The tumult in the Papal States, which Cardinal SPINOLA said
he had suppressed on the 26th of August, continued on the 8th of September. Meanwhile, the Italian Governments somewhat suc- cessfully carry on their endeavours to suppress the facts : letters from those quarters reach this country making no mention whatever of disturbances; for it is necessary to secure the transmission of letters to their destination that they should not touch upon matters that would suggest interception. Nevertheless, rumours and sup- positions do ooze out. The Cologne Gazette ascribes the insur- rection to the constant refusal of the Pontifical Government to make concessions due to public opinion ; a cause that might readily be assigned without direct assertion of it from Italy—without the significant silence of English letters—without knowing that revolu- tionary proclamations are distributed in Rome : and also without any other explanation, much might be guessed from the fact that the Journal of the Two Sicilies announces that all is quiet in the Neapolitan dominions, while the amusements of a festival in the Capital are curtailed, ceremonies are performed under strong military guard, and arrests are made in anticipation of disturbances.
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