The Express.
London, England, 1867-04-17 00:00:00

ITALY.

THE NEW ITALIAN MINISTRY.
SPEECH OF SIONOB RATAZZL

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&w no acs OWN coaassrositimer.) FLORENCE, AM!. 12.
FLORENCE, Amur. 12. At yesterday afternoon's sitting of the Chamber
sof Deputies, Signor Ratazzi made the following
We have a ministry at last ; not a complete one
even yet, for the portfolio of Foreign Affairs Pr„:°&htj: en, in
is still indisposed of. We have, however, a deeply impressed with presentinge
gravityl andves hefdifficore Ilotuy we
are
ministry which has " kissed hands" and taken I ration. Now that the independence of the nattione is
ht seri.
the oaths. But the impression produced on ! ount;ilifaedecu resolutely time
hasocc arrivedy
ou when
we
oug
ter of
tihemacoyunsatryy--oisn
paellripartedlyiesinincothnefocznittryy
,:ilththinkthe
il ation at home, and apply remedies to evilsv wiwithclry litut-
be attributed to any person's fault, but which a nr
theria:r nen Clsad i
OW:itablielltc:aliht:l:ll7:ofl great
a events
that
opinion I expressed in your columns some weeks
ago, when there was a question of atrengthening years. We must provide periodtlie settlement of our
the late cabinet by the addition to its forces of
Signor Ratazzi. Unless it may be within the cir- Ptialeelfanordt!heme ViMately.,tkeitnthgmermy' We
ought to
I any hesitation. nveridelaymwould be fatal—any ntid-
rtionungi
thut,ootundiptruomise our future. Towards this object,
cumference of a very small court circle, Signor the part
Rata:4i inppires no confidence in anybody. It is, in gentlemen,
difficult task, our taros and otur efforts be thep et
if not very easy, at all events very possible, for , cdirlly
te offirecc tit and we shall be all the better able to
any man to " form a ministry," that is, to find , independent of any Istr of engagement e t &bra' riiheinge's home,ree ad
1 we may occupy ourselves eexcluzively° with Wiser necessity
men of some sort who may be willing to assume the domestic our
et to you
It is
office, emolument, and dignity of ministers of state, nenotnigny oienttentlfon to
if he is not over particular where he looks for them. detail, all the measures explain
Dew yalintjiltioinn
I do not intend anything disrespectful to the sundry , intendsroe o too
introduce or to submit for your ap-
bieidelardey.r %lustre
ain this object
=within the shortest
els.:
gentlemen whom Signor Ratazzi has induood to Fx"" can
share his venture. They are, lam told, all
ef 1 prep
are alarzdarnor brought forward within a few hours. We
them vow worthy men in their way, and in their Ido not hesiotat,lroiwteisverbe,tttoerdicier.to
act
at thanmit° Pilttmin We
uee
usual spheres. Signor Ferrara, the Finance Minister, 1 measures we shall successively propose, weteshall take
Isla:down auttfedw daycas
by the
words
enjoys, indeed, the reputation of a man of exten- ' uttered by his
sire knowledge and ability in matters of social and general satisfaction.a 'ire shall 'take ynote nationc the
thatuteut were broughtdiv in during the preceding wile-
administrative economy. That is not altogether ,
the same thing as the ability and knowledge which the systemue of erspuv:irz important, sittects, such as
baprotef,ortuwledtteral
of the central administration, and the rya= organisation
are required to make a Finance Minister in very dif-
ex:::.
tionn, profiting by the
ficult times. But if we cannot have a man who eecolleeteinooefs
understands German, we must be content with one undergone in the bureaux and inese
committees
hurieteninZibriftifout!eml again before parliament with suit-
who understands the German flute. But the mis we
-
