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THE P.

PAL STATES.

The following letter has been received in Paris
from Perugia, in the Papal States, dated Jan. 23 :
"You desired that I should visit the Marshes and
the Legations, to give you a circumstantial account
of public opinion in those places. I determined to
commence my journey by Perugia, public rumour
pretending that serious events had occurred in that
direction. The report was false, nothing remark-
able has taken place here. Perugia is gloomy, and
gives no sign of life. It never was gay, but it
bears a more desolate appearance since the events
of which it was the theatre ; twenty at least of
the first families have left for Florence,
and it is impossible to deny that the majority
of the inhabitants are hostile to the Papal
Government. They are waiting the course of
events, and they are convinced that a revolution is
not distant. Political news is whispered from ear
to ear. Besides authentic news, the most absurd
reports are propagated. The most insignificant
stranger attracts attention, and everybody Wl*
,
b.
he a spy or a revolUtionary agent ? The garris ,
which is composed of 2,000 men, half cp.valrjr
and half infantry, with a park of artillery, ant
on very bad terms with the inhabitants. .k cafe,
formerly the most frequented, having been chosen
by the officers, lost all its other customers. The
inhabitants have not only deserted the theatre,
but they have caused it to be closed. Some
wealthy families subscribed among them as much
as the director of the theatre could expect to
gain by keeping the theatre open, and they gave the
money to him, saying at the same time, now go
away. This is what is called wearing mo •
urning.
The garrison is a mixture of all nations—Swim,

French (even Parisians), Germans, Poles, Spaniards,
Italians, Piedmontese, and Belgians. I might men-
tion a young Venetian nobleman just left this, who
deserted three times. The word of command is
given in French. The discipline is extremely
severe, and the inhabitants, who detest the
soldiers, admit that they have no cause to com-
plain of them. There are no longer any of the
Swiss companies here who captured the town.
General Schmidt, the governor, has just published
a proclamation, announcing that anybody propagat-
ing false news shall be tried by court-martial. The
amusements of the Carnival are to be permitted as
in former years. In fact, the instructions sent
from Rome to the authorities here recommend that
the inhabitants be treated with the greatest mode-
ration, and many transgressions are to be passed
over. Foreigners are not at all tormented by the
police, in fact, there aro scarcely any police.
Strangers are not even asked to show their pass
ports at the frontier on returning from Tuscany,
I have seen with pleasure that travellers' luggage
is examined with perfect politeness, and no hand
is held up to receive money as in other parts of
A letter from Rome, of the 25th says :

" On the receipt of the news of the change o.
Ministry at Turin, the chiefs of the Libera
party resolved to get up a demonstration as an
answer to those recently organised by the cleri-
cal party; and accordingly, in the evening of the
20th, a crowd assembled in the Piazze. Colonna,
where the evening retreat for the French garrison
is sounded. After the first roll of the drums, about
40 men raised a loud cry of Viva Napoleone !' Some
French gendarmes, who had been ordered to prevent
all demonstration, if possible, but not to arrest any
one, told the leader of the band to be silent ; but
the man answered, I cried " Long live Napoleon !"
and I cry again" Long live Napoleon !" ' The drum-
mers and trumpeters having as usual commenced
their march towards the residence of the French
general, the crowd followed, repeating the same
cry. On reaching the Corso, well-dressed people
came in numbers from the different streets, and joined
the crowd in crying again and again Viva Napo-
leone ! Viva la Fratzcia ! Viva Italia ! Viva Vit
tore Etnnzanuele ! A French military band, which
had been playing in the Piazza Colonna, was
made to march rapidly through the crowd, in the
hope of dispersing it, but the multitude followed it
to a considerable distance, raising the same cries;
after which a large number of persons re-assembled
in the Corso, and remained for some time applauding
the French Emperor and France."
The same letter states that in the morning of the
24th the heads of nine religious orders waited on the
Pope and presented him with an address expressing
their devotedness.