The Sun.
London, England, 1858-04-23 00:00:00

SARDINIA.

The following note has been addressed by Count
de Cavour to Count Della Minerva, Sardinian
charge d'affairs at Rome, on the subject of certain
expulsions ordered by the Roman Government :
" The system of expulsion practised on a 1-.rge scale
by the POutifical government—since on the Sardinian
soil the number of subjects txpellod from the Papal States
amounts to several hundreds—cannot but be attended
with the most disastrous consequences. A man ex,lel
n su,picion or for bad conduct is not always
corrupted, or indissolubly connected with revolu-
tionary sect*. When kept in his own country, watched
over, and certain to be punished when such a course
is justly necessary, he may amend his conduct, or at
least would not become a very dangerous character.
Oa the c.intrary, if he is -exiled, becoming irritated aP,
what he consi iers an illegal Inemure, constrained to
live out of honest society,. and frequently without the
means of subsistence, he necessarily puts himself into
c;m nu, icatiou with the favourers f revolutions.
foe c nsecisence is that it is easy f)r these pt-nons
to seduce him over to their party. Thus, ia a
short time, the di-ciple becomes a master hand in conspi-
racy, cod irequen!ly a dangerous character. From this
it may be readily concluded that the syseas fol-
io Ned by the Pontifical Government has for effect
to encourage the recruitment of fresh soldiers fsr
the revolutionary bands. So long as this system
;asti, all the efforts of fsreign Governments to de-
stroy revolutionary associations will be useless, because
as fast as some are sent sorayfrom the dangerous centres,
others arrive from the Roman States. It is to this
system that must be attributed the extraordina'y
vitality of Mazzini's party, and what most contrinutea
to its slrength are the measures adopted by the Ponti-
fical government."

EXTRAORDINAhY CASE OF SWINDLING.

Information has reached the police ( f a daring act of
swindling perpetrated by a woman on several tradesmen
at the west-end. She obtained possession of a furnished
house. No. 14, Radnor-place, Paddington, by represent-
ing it was for Mrs. J. Campbell, to whom she was lady's-
maid, and immediate possession was given to her in
consequence of her urgent statement that she expected
her mistress from the continent almost every hour. On
Wednesday aft moon last, abety, five o'clock, she cared
at &lessee. Bunt and Riskin, jewellere, Bond—treet,
and made % similar represen'ation, requeitiug that a
pantity of brooches, rings, and otberartielee f jewellery,
might be sent te the above address for inspection and
selection b
Hunt and RoAell sent two assistants with the articles,
Y Mrs. Campbell. To make certain, Messrs.
valued at 2,0001., with iestructions chat ore shou'd take
theta into the house, whilst the other remained outs de
to watch the premises, and see that no one left during
the time the other was in the house. On the assistant
knocking at the door, about 9 o'clock thet night, it was
opened by the female in question, who showed him into
the drawing room and requested to be allowed to take
the articles to her mistress up stairs. The assistant de•
clined, but allowed her to take a bracelet valued at
2501. for that purpose. After waiting her return near y
ten minutes his suspicions were aroused, and ou going
to the door he found it was lucked on the outside, He
then went to the window for the purpose of giving an
alarm, when lie found the bar of the shutters was nale t
down, and on examining the room he found that the fire-
irons and every article likely to be useful in regaining
his liberty had been carefully removed from the room.
After much difficulty, in which the assistant broke his
right fire-finger, he contrived to open the shutters and
raise an alnrne when he learnt front his felkw assistant
that he few a female leave the house during the time
he was npstair e but that he had no suspicion of
her, consequently rho was allowed to get off.
The woman, who is supposed to come from
the continent in consequence of her having
had a passport visa/ the day before in the name of
Jose', Succeeded also in obtaining from another trades-
man in Oxford-street, jewellery to the value of 501. by
similar representations. Slie obtained possession of the
house en Monday, and retained the woman who ha.]
charge ( f it in her service till Wednesday, when she dis-
charged her. She also hired a page, and supplied him
with a suit of livery, but about an hour before she ex•
petted the jewellery she sent him to deliver a note at a
dietaece to get him Out of the way. The case is in the
hands of Inspector Whicher, chief of the detectives at
Bo se-stre,t, and there is no doubt that through his
exertions the woman will seedily be captured.