The Sun.
London, England, 1861-10-04 00:00:00

ITALY.

The Opinione of Turin states, from Florence,
that Giacomo Castrucci, who has declared himself
to be the murderer of the Pontifical gendarme at
Rome, is still kept in prison, and has been already
examined several times. He has not only persisted
in his declaration, but has adduced much circum-
stantial evidence in support of it. On being asked
why he had not surrendered before, he answered
that he could not, but that he had hoped to be able
to save Locatelli from the scaffold, having been
assured that he was not to be executed before the
29th ult.

A letter from Turin says :—" Mention has been
made of a note on the affairs of Rome drawn up
by Baron Ricasoli and presented to M. Bene-
detti. An article in the Opinione speaks
of this document, and explains in what respect the
propositions made in it were considered too liberal
by the French Government. The object of this
communication is to declare anew to the Italians
that it will be very imprudent to leave the door
open for the intervention of the Catholic Powers in
Italian affairs, by placing the position of the Pope
under their guarantee. An immediate result is not
expected here, and no great importance is attached
to the negotiations which are going on, except as a
means of winning over the public opinion of Europe
to the Italian cause. As to the reception which
the propositions, though so liberal, will obtain from
the Court of Rome no one entertains any illusion.

The news that the chief of the Dutch Cabinet
has succeeded in making the two Chambers of Hol-
land accept his explanations respecting the recog-
nition of Victor Emmanuel as King of Italy has
caused great satisfaction here.

ROME.
A letter from Rome has the following :
" I have received from a reliable source the
following particulars of what passed at Veroli on
the night of the 22d. You are an are that Veroli
is a small town, surrounded with old walls,
situated near the Neapolitan frontier, just beyond
Frosinone. Veroli is occupied by a detachment
of the 19th Regiment of the line, commanded by a
captain, who is especially charged to keep a
watchful eye on what passes in the direction of
Sora. On the 22d the captain was informed that
a convoy would pass that way in the evening with
arms, ammunition, and money sent from Rome to
Chiavone. He therefore ordered a lieutenant to
place an ambuscade of twenty men at a point
which appeared most favourable for intercepting
the convoy. The lieutenant and his men lay quiet
till an hour past midnight, when they heard the
convoy approaching, and would have completely
surrounded it, but for the barking of a dog which
had followed the French soldiers. The Bourbonists,
who were seven in number, discharged their mus-
kets at the French detachment, and then took to
flight. One of the soldiers was shot through the
chest and fell dead. One of 'the brigands fired at
the lieutenant when almost close to him, but fortu-
nately without effect. The French then pursued
the fugitives, but only caught their leader, concealed
behind a hedge. This man was found to be a young
captain of the late Royal army, named Ricci. The
convoy was found to consist of forty muskets and
3,000 fr. in French silver and gold, supposed to have
come direct from the Legitimist committee."