The Press.
London, England, 1856-08-16 00:00:00

ITALY.

An article in the Correspondence Itaiienne of the
6th, bearing the stamp of Ministerial authority, upon
the question of sequestrated properties in Lombardy
of Sardinian subjects, is significant of the probable
course of action of the Sardinian Government in its

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principal cause of complaint against that of Austria.
The following are the principal points of the

article :

We are far from knowing the intentions of the Vienna
Cabinet. Its conduct in this affair has been so far out of
ordinary justice, and even of common sense, that it is
impossible to forsee what measures Baron Bach may adopt
at the end of the year.

But, supposing the Government of Vienna really wishes
to execute the last law on the s€questrations, which it took
so much pains not to make known to the public, can it he
believed at Turin that the Government of the King will
content itself with some protest after the fashion of the
memorandum of General Dabormida? What truth is
there in the rumour that the Sardinian Cabinet is prepar-
ing to answer this new attack of the Austrian Government
by making reprisals ?
The Cabinets of London and Paris—Lord Palmerston
and the Emperor Napoleon—know beforehand what will
be the conduct of Piedmont in case of the sale of the pro.
perties of Sardinian subjects. It is possible that the most
serious complications may result from it, but the responsi•
bility must rest with those who provoked them, for Pied-
mont has done all it can on its side to avoid them.

The project for a subscription to present the Sar-
dinian Government with one hundred pieces of ord-
nance for the fortifications of Alessandria has been
received in other parts of Italy with enthusiasm.
The Opinione expresses itself on this subject as
follows :

This subscription is a manifestation against the slavery
of Italy ; it is a means of revealing how universally the in-
dependence of Italy is prayed for.

The Pitdmontese Gazette, the official journal,
says :

The country seizes with anxiety every opportunity of
showing its devotedness to those principles of indepen-
dence and dignity which influence the policy of the King's
Government.

The following letter from Garibaldi to the Mori-
stento at Genoa upon the fate of the Ceceruacchio
has caused a great sensation throughout Italy .

Genoa, Aug. 6.
Sir,—From the hour of my leaving Rome (in 1849), to
this day, I had flattered myself that Ceceruacchio and his
sons had found a refuge in some gorge of the Apennines.
I have this day acquired the paintul conviction that the
gallant Roman was shot at La Contarina, near the mouth
of the Po, by Austrian soldiers, under the command of an
officer of the Imperial family. The victims were seven
in number: Ceceruacchio, his two sons (one nineteen, the
other thirteen years of age); a young priest, Ramorino
Stefano, Parodi, Lorenzo, a captain in the Italian legion
at Monte Video, and two others, whose names I have not
been informed of. I request of your courtesy to demand,
in the name of society, an account of these individuals, to
the authors of this crime. This is of the greatest im-
portance to the families of the deceased. It may at the
same time be kept in mind that none of the Austrian pri-
soners taken at Luino or in the Romagna were put to
death. It should be remarked that Ceceruacchio, his
younger son, and Ramorino, though they accompanied me
in my retreat, have never borne arms.—With respect,
yours, GASIBiLDI.

The Opittione observes that the letter discloses
two enormities—first, the assassination of seven
persons ; secondly, the care with which it was con-
cealed, in order to asperse the memory of the de•
ceased, or to increase the anguish of their families,
who until the publication of the above were in utter
ignorance of their fate.
The state of Naples is very unsettled. The walls
of the town are constantly placarded with Liberal
proclamations, calling upon the nation to unite, and
to persevere in their efforts to obtain liberty, and
alluding to the army as likely, before long, to
achieve " a noble page in history." There have been
several minor acts of mutiny in the different
Neapolitan regiments lately.
The Pope has appointed Don Flavio Chigi, Papal
Nuncio at Munich, to represent the Roman Court at
the coronation of the Emperor Alexander.