The Sun.
London, England, 1869-04-06 00:00:00

OBITUARY.

The following deaths are announced :—The Earl
of Cloncurry, an Irish Conservative peer, who has
died at the age of 5:, and is succeeded by his son,
Captain Lawless, who is 29 years old ; the Lady
Georgiana Cecil, third daughter of the Marquis of
Exeter, and who has died from congestion of the
brain in her 10th year; the Hon. and Rev. Dighy
Walsh, second son of Lord Ormathwaite (better
known as Sir John 'Walsh), and who has died sud-
denly of scarlet fever at Trowbridge, where he was a
News announces also the death of Dr.
Hynes, Bishop
curate ; Mr. Jackson, the publisher, who has died
at 08. The Daily
of Demerara. No such dignitary
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af
loi rG tuNivaennat.y -seven years been the Bishop of
appears in the list of our colonial clergy. Dr. Austin
whereof Demerara is the capital. 1

FOREIGN NOTES.
REPUBLICAN ninuarls /N ITALT.
All doubt as to the attitude of the Republicans in Italy
is now set at rest. That the recent disturbances at
Ancona, ,Terni, and elsewhere were instigated by Mazzini
and his colleagues is disputed; but it is quite certain that
the Republican leaders did not stake much upon these
outbreaks, and that their preparations for more serious
attempts are still going on. Our Rome correspondent
says that the accounts from the north of Italy are very
disturbing. "A continued communication is kept up be-
tween Lugano, the headquarters of Mazzini, and the other
cities. The movement is understood to be fixed for the
autumn, so as to give time for a similar Republican organi-
sation to take place in Spain, and also to consider and take
into account the bearing of the French elections, which
are expected to be favourable to the Left. In any case
everything is being prepared here for another and far
more formidable attack on Rome,
and the little Papal army
is kept in constant drill and is now admirably armed."
The Etendard confirms this information. Making all
allowances for exaggeration, it is impossible not to perceive
that the intrigues of the Mazzinian Committees are being
carried on amongst the troops of Victor Emmanuel. The
non-commissioned officers of several regiments have been
found in possession of revolutionary proclamations. The
explanation they have
given cannot be deemed satin.
factory.

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Our Rome c)rrespondent sends a very favourable bulletin
of the Pope's health. His Holiness assisted at the usual
celebrations during Rely Week. On Saturday he was
much exhausted
worn out by the fatigue of the week. But on Raster
and spoke very feebly, being evidently
Monday he was looking well and had perfectly recovered.
His Holiness assisted at all the succeeding ceremonies, his
clear voice chanting the invocation to the patron saints
with wonderful freshness and vigour. Immense crowds
were present at these magnificent spectacles. On Easter
Monday the number could not be less than 150,C00.

AGITATION IN PORTUGAL.
If by any chance a bill reducing the number of the
House of Commons by one-third were to pass into law,
what would be the result? The contemplation of such a
proceeding enables us to realise the fierce discontent now
agitating Portugal. The King has signed a decree largely
reducing the numbers of the Chamber of Deputies. The
agitation consequent upon this step has been so
violent that many leading political personages, including
the Marquis of Vallada, have implored the King to
revoke his decree. Ire has not yet decided to do so ; and
the electoral committee are preparing to add to the pres-
sure by organising a procession which is to proceed en
masse to the King's palace to obtain an answer. The Cor-
responlencia of Madrid represents the state of affairs to
be very grave indeed.