The Press.
London, England, 1856-11-15 00:00:00

THE PRESS.

Piedmontese territory. The Count is a well-known
Liberal, and is precisely one of these Milanese nobles,
now a naturalised Sardinian, whose estates have been
placed under sequestration. During his absence his
son, Count Guido Borromeo, did the honours to her
Imperial Majesty, and during the excursion to Isola
Bella and Isola Madre, she expressed equal delight
at the gorgeous scenery of the Italian lake, and the
marked attention that was paid her. From Arona
to Genoa and Nice, the journey of the Empress was
R perfect ovation, and the nobles, following the
example of the King Victor Emmanuel, were eager
to proffer every :possible attention.
Guerrazzi and Mignogna are both at Turin. The
first irreparably injured the Italian cause in Tus-
cany by his rabid republicanism ; but the latter, who
has just escaped from a Neapolitan dungeon, is of a
more sober and rational temper, and the Neapolitan
and Sicilian exiles are preparing a banquet in his
honour. One of those shameful examples of brutal
criminality not uncommon to Red Republicanism
has entirely occupied public attention during the
last few days. M. Gallenga, a member of the Pied-
monteso Chambers, published at London in the
English language a history of Piedmont. He sub-
sequently translated the work into Italian with
copious notes. Among other occurrences, be re-
lated that a young enthusiast, in 1834, assuming the
name of Mariotti, determined to assassinate the
King Carlo Alberto, and had many conferences with
Mazzini on the subject. Money and a passport were
furnished him, and he was treated at Turin by the
friends of the triumvir with the respect and honour
usually accorded to such bandit heroes. When the
day of assassination:arrived, some unforeseen change
in the plans (..f the King caused a failure, and
Mariotti escaped the title and the fate of a devoted
patriot and martyr, according to Red Republican
phraseology. An expression of disapproval attracted
the notice of a pseudo assassin and Republican, well
acquainted with the facts, and he wrote a letter in
the Italia e Popolo, accompanied also by another
from Mazzini, admitting the truth of the story, and
declaring Gallenga to be no other than the identical
Mariotti, the intended assassin of Charles Albert. It
was naturally expected that Gallenga would indig
nantly repudiate the foul aspersion. Quite the re-
verse. He published a short letter in the Risorgi-
mento, acknowledging the crime, resigned his seat in
the Sardinian Chambers, and returned the Cross of
St. Maurice and Lazarus to the King. The most
painful part of the affair is the high moral tone with
which Mazzini invests the gu►lt and the profession of
the assassin. " Wilt thou do murder ?" " Yea," answers
the Red Republican Mazzini. "Be it so," tremu-
lously enunciates the expi►ing voice of Waiter Savage
Landor. Eheu! Ellen !

General Broglia speaks in glowing terms of his
reception at Moscow and St. Petersburg ; and the
Marchese Sauli, the future Minister of the Court of
Russia, will not be less favorably treated for convey.
ing the assurance that on the question of the Danu-
bian principalities Sardinia will give its vote to
Russia. This is another complication springing
from the Whig alliance of England with Austria.
Monsignor Moreno, Bishop of Ivrea, will probably
be unable to hold his diocese much longer, for
having privately performed the marriage ceremony
of the Princess Elizabeth of Saxony, the widow of
the Duke of Genoa, with the Chevalier Rappallo.
The bishop, who has a personal dislike to the King,
was the confidant of the Princess, and, like a true
son of Rome, lent himself to the intrigue, in order
to spite his Majesty.
The departure of Baron Brenier from Naples was
of a mixed character. The whole of the Via Toledo
was lined with police and troops in expectation of
tumult. Everything passed off quietly.
A proclamation in the name of the King, and
emanating from the Minister of Police, calls
upon all public functionaries to use their utmost
efforts to prevent the French and English subjects
resident at Naples from being pillaged and mat.
treated, and, in case of robbery and battery, to afford
them every assistance.

Another placard appeared in the name of the Com-
mittee of Resistance, composed of Mazza' Morbilli,
Merenda, Campana, and Alessandro Albano. It
calls upon the loyal and royalist lazzaroni to stand
by their beloved King, and to fight unto death for
"nostro assoluto padrone." _

C. A. H.

THE TOWN OF CANDU, in the island of that name,
was almost entirely destroyed by the recent earth-
quake in the Mediterranean. Not fifty houses re-
main standing, and upwards of S(X) bodies have
already been dug out of the ruins. Five villages in
the neighbourhood have absolutely disappeared.
THE EMPEROR ALEXANDER, WO read in the
Journal de St. Petersbourg of the 4th, having gra•
ciously accepted the verses in the English language
addressed to him by Miss M. S. Nelson on the
occasion of his coronation, has condescended to
present the author wish the medal commemoration
of that event.

SATURDAY,

lortign an dolonial 3nttiligente.

FRANCE.