The Sun.
London, England, 1859-08-17 00:00:00

THE WEATHER.-SUN OFFICE, AUGUST 17.

THERMOMETER, IN THE SHADE.
70—highest since noon yesterday.
60—lowest this morning and during the night.
67—this day at noon.

BAROMETER-30.20.
WIND, Westerly; light, with dull weather. It rained
heavily in the night, and this morning.

HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE.
THIS Day.—Morning, 3h. 58m.—Afternoon, 4h. 12m.
To-Moßaow-Morning, 4h. 26m.—Afternoon, 4h. 41m.

THE SUN.

WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 17, 1859.

The fetes of Paris are now over. They have been
conducted in a style of imperial splendour,
popular sympathy, good-humour, and self-
devotion, reflecting credit, and even honour, on all.
We only wish that the actors in those brilliant
scenes could have looked back on the fair but sad
plains of Italy, and feel that they had accomplished
all they had proposed. The Austrian snake is
scotched, but not killed. Still, if we may believe
the correspondent of the Morning Post, who is sup-
posed to receive his inspiration from an imperial
source, there may yet be hope left for Italian freedom,
but to what amount time only can prove. That gentle-
man writes—" I hear the French Government has
addressed a despatch to the Cabinets of the
great Powers, in which it is declared France
will not assist the self-exiled Princes of Italy
to return to their dominions by force, nor per-
mit Austria or any other Power to afford
them- military aid for so doing. Yesterday the
Moniteur said—' The Emperor having decided that
for the present an army of 50,000 men should be
kept in Lombardy, his Majesty has appointed the
3d division of the Ist, 3d, and 4th corps, and the
whole of the sth corps, to form this army.' The
uncertain state of Central Italy, and the continuance
of so many Austrian troops on a war footing in
Venetia, caused the Emperor to order the above-
named troops to remain in Italy. The King of
SARDINIA had pointed out to NAPOLEON 111. the
necessity of maintaining a French force in Italy
until his own army was thoroughly organised
and considerably augmented. The news from
Central Italy is satisfactory. Parma, Modena,
and Tuscany are perfectly tranquil. The Pro-
visional Governments work admirably. The
National Guard of Florence entered upon its duties
for the first time on the 7th, having been equipped
and organised in a few weeks. Tuscan Envoys
have again left for Paris and London. The Provi-
sional Government of Parma has decreed a volun-
tary loan of 2,400,000 f., at 5 per cent., to be called
the Parmese loan of 1859."

Again, under date of last evening, he says—
" Before the close of the week the EMPEROR will
have left Paris in order to 'pass the close of the
summer in comparative retirement. No doubt his
Majesty will be glad to get away from the Italian
Envoys, official and -officious, who are continually
seeking audiences and making representations about
the affairs of Central Italy. NAPOLEON 111. must
still fell the difficult position in which the pease of
Villafranca has placed all parties. He with the
Emperor of AUSTRIA has agreed to the restoration of
the Princes of the Duchies, and the people have
decreed or are still decreeing the expulsion for ever
of their late really Austrian rulers. What is to be
.done ? The French Government having failed,
through its Special Envoy, Count de REISET, to per-
suade the people of Tuscany, Modena, and Parma, to
invite their Sovereigns back from Vienna and the
Austrian camp, to govern them even with any amount
of fair promises, the Imperial Government of this
country is said to be employed more particularly in.
ersuading King VICTOR EMMANUEL not to accept
the annexation vote of the people of Tuscany, the
Boman_ provinces, Modena and Parma, where it is
Petty. nearly certain that the people to a man
will ask to be placed under the protection
and incorporated in constitutional Piedmont."
And whynot? The heartburning of the
_ltalians was kept in a perpetual commo-
tion by the perfidy and savage revenge of
the Austrians for the outbreak of 1848, and though
pe.ace and good will were
Proclaimed in appear-
tyranny and ingratitude were
ance, the grossest
con tinually being practiced till the day of retribu-
tiori arrived. It were, indeed, idle for Austria to
hope' that she can ever regain her lost Power of
misrule in Italy. But there's a secret danger
f
it may not be so easy
impen eing which for the
Italians to surmount. They are counselled by
NAPOLEON nat to amalgamate with Piedmont, and
yet they pray for that united blessing as an assur-
ance of their iiadependence, as well as of their or-
ganised fraternity' and strength.
Our readers may recollect that some time back
we asked what kept Prince NAPOLEON SO long in
Florence with so large an army, when his presence
was much wanted on ;the left bank of the Po ? Did
he tarry to win goldon opinions of the good Tus-
cans, and endeavour to feel their pulse as the
chance of better acquaintance in future time ? We
much fear that something of that regal hereafter
was at the bottom of his thoughts. And can that
consummation be the secret spring that actuates
the EMPEROR, for he will not permit the exiled
tyrants to return, nor ea-en allow Austria to help
them. What then, ? Is the Italian war over, or is

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