The Sun. — 1862-08-21 (London, England)

MICHAEL TO FALL ETJS,SELL.  " Belgrade, June 29 (July 9), 1862. " My Lord,—The Government of her Majesty the Queen is aware of the violence and aggression of which the Servian people have recently been the victim. At a time when my officials were making every possible effort to maintain orcler and ensure the public tranquillity, a bombardment, without example in history, in defiance of ali laws human and Divine, without any warning, without oven any motive, as has been agreed by the consular body, threw terror into the population, and transformed the capital of my country, the centre of the commerce and wealth of all Skasvia, into a decricd and ruined town. The fruit of so much labour, the fortunes of thousands of families have bean destroyed and lost; a city hitherto prosperous has been driven backwards 20 years, and God alone knows how and when it will be possible to repair this great evil which has conic upon us in the midst of profound peace, when, and under the guarantee of the European powers, we thought ourselves in " True, my lord, to all the laws of good faith, I did not hesitate to repress thenatural enthusiasm of my people for their brethren of the Herzegovina and of Bosnia, and even to make sacrifices trying to my feelings (douloureux a mon occur) with the sole object of failing in no respect in my duty of loyalty to the suzerain, and of preventing ulterior complications and disasters. perofenettbseecfirtihtyu treaties  PR1CN..........4d. STAMPED ....sd.  last brigand shot, the Issteactionn i driven from the country. Napoleon bit' his lips but there was nothing for him to do but swallow' and grin, when lo! now forward comes Garibaldi, and in his train revolution and Mazzini, the Red' Republic and Heaven knows what b. sides ; and, if that were not enough: the craven Italian Government sues for mercy, and hurries to the throne of its mighty ally, urging that the big child, Italy, is calling out for the moon; that the moon it must have, or it will smash all the windows and set fire to the curtains ! " Hoe erat in roll's" Napoleon may say. " The nurse has lost all control upon the fractious child ; a schoolmaster and ferule must be provided for it. The Italian Government are no longer masters of the situation. The work for which they have showed themselves unfit must be done for them."  It is well, I think, that not only Italy, but Europe also, should look seriously upon the present state of affairs in Italy. Napoleon, I always believed, meditated the occupation of Southern Italy, and is now very near the accomplishment of his long-cherished design. Should the present crisis pass without any such catastrophe, Italy will be safe to all eternity. If the child can go unscathed through the Garibaldi fever, as it has gat over the brigand measloa, and ao rattily othpr infnnfirn complaints, his chances of full growth are the very best. The rumour of Garibaldi's landing in Calabria is again gaining ground to-day with sufficient consistency. The supreme moment has come. Dio protegga l' Italia !"  " In acting thus, my lord, I was very far from thinkiug that the ruin of the town of Belgrade and the lamentable consequences which result from it, would be the recompense of such conduct,  " I beg your lordship to judge yourself whether it is possible for Servia to resign herself to so desperate a:fate. Can the Government of her Majesty the Queen leave the country a prey to con tinual terror, at the mercy of the most simple accident, or even of pure chance ? Can it, above all, undo the work of humanity and civilisation which it has, up to the present time, in common with other powers, guaranteed and encouraged in Servia ?  A letter from Turin, dated August 17, says : I have told you that a priest and pretended demagogue was arrested in Naples ; that a letter directed to Cardinal Antonelli was found upon him, and that he attempted to commit suicide in prison. I now send you the letter : " Eminentissinao Signor Cardinale,—lt is of little importance to the happy issue of the business I propose to you, in the interest of the church of Italy, that I should set forth the motives which have determined me to use the very great influence I possess in the party of action for the purpose of making that party the unconscious instrument of a crisis which will carry us once more into the ways of right and order, to be re-established on the bases traced by the treaty of Villafranca. Briefly, then, to arrive at these results, the only ones which can reconcile the interests of the present situation with the past, and those of the Church with the exigences of progressive civilisation, I proceed to lay my plan before your Eminence, telling you frankly that if it be not speedily accepted religion and the country will be lost together. It is expedient to stimulate republican passions against Piedmontism. A revolution in this sense is ripe in Naples. Let  "1 should fear to trespass too long on your attention, my lord, in submitting to your consideration all that I have to say on this important subject. The government of her Majesty the Queen also, is acquainted with my claims. I confine myself, therefore, here to a special appeal to the kindness of your lordship in favour of my just complaints, and to a prayer, through your mediation, to the government of her Majesty not to leave Servia in this extreme danger without her powerful assistance. The secarity, the peace, and the happiness of a million inhabitants depend for their safety upon the arrangements that the government of Great Britain is called upon to make, in common with the Sublime Porte and the guaranteeing powers, for preserving Servia and the general peace of the Ottoman Empire from such catastrophes.  " In earnestly begging your lordship to give your powerful support to the cause of my country, I pray you, &c.,  the friends of the past make a show of supporting it energetically. It is expedient to let the revolutionary torrent widen and overflow in the act of laying hands on the French ; this will frighten Napoleon, and he will be forced to change his policy, and resolve in earnest that the treaty of Villafranca shall be a reality. The mode of applying the conditions of that treaty to the exigencies of the present time, and according to the modified situation of the several Italian States, will be matter for future discussion; for the present, what is necessary is to give a helping hand to the disorder which is to bring back order.  (Signed)  " M. W.