The accounts of the week from the Roman States are
so con- flicting as to be almost unintelligible. There seems no doubt that the Italian Government is arresting invaders, that armed parties, native or other, have appeared in four or five places, and that the Papal Zouaves have gained bat one victory, at Bageora. The insurrection seems just strong enough not to be put down, but does not touch Rome Itself, and the precise situation, as far as we are able to ascertain it, is something like this. The Italian Govern- ment observes the Convention, but presses Napoleon to revise it, and admit them up to the gates of Rome. The Emperor, pressed by Rattazzi and his cousin on one side, by the priests and anti- Italian party on the other, hesitates, and has as yet given no final utterance. If he mortally ffends Florence, he loses an ally in war ; if he mortally offends the priests, he may lose the next general election,—and he waits.
