The Paris correspondent of the Times reports, in a similar
tone, on the state of affairs. He' says- " The latest and moat accredited report respecting the settlement of the affairs of Italy is that the Grand Duke Ferdinand: will regain his throne, not by forcible means, but by an appeal to univentalsuffrage, accompanied by the grant of a constitution and by a general amnesty ; that the Duchess of Parma will have Modena, and that Parma will remain annexed to Pied- monts As regards the Legations, people say nothing;. or as little as possible, for they see well that there is the chief dfficulty. Extensive reforms are urgent, say some, and must be obtained; but how to obtain them in pre- sence of the steady, passive resistapce of the Papal Government is a question none can answer. On the other hand after the height to which thensho ee have been raised, it is not a small measure of reform that would satisfy.... Romagnoli—nor anything, probably, that was Mort at their complete de- liverance from the detested government of priests. L observe that some of their warmest and most sanguine partisans. here seam to have given up hopes of their being emancipated from Papal rule."'
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