The Sun.
London, England, 1860-10-05 00:00:00

THE STATE OF ROME.

"To prevent the corps-francs and the Pied-
montese approaching Rome on the Tivoli side M.
Merode has ordered an arch of the bridge at Lu-
cano, over the Aniene, to be pulled down. He then
ordered the small corps which had defended the
bridge to withdraw, and sent it to Frosinone.
These measures arouse indignation among all men of
commonse sense, because from Tivoli Rome may be
reached by a hundred different roads of the Roman
Campagna without passing the bridge of Lucano.
The preparations for resistance which are being
made at Velletri and Frosinone excite the Piedmon-
tese to march on those provinces, and the Pontifical
Government will then lose more men and materiel.
" It was reported that a corps of Royal Neapoli-
tan troops had entered the States of the Church, but
it was simply a detachment of 300 men sent as far
as Frosinone to e3cort some mountain pieces which
Francis 11. has sent to Pius IX. They will cer-
tainly fall into the hands of the Piedmontese.
" Some millions of francs are expected from
Spain. The Papal exchequer is empty, and he must
depend upon the faithful.
" All the Piedmontese commissaries, sub-commis-
saries, and councillors appointed in Umbria are
Romans, who had fled or had been banished from
Rome recently by the Papal Government.
"Duke Sforza Cesarini, who was an artist before
he was a Duke, has been appointed Commissary
at Rieti, by the Marquis Pepoli.
" Monsignor Caputa, of the Order of the Domi-
nicans, has published a solemn declaration of ad-
hesion to the Government of Garibaldi.
" M. de Gramont has just had a long conference
with Cardinal Antonelli. M.-de Corcelles has arrived
at Rome.

" SEPT. 27, EVENING

"It appears that the idea of making a stand
at Velletri has been abandoned. The destruction
of an arch of the bridge of Gregoriana at Tivo
was prevented by the people.

" SEPT. 29

" The Pope held a secret consistory yesterday
morning, in which he nominated 11 bishops, and
made an allocution, the substance of which lam not
yet transpired. (Vide telegram.)
" The French Ainbassador, after leaving Cardinal
Antonelli yesterday, had an audience of the Pope.
The Ambassador communicated to his Holiness the
reply of the Emperor to the notes of which M.
Cadore was the bearer. The reply is to the intent
that the Emperor would not allow Rome to be occu-
pied by either Garibaldi or the Sardinians ; that the
French garrison should be reinforced ; and that the
Emperor was willing to propose a Congress to settle
the Italian Question.

"Of the provinces which remain to the Pope,
Rome and Comarca have 326,504 inhabitants
Civita Vecchia, 20,704 ; Velletri, 62,013 ; and Frosi-
none, 153,569 ; a total of 560,867 inhabitants.
" The Piedmontese have deprived him of the
Marches, Umbria, and the province of Viterbo.
The population of the Marches is 924,055, of
Umbria 472,639, and of Viterbo 129,372 inhabi-
tants. Thus 1,526,019 inhabitants have been with-
drawn from the temporal sway of the Pope.
" The revolutionary party are convinced that the
Piedmontese will enter Rome, and have prepared
large quantities of tricoloured cockades and flags.
They have even ordered a statue of Victor Em-
manuel.

" SEPT. 29, 10 P.M

" The French Ambassador has had another audi-
ence of the Holy Father, and handed him a despatch
from his Government. I believe the news from
Paris has led to a modification of the Pope's allocu-
tion.

"Detachments of Papal and French gendarmes
have left this morning for Ponte•Mamolo and
Ponte-Salara. The greatest distance is five miles
from Rome.

"A revolutionary movement is announced a'
Subiaco, Riofredde, and Arsoli."
The And de la Religion has the following:—

"We have received the text of the allocution
pronounced by the Holy Father in the Consistory
of the 28th September. Our number of this day's
date, which contained that document, Was going to
press when an intervention of the Minister of the
Interior placed us under the necessity of stopping
its publication."

A communication from Rome says :—" A great
sensation has lately been caused here by the arrest
of M. Berardi, brother of the prelate, who is Secre-
tary to the Cardinal Antonelli. Between the pre-
late and his brother the greatest affection existed,
and the former, thinking that the latter was like
himself devoted to the Pope, communicated to him
State secrets and diplomatic correspondence ; but
the brother, either from his convictions being dif-
ferent, or from having been bribed, communicated
(it is alleged) to Garibaldi and the Piedmontese
Cabinet all that he knew likely to interest them.
It was from what he said that the Sardinian. Cabinet
learned, among other things, the plans of General
de Lamoriciere, one of which was to effect a junc-
tion with the Neapolitan troops. The Pope was
informed of his treason by the French Court, and
he personally gave orders to Mgr. de Merode to
have the younger Berardi arrested and prosecuted.
Mgr. Berardi threw himself at the Pope's feet to
implore his brother's pardon, but his Holiness was
inflexible."

A letter from Rome, dated the 27th of Septem-
ber, says :--
"The situation is becoming daily more serious.
The revolution is at Monterosi, in the Comarca, 25
miles only from Rome, on the road to Viterbo.
"The whole of Sabine has proclaimed Victor
Emmanuel. Tivoli itself, which is 18 miles from
Rome, is Anxious to overthrow the Papal Ctoyern-

ment. There remain to the Pope the provinces of who are officers, shall be allowed their own orderly. Officers
Rome, Civita Vecchia, Frosinone, and Velletri, and
and men are de facto comprised in this capitulation.
the two latter will shortly be occupied by Sardinian Art. 9.—The troops comprised in this capitulation, shall,
it ntd they be definitively sent home, receive the following
troops. daily pay : General officers, 10f.; superiorofficers, sf. ; cap .
" There is a great outcry at Rome against M. de thins, lieutenants, and sub-lieutenants, 3f. ; the troops a
Merode, because he still thinks of resisting in the ration of victuals daily, besides 20 centimes to non-commis-
provinces of Velletri and Frosinone, despite the sioAncrdt. olffio.c—erlsv,
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defeat of Lamoriciere's army. He has obtained a
forces, the chief of the military
rescript from the Holy Father by which all the
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and al ces,
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gendarmes are placed at the disposal of the Minis-
military corps or office, Ancona,
shall
deliver
have in hand, as shown by their books. upthe
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ter of War, and he immediately ordered a portion
of them to Velletri. This act led to a protest on the public treasury which may latterly have been irregularly
part oflVlonsignore Matteucci,who declared he could introduced into Ancona shall likewise be delivered up.
not keep order at Rome without gendarmes. Some Signed in duplicate at the head-quarters of the Sardinian
army at Villa Favorita under Castro, on the 29th Septem-
of the officers have tendered their resignation, and
ber, 1860.
the men are dissatisfied.

Chev. L. MAITRI, 1. Pontifical Commis-
Marg. LEPRI, goners.
Maj. DE SONNAZ, Sardinian Commis-
Choy. BERTOLE VIALE, ) sioners.