chief is that no one of these improvised ministers shall keep especially in view the. otejec!ttldirepl'ilytini ad- i
securing the collection of the taxes 1
brings any weight or authority with him. There is ministration, 7,f be
sttair
no one of them who has any influence with the owl
by
curiously guaranteeingm
tltellse future public officials, oftilosve, witi-
Chamber. Their patriotism, indeed, in having El
ituion appears to us the more deserving of being assured
DO
accepted the position proposed to them by Signor exacteean we
stricti studeleiittedmeuupto zulfreiirilig from them the
Ratazzi in his despairing perplexity cannot be ' bill, already prepared, accomplishment of their duties. Another
Ratazrd in his despairing perplexity cannot be hill,alrealyprepar-ml,und which will soon
b:latieialhefAnoreeythouer,
doubted. For it must be owned that there can be tht:te
more relatingccto theenorEnisation of our army. It will
be ei into a
andurgenttruhst parliament
%s
but little calculated to flatter the self-love of any should h ten to tare this bill tioe, because
man in being called upon to become such a very, I,
strengthupit approval may depend not only the future awl the
aunurintsutiutuutryion wbhuitch is nouleinitga glutattee thil
verypis eller as has been the case with the members • glory for°
also
of the present. ministry. It was only after having ' determining how far shall be carried tie reduction and I
received reiterated refusals from every man whom plisuvingswt°ebenguintrod
he cod intiotnifitary estimates. For oar
anybody could think of as a possible minister, that anoussioen orthiesbill, we willt
intetorucetheantri ' I all. on and
Signor Ratazzi obtained the adherence of the', fieocamtoivaso aiinculatted to reader expenses le" heavy, without
gituittraciivetncy %%tittle army andhe safety of the
hitherto unknown mombersof his present company. I state.rAmnleadrn
The universal cry is that such a ministry cannot tree of the provinces and communes. A bill will be
live a month; that it will be wholly unable to carry I needo you
isilia;:htlitisitmlwirbse in
sthpet sousesprlA9l the lee"'
gi ciple:boufautmhe.
through the house any legislation on the most im- I widest decentralisation, and by tine ideayor
portant and urgent questions which are waiting 1 %tines and Eirlovionyeces their full autonomy by emancipating
entalnterfecutrenat,zdhit subjectingtue
for settlement. Signor Ratazzi on announcing the I them to legislative arrangements
composition of his ministry to the Chamber made 1
itliteuinerestla of the governed from all abuse. The govern-
the b
fitri2et for 1868
ved
a speech, of course. What he said amounted to before' lad 4,:fpnerlatisnelolllTill.MinA'ienhav
little more than a declaration that he would do I loyally to keep this engagement. As for :he animates for
everything that he ought to do, and everything I the
com current y
ttee t:dar,
by now unties
while
by •
that Italy is so anxious to see accomplished. Re upon our parts the mai ardent wishes that it may
It: as soon list possible, we feel confident that
will settle the finances on a satisfactory basis ; rate its 13,„1
he will arrange the liquidation of the ecclesiastical think of proposing, i reformsill callre yus to itseem ePerd, in ortune ntar thatmly
property in such a manner as to make everything!" may examine and discuss them together. Like the
plemant to everybody ; he will put the army on a 1 committee, we andare
strictest with they. and °wet* shalli4edwtell
proper peace footing ; he will reorganise all the I ingly consent to every saving reconcilable with the inevit-
civil and financial administration of the country in I itireebeuxZneiines.roft the
tpublic service. The debate upon
tceAleamazt.:l,l:esd be
such a way as to secure the reduction in expendi- I more simple, Id in that title ore-
tare so necessary for the due equilibrium ef the ;eint year may be found applicable to the budget of 1068.
budget, without in any way impairing the—&c.,
budgets
xssuutibtle t4un the approval of the two
simultaneously, a desire we have
an. We aßlsnow the stock phrases. I strongly at heart would be fulfilled, of the wish,
entering upon the normal path,
Does Signor Rattazzi think that he can accom- and avoidingofYeC at
the very serious Moan eniences to which
plish all this in parliamentary fashion by the aid of the administrationeis subjected when it is compelled to
1 oPerattes a:triith provisional budgets. The approval of he
the ministers whom he has at last succeeded in Itwowaervaern,ant l n
wants;
ad:tau bt
othern bit
ca lc! a that is
enlisting 1 Has he been placed where he is with brAditMerod to
indispensable. It is impossible for us to statereethrs:
orders to call together a cabinet at all hazards, for 1:11")
the purpose, and in the hope, that he may carry
tbepresent4b care at Cr:: ,ii'tille
gush,torurtlzenbetlaill befruoutretuytiiitt with
through these measures in parliamentary fashion 11 onolf them will be occupied by bills l'eferring place
the
regu-
Or has he been placed there in the stead ilq".{aris• g tilne4 ecclesiasticaltr works guaranteed
to a system of
of the stiffly uncompromising Baron Ricasoli, sad to credit institutions—all "11l objects of hP etrtlaetanten:
because he is the man who may be depended upon teem rmethttuner connected by essential conditions,
at need to carry on the government in unparlia- pulse to thenactivitywanhritechontichEprospePart ria:yoTtegetientifyt.-
mentary fashion, if it should turn out to be im- The rapid picture I have just traced of the measures indis-
e Jay,
de to us, and which ought to be sanctioned without
practicable to carry it on in accordance with what radisplays but ire ell all the difficulty of the under-
is desired by regal and imperial personages in I taking for which we ppare. The consciousness of these
parliamentary fashion 1 If it is contemplated to I
editttultiesue
smightbheauve causedd us to hesit
coate, but their very
hazard a wipe di slate, is not the present minister I the hard trial we haveile ,t;.•Lestufnivoentnr.e It rage
in
fens usace d,
because we are firmly th in presence of the
just the man who would be pitched on for the
needs of the nation, and when it isat required to provide
work ? for the wants of the country, all party differences
This Luxemburg business—may it not be feared will always vanish from among us, and our deli-
that it will hardly be arranged without war be- i
ttractiloir
lwio;lal be bun
and devotion by one sole and general
tween France and Prussia 1 In such • case would I gentlemen, we eck o a for Ito
inl t Val p me n t Therefore,o this
i leak,
t. upon
Wyo feel frank, loyal, and efficacious co-
not two or three hundred thousand Italian troops
be exceedingly acceptable to the French Emperor 1 ass, mwariy diffictiltiecs°4lennott tkilltiothalika to
your
matt"
shall fi it possible to attain the aim we have in
Is there not grave reason to fear that it might be
the wish in high quarters here to render so signal i view.
aotcnlyW:a. hall t
wn lious. :to woutujurotir
their
:lichen:a have;}
a service to the cousin of our son-in-law 1 Is it constituting themselves a nation, hut that independence
aersoceuny-
derstand how to preserve end consolidate it by providing
not very certain that such a line of conduct would
1 for their organisation at home."
be most intolerable to the great body of the nation ?
And in view of all this may it not be suspected

that our new minister may have been selected as

L IDUELLING IN THE Sot Tn.—An affair of honour
took piece
_ this morning, about five miles beyond the Half-
way House (New Orleans), between Mr. Osterman, the
' lessee of the National Theatre, and Mr. Oerster, the editor
of the New Orleans Ciritan Gazette. All the parties were
German, of gentle birth, highly educated, and moving in
the best German society. The weapons used were re-
, , velvets, and the distance Site( n paces. To each, how-
ever, was reserved the right to advance five paces, which
would have left but five between them. But to their credit,
I be it said, neither of them advanced beyond the first line.
, : Three shots were fired by each party. The first fire
was almost simultaneous. Faeh leisurely and deliberately
placed his pistol in the palm of the left hand, cocked it
and fired avian. This was repeated, and the third shot
fired. Mr. ()crater staggered and fell. On examination it
was ascertained that the ball had entered near the fourth
rib, and ranged rpwards back of the shoulder blade. The
j wound is a very dangerous one, but is not considered
necessarily mortal. Tho difficulty in which this affair
origivated, like most affairs of the kind, concerned a lady,
and has been common talk for many days, and every night
the German theatre has been crowded with people to hear
it. The Helen in this case, we understand, was Miss
Feininger, whose acting and singing at the National
have been so much admired all this season. The
lucky Paris is said to have been Mr. Ostermann, while
Mr. °enter was, like Menelaus, left out in the cold.
Between him and Miss Fehringer sharp things have night
and morning passed, the songstress singing ditties very un-
pleasant to the editor's ear, and he criticising her singing
and character. Mr. Ostern.ann also took part in the affair,
and was the challenger. Mr. Oerster accepted the chal-
lenge, and selected Baron de Below as his second. Mr.
' Osterman appointed Mr. Reimer to act in his behalf. Col.
Schmeeling was chosen as umpire. A large number of
spectators were on the ground when the duel took place,
and all speak ill high terms of the high-toned politeness,
coolness, and bravery of those engaged in the affair. Mr.
Ostern inn escaped entirely uuburt.—Nero York Piee!roone,
March 29.—Mr. Tilman Gregory, every wealthy planter, re-
siding near Augusta, Ark., fell into an altercation over •
game of cards with a Dr. Dameron, in the course of
which the latter drew a pistol and shot the former in the
hip. Mr. Gregury, being in liquor, taunted him for not
shooting better than Dr. Dameron, who was alio
cated, fired again, shooting him this time in the breast.
' Mr. Gregory placed his hand upon his pistol, and taking
deliberate aim at the doctor, shot him through the heart.
Gregory's shot took effect almost instantaneously in
Dameron'm heart, and both fell dead together.—New
York nears, April 6.
Tits New LIBERAL " W.lllP."—The division of
last Saturday morning on Mr. Gladstone's amendment
was the last in which Mr. Brand will appear ea " whip "
to the opposition. After the F.aster recess his place will
be taken by Mr. George Grenfell Glyn, the member for
Shaftesbury.
KeIIISEMEI4T OF COMPOUND HOUSE-

the very man to venture the attempt to carry
through such a policy, in spite of the national

wishes 1

These are the speculations and misgivings to
which the present aspect of things gives rise ; and

they are anything but cheering. What would be
the conduct of the army in case a rolpo di atnto
were attempted ; and in case the nation were not
disposed to submit to it 1 This is beginning to
be a question to which various answers are given.
May heaven preserve us from ascertaining by expe-
rience what the answer should be.

Perhaps all these forebodings are unduly dark.
Perhaps matters may be arranged without any
_ . _

trial of strength between France and Prussia. Per-
haps the worst that may betel us from the Ratazzi
ministry may be that after some month or so of
weeks, talk—perhaps after another dissolution—we
may find ourselves just where we are,with nothing

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done of all that it is so urgently necessary to do.
Better than this I do not at the best expect.

We understand that the sixth session of the In-
ternational
Statistical Congress will be held this year in
Florence. Prince Humbert of Savoy will preside, and the
session, which commences on the 28th of September, will
probably extend over nine or ten day. A programme,
embracing a very wide field of statistical inquiry, has been
prepared by Dr. Maestri, the accomplished director of the
Italian Bureau of Statistics. Delegates from European
and American states, from the colonies, and from learned
and scientific societies are invited to attend the congress,
the main object of whose deliberations is to bring about
uniform plan of statistical observation and record, so as
to facilitate the comparison of one state with another.
ROYAL HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY.—The second
spring show took place yesterday, when a really splendid
collection of plants, &c., was shown. It was a matter of
very general comment among the visitors that so fit, an
exhibition should have been marred in any way by the
unpropitiousnesa of the flay, nevertheless there was a fair
attendance, and those that did "brave" the weather
acknowledged that they were quite repaid in the display
afforded them. A general meeting was also held in the
council-room, when several new fellows were elected, and
the St. Mary Church Cottage Garden Society and the
Spalding Flower, Fruit, and Poultry Society were ad-
mitted into onion. A lecture was announced for Saturday
next at 3 o'clock by Dr. Masten, being the third of his
series on plant architecture.

118FRANCII.
Housgas.—A correspondent of the Scotsman writes
The overseers of the parish of Birmingham have, in
making out the new poor-rate, omitted front the books the
names of all householders whose rates are compounded for
—thus disfriincbising some thousands who were on the last
roll of parliamentary voters."