The civil war in Switzerland goes forward, with much clatter,
and many discordant statements of progress, but without any new event of importance since the capture of Friburg. Meanwhile, it has become certain that the Great Powers—one if not two of which had long been busy fomenters of the strife—will inter- pose as pacificatory.
In Italy, a minor movement is important as a symptom of the general feeling. Tuscany is negotiating the reannexation of Pontremoli to the Lucchese territory; Pontremoli is threatened by Modenese troops ; Tuscany remonstrates against summary disposal of its negotiations, asks, and obtains, leave from King Charles Albert to send troops across the Sardinian territory into Pontre- moli. The request and the consent mark very strongly the de- gree to which a national feeling against Austria has advanced in Italy.
