The Sun.
London, England, 1859-10-21 00:00:00

FRANCE.

PARIS, THURSDAY.
A Council of Ministers, at which the Emperor
presided, was held yesterday at St. Cloud.
This is not a day of news, but there are various
reports of a gloomy description in circulation, some
of them too wild to repeat. Our rumour is that
Neapolitan troops have landed at Ancona. Upon
the -whole the complexion of the news from Italy is
unfavourable. Considerable excitement is said to
prevail in Piedmont on account of the conditions of
the Peace, which have transpired and are consi-
dered very unsatisfactory. The state of the
Duchies is also represented as very alarming, and
it is said that Marshal Vaillant has written to the
Emperor, suggesting their occupation by French
troops, or that a civil waz will shortly break out.
A Paris letter in the Independance of Brussels
again brings forward, with some variation, the
plan spoken of a few weeks back for the settlement
of the Italian Duchies. It says
" The signature of the treaty of peace between
France and Austria is the first step towards the
final consummation of the arrangement. You may
be certain that discussions have taken place for
carrying out the plan which was mentioned some
time br. ck, and vihich now is said to have a better
chance of success than ever, though with some slight
modifications. According to that project the defini-
tive p eaTeuescany and the Duchess of
Parma
Grand
tr
e shally is to stipulate that the
treaty
ee
restored ; likewise, that the Duchy
b of
of
of Parma' shall be divided by drawing a straight
line from Pietra Santa and along the road of
Massa, Carrara, Pontremoli, and Settoloa to Pia-
cenza, all which towns are to go to Piedmont. The
fortifications of Piacenza are to be augmented, so
as to defend the frontier of Piedmont. Austria
wanted to make Piacenza a federal fortress, but
she yielded to the opposition of France. The
Duchess of Parma is to have the Duchy of Modena
and Reggio. The Grand Duke of Tuscany before
entering his States is to promulgate a constitution
which has obtained the assent of the French Go-
vernment, and it is not believed that his return
will excite any serious resistance. This plan, how-
ever, has not yet received the assent of Piedmont,
and that is the principal reason of the visit of Gen.
Dabormida to Paris. As things have taken this
turn, all that the Congress will have to do will be
to put the treaty of peace and these slight terri-
torial modifications under the sanction of Europe.
It is believed also that Menton and Monaco will be
_definitively annexed to Piedmont, and that the
Prince, as an indemnity, will be allowed princely
honours and a dotation from this latter country.
Such are, it is said, the arrangements come to."

A Paris letter, in the Nord of Brussels, says :
" The Sardinian Minister of Foreign Affairs, before
his departure from Turin, received a note from Count
Walewski, delivered by the Prince de Latour
d'Auvergne, and which was a reply to the last me-
morandum of the Piedmontese Government on the
affairs of Central Italy. In the note, Count
Walewski recommended Piedmont to act with
groat prudence, and to avoid furnishing, by too
much ardour, a pretext to the enemies of Pied-
mont to accuse her of acting with a view to ag-
grandisement. The note also expressed a desire
that nothing should be changed in the state of
Central Italy until the great powers should have
come to a decision on the subject. It is in con-
secrzence of this language on the part of the count
that the permanent occupation of Parma by the
Piedmontese troops and the regency of the Prince
de Carignan were postponed."

A second telegraphic despatch from Constanti-
nople states that Fuad-Pacha will probably resign
as well as Aali- Pacha, the Grand Visir. It may
be remembered that these two heads of the Turkish
Ministry had strongly opposed the desire of the
Ambassadors to call Abdul-Mcdjid's attention to
the situation of the empire, and had received the
collective memorandum very coldly. This is
thought likely to be the cause of the retirement of
those two functionaries.