The Sun.
London, England, 1861-08-31 00:00:00

SATURDAY EVENIN6, AUGUST 31,

FST xi- L-4
, 1.14 V I U.

FRANCE AND ROME.

PARIS, AUG. 30, E VENING.

A new pamphlet, entitled The Emperor, Rome,
and the King of Italy, has appeared this morning.
The substance of the pamphlet implies that it is
impossible to see actually at Rome anything else
but a " Coblenz" directed against the King of Italy,
the Emperor of the French, civilisation, progress,
the country, and liberty.
Such a conspiracy cannot be tolerated under the
French flag.
France is about to withdraw her troops, and
the principle of non-intervention will be strictly
maintained. There is not a single guarantee, either
moral or material, which has not been offered by
the Italian Ministers for the independence of the
Sovereign Pontiff.
If the Court of Rome obstinately persists in re-
fusing, an appeal will be made to the Roman people.
The Plebiscite will take place under the eyes of
the French army.
If Victor Emmanuel is called upon to reign, on
the following day the French troops will be relieved
by the Italian troops, and the King of Italy will
publish the accordance agreed upon between him
and the Catholic Powers with a view to the inde-
pendence of the Holy See.
The Pope may then act as he pleases.

PARIS, AUG. 31.

The ~iloniteur of to-day publishes a decree, ex-
tending the provisions of the decree of the 13th of
February, 1861, to woollen pine goods, and those
containing a mixture of cotton, silk, ang. hair.

CONSTANTINOPLE, AUG. 30.

During the late negotiations with Omar Pasha
the Prince of Montenegro demanded the recogni-
tion of his independence, the extension of the Mon-
tenegrin frontier to the river Moratcha, and the
cession of the port of Spitza.

The Porte refused to accede lo these demands.

BERNE, AUG. 31.

The Federal Council has received a note from the
French Government, stating that it considers the
scandalous affair which took place on the frontiers
of the canton of Geneva on Aug. 25 as a violation
of French territory.

The note of the French Government demands
satisfaction on this account, and an indemnity to
be paid to those wounded and arrested on that
occasion.

THE PENINSULAR MAILS.
SOUTHAMPTON, SATURDAY.
The Peninsular and Oriental Company's steamer
Sultan arrived here this morning with the Penin-
sular mails, 46 passengers, £1,218 in specie, and
1,500 packages of cargo.

LISBON, AUG. 27.

Among the passengers by the Sultan, which
sailed today for Southampton, are 12 nuns of the
Convent of Sion House, who return to England,
having purchased an establishment in D3rsetshire.
The sisters carry with them the stone cross which
formerly stood over the gateway of Sion House,
Isleworth, and also several ancient statues which
adorned their original church.
The vines are much improved, and the yield of
wine, it is expected, will be much larger than here-
tofore.

The King has been well received at all the places
he visited on his way to Oporto.

This summer is the hottest on record.

Trade is exceedingly di4l. Money scarce. Ex-
change on London, three rOilltisl spt 53; ; Paris,
530; Amsterdam, 4211 ; 11Jibtrg, 48; Genoa, 528;
Bank of Lisbon Shares, 285 ; Bank of Oporto, 250 ;
Mercantile Bank of Oporto, 258; Three per Cents.
Rentes, 48; Coupons, 48; Deferred, 40.

M. 861.

tese officer, Major Fiore, of the Carabineers, and
another Major of the 46th Infantry, while endea-
vouring to check the ardour of the troops, were
crushed by a falling wall. This is one of the in-
stances in which the disposition of mind of the
Italian soldiers had an opportunity to show itself.
The long taunts about Italian poltroonery have
stung the whole of this population to such an ex-
tent that whenever an opportunity offers all the
men in uniform deem it their duty to rush into
danger with mad impetuosity and contempt of life.
It is to be hoped that discretion will soon become
the best part of their valour. The town is greatly
cast down by this unexpected catastrophe.
A letter from Naples on the 25th, in the Debats,
says :—"The mountains of Matese extend 12 miles
from Piedmonts d'Alife, in the south, to Campo-
basso in the north, and 30 miles from Isernia in
the west, to Benevento in the east. The intended
operations of General Pinelli, with 4,000 regular
soldiers, and 19 battalions of mobilised guards,
will crush the 600 brigands, the remnants of the
bands of Avalino, Benevento, Molise, the Capi-
tanate, and the Terra di Lavoro, which have taken
refuge in the Matese, and going about in groups of
30 or 40 men, have pillaged and burnt several vil-
lages in the mountain, which has recently given
rise to tho fear that brigandage was reviving.
There was reason to apprehend that the brigands
in the Matese, consisting of Bavarians, Pontifical
Zouaves, escaped convicts, and Sicilian sbirri,
might attempt to enter the Papal States by the
mountains in the Terra di Lavern; so, to prevent
this, General Govone has established a cordon of
5,000 men between Sora and Gaeta. The inhabi-
tants of the Matese fight well. In the affair last
week, at Lagopesole, out of our 43 wended, 32
were ex-Bourbonists ; among them is Lieutenant
Delitala. On the Ist Sept. the city of Naples
will take possession of the octroi ; on the Ist
October the entrepot for free importation and ex-
portation will be established in the Dogana Nuova,
and the financial administrations will be installed
in the Palazzo Gravina ; and on the Ist Nov. the
National Bank of Turin will open a branch at
Naples. The crop of corn is good, and if the rice
still remains at 27 carlini, it is because the farmers
hesitate to send their produce to market, because
public security is not yet complete. Maize is deft•
cient. The yield of oil and wine is excellent. For
the last year no money has been coined at the
Zecca of Naples, for want of a new law to regulate
the proportion of alloy, as the Italian money con-
tains only one-tenth of alloy, and the Neapolitan
one-sixth. Measures have been taken to remedy
this defect, owing to which we were threatened
with a monetary crisis."