A letter from Bologna, quoted by the Daily News, says
that the Pope had ex- perienced a slight attack of epilepsy, a malady to which he was subject in his youth. Great anxiety was felt at his illness; which is said to have been imme- diately occasioned by the news that his brother Gaetano Mastai had been struck by apoplexy.
Attempts have recently been made at several places in the Roman States- Faenza, Ancona, and Sinigaglia—to get up agitation against the Pope. The Movement is attributed to the machinations of Austrian agents.
Naples is growing liberal. Monsignor Ettsconi, the Legate, at Ancona, had en- tertained the captain and officers of the Neapolitan war-steamer Intrepido at a din- ner; much to the dissatisfaction of the commander of the Austrian squadron. At Naples itself, during the carnival, the King appeared, on the Corso, with his Aide- de-camp, dressed after the Italian fashion of the middle age, and bearing the ban- ner of the Lombardian League.
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