The Sun.
London, England, 1856-05-17 00:00:00

ITALY.

A letter from Rome of the 10th, in the Univers,
says Orders have been given to resume re-
cruiting.for the two foreign regiments in the service
of the Holy See, and to increase the effective of
the native troops. The two foreign regiments at
present consist of from 4,500 to 5,000 men. One
of the battalions is in garrison at Rome, and every-
body admits that its discipline leaves nothing to
be desired. When instead of 5,000 men 10,000
or 12,000, presenting the same guarantees, shall
have been united under the standard of the Holy
See, the question on which the Congress of Paris
fixed its attention will be very nearly solved, and
then the withdrawal of the French troops from
Rome and of the Austrian from the legations may
be thought of. Tne Government of the Holy
Father has greater interest than any one in seeing
this evacuation promptly realised, and the anxiety
it displays to take advantage of the first chances
which the re-establishment of peace offers to com-
plete its armed force is the best proof of its inten-
tions o❑ this subject. The commission charged to
perpetuate the souvenir of the accident of the 12th
April last has resolved that the room in which the
accident occurred shall be ornamented with
three frescoes--one representing the Pope ad-
dressing the pupils of the Propaganda in the
catacombs of St. Alexander ; the second, the fall-
ing in of the floor, and all the details of the drama
which ensued ; and the third, the chanting of a
Te Dcunt by the Holy Father in the church of St.
Agnes for his providential escape. The fete of the
Ascension has been celebrated at St. John of Late-
ran with the accustomed pomp, and in presence of
a vast number of the faithful. The blessing urbi
et orbi given there is perhaps more effective than at
St. Peter's. An innumerable multitude filled the
square and the environs, and French troops were,
on duty during the ceremony."

SPAIN.
The Madrid journals of the 14th have reached
us. New arrests had taken place at Valencia, and
it was considered necessary to have the streets pa-
trolled at night ; but the Gazette declares that
there is no danger of any further disturbances
taking place. A telegraphic despatch in the
Gazette announces that the Duke de la Victoria
arrived at Ttidela. in Navarre iu the afternoon of
the 10th, and was reaeivnl With enthusiasm. The
floating debt, which on the Ist April amounted to
572,824,639 reals, had fallen to 565,106,360 reals
on the Ist of May. The King of Holland had re-
mitted various Dutch decorations to Spanish au-
thorities for having shown attention to his sou,
the Prince of Orange, in a visit which he made to
Spain last year. The committee on the bases of
the law on the press had, it was said, determined to
propose to the Cortes to reconsider their determi-
nation to the effect that offences of the press shall
be punished with imprisonment as well as fine ; it
is of opinion that fines alone ought to be adopted.

The Presse d' Orient gives the following details of
• the dreadful act of burning to death at Maraseh the
agent of the gnglish Government and his fam ly :
—" The name of this unfortunate man was Guar-
mani. The English array had established in
various places in the interior agents to purchase
horses and mules. At Marasch, in the province of
Adona, M.Guarmani, an Italian, had been appointed.
This gentleman was brother to one of the agents on
the coast of Syria of the M,-)ssageries Imperial es. M.
Guarmani lived quietly with his family and several
servants, one of whom was a Mussulman. He
employed several persons as sub-agents, and one of
these had received from him a sum of 4,000 pias-
tres to pay for some mu'es purchased at a little
distance, and to bring them back. Several days
having passed without the Turk having exe-
cuted his mission, M. Guarmani sought him
out, and demanded the money. The Turk denied
that he had received it, and M. Guarmani sum-
moned him before the cadi, who gave the suit against
the complainant. M. Guarmani, being exceed-
ingly irritated at such a decision, used some warm
language to the cacti, who ordered him to be seized
and bastinadoed. That, however, could not be
executed, for M. Guarmani rushed out of the
court, and hurried to his own house, where he
barricaded himself in. The populace, being
urged on by the cadi, pursued him and endea-
voured to force in the door of the house. M.
Guarmini, however, having his wife and chil-
dren to defend, held firm, and all the attempts
of the populace proved vain. But the latter, find-
ing every other means ineffectual, determined to
set fire to the house. This they (lid by heaping
wood and other combustible matters around it, and
then, when the unfortunate family attempted to
escape, they used sticks and stones to prevent them,
and actually kept M. Guarmani and his family
within the fire until they were all burned to death.
No doubt is entertained that Lord Stratford de
Redcliffe will insist on the most ample satisfaction
for this frightful crime."