The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1847-08-21

now certain happen what may, His Holiness Is all right
He q thorough going reformer, sound to the core.
Prudent withal. and ciroumspect but firm ~ . rock
There Is now every for hope and the smallest
possible ground for fear We still IL true, among
the breakers and surrounded with shoals and sunken
rocks but We have pilot at the helm OF consummsts
sl, whose guidance we confidently rest our hopes
You may rscolsct that explained in my last some Of
the many difficulties with which His Holiness has TO
contend In al: measures Of progressive reform He has
he against him large majority had almost said the
whole Of the conclsvs Of cardinals TO whom very
word reform L. bugbear. These backed up by the
Prussia Austria Is especially active Besides this
AL the departments Of the administration still
who to opposed to the present Pope aud leave
no means unried to throw his purposes and frus
ns hs o1Sd not a. some Of your
found 1t difficult to nnd persons Of his way Of
thinking competent to fill the high Offices Of state
Even Cardinal Gixzi, on whose presumed liberality
great hopes founded failed In the great mission
and betrayed Secretary Of State all tendencies OF
the retrograde and reastionary party
grand festival appointed to take place at Rome
on the 18th July, to commemorate the amnesty which
WAS published on that day In the Preceding year An
the papa States and large popular asssmblsges would
Of course be collected shortly before this OBJ
tained circulation and credit, (and In fact well
ounded to the effect that the reactonary party nclu
ding almost all the cardinals and the agents Of Austria
nad secretly resolved to bring about popular dis
turbsnceR TO afford pretext Austria to inter-
fere by armed force In the legations to repress such
approached,
gained consistency and on the 18th was suddenly an
bounced that atrocous conspiracy had been detect
ed, the object Of which, nothing less than repro
duction Of the Siclian Vespers and OF the
people. The celebration Of the 18th the time ap-
pointed for the execution OF this plot Hired agents
Austria to be dispersed among the crowd, where
the military should be drawn preserve order These
agents were some to feign assault on the troops,
while others cry that the popuace were GO
ing to assassinate the soldiers The soldiers then
to BIZ commanded by the officers, (msny of whom
In the ploD to charge the people and the saugh
IN bod nf taN
from the as by the conspators to be armed with
poignards, and to assist in the massacre.
All this discovered by of the people called
Ciosrouacha who has lately rendered himself
On the circumstances being made known petit
tion was drawn up and signed by all the leaders Of
the liberal party, including great number Of the
Roman nobility, praying the Pope to postpone the cele
bration OF the proposed festival which Immediate
ly done. Meanwhile the alarm spreading and increas
Ing and no one feeling his life for moment secure, 1t
was decided TO call out the national guard This body
wss mot n,d 70
Immediately ordered Its members to be supplied with
arms and ammunition and instantly as II by enchant
ment, body OF ten thousand armed men appeared In
the Couso in their otzens Dress which they
their belts and cArtouoh boxes. They headed by
citizens and patross establshed throughout the
city The lower apartments Of the palaces OF the Ro
man mobiles were given up for guard rooms
In the midst Of this confusion Cardinal Ferreti the
new secretary OF State arrived, well known liberal,
whom the pope has lately chosen to replace Cardinal
Gizzi His eminence met at the gates by the pso
pie who took the horses from his carriage drew him
amidst aoclamations of enthusiasm to his palace. His
first act displayed the rmness and spirit with which
is likely to animated 1t Was TO dismiss the Able
GIasse,ni, the Governor Of Rome whose retrograde
principles were well known, and who more than sus
pected Of being party to the alleged reactiouary plot
sistng only OF lines The Abb6 Grasreln Is dis
the city two hoursn The Able took fight to
Naples escaping with difficulty the fury Of the incensed
That the proposed plot originated with Austria few
here doubt AS proof that che cognizant Of it, We
have the fact that her troops crossed the frontier OF
Lombsrdy entered the paps states and occupied Fer
rara on the day the plot expected TO be- execu
tod Mt Rome and great their aston-hmen to lind
things 80 different from what they expected.
Now you will lind this conspiracy denied and disavow-
I'd by the of the despotic courts and doubt
also by French Journals which support the Guizot
cabinet and by the tory Journals OF London am not
able TO supply you with positive proof Of its existence
although 1t Is sad that papers have been found ut the
houses OF the chief cosspirators which prove it, At all
events tho universal belief of 1t be questioned
since that belief has been the of
proceedings Of which Rome has been tho theatre for the
last week.
must conclude In my next hope shall have
events to relate which will give JOY 10 every liberal In
every part Of the world. s.s.
Switzerland.
BrRSE, 25th July lsi7.
EDITOR OF rHE New YoRR HERALD
Since the date ofmy last letter have progressed
in Switzerland and the dissensions by which the
dsrstion is distracted have very nearly crisis
gress is to the states has assembled entered serious
y the discussion Of the vital question Of the sundsr-
bnnd There s however, difference between the work
ing OF our copederacy and yours You leave consider
able liberty OF action to Congress. We leave Our
Delegates are cent TO the Diet with specific Instructions
how they are to vote each question: which 1t Is known
will be brought under dscuson and IL any questions
arise winch they received such
then they obliged to refer the Cantonal author
ties for public ana specific directions Thus our dele
gates are merely the mouth pieces by which the several
q fnna a Nprasg fhsIrv
The first important question which before the
Diet whether or not the Catholic Cantons
which have eaued together to support which
opposed by the other fifteen Cantons should be al
lowed form separate and independent league which,
In fact, they have done-this little league within the
great league being called the Sunderland This would
be just your slave States having interests ndepen
dent of the others should form little Union having
its Congress-, Its army and ts laws indie
pendent or and in opposition to- the great Con-
gress and Legislature ut Washington. This question
being brought TO the vote majority Of thirteen Can
voted for the immediate dissolution Of the sunder-
bund On this the deputies of the Cantons Of the Sun
derbund presented formal protest against the resolu
ton OF the Diet Ia which it minated that the
Cantons of the Sunderland would obey decision
Upon this the Diet passed another resolution declaring
that all military employees Of the federal who
should the Of the Sunderland should be
Immediately cashiered and considered TO be In of
instruction mutny. This resolution, which was OF
practical character than the first however
necessary corolary to IL.
At ths time am writing this is the state of things
There Is pause TO see what will really ensue. Mean
while, the seven Cantons of this league making &C.
tive preparations for resistance to any manifestation of
evinced force. Arms and ammunition in considerable
quantities imported and every taken neces-
sary the organ zation Of military force.
The politics OF the separate league such to on.
list the sympathes OF the northern and eastern States
Of Europe, To which, by strange Inconsistency France
has united her influence Those Of the Diet are ore
in harmony with tree and constitutional
and accordingly countenanced by England. Dplo,
has much influence in Switzerland it IA 10
be feared that collision may be provoked In order to
obtain excuse for foreign Intervention In that
Austria Russia, Prussia, and France would prob bly,
unite In making such demonstration a would enec-
tuay repr,ss democratic tendencies mt present
yelo, ed In the majority OF the Cantons or this how
ever, we say nothing certain at present shall,
probably be able TO give you some more definite nfor
nation by the next mail.
Austrian sllesia.
CaArySarrC lin Austrian Silesial.