ITALY.

Colonist, Volume III, Issue 308, 2 October 1860, Page 3

ITALY.

A very interesting letter from Tun'n-thu^j e*ks of the movement which is at .present'agitating so profoundly the national life of Italy :—"-''. " Half the youth of the towns are underarmsyoung boys of 12 or 13 break their parent's hearts by declaring themselves irrevocably bent on becoming soldiers. There are 14 Universities, and at bast 4 four times as many Lyceums, in the JNorth Italian Kingdom, and all of them are virtually close, for nearly all the students, and many of the professors are under arms. Those scholars whom matuie age unfits for warlike purposes either sit m parliament or go out to Palermo to lend a hand to the Provisional Italian Government. They are everywhere organising themselves info commit teess, instituting clubs, or circoli, and other political associations, inundating the country with an evanescent but not inefficient press. There is an universal migration ana transmigration. 'Venetiaand the Marches pour into the and Lorn hardy, while the freed provinces muster up volunteers for. Sicily." I The following letter from Rome, dated the' 7th I July, contains accounts of the exploits of the Irish Brigade in the service of the Pope :— A serious disturbance took place a hxv days since at the.barracks of the Irish soldiers,' in consequence of a discussion as to who were the best Catholics. When an armed force Was sent to restore order, some of them threw the furniture out of the windows. Until they, are prop, rly drilled the Irish will give a great deal of trouble, and they will not submit to be commanded by any but Irish officers. One Irishman has been sentenced to death by; C ourt-martial,but the Pope would not allow the sentence to be executed. Naples, July 20.—A detachment of the royal guard having endeavored to force the national guard to cry out " Down with the Constitution," the latter resisted the attempt. The King has, it is stated, promised that the royal guaid shall-'be immediately dissolved. The instructions which M. Mann and M, Winspeare, the Neapolitan Envoys at-Turin, have received from King Francis 11., "are said to consist in the three following points.:—l. To set forth the programme of the coiic- ss.'ons which the King pledges himself to make, while reserving his, at least nominar, sovereignty over Sicily. 2. To sound the disposition of the Sardinian Cabinet. And 3. To lay down the basis of an alliance with Piedmont. A cowardly and brutal attack was made on Baren Bremer, as he was driving through the Toledo, by two men armed wiih sticks, who placed themselves one en the right and the other on the left side of the carriage. One man attacked the coachman, who was protected in some de-ree by the lace round his hat; the other miscreant first dealt a blow with a view to remove the barons hat, and then dealt another blow on the forehead, causing the effusion of much blood. Great sympathy was evinced for the baron, who, not to speak of his political character,1 is a man of most popular and agreeable manners, and crowds; went the next day to write their names in his book. I have spoken of indications of resentment against the police, expressive of a deep inextinguishable hatred of that body of miscreants, but it was not until the morning of the 27th that the feeling burst forth in its1 strength; but when it did it carried everything before him, and all the commissaires were attacked one after the other, the furniture turned out and burnt1 as well as the' official papers, and the windows broken. Alas for those unfortunate sbirri who were found! • Many were soundly beaten. Two, I am told, were killed. The chiefs of the body managed to escape as Mannetti, Morbillo, Camp.igni, and many others, who have been scourges of these poor Neapolitans for many a year. . . • . On the evening of'the following day I made a round.of the capital; in the Toledo there- was an immense.concoui>e, and a great mixture, many of the crowd being such only as tur'nu on' extraordinary occasions ; wild "looking fellows', with their sleeves turned up above their elbows, jostled the galan-tuomo ; and'the frequent begga: asked for aims at every step, and-almost as his right. Ragged gamins darted like eels among the crowd selling the Constituzione, or the Neio Ministry. A scavenger had carried his basket of dirt before him with an infinitesimally small fricblored flag stuck on the top of it, and from his broad grin, enjoyed the joke as much as any one: and so passing through the Toledo I arrived at the police station of Mont Calvario. On the doors on either side were written these words—" Morte'di Sbirri!" " Chiusa per causa di morte !" There was a strong body of soldiers and gendarmes, and sentinels stood at the corner of every street and alley. Bare-armed Lnzzaroni were talking with the officers over the affair of the morning, and women joined with them in rejoicing at the " holla cosa" they had done. "What protection do you give us to-night?'said some gentlemen who had come tJ inquire. "" Don't be afraid/ exclaimed the Lazzaroni, "we hare only to do with those 'eanaglia,' and they are nil dead." The piazza in front of the police station was strewed with fragments of burnt police papers, and the whole ground showed marks of the recent fire. At the station of San Giuseppe and elsewhere the signs of the morning bacchanal were the same. • The night passed quiet in the care of the military, who' were stationed in every part of the city. The morning is always comparatively quiet. :