The Sun.
London, England, 1857-04-21 00:00:00

ITALY.

A letter from Piacenza of the 11th, in the Pen-
siero of Oneglia (Piedmont), says At last I
have some news of importance to give you. Sixty
pieces of cannon have arrived from Crema and Pavia.
I do not know whether they are to remain here or
proceed to Bologna, as some say. What is posi-
tive, however, is that Marshal Count Gyulay has
sent orders to put the fortifications which have just
been complcted outside the St. Antonio
gate (to-
wards the Piedmontese frontier) in a state of de-
fence. Two regiments of cavalry, the Regiment
Furstenwerther and the hulans of Count Grum, are
expected here."

MONTENEGRO.
A letter from Cattaro of the 3d, in the Agram
Gazette, gives some fresh details of the progress of
events in Montenegro :—" Two days ago a letter
written in Paris, was read
from Prince Danilo,
publicly from a window of the Senate-house amidst
the firing of cannon and other ceremonies. The
letter announced the safe arrival of the prince in
Paris, and described the favourable reception which
he had met with. The prince deplored the slate
of matters in Montenegro, and pronounced a curse
on his uncle, George Petrovitch, and his family ;
he moreover ordered their banishment and the
confiscation of their property. The letter con-
cluded by saying that the prince would return
in the first fortnight of May. After the reading of
this letter, some officials of the Senate proceeded
to take possession of the property belonging to the
family of George Petrovitch. The Woivode Pevie,
wbo, during the last three years, had filled the
functions of Montenegrin consul at Constantinople,

who was orderea-lome, has arrived here; he is ac-
cused of having defrauded several persons who cln-
Ned Iry ney to hip care, also of having persuaded
several hundreds of his counftymen (an evident ex-
aggeration) to enter the British foreign legion.
In all probability he
_would have been shot, but
owing to the existing crisis, the return of Prince
Danilo will be awaited before any sentence is passed
on him."

SPAM.
The Madrid journals of the 16th have arrived.
A bando of the civil governor had been stuck up in
the exchange, foibiddingany unauthorised persons
to meddle in the functions of stockbrokers, on! ering
that the exchange swill be clear, d immediately on
the closing of the day's operations, prohibiting
transactions in funds in any place except the ex-
change ; and, lastly, declaring the transactions
in mines shall not take place in the part of
the Bourse devoted to the negotiation of pub-
lic funds.. The Sicilian ambassador at Madrid,
whosa death has been announced by tele-
graph, was the Marquis Riario Sforza. The
ceremonies of Holy Week have lx. en celebrated
with extraordinary pomp at Seville, Ba'celona,
Saragossa, Valencia, and all the other great towns
in Spain. At Malaga, a French vessel of war, in
accordance with the custom of the country and
with the permission of the local authorities, fired a
gun every quarter of au hour from Holy Thursdly
to Easter Sunday. The progressists and the mem-
bers of the liberal union were labouring to effect a
coalition. The Government apprehending dis-
turbances at Logrono, Burgos, Vittoria, and in all
Catalonia, bad taken measures of precaution. The
troops destined for Cuba are to be despatched from
Cadiz at the end of th's month.

A letter from Mentz, of the 17th, says :—" The
Prince of Prussia reviewed the troops of the gar-
rison yesterday, on which occasion all the Austriln
officers were presented to his Royal Highness.
The day before yesterday a grand military fête
took place here, to ratify the reconciliation between
the troops. The order for the confinement of the
men to barracks has been revoked, and no incident
has since occurred to disturb the harmony now
existing between the Piussian and Austrian
sokliers.

The Duke of Saxe-Coburg Gotha opened on the
16th the united Diet of the Duchies of Coburg
and Gotha, at the latter place, and in his speech
pointed out the great inconvenience and ill effects
attendant on the separation of the two territories
for the moral and material prosperity of the coun-
try. His Highness in consequence requested the
deputies to unite in the efforts of the Government
o accomplish the complete union of the two duchies.
A latter from Baden, in the Mannheim. Journal,
says :—" It is positively stated that the Govern-
ment of Baden, following the example of Wurtem-
berg, has opened a negotiation with the Court of
Rome, and that a convention will shortly be con-
cluded to regulate the situation of theßoman Catho-
lic Church in the Grand Duchy."