Italy.

New Zealand Spectator and Cook's Strait Guardian, Volume VI, Issue 498, 11 May 1850, Page 3

Italy.

Tbe period of the Pope's return to his capital is still uncertain, A letter from Rome, of tbe 4th instant, states ;—; — " Ad impression has been produced at Portici that a coup d'etat is to take place at Paris, and until tbe colour of that movement is known it is considered more prudent for his Holiness to remain in his prevent secure position ; should events in France lead to the ascendancy of the Republican party, the condition of the Pope at Rome in the hands of an army obedient to its discipline, and resolved to obey the Minister of War, be he white, tricolour, or red, would be more than uncomfortable ; and, so far as I can learn, his best friends now advise him to wait a little longer. I know that the Pope was prepared and was most anxious to make his triumphant entry into Rome on the anniversary of his flight, and that the three conditions be had insisted on, as I have already advised you, had been conceded ; but the change of the Cabinet at Paris, and the removal of tbe men in whost personal honour Pio Nono had confidence, have naturally made him hesitate, and I cannot learn that the mission of M. Baraguay d'Hillien has -tended to improve his state of mind." It was understood that the Cardinal Triumvirate bad finally answered the diplomatists, who interfered in favour of Dr. Achilli, that the law must take its course in his case. The charges relative to the alleged assassination of a nun at Viterbo are abandoned, but the Doctor is to be be put upon his trial, being a Roman subject, as a "recreant priest, a disseminator of religious books prohibited by law, with a generaLaccusation of leading an immoral life," A^Turin paper announces,

on the faith of a correspondent, that the Colleges of Jesuits at Fewara, Forli, and Faenzaj have been re-opened, and that those of Tivoli and Loretto will soon follow. The fortress of Spoleto, according to this account, is foil of political prisoners, A few of the Roman nobility had returned to their palaces, but Rome is represented as dull beyond example. Out of the 30,000 strangers who usually are seen at this season, not 3,000 had arrived. Amongst th~ returns are the Princes Corsini and Doria. The former was a member of the supreme junta, established after the flight of the Pope, and therefore one of those excluded from the amnesty. The police authorities sent to remonstrate with him upon the audacity of his return to Rome, but their objections were at once silenced by the sight of a. small document which the veteran Prince exhibited, containing, in the Pope's handwriting, a brief but plain authorisation for him to remain unmolested in the capital. Prince Doria had a d&agrdment of another kind to encounter on his arrival in Rome — nothing less than finding the principal apartments in his palace, the suite usually inhabited by his own family, in the occupation of General Niel, who, however, protested his readiness to evacuate, provided the Prince gave him another suite instead. Although the Doria palace is very extensive, no other apartments could ba agreed upon by the two contracting parties, so that tbe General quietly remained where he was, and the Prince drove off to a hotel. The municipality allow the French officers a monthly sum as lodging money ; this rule does not apply to general officers, who require to be lodged in palaces suitable to their rank, and who occupy the best apartments as their lawful right. The Spanish troops had commenced their returu. This expedition, which did nothing, has cost the impoverished treasury of Spain nearly £2,000,000. The military power in the Roman States is now divided between Francs and Austria. The King of Piedmont, by a decree of the sth, has established a direction of the crown lands of Sardinia in each of the three capital towns of the Islands, viz., at Cagliari, Sassri, and Nuove. We read in the Constituzionale ol Florence that sixty two refugees had arrived at Leghorn on the 4tb, on board the French steamer Antiope intending to claim the benefit of the amnesty. The Duke and Duchess of Parma arrived at Piacenza on the sth. Letters from Venice state that the fortifications at Verona are proceeding with great activity. No hopes are entertained of saving the free port of "Venice ; it is even believed the arsenal will be transported to Pola. Taxes are so heavy that several communes of the Venetian territory have proposed the dismissal of all their employes except the clerk, and the suppression of all expenses of charity.

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