passage in the llionateurr
brought to us by this morning's post, we cannot.
expect very energetic measures to be adopted, and
the predictions of the Italians that the whole de-
monstration would end in smoke seems most likely
to be realised.
The diligence from Frosinone to Rome was pur-
suing the even tenour of its way on Monday nwrni
ing, about daybreak, in the neighbourhccd„
Yalmontone, when the postilion suddenly Pli u„
up his horses, to prevent their being thrown Irv";
by a rope which had been tightly stretched acrcs,,
the road with an evidently malicious purpose. TVI',
gendarmes seated in the front of the vehicle go.,
down to assist in removing the obstacle, but wh
so engaged they had to sustain a volley from tile.
brigade in ambush, which wounded one of the gin
darmes severely in the shoulder, besides blowrg
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off three of his fingers. The other gendarme or:
mediately fired his musket, and is presumed to
have wounded one of the robbers, for they forth:with decamped, probably not expecting any role,
ante. One of the horses was struck with a
but the postilion and passengers escaped withal'.
damage, and the diligence proceeded to 17.%
m ontone, woere the wounded gendarme Was
it le'
was feared in a dying state.
The curate of San Lorenzo, in Lunit
having been arrested for smuggling a 1c1.5,"
case of female wearing apparel and millinery fi'°:
Florence into Rome, under cover a a lascia
or permission for free entry, has encountered
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roll force of the Pope's indignation not so Innen
it. appears, on account of the heinousness of t'''
offence, merely viewed as smuggling, although that
is not decorous iu a priest, as on account °t,
an act little short of perjury by which it was
companied. The Custom-house officers, Win:
obtained information of the contents of the eat'
expressed their suspicions to the curate and
quired whether ha really had anything liable tc.
duty, as the bearer of a lascia passare must alWaYf
affirm on his honour that he has not any such art'.
Iles. The curate affirming that he had none, t.h:
officers requested him to put it into writing, virt,
the priest had the effrontery to do, with the subs
quent mortification of seeing the ase opened an
the forbidden finery exposed to public gLare„,
Father Papi has been deprived of his curacy, sue"--a
of his rank as general of a monastic order, 1,13.1
shut up in a place of confinement for ecclesiastic'
offenders.
Meanwhile the Custom-house authorities 11
redoubled their vigilance, and regard every 13°t1'0,
coat, whether belonging to priests or pretty v'
men, with most jealous suspicion.