ITALY.

Colonist, Volume III, Issue 270, 22 May 1860, Page 4

ITALY.

j A correspondent o^ Uift : meiatipns a curious adJitipn to the 'procession on one of the. days of the Carriivalat Rome—vi,z.>the public executioner.. "He received ordeirat 4 o'clock to getinto a carriage aud proceed to the Porta Pia. I hire transcribe an official document, which-will -not be disputed;—' Declaration of; •Giovanni Batista Bogatti, executioner at Rome, residing in.the Borgo St.,, Angelo, No. 120.-r» On . Saturday last, Feb. l&at 4 p.m> tw^ officers of the. Pontifical polioe, oneof whom ia personally known : to ma, and named Andreani, called on me in a carriage and compelled me to get into it, declaring that they .were acting in Uie name of the Pope and the superintendent of police. I was; taken by them to. the,Porta Pia.' On my arrival there, -I wai ordered by them .to get down an;d walk ; about with,therrest. I obeyed.r-Rome, Feb. 21,: I860.?; Nations! of the Latin race have in generali a'pirofdund aversion for functionaries of thi? Bbrfc" At Rome the horror inspired by ; the* ex^cujtibner pa«ie^ all ,^e«jsriptipa,'^ The pppulati6n^a??i^a^state of, *:&iw&i :Mignation.| ; :s%, letteriyfemiTu^in, itt'tße Qpnim Rationale contaius.the following j :; ■in 1 ttja'r^Wltalyi in numbers i?e^rly aifgreat Genba^ry *dayi tod nearly all are persons diatingftiß^^d tw their superior talents and social

position. With respect to the question of'annexation for Central Italy, a person of whose veracity J have no doubt assures us that it is the intention of a great majority of the Eomagnese to turn Protestants rather than fall again nnder the government of the Pope in any form whatever. A letter from Verona, of February 23, thus speaks of the warlike preparations now goiDg forwardin Austrian Italy:— Austria is preparing for war, and the colossal proportion.of her preparations lead to the belief that she expects a formidable contest. For more than a week past steamers have arrived at Venice with enormous cargoeß of munition, which has been immediately sent on to Padua which, it appears, will be the basis of the strategic operations. All along the line of rail from Dolo to Padua are to be seen rifled cannon of recent fabrication. There are enough of them, it is said, to mount about 20 batteries They are field pieces, but some few are heavy ordnance for breaching; both were cast in the arsenals of Vienna, where the works are carried on night and day. Here we are still digging and repairing the moats around the old fortifications. They have just plaoed the new rifled bronze guns, and removed the iron siege guns. They we building a fort at Paron; and strengtheningl those recently finished at Montorson, and near the church of the Madonna di Cam-, pagoa. At Pescbiera they are working in all hnste~ on the construction of batteries on the Malusina < aide, on that of San VergHio, and of Gisano. Provisions are being stored up in the forts; they have even gone to* Milan and purchased corn and forage for the Austrian army. We believe that the agents of some important houses in our oity have been to Milan for no other reason. Our towns are deserts; you must know that better than ourselves. Arrests and perquisitions continue. " Great excitement," saya a despatch from Borne, " prevails in the Marches. Tri-oolored flags have been hoisted nightly at Viterbo. It is asserted that the Papal government is preparing a note accusing Piedmontese agents of exciting the inhabitants. Revolutionary agents have induced the inhabitants to give up smoking and taking part in the lottery." .