The Sun.
London, England, 1868-04-03 00:00:00

ITALY.

ROME, April 2.

A deputation of Milanese citizens have presented
an address to the Pope expressivg their devotion,
and thanking his Holiness for the elevation of their
fellow-citizen, Monsignor Borroniesto, to the Car-
dinalate.

The Osservatore Romano contradicts the recent
disquieting rumours relative to the health of the
Pope. His Holiness, says that paper, is in the en-
joyment of excellent health.
A telegram from Naples, dated Ist April, states
that no confirmation has been received of the re-
ported loss of the yacht Lalla Rookh, Gardner,
owner, which left Malta on the 19th March.
Passengers from Tunis are now admitted here,
the restrictions to the contrary having been
annulled.

MALTA.

VALETTA, April 2.

The Simoom, troopship, has arrived here in five
days from Alexandria, with 208 naval and military
invalids from the expeditionary forces in Abyssinia.
She leaves to-morrow for Portsmouth. The schooner
Blue Bell, Stevenson, owner, from Syracuse, has to
be docked owing to damage sustained from ground.
ing at Patania.

AUSTRIA.

VIENNA, April 3.

In the Lower House of the Reichsrath yesterday
the general debate upon tho bill treating of the re-
lations between different religious sects in Austria
was concluded.

The Minister of Public Instruction explained the
policy of the Government, and said :—" Society
may be Catholic, but the State cannot be Catholic
if it wishes to be just to all its citizens. The
Church must never be lowered into becoming a
tool for the purposes of foreign policy, as the
clerical party advise."

The special debate upon the bill will take place
to-morrow.

THE WAR IN THE RIVER PLATE.
Rio DE JANEIRO, March 9.

The following is a detailed account of the suc-
cesses gained by the Allies over the Paraguayans :
On the 17th February three monitors passed
Curupaity, and on the 19th six ironclads succeeded
in forcing the passage of Humaita. The ships
were much battered, but none lost ; 10 men were
wounded. On the same day the Marquis de Caxias
stormed a work north of Humaita, taking 15 can-
non and a quantity of stores. The loss on each side
was about 660 men. On the 21st three ironclads
steamed on to Assompcion, and found that place
and all river towns abandoned. A corps of 11,000
men was about to march thither.
A revolution broke out at Montevideo on the
19th February, caused by a rising of the Blanco
party under Berro. General Flores was murdered,
receiving eleven stabs. Manoel Flores and twenty
of his friends died suddenly, and were supposed to
have been poisoned. Reprisals were made by the
population and the troops that remained faithful to i
the Gel einment. Berro, the leader of the revolu-;
tion, was shot, and order restored. Gen. Battle was
elected President, and all was quiet when the mail
left.

La Plata was tranquil, and the cholera had dis
appeared from Brazil.

Great rejoicings took place in Rio on the 11th
March in celebration of the news from the seat of
war. The Minister for Foreign Affairs was dead.
Alagoas had been pacified.

The following is the Brazilian account of the ope
rations at the theatre of war :

" On the 19th February six Brazilian armour-
plated ships forced the passage of Humaita, which
was defended by 180 pieces of artillery. Three
ships remained before Tagi, which was occupied by
the Brazilians ; the others ascended the river
as far as Assompcion, which they found had been
evacuated.

"On the same day Marshal de Caxias, with 6,000
men, carried at the point of the bayonet a redoubt
situated to the north of Humaita, capturing 15
cannon. The losses in killed, wounded, and pri-
soners amounted to 1,600 men."

AMERICA.
(By Atlantic Telegraph.)
THE IMPEACHMENT TRIAL.

WASHINGTON, April 2.

The Impeachment Managers produced witnesses
to-day before the Senate Court to prove that Presi-
dent Johnson had tried to remove Mr. Stanton from
the post of Secretary of War without the consent
of the Senate; and also documentary evidence, that
the President had issued a Commission in conformity
with the Tenure-of-Office Act, as a proof that he
admitted the validity of that law.