The Sun.
London, England, 1859-04-29 00:00:00

LATEST NEWS.

REVOLUTION

TUSCANY.

VIENNA, APRIL 28, NooN.
A revolution broke out at Florence yesterday.
The Grand Ducal family fled. ,
No official news has as yet been received here
hat the Austrian army has crossed the Ticino.
3 P.M.

The revolutionary movement in Florence is a

military one.
An insurrection has taken place in Massa and

Carrara.
The Provisional Government intends to pro-
claim the union of those countries with Sardinia.

A telegram, dated Turin, Wednesday evening,
27th inst., says—
We learn from Florence that the superior officers
of the Tuscan army went in a deputation to the
Grand Duke to ask him to conclude an alliance
with Piedmont,

The tricolour flag was hoisted on the tower of the
Palazzo Vecchio.
The Grand Duke consulted Prince Corsini.

He replied that the indisputable condition of the
alliance was the abdication of the Sovereign. The
Grand Duke, after explaining the state of affairs to
the diplomatic body, declared that he could not
accept the condition, and that he preferred leaving
with his family.
News received later in the evening, announces
that Victor Emmanuel has been proclaimed Die.
tator for the Duchy of Tuscany during the war.

We (Morning _Herald) have received a telegraphic
despatch from Turkey, to the effect that a Russian
army of 60,000 men have crossed the Dneiper,
thereby threatening the Galician frontier of
Austria.

PARIS, APRIL 29.
The Moniteur of this day contains the following

,clegrams

FLORENCE, April 27.—The Grand Duke of '
Tuscany called together the diplomatic corps to-day,
and announced to them that, having charged the
Marquis Lajatico with the formation of a new
Cabinet, that nobleman and his friends had de-
manded the Duke's abdication, and that not wishing
to abdicate, and being deserted by his troops, he
had resolved upon quitting Tuscany with his
family. During the whop day the soldiers and
populace have been running about the town sing-
ing patriotic airs and shouting—Viva Italia !
Viva Tranvia ! but public order has not been dis-
turbed. This evening at 6 o'clock the Grand Duke
left for Bologna, attended by an escort of honour.
The provisional Government is temporarily com-
posekof MM. Permuzzi, Sanzani, and Malenchini.
General Ulloa, who will take the command of the
troops, is expected to-morrow.
GENOA, April 27.—News from Spezzia state that
disorders have broken out in the Duchies. At Massa
the political prisoners have been set free. Tele-
graphic communication is interrupted between
Carrara and Modena.

The Moniteur also says : A Council was held
yesterday under the presidency of the Emperor, at
which the Empress, the Princes Jerome and Na•
poleon, the Ministers, and the Presidents of the
Senate, the Corps Legislatif, and the Council of
State were present.
The Constitutionnel publishes a note, signed by
its principal editor, A. Renee, which speaks of the
proposed mediation of England, and says :—We
know not whether the assertion of the Times, that
France has refused this mediation, be correct. It
will be observed, continues the note, that the me-
diation concerns a great number of Powers, that it
would be somewhat irregular, and that being made
by England alone, it would be a species of affront
to Prussia and Russia. The question of the day is
of too stormy a nature to be treated effectually by
a semi-official Plenipotentiary and an Austrian
Minister.

TURIN, THURSDAY EVENING, April 28.
The Austrians have made no attack up to the

present.

The following telegrams were received at Mr.
Reuter's office, April 28 :--
VIENNA, FRIDAY, APRIL 29, 9 a.m.

The official Oesterreichische:Correspondenz of this
day publishes an article detailing all the facts by
-which the machinations of the Piedmontese Govern-
ment, supported by France, have been unveiled.
The Correspondent then goes on to communicate
the fact of the departure of the Grand Duke of
Tuscany for Bologna, his army having fraternised
with the revolutionists. The article also states
that the population of Massa and Carrara has re-
volted and established a provisional Government.
In conclusion, the article says that Austria must,
therefore, draw the sword, in order to maintain
European order.

TRIESTE, APRIL 28.

An announcement of the managers of the Southern
Railway states that the stoppage of goods traffic
still continues, an►d especially that the carriage of
goods from the north southwards will not for a
considerable time be undertaken.

A prohibition against the exportation of corn is

imminent.

PRUSSIA.

BERLIN, APRIL 28.

In the sitting of the Chamber of Deputies to-day
the Minister for Foreign Affairs made a statement
on the subject of the present political crisis. The
following is a summary :

" Recent occurrences are very threatening. The
differences between Austria on the one side, and
Sardinia and France on the other, have reached
a point at which the outbreak of war may. be
momentarily expected. England has made a last
endeavour at mediation, but the hope of her success
is extremely small. In this position of uncer-
tainty no communication of any measures which
either of the opposing parties may have taken has
come to the knowledge of Government. The
placing of three corps d'armee of the Prussian army
on a war-footing and in readiness for war has also
been resolved upon by the Federal Diet. Besides
our own safety, we must keep in view the safety
of Germany, the more so because another great
German Power is on the brink of war. But the
present condition of warlike preparation which the
Federal Diet has sanctioned is purely of the same
nature as the Confederation itself, that is to say,
essentially defensive, and With this object Prussia,
in concert with her German federal associates, is
armed on all sides. Above all things she adheres
to the principle that the interest of Germany is
also the interest of Prussia